Theater without theater
Seth Rudetskyâs concert-and-conversation series, YouTube videos of âKinky Bootsâ and âHairspray,â other online performances help to fill the void
By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:17 p.m.
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Screen shot of Seth Rudetsky in The Seth Concert Series. The Seth Concert Series
Last Sunday afternoon, after Broadway performer Ali Stroker tore through a rendition of âBe a Lion,â from âThe Wiz,â host and piano accompanist Seth Rudetsky responded with a cry of âBrava!â
At that moment, the pair were 60 miles apart, in two different parts of New York state. Their split-screen, live-streamed performance was different from the pre-pandemic
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Fully Committed - The New York Times called Fully Committed immensely entertaining, a richly comic affirmation of everything I ve ever heard, or suspected, about the bad behavior that good food can inspire. Featuring one actor playing more than 40 characters, Fully Committed takes place in a famed restaurant where patrons will stop at nothing to secure a reservation- including coercion and bribes. Television and film star Maulik Pancholy plays Sam, who works the reservation line. Pancholy played Jonathan, Alec Baldwin s assistant, in the Emmy-award winning 30 Rock, and Sanjay in the hit series Weeds. Other roles include the upcoming Hulu series Only Murders in the Building, The Good Fight, The Good Wife, Phineas and Ferb, and Web Therapy. click here
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5 x 15: Five New Fifteen Minute Musicals - Beck Center for the Arts produces, as part of the tenth collaborative partnership with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program, the winners of National Alliance for Musical Theatre s 15-Minute Musical Theatre competition. Directors include Victoria Bussert, Ciara Renee, Jon Martinez, Nathan Henry, and Sara Bruner. Musicals created and composed by Lynne Shankel, Sara Cooper, Nico Juber, and more. Stream the virtual production 5 x 15: Five World Premiere Fifteen-Minute Musicals at your convenience anytime February 12 to February 28, 2021. click here
Adjust the Procedure - An Outbreak Infects Higher Education in Pandemic Drama Premiere. Spin Cycle in association with JCS Theater Company presents The World Premiere of ADJUST THE PROCEDURE, a new play by Jake Shore (The Devil Is On The Loose With An Axe In Marshalltown, Holy Moly, and Down The Mountain And Across The Stream) conceived during the pandemic and created with Zo
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Singles in Agriculture - On their last night together at the annual convention for singles in agriculture, a resilient young army widow who loves Modern Family and talks to her Pygmy goats, angles for romance with a religious dairy farmer from Oklahoma. Join Bristol Riverside Theatre for a LIVE online production of Singles in Agriculture by Abby Rosebrock. Directed by Amy Kaissarclick here
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The Sorcerer s Apprentice - This enchanting new British musical explores the extraordinary world of a sorcerer and his rebellious daughter, as she discovers the explosive possibilities of her newfound magical powers. Against the backdrop of the Northern Lights, a small town has been pushed to the brink of collapse in a bid for progress and prosperity. To rescue Midgard from certain destruction, father and daughter must heal their relationship and work together. This gripping family-friendly story sees brooms coming to life and love blossoming anew. Acclaimed musical theatre write