Online theater streaming service BroadwayHD will live stream “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me,” winner of the 2017 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, starring Wade McCollum (“Wicked”) and GrooveLily’s electro-violinist Valerie Vigoda (“Striking 12”). “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” will be available to watch live on BroadwayHD.com on Wednesday, June 7 at 8:00 p.m. EDT with a live pre-show feature to begin at 7:45 p.m. EDT. Seven high-definition cameras will capture this production at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theatre. The show will be available for an on-demand encore following the live stream. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the musical The Huffington Post calls, “a welcome rarity – whimsical and so original that spectators sit through it with jaws dropped.”
“We’re proud to share this multimedia production of “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” after its award-winning runs in Seattle, New Jersey and Boston,” said BroadwayHD co-founders, Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley. “We are always looking for new ways to bring live theater to more people, and knowing that this production’s multimedia set design includes digital projections of actual footage from Shackleton’s expeditions, we could not pass on this unique opportunity to continue to extend the reach of this iconic leader’s story.”
“Sharing ‘Ernest Shackleton Loves Me’ with theatre fans nationwide through BroadwayHD feels like the perfect next step for this remarkable and surprising musical,” said producer Matthew Kwatinetz. “In all of the cities in which it has played, ‘Ernest Shackleton Loves Me’ has struck a chord with audiences, inspiring the eternal optimist in all of us through the uplifting story of one strong woman who refuses to settle for less than she deserves. We’re very excited to have Sir Ernest Shackleton burst through refrigerators across the country and into the hearts of musical theatre fans everywhere.”
BroadwayHD subscribers can watch “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” on BroadwayHD.com, Chromecast and BroadwayHD’s Roku, Apple TV, iPad, iPhone and Android mobile apps. The performance will also be available for on-demand viewing on BroadwayHD.com, starting the day after the live event, and running through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 24.
For BroadwayHD, “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” marks the streaming service’s tenth live stream, following live stream productions of “She Loves Me,” “Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical,” “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” and most recently, “THE GABRIELS: Election Year in The Life of One Family.” This summer, BroadwayHD will be adding multiple titles to its on-demand library including, “On the Exhale,” “Daddy Long Legs” and “If I Forget.”
If you’d like to purchase tickets to the performance on Wednesday, June 7 at 8:00 p.m. EDT to be part of the audience for this special live stream event, visit ErnestShackletonLovesMe.com