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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Shows Must Go On! is now releasing two shows per week. Starting on Monday, November 2, their YouTube channel will be broadcasting a new show every Monday AND Friday. Monday November 2nd begins their Shakespeare Season, showing a new Shakespeare production every Monday night for the next four weeks. Shakespeare Season kicks off with Being Shakespeare starring Simon Callow, which is available for seven days. Here’s the link to Being Shakespeare:
The Friday shows from the West End will still be available for 48 hours. The upcoming show is From Here to Eternity! Starting on Friday, November 6, this stream will be available from 2:00 p.m. EST / 7:00 p.m. GMT for 48 hours only. Here’s the trailer for From Here to Eternity!:
Pearl Harbor, 1941, where the girls sing “don’cha like Hawaii”, the men of G Company sing the blues, and where even on an army base, love and desire are never very far away. Sir Tim Rice’s epic new musical is adapted from one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century; a gripping tale of illicit love and army life which translates into a breath-taking, romantic and excitingly original show.
They are also soliciting donations to these Arts charities:
US: https://broadwaycares.org/
UK: http://actingforothers.co.uk/
Australia: https://www.actorsbenevolentfund.org.au/