TDF Stages Archive

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Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids To mark Juneteenth, various regional theatres are presenting different live readings of Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids , Vincent Terrell Durham ‘s of-the-moment play about a progressive white couple in Harlem throwing a dinner party for Black Lives Matter activists, where the uncomfortable conversation includes systemic racism, p

National Theatre: Small Island At 2 p.m. ET, London’s National Theatre presents Small Island , Helen Edmundson’s acclaimed 2019 stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel of the same name, exploring the complicated history between Jamaica and the U.K. through a trio of interconnected stories as the protagonists try to find their way in post-WWII Britain. Directed by Rufus Norris and featuring a diver

English National Ballet: Song of the Earth At 2 p.m. ET, the English National Ballet shares a recording of Song of the Earth , choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan and set to Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde , which explores the fragility of life and its constant renewal. This performance was recorded in 2018, and the dancers and singers are accompanied by the English National Ba

At 8 a.m. ET, the Irish Arts Center and Symphony Space celebrate Bloomsday, an annual event that honors Irish author James Joyce and his character Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of his epic Ulysses , which takes place on June 16, 1904. For 13 hours, a cavalcade of performers, writers and musicians—including Stephen Colbert, Brian Cox, Hugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Kate Mulgrew, Cynthia Nixon and Fiona

Shakespeare’s Globe: A Midsummer Night’s Dream At 2 p.m. ET, London’s Shakespeare’s Globe shares a recording of its 2013 mounting of A Midsummer Night’s Dream , the Bard’s beloved romantic comedy about fairies messing with lovesick humans lost in a magical forest. The recently departed artistic director of the company, Dominic Dromgoole , helms this Renaissance staging, which stars Olivier Award w

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Outstanding Musical A Strange Loop at Playwrights Horizons by Michael R. Jackson