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If you’re missing the movies or a good live show, many theaters and other performing arts groups are offering online alternatives to keep you occupied while staying at home.
So you’ve finished everything good on Netflix, blazed through Disney Plus, and are now itching for something new to watch as you shelter in place. If you’re missing the movies or a good live show, many theaters and other performing arts groups are offering online alternatives to keep you occupied while staying at home.
The Grand Berry Theater
The Grand Berry Theater has made some of its movies available to rent through Virtual Theater Rooms. These movies include “The Wild Goose Lake,” “Corpus Christi,” “The Perfect Nanny,” and more. The theater is also streaming SXSW shorts for free.
More info: grandberrytheater.com
Stage West
Stage West will be streaming its production of Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children” from April 9 through April 22. A limited number of “seats” are available via Vimeo On Demand. Virtual tickets are $40, but Stage West is also offering a discount code (HARDSHIP) for families experiencing financial hardship during this time.
More info: stagewest.org
Fort Worth Opera
The Fort Worth Opera will be streaming a performance of the company’s recent premiere of “Frida Kahlo and the Bravest Girl in the World” by Fort Worth Opera artistic director Joe Illick and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Mark Campbell. While the date hasn't been set yet, the performance will appear on the opera's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
More info: fwopera.org
Facebook Live Concerts
Help Fort Worth has a schedule of local artists who are going to be streaming live concerts on Facebook. The current lineup includes Jake Paleschic, Wayne Floyd, and Carey Wolff.
More info: helpftw.com
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
The orchestra will stream music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya's favorite live performances on April 16 and May 14. The man himself also goes live via Zoom every Monday at 5 p.m. to lead discussions on all things music-related.
More info: fwsymphony.org/music-lab/listen
Rescheduled Performances
Amphibian Stage
Amphibian has postponed all events through May, moving the premiere of “Egress” to Oct. 30, running through Nov. 15. The premiere of “The Amazing, Fabulous, and Spectacular Untruths of Don Juan Garcia” has also been postponed until the 2021 season.
More info: amphibianstage.com
Casa Mañana
Casa Mañana’s production of “Matilda the Musical” has been rescheduled for July 17 – 26. The theater has also rescheduled its production of “Shrek,” which will now run Aug. 7 – 16.
More info: casamanana.org
Jubilee Theatre
Jubilee Theatre has rescheduled Nate Jacobs' “How I Got Over” to run May 29 through June 28, and has postponed Jonathan Norton's “My Tidy List of Terrors” until the 2020 – 2021 season.
More info: jubileetheatre.org
Dickies Arena
While multiple events have been cancelled at the arena, Dickies is planning on rescheduling multiple events, including the WWE Friday Night Smackdown (now July 31) and 97.1 The Eagle Presents Five Finger Death Punch (now Oct. 11). Concerts featuring artists such as An Evening with Michael Bublé and Camila Cabello’s The Romance Tour will be rescheduled at a later date.
More info: dickiesarena.com
Bass Performance Hall
Though all events through May 17 have been canceled, Alive at the Bass has been moved to Sept. 15, the Suzy Bogguss concert will take place on Sept. 25, and the 2020 Cliburn Amateur Piano Competition will take place later this year.
More info: basshall.com
