The Manhattan Chamber Players will perform two French masterworks of chamber music, composed by Ernest Chausson and his teacher, César Franck. An informal pre-concert talk and Q&A begins at 7:00 pm. Concert is at 7:30 PM.
This is the second of two concerts presented by the Manhattan Chamber Players showing the unique development of the French school of composition around the turn of the century amidst growing trends toward nationalism and greater individuality among European composers.
“13 Dead Dreams of ‘Eugene’” is a dandy little ghost story. Strickland and MacDonald, Fringe vets and ace storytellers, use song, puppetry and light — such clever use of light — to set the creepy mood.
Described as “Theatre that can change the world,” this play addresses climate change through riveting personal and scientific accounts. Chris Rapley and Duncan Macmillan (1984) bring to life the horrors of CO2 emissions and what will happen to future generations if we do not act responsibly with regards to our planet.
A Blanket of Dust is a political thriller with a powerhouse cast. It is the story of Diana Crane, a modern day Antigone. The daughter of a US Senator whose husband has died in the World Trade Center, her subsequent ordeal in seeking justice for his murder ultimately drives her to the outer fringes of society.
A 6’1” blonde spitfire tells her life story of becoming a pro basketball player in France.
Kenny “The Real” Kramer, Larry David’s across the hall neighbor, and inspiration for the character Cosmo Kramer, invites you to join him as he takes you on a 3 hour theatrical multi-media stage, bus and video tour of NYC to the sites made famous in the world’s most popular sitcom.
Connecting stories from his life to the operas he was playing at time, Faingersh plays us through a comedic crash course in finding operatic (and personal) meaning, as he recounts his decision to leave a coveted position at the Metropolitan Opera.
Abby Hollander is a singer, bassist and guitarist, and songwriter originally from Woodstock, NY. Coming from a family of musicians, she was raised on an eclectic mix of bluegrass, country, and jazz – which were played on the stereo a little and the back porch a lot.
Israeli Contemporary Singer/Songwriter Adam Gorlizki singing hit songs in English and some in Hebrew.
A new family musical about disabilty,kindness, and friendship. As Uno, a child with autism, faces the challenge of competing in his school’s math competition, his friends with varying disabilities – ADHD, visual, hearing and physical impairment – rally in support. Through puppets and soaringmusic, Addy & Uno is a heartfelt and hilarious journey celebrating hope, big dreams and the beauty of differences.
A new family musical about disabilty,kindness, and friendship. As Uno, a child with autism, faces the challenge of competing in his school’s math competition, his friends with varying disabilities – ADHD, visual, hearing and physical impairment – rally in support. Through puppets and soaringmusic, Addy & Uno is a heartfelt and hilarious journey celebrating hope, big dreams and the beauty of differences.
Completely different way to do happy hour in NYC. Loosen your tie and let down your hair to tunes from our onboard DJ; drink in New York’s skyline panoramas with the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Brooklyn Bridge & more!
Poet-drunkard Vienya traverses Moscow in an attempt to catch a train to visit his beloved in the distant suburb of Petuskhi. “Dizzying, Edgy, Mind Stretching!”
With a bittersweet verve, American Weather is a visceral work of material performance inspired by daily life in America. Layering movement, puppetry, live music, found text, and animation, Chris Green and a multi-disciplinary ensemble create an absurdist meditation on losing your footing in the pursuit of happiness.
Al Gore (played by comedian and Inverse correspondent Rollie Williams) takes no prisoners in this breakdown of the current state of climate change. After all, the truth is a dish best served at a temperature that (according to the overwhelming majority of scientists) is dangerously increasing.
Complete with jokes, the occasional song, and a cast of characters that includes Carmen Miranda and Jackie Gleason, APPLE, TABLE, PENNY showcases generational struggles, the special love between a grandfather and his granddaughter, and coming to terms with the inevitable that awaits us all.
Art Battle International live competitive painting series, connecting the amazing New York live painting community to the world. 12 artists compete in timed rounds of live painting, it’s a sizzling night of creation and celebration.
The jazz group AS IS has been performing in the New York City area since 2005.
Described as “nothing short of enchanting” by All About Jazz in 2015, AS IS is the musical union of jazz guitarist, Alan Schulman and jazz vocal stylist, Stacey Lynn Schulman.
The hilarious new show tells the story of how Ashley’s close friendship with a Muslim changed his life forever. ‘A slickly funny stand-up show. He is proof that even the most reverent enjoy a little irreverence.’
This is an invite-only curated showcase of outstanding new plays currently in the development stage. See each listing for more detailed information.
Beautiful Pasadena tells the story of a marriage in crisis at the start of the economic collapse in 2008. As Will begins an extensive remodel on their apartment at The Castle Green, a historic building in Pasadena, he and his wife, Rachel, up for a promotion at her law firm, clash over politics, family and world values.
A new poetic stage play about relationships, presented as a part of the 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival — NYC’s only festival devoted to producing full-length plays, musicals, and adaptations by women writers.
This isn’t your average pub trivia – this is interactive storytelling you can WIN.
Experience the magic of Broadway like never before at BLANK! THE MUSICAL, an astonishing and hysterical next-generation theatrical sensation.
When shit goes down, your girls show up. As sharply funny as it is poignant, BLKS introduces us to Octavia (PAIGE GILBERT / MCC’s SCHOOL GIRLS), Imani (ALFIE FULLER / IS GOD IS ), and June (ANTOINETTE CROWE-LEGACY / IF PRETTY HURTS, UGLY MUST BE A MUFHUCKA)—three twenty somethings in New York City hunting for intimacy and purpose in a city that doesn’t seem to care.
A heartfelt comedy about using people, presented as a part of the 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival — NYC’s only festival devoted to producing full-length plays, musicals, and adaptations by women writers.
Think it’s a solo show? Think again. Private eye Butt Kapinski invites you to co-star in a film noir murder mystery. Join Butt in a seedy world of sex, sin, shadows and subterfuge as you take the ride of a full-on interactive comedic experience.
“CAPTAIN FILTHY FRED” by Marika Barnett, Istvan Ver, and Alan Wurman, is an outlandish American-Hungarian musical that will make its debut in New York, NY. Pilvax Productions presents this delightful piece with an international cast. The show will be at La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre in Manhattan from June 21st through the 23rd.
Performing Artists: CARRIE JACKSON, PHYLLIS BLANFORD, BOB DE BENEDETTE, DOUG DONOVAN, BARBARA HASSENFELD, SHERRY GIBSON, PATRICIA WALTON
A male plumber and a female woodworker take the art world by storm. The piece is a subversive commentary on the pretensions and ‘artspeak’ of the gallery scene. Fitzgerald is an actor, author, union carpenter, furniture designer and sometimes history/English teacher.
Can the spirits of Christmas warm the heart of a bitter old miser? Find the answer yourself in David “Zen” Mansley’s production of the classic Charles Dickens tale. Featuring live performances and ghostly, filmed projections, this production is sure to dazzle, surprise and touch you.
Donald E. Lacy Jr.’s one-man show, “ColorStruck,” begins as a comedic autobiography of an outsider: a sensitive, light-skinned African American man growing up in Oakland during the height of the Black Pride movement. It morphs into an interactive experience for all races that dissects color-consciousness and the assumptions that underlie institutional racism
A ComedySportz® match features two teams of players competing for laughs and points, with a referee keeping things moving and calling fouls. Every show is different, with different players, different games, and different audiences supplying new suggestions.
Con Hand Cabaret is a futuristic revue composed of Theater For The New City stalwart Walter Corwin’s fast-paced Brechtian short comedies.
Join Crystal McKinsey and friends for a light-hearted evening celebrating Broadway’s greatest love songs (with a few surprise additions).
Manhattan at the turn of the Millennium—it’s the red-hot center of the exploding new phenomenon of the Internet. Brash young Web pioneers vie to stake their claim. With the sudden new wealth and lavish launch parties, it’s the Great Gatsby on steroids.
The Imbible’s matinee show, all about brunch and brunch drinks with 3 complimentary brunch drinks including a Bloody Mary Bar, plus a selection of pastries from Amy’s Bread!
DED Talks is an otherworldly new lecture series that invites you to put your head in the clouds (or wherever you think heaven is), highlighting the life and ideas of your favorite dearly departed figures from history.
An evening of classic jazz standards. I plan to sing songs from the height of the Jazz and Standards era. Some songs such as, ‘ The Very Thought of You’ but I will be adding the gorgeous prologue verses. Or the song, ‘This Will Make You Laugh’ by Irene Higginbotham who also wrote ‘Good Morning Heartache’ for Billie Holiday. This will be a show filled with the known and unknown best of the Jazz era.
A story of a low-ranking civil servant, who yearns to be noticed by a beautiful woman, with whom he has fallen in love. As his madness deepens, he begins to believe himself to be the heir to the throne of Spain… ”
An intoxicating one-(wo)man cabaret show. 1942, on the battlefields of North Africa, in a gold sequin gown, Marlene Dietrich takes the stage to fight the war her way, with an irresistible mix of songs, sequins, sex and sympathy.
NOMINATED BY BROADWAY WORLD FOR BEST NYC MUSICAL COMEDY CABARET SHOW 2013! “12 Divas wrapped up into one dynamite package! Dorothy lovingly sends up a fully costumed, vocally brilliant tribute to the worlds greatest singing icons from Cher to Adele. This show never disappoints!”
This Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is bare-bones, but fully engaging. The sets are made entirely of black, stackable stairs with hidden compartments that open for embellishments.
Dream Within a Dream is a hilarious satirical and brilliant comedy about theater and the art of putting on a play.
Inspired by a true, little-known story about the making of an iconic TV commercial in which a legendary film director puts a movie star’s life in the hands of a very jittery props guy. A humorous and ultimately disturbing account of power in the workplace, “Gumballs” examines how truth is negotiated in both art and in life…
An old faery story told in a new light, presented as a part of the 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival — NYC’s only festival devoted to producing full-length plays, musicals, and adaptations by women writers.
Encyclopedia Commedia is a fast-paced and hilarious exploration of all the knowledge in the world (more or less [markedly less]).
Ethan Herschenfeld is a regular at comedy clubs in and around New York, across the country, and in the UK, and he’s known for a wide range of roles on TV shows ranging from Boardwalk Empire and Blue Bloods to High Maintenance and Pose.
WHAT WILL YOU EXPERIENCE? Provocative, Frank, Funny, Even enlightening comedy. Wowed by deft switch from Hustler raunch to Zen sensitivity Epstein and Hassan share the things we think about in relationshiips.
Lauren, a college freshman, chooses to do adult films to pay for her tuition. When Lauren’s secret is discovered she is bombarded with harassment from fellow students, social media and talk show hosts. She defends all of these criticisms with grace and intelligence, but are the consequences worth it?
Fear of Oatmeal recalls the Native community that lived in post-depression Brooklyn. They moved freely from home to home to home visiting and telling stories.
Feral is an innovative piece of visual theater that combines puppetry, film, and live sound to create and destroy a world in front of its audience’s eyes. Puppeteers manipulate and bring to life a tiny world, whilst simultaneously creating a live animation, as they follow its every breath via digital camera.
Company XIV’s latest spectacle re-imagines the 1936 classic children’s tale by Munro Leaf as an erotic all-male baroque-burlesque spectacle.
Julie and Robert have been married for 4 years. They are not getting along. They decide to spend 24 hours together in a hotel room with no television, no cellphones, no internet or computers and see if they can work things out.
Fred performed “Mann to Man’ the first time in February, 2015 to support marriage equality. When the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage on June 26, 2015, he performed it again, as a celebration, in November of 2015. Now he’s performing a revised version once again, because he feels we can’t be completely satisfied with the way things are right now.
1936, Berlin. When Jewish athlete Helene Mayer is selected for the Nazis’ Olympic Squad, she realizes she is fighting for much more than gold. Based on a true story, ‘Games’ is a cautionary tale for our times.
When you meet someone for the first time you bond over the things you have in common. But what if the thing you have in common is also your biggest secret? Two strangers meet on a journey that many Irish women still keep as their biggest secret.
Gordon Vetas first began his love for music as a drummer at the age of 14 with the Paul Green School of Rock Music, where he met and played with drummer, Chris Petty. After teaching himself to play the guitar at age 16, Gordon was a proficient guitar player within a year.
A Play in One Act by Chuck Gorden. A bigoted father and his well educated son occupy a broken down bridge in a remote wooded area. The father is a manifestation of the son’s memory as he recalls events that occurred on the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
Emily Carding plays Hamlet and you, the audience, are the players arriving at Elsinore. Hamlet needs your help to take on the roles of his friends and family and resolve the great questions of life.
Tonight, Doug turns 41. His favorite, and least favorite, gay men have made the invite list: friends, exes, nightmares, tricks, and even a ghost. Happy Birthday Doug is a wicked and wild hour-long celebration of modern gay culture, with tons of wine. Consider this your cordial invitation.
Ideas concerning mental health have changed radically throughout time – we will explore these through performance, dance and theatre.
In the 19th-century Roma or “Gypsy” culture became a phenomenon. A people of unknown origin living on the fringes of society became a symbol for the outsider. Roma presents iconic “Zigeunerlieder” by Brahms, Dvorak, and Liszt, as well as virtuosic violin showpieces by Ravel and Sarasate.
HOOKED ON HAPPINESS is an inspiring new look at climate justice and what the generation that will have to endure its most dire effects is doing to ignite immediate action.
Join us this Friday for an colorful roller skating extravaganza as we celebrate Pride month!
Housewives of Secaucus – A Suburban Travesty follows five women at a Mad Hatters Brunch in Secaucus, NJ. Watch the faux fur fly as they compete for best hat, woman of the year and more! Who will become Mayor of Secaucus? You’ll have to stick around and see!
Tribal Baroque – At the intersection of opera, activism and the ethereal place
ICEBERG . EXPLORATION is a dramatic dance musical, which narrates a self internal exploration and growth through an adventure story. It awakes and make awareness of protecting our mother earth by presenting the magnificent beauty and power of natural landscapes. It is good for all age range, family, kids, seniors because bring lots of fun
Alternating between English and Spanish, this bilingual play restricts subtitles in performance. This forces the audience to alternate between being insiders and outsiders, depending on how much they speak of each language.
The NPR public radio program ‘This American Life’ is the mothership of all storytelling podcasts. Hosted by the insightfully nasal Ira Glass, each broadcast is a deeply thought-out, carefully researched exploration of human nature.
Honeck-Moss Productions is proud to present “In The Works.” This exciting new series was conceived as an opportunity for composers to try out new work in front of an audience and see how it plays in a supportive environment. It is also an opportunity to create community among the composers and their performers.
Honeck-Moss Productions is proud to present “In The Works.” This exciting new series was conceived as an opportunity for composers to try out new work in front of an audience and see how it plays in a supportive environment. It is also an opportunity to create community among the composers and their performers.
Dockery and Jon Paterson play two friends escaping a house party to end up arguing about their relationship, thanks to a mysterious box scavenged from a closet.
This powerful, sell-out, one-woman show, set during working class, 90’s Manchester, demonstrates the teenage angst and scorched heart of outrageous, hilarious Kelly Roberts as she unwittingly discloses a heart-breaking, empowering story, leaving a mark on anyone who remembers those turbulent teenage years.
Mark Vigeant (Clusterfest Up Next Showcase, Live From Here) invites audiences into the world wide web for a night of HTML-arious laughs. Each show features fake lectures by some of NYC’s best comedians, as well as a big fancy headliner who will leave the show with a brand new website built that very night!
Canadian Comedy Award, 20x Best of Fest, and 3x London’s Impresario Award winners, James & Jamesy debut their world-class comedy in New York. From the darkness of the unlit stage, two strangers meet, each with a chair and what appears to be the same task: place the chair, then leave.
Canadian Comedy Award, 20x Best of Fest, and 3x London’s Impresario Award winners, James & Jamesy debut their world-class comedy in New York. From the darkness of the unlit stage, two strangers meet, each with a chair and what appears to be the same task: place the chair, then leave.
Canadian Comedy Award, 20x Best of Fest, and 3x London’s Impresario Award winners, James & Jamesy debut their world-class comedy in New York. From the darkness of the unlit stage, two strangers meet, each with a chair and what appears to be the same task: place the chair, then leave.
Canadian Comedy Award, 20x Best of Fest, and 3x London’s Impresario Award winners, James & Jamesy debut their world-class comedy in New York. From the darkness of the unlit stage, two strangers meet, each with a chair and what appears to be the same task: place the chair, then leave.
Innovative singer songwriter Jeanne Gies weaves tales of resolution and redemption as the new year begins . . . JEANNE GIES records and tours internationally with a stunning array of jazz greats. She educates worldwide, including the wildly popular vocal/guitar workshop in beautiful Bolzano Italy
Jeff Franzel has performed with many great singers such as Frank Sinatra , Mel Torme, Sammy Davis Jr. and Deborah Cox. Jeff has been a songwriter and has had his songs recorded by Josh Groban, Placido Domingo, ’NSYNC, The Temptations, Shawn Colvin and currently Island/Decca recording artist Rhys Lewis and Holland’s Voice winner Dennis Van Aarssen.
America’s Master Mentalist returns to New York for the Ladies Only Psychic Party LIVE at The Triad Theater. The ultimate “girls night out” for women of all ages. Mark your calendar for this exclusive performance from a celebrated mind reader to be held Sunday March 29th at 2pm.
Canadian Born. Japanese Trained. Comic Storytelling! The only living Non-Japanese Master of the very Japanese art of RAKUGO Comic Storytelling!
What do you get when you combine a corrupt gynecologist, plastic surgery look-a-likes, a lascivious surgeon, a jittery liberal engaged to a staunch conservative, a flighty receptionist, a mysterious man hired for his sexual dexterity and a forgetful Holocaust survivor? You get Knock It Off: A Farce!
Join music fanatic Larry Owens (one of Time Out NY‘s “Comedians You Should Know”) as he takes you on an unforgettable tour inside of the music you know and love.
The Box Collective in collaboration with Piece of Yourself announces the premiere of Last Life: A Shakespeare Play, which will premiere on June 14 in New York City. A movement-based theatrical performance directed by Sara Fay George, the piece is crafted entirely from the plays, songs, and poems of William Shakespeare. A man and woman, trapped in a circle of salt, face the wounds of their past in this dramatic and visceral exploration of the evolution of love.
Real life Border Collie Likah is the inspiration for this very special musical story of unconditional love, pure joy, and dealing with the unexpected hurt of losing someone dear. This charming rather innocent pup is faced with life’s most difficult challenge, how to carry on when you’re left behind.
Intertactive musical comedy improvised off-Broadway!
Lonesome Blues is the true story of the legendary bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson: born blind, but ultimately able to express his deepest emotions through music.
After a sell-out run at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Scotland’s 80s gay romantic comedy hit is back!
German-born performer and composer Carolina Eyck is widely considered the world’s foremost theremin virtuosa. She began playing the theremin at age seven and made her debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in 2002.
The Manhattan Chamber Players, with guest violist Steven Tenenbom, violist of the Orion String Quartet, faculty member of the Juilliard School will perform works by Haydn, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Wieniawski.
Matt Yee, that wonderful funny Asian Hawaii based entertainer/artist/comedian and evidence that “Asian Men Are Huge” brings his Outrageous Adult Sing Along Show 2020 to NYC . You may have seen Matt’s standing room only shows on Royal Caribbean and Atlantis Events Cruises.
Line up of 10+ of Metropolitan Room’s many acts. If you love Metropolitan Room, you’ll love this reunion. Not to be missed.
Michelle DellaFave & Co. present the musical tale of a lovely young songbird who, feeling pressured and stressed, sets out for distant lands. “South to Brazil” takes Michelle to Latin and Brazilian rhythms.
Minton’s was the place where Bebop was born; the place, where the foundations of modern jazz were established.
Experience the best that magic has to offer in “Monday Night Magic,” New York’s longest-running Off-Broadway magic show!
Monotony! is the only show that dares let your favorite comedians and storytellers go deep on their weird obsessions with seemingly boring things.
NATURE & PURPOSE is an exploration of the idea of ‘art’ told through the works of two contemporaries who made their marks in different mediums – painter JACKSON POLLOCK and performance artist CHRIS BURDEN.
NATURE & PURPOSE is an exploration of the idea of ‘art’ told through the works of two contemporaries who made their marks in different mediums – painter JACKSON POLLOCK and performance artist CHRIS BURDEN.
NATURE & PURPOSE is an exploration of the idea of ‘art’ told through the works of two contemporaries who made their marks in different mediums – painter JACKSON POLLOCK and performance artist CHRIS BURDEN.
On The Spot is a new musical comedy show that features a cast of top-notch New York improvisers and guest singers to create a brand new musical!
On the Spot is proud to host the world famous Citrus Singers to the hit Off-Broadway Show. Hear the graduating class from the conservatory in Glendora, California and laugh with the On the Spot house team as we create a brand new musical.
Enjoy a Celebration of Passion, Be My Valentine will feature some of the world’s most romantic music performed by Opera New York’s artists.
Sequins, reality television, and the complete works of Oscar Wilde: not much else survives in a secret bunker far in the fascist future. OSCAR at The Crown is an immersive nightclub musical detailing the rise and fall of one of history’s most flamboyant characters.
Overheard at Joe’s is an interactive, improvisational, theatre experience. A different show every night, the audience is guided through the evening by the bartender who facilitates a funny, engaging, always topical conversation based on the makeup of the audience. The bartender along with six improv actors embedded in the crowd create an evening of entertainment.
It’s an opportunity for people to speak their mind. And speak their truth. And be heard. There’s nothing like it ANYWHERE and once you’ve come through the doors, you’ll be a regular for life….
An Abstract World Premiere set in “An Asylum – An Artist’s Studio – The Mind”, ‘Potters Wheel’ explores the transition from one existential plane to the next and how we move on or go back as we confront the light.
Austin McCormick invites you to fall down his baroque burlesque rabbit hole as his extravagant troupe premieres QUEEN of HEARTS inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. XIV’s reimagining includes circus, opera, magic, baroque dance and imaginatively immersive cocktails inspired by your favorite characters.
One hour concert featuring Henry Purcell’s “The Moor’s Revenge”, Jessica Meyer’s “Through Which We Flow” and Copland Clarinet Concerto with David Shifrin
Randy, the felt-faced comedian, started doing stand-up comedy in 2005 and has since gone on to headline most of the Theatrical Fringe and Comedy festivals around the world, as well as finding success on television with his own show airing on ABC TV in Australia, Seeso in the US and Netflix in the UK.
Canadian tree planter turned rap artist Baba Brinkman breaks down the science and politics of global warming, following its surprising twists from the carbon cycle to the energy economy. “Invigorating! Smart, funny, well-sustained” – Times of London
“Peer-reviewed rapper” Baba Brinkman (“Astonishing and brilliant” NYTimes) explores the scientific study of consciousness in his latest hip-hop comedy, fresh from a critically-acclaimed run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe.
Hip-hopping his way through the natural history of ideas, from the origins of civilization to the self-domestication of one peculiar primate, Baba turns the lens of “cultural evolution” on music, art, science, politics, faith, and values.
“Astonishing and brilliant!” (NY Times) A hip-hop tour of modern evolutionary biology, winner of the Scotsman Fringe First Award in Edinburgh and nominated for a Drama Desk Award off-Broadway.
Relive the classic sounds of the 1920s, 30s and 40s with this charming band and their golden era flair.
Travel way way way way way back in time! In this live, original musical, set 500 million years ago, all life dwells in one sea and trilobites rule the ocean floor.
Love is in the air! Enjoy decadent food, sample sweet and luxurious chocolate, and sip on wine while meeting talented theatre-artists. While taking schnazzy and fun pictures, you will have the opportunity to take fun pictures with friends, co-workers, and that special someone. Take those pictures home for a sweet momento!
The story of rum told by singing pirates! 3 rum drinks included!
In this imaginative musical fairy tale, a frog searches for true love and finds it in unlikely places.
The Quantum Eye is an entertaining and fascinating exploration of mentalism, magic, perception and deception, where extraordinary ability and humor blend with audience participation to make for a unique performance every time.
In this multi-layered dark comedy full of trauma and loss, everything if fiction _ except the pain.
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the riot at Stonewall Inn that spawned the gay liberation movement, an act of civil and social engagement that has evolved to embrace a wide range of sexuality, gender, and identity issues.
Top piano players on the East Coast playing a non-stop, rock-and-roll party where you pick the playlist.
Top piano players on the East Coast playing a non-stop, rock-and-roll party where you pick the playlist.
The CEO of a global conglomerate struggles to deliver what he must every quarter, regardless of the problems the company faces: shareholder value. The play chronicles his efforts to spin off divisions and make cutbacks, from the financial meltdown of 2008 to the present
Driven by their own personal stories and struggles, the remarkable young singers of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus harness the power of their voices to confront the challenges of racism and sexism, as well as their own identities, orientations, boundaries and belonging.
Kevin, a surviving activist from the front lines of the AIDS crisis, finds himself struggling to find his place and purpose in contemporary gay culture. When a gay fundraising event threatens to erase the history he was part of creating, Kevin’s anger and passion are renewed and he is confronted with the challenge of how to motivate change in this new climate of visibility.
Come check out New York City’s funniest comic minds from Comedy Central, Gotham’s Comedy Club, Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and more at this ever-changing comedy show set in our Donaghy Theatre with no drink minimum.
Suzanna Ross’s new album is a bewitching collection of jazz, pop, French songs (Aznavour, Legrand, Gainsbourg), movie songs, and bossa nova. Romantic and hip tunes through the generations. “You are in for a treat with this new show, Bewitched…a song for every taste as well as a few surprises.” Theater Pizzazz
Swim Before You Drown is a dramatic comedy about recent college graduate, Harper, coping with the magnitude of life after college. Her and her best friend, Sam, can’t stand living in their small, “beige” hometown in the midwest and both dream of escaping, even if that means losing each other.
The Talks Progress Administration is a mad science experiment on stage – we’re pairing academic lecturers with theater directors to see what they’ll make together.
Directed by Austin Pendleton
In this unique tragicomedy, four women in Depression-era St. Louis live and work together in a valiant effort to stave off loneliness and despair. And, along the way, they uncover false idols – and maybe even themselves.
Get ready for amazement and lots of laughter as Borislaw combines the worlds of chemistry and show business. Your own world will never be boring again!
THAT PHYSICS SHOW features segments on motion, momentum, vacuum, friction, energy, density, fluid motion, sound waves and sound vibration, light waves, temperature and much more from our incredible world: a world controlled by physics.
A life affirming ode to commitment and boundless love. A graceful and inspiring journey through the uncharted waters of illness, where the resilience and power of the human spirit to ultimately persevere.
A Breast Cancer Awareness Month special presentation of The Actual Dance with Chuk Obasi, live music and post-show dialogue moderated by Rev Gregory Johnson Senior Advisor to EmblemHealth CEO on Family Caregiving. Music by Eli Zoller and Elmo Zapp.
The award winning one-man play The Actual Dance, will have you laugh, cry and then cheer!
A compelling one-person show about the life of Bayard Rustin, one of the first Freedom Riders, an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and openly gay black man in a society crippled with intolerance and bigotry.
The Biodiversity Jam brings together a menagerie of New York’s funniest comedians to talk about the weirdest and wildest animals you GOTTA know.
The couple touches on race, sex, and spirituality—all while evoking the type of laughter that is truly good for the soul.
Broadway Comedy Club presents a lineup full of our Top Headliners. These are the best comedians from New York City with special guests from all across the country.
Bi-racial comedian Bill Posley grew up happily identifying as both black and white. But at age 10, he learned the world does, in fact, judge a book by its color and, even though he’s half white, he’s labeled 100% black.
Come celebrate six years of badassery and feminist theater-making by The Dirty Blondes with a gender-bending, stereotype-defying night of outrageous performances by some of the most adventurous and exciting performers from New York City’s drag culture!
A comedy murder mystery talk show where you help find the killer!
Otto is visited by an investigative podcaster who is half-pig, half-man. She also has a teenaged occult enthusiast houseguest who is making a claymation film about seventeenth century witchcraft in her kitchen. the hollower is a modern haunt-comedy exploring seventeenth century colonialism and how crowded isolation can be.
After the death of her husband, Bernada Alba forces her five daughters to endure a brutal mourning period that doesn’t allow them to leave the house for years. Trapped in a repressive home, jealousy & envy soon erupts among the sisters as they each struggle for personal freedom.
Since 2014, THE IMBIBLE Off-Broadway shows have combined music and comedy with history, science, and of course drinks to take audiences on journeys through time and around the world while learning about and enjoying cocktails and spirits!
If you love Donald Trump, you’ll hate this show! Touring the US & the world for 24 years, America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet returns off-Broadway with the most hilarious, compelling & moving takedown of Trumpism you’ll see on stage
Not every marriage proposal goes as planned. Loy A. Webb’s The Light introduces us to Rashad and Genesis on what should be one of the happiest days of their lives, but their joy quickly unravels when ground-shifting accusations from the past resurface in this gripping two character drama
Private Thomas Morgan, a Black Union soldier, escapes via train with a Southern White girl he rescued from a plantation fire of a nearby Civil War battle. He will protect her from both Union and Confederate forces pursuing them…at all costs.
The Mad Mad Scientist Play by E.E. Wade tells the story of Ron, a black professor and theoretical physicist on a race against the clock to finish his greatest invention: the first humanoid time machine the world has ever seen.
The members of Inner Fire District now live in four different states, and are very excited to present their first (and long overdue) studio album, There Will Be Singing About The Dark Times, recorded in New Orleans, and released in July 2018.
Each show, we’ll choose two audience members with dating troubles, and our seasoned experts will use data to transform their dating lives and help them find what (and who) they’re looking for. Along the way we’ll hear some crazy stories, learn insane truths about the dating industry, and meet some new people.
Each show, we’ll choose two audience members with dating troubles, and our seasoned experts will use data to transform their dating lives and help them find what (and who) they’re looking for. Along the way we’ll hear some crazy stories, learn insane truths about the dating industry, and meet some new people.
World Premiere of a new play, The Pattern at Pendarvis, a quietly poignant exploration of identity, community, and ultimately, love.
The Peculiar Patriot examines the human impact and inhuman machinery of the prison industrial complex and shines a glaring light on the racial disparities that feed the draconian system.
Roller Wave NYC the traveling roller disco will be popping up in the Lower East Side for the very first time at Public Hotel. Join us Saturday October 20th for a night of skating, dancing, and drinking with friends. Music by Demedusa DJ. Remember Paradise Garage?
Glide, ride, fly, get high! Studio50 H brings his Roller Wave skate party to the legendary House of Yes for an evening of roll bouncing, boozing, and boogying. Get your workout and your happy hour on at the same time.
Tony Award winner, John Wulp writes of Margery Kempe, an English mystic who lived in the 1300’s. She fancied herself to be extraordinary, and she wanted the whole world to be aware of this fact. She first tried to make herself notorious by throwing her lot in with the Devil and buying a brewery.
An old faery story told in a new light, presented as a part of the 2018 She NYC Summer Theater Festival — NYC’s only festival devoted to producing full-length plays, musicals, and adaptations by women writers.
THIS BOY TOM – A life-affirming story of acceptance, courage and friendship. Tom starts at a new school and is met with bullying, but, with new girl Flora’s arrival is it time for something new?
Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture.
Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community to voyage into the philosophy and beauty of Native culture.
Time’s Journey Through a Room is a portrait of how we move forward from unprecedented life events. Part love story, part ghost story and set one year after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, this soulful play observes how hope can spring up alongside sadness and fear, and change can be realized if we are awake to the present moment.
An autobiographical tale about pouring pints at Butlin’s Holiday Camp – the McDonald’s of resorts – a British cultural institution – and an absolute shithole.
Backs are turned and accusations hurled as the Rosens come together and fall apart, bound by heartbreak and humor. Nobody escapes a good kick in the tuchas as they expose their foibles, confront their fears, and cling to their fragile connection amidst the chaos.
Cristofer and Clarence are two gifted students from the South Bronx… During a campus visit, the young men are unexpectedly confronted with their shared past while trying to break through a system that seems designed to keep them on the outside.
Cristofer and Clarence are two gifted students from the South Bronx… During a campus visit, the young men are unexpectedly confronted with their shared past while trying to break through a system that seems designed to keep them on the outside.
A distraught husband, a nosy neighbor, and a dark secret set the wheels in motion for a night of confrontation, mystery, and relentless suspense.
Not Your Summer Camp – dedicated to ‘camp,’ how the Met Gala got it wrong, and the black & brown performers of the NYC ballroom scene.
Vitaly, celebrated as one of the most unique and innovative illusionists in the world, brings his most ambitious work yet, An Evening of Wonders, to New York audiences for a strictly limited engagement
Get transported to one of the most influential capitals at its cultural high point, also known as La Belle Époque. Featuring the two quintessential instruments fro french music, the flute and harp, the program presents the most influential composers of the time.
Both a composer’s workplace and getaway Nature has inspired countless masterpieces throughout music history. One natural element that inspired many of them is Water. Mysterious (Ravel) or playful (Debussy), serene (Takemitsu) or wild (Huang Ruo), seen up close or from afar (Ludwig) – this program will explore the many qualities of the element that is the source of all life.
Vienna, one of the cities with the richest musical heritage has managed to remain an important cultural center over many centuries. This program offers a glance at Vienna’s musical history with works by three of its most prominent composers: Brahms, Mozart and Webern.
With 12 years in the business, Wasabassco brings the soul of rock n’ roll to House of Deveraux, presented by Sydni Deveraux. Featuring the most entertaining and internationally known burlesque artists that New York City has to offer!