Free musicals and plays you can now stream during the Coronavirus outbreak [UPDATING DAILY]
During these unprecedented times, the theater community has come together to provide viewers from around the world the opportunity to stream musicals and plays for free. Check out this updating list of musicals, plays, and operas that are now streaming! The following list includes links to free publicly available online materials. Last updated: Monday, April 5th | 5:30PM
The Phantom of the Opera
Streaming Now!
Deep in the passageways below the Paris Opera lives a lonely, talented, horribly disfigured man who revels in terrorizing the theater's employees as The Phantom of the Opera. But when the masked Phantom sees young Christine Daaé, his heart melts.
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Streaming March 18th
This Tony Award-winning Best Play (2013) takes 3 mismatched siblings (played to the hilt by Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver), adds 1 boy toy (Billy Magnussen), throws in themes from Chekhov, pours it all into a blender and mixes it up. The result? An utterly hilarious, touching work by a master of comedy.
Little Shop of Horrors (in color)
Streaming Now!
An exotic plant has an appetite only for blood and flesh. Restored and In Color!
Macbeth
Streaming Now!
Recently honored with a highly prestigious Peabody Award, the film is based on the Chichester Festival Theatre production of the play that enjoyed sell-out runs in the West End and on Broadway.
The Sound of Music Live
Streaming Now!
Fall in love with the beloved musical as never before. Features music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and stars Kara Tointon as Maria and Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp.
In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
Streaming Now!
"In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams" is showcasing the 2008 musical that launched Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rise to stardom.
SMASH - Complete Series
Streaming Now!
A successful songwriting duo of industry veterans, Julia and Tom have an opportunity to create another Broadway hit, but making it to opening night isn't easy.
Megan Hilty Concert
Streaming Now!
Join Tony-nominated star Megan Hilty of Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, Noises Off, and NBC’s Smash for a new concert special featuring a versatile set of musical theater favorite and classic standards.
Hamilton (Behind the Scenes)
Streaming Now!
An inside look at the hit musical about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton that went on to change Broadway forever and gather a global following.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Streaming Now!
This hilarious musical stars Robert Morse (Mad Men) as a charming and scheming window washer who climbs to the top of the corporate ladder by way of a self-help book.
Yentl
Streaming Now!
Barbra Streisand stars in this beautifully portrayed story of a young independent woman who is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to pursue her love of knowledge.
GREASE
Streaming Now!
Grease is the one that you want! Go back to high school with Pink Lady Sandy (Olivia Newton-John), leader of the bad-boy T-Birds, Danny (John Travolta), and a rockin' and rollin' all-star cast.
Every Little Step
Streaming Now!
Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
Bye Bye Birdie
Streaming Now!
The musical about a manager (Jason Alexander) and his girlfriend (Vanessa Williams) concoct one last publicity stunt before his teen idol client enters the Army during the 1960s.
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Streaming Now!
A must-see for Broadway and theater buffs as film crews chronicle 4 Tony-Award nominated Broadway plays, from “Wicked” to “Avenue Q.”
Peter Pan
Streaming Now!
TBased on J.M. Barrie’s beloved tale about the boy who wouldn’t grow up, this heartwarming musical dazzles with a score written by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe—the award-winning songwriting duo behind Broadway’s smash hit Mary Poppins.
All That Jazz
Streaming Now!
Bob Fosse's ALL THAT JAZZ, the semi-autobiographical fantasy based on Fosse's life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director.
Riverdance (3 performances)
Streaming Now!
The critically acclaimed dancers bring their traditional Irish performances to Radio City Music Hall in the heart of New York City.
Gypsy - Stage Production
Streaming Now!
Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star.
Disney on Ice
Streaming Now!
Disney on Ice is a series of touring ice shows produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. The shows feature figure skaters portraying the roles of Disney characters in performances derived from various Disney films.
Peter Pan
Streaming Now!
This week on our free streaming list - Mary Martin takes on the role of Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up, in the unforgettable filmed stage performance of PETER PAN.
Frozen: A Musical Spectacular
Streaming Now!
The full production of Frozen: A Musical Spectacular is now available to stream online, for free! This previously recorded production features the original cast of the show.
Disney Presents: Tangled: The Musical
Streaming Now!
Best day ever! We're sharing a special presentation of Disney Cruise Line’s “Tangled: The Musical".
Annie
Streaming Now!
This modern adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical tells of an adorable young orphan looking for a permanent home in New York City.
Broadway Idiot
Streaming Now!
From punk rock mosh pits and sold-out stadiums to the Great White Way, "Broadway Idiot" provides a unique window into the art of theater, as rock stars and stage stars collide.
Gypsy [Bette Midler]
Streaming Now!
Ambitious stage mother Rose Hovick (Bette Midler) wants desperately for her daughter, June (Jeffrey Broadhurst), to become the vaudeville star she never was. With the help of savvy but kind-hearted agent Herbie Sommers (Peter Riegert), Rose realizes her aspirations for June, but when her new star rebelliously elopes, June's shy sister, Louise (Cynthia Gibb), reluctantly steps into the spotlight, transforming herself into the legendary burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee.
Hamlet (Broadway Production)
Streaming Now!
The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience. Howard Taubman of The New York Times called it "a performance of electrical power and sweeping virility", noting that he had never known or seen "a Hamlet of such tempestuous manliness"
Great Expectations
Streaming Now!
This masterful stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ immortal novel, about a young orphan’s fateful life, was filmed at the play’s West End premiere.
Grease 2
Streaming Now!
Return to rockin’ Rydell High for a whole new term! It’s 1961, two years after the original Grease™ gang graduated, and there’s a new crop of seniors – and new members of the coolest cliques on campus.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Streaming Now!
A sparkling fantasy of music, magic and romance, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella captivates from overture to finale with a delightful score and stunning flittering performances from an all-star cast.
Pippin
Streaming Now!
Pippin is a 1972 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto.
Guys and Dolls
Streaming Now!
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
Hair
Streaming Now!
In New York City for the first time while on his way to enlist in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, Oklahoma farm hand Claude Hooper Bukowski (John Savage) meets up with a freewheeling group of Central Park hippies led by the irrepressible George Berger (Treat Williams). When the unlikely friends meet upper-middle-class debutante Sheila Franklin (Beverly D'Angelo), sparks fly between the country boy and the city girl, and Berger's troupe attempts to keep the young lovers together.
Sweeney Todd [Tim Burton]
Streaming Now!
Benjamin vows to seek revenge from the judge who framed him for a crime he did not commit. In order to do so, he reopens his barbershop and begins murdering his customers with a razor.
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