We stopped going to the theatre March 12, 2020. Within a few days, we turned to the virtual stage. Within a few weeks, we found regular comfort in Zoom readings, split-screen reunions, and remotely produced performances. And over the past 12 months, we learned that the show could go on—in some capacity. On the anniversary of the Broadway shutdown, the °ëµºÌåÓý staff (with some assistance from readers) looks back on a year of on-screen theatre.
Here are 365 streaming moments, each in 10 words or less, in no particular order.
- 11 Elphabas belting the final “Defying Gravity� battle cry
- Jonathan Groff takes the Sutton Foster quiz
- Broadway welcomes Biden-Harris admin as a ""
- Janet Yellen getting the Hamilton treatment
- Ashley Park’s ode to the Amazon delivery person
- Newsies seizing the day in NYC
- Kathryn Hahn's American Dolls Presentation of Glengarry
- The Effies of Dreamgirls unite on Stars in the House
- Cast of Pose singing "Love Yourself"
- Taylor Iman Jones' stripped down "Toxic"
- Hairspray stars reuniting for Miscast
- Solea Pfeiffer singing with the Broadway Sinfonietta
- Mary Neely getting creative with Beauty and the Beast
- Krystina Alabado's , interrupted
- Allen Rene Louis' "Being Alive"arrangement for the Antonyo Awards
- Christine Goerke's tribute for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Mars Rucker and L Morgan Lee's "What About Love"
- Leslie Uggams as Madame Arcati
- Gideon Glick (and us) crying to "Because You Loved Me"
- An all-star Cuttin' Up
- Andrea Marcovicci's Valentine of a concert
- Ariana (x6) Won't Say She's In Love
- Gavin and Shoshana's ""
- Kristin Chenoweth channels Carole Baskin in "Little Pieces"
- Adrienne Warren singing Tina Turner in her tub
- "When I Grow Up" with Matilda Stars, all grown up
- Michael Urie, Brandon Uranowitz, more recreate Clue dinner scene
- Kristin Chenoweth...hosts...a Candy Land...cooking competition?
- Chekhov, as performed on Sims 4
- James Monroe Iglehart's at-home Disney medley
- Kerry Butler and Gavin Lee recreate The Brady Bunch opening
- Bernadette Peters "" on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
- Regular words of comfort from Dr. LaPook
- American Dance Machine keeping it ""
- Sara Bareilles joining the 7 PM cheer
- The Schuyler Sisters want us to
- Idina’s Treehouse
- Heroes of the Fourth Turning on Zoom
- Young Jean Lee's seminar
- Michael C. Hall and Lena Hall celebrate David Bowie
- Funny folx tribute funny girl Fanny Brice
- Tony Pinkins for Red Pill
- Corden says with Les Mis parody
- Todrick Hall and Brandy reenact Cinderella
- The Prom builds a virtual prom
- A gaggle of Galindas (and Saycon)
- All About Evil
- Two separate streaming performances of Menopause the Musical
- Jennifer Simard in Hamilton Performance
- April Matthis reprises her Toni Stone performance
- Drew Gasparini's We Aren't Kids Anymore concert
- That Idina Menzel Geico commercial that's still in our heads
- Jelani Alladin and Matt Doyle's "We Kiss in the Shadows"
- The Frozen ushers "Let It Go"
- Ann Dowd and fam in A Doll's House, Part 2
- Celia Gooding and Lauren Patten, our new Joanne and Maureen
- Thanksgiving: The TikTok Musical
- Making
- The chaos of Christmas on the Square's opening number
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge dropping by °ëµºÌåÓý Live
- Ariana Grande's "Still Hurting"
- The Boys in the Band, The Men From the Boys
- Suzan-Lori Parks works from home...like the rest of us
- Gloria reunion reading
- Learning from Freestyle Love Supreme
- Andrew Lloyd Webber streams himself watching Cats
- Patrick Stewart's daily Shakespeare sonnets on Instagram
- A night (hundreds, in fact) at the opera
- Shoshana Bean and Cynthia Erivo's "When You Believe" for Seder
- #SunshineSongs
- A Times Square press conference
- American Dance Machine's ""
- An Apple Family reunion
- Ali Stroker as Maureen
- The Plastics become Christmas chipmunks
- Jessie Mueller watching Keala Settle sing "This Is Me"
- Hamilton original cast surprising a kid on Some Good News
- That time The Good Fight did a
- What the Hell Is a Republic Anyway?
- Theatre for One: Here We Are
- Nikki M. James' "The Skate" for °ëµºÌåÓý's Women in Theatre
- Chaka Khan and Idina Menzel, a
- Judy Collins and Alan Cumming talk "Ladies Who Lunch"
- Melissa Errico making pesto
- Ain't Too Proud performs socially distant version of opening number
- Rachel Bloom and Barry Bostwick's "Dammit, Janet"
- Javier Muñoz and Jason Tam's "Ignoring the Truth"
- The perhaps too aptly named Viral Monologues
- Ramin on the banjo
- Billy Porter's "For What It's Worth"
- Tamika Lawrence's "Seasons of Love" solo on NBC
- Stephen Sondheim
- The Company revival singing their in quarantine
- The Five Lesbian Brothers to discuss Brave Smiles
- Alex Boniello is "So Tired" (we are too)
- August Wilson continuing to inspire in Giving Voice
- Stephanie J. Block singing to her daughter
- Waking up with Theatre Under The Stars' Musical Mornings
- The Gaze � No Homo
- Charlotte d'Amboise letting the sunshine in through dance
- on Built for the Stage
- Revisiting the Puffs on °ëµºÌåÓý Playback
- (Virtually) Meet Me in St. Louis
- Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams sing about being divas
- Debbie Allen getting us in shape
- Scenes from Sweet Lorraine
- Robin de Jesus' rendition of "Dressing Them Up"
- 70 Actors from 6 productions of Titanic sing 'We'll Meet Tomorrow'
- The Black Men of Broadway dressed to the nines
- "I Am What I Am" opening the °ëµºÌåÓý Pride Spectacular
- Jack Thorne's A Christmas Carol streams live from London
- Lindsay Mendez's Vivian Vance-esque sidekicking
- Belting for Biden
- Revisiting Danielle Brooks' Beatrice
- Homeschool Musical Class of 2020 on HBO
- Jinkx and DeLa's Christmas camp
- Merrily Merrily We Roll Along Rolls Along at the Obies
- Lillias White scatting
- Claire Foy and Matt Smith reunite for Lungs
- Wicked encourages
- The , c/o London musicians
- Tim Curry returns to Rocky Horror to narrate streamed performance
- The Barricade Boys, self-barricaded, sing "Bring Him Home"
- Carrie Hope Fletcher Cinderella
- Carmen Cusack goes flying (while driving) over sunset
- I Put A Spell On You: The Sanderson Sisters Break The Internet
- Daniel J. Watts' speech at TedxBroadway
- Marisa Tomei and Oscar Isaaac in Beirut
- Viola Davis and Stacey Abrams for BTU
- The Today Show pays tribute to Broadway for Halloween
- The Search for a Star
- Melba Moore singing "I Got Love"...again!
- Chloe Davis pays tribute to Black choreographers at The Muny
- Rizzos try to remember "There Are Worse Things"
- James Monroe Iglehart getting us excited for the (eventual) Tonys
- Sierra Boggess in self-tape audition
- God (or Jenifer Lewis) Save the City
- "Lysol That Jazz"
- COVID can't stop the beat
- The Platt brothers' graduation medley
- Putting Bernie (Sanders, not Peters) on Broadway
- Jinx Monsoon is Beth Leavel is Madame Rose
- Samantha Pauley sings on IGTV with her dog
- Alice Ripley singing “American Pie� for voters in line
- Larry Owens' Lortel Awards acceptance song
- A Killer Party
- Jenna Russell killing [vampires]
- West End Stars promise "We'll Meet Again"
- Cole Escola's Obie Awards opening, feat. Donna Murphy!
- Andrew Barth Feldman and Alex Boniello’s Broadway Jackbox
- The many wigs of Circle Jerk
- The Brave New Shakespeare challenge
- T'Shan Williams' "I'm Here"
- Watching Renée’s “Satisfied� as much as we want (rewind, rewind...)
- Andrew Scott in Three Kings
- The TikTok musical
- Marie's Crisis online singalongs
- A house-turned-soundstage for Who's Your Baghdaddy
- OBC of The Lion King performs "He Lives in You"
- Anthony Ramos kicking off with "In The Heights"
- Broadway returns via the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- Michael Urie back in the Cellar
- Turning it out with Tiler Peck
- Trekkie Monster reminds us all to practice social distancing
- Dyllón Burnside leaves us "Bewitched Bothered, and Bewildered"
- Centerstage With Healthcare Heroes
- Josh Groban gets "Intimate"
- Harry Potter's in Melbourne
- Eden Espinosa singing "Woman Is" for Pride
- Brooklynite stars commemorate co-star Nick Cordero
- Hamilton dancers performing a Juneteenth celebration
- The on TikTok
- Virtual walks with Broadway Up Close
- Julie Andrews Cinderella, Lesley Ann Warren Cinderella, Brandy Cinderella
- Time Stands Still (no kidding) live stream
- Kate Baldwin singing “Hold On� from The Secret Garden
- Rob McClure takes up conducting
- Adrienne Warren singing "Sally's Song"
- A toast to Allegiance
- Kathryn Hahn reading What the Constitution Means to Me
- The Comeback's comeback on Stars in the House
- Annaleigh Ashford's adorable kid bloopers
- Omigod you guys...!
- Robbie Fairchild dancing across NYC rooftops
- Betsy Wolfe as Estella Scrooge
- Vanessa Williams and fellow Desperate Housewives on SITH
- Len Cariou, Penny Fuller, Lee Roy Reams revisit Applause
- Patti LuPone, a literal angel on Judgment Day
- SOLDIERGIRLS
- "Welcome to the Rock" via Zoom
- A revamped ALW “Love Trio�
- Annie Golden and Gregg German assassinate for Studio Tenn
- "Road to Hell" at The Tank Gala
- 3 Days, 3 plays
- The "Get It Girl, You Go" music video
- Michael Urie interviewing Bernadette Peters
- The London Hairspray cast on Britain's Got Talent
- Lena Hall biking through the Search for Elle Woods reunion
- Brian Stokes Mitchell dreams "The Impossible Dream" from his window
- Christine Baranski. Audra McDonald. Meryl Streep. Wine.
- The Beautiful cast reminding us "You've Got a Friend"
- Bill Irwin's perfect marriage of clown work and Beckett
- Between the World and Me debuting on HBO
- André De Shields as Frederick Douglass
- Betty Buckley singing “When There’s No One�
- Jordan E. Cooper's Mama Got a Cough
- Basil Twist moving us with fabric
- Actors sing and wash their hands (20 seconds, at least!)
- Michael Balogun in Death of England: Delroy
- Shan Ako to artists: "Stay Ready, Don’t Lose Hope"
- #TheEthelMerman°ëµºÌåÓýProject
- Black Lives Black Words' Plays for the People
- Patti LuPone's
- Daniel J. Watts' "The Jam" goes digital
- Original cast revisits Sugar in Our Wounds
- Sis'
- Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's The Line
- Ashley Park teasing a Millie that never was
- Välkommen till oss! Come From Away in Sweden
- Broadway Princess Party puts COVID twist on "Go the Distance"
- Erin Morley accompanies herself and interpolates
- Jagged Little Pill reuniting for a virtual concert
- The original cast of Floyd Collins on Stars in the House
- Cooking meets theatre meets Bollywood
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
- Company of Company (including Sondheim) toasts Patti's birthday
- "Broadway Actors When Their Mics Are Off" on TikTok
- Michael McElroy leads Bernadette Peters and more
- Jessica Vosk's witchy face right before ""
- Kinky Boots around the world Raise Us Up
- Chuck and Lilli Cooper keeping us "Cool" in election week
- Daniel J. Watts does spoken word in Louis Armstrong's house
- Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club
- The Walter Project
- Emily Blunt explaining ""
- No photobooth? No problem. Broadway Flea heads to Zoom
- Kiss My Aztec cast calling out social distancing flouters
- Tom Kitt offers a little "Light"
- Idina Menzel and Megan Hilty sing "" for graduates
- Christopher Jackson Goes Live From the West Side
- Harriet Harris is Eleanor Roosevelt
- “You Are My Sunshine,� a la The Good Fight
- Melissa Errico's book of erotic Irish art
- Happiness Is a Thing Called...Audra
- ALW plays LMM, LMM plays ALW
- L Morgan Lee's "Some Kinda Happy" for Women in Theatre
- Ashley Blanchet's "Before the Parade Passes By"
- Sasha Allen Lifts Every Voice and Sings
- La MaMA Breaks It Open
- Isaac Powell performs quarantined "Something's Coming" with WSS orchestra
- Denée Benton's "Spark of Creation" to End NF
- Broadway game nights
- Noted thespian Snoop Dogg in Hurt Village
- The Magic Flute meets Mario
- Audra McDonald's #DontRushChallenge with her six (6) Tonys
- Amfar's Angels in America presentation
- 2020: The Musical highlighting a dumpster fire year
- Riverdale does Hedwig
- Anthony Ramos is a curious cat
- one in two transfers from Off-Broadway to streaming
- Lena Hall singing "Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens"
- Katrina Lenk's "Something Good" being something sultry
- Original U.K. Six stars reclaim the throne
- Audra McDonald reading A Is for Audra
- So many Anjous !
- A digital "Carnaval del Barrio"
- Taylor Stanley dancing in front of Pride installation
- Jelani Alladin and Christiani Pitts take on "The Lady is a Tramp"
- Chicago's Victory Gardens Theatre's stream of Fun Home
- For the Love of Lyric
- Alex Newell as Effie White on ClubHouse
- Alvin Ailey's Revalations Reimagined
- Miriam Shor reprising Wild Party role for Pride Spectacular
- Covenant House kids singing out
- Nick Jonas on SNL...we'll drink to that
- Kelli, Vicki, and Matt Reflect on Piazza
- BD Wong's "I Miss New York"
- Larry Owens and Natalie Walker celebrating #Choices
- Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody struggle with acronyms
- serenades from her car
- Dancing to Center Stage with Susan Stroman
- Race, as directed by Phylicia Rashad
- Edward Mawere's #BroadwayRemixChallenge
- Arielle Jacobs is "Talking to Oliver"
- Broadway Bares: Zoom In (and zoom in we did...)
- Losing our minds for Emily Skinner and Solea Pfeiffer
- Crystal Dickinson plays Crystal Mason in court drama
- Kiki & Herb: Seeking Asylum!
- Night of a
- Heartbeat Opera makes their garden grow
- Jeff Richmond and Jane Krakowski revisit Jenna's musical moments
- Mother-daughter LaChanze/Celia Gooding sing Next to Normal
- Matt Ban's rockin' quarantine brunch
- Heidi Schreck on Amazon
- Imani Mchunu and Paul Grosvenor sing opera on a stoop
- André De Shields Remembers the Ribbon
- Legally Blonde reunion on Broadway Podcast Network
- Broadway Buskers
- Nicole Kidman's Zazz
- Songs for a New World from across the world
- 7 playwrights make 7 rules for 7 10-Minute Plays
- Yes, we rewatched Smash, and yes, that counts
- Joriah Kwame previews more of Little Miss Perfect
- Jennifer Simard and Jesisca Vosk are Killing It
- Santino Fontana's other Christmas shoes
- And Klea Blackhurst as Alice!
- Brenda Braxton fabulously guest hosting Stars in the House
- Broadway For Racial Justice's #WeAreNotATrend
- SuperYou, drive-in-style
- Noah Galvin as Bradley "Baby" Bjorn
- Londoners singing "Do You Hear the People Sing?"
- The Project Sing Out! concert
- A Head Over Heels virtual reunion—and Go-Go's medley
- 33 Sondheim songs in 5 minutes
- Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer's 6-Part, 1-Person Hadestown arrangement
- David Kwong taking us Inside the Box
- Becoming charmed by The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk
- Ryan J. Haddad's Hi Are You Single?
- #Ham4Change
- Isabella Rossellini on the birds and the bees
- Fosse moves to Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy"
- BAC's Verzuz featuring legends Andre De Shields and Lillias White
- Dulé Hill's
- "Haus of Holbein" from home
- A whole bunch of Encores! encores
- Over 300 Cats perform around the world
- Off-Broadway's Jersey Boys performing "Sherry"
- Julianne Moore and Kaitlyn Dever as mother-daughter
- An epic "Why We Tell the Story"
- Bonnie Milligan's "Gimme Gimme"
- Daveed Diggs' Hanukkah puppy
- Back to Broadbend, Arkansas
- Renée Zellweger introducing Bombshell
- The Boys in the Band: Something Personal documentary
- British dames offer Talking Heads
- Ben Platt/'s "You Will Be Found" on Corden
- Lailla Robins, Laila Robns, and Laila Robins in Macbeth
- Paula Vogel's Bard at the Gate series
- Laura Benanti says/sings goodbye
- Feeling a “� with Mykal Kilgore
- MCC's all-star School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play
- Ariana DeBose, Lillias White, and Skye Dakota Turner's
- Lonergan vets headline Hold On to Me Darling
- Tonya Pinkins return to CSC for a chat
- Cynthia Erivo performs a cappella "Somewhere"
- Siempre, Luis
- Kristin Chenoweth "helps" Kamala Harris be “popular�
- Mrs. Doubtfire's "" from home
- Robyn Hurder's family dance sessions
- Geffen Stayhouse's The Present
- Make you (virtually) feel my love
- Swan Lake performed in bathtubs
- School of American Ballet faces COVID realities in On Pointe
- Raul Esparza and Samira Wiley in Tartuffe
- Alex Newell's #AsakaRiffChallenge
- The Virtual Fire Island Dance Festival
- Ria Jones' entrance as Norma Desmond
- Andréa Burns walks us—in incredible heels—through Bad Dates
- Samantha Barks enjoys (endures?) a First Date
- Seymours sharing their Little Shop stories
- Jefferson Mays as Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and everyone else
- The Diana cast's
- Ingrid Michaelson's Broadway medley
- Remy, the ratatouille, the
