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 Movie theaters, theatres on Broadway and London's West End, and
concert venues may have shuttered their doors because of the
coronavirus pandemic, but actors, comedians and musicians are
giving life to the famous adage: The show must go on.
Comedians Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah
this week began streaming monologues from their homes after
production on their late-night television talk shows was shut
down last week.
On Tuesday night, Colbert opened his CBS show outside his New
Jersey house standing by his barbecue grill. The previous night,
he performed his monologue from his bathtub, sitting in clouds
of bubbles while clad in a suit and tie.
ABC's Kimmel, in his "quarantine minilogue," joked that being
isolated at home with his family was proving a learning
experience "I learned I have two young children. ... Thank God
for television. My blood type now is Disney positive," he
quipped.
NBC "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon launched his first
10-minute "At Home Edition" on Tuesday night and raised more
than $19,000 for the Feeding America national food bank
nonprofit. He plans to raise funds for a different charity every
night.
"I wanted to put something out there for you guys so we can have
some levity in these bizarre times," he said, as his wife Nancy
Juvonen operated the camera.
In Britain, a group of actors and directors said they will begin
livestreamed readings of all of William Shakespeare's plays on
Thursday. "Shakespeare wrote 'King Lear' while quarantined by
the plague - if he carried on, we can too," organizers said in a
statement.
New York's Metropolitan Opera is livestreaming some of its most
popular productions for free every night.
Rolling Stone magazine became the latest to launch a series of
live online musical performances, starting with a set on
Wednesday by Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson.
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"Artists and venues around the globe are coming up with innovative
ways to keep the lights on and the music playing, without leaving
the house," the magazine said in a statement.
Country music veteran Willie Nelson's annual festival "Luck
Reunion," usually held in his Austin, Texas, backyard, will be
livestreamed on Thursday with artists filming themselves at home.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and John Legend each performed
"Together, At Home" shows on Instagram this week.
The shows, organized by Global Citizen and the World Health
Organization, will next feature singer-songwriter Charlie Puth.
Broadway performers, including "Wicked" musical stars Idina Menzel
and Kristin Chenoweth will sing and chat about their careers from
home in a daily "Stars in the House" mini-online show that also
raises money for actors and backstage staff aid off by the closure
of theatres last week.
With schools and libraries closing rapidly, actresses Jennifer
Garner and Amy Adams launched a #SaveWithStories project in which
they read children's books on Instagram and Facebook.
The initiative also aims to raise funds for Save the Children and No
Kid Hungry to provide books, games and food to kids facing months
out of school.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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