Have you heard the news? The New York Children’s Theatre has launched its 2020-2021 season with new, live, virtual programs for children. The season includes a mix of live digital productions as well as filmed performances of NYCCT productions. Highlights include a filmed production of their annual holiday show My First Nutcracker as well as an exclusive two-week stream of their award-winning and critically acclaimed musical, A Band of Angels, directed by Colman Domingo and two new productions. We are highlighting the shows for 2020 and will be writing more about 2021 towards the end of the year. For now, take a look at some of their great offerings and support this incredible theatre.
2020 Productions
Forest of Feelings – A New Musical
October – February 2021 | 35 Minutes | Best for ages 2-5 Developed for and performed Live on Zoom
The Forest of Feelings is a magical place filled with a vast landscape of emotions. When two friends discover a lost laugh, with the audience’s help, they must take a physical and musical journey through the forest to return it to its faraway home. Created and performed by Yo Re Mi, Forest of Feeling is an interactive show live on Zoom that teaches your youngest theatergoers about emotions, music, and yoga!
A Band Of Angels
Streaming November 2020
50 Minutes | Best for ages 8 and up Available on NYCCT’s Website with Live Special Events
Join us this November for a special presentation of one of our most groundbreaking shows, A Band of Angels. Ella is a pop culture obsessed teenager living in present-day New York City. One afternoon she is transported back in time to meet the Jubilee Singers, a choir still in operation today that was founded shortly after the Civil War at one of the first schools for free slaves, and gains a new appreciation for history and education. See the production that Mommy Poppins called “captivating and thought-provoking,” written by Myla Churchill and directed by actor Colman Domingo.
My First Nutcracker
December 2020
50 Minutes | Best for ages 3-8 Available on NYCCT’s Website with Live Special Events
This holiday season, NYCCT will present My First Nutcracker filmed live at Theatre Row, and streamed directly into your home with live special events! In My First Nutcracker, join Clara and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with delicious treats, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king. My First Nutcracker is an introduction to the classic holiday story you know and love, directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker and written by Barbara Zinn Krieger.
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