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A Woman Among Women

Lincoln Center Theaters' Claire Tow Theater
150 W. 65th St., New York, NY

Julia May Jonas delivers a sharp, subversive counterpoint to Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. In Northampton, Massachusetts, Cleo holds court in her backyard as a tension hums that may destroy the community.

Animal Wisdom

Pershing Square Signature Center
480 W. 42nd St., New York, NY

Step into a musical séance like no other — where the veil is thin, the music is wild, and the spirits of memory come roaring to life in a musical ritual blending storytelling, requiem, and...

Blooming in Dry Season

WP Theatre
2162 Broadway @ 76th St., New York, NY

Playwright Eljon Wardally’s Caribbean tale is set in a rum shop in Grenada. The plot centers on Rose, an oppressed housewife who has put her dreams on hold for her husband and daughter. She is...

Burnout Paradise

Astor Place Theatre
424 Lafayette St., New York, NY

Four performers mount treadmills. What begins as a simple wager between performer and audience, becomes a series of escalating tasks. Comprised of people watching, competition, rolling up one’s sleeves to get the job done, cheering...

Camping

HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave., New York, NY

This is a love story. It's hands that smell of Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue after days spent clutching fistfulls of her hair. It's the rain hitting the earth in a way that reminds you...

Chamber Magic

Stage 42
422 W. 42nd St., New York, NY

Theatregoers, dressed to impress in cocktail attire, experience the mystifying artistry of Steve Cohen in an elegant and intimate salon within the legendary New York Palace. Recreating the up-close parlor entertainment of Manhattan in the...

David Copperfield

59E59 Theaters
59 E. 59th St., New York, NY

Fresh from its sell-out premiere run in London, Guildford Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "favorite child," is the whirlwind tale of a young man’s life from humble beginnings to literary renown: a journey of...

Drag Me To Joanne's

Joanne Trattoria
70 W. 68th St., New York, NY

Hosted by the sensational Jupiter Genesis, the show—which takes place every Wednesday night beginning at 5:30pm—rotates New York’s best drag artists from week to week (and yes, there will be ample Lady Gaga action, seeing...

Drunk Shakespeare

Ruby Theatre
35 W. 39th St., New York, NY

Five actors meet as members of The Drunk Shakespeare Society. One of them has five shots of whiskey and then attempts to perform a major Shakespearean role while the four sober actors attempt to keep...

Feltman: World's First Hot Dog

Chain Theatre
312 W. 36th St., 4th Fl., New York, NY

Playwright, actor, and historian Michael Quinn performs multiple roles in this solo show/true life story that begins in 19th-century Coney Island as German immigrant Charles Feltman revolutionizes street food. Quinn, who revived the legendary brand...

Friends! The Musical Parody

Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theatre Center
210 W. 50th St., New York, NY

The unauthorized comedic musical that lovingly pokes fun at TV’s Friends celebrates the adventures of Ross, Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, and Chandler as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life, and love in 1990s Manhattan. The show...

Girl, Interrupted

The Public Theater
425 Lafayette St., New York, NY

After being checked into a psychiatric hospital, Susanna finds herself trapped in a place that’s both refuge and prison, discovering unexpected connection with the young women of her ward as they all fight for control,...

Hamlet/The Furies

Irondale Theater
85 S. Oxford St., Brooklyn, NY

A daring, two-act evening pairing Shakespeare's Hamlet with Aeschylus's Orestia, performed by the same ensemble in a continuous theatrical event. While on paper these are ancient texts, Irondale does not present them as historical artifacts....

Heathers the Musical

New World Stages
340 W. 50th St., New York, NY

Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she's unexpectedly taken under the wings of the...

I Am Nobody

Magnet Theater
254 W. 29th St., New York, NY

Greg Kotis' original guitar musical is a 21st century parable about technological devices holding us prisoner. After Lucas' phone seizes control of his mind, he absconds with a batch of supercharged microchips, intent on unleashing...

In the Bricks Festival

New York Theatre Workshop
79 E. 4th St., New York, NY

A new festival of intimate work that explores the elemental connection between performer, audience and our times. The lineup includes: The Horse of Jenin (written & performed by Alaa Shehada); The Peculiar Patriot (written &...

Indian Princesses

Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater
336 W. 20th St., New York, NY

In the summer of 2008, five young girls of color and their white fathers attend a program designed to bond families through handmade activities, camp-like adventures, and a heavy dose of cultural appropriation. But where...

Jerome

Playwrights Horizons' Judith O. Rubin Theater
416 W. 42nd St., New York, NY

Jerome, a ghost town in the secluded Arizona backcountry, is home to Con and Doane, an aging gay couple who’ve built a quiet life far from the chaos of cities and other people—until a stranger...

Jim Caruso's Cast Party

Birdland Jazz Club
315 W. 44th St., New York, NY

A potent mix of Broadway stars, jazz swingers and cabaret legends, in addition to new faces and rising talent from every genre. The buoyant, sharp and charming Caruso guides the entire affair, while musical genius...

Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE

New Victory Theater
208 W. 42nd St., New York, NY

The legend of the lost Celebration Stone promises untold party potential—if the Fraggles can find it! Their beloved world bursts to life on stage with walk-around versions of the Fraggles, puppet-sized Doozers, new characters, and...

Katsura Sunshine's Rakugo

New World Stages
340 W. 50th St., New York, NY

Rakugo, the 400-year-old Japanese art of comic storytelling, features a lone storyteller using only a fan and a hand towel for props. He performs a comic monologue followed by traditional stories handed down from Master...

Kenrex

Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher St., New York, NY

Direct from three sold-out runs across London comes this blistering true-crime thriller about the thin line between justice served and justice taken. Jack Holden, who co-wrote the play with director Ed Stambollouian, slips in and...

La Gringa

Repertorio Espa
138 E. 27th St., New York, NY

A young woman born in NYC travels to Puerto Rico for the first time to meet her family and to discover her roots. Her misconceptions are transformed and she learns that being Puerto Rican is...

Lauder: Scotland's Kilted King of Broadway

59E59 Theaters
59 E. 59th St., New York, NY

Performed by Jamie MacDougall, the show celebrates Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder, whose hits like 'I Love a Lassie' and 'Roamin' in the Gloamin'' are beloved worldwide. This pioneering figure whose charm, wit, and Scottish spirit...

Little Shop of Horrors

West Side Theatre
407 W. 43rd St., New York, NY

The wildly acclaimed Tony-winning musical revival is now a long-running Off-Broadway hit! The story follows hapless flower-shop employee, Seymour, who finds himself trapped under the blood-thirsty fronds of the plant he's named Audrey II, after...

Masquerade

Masquerade
218 W. 57th St., New York, NY

An immersive Phantom of the Opera spinoff from Andrew Lloyd Webber. From the highest rooftop to the subterranean lair deep below the Opera Populaire, guests are invited to experience the music of the night more intimately than...

Mention My Beauty

New York Theatre Workshop
79 E. 4th St., New York, NY

This one-woman show written and performed by Leslie Ayvazian, has the playwright speaking candidly about navigating the anti-war movement, the women's movement, and the sexual revolution. Part of the In the Bricks Festival. Visit website...

New Born

Minetta Lane Theatre
18 Minetta Lane, New York, NY

A tree surgeon falls in love. A young woman searches for her lost friend on the prairie. A new mother is consumed by an unlikely celebrity friendship. In three monologues, unrelated individuals find their smallest...

Odd Salon NYC

Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston St., New York, NY

This bi-monthly show curates cocktail hour lectures highlighting strange-but-true stories from history, science, art, and adventure, live on stage, over cocktails. Experts and amateurs come together to explore overlooked and under-told stories, about everything from...

Perfect Crime

Anne Bernstein Theater at The Theater Center
210 W. 50th St., New York, NY

This ultra-long-running murder mystery is the story of brilliant but money hungry psychiatrist/ suspected cold-blooded killer Margaret Brent, her wealthy husband, deranged patient, and the handsome detective who's falling in love with her while trying...

Queen of Hearts

Theatre XIV
383 Troutman St., Brooklyn, NY

Company XIV tickets to journey down the rabbit hole and follow the adventures of Alice, the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, and many more iconic characters. This variety show from burlesque troupe Company XIV puts a sensual,...

Queerly Festival

UNDER St. Marks / FRIGID New York
94 St. Marks Pl., New York, NY

FRIGID's annual celebration of all things artistic and LGBTQIA2S+, Queerly strives for diversity on and off stage, seeking out queer teams and artists and a wide range of shows and performances. The goal is to...

Sardines (A Comedy About Death)

New York Theatre Workshop
79 E. 4th St., New York, NY

Written and performed by Chris Grace, Sardines exploreswith tremendous grace and humanitythe tragic, hilarious, and important questions of our time: Can we enjoy life if we know how it ends? Does making art actually help?...

Singfeld! An Unauthorized Musical Parody About Nothing!

Jerry Orbach Theater
210 W. 50th St., New York, NY

This unauthorized parody of the hit sitcom Seinfeld follows Jerry, Elaine, George, Kramer, and other iconic (albeit peripheral) characters as they navigate the highs and lows of living and loving in New York City. The hilarious score...

Spanglish Affair Open Mic

UNDER St. Marks
94 St. Marks Pl., New York, NY

A new bimonthly open mic for the Spanish & Spanglish-speaking community to develop and share their work. Performers get between 5 and 8 minutes each and are invited to sing, dance, do comedy, performance art,...

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

New World Stages
340 W. 50th St., New York, NY

Six spellers enter, but only one can win the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! This witty and touching musical by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin has entertained audiences across the world since its Tony–winning Broadway...

The Broadway Magic Hour

Broadway Comedy Club
318 W. 53rd St., New York, NY

An amazing, treasured, family experience, this family magic show has it all—audience participation, comedy, grand illusion, mind-reading, expert sleight-of-hand magic, and, of course, stars Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio.THE BROADWAY MAGIC HOUR, photo from Michelle...

The Comedy Series

Lincoln Center Theaters' Claire Tow Theater
150 W. 65th St., New York, NY

At every performance, three dynamic comedic voices take the stagenot just to make you laugh, but to draw you into something deeper. This is comedy in motion: personal, and alive with discovery. Each night is...

The Emporium

Classic Stage Company
136 E. 13th St., New York, NY

Thornton Wilder’s final/unfinished play is brought to life through playwright Kirk Lynn’s masterful completion. As a young man journeys through the city and beyond, he encounters a world of wonder, meaning, and the elusive truths...

The Exhibitionist

DR2 Theatre
103 E. 15th St., New York, NY

Funny, fast, and theatrical, this love letter to artists follows Justin, the McMillon Museum of Art’s oldest and most charming intern, who’s guiding patrons to an exhibit of a recently discovered painting by Vincent Van...

The Horse of Jenin

New York Theatre Workshop
79 E. 4th St., New York, NY

Fresh from an acclaimed run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and combining storytelling, mask, and stand-up comedy, The Horse of Jenin is constructed from the fragments of Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada's own...

The Lineup with Susie Mosher

Birdland Jazz Club
315 W. 44th St., New York, NY

A wild, anything-goes variety show featuring entertainers from the Broadway, cabaret and comedy scenes, ranging from today's hottest headliners to the best up-and-coming stars of tomorrow. Moshera noted actress and singer from Broadway and beyondhosts...

The Maids

St. Ann's Warehouse
45 Water St., Brooklyn, NY

With Madame away, two maids role play their darkest fantasies about their mistress until performance and reality begin to blur. Kip Williams follows his international hit production of The Picture of Dorian Gray with this wild reimagining...

The Peculiar Patriot

New York Theatre Workshop
79 E. 4th St., New York, NY

Inspired by her decades-long work with prison populations, including on the notorious Rikers Island, writer/performer Liza Jessie Peterson's timely and urgent one-person show unpacks the human impact of mass incarceration in America. Part of the...

The Play That Goes Wrong

New World Stages
340 W. 50th St., New York, NY

A madcap hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes, this award-winning comedy is bringing down the house—literally—Off-Broadway. It’s opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor where an unconscious leading lady, corpse that can’t play dead, and...

The Reading Series

Lincoln Center Theaters' Claire Tow Theater
150 W. 65th St., New York, NY

In this intimate new series six celebrated playwrights Sarah Ruhl, Ayad Akhtar, J.T. Rogers, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Marco Ramirez and Lynn Nottage curate a series of one-night-only staged readings of a bold new work, alongside an...

The Unexpected 3: A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive

New York Theatre Workshop
79 E. 4th St., New York, NY

NYTW Usual Suspect Kathryn Grody investigates an eclectic, devastating and hilarious potpourri of shocking discoveries as she finds herself at 79 becoming elder. 'Old starts at 95!' she declares. Part of the In the Bricks...

Well, I'll Let You Go

Studio Seaview
305 W. 43rd St., New York, NY

Playwright Bubba Weiler's absorbing new drama, set in a small Midwestern town, centers on a community in crisis as one woman sifts through the rubble of her marriage.

What Happened Was

Minetta Lane Theatre
18 Minetta Lane, New York, NY

New York City can be the loneliest place on earth. In a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, two co-workers meet for a first date. What begins as small talk quickly unravels into an achingly tender chamber...

Coming Soon

Birthright

Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/Newman Mills Theater
511 W. 52nd St., New York, NY

What begins as a reunion among six young friends after a Birthright trip to Israel becomes, over the span of nearly two decades, an exploration of identity, memory, and what it means to belong. As...

Coming Soon

Catch of the Day

59E59 Theaters
59 E. 59th St., New York, NY

Ireland, 1966. A skipper sails into Dingle Bay with a very unusual catch. What follows is a ridiculous series of events involving Eamon De Valera, Queen Elizabeth, and a surprising amount of nuns. An unbelievable...

Criminal Queerness Festival 2026

HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave., New York, NY

National Queer Theater's Criminal Queerness Festival (CQF) showcases groundbreaking new works written by artists from countries where queerness is criminalized or censored. At a time when authoritarianism is on the rise globally, CQF elevates refugee,...

La Cage Aux Folles

New York City Center
131 W. 55th St., New York, NY

Albin and Georges have been happily married for over 20 years, jointly running La Cage Aux Folles, a drag nightclub in St. Tropez while raising their son, Jean-Michel. Chaos and hilarity ensue when Jean-Michel decides...

Les Miserables: The Arena Concert Spectacular

Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Ave., New York, NY

aid producer Cameron Mackintosh: “I am thrilled that we will be bringing home this iconic event to New York's legendary Radio City Music Hall... Les Misérables has not been seen in New York for almost a decade,...

Magic Mike Live

Magic Mike Live
268 W. 47th St., New York, NY

A 360-degree live experience inspired by the hit films. The audience is in the middle of it all as the cast performs onstage, overhead, and throughout the room, blurring the line between the stage and...

Norm Lewis: Broadway & Beyond

54 Below
254 W. 54th St., New York, NY

Broadway favorite Lewis (The Phantom of the Opera; Once on This Island; The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess), returns in an all-new edition audiences will not want to miss. With the Tony Awards just a week...

North Star

Irish Arts Center
726 11th Ave., New York, NY

A live music and spoken word performance inspired by the speeches of abolitionist Frederick Douglass during his historic visit to Belfast in 1845. Conceived and developed by Kwame Daniels, this collaborative, immersive show fuses artistic...

The Last Play in Gaza

Ellen Stewart Theatre / La MaMa
66 E. 4th St., New York, NY

Two Palestinian actors step into the roles of their Gazan counterparts, attempting to revive what has been erased. Yet each time the play draws close to reenactment, it is interrupted by testimonies from the genocide...

The Potluck

Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater
416 W. 42nd St., 4th Fl., New York, NY

In 1979, five labor organizers were murdered at a protest in Greensboro, NC, by members of the KKK and the American Nazi Party. A year later, Car James Alvarez was born into the survivor community...

The Unbelievers

New York City Center Stage
131 W. 55th St., New York, NY

In this poignant and disarmingly funny new play, Faith means believing in something. Especially when it feels impossible. As the years go by and the mystery of the sudden disappearance of Miriam and David's teenage...

The Whoopi Monologues

Lincoln Center Theaters' Mitzi Newhouse Theater
150 W. 65th St., New York, NY

Kerry Washington and Kara Young lead a remarkable ensemble of five women in bringing Whoopi Goldberg’s unforgettable characters back to the stage. These nuanced portraits feel as fresh and irresistible today as they were over...

Youth in Flames

59E59 Theaters
59 E. 59th St., New York, NY

Millie is a cheeky British expat living in Hong Kong whose world is upended during the 2019 regime protests. Written and performed by Mimi Martin, the play is about trying to find belonging in a...

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