Hi! This is one idea I’ve had for a while and I wanted
to take the time today to talk about it. I’m enjoying a lot of things during
this time of social distancing, and so I will fill this post with recommendations.
Before I get started, I know that my interests are very particular and not for
everyone.
What I’m watching
Stars in the House (every day at 2 and 8 PM ET on The Actors Fund YouTube channel) - recommend episodes- Kristin Chenoweth, Lea
Salonga, the Stephen Sondheim, and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber celebrations.
The biggest thing I’ve been enjoying right now is Stars in
the House. This twice-daily concert series is filling the Broadway void in my
heart until Broadway opens again. Not only do you get free concerts, but they’re also starting to do TV reunions, so those are a lot of fun. The performances and
reunions are free, but they’re also raising money for The Actors Fund. Now more
than ever, the actor needs to help people, not just actors, but anyone in the business and their biggest fundraisers got canceled. A new thing they’re doing every Wednesday
and Saturday at 2 is Plays in the House, where they will be doing a reading of
plays with the original casts. The episodes will be on The Actors Fund YouTube,
except the Plays in the House can only be viewed during the stream. Every
stream also has medical advice from CBS medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook.
Bwayjackbox (Tuesdays and Fridays at 6 PM ET on Twitch)–recommend episodes- The second one with Lesli Margherita, Josh Lamon, and
others, Smash reunion, and Team Starkid.
Broadway jack box is a fun hour and a half started by Andrew
Barth Feldman, formally Evan in Dear Evan Hansen. The streams include Broadway,
or Broadway adjacent stars, playing fun games, and the best part is that you
can play along in the audience. I love it because it is a fun and relaxing
time; the actors are funny, and it’s nice to see the comradery between the
actors. This is also a fundraiser for
The Actors Fund. The episodes are later uploaded to YouTube.
MischiefFromHome (various days and time on Twitch)
This channel is for Mischief Management, they host various
cons, such as Leaky con, Con of Thrones, and Broadway con. I will go to this channel
for the Broadway actor’s interviews, so I recommend both of those.
What I’m reading
I have been having a tough time getting into books for the
last two weeks. Today, I finished It’s A Whole Spiel, and I really enjoyed it.
I hope I can finish more books as the month of April rolls along.
What I’m listening to
Again, this is coming from someone who really doesn’t leave
the Broadway/Musical Theater bubble. I’ve been walking in the morning still,
and I love it because it’s a great start to my day. Heavy in my rotation at the
moment is Beetlejuice (the musical not the movie soundtrack,), and Six, I will
dedicate a post to my love of Six soon, but the premise is that the six wives
of Henry the eighth are back, and they’re rewriting history, or as they liked
to call it, herstory. They live in our
time and become a pop girl group, it’s the best thing, and I love it so much. The
other musical I’m very much into right now is Emojiland. I would like to give
this show a separate post as well, but no this is not based on the movie of the
same name. The plot follows Emojis in a phone who are waiting for an update,
and a virus gets released into the phone. I am also enjoying the audio drama
musical Little Did I Know. Three episodes are out, and the rest are coming over
the next six weeks.
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