Summer screenings at the Quick

Cool off at the Quick this summer as we offer screenings of National Theatre Live and the Met: Live in HD. 

The Met: Live in HD La Bohème (Puccini)

Wednesday, June 26 | 1 P.M. (encore)

From the 2013–14 season

Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging, an audience favorite for more than 30 years, features a winning young cast, including soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Vittorio Grigolo as the lovers Mimì and Rodolfo. Stefano Ranzani conducts.

NT Live: Small Island

Tuesday, July 16 | 7 p.m.

Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Islandcomes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation that follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.

The Met: Live in HD Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)

Saturday, July 20 | 1 P.M. (encore)

From the 2006–07 season

Rossini’s madcap comedy receives a spirited production by Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher and stars mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and baritone Peter Mattei. Maurizio Benini conducts.

The Met: Live in HD Aida (Verdi)

Saturday, July 27 | 1 P.M. (encore)

From the 2018–19 season

Soprano Anna Netrebko and mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili offer blazing performances in Verdi’s grand drama of ancient Egypt, seen in a stunning production by Sonja Frisell. Nicola Luisotti conducts.