NEW YORK: Broadway theaters may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Laura Linney and David Alan Grier.
Hamilton producer Jeffrey Richards on Wednesday unveiled a weekly play run of livestreamed works to benefit The Actors Fund. They will stream on Broadways Best Shows and ticket buyers can access the events through TodayTix starting at $5. The series will last seven weeks.
The push begins Oct. 14 with Gore Vidal’s The Best Man starring Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Zachary Quinto, Phylicia Rashad, Vanessa Williams, Reed Birney, Stacy Keach and Elizabeth Ashley.
On Oct. 20, a production of Kenneth Lonergans This Is Our Youth” will star Lucas Hedges, Paul Mescal and Grace Van Patten. David Mamets Race” is up on Oct. 29, starring David Alan Grier and Ed ONeill.
Mamets Boston Marriage is slated for Nov. 12 with Patti LuPone and Rebecca Pidgeon. A revival of Anton Chekhovs Uncle Vanya an adapted by Neil LaBute follows on Nov. 19 with Alan Cumming, Samira Wiley, Constance Wu and Ellen Burstyn.
On Dec. 3, the original Broadway cast of Donald Margulies Time Stands Still reunites with Eric Bogosian, Brian dArcy James, Laura Linney and Alicia Silverstone. The last effort is Robert OHaras Barbecue on Dec. 10 with Carrie Coon, Colman Domingo, S. Epatha Merkerson, Laurie Metcalf, David Morse and Kristine Nielsen.
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