2022

A revealing séance in spit&vigor’s ‘Ectoplasm’ at Off-Broadway’s The Players

It’s 1912, and guests at an intimate dinner party, including a world-famous magician, have gathered for a private séance. Will the otherworldly exploration reveal secrets of life and death, or debunk...

A listening party for ‘The Sunday Set’ album and a concert of songs from ‘The World to Come’ streaming this week

Let the music of New York keep you warm this week, with two terrific online events that you can stream at home without having to brave the freezing weather! Just released by Club44 Records on Friday,...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ star Major Attaway

In 2016, Major Attaway – a more than 20-year veteran entertainer who began his career in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area – made his Broadway debut in Disney’s Aladdin, playing and understudying the...

Tony and Grammy winner John Lloyd Young returns to NYC for six nights and a livestream at Feinstein’s/54 Below

Fans in NYC have been waiting for nearly a year since John Lloyd Young, who was scheduled for a six-night engagement at Feinstein’s/54 Below from March 17-22, 2021, had that appearance postponed three...

Award-winning vocalist Jeff Harnar offers ‘A Collective Cy’ salute to Cy Coleman at NYC’s Birdland

On Monday, January 31, at 7 pm, Birdland Jazz Club will present acclaimed vocalist Jeff Harnar and his salute to the legendary Emmy, Grammy, and Tony-winning songwriter Cy Coleman (1929-2004) in A...

Broadway theaters to dim their lights in honor of Sidney Poitier

To commemorate the life of prolific actor, director, and cultural icon Sidney Poitier (1927-2022), who died of heart failure at his Beverly Hills home on Thursday, January 6, at the age 94, the...

Be An #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United to testify before Congress

The national non-partisan grassroots campaign Be An #ArtsHero, which has evolved into Arts Workers United, has worked closely with Democratic and Republican representatives over the past eight months...

Celebrate MLK Day with a free virtual concert from Off-Broadway’s NYTF and a music release from Miri Ben-Ari and Flo Rida

In honor of Martin Luther King Day on Monday are two free online offerings – one a rebroadcast of an annual concert, the other a new music/video release – that capture shared experiences of the...

2-for-1 tickets for NYC Broadway Week and updated COVID-19 protocols

After a two-year hiatus during the pandemic, NYC Broadway Week – a twice-yearly celebration produced by NYC & Company in partnership with The Broadway League since it was inaugurated in 2011 – returns...

Off-Broadway’s award-winning ‘The Last Boy’ to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day in April at The Town Hall

It was announced this week that The Last Boy . . . a new play with music by Steven Fisher, which had its sold-out and critically acclaimed world premiere production at The Theatre at St. Clements in...

Go backstage with the stars in ‘Great Performances – Reopening: The Broadway Revival’ on PBS

As part of its #PBSForTheArts programming – a multiplatform campaign that began last spring to celebrate the arts in America – PBS will air the new documentary film Reopening: The Broadway Revival in...

A musical melodramedy with a message in ‘The Streets of New York’ at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre

First presented at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre in 2002, in the aftermath of 9/11, The Streets of New York is back live on stage through the end of January in the company’s current...

Streaming selections from BPN, Off-Broadway’s Red Bull Theater, and Club44 Records

If the cold weather and COVID are keeping you inside, here are three star-studded streaming selections for listening and viewing this month that will keep you entertained in the warmth and safety of...

The classical ‘Salomon Series’ by Peoples’ Symphony Concerts goes live and virtual from NYC’s The Town Hall

The Town Hall continues is centennial season celebration in a collaboration with Peoples’ Symphony Concerts (PSC) – NYC’s oldest concert series offering some of the most affordable ticket prices for...

Broadway’s ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ announces a two-month hiatus

December is typically a boomtime for ticket sales to Broadway shows, followed by a post-holiday decline in January-February. But this season, with the unprecedented spread of COVID-19 Omicron variant...