A) Beginning Performances
In New Jersey
1) Blues for an Alabama Sky
2) Our Shrinking, Shrinking World
In New York
3) Bees & Honey
4) Being Chaka
5) The Cotillion
6) I as another
7) Khan!!!! The Musical
8) Midair for Some Time
9) Oliver
10) Primary Trust
11) Singfeld! A Musical Parody About Nothing
12) Tales of Mark Twain
13) Tartuffe or The Hypocrite
B) Extended Runs
14) The Thanksgiving Play
C) New Cast Members
15) Little Shop of Horrors
D) Streaming Now
16) The Golden Cage
E) What Else is Happening This Week & More
17) Abingdon Theatre Company One-Night-Only Series
5/2
18) Almost Famous Cast Recording Now Available
19) Anxious Nation, Documentary in Theaters & Online
5/5
20) BAMKids Springfest
5/6
21) Centenary Stage Company Auditions for Next Stage Rep Summer Musicals
5/4 & 5/6
22) Gild Center Opens at the American Museum of Natural History
5/4
23) Grey House Digital Lottery and Rush
24) Ice Theatre of New York Home Season Performances
5/5 - 5/6
25) Limon Dance Company Announces Spring Season
26) MasterVoices Presents Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe
5/3
27) The Orchestra Now Performs Before and After Communism
at Carnegie Hall 5/4
28) The Piano Lesson Featured in Working in Theatre Docuseries
29) Rail Explorers Cooperstown Opens for Season
5/6
30) Skylands Stadium Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival
5/6
31) Shucked New Single, Cast Recording and Additional Tickets
32) The Sign in Sydney Brustein's Window Ticket Initiatives
33) South Street Seaport Monthly Event at Bowne & Co.
4/4
34) South Street Seaport Print Your Own Mother's Day Card
at Bowne & Co. 5/7
35) State Theatre New Jersey Upcoming Shows & Events
36) Syren Modern Dance & Gibney Pop Presents Ithaka
4/4 - 4/6
A) Beginning Performances
In New Jersey
1) Blues for an Alabama Sky
In a Depression-era Harlem apartment building, a close-knit group of friends has become a chosen family. New roommates Angel and Guy — a recently fired blues singer and a promising costume designer with Paris in his sights — live across the hall from Delia, a social worker who sparks a relationship with the hardworking doctor Sam. Their lives are upturned when Southern newcomer Leland arrives and falls hard for Angel, who is torn between a stable life in New York City and an exhilarating overseas adventure with Guy. Angel chooses her path, but the decision leads to devastating consequences that shift the trajectory of everyone’s futures and long-held dreams.
McCarter's Berlind Theatre (91 University Pl., Princeton)
5/6 - 528
Opening Night 5/13
2) Our Shrinking, Shrinking World
Dr. Lyman Hidalgo-Nyquist is a psychotherapist with a climate-induced apocalyptic complex, a loose grasp of therapeutic technique, and a looser grasp of professional ethics. When his long-suffering clients decide to see a new, younger therapist who's just moved to town, Lyman's professional jealousy spikes—along with his fear of losing income.
New Jersey Repertory Company (179 Broadway, Long Branch)
4/4 - 4/27
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit njrep.org
In New York
3) Bees & Honey
Inspired by Juan Luis Guerra’s Como Abeja Al Panal, Bees & Honey is a Washington Heights love story that follows married couple Manuel and Johaira as they enter new phases in their lives. But as the challenges of life and marriage mount, the young and ambitious couple must answer the age-old question: Is Love enough?
MCC Theater’s Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater (511 W 52nd)
5/4 - 6/11
Opening Night 5/22
4) Being Chaka
BEING CHAKA is a coming-of-age story in which souls from two worlds struggle for self and group transcendence as they take the painful and possible redemptive journey through relationships and systems steeped in racism.
New Ohio Theatre (154 Christopher St.)
5/6 - 5/27
Opening Night 5/8
5) The Cotillion
As six high-achieving debutantes interrupt their preparations to peek into the shimmering ballroom, The Harriet Holland Social Club’s esteemed Madam President does her damnedest to ensure it all goes well. She needs no stumbles tonight. No teary-eyed smudges, no unraveling lace, no unraveling ANYTHING. Because if she can’t control these girls, whatever will they think over at Table 4?
Experienced in real time as a Black debutante ball in a large American city today—and featuring an all-Black-women company and creative team, down to its three-piece band—The Cotillion interrogates the complexities of Black debutante ball culture and finds that beneath all the respectability politics and sweet serenades lie contradictions even quality make-up can’t cover up. It puts us all in our evening shoes—ya know, those fancy ones that start to pinch as the night wears on—to ask how we choose to uplift young Black women in a world that seeks to diminish them.
Mezzanine Theater at A.R.T./New York (502 W 53rd St.)
5/3 - 5/27
Opening Night 5/7
6) I as another
I as another is Miguel Gutierrez’s newest work, a duet performed with Laila Franklin. The piece takes place in a future/present dystopia and explores the virtual architecture of memory, what it means to be alongside one another, and how existential despair has come into public view. Drawing inspiration from Martinican philosopher Édouard Glissant and his conceptions of Relation and opacity, I as another examines what it means for difference to come into contact and how unknowable we can be.
BAC’s Jerome Roberts Theater (450 W. 37th St.)
5/5 - 5/7
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
7) Khan!!!! The Musical
It is 2366, and Data the Android presents his campy musical adaptation of The Wrath of Khan. In this sci-fi send-up, an older Captain Kirk is experiencing a “coming of middle age” story when his nemesis Khan escapes exile and vows revenge. The ensuing cat-and-mouse game sparks an adventure that includes Vulcan tap dancing, Kirk’s long-lost son (a William Shatner impersonator), and of course… mutant space chickens!
Players Theatre (115 MacDougal St.)
5/4 - 6/4
Opening Night 5/6
8) Midair for Some Time
MIDAIR FOR SOME TIME is a multi-sensory, immersive installation exploring intimacy, connection, and Queer community. In the midst of what may be the most seismic shift in how humankind communicates in our lifetime, MIDAIR FOR SOME TIME examines what the future of interactive performance might feel like.
HERE (145 Sixth Ave.)
9) Oliver
New York City Center (131 W. 55th St.)
5/3 - 5/14
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
10) Primary Trust
Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local tiki bar. When he’s suddenly laid off, Kenneth finally begins to face a world he's long avoided – with transformative and even comical results. Directed by Knud Adams, Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust is a touching and inventive world-premiere play about new beginnings, old friends, and seeing the world for the first time.
Laura Pels Theater in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
(111 West 46th St.)
4/4 - 7/10
Opening Night 5/25
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit
11) Singfeld! A Musical Parody About Nothing
Audiences will join Jerry and his three best friends as they navigate the highs and lows of living and loving in New York City.
The Theater Center (210 West 50th St.)
A contemporary new solo show about the celebrated author, journalist and humorist, that melds history and story-telling with a satirical twist. The production tells the life story of Samuel Clemens with context and words from the pen of Mark Twain intertwined to reimagine this legend on the lecture circuit in the 21st century - highlighting the ebbs and flows of this iconic American figure’s life against a visual backdrop of historical imagery.
Actors Temple Theatre (339 W 47th St.)
5/6 - 6/25
Opening Night 5/13
13) Tartuffe or The Hypocrite
Lost to history, this original play was reconstructed by Georges Forestier, a renowned French historian, through a process of historical genetics, and premiered at La Comédie Française in Paris in 2022. Now, it will be presented in English for the first time ever on the Molière in the Park stage. Join MIP for a more confrontational but just as hilarious TARTUFFE OR THE HYPOCRITE, censored and lost because it dared to expose the willful denialism and folly of extreme religiosity.
Prospect Park’s LeFrak Center in Brooklyn
(enter at 171 East Drive between Ocean Ave. & Lincoln Rd.)
5/6 - 5/27
Opening Night 5/11
Tickets are free.
14) The Thanksgiving Play
When a troupe of really, really well-meaning theater artists attempt to put on a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving school pageant, things get messy. Hilarious and poignant, this delicious play skewers everything right, wrong, and woke in America.
Second Stage’s Hayes Theater (240 West 44th St.)
Now closing 6/11
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.2ST.com.
C)New Cast Members
15) Little Shop of Horrors
Joy Wood to Play Audrey starting May 2
D)Streaming Now
16) The Golden Cage
An award-winning musical about a glorious, mythical cage that’s irresistible from the outside, and inescapable from the inside, The Golden Cage tells the story of two creatures who meet on either side of its bars. Boris, half-man and half-bird, is stranded on the outside after a lifetime searching for the cage. Alphea, trapped on the inside, is a melodramatic diva, who longs for freedom, yet fears the outside and can’t remember how she got trapped inside. Lyrical musical theater meets operetta meets song-cycle, the poignant new musical comedy reflects the cages in which we trap ourselves and the only way we can emerge: through connection to each other.
April 27-May 1, 2023 FREE PREMIERE
May 2, 2023 - Onward Tickets are $19.99 for purchase; 4.99 for a 72-hour rental
For more information or to purchase or rent, visit GoldenCageMusical.com
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17) Tony Nominee James Cusati-Moyer to Star Alongside Emmy Nominee Madeline Brewer in Abingdon Theatre Company’s One Night Only Production of Back
One Night Only Series directed by Chad Austin in Theatre 4 at Theatre Row as on May 2nd, 2023 at 7:00pm. Stage directions will be read by Katie Sexton (The Play that Goes Wrong).
A lot can happen in one night! That’s the motto of Abingdon’s One Night Only Series, a series which strives to create a once in a lifetime theatrical experience. Each event is a chance for us to orchestrate the magic that happens when artists come together to create. Voices young and old, unique and never repeated, a chance to revisit classics and hear a new voice for the first time.
What if you could buy a second chance at life? Set in a world where time travel is not only possible, but readily available, Back follows the 10 year relationship of Leah and Derek. Despite their undeniable chemistry and inherent trust, their journey toward love is filled with heartache and mistakes. Over half a lifetime, their assumptions, resentments, and stifled dreams have kept them in a tortured romantic cycle. It’s a shame they can’t go back in time, do it all over, and build a life without regrets…but what if they could?
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
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18) ALMOST FAMOUS
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING
ON SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY
AVAILABLE NOW
Sony Masterworks Broadway, along with producers Lia Vollack and Michael Cassel, have released the Almost Famous – Original Broadway Cast Recording. Almost Famous takes Cameron Crowe’s iconic 2000 film and gives it an electrifying live rendering transporting audiences to the 1970s when rock was king and dreams were realized on the road. Beloved by fans, the new soundtrack gives them an enduring memento of the original Broadway production.
ALMOST FAMOUS, THE NEW MUSICAL SYNOPSIS
The year is 1973 and it’s all happening. Led Zeppelin is king, Richard Nixon is President, and idealistic 15-year-old William Miller is an aspiring music journalist. When Rolling Stone magazine hires him to go on the road with an up-and-coming band, William is thrust into the rock-and-roll circus, where his love of music, his longing for friendship, and his integrity as a writer collide. Almost Famous is a spirited tale of fandom, family, and the unforgettable characters you’ll meet along the way. Turn it up!
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19) Acclaimed Documentary Exposes
the Growing Anxiety Crisis
Opens in Theaters and Online on May 5, 2023
Virtual Event Screening and Conversation with Joan Lunden Kathy Ireland, Tim Storey and Youth Spotlighted in the Film
on May 3, 2023
Anxious Nation, a new documentary that takes a deep look into the crisis of anxiety and mental health in America, especially its crippling impact on kids and families, will open in select theaters nationwide and online on May 5, 2023.
The riveting and introspective feature documentary is directed by Academy Award© winner Vanessa Roth (Freeheld), and co-directed, written and produced by 21-time New York Times Bestselling Author and first-time filmmaker, Laura Morton. The film features leading voices and experts of the mental health movement, including Executive Producer Kathy Ireland, Roth, Morton, and cast members Tim Storey and Lynn Lyons and many more.
Anxious Nation explores and captures the many faces and facets of anxiety. The film delves into the crisis of mental health and anxiety in America, while focusing on subjects ages 11-26 and their families. This unabashedly honest and insightful film provides audiences with a raw and intimate look into the lives of families and kids grappling with anxiety and the duality of how their parents are trying to understand and help. The filmmakers and Ireland, all moms themselves, tenderly share the vulnerability of these families in an effort to help others who are currently struggling with similar issues in private.
On May 3rd, in partnership with event-based theatrical distributor Area 23a and Lasega Films, Anxious Nation will host a world premiere virtual screening of the film along with an intimate conversation to follow in the Anxious Nation Virtual Cinema, which will feature a “virtual wall” where people can anonymously leave messages 24/7 about how are they are feeling and maintain a true connection with the Anxious Nation community. The event will be moderated by Joan Lunden and will include Kathy Ireland, Tim Storey and other mental health professionals. Moviegoers can access the virtual cinema through www.AnxiousNation.com.
On May 5, the film will open at the Village East (Angelika) in NYC and in Los Angeles at the Leammle Monica Film Center, and will expand into other markets across the nation including Boston, Dallas and more on May 12. It will also be digitally available through the Anxious Nation Virtual Cinema on May 5.
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20) BAMkids SpringFest 2023
A Full-Day of Free Performances,
Interactive Activities, and
Fun in the Name and Spirit of Spring
WHAT
Families are invited to join BAMkids for a full day of performances, interactive activities, and showcases of local talent. For ages 2–11, BAMkids SpringFest celebrates the spirit of the season and encourages environmental advocacy and care for our communities. Join us outdoors and experience an eclectic, fun-filled program of music, dance, comedy, circus arts, and more, brought to you by artists from around the world. Enjoy the sounds of Japan’s shinobue bamboo flute and Bash the Trash’s recycled everyday instruments. Discover ancient styles of Hawaiian hula movement and Tinikling, the national folk dance of the Philippines. Embark with Kendra J. Ross on a multi-sensory journey through time and space in her latest project, PORTALS: Traversing Black Continuums. Families are encouraged to stay all day or just drop by—there’s no one way to celebrate. BAMkids SpringFest is presented in collaboration with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and co-curated by the BAMkids Parent Advisory Circle.
Visit BAM.org/kids/2023 for a full schedule of events and participating artists.
WHERE
The Plaza at 300 Ashland, Brooklyn, NY
Rain Location: Peter Jay Sharp Building (30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY.)
WHEN
Saturday, May 6, 10am—4pm
TICKETS
Free; RSVP recommended at BAM.org
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21) CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR NEXT STAGE REP SUMMER MUSICALS ROCK OF AGES AND SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
Centenary Stage Company, a not-for-profit professional theater in NW NJ, is thrilled to announce auditions for its Summer Stock Season. This summer CSC will present Rock of Ages and Seussical the Musical. Auditions will take place on May 4th and May 5th from 6 -10pm at the Centenary Stage Company located at 715 Grand Ave, Hackettstown NJ.
Rock of Ages, the Tony Award -nominated Broadway musical is a hilarious high energy tribute to the rock music of the 1980s. The show features classic rock hits for the iconic bands such as Journey, Bon Jovi, and Poison. CSC is seeking talented actors and singers for the following roles.
- Drew: a bar back with dreams of becoming a rock star (tenor)
- Sherrie: a small-town girl who move to Hollywood to pursue her dreams (mezzo soprano/belt)
- Stacee Jaxx: A famous and charismatic rock star (tenor)
- Dennis: the owner of the Bourbon Room, a famous rock club (baritone)
- Lonny: the funny and enthusiastic narrator of the show (tenor)
- Regina: the hippie protestor who wants to shut down the Bourbon Room
- Franz Klineman: son of Hertz Klineman (tenor)
- Hertz Klineman: father of Franz and owner of the Real estate company that wants to demolish the sunset strip and Bourbon Room (baritone/Tenor)
Seussical the Musical is a family friendly production that brings to lie the beloved character and stories of Dr. Seuss. The show features music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, the award-winning duo behind Ragtime and Once on this Island. Seeking the following roles:
- The cat in the hat: a mischievous and playful character who serves as the narrator
- Horton the Elephant: a kindhearted and loyal elephant who tries to protect the WHO’s of Whoville
- JoJo: a young person who has a wild imagination and gets into trouble at school
- Gertrude McFuzz: a bird who is in love with Horton
- Mayzie La Bird: a glamorous and selfish bird who convinces Horton to sit on her egg
- The Kangaroo: A sassy kangaroo who gossips about Horton
Those auditioning should prepare 16 – 32 bars of a musical theater song. If auditioning for Rock of Ages, please prepare a song from the show that showcases vocal range. Auditionees will also be asked to dance and read from the script. Rehearsals begin the first week of June. Rock of Ages runs July 6th through July 16th. Seussical runs July 27th – August 6th.
All roles are open. CSC is looking for diverse performers of all ethnicities to fill the roles. Housing provided on the campus of Centenary University.
For more information about the auditions, and to sign up for a time slot, please visit the Centenary Stage Company Website at www.centenarystageco.org or call 908-979-0900
For more information, or to reserve tickets, visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is open Monday through Friday from 1:00-5:00 pm and two hours prior to performances. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. Centenary Stage Company can also be found across social media platforms; Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter. Like and follow to receive the latest in CSC news and special offers.
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22) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
TO OPEN ITS
RICHARD GILDER CENTER FOR
SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND INNOVATION
ON MAY 4,
USHERING IN A NEW ERA FOR THE MUSEUM, NEW YORKERS, AND VISITORS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD
Hailed internationally as a soaring architectural achievement, and housing world-class research facilities and scientific collections, next-generation classrooms, and innovative exhibitions, the American Museum of Natural History’s highly anticipated Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation will open to the public on May 4, catapulting the Museum into an exciting new era.
The Gilder Center embodies the Museum’s mission of science and education in every way—from sparking curiosity and wonder through new exhibits in strikingly designed spaces to providing new facilities where research collections, exhibitions, and learning are situated in close proximity, reinforcing the central role of natural history collections in scientific discovery and providing deeper experiences that connect visitors to the evidence and processes of science through engaging exhibits and programs. At the same time, the new building also enhances the visitor experience by establishing continuous pathways through its four-block campus, connecting buildings that were constructed over the course of nearly 150 years.
Designed by Studio Gang, the international architecture and urban design practice led by Jeanne Gang, the Gilder Center is the latest in a series of major projects over the last three decades that have transformed the Museum’s campus, its science, educational and exhibition spaces, and all four facades, including Central Park West (2012 and 2021) and the 77th Street “castle” façade (2009), which have been thoughtfully restored. These include:
- installation of fourth-floor fossil galleries dedicated to dinosaurs, early vertebrates, and mammals and their extinct ancestors (1996)
- the development of the Hall of Biodiversity (1998)
- the creation of the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space, housing the new Hayden Planetarium and the David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth (2000)
- the complete refurbishment of the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life (2003) and the renovation of the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites (2003)
- the opening of the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins (2007)
- the restoration of the Jill and Lewis Bernard Family Hall of North American Mammals (2012)
- the restoration of the Central Park West façade, and the restoration and reconceptualization of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (2012)
- the complete renovation of the Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals (2021)
- the revitalization of the Northwest Coast Hall (2022)
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23) GREY HOUSE ANNOUNCES
DIGITAL LOTTERY & RUSH TICKET POLICIES
GREY HOUSE Telecharge Digital Lottery: The Telecharge digital lottery provides theatregoers access to affordable tickets. Patrons may enter the Grey House lottery from 12am to 3pm one day before the performance. Winners drawn at 9am and 3pm may purchase up to two tickets for $43 each (+ $2 facility fee + $5 service charge) and have six hours to claim. The lottery can be accessed at greyhouselottery.com.
GREY HOUSE Rush Tickets: Rush tickets are available in person, day of performance when the box office opens (10am – Mon through Sat & 12pm on Sundays starting May 28). Tickets are $35, 2 per person and locations are at the discretion of the box office.
When a couple crashes their car in the mountains, they seek shelter in an isolated cabin. Its inhabitants, though somewhat unusual, are eager to make their guests feel right at home. But as the blizzard outside rages on and one night turns into several, the couple becomes less and less sure of what's true—about their hosts, themselves, and why that sound in the walls keeps getting louder.
Tickets for Grey House are currently on sale through September 3, 2023, and are available at Telecharge.com, 212.239.6200 or at the Lyceum Theatre Box Office. Ticket prices range from $49.00 – $199.00 (including $2 facility fee).
The regular performance schedule for Grey House is: Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm and Sunday at 3pm. For the schedule during preview performances, visit GreyHouseBroadway.com. Two confirmed ASL interpreted performances will be on Sunday, May 28 (matinee) and Thursday, June 8 (evening) with Hands On - Sign Language Interpreters & Consulting Services.
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24) Ice Theatre of New York, Inc ®
2023 Home Season Performances: May 5-6, 2023
Benefit Gala: May 8, 2023
Ice Theatre of New York® (ITNY) announces the 2023 Home Season Performances on Friday, May 5 at 7 PM and Saturday, May 6 at 7:00 PM with a Benefit Gala and Performance on Monday, May 8 at 6:30 PM. All performances will take place at Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers. The performances will feature innovative choreography by the ITNY Ensemble with guest artists US Open Champion & ITNY’s 2023 Choreography Award Recipient Rohene Ward and World Junior Ice Dance Champions Oona and Gage Brown. ITNY will debut three new repertory pieces: “Timelessness,” a duet choreographed by Lorna Brown, “Aquata,” a quartet choreographed by Mauro Bruni and “Neurocircle,” an aerial and ice solo choreographed and performed by Sarah France. ITNY will also present pieces from its extensive repertory, including Revolte des Enfants by Alberto del Saz in honor of 2023 Benefit Gala Alumni Award recipient and former company member Marni Halasa. Olympian & US Champion Jason Brown is ITNY’s 2023 Gala Honoree and he will perform with the company at the Gala Performance on May 8. Tickets for the May 5 and 6 performances are $25 and May 8 Gala Performance tickets are $50. For more information about the Home Season and to purchase tickets, visit here.
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25) LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY
KICKS OFF ITS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
2023 SPRING SEASON WITH AN EXPANSIVE TOUR THROUGHOUT MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN
UNDER THE ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF DANTE PULEIO LIMÓN DANCE COMPANY WILL BRING ITS UNIQUE BRAND OF STORYTELLING AND CRAFTSMANSHIP TO THREE NEW VENUES WITH PERFORMANCES TAKING PLACE MAY 3 - 19, 2023 |
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26) MASTERVOICES PRESENTS GILBERT AND SULLIVAN’S IOLANTHE ON MAY 3, AT CARNEGIE HALL’S STERN AUDITORIUM |
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Conducted and Directed by Ted Sperling, Performance Stars David Garrison, Christine Ebersole, Shereen Ahmed, Schyler Vargas, Ashley Fabian, Santino Fontana, Jason Danieley, and Phillip Boykin |
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MasterVoices concludes its 2022-23 season on May 3 at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium with a concert staging of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera Iolanthe, directed and conducted by Ted Sperling. Iolanthe, with “one of Sullivan’s finest scores” (The New York Times), is a battle of the sexes pitting members of Britain’s House of Lords against the Fairy Queen and her kin, yet its themes are supremely relatable today; it tells of how a minority of landed gentry make rules that dominate the majority, how boorish masculinity disrupts and dominates a tranquil civilization of women, and how all that may still lead to surprising results.
Joining the 120–member MasterVoices chorus and orchestra are some of the brightest stars of the Broadway stage, the cinema and television: silver-tongued Tony Award-nominated veteran David Garrison, who among his many credits previously appeared in MasterVoices’ Song of Norway, Knickerbocker Holiday and The Pirate of Penzance; two-time Tony Award-winning actress Christine Ebersole, who performed in MasterVoices’ The Grapes of Wrath; mezzo soprano Shereen Ahmed, who most recently starred as Eliza Doolittle in the national tour of My Fair Lady; rising “powerful baritone” (The Washington Post) Schyler Vargas, whose recent credits include Arizona Opera, Atlanta Opera and Glimmerglass Opera Festival; rising soprano Ashley Fabian, whose “voice is absolutely beautiful” (Scene and Heard International); Tony Award-winning actor Santino Fontana, seen in last season’s MasterVoices sold-out revival of Anyone Can Whistle and also in Song of Norway; stage and concert veteran Jason Danieley, “the most exquisite tenor on Broadway” (The New York Times), who performed in MasterVoices’ production of The Mikado as well as in Song of Norway; and Tony Award-nominated bass Phillip Boykin, most recently seen on Broadway in the revival of The Music Man and who sang in the MasterVoices’ revival of The Pirates of Penzance.
Tickets, priced from $30 to $165, may be purchased online at carnegiehall.org, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800 or in person at Carnegie Hall’s box office at 57th and Seventh Avenue beginning Spring 2023. Ticket holders need to comply with the venue’s health and safety requirements, which can be found here.
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27) THE ORCHESTRA NOW PERFORMS BEFORE AND AFTER SOVIET COMMUNISM AT CARNEGIE HALL ON MAY 4 AND A FREE CONCERT AT PETER NORTON SYMPHONY SPACE ON MAY 14 |
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Featured Soloists are Soprano Katherine Lerner Lee, Mezzo-Soprano Sun-Ly Pierce, Violinist Luosha Fang, and Violist Rosemary Nelis
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The Orchestra Now (TŌN) continues its spring 2023 season in New York City with two masterful performances showcasing the ensemble’s proficiencies. On May 4 at Carnegie Hall, Music Director Leon Botstein conducts Before and After Soviet Communism, a program examining seldom-heard masterpieces of Eastern European music by Karol Szymanowski, Boris Tishchenko and György Kurtág through the rise and fall of Soviet communism.
Tickets priced at $25–$50 are available online at carnegiehall.org, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212.247.7800, or at the Carnegie Hall box office at 57th & Seventh Avenue. Ticket holders will need to comply with the venue’s health and safety requirements, which can be found here.
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28) THE HIT BROADWAY PRODUCTION
AND THE HIGHEST GROSSING REVIVAL OF A PLAY THIS SEASON
AUGUST WILSON’S
THE PIANO LESSON
IS FEATURED IN THE EMMY NOMINATED DOCUSERIES
“WORKING IN THE THEATRE”
PRODUCED BY THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING
FEATURING DIRECTOR LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON
AND
SET DESIGNER BEOWULF BORITT
The hit Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is proud to share the latest episode of “Working in the Theatre” with director LaTanya Richardson Jackson and set designer Beowulf Boritt. The episode features exclusive interviews and discussion on their collaboration on August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.
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29) Rail Explorers in Cooperstown, New York to Officially Open for the Summer and Fall Seasons Starting May 6, 2023
AAPI Woman Owned and Operated, Eco-tourist, and Pedal-Powered Rail Bike Tours Feature Outdoor Experiences along the Historic Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad along the Susquehanna River
Located four hours north of New York City and 1.5 hours north of Albany, Rail Explorers in Cooperstown will open for the summer and fall seasons from May 6, 2023 to October 31, 2023. The Cooperstown Division features two tour options, including Milford Track which is a 12-mile round trip (the national brand’s longest ride yet!) that journeys north through farmlands and forests along the Susquehanna River, as well as the Charlotte Valley Express which is an 8-mile Southern roundtrip that also meanders alongside the River and goes over the majestic 200-foot long Portlandville Trestle. Both journeys incorporate an electric pedal assist system for the entirety of tours.
Rail Explorers Cooperstown’s depot is located in Milford, New York approximately 15 minutes south of downtown Cooperstown at 136 E. Main St., Milford, NY 13807. Nearby attractions include the Ommegang Brewery and Fly Creek Cedar Mill, in addition to the major attractions, such as the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Rail Explorers Cooperstown operates Thursday through Monday. There are no tours on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Ten 2-person Tandems or nine 4-person Quads are available and can accommodate up to 56 riders total. The Milford Track Tour start at $95 for 2-person or $175 for 4-person, while Charlotte Valley Express Tours start at $90 for 2-person or $160 for 4-person. Free parking is available for Rail Explorers at the train station.
For more information, visit www.railexplorers.net or call 877-833-8588. Reservations are highly recommended. XXX
30) Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival
at Skylands Stadium Returns
The highly anticipated Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival at Skylands Stadium is back and better than ever before. On May 6, 2023, Skylands Stadium will be transformed into a foodie and craft beer paradise, featuring over 20 food trucks and 100 craft beers from across the region. It all happens on the field.
General admission is just $5, and kids under 38 inches get in for free! Sampler tickets are also available for $15, including a four-ounce mug and a lanyard with six sample drinks tickets.
It costs $5 for one alcoholic drink (beer, wine, seltzer, cider), and $20 for a beer bat and two beer tokens. Alcohol must be purchased with a token only.
Tickets for the festival are currently on sale.
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31) SHUCKED
BROADWAY’S NEW HOMEGROWN HIT MUSICAL COMEDY
RELEASES THE LATEST SINGLE FROM THE UPCOMING
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING
“MAYBE LOVE”
FEATURING
2023 OUTER CRITIC CIRCLE AWARD NOMINEE
CAROLINE INNERBICHLER
WITH MUSIC VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE
CAST ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY ON FRIDAY, MAY 5
AND ON CD STARTING FRIDAY, JUNE 9
PREORDER NOW HERE
NEW BLOCK OF TICKETS TO “SHUCKED” ON SALE NOW
THROUGH JANUARY 7, 2024
Sony Masterworks Broadway, along with show producers Mike Bosner and Jason Owen, released “Maybe Love,” the latest single from the forthcoming Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording. Featuring 2023 Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Caroline Innerbichler.
A video of the song, penned by 2023 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominees Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, whose “funky, rootsy score with memorable melodies and clever lyrics has the audience erupting into show-pausing cheers,” (The New Yorker), is available HERE.
The Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by Tony Award nominee and 2023 Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Jason Howland, Billy Jay Stein, McAnally, and Clark, is set for digital release on Friday, May 5 and on CD on Friday, June 9. The CD is available for preorder HERE.
Additionally, a new block of tickets for Shucked is on sale now. Tickets for Shucked at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street) are available through Sunday, January 7, 2024. The new block of tickets is available at www.ticketmaster.com or by visiting the Nederlander Theatre box office. For more information visit www.shuckedmusical.com.
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32) BAM’S SMASH HIT PRODUCTION OF
LORRAINE HANSBERRY’S
THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S
WINDOW
STARRING
OSCAR ISAAC and RACHEL BROSNAHAN
ON BROADWAY
ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE TICKET INITIATIVE
FOR FIRST TWO WEEKS OF PERFORMANCES
FIRST TWO ROWS ON SALE FOR $40
PLUS ADDITIONAL TICKET INITIATIVES
FOR ALL PERFORMANCES
STRICTLY LIMITED ENGAGEMENT
***80 PERFORMANCES ONLY***
For the first two weeks of performances of Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window on Broadway, the first two rows will be on sale for $40 per ticket. These exclusive tickets – through May 9 – will be on sale at the James Earl Jones Theatre box office only (138 W 48th Street)
In addition, there will be multiple ticket initiatives activated for the remainder of the run, including a digital lottery for $35 tickets, a digital rush for $35 tickets, and a box office rush for $47 tickets. More information below.
At the box office only, the first two rows of every performance through May 9 will be on sale for $40 per ticket. To purchase tickets, please visit the James Earl Jones Theatre box office at 138 W. 48th Street.
Visit TheSignonBroadway.com daily to sign up for the digital lottery and access $35 tickets. Max 2 tickets per patron. Lottery winners will be chosen before that day’s performance.
Visit TheSignonBroadway.com to enter the digital rush and access $35 tickets. Max 2 tickets per patron. The digital rush is available only for that day’s performance.
For every performance for the entire run, there will be a limited number of tickets available for $47 for that day’s performance(s) at the James Earl Jones Theatre box office through the box office rush.
To purchase additional tickets, please visit Telecharge.com.
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33) South Street Seaport Museum
Announces Monthly Event at Bowne & Co.
Fresh Prints
South Street Seaport Museum announces Fresh Prints at Bowne & Co., 211 Water Street, New York, 10038. This free event will be held on the first Thursday of every month.
Come to Bowne & Co. for a one-of-a-kind New York experience! This monthly free open house will feature a breadth of printing equipment that you will be invited to use. You’ll get to see how the designers at Bowne & Co. lock up limited edition designs that will showcase some of the more eccentric parts from the Seaport Museum’s printing and graphic arts collection. Established in 1775, this letterpress print shop is the city’s oldest operating business under the same name. Today, the shop continues the age-old tradition of job (or small batch) printing.
Advanced registration is required. Anyone ages 12 and up is welcome. Sign up today to get a taste of New York history and get your hands dirty pulling prints. All participants even get to take home the prints they make during the evening. To register, visit seaportmuseum.org/fresh-prints.
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34) South Street Seaport Museum
Announces
Print Your Own Mother’s Day Card
at Bowne & Co.
May 7, 2023, at 12–2pm
South Street Seaport Museum announces a Mother’s Day event, Print Your Own Mother’s Day Card on May 7, 2023, at 12pm. Looking for a special Mother's Day gift? Come to Bowne & Co., 211 Water Street, to join the talented designers in creating a festive card using the Museum's 19th century historical printing equipment. In this two-hour workshop, you are invited to get hands-on throughout the printing process, and will get to see how the designers at Bowne & Co. use the Seaport Museum's working collection. While you're at the Museum, check out the wide array of unique products available at the Bowne & Co. Gift Emporium to find something special for mom.
Want to include mom in the experience? Invite her to join in the festivities and attend the program together. Throughout the afternoon you'll make memories to last a lifetime.
Advanced registration is required for this free workshop but walkups will be accommodated as possible. Anyone ages 12 and up is welcome. All participants get to take home the cards they print during the afternoon. Can't stay the full 2 hours? No problem! Leaving a bit early is fine, but you might miss out on taking home something special for mom.
seaportmuseum.org/bowne-mothers-day.
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35) State Theatre New Jersey
Upcoming Shows & Events
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ
Saturday, May 6, 2023, 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Madagascar the Musical
This crack-a-lackin' musical features all of your favorite friends as they escape from their home in New York's Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien's Madagascar. This brand new musical from Dreamworks (Shrek The Musical) will leave audiences with no choice but to "Move It, Move It!"
Sunday, May 7, 2023, 7:30 PM
Styx
For more information about this and other upcoming shows and events at State
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36) SYREN Modern Dance and Gibney’s
POP Series
Present
Ithaka
May 4-6, 2023
Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
As
SYREN celebrates its 20-year anniversary, the company is proud to present
Ithaka, a nine-section modern dance created by Kate Sutter in collaboration with the dancers of SYREN and set to the lively and dynamic music of LA-based composer and producer Calimossa. The performances will take place for three evenings only, from
May 4-6, 2023 at 7:30pm at
Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, 280 Broadway (Entrance at 53A Chambers Street),
New York, NY 10007. Advance web sale tickets are $20 for general admission and can be purchased at
https://www.syrendance.org/calendar.
Tickets at the door will be $22.50.
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And that's the scoop. Tune in tomorrow for More Theater Monday.
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