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Theater to Stream: A World of Fringe and More Apples

The actor Jelani Alladin (Frozen, Hercules) has created a company, Dumont Millennial Production, to amplify the unheard voices of first-generation Americans. Its first initiative is a reading of B.J. Tindals Goodnight, Tyler about loss and legacy in the aftermath of a police killing starring Alladin, Johanna Braddy, Michele Shay, Danielle Deadwyler, Jack Quaid and Alex Gibson. (Thursday at 7 p.m. on YouTube; available until Aug. 31. Free, but donations to the National Black Theater are encouraged.)
A chronicle of love in the Womens Army Corps during World War II, Em Weinstein and Emily Johnson-Erdays new musical Soldiergirls has enrolled quite the roster of participants for its online concert version, starting with Jenn Colella (Come From Away), Lilli Cooper (Tootsie) and Chilina Kennedy (Beautiful). While registration is free, the stream benefits the Service Members, Partners, Allies for Respect and Tolerance for All organization (SPART*A) and donations are encouraged. (Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. and then up for four days at soldiergirls.org.)
Theater of War Productions looks at current issues through the prism of classic texts, and it often returns to Sophocless Oedipus the King as a way to consider the current pandemic. A thrilling Britain-based cast including Damian Lewis, Lesley Sharp, Clarke Peters and Kathryn Hunter makes the next installment of The Oedipus Project a cant-miss. (Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. at theaterofwar.com. Live only. Free.)
Like Qui Nguyens wildly popular She Kills Monsters, Madhuri Shekars In Love and Warcraft explores the interaction between real life and video games with a dash of Cyrano de Bergerac-inspired shenanigans. Exploring virtual worlds is a fitting way for the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco to start off its fall season, with a cast drawn from students in the companys M.F.A. program. (Live Sept. 4-12, on demand Sept. 18-25 at act-sf.org. $15-$20.)read more

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