Stage Door News
Toronto, London, New York: Theatre to stream for free for the weekend of July 31
Friday, July 31, 2020
FROM CANADA:
Toronto:
Hadrian (opera from 2018) by Rufus Wainwright and Daniel MacIvor
with Thomas Hampson and Isaiah Bell
directed by Peter Hinton
streaming August 1 only
on the Canadian Opera Company website
Free Up (celebration) by Ngozi Paul
celebration of Emancipation Day
streaming August 1 only
on CBC Gem
What Happens to You, Happens to Me (play from 2020) by Susanna Fournier
with Kristen Thomson
directed by ted witzel
streaming through August 1
Unholy (play) by Diane Flacks
with Banereh Yaraghi and Niki Landau
directed by Kelly Thornton
streaming from July 4 onwards
Stratford:
The Taming of the Shrew (play) by William Shakespeare
with Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay
directed by Chris Abraham
streaming through August 6
on the Stratford Festival on Film
Kitchener:
Private O’Flaherty, V.C. (play from 1917) by George Bernard Shaw
with Terry Barna and John Cormier
streaming indefinitely
FROM BRITAIN:
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (dance) by Kate Prince
with Lizzie Gough and Isaac “Turbo” Baptiste
streaming July 31 only
on the Royal Opera House website
549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War (play from 2019) Jack Nurse and Robbie Gordon
with Robbie Gordon and Rebekah Lumsden
directed by Jack Nurse
streaming through July 31
on Wonder Fools's YouTube page
Jane Clegg (play from 1913) by St. John Ervine
with Alix Dunmore and Brian Martin
directed by David Gilmore
streaming through August 5
at the Finborough Theatre website
The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) by Marius Petipa
with Federico Bonelli and Fumi Kaneko
streaming from July 24 through August 6
on the Royal Opera House website
Le nozze di Figaro (opera) by W.A. Mozart
with Joshua Bloom and Jennifer France
directed by John Cox
streaming through September 25
at the Garsington Opera website
The Turn of the Screw (opera) by Benjamin Britten
with Sophie Bevan and Ed Lyon
directed by Louisa Muller
streaming through December 19
at the Garsington Opera website
Macbeth (play) by William Shakespeare
with Patrick Stewart and Kate Fleetwood
streaming to December 31, 2020
directed by Rupert Goold
on the PBS.org website
Curlew River (opera) by Benjamin Britten
with Ian Bostridge and Mark Stone
directed by Netia Jones
streaming from July 8 onwards
on the Barbican website
I Wish I Was A Mountain (play) by Toby Thompson
with Toby Thompson, for ages 7+
streaming from March 27 onwards
on Vimeo
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (play) by William Shakespeare
with Edward Harrison and David Hughes
directed by Peter Stickney
streaming indefinitely
on the Lord Chamberlain’s Men website
The Tempest (play) by William Shakespeare
with Danaan McAleer and Reece Richardson
directed by Peter Stickney
streaming indefinitely
on the Lord Chamberlain’s Men website
Richard II (play) by William Shakespeare
with Adjoa Andoh and Sarah Niles,
directed by Adjoa Andoh
streaming indefinitely
FROM THE USA
Awakening (dance) by Robert Battle
with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
streaming from July 31 through August 6
on YouTube
Present Laughter (play) by Noël Coward
with Kevin Kline and Kate Burton
directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
streaming from July 31 through August 28
on PBS.org
Broadbend, Arkansas (musical from 2019) by Ted Shen, Ellen Fitzhugh and Harrison David Rivers
with Justin Cunningham and Danyel Fulton
directed by Jack Cummings III
streaming through August 16
on the Transport Group website
The Line (play from 2020) by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
with Santino Fontana and Arjun Gupta
directed by Jessica Blank
streaming through September 1
on The Public Theatre website
Carousel (musical) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
with Kelli O’Hara and Nathan Gunn
directed by John Rando
streaming through September 8
Much Ado About Nothing (play) by William Shakespeare
with Danielle Brooks and Grantham Coleman
streaming July 24 through September 11
on PBS.org
Photos: Ngozi Paul in Free Up; Isaac “Turbo” Baptiste in The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party; Danyel Fulton in Broadbend, Arkansas.