Twilight: Los Angeles
Great Performances, PBS
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In response to the national crisis in the aftermath of the murders of Ahmaud Arbery (Brunswick, GA), Breonna Taylor (Louisville, KY), and George Floyd (Minneapolis, MN) THIRTEEN’s Great Performances resumes free streaming of Marc Levin’s film adaptation of Anna Deavere Smith’s play Twilight: Los Angeles, originally aired on PBS in 2001. Watch Anna Deavere Smith’s stunning portrayals.
Day 21
Mind the Gap Theatre
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DC playwright Richard Byrne’s pandemic play, starring British actor Cathy Conneff. Day 21 is about what happens when daycare closes and you work from home with a kid in the frenzy of pandemic… and your husband goes AWOL. How does illness lay bare the fragility of our lives?
Pipeline
Lincoln Center Theater
Free
Available now
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Lincoln Center Theater’s 2017 production Dominique Morisseau’s strikingly powerful work PIPELINE. This intimate play depicts a mother’s hopes for her son and their clash with an educational system rigged against him. “Make no mistake. These people are fighting for their lives.” Gregory J. Ford on the Studio Theatre production.
The Bacchae
The Classical Theatre of Harlem
Pre-order: $10
June 12-26
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Freedom, Ecstasy, Anarchy vs Law, Order, and Control…who wins? Rather, who survives. Starring Jason C. Brown as Dionysus and R.J. Foster as Pentheus. “The Bacchae, one of Euripides’ first tragedies, has become an entertaining pop, rock and hip-hop spectacular as performed by The Classic Theatre of Harlem.” Jonathan Mandell.
The Wiz Live!
June 12, 2pm – June 14, 2pm
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The Wiz Live! stars Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, David Alan, Grier, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelly, Uzo Aduba, Amber Riley, Common, Stephanie Mills, and newcomer Shanice Williams. A benefit for NAACP.