Broadway Rewind: Watch Bernadette Peters & More in the 2011 Revival of FOLLIES
Today we flashback to 2011, when the second Broadway revival of Follies arrived at the Marquis Theatre, where it played for 152 performances.
Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, and More Opera Stars to Headline Live Streamed Concerts in New Met Series
Though the Metropolitan Opera has canceled all performances on its stage until at least December 31, the New York City institution will instead present ticketed, live streamed concerts from around the world.
A handful of opera stars and Met favorites will take part in the 12-concert series, which kicks off July 18 with Jonas Kaufmann; the tenor will perform live from Bavaria’s Polling Abbey. Later performances include Renée Fleming from D.C.’s Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała from Barcelona, Anna Netrebko from Liechtenstein Palace in Vienna, Sonya Yoncheva from Berlin, and Angel Blue from New York City.
Unlike the Met’s earlier “At-Home Gala,” the concerts will be professionally filmed in spaces other than the singers’ homes. The streams, hosted by soprano Christine Goerke, will also highlight the art and architecture of the global locations, plus previously recorded documentary segments. Gary Halvorson, who’s headed the Met’s Live in HD broadcasts—many of which have been streamed throughout the pandemic in the Nightly Met Streams series—will direct.
Also unlike the gala—access to the streams will cost $20 (and will be available for 12 days following the event). They will also air on PBS at a later time.
Check out the full concert lineup below. All performances stream live at 1 PM ET.
July 18: Jonas Kaufmann, from the Polling Abbey in Polling, Bavaria
August 1: Renée Fleming, from the Dumbarton Oaks Museum in Washington, D.C.
August 16: Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak, from the Château de la Chèvre d’Or in Èze, France
August 29: Lise Davidsen, from the Oscarshall Palace in Oslo, Norway
September 12: Joyce DiDonato, from the Fundació Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain
September 26: Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała, from Barcelona
October 10: Anna Netrebko, from Liechtenstein Palace in Vienna, Austria
October 24: Diana Damrau and Joseph Calleja, from Malta (castle location TBD)
Nov 7: Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena, from Zurich, Switzerland (location TBD)
Nov 21: Sonya Yoncheva, from Berlin, Germany (location TBD)
December 12: Bryn Terfel, from Wales (church location TBD)
December 19: Angel Blue, from New York City (location TBD)
UK Government Releases a Guide For Performing Arts Professionals to Work Safely During the Health Crisis
The UK government has added a performing arts section to its document on working safely during coronavirus COVID-19.
New Network Aims to Unite BIPOC Musicians in the Theatre Industry
A new platform, Creating in Color, has launched with the mission of serving BIOPIC music artists in the theatre community.
The database invites Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in musical positions—including music directors, arrangers, pit musicians, engineers, composers, rehearsal pianists, and more—to sign up, giving them a space to network and be seen by employers. The goal is to develop additional programming, including mentorships and career development initiatives, in the future.
The project hails from John Bronston, whose credits include music director of Hair on tour and associate musical director of the tours of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Five Guys Named Moe.
“Music teams on Broadway, regionally, educationally, and around the world remain overwhelmingly white,” Bronston writes. “Here is where we begin to make the world of the people who create and maintain the musical lifeblood of our work more closely resemble the world outside of the theatre’s doors.”
For more information and to register, visit CreatinginColorMusic.com.
VIDEO: Sara Bareilles and Brittany O’Grady Talk LITTLE VOICE
This Friday, Apple TV is set to debut its highly-anticipated new drama series, Little Voice, from J.J. Abrams and the award-winning team behind the global hit musical Waitress, Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson.
Stars in the House Welcomes Bernadette Peters and Tom Viola July 8
Stars in the House, the daily live streamed concert series created by Playbill correspondent and SiriusXM Broadway host Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley, welcomes three-time Tony recipient Bernadette Peters and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Executive Director Tom Viola July 8 at 8 PM. Watch the stream above.
Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert, which was filmed in 2009 at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre, will stream July 10 at 8 PM ET to benefit Broadway Cares. The concert featuring the Broadway favorite will be available for viewing on Playbill as well as at BroadwayCares.org.
READ: Join Bernadette Peters and Michael Urie for Bernadette Peters: A Special Concert Watch Party
Stars in the House launched March 16 to promote support for The Actors Fund and its services in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It has also raised funds for the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
New shows—streaming Monday–Saturday at 8 PM ET with afternoon shows Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2 PM—feature performances by stars of stage and screen, in conversation and song with Rudetsky and Wesley. Peter Flynn serves as streaming director. Click here to watch previous episodes.
To make a tax-deductible donation to The Actors Fund visit ActorsFund.org/Donate. To donate to the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, visit NAACPLDF.org.
From Dot to Dolly: Celebrating the Stage Work of Bernadette Peters
