Here are some previous Best Bets that have new opportunities for you to experience them:
Prima Facie – Golden Theatre – New York, NY
Jodie Comer stars in this play by Suzie Miller that is now playing on Broadway. Miller and Comer won Olivier Awards for Best New Play and Best Actress at this year’s Olivier Awards. Could Tony Awards all come their way?
For tickets and more information, please go here.
Good Night, Oscar – Belasco Theatre – New York, NY Sean Hayes stars in this play about Oscar Levant written by Doug Wright and directed by Lisa Peterson. The show originated in Chicago and received rave reviews for both the play and for Hayes.
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TRADE/Mary Motorhead – LA Opera at REDCAT – Los Angeles, CA – April 27th – April 30th
These two one-act operas by composer Emma O’Halloran and her librettist uncle, Mark O’Halloran, debuted at the Prototype Festival in New York earlier this year. Now they are in Los Angeles with original cast members Kyle Bielfield, Mark Kudisch and Naomi Louisa O’Connell in tow.
For tickets and more information, please go here.
Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap – SFJAZZ – San Francisco April 27th – April 30th
Rarely have two artists so perfectly melded their talents the way jazz singer Bridgewater and pianist Charlap do in concert. I’ve seen them twice and would go again and again given the opportunity. You have the opportunity to hear how great this duo is even if you don’t live in San Francisco. Their performance on April 28th will be streaming live at 7:30 PM PT (with an encore showing on April 29th at 11 AM PT).
For in-person tickets and more information, please go here. For streaming tickets and information, please go here.
Champion – Met Opera Live in HD – Cinemas Worldwide – April 29th – 12:55 PM ET/9:55 AM PT
This Saturday the Metropolitan Opera will present Terence Blanchard’s first opera, Champion, in a live transmission from the Met in New York City. Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe, Paul Groves and Eric Greene star in this opera based on the true story of boxer Emile Griffith. The production is directed by James Robinson with choreography by Camille A. Brown (both of whom were involved in the world premiere of Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones.) Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.
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Photo: Ryan Speedo Green in Champion (Photo by Ken Howard/Courtesy Met Opera)