More Theater Monday - My Lord, What a Night

We received complimentary tickets to My Lord, What a Night for review purposes. Any and all opinions expressed here are our own.

What: My Lord, What a Night

Where: George Street Playhouse

             NBPAC

             11 Livingston Ave.

             New Brunswick, NJ

Who: Recommended for Ages 12 and up due to themes and content, including racism & prejudice 

When: Through May 17, 2026

My Lord, What a Night is a dramatization of a historic night in 1937 when opera singer, Marian Anderson, was turned away from a hotel in Princeton because of her race and taken in by Albert Einstein. As a result, a lifelong friendship developed. 

The show humanizes Einstein, who is remembered more for his genius than his humanity. It also emphasizes how strongly embedded racism was that even a beloved singer, who at that time was playing to a mostly white audience, couldn't escape from it. She was good enough to sing for them, but not good enough to take a chance on interacting with them in daily life. 

The first-rate cast is jointly led by Rashidra Scott as Marian and Anthony Cochrane as Albert.  Scott is quite poignant as a woman forced to come to a painful reckoning between serving her art and her community. Cochrane's Albert is more than just a brilliant man; he is a fully dimensional human being who cares about more than just science. They are joined by Mitch Greenberg as Abraham Flexner, the Founding Director of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, a Jew forced to come to his own reckoning, and Gayle Samuels as Mary Church Terrell, more concerned with advancing the cause of the fight against racism than in Marian as an individual. 

Unfortunately, the show's themes of racism and prejudice are not the dusty memory that they should be. You may not be able to throw a person out of a hotel because of the color of their skin, but that doesn't mean that racism or prejudice has gone away. It's just not always as overt, which in some ways may be even worse. This extremely timely, relevant show doesn't so much remind us of how far we've come; it reminds us how far we still have to go to make the world a fairer, more equitable place and truly eradicate racism and prejudice.

And that's our view. For more about My Lord, What a Night or to purchase tickets, visit www.georgestreetplayhouse.org/events/detail/my-lord-what-a-night

Tune in tomorrow for Tips for Tuesday.

Photo credits: 

All My Lord, What a Night production photos by T. Charles Erickson

Images used in this post were sent by publicists, artists, and/or  PR firms and are used by permission.  Any Concerns regarding image usage can be addressed here.

Sunday Scoop Week of 5/10/26 What's Happening This Week and More

A) Awards

1) Rogers Rees Awards For Excellence in Student Performance

B) Beginning Performances

In New Jersey

2) The Unwitting Magician 

In New York

3) A Night of Chekov

4) A Woman Among Women 

5) Celebrity Autobiography

6) Constance A Confession

7) Disney's Descendants: The Musical

8) Does Not Compute

9) Go Down Moses

10) Gunfight at the Not-So-Okay Saloon

11) Heated Rivalry The Unauthorized Musical Parody

12) Lauder Scotland's Kilted King of the Jungle

13) Obit

14) Take Me to Dollywood

15) This is Not About Me

16) Titans

17) Vanessa

C) Concerts 

In New York & New Jersey

18) Andres Cepeda

D) Exhibits

In New York

19) For the Win

20) Helicline Fine Arts at the American Art Fair 

E) Recording

21) Romeo & Bernadette

F) Run Extension

In New York

22) Titanique

G) Streaming

23) Miscast 26 

H) What Else is Happening 

In New York

24) Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards Nominees Announced

25) Buena Vista Social Club Dance-Along Hosted by John Leguizamo

5/14

26) City Center Community Day

5/16

27) Comedy Cabaret for Disgruntled Humans

Caveat Room 5/17

28) CUNY Dance Initiative Presents Gerson Lanza in To Dance is To Be Free 

Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts 5/14 & 5/15

29) Eugene O'Neill Theatre Closed Indefinitely Due to Fire

30) Everyone Has a Story to Tell 

Lower East Side, Chinatown Gardens 5/16 - 5/24

31) Flushing Town Hall Presents Mongolian Folk Rock Band Tuvergen

5/17

32) In Scena! Italian Theater Festival Events

33) Lincoln Center Upcoming Events

34) Nai Ni Chen Asian American Heritage Month Performances

35) New York Butoh Takes Part in Dance Parade New York

5/16

36) The Orchestra Now Presents All Richard Strauss Program

Carnegie Hall 5/12 

37) Gingold Group's Project Shaw Presents Maurine Watkin's Chicago Script-in-Hand Performance

The Players 5/18

38) Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine 5/15

39) Sacred Sites Open House

5/16 & 5/17

40) We Are Nature:  A Multidisciplinary Experience

5/16 - 10/25

In Pennsylvania

41) Bucks County Playhouse Presents Penny Fuller 

5/17

Other 

42) Fathom Entertainment Presents Fried Green Tomatoes

5/13

A) Awards

1) Rogers Rees Awards For Excellence in Student Performance

In New York

Symphony Space (2537 Broadway)

May 17, 7:00 PM

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.symphonyspace.org/events/vp-the-roger-rees-awards

B) Beginning Performances

In New Jersey

Courtesy of American Theater Group

2) The Unwitting Magician 

The Unwitting Magician is a unique theatrical and magical one-night-only experience. A lone actor steps onto a bare stage—armed with little more than a music stand and a sealed manila envelope. Inside: a script they have truly never seen, its contents a complete mystery. The actor has no idea what sort of play or theatrical experience may unfold. As the actor reads the script to the audience and he (or she) is swept into a whirlwind of impossible feats and playful surprises, becoming an unwitting magician and inviting the audience to question who is truly in control—the performer, the script, or something more magical still?

DMK Black Box Theater (1980 Morris Ave., Union)

5/16 & 5.17

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/the-unwitting-magician

In New York

Courtesy of DD PR

3) A Night of Chekov

A Night of Chekhov focuses on three of Anton Chekhov’s shorter works that are not as frequently staged as his major works, offering audiences a compact way to experience a broader range of the playwright’s material in one sitting. The evening includes one intermission and runs approximately 95–110 minutes total.  The program includes Swan Song, The Proposal, and The Bear. Swan Song follows an aging actor reflecting on his life after a final performance. The Proposal centers on a marriage proposal that quickly escalates into conflict. The Bear depicts a confrontation between a widow and a creditor that shifts in tone and intensity. moves through the full range of Chekhov's genius - his recurring obsession with people desperately trying to connect and failing, and how funny and heartbreaking that can be all at once. 

Actors Temple Theatre (339 W. 47th St.)

5/16 - 5/28

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.duseproductions.com

Photo by Laurel Hinton

4) A Woman Among Women 

It's a summer day in Northampton, Massachusetts and Cleo, founder of the local women’s wellness center, holds court in her backyard. As friends, family and neighbors pass through, the air hums with a tension that may destroy the community she's worked so hard to build.

LCT's Claire Tow Theater (150 W. 65th St.)

5/16 - 6/28

Opening Night 6/4

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  www.lct.org

Courtesy of DKC/O&M

5) Celebrity Autobiography

Celebrity Autobiography is the international hit comedy sensation featuring a constantly-expanding rotating cast of today's celebrities from TV, film and stage, sports, and, yes, even politics, acting out OTHER celebrities’ unintentionally hilarious autobiographies live on Broadway. It’s “A merry compendium of the witlessness of the rich and famous” says The New York Times, and audiences agree, “We couldn’t make this stuff up!”

In addition to solo excerpts…the show combines passages from various autobiographies to create unforgettable ensemble "mash ups" that ping pong into riotously funny "he said, she said" scenarios...famous love triangles…and wildly different takes on the same experience. 

Featuring an all-star, constantly-expanding, rotating cast.

Shubert Theatre (225 W. 44th St.)

5/16 - 8/16

Opening Night 5/18

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.celebrityautobiography.com

6) Constance A Confession

Constance stands out as a comedy in today's operatic landscape. The original story was generated ‘whole-cloth’ from the imaginations of the Writers’ Room artists. Interested in exploring a deceptive protagonist operating in a society rampant with deliberate mis-truths and fabrications, they created a magnetic con artist who charms and cajoles her way through phases of a life tinged with prosperity and violence. In each chapter of the serial story, Constance (soprano Sydney E. Anderson) dreams up increasingly more dangerous ways to manipulate her surroundings, with each section featuring a “mark” (baritone Nathaniel Sullivan), an “enabler” (mezzo-soprano Sishel Claverie) and a “skeptic” (soprano Zen Wu) drawn into her fictional world.

HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave.)

5/13 - 5/22

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

experimentsinopera.com/portfolio-item/constance

Courtesy of JT PR

7) Disney's Descendants: The Musical

Based on the wildly popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Descendants: The Musical follows the teenage children of Disney’s most infamous villains as they leave the Isle of the Lost for the first time to attend school in the idyllic kingdom of Auradon. As friendships form and loyalties are tested, these next-generation heroes and villains must decide who they want to be — and whether they will follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or forge a new future.

Argyle Theater (34 W. Main St., Babylon)

Through 6/7

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.argyletheatre.com

Courtesy of Off Off PR

8) Does Not Compute

In a near-future world where domestic robots are common, one overwhelmed couple orders two new helpers—only to find themselves in over their heads when the robots start asking big questions about love, purpose, and identity. As the humans struggle to teach their mechanical counterparts what it means to feel, the line between teacher and student begins to blur. Equal parts heartfelt and hilarious, Does Not Compute is a comic musical for the age of artificial emotion.

John Cullum Theatre at The American Theatre of Actors (314 W. 54th St.)

5/15 - 5/17

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit americantheatreofactors.org/gunfight-at-the-not-so-ok-saloon-does-not-compute/

This show will be staged along with Gunfight at the Not-So-Okay Saloon (see below).

JT PR

9) Go Down Moses

Inspired by a true story, Go Down, Moses is set on a college campus in 1985 and follows ethics professor Philip Hoffman and newly appointed Dean of Students Albert Becker—two men bound by a shared history in the Civil Rights Movement—now navigating a new generation of activism. When a student from the South Bronx invites a controversial speaker to campus, long-standing tensions erupt, and questions of free speech, institutional responsibility, and systemic inequity come sharply into focus.

A.R.T. New York Theatres, Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre (502 W. 53rd St.)

5/13 - 5/31

Opening Night 5/17

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.unlimitedstages.com

Courtesy of Off Off PR

10) Gunfight at the Not-So-Okay Saloon

Set in a delightfully off-kilter version of the Old West, Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon is a musical comedy that asks: What if Gilbert & Sullivan wrote a Western? When a wide-eyed traveler named Chance rides into town looking for his lost love Hope, he discovers she's now working in a saloon—and spending a little too much time with the pompous Sheriff Sunday. Hijinks, harmonies, and high-stakes hilarity ensue as love, ego, and one not-so-OK showdown collide.

John Cullum Theatre at The American Theatre of Actors (314 W. 54th St.)

5/15 - 5/17

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit americantheatreofactors.org/gunfight-at-the-not-so-ok-saloon-does-not-compute/

This show will be staged along with Does Not Compute (see above).

Photo by Jimi Sweet

11) Heated Rivalry The Unauthorized Musical Parody

Inspired by the hit show about hockey, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody follows starry-eyed golden boy Shane Hollander on his journey from power center to power bottom.

 

Relive all of the moments from the show that made you wet (with tears) up close on the small-stage by an incredible cast of Broadway actors who thought they were auditioning to be in Season 2. Sporting a bop-infused score, scene-stealing cameos by characters like "Rose Landry" and "Ilya's Ass", and time jumps absolutely no one can keep track of, audiences will find themselves hot, bothered, and probably saying, "....Girl!"

6th Floor Theater at the Culture Club (530 W. 27th St.)

5/12 - 7/6

Opening Night 5/26

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.heatedrivalryparody.com

12) Lauder Scotland's Kilted King of the Jungle

Harry Lauder became the highest-paid performer in the world by 1911. An international star of music hall and vaudeville, he was also the first UK artist to sell over a million recordings and the first Knight of the music hall. Before Billy Connolly, Alan Cumming, and Lewis Capaldi, there was Harry Lauder — a pioneering figure whose charm, wit, and warm Scottish spirit made him an enduring symbol of Scottish pride and global entertainment.

59E59 Theaters (59 E. 59 Theaters)

5/14 - 6/7

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/lauder-scotlands-kilted-king-of-broadway

Courtesy of DDPR

13) Obit

When an anxious soon-to-be father returns to his estranged dad’s chaotic New York apartment, he’s pulled into a messy, darkly funny confrontation with family history, forgotten memories, and the unraveling mind of a man he thought he’d already said goodbye to, until an obituary forces him to rewrite what legacy really means. Balancing dark, biting humor with emotional urgency, Obit. explores dementia, generational inheritance, and the fear of becoming one's parents, while asking what, if anything, we leave behind when memory fails.

East Village Basement (321 E. 9th St.)

5/14 - 5/30

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit obittheplay.com.

Photo by Jordan Hayakawa

14) Take Me to Dollywood

Take Me to Dollywood is a new full-length collage of scenes and experiments with a Queer Southern twang. On a porch in the south, a faceless Dolly Parton haunts the stage as characters find themselves on the edge of relationships, sexuality, and reality. A woman has eaten her hand, a sexy gummy bear awaits certain death, two men meet for a hook-up, a boss rummages through his employees’ desks, and the playwright details his sex life. Dollywood transforms the Southern home into a charged space of erotic awakening,  generational trauma, camp, and theatrical ritual. 

LaMama (66 4th St.)

5/14 - 5/31

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit LaMaMa.org.

15) This is Not About Me

A spiralling playwright dramatises the secrets of her broken relationship, but as passion blurs into obsession she loses her grip on the narrative. Should she let truth get in the way of a good story?

In this tender will-they-won’t they, we are catapulted through a decade of Eli and Grace’s relationship. As they spin in each other's orbit, we unravel how much they mean to each other and why it fell apart.

Meticulously hand crafted by multi-disciplinary artists, this “beautifully conceived and brilliantly performed” (British Theatre Guide) non-linear love story is a metatheatrical rollercoaster through heartbreak and hyperreality. Catch the 5 star, kaleidoscopic cult-hit for their Stateside debut.

59E59 Theaters (59 E. 59 St.)

5/13 - 6/7 

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/this-is-not-about-me

16) Titans

In which the ordinary residents of an overrun American city answer the Signal and discover their extraordinary powers. Unfortunately, they must be brave. 

the wild project (195 E. 3rd St.)

4/14 - 5/26

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit WWW.CLUBBEDTHUMB.ORG

Courtesy of Aleba & Co.

17) Vanessa

In Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, Vanessa waits, along with her niece Erika and her mother the Baroness, in her shadowy estate for the arrival of her long-lost lover. When their visitor arrives, he launches the family into psychological turmoil, sends Erika spiraling, and unleashes a reckoning of desire, illusion, and longing.

Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.)

5/12 - 5/31

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.heartbeatopera.org/vanessa

C) Concerts 

In New York & New Jersey

Courtesy of Buzzword PR

18) Andres Cepeda

Beacon Theatre (2124 Bwy)

Wednesday, May 13, 8:00 PM

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  www.ticketmaster.com

Ritz Theatre (1148 E. Jersey St., Elizabeth)

Friday May 15 8:00 PM

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com

D) Exhibits

In New York

Courtesy of AMNH

19) For the Win

A special exhibition of championship rings, trophies, medals, and jewelry from legendary athletes and teams in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery, within the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals. Spanning nearly 150 years of history, including one of Jesse Owens’s Olympic gold medals and New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart’s 2024 WNBA Championship ring, the exhibition reveals the stories behind the objects that define athletic greatness and traces their evolution alongside the rise of modern sports culture. For the Win opens in advance of FIFA World Cup 2026™ and kicks off World Cup, World Cultures: Celebrating the Community and Science of Sport, a series of programming at the Museum for New Yorkers and visiting fans from around the world.

American Museum of Natural History (200 Central Park W.)

Opening 5/15

For more information, visit www.amnh.org/about/press-center/for-the-win

Courtesy of Keith Sherman & Associates

20) Helicline Fine Art at the American Art Fair 

At The American Art Fair, Helicline will offer artworks spanning nearly the entire 20th century by: Thomas Hart Benton, Cecil Bell, Charles Burchfield, Jo Cain, Konrad Cramer, Stuart Davis, Ernest Fiene, Seymour Fogel, Arnold Friedman, O. Louis Guglielmi, Roger Medearis, Eugene Savage, Joseph Solman, Louis Stone, and William Zorach, among others.

The gallery will also bring works from its astonishing 1,000 piece collection of art and objects from the 1939 World’s Fair. The museum-quality collection, available in its entirety, bridges fine art, design, and history.

Bohemian National Hall (321 E. 73rd St.)

5/16 - 5/19

For more information, visit  www.theamericanartfair.com

E) Recording

Courtesy of Richard Hillman PR

21) Romeo & Bernadette

Romeo—yes, THAT Romeo—finds himself in 1960 Brooklyn, chasing a girl he believes is his beloved Juliet. But no, it's Bernadette, the beautiful, foul-mouthed daughter of a crime family in this wild spoof of Shakespeare’s timeless tale.

 The Original Off-Broadway cast recording of Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn, with a book and lyrics by Mark Saltzman and music adapted from classic Italian melodies, is currently available now on all digital platforms

The physical CD will be available later this Spring. For more information, please visit https://www.jayrecords.com/recording/romeo-and-bernadette

F) Run Extension

In New York

Courtesy of Vivacity Media Group

22) Titanique

Co-written by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli, the Olivier Award-winning musical comedy Titanique fuses a kooky krazy reimagining of the eleven-time Oscar®–winning Titanic from the perspective, and certified-platinum hits, of Céline Dion. Want to find out what really happened to Jack and Rose on that fateful night? Just leave it to Céline to enchant the audience with her wild take, recharting the course of Titanic’s beloved moments and characters with her iconic song catalog. Sailing on fierce powerhouse vocals in show-stopping performances of such hits as “My Heart Will Go On,” “All By Myself”, and “To Love You More” – backed by the unparalleled energy of a full live band 

St. James Theatre (246 W. 44th St.)

Now closing 9/20

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit titaniquebroadway.com

G) Streaming

23) Miscast 26 

Miscast26, the one-night-only musical spectacular featuring Broadway’s hottest stars performing songs from roles in which they would not traditionally be cast  will stream for free worldwide, with a Broadcast Premiere on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 7PM ET. Following the premiere, the broadcast will be available on-demand for free through Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Access to the broadcast is available now by booking a complimentary digital ticket here. 

H) What Else is Happening 

In New York

24) THE 26^TH ANNUAL

BROADWAY.COM

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

VOTING NOW OPEN

AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED ON

THURSDAY, MAY 28

Broadway.com announced the nominations in 24 competitive categories for the 26^th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. The nominees were selected by fans from across the globe who voted for all eligible candidates in the most democratic theater award of the year.

The voting period begins today and will conclude on Friday, May 8 at 11:59pm ET. Winners in each category will be announced on Thursday, May 14 and the Awards will be presented at a private reception on Thursday, May 28, 2026 at The Skylark (200 W 39th St). In recent years, the ceremony has featured Award Winners Nicole Scherzinger, Michelle Williams, Daniel Radcliffe, Jessica Chastain, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Craig, Sean Hayes, Hugh Jackman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Platt, Uma Thurman, and more.

Polls are now open to vote for the winners. For more information or to vote  go HERE.

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25) JOHN LEGUIZAMO

Hosts

THE BUENA VISTA DANCE-ALONG

 

DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND, ENCORE PEFORMANCE

THURSDAY, MAY 14

 

At the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway Hit

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

Due to popular demand following its first roof-raising, sold-out “dance along performance,” the Tony and Grammy-winning Broadway hit musical BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB will host an encore “dance along” performance on Thursday, May 14^th, hosted by John Leguizamo.

 

Click HERE for a special video from Lin-Manuel Miranda and John Leguizamo.

 

Click HERE to take a look inside Broadway’s first-ever dance-along in March 2026.

 

This crowd-pleasing special event invites audience members to dance along with the show from their seats. When the music moves them, all audience members are free to give in to the rhythm—swaying their hips, shaking their shoulders, or just enjoying the energy of this shared celebration. The production kindly asks the audience to dance responsibly and to take their seats between songs so everyone can enjoy the show.

 

Tickets for this special Dance-Along performance, as well as all regularly scheduled performances, are available at buenavistasocialclub.com

 

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26) Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Presents

2026 Asian American Heritage Month Performances

 In celebration of Asian American Heritage Month, the acclaimed Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will present a captivating, cross-cultural program at The CitiGroup Theatre. This season’s concert is a special tribute, honoring the past by reviving Nai-Ni Chen's Du, honoring the present by showcasing Flowing Stream under the Moon Light, and looking toward the future with Peter Chu's premiere, Reflections of a Ripple.

The company's unique artistic vision has long resonated with critics and audiences alike. As noted by The New York Times, the company "...stood out for their remarkably smooth blend of new and old, as well as for their confident, intensely personal approach to nature."

Performance Schedule & Venue

Location: The CitiGroup Theatre, 405 W 55th St, New York, NY 10019

Friday: May 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Saturday: May 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM

There will be a VIP reception after the Saturday May 16 performance for the audience to meet the artists, dancers, designers and the choreographers.

Tickets to the performance can be obtained by going to https://nainichen.org/events.

Company Dancers & Artistic Director

Dancers: Sarah Botero, Yuchin “Kiki” Tseng, Madeleine Lee, Madelyn Sarver, Lorenzo Guerrini, Caleb Baker, Kathryn Taylor, Esteban Santamaria, Rio Kikuchi, Candace Jarvis

Artistic Director: Greta Campo

Program Highlights

Carousel A buoyant, abstract work blending childlike wonder with the majestic elegance of equestrian movement.

Flowing Stream under the Moon Light by Ying Shi

Two young women embody youthful purity and elegant softness by a moonlit riverside.

Positioning by Nai-Ni Chen A powerful duet responding to global crises, seeking hope, equality, and justice through movement.

Way of Fire by Nai-Ni Chen, Originally Choreographed for five women, this piece highlights female resilience, honoring Nai-Ni Chen's pioneering spirit.

Reflection of A Ripple (Premiere)

Balances softness and grace with dynamic energy bursts, exploring movement lineage and cultural heritage.

Incense by Nai-Ni Chen was Inspired by temple rituals, dancers embody rising white clouds carrying prayers to heaven.

Du by Nai-Ni Chen

A magnificent, richly textured work influenced by Chinese Buddhism, featuring powerful and measured movements.

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27) New York City Center announces third annual

YOUR COMMUNITY DAY
Make. Move. Create.

Ballet Hispánico, Artistic Freedom Initiative, 
Brotherhood Sister Sol, and more
lead free performances, workshops, and activities
for all ages

Saturday, May 16, 10am – 3pm

Our Community Day, a free annual event for all ages, returns to City Center as part of the 2025 – 2026 Season. Starting at 10am (through 3pm) on Saturday, May 16, audiences of all ages can participate in a full slate of performances, activities, and workshops. The day’s highlights feature Ballet Hispánico, Brotherhood Sister Sol, in·corpus, City Center’s Street Dance Ambassadors, Artistic Freedom Initiativ

e, and more. Part of City Center’s Education & Community Engagement programs, Your Community Day welcomes even more New Yorkers to experience the arts for free. To attend, RSVP at NYCityCenter.com/CommunityDay.

New York City Center, Stage Door Entrance (130 W. 56th St.)

Saturday May 16, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

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28) Comedy Cabaret for Disgruntled  Humans! Benefiting "Foster Your Dream"

Sunday, May 17, 2026, 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Caveat Room

21A Clinton Street, New York, NY 10002 

Live Tickets: $21.41 ($25 at the Door)

Livestream: $11.63

Suitable for Ages 21+

Benefiting foster children, 20th Century Wolf presents Comedy Cabaret for Disgruntled Humans!, a fast-paced comedy-variety show hosted by stand-up comic and foreign policy pundit Bill Hartung and created by award-winning director/producer Sue Wolf premiere a new variety show to be staged at the Caveat Room, 21A Clinton Street, on Sunday, May 17 at 5:00 p.m.

100% of streaming tickets and 50% of in-person tickets will go to benefit "Foster Your Dream" a non-profit public benefit corporation that focuses on enriching lives for foster kids and their families and/or caregivers.

Comedy Cabaret for Disgruntled Humans! includes Headliner Jimmy Tingle, a legendary Boston comic who ran for LT. Governor. He is joined by comedians Kristal Adams and Nicole Aboujaoudé, with "stick-figure news-updates" by humor contributor to The New Yorker Tim Cahill, and music by Tom Lehrer, interpreted by Donovan Counts and Ren Ragsdale. Presented at Caveat—New York’s home for “intelligent night-out” entertainment—Comedy Cabaret for Disgruntled Humans revives the spirit of classic variety performance while speaking directly to today’s moments, both good and bad.

Caveat Room (21A Clinton St.)

Sunday, May 17, 5:00 PM

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit caveat.nyc/events/comedy-cabaret-for-disgruntled-humans-5-17-2026

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29) CUNY Dance Initiative Announces Performance of

Gerson Lanza in To Dance Is To Be Free

May 14 & 15, 2026 at 7:30PM

Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts

Aaron Davis Hall, 129 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street, New York, NY, 10031

The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY college campuses, announces performances of To Dance Is To Be Free, by Gerson Lanza. The show is set for May 14 and 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM at Aaron Davis Hall, 129 Convent Avenue at West 135th Street, New York, NY, 10031. Tickets start at $28.52 and can be purchased here.

Using tap dance, live music, and spoken word, Gerson Lanza creates a compelling journey through the intersecting themes of race, ethnicity, and immigration. An immersive dance performance that celebrates the essence of authenticity in rhythm, To Dance Is To Be Free fuses art and advocacy to foster a deeper understanding of the multifaceted tapestry of Blackness and American society at large.

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30) STATEMENT FROM ATG ENTERTAINMENT & “THE BOOK OF MORMON”

On the morning of Monday, May 4, a fire was reported at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. FDNY was immediately contacted, were on site within minutes, and quickly extinguished the fire.

The fire was limited to the follow spot booth of the O’Neill. At this time, the exact cause of the fire is unknown.

 

ATG Entertainment and The Book of Mormon are currently working with a team of industry professionals to begin repairs needed to the building.

 

Performances of The Book of Mormon are canceled through Sunday, May 17. Ticket holders for impacted performances will be notified via their point of purchase to receive refunds or reschedule.

 

Next week, ATG Entertainment and The Book of Mormon will provide an update regarding performances, which are anticipated to resume at the Eugene O’Neill in the coming weeks.

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31) Remote Theater Project Partners with Local Nonprofits to Present EVERYONE HAS A STORY TO TELL, a Free Multilingual Community Play Activating Lower East Side and Chinatown Gardens This May

An original work from Obie Award-winning playwright Carmen Rivera celebrating resilience, creativity, and community across languages and neighborhoods, with art-making workshops and food justice programming.

May 16-24, 2026

Art-Making Workshops: 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Performances: 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

(Performance runtime: 40 minutes)

May 16 and 17, 2026

Mfinda Kalunga Garden - Lower East Side

Opposite Dixon Place (entrance on Rivington)

May 19, 2026 (11:00 a.m.)

Open Door Senior Center - Chinatown

Special performance for Chinese seniors  

May 23, 2026

6th and B Garden - Lower East Side

6th Street @ Ave B

May 24, 2026

El Jardin del Paraiso - Lower East Side

Garden on 4th Street between C & D

Remote Theater Project (RTP) returns this May with Everyone Has a Story to Tell, a new free interactive community play written by Obie Award-winning playwright Carmen Rivera. Offered free of charge to the public, with art-making workshops and food justice programming, the events are created in collaboration with seniors, new migrants, and housing-insecure artists in the Lower East Side and Chinatown to bridge divides and foster empathy in the community. This marks the third iteration of RTP’s Sara Roosevelt Park community project, following Thank You for Listening in 2024 and 2025. 

The events will be held on weekends in May from 1:00–5:00 p.m. in community gardens throughout the Lower East Side/Chinatown, including M’finda Kalunga Garden, 6th and B Garden, and El Jardín del Paraíso in the Lower East Side. Performances will be offered free to the public at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. The runtime is 40 minutes.

A special performance of Everyone Has a Story to Tell will be held at the Open Door Senior Center in Chinatown on Tuesday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m.

Everyone Has a Story to Tell is a new play by the Remote Theatre Project, returning to New York’s Lower East Side and Chinatown to illuminate the voices that shape its vibrant, ever-evolving community. Set among the neighborhood’s streets and shared spaces, the piece invites audiences to encounter the lived experiences of artists, members of the Chinese community, housing-insecure individuals, and migrants whose stories often go unheard. In a time marked by social change and deepened isolation, Everyone Has a Story to Tell" reveals the resilience, complexity, and humanity within each voice, reminding us that listening is an act of connection and that empathy can be a powerful force for healing and understanding in a fractured world.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 

www.remotetheaterproject.com/about-1-2

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32) Flushing Town Hall Presents Mongolian Folk Rock Band Tuvergen

To Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month 

The historic global arts and performance venue is known for showcasing rarely presented musical traditions and distinct cultural soundscapes 

 On Sunday, May 17, Flushing Town Hall (FTH) will celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month with a dynamic performance and hands-on workshop, placing the Mongolian folk rock ensemble Tuvergen Band center stage. Located in the heart of Queens, one of the most diverse communities in the world, FTH continues its longstanding commitment to presenting artists from across Asia and the diaspora, bringing living cultural traditions rooted in history, landscape, and storytelling to their audiences.

In Mongolian, Tuvergen means galloping—and the Tuvergen Band blends traditional throat singing and horsehead fiddle with high-energy rock, drawing from the country’s nomadic heritage and centuries-old practices that echo the natural world. Their music reflects the sounds of wind, water, animals, and the vast grasslands of the steppe. Discover fascinating instruments and vocals. Central to their sound is khöömii (throat singing), an ancient technique in which a single singer produces multiple tones simultaneously, creating layered harmonies that mirror the surrounding environment. Paired with instruments such as the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle), traditionally believed to embody the spirit of the horse, the Tuvergen trio creates a powerful, transportive sound that brings Mongolia’s musical traditions to global audiences.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.flushingtownhall.org.

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33) In Scena! Italian Theater Festival Events

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In Scena! Italian Theater Festival Celebrates 

Dario Fo’s 100th Birthday with the US Premiere of 

Dario Fo: The Last Mistero Buffo

A Documentary Directed by Gianluca Rame

Story & Screenplay by Gianluca Rame & Piero D’Onofrio

May 13th at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo’ at NYU

Presented as part of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival 

Kairos Italy Theater along with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU and the Italy-based KIT Italia will present the United States premiere of the documentary Dario Fo: The Last Mistero Buffo (90 minutes, Clipper Media, 2022) as part of their In Scena! Italian Theater Festival with exclusive screenings at Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo’ at NYU (24 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011) on Tuesday, May 5th at 6:30pm and Wednesday, May 13th at 8pm. The film will be presented in Italian with English Subtitles. 

The film centers on the final staging of Mistero Buffo in Rome—the farewell to the stage of its author and performer, Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo, who passed away just two months later. It tells the story of a journey that begins in Dario Fo’s dressing room, with his most famous show, and unfolds into a kaleidoscopic voyage that takes us from Turkey to Argentina—places where his works, with their powerful and critical dramaturgy, still challenge the status quo and those in power today.

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In Scena! Italian Theater Festival and 

Hystrio-Scritture di Scena present 

6th Annual Translation and Adaption Mentor

Scena! Italian Theater Festival, New York City’s premiere festival of Italian theater happening in all five boroughs, and Hystrio-Scritture di Scena, one of the most prestigious theater awards in Italy, will present their 6th Annual Translation and Adaption Mentorship, a program which mentors an Italian playwright on the English translation and adaptation of their play. 

Playwright Francesca Becchetti, whose play Tekken Drama was selected by In Scena! from the finalists of the 2025 Hystrio Scritture di Scena, will be mentored by Dave Johnson, an American playwright and poet, who was one of the authors selected for  OnStage! Letture Americane, a series of American theater in translation organized in Rome by Kairos Italy Theater, KIT Italia and the Teatro Basilica. Becchetti’s play Tekken Drama will be translated by Caterina Nonis, the official translator of In Scena! Playwright award. The play will have a reading in its English version during the 2026 In Scena! Italian Theater Festival on Monday May 18th at 6pm at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo at NYU (24 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011). 

A thirty-year-old woman, guides us through the depths of her psyche. She does so by taking us back in time and into her memories, starting from a seemingly trivial pretext: the end of a romantic relationship. She invites us to engage with her inner demons, the emotions and impulses that torment her. The dialogue also unfolds with her imaginary allies—the feminist and the anarchist—who offers firm, often uncompromising advice. Tekken, because it is a fight made of punches and gut-stabbing blows, set within competitive and unhealthy scenarios. A pop spectacle framed between the 1990s and today. Drama, because it is a space of tragedy and satire, and because it reclaims the label often imposed on many identities: dramatic, whiny, and “queen.”

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34) Lincoln Center 

Upcoming Events

Joyful arts experiences for all ages continue with the Boy & the Ball, a visually striking, nonverbal theater piece constructed from multiple cylinders of all shapes and sizes (May 8-10); and Minty Fresh Circus, a high-energy, contemporary circus experience celebrating the healing power of Black music and movement. (May 15-16)

A special edition of Come and Sing in collaboration with Lincoln Center Theater. Come out and celebrate the joy and connection of singing and being together. (May 17)

Browse the full schedule of this season's events: HERE.

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35) New York Butoh Institute Takes Part in

Dance Parade New York

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute are excited to announce that The New York Butoh Institute will be in Dance Parade New York on May 16, 2026. The 20th Annual Parade and Festival will feature 10,000 dancers with over 100 unique styles of dance. A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony kicks off the event at 11:45am at 17th Street and Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas). The festivities will commence with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 AM on West 17th Street and Avenue of the Americas.

Performances by renowned dance troupes, including The New York Butoh Institute, will set the stage for the vibrant procession. Starting at 12:00pm, all dance groups will move down the Avenue of the Americas, merging traditional and contemporary styles in an extraordinary fusion of movement and music. For more information, please visit www.danceparade.org.

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36) THE ORCHESTRA NOW PRESENTS AN ALL-RICHARD STRAUSS PROGRAM FEATURING AN ALPINE SYMPHONY AT CARNEGIE HALL, ON MAY 12

Program Includes Members of the Bard Festival Chorale and Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, and Guest Pianist Blair McMillen

The Orchestra Now (TŌN) performs its final concert this season in an all-Richard Strauss program, conducted by Music Director Leon Botstein on Tuesday, May 12, at Carnegie Hall. The evening includes Strauss’s Alpine Symphony, which has an immense score that features Members of the Bard Festival Chorale, led by James Bagwell, and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra alongside The Orchestra Now. The evening also offers the composer’s Burleske with pianist Blair McMillen, named one of the piano’s “brilliant stars” by The New York Times; and Times of the Day, a setting of four poems by the German poet and novelist Joseph von Eichendorff, a major writer of the Romantic period. 

Strauss’s Alpine Symphony

Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 7 PM

The Orchestra Now

Leon Botstein, conductor

Blair McMillen, piano

Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

James Bagwell, choral director

Members of the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra (for An Alpine Symphony)

All-Richard Strauss Program

Burleske in D Minor, TrV 145

Times of the Day, TrV 256, Op. 76 (Die Tageszeiten)

An Alpine Symphony, TrV 233, Op. 64 (Eine Alpensinfonie)

After a string of successful tone poems, An Alpine Symphony was Richard Strauss’s first such composition after nearly a dozen years of focusing on opera. Written for a massive orchestra that includes such rarities as the heckelphone, thunder sheets, and a wind machine, this rich masterpiece takes listeners through the ascent and descent of a mountain in the Alps, with meadows, streams, storms, and vistas along the way. Strauss’s Burleske for piano and orchestra is performed by Blair McMillen. A faculty member at the Bard Conservatory and the Mannes School of Music, he is co-founder and co-director of the Rite of Summer Music Festival at New York City’s Governors Island.  Also on the program is Times of the Day, a setting of four nature poems by Joseph von Eichendorff.

Tickets, priced at $25-$50, are available by calling CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800, or at the Carnegie Hall box office at 57th & 7th Avenue.

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37)

THE 21st SEASON OF

PROJECT SHAW

CONTINUES WITH

MAURINE WATKINS’

CHICAGO

AT THE PLAYERS

Featuring Tony Award© winner Nikki M. James (Little Shop of Horrors, Suffs) as Roxy Hart, Reg Rogers (Little Shop of Horrors) as Billy Flynn, Katerina McCrimmon (Bigfoot!, Funny Girl) as Velma Kelly, Arnie Burton (The Baker's Wife, The Imaginary Invalid) as Jake, David Ryan Smith (The Seat of Our Pants) as Amos Hart, Tony Award© winner Randy Graff (Pen Pals, Mr. Saturday Night) as Mary Sunshine, Jackie Hoffman (My First Ex-Husband, Life and Trust) as Mrs. Morton, Richard B. Watson as The Sargeant Charles E. Murdock, Daniel Jenkins (About Time) as Mrtin S. Harrison, Troy Iwata (Be More Chill) as Babe, and Erin Maquire as Go-To-Hell Kitty.

The event will be directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge.

The reading is set for May 18 at 7 PM at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003). Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maurine-watkins-chicago-tickets-1982698983031.

Chicago (1926) is a satirical comedy inspired by real-life murder cases covered by journalist Maurine Dallas Watkins. The play follows two women accused of murder as they navigate both the legal system and the court of public opinion. A searing critique of media sensationalism, celebrity culture, and justice, the work remains strikingly relevant today.

Best known as the basis for the long-running Broadway musical Chicago, the story has inspired multiple adaptations, including the 1927 silent film, the 1942 film Roxie Hart, and the Academy Award®-winning 2002 film Chicago.

This event features general seating. For reserved seats or season discounts, please contact the Gingold office: 212.355.7823 info@gingoldgroup.org.

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38) The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

Upcoming Event

Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad Gooch

 

Friday, May 15 – Join author Brad Gooch at 6:30 p.m. as he discusses his 2024 biography of the iconic American artist Keith Haring with the Very Reverend Winnie Varghese. This talk will take place in the Chapel of Saint Columba, home of the Life of Christ (1990), a bronze and white-gold triptych altarpiece, Haring’s final work. Tickets are free with reservation.

For more information and a calendar of events, visit www.stjohndivine.org and follow on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok @StJohnDivineNYC.

 

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39) New York Landmarks Conservancy Hosts 16th Annual Sacred Sites Open House, “Holding Community Memories,” Celebrating Diverse Houses of Worship  

(May 16 & 17) 

The New York Landmarks Conservancy is proud to announce its 16th annual Sacred Sites Open House on May 16 & 17, a free state-wide event inviting visitors to explore the extraordinary architecture, art and history of diverse houses of worship across New York.  This year’s theme is “Holding Community Memories,” and participating sites will showcase their buildings, histories, and community programs through guided tours, lectures, musical performances, and opening their archives.  Visitors are also free to explore these wonderful buildings on their own.  From the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in Manhattan to Trinity Episcopal Church in Seneca Falls, AME Zion Church of Kingston to Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights, Sacred Sites Open House gives visitors an opportunity to discover remarkable architecture, incredible history and world-class artistic treasures found in religious institutions throughout New York State.  

 

For more information about the New York Landmarks Conservancy Sacred Sites Open House, visit nylandmarks.org. 

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40)NOoSPHERE Arts presents 

We Are Nature: Transformation Stories

NOoSPHERE Arts (Noo Arts) will present their multidisciplinary summer series, We Are Nature: Transformation Stories at the Kingsland Wildflowers Rooftop (5520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222) and the Colonels Row Building on Governor’s Island (404A Clayton Road New York, NY 10004), May 16-October 25. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit www.noosphere-arts.nyc. 

The only constant in life is change. This summer, Noo Arts will celebrate this concept by expanding their rooftop programming in Brooklyn across the river to a house full of arts on Governors Island. At a time when uncertainty and fracture can feel overwhelming, it is especially important to remember that breakdown precedes transformation—and that collective imagination and action shape what comes next.

Running from May through October, Noo Arts’ multidisciplinary summer series explores transformation across interconnected scales: ecological, urban, social, and artistic. Performances, artist residencies, exhibitions, workshops, and public programs invite artists and audiences to experience two distinct sites as living ecosystems: places formed by active use and ongoing change.

Noo Arts’ Greenpoint location, an industrial plant turned wildlife sanctuary, and Governors Island, a former military base now public parkland, offer resonant contexts where natural habitats, cultural experimentation, and urban redevelopment intersect. Anchored in these evolving environments, Transformation Stories reflects on how landscapes and communities are continually negotiated and reshaped, inviting all comers to experience transformation as a shared, relational process.

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41) EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS PENNY FULLER TO APPEAR AT BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE FOR ONE-NIGHT EVENT, “A LIFE IN THE THEATER”

From Bacall to Gyllenhaal, the stage legend brings
six decades of stories to an intimate Bucks County Playhouse event

With more than six decades of acclaimed performances on stage and screen, Emmy Award–winning actress Penny Fuller has worked alongside some of the most iconic figures in American entertainment — from Glenn Close to Lauren Bacall, and from Robert Redford to Jake Gyllenhaal. Now, she brings those extraordinary experiences — and the stories behind them — to Bucks County Playhouse for a rare and intimate evening.

On Sunday, May 17, at 7 p.m., Fuller will join music director Bruce Barnes and Bucks County Playhouse Producing Director Alexander Fraser — a longtime friend — for “A Life in the Theater,” a one-night-only event in the Playhouse Barn. The evening will feature personal stories, reflections and songs from Fuller’s remarkable, award-winning career.

With seating limited to just 60 guests, this exclusive event offers a unique opportunity to experience one of American theater’s most distinguished performers up close and in conversation.

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42) Fathom Entertainment

presents

Fried Green Tomatoes

May 13

 

Fathom’s Big Screen Classics Presents a Mother’s Day

Moviegoing Experience, with a Special Introduction

By Film Critic and Historian Leonard Maltin

WHAT:  Based on Fannie Flagg’s best-selling novel, Fried Green Tomatoes celebrates 35 years of friendships that defy all obstacles and reminds us all that “the secret is in the sauce ...” As part of Fathom’s Big Screen Classics series, the film returns to theatres nationwide on May 10 and 13, 2026.

Academy Award^® winners Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy star with Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker in Fried Green Tomatoes, an inspiring drama adapted from Fannie Flagg’s best-selling novel. When an unhappy housewife (Bates) befriends a resident in a nursing home (Tandy), she hears a remarkable tale of laughter, devotion and friendship.

From director Jon Avnet, the landmark film received two Academy Award^® nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay (Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski) and Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Tandy).

 

Every Fathom’s Big Screen Classics screening features an exclusive introduction by cinema critic and historian Leonard Maltin, who offers insight into the film’s lasting legacy and cultural impact.

 

VIEW TRAILER HERE

Tickets for Fried Green Tomatoes 35th Anniversary are available now online and at participating theatre box offices (theatre locations are subject to change). For more information, visit Fathom Entertainment. 

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