StreamingPlaybill's Weekly Streaming Guide: What to Watch September 14-18A Next to Normal reunion, André Holland in Bulrusher, and more.
By
Ryan McPhee
September 14, 2020
APulitzer-winning musical, a Pulitzer finalist play, and more take center stage (virtually) this week as theatre companies stick to streaming. Below are just some of the virtual offerings taking place online September 14–18. For more, check out Playbill’s Streaming Calendar, presented in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network.
Monday, September 14
5 PM ET: TWILIGHT: 2020 Signature Theatre presents a three-part special as part of its SigSpace Summer series, with Tony- and Pulitzer-nominated playwright Anna Deavere Smith revisiting her play Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. In the first installation, Smith interviews activist Twilight Bey, who inspired the title of the play and whose monologue closes the piece.
7:30 PM: The Revenger’s Tragedy Red Bull Theater's new season kicks off with the one-night-only benefit reunion reading of The Revenger’s Tragedy, featuring stars of the company’s 2005 Off-Broadway production: Jason C. Brown, Denis Butkus, Saudia Davis, Ryan Farley, Claire Lautier, Paul Niebanck, Petronia Paley, Naomi Peters, Matthew Rauch, Russell Salmon, and Yaegel Welch. Rounding out the cast are Cecil Baldwin, Geraint Wyn Davies, Ryan Garbayo, Anthony Michael Martinez, Howard Overshown, Derek Smith, and Chauncy Thomas.
Tuesday, September 15
6 PM: Jessye Norman at 75: A Celebration Black Opera Productions will present a 90-minute virtual birthday gala hosted by Kenneth Overton on what would have been the renowned soprano’s 75th birthday. Viewers can expect performances by J'Nai Bridges, Harolyn Blackwell, and more.
8 PM: Next to Normal Reunion The daily live stream series Stars in the House will host a gathering of stars from the Pulitzer-winning musical, including Tony winner Alice Ripley.
Wednesday, September 16
7 PM: Mauricio Martinez in Concert Playbill teams up with Jose Cuervo to present a stream of the Feinstein’s/54 Below concert Mauricio Martinez: De Mexico to Broadway. The cabaret act, filmed in July 2018, explores the On Your Feet! star’s journey to the stage.
8 PM: At This Theatre Tour Head back to the Theatre District with Broadway Up Close's Tim Dolan for a digital tour of the historic theatres on 47th Street and beyond. Follow Dolan's virtual footsteps as he brings participants to performance spaces like the August Wilson, the Gershwin, and Studio 54
Thursday, September 17
6 PM: Theatre for One: Here We Are Lynn Nottage, Lydia R. Diamond, Jaclyn Backhaus, Regina Taylor, and more playwrights create microplays for the newly extended virtual theatrical experience, bringing together one performer and one audience member. Performances will take place on Thursdays through October 29; registration opens at 10 AM on the Monday before.
7 PM: Bulrusher Starring André Holland Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel's "Bard at the Gate" virtual play reading series will continue September 17 with a digital presentation of Eisa Davis' play, with a cast including Holland (Moonlight), Corey Stoll (House of Cards), Kara Young (Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven), Tanis Parenteau (Billions), Edmund Donovan (Lewiston/Clarkston), and newcomer Sydney Elisabeth.
Friday, September 18
2:30 PM: Sharon D. Clarke at the London Coliseum Watch the Olivier winner perform in a streaming concert from the London Coliseum in the West End. Clarke was to make her Broadway debut this year, reprising her title performance in Caroline, or Change.
8 PM: A Chorus Crime Travel back in time to 1976 to help detective Sydney Styles solve a murder mystery in this immersive digital theatrical experience from Playbill Social Selects and Seize the Show.
More Streaming Options
All For One Theater presents the world premiere of Jack Was Kind, written and performed by Tracy Thorne, via Zoom four times a week through October 10.
The Metropolitan Opera celebrates bel canto with its latest Nightly Met Streams lineup: Don Pasquale (September 14), Le Comte Ory (September 15), La Fille du Régiment (September 16), La Cenerentola (September 17), and I Puritani (September 18).
The 2021 West End production was filmed with four different casts, including Omari Douglas, Russell Tovey, Sheila Atim, Zoë Wanamaker, Chris O'Dowd, and more.
Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Marisha Wallace, and Patrick Wilson are among the 2023 concert's starry line-up celebrating the Oklahoma! and South Pacific creators.
Celebrating the iconic musical theatre writing duo's 80th anniversary, My Favorite Things is screening in U.K. movie theatres and will broadcast in the U.S. on PBS.
Celebrate the Broadway-themed third season of the hit Hulu comedy mystery series where Death Rattle scenes were filmed, at the United Palace in uptown Manhattan.
The live-action Little Mermaid comes to Disney+ this month. Plus, catch a thriller series on Hulu, and a new film from the maker of Once and Sing Street on Apple TV+.
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is back for a fourth and final season that will include a reunion of cast members from the original film franchise.
The theatrical Disney+ series is back for a fourth and final season with some familiar faces, including original High School Musical cast members Corbin Bleu and Alyson Reed.
An alien invasion, a drag dinner party, a murder mystery, and a 13-foot-tall man—see what's streaming this month on Disney+, Apple TV+, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, and more.
A hybrid musical-documentary now available on demand, Rudy! A Documusical follows Giuliani's tumultuous journey from America's mayor to Trump surrogate and laughingstock.
Not one, but two musical television series (Schmigadoon! and Rise of the Pink Ladies), a new stand-up special from John Mulaney, and a new live-action Peter Pan.