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Missing Live Theater? Watch It at Home
Visit buffalospree.com and foreveryoungwny.com to read the digital editions of both publications. And check our publications' Facebook pages for updates on the arts, recipes, health tips, workouts you can do at home, and more. We hope to see you at the theater soon! Until then, take care of yourselves and your loved ones. FY Playwright Donna Hoke writes about theater for Buffalo Spree and Forever Young.
BY DONNA HOKE
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You protect your eyes.
ocal theaters, from Shea’s to small community venues, are dark this month, due to COVID-19 precautions, but if you need a theater fix, there is plenty to be found from the comfort of your home. Podcasts and streaming opportunities are abundant and many are free. Here are some to explore: Amy’s Horse: Ten-minute plays with interviews with playwrights; amyshorse.com Ashland Play4Keeps: Professionally produced podcasts of full-length plays. play4keeps.org At the Table: Casual reads of new full-length plays. chargingmoosemedia.com/ atthetablepodcast.html Broadway HD: Exactly what it sounds like. Seven-day free trial available. broadwayhd.com Marquee TV: Theater, opera, ballet streaming. Thirty-day free trial available. marquee.tv
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Metropolitan Opera: Offering free nightly HD streams from its catalog. metopera.org
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The Social Distancing Festival: Streaming (some live!) of opera and theater: socialdistancingfestival.com
We’ll protect your vision.
Stars in the House: Broadway stars and more perform daily to raise money for actorsfund.org.
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Theater Wit: The theater will present remote viewing of the amazing off-Broadway play, Teenage Dick. theaterwit.org. Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company Archive: Full stream of We’re Gonna Die youngjeanlee.org/work/were-gonna-die
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