Sunday Scoop Week of 12/14/24 What's Happening This Week and More

A) Beginning Performances

In New York 

1) A Kidman Carol

2) Amahl and the Night Visitors

3) Birth + Carnage

4) The Heat Is On

5) Night Stories

6) Nomads

7) Nut/Cracked

8) Picnic at Hanging Rock

9) Puppet Parlor

10) Sydney Myer Rides Again 

In Pennsylvania

11) The Nutcracker 

B) Cast Changes 

In New York 

12) Little Shop of Horrors

C) Closing Soon

In New York

13) Beetlejuice

14) Messy White Gays

15) Waiting for Godot 

D) Digital Rush

In New York 

16) Dirty Books

E) Run Extensions

In New York 

17) Operation Mincemeat

18) Tartuffe 

F) What Else is Happening This Week

In New York 

19) Amanda Selwyn Dance Presents First Light

12/18

20) American Museum of Natural History Extended Hours 

12/27 - 12/29

 

21) Artechouse NYC Holiday Special

22) CUNY Dance Initiative 2026/2027 Call for Applications 

23) Hanukkah Celebration With Russ & Daughters & the Tenement Museum

24) Jazz at Lincoln Center Songbook Sundays Celebrates George & Ira Gershwin

12/21

25) Lincoln Center Upcoming Event: A Murray Little Christmas

12/19 & 12/20

26) NE-YO to Host Encores Session at Hell's Kitchen

12/18

27) Operation Mincemeat & The Cradle of Aviation Museum Present 

Operation Scavenger Hunt 12/20 - 2/22

28) The Orchestra Now & All-City Now High School Orchestra

at Julia Richman Educational Complex  12/21

29) Our Wildest Imagining: Special Evensong With Bishop Robinson

at Cathedral of St. John the Divine 12/21

30) Terence McNally Recovery Commissions Second Cycle Applications Open Now

31) Town Hall Upcoming Events

32) Works & Process and Guggenheim Present Rashid Johnson's The Hikers

12/17

A) Beginning Performances

In New York 

Courtesy of DKC/O&M

1) A Kidman Carol

Get into the spirit of the season ... Awards Season, that is, with this irreverent, blistering and truly bananas take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. On Oscars Eve 2023, brilliant actress and Hollywood Scrooge Cate Blanchett (Tár Humbug!) is visited by three different spirits of Nicole Kidman in order to learn the true meaning of Awards Season. Will she not only save her own soul but also cinema as a human art form? A Kidman Carol is a vicious, chaotic farce that sends up Tár, The Hours, Carol, The Lord of The Rings, The Undoing, To Die For, The Others, Notes on a Scandal, Blue Jasmine, Big Little Lies, and so much more from the Kidman/Blanchett canon. Ohr nohr!

Theater 511 (511 W. 54th St.)

12/17 - 12/21

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

Photo by Juliana Cervantes

2) Amahl and the Night Visitors

In the desert lands of the first century, a young boy catches the sight of a giant star. Later that evening, as his mother prays for the family’s future, they are visited by three wondrous kings whose unexpected arrival opens the way for Amahl’s heartfelt generosity to shine as brightly as the star itself. This is the tale of how a simple gift can become a miracle that transforms the world.

Mitiz E. Newhouse Theatre (150 W. 65th St.)

12/ 16 - 1/4

Opening Night 12/18

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.lct.org/shows/amahl-and-the-night-visitors.

Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR

3) Birth + Carnage

Birth + Carnage is a dance work fusing choreography, astrophysics, and video installation. Born from the collaboration between choreographer Marla Phelan and astrophysicist Dr. Blakesley Burkhart, the piece is inspired by the astrophysical phenomenon of stellar birth as both visceral metaphor and choreographic framework.

Ellem Stewart (66 E. 4th St.)

12/19 - 12/21

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.lamama.org/birth-carnage

Courtesy of Quinn Lemley

4) The Heat Is On

With wit, passion, and sizzling stage presence, Lemley embodies the legendary Rita Hayworth — the woman who lit up Hollywood’s Golden Era. Through dazzling performances of 20 timeless songs, she reveals the real Rita behind the icon: a woman of strength, sensuality, and vulnerability who defined glamour and resilience for generations

The Triad (158 W. 72nd St.)

12/21, 1/10, 2/19, 3/18

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=7A52D59C-0188-DDEA-82BC1AF96803B9A8

5) Night Stories

When the sun sets, forgotten figures from the Holocaust emerge to invade the writer’s dreams and even assault his waking moments, settling old scores and seeking absolution as they describe their destruction and share the terrible secrets of their survival, all in Sutzkever’s haunting Yiddish with English supertitles. In Where the Stars Spend the Night, a survivor from the swamps begs the writer to forgive her for eating his soul. In A Child’s Hands, from the coldest of clues - handprints on a windowpane - the poet deduces the last moments of an unknown child and his grandmother. Lupus, an old ghetto cyanide dealer, materializes from a mirror, demanding that the writer “unalive” him. (Yes, Sutzkever created the word 50 years before TikTok.) And concluding the evening with a spirit of grace, Portrait in Blue Sweater, a Chanukah story, is the true account of a lost portrait of the poet painted by a murdered artist which reappears to the surprise of everyone but Marc Chagall. NIGHT STORIES is additionally unique in its being the only run of a Yiddish language production in New York’s current season.

Wild Project (195 E. 3rd St.)

12/18 - 1/11

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

6) Nomads

Reaching deep into the heart and soul of the Middle East and Eastern Europe, ZaZa and Gabriel illuminate a trail of centuries-old human migration that resonates with their own immigrant journeys.  ZaZa is a French-Israeli singer-guitarist, who was born in Paris and raised in Tel Aviv and a village neighboring Gaza.  Hermida, who was born into a musical family in Buenos Aires, has lived and worked in New York for over 25 years.

This wandering caravan -- delivered in voice (Flamenca) twin guitars (Flamenca and Hermida), clarinet/saxophone (Ben Golder-Novick), plus bass and oud -- performs songs in Russian, Yiddish, Turkish, Greek, Ladino, Hebrew and the particularly exotic hybrid of Flamenco fusing Romani and Spanish.

Pangea (178 Second Ave.)

12/18

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

Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR

7) Nut/Cracked

Choreographer David Parker draws inspiration from across the dance spectrum, blending tap, ballet, disco, and even bubble wrap to create a unique performance that reimagines Tchaikovsky’s iconic score. With renditions ranging from Duke Ellington to Glenn Miller, Nut/Cracked transforms the familiar into something delightfully unexpected. 

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park (120 Broadway Tivoli, NY)

12/19 - 12/21

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ci.ovationtix.com/36035/production/1247496

Courtesy of Candi Adams PR

8) Picnic at Hanging Rock

First brought to global recognition through Peter Weir's iconic film, this musical adaptation powerfully reimagines the story through a female lens. On Valentine’s Day in 1900, a group of teenage schoolgirls go on a picnic to the foreboding Hanging Rock. Three vanish without a trace. A tale that came to author Joan Lindsay in a dream, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK unfolds against a backdrop of Australia’s wild natural beauty, exploring the fates of spirited young women determined to navigate the constraints of their futures. In giving voice to those who have been kept silent, it also brings a compelling First Nations perspective to light. Prepare to be captivated by a haunting exploration of innocence, mystery, and the unseen forces shaping our destinies.

Greenwich House Theatre (27 Barrow St.)

12/16 - 1/17

Opening Night 12/18

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

Courtesy of Emily Owens PR

9) Puppet Parlor

Basil Twist will host and direct this holiday special featuring Joey Arias performing songs from his new Christmas album, Tau Bennett premiering his second gorgeously grotesque character from his show Medicine Men, downtown ventriloquist Sophie Becker, and Jono Mainelli on the piano, collaborating with each artist and presenting his own tickle of the ivories.

HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave.)

12/17 - 12/19

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  here.org/shows/puppet-parlor-2.

Courtesy of Beck Blitz

10) Sydney Myer Rides Again 

Downtown supper club Pangea is delighted to present one of New York’s most beloved and admired nightlife stars -- the incomparable Sidney Myer -- who premieres “Sidney Myer Rides Again!” for four nights in December topped off by a fifth appearance on New Year’s Eve.

Pangea (178 Second Ave.)

12/21, 12/23, 12/27, 12/29, 12/31

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

For New Year's Eve tickets, visit www.pangeanyc.com

In Pennsylvania

11) The Nutcracker 

Zlock Performing Arts Center, Bucks County Community College

(275 Swamp Rd., Newtown) 

12/20 & 12/21

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit thedanceground.com/the-mid-atlantic-dance-theater.

B) Cast Changes 

In New York 

12) Little Shop of Horrors

Josh Bassett joins the cast in the role of Seymour 12/19 through 3/1.

Joy Woods returns to the cast as Audrey 12/19 through 3/1.

West Side Theatre (407 W. 43rd)

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

C) Closing Soon

In New York 

Courtesy of Polk and Co PR

13) Beetlejuice

Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, BEETLEJUICE tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes. With an irreverent book, an astonishing set, and a score that’s out of this Netherworld, BEETLEJUICE is “A FEAST FOR THE EYES AND SOUL!” (Entertainment Weekly), and under its uproarious surface (six feet under, to be exact), it’s a remarkably touching show about family, love, and making the most of every Day-O!

The Palace Theatre (160 W. 47th St.)

Closing 1/3

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit  broadwaydirect.com/show/beetlejuice.

Courtesy of DKC/O&M

14) Messy White Gays

In Messy White Gays, Drew Droege—the sharp-penned and quick-witted diarist of the contemporary homosexual—shines a harsh overhead light on the pores of White Gaydom, revealing what happens when throuples crumble, neighbors bicker, and rich and pretty clash with hot and dumb. It’s Sunday morning in Hell’s Kitchen. Brecken and Caden have just murdered their boyfriend and stuffed his body into a Jonathan Adler credenza. Unfortunately, they’ve also invited friends over for brunch. And they’re out of limes! Feel bad for them! They’re MESSY WHITE GAYS!

The Duke at 42nd St. at New 42 Studios (229 W. 42nd St.)

Closing 1/11

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

Courtesy of DKC/O&M

15) Waiting for Godot 

Hudson Theatre (141 W. 44th St.)

Closing 1/4

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

D) Digital Rush

In New York 

Courtesy of DKC/O&M

16) Dirty Books

Beginning at 9 AM ET, $29 rush tickets for Dirty Books will be available for the same day’s performance via the TodayTix app. More tickets may open for purchase throughout the day. There is a limit of 2 tickets per person and subject to availability.

Dirty Books is an immersive performance that plunges audiences into the heated battles over anti-obscenity laws and censorship in America. Inspired by the true stories of erotic fiction writers of the 1960's and using Supreme Court-inspired transcripts, Dirty Books reveals the ingenuity and resilience of artists who thrived in the shadows of America's anti-obscenity laws working in the soft-core adult publishing industry. Inside an intimate world of secret bookstores, banned novels, and underground desire, the audience collaborates with the company to compose an erotic story.

Bated Breath Theater (39 W. 14th St., #301)

Closing 1/18

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

E) Run Extensions

In New York 

17) Operation Mincemeat

In Operation Mincemeat, it’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.

Golden Theatre (252 W. 45th St.)

Now closing 7/5

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

18) Tartuffe 

Tartuffe is in our house. We’ve got to get him out.

New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th St.)

Now closing 1/24

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

F) What Else is Happening 

In New York 

Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR

19) Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Announces

First Light

Winter Preview Performance

December 18, 2025 | 7 & 8:30PM

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre announces First Light: Winter Preview Performance on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7 and 8:30PM at Amanda Selwyn Dance Studio, 412 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, 10013. The company will preview Exposed, part of its 26th Annual Performance Season. Tickets start at $30 and can be purchased here.

Exposed explores a raw relentlessness human drive to climb — physically, emotionally, and spiritually and the vulnerability, vision, and courage required to transcend and rise. Throughout the piece, the dancers will transform the stage into a dynamic playground of semi-transparent steps and platforms that conceal, distort, confound, beckon, and demand resilience. The dancers move from being constrained and hidden in the maze of obstacles to an unburdening, soaring with a potential of growth.

The 8:30 performance will be followed by a reception.

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20) American Musem of Natural History 
Extended Hours

EXTENDED HOLIDAY HOURS

During the holidays, the American Museum of Natural History is a fun and exciting destination for New Yorkers and out-of-town visitors alike. This year, the Museum will offer extended hours, from 9 am–5:30 pm, beginning Saturday, December 27, through Monday, December 29. The Museum is closed on Christmas Day but open all other days this season—including New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. For tickets–which are pay-what-you-wish for residents of New York State–please visit the Museum’s website.

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

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21) Artechouse Holiday Special

Celebrate the holiday season with the people you love at ARTECHOUSE NYC (Chelsea Market, 439 W. 15th Street). For three weeks only, December 15 – January 4, ARTECHOUSE offers special holiday programming including the debut of Hot Ice Cream in the U.S., a community free day full of immersive experiences and activities; and a New Year’s Eve celebration.

For three weeks, December 15 - January 4, the “ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special” offers the magic of the season reimagined through art and technology. This limited engagement brings together holiday-themed, immersive and interactive experiences in one joyful celebration. ARTECHOUSE transforms the NYC location into a holiday celebration of imagination and sensory wonder including a nutcracker party, a crystalline dreamscape, a swinging symphony of holiday bells, a thrilling toy train through a tunnel holiday ornaments, and a candy land carousel. After diving into the holiday fantasia on the lower level, guests can visit the ARTECHOUSE’s mezzanine level to interact with the Oddly Satisfying exhibition, engaging viewers with a multi-sensory experience that will leave them feeling refreshed and delighted.

For more information about the "ARTECHOUSE Holiday Special click here.

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Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR

22) CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES

2026-27 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications accepted December 9, 2025 - January 20, 2026

The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY college campuses, announces its open call for applications for the 2026-27 academic year.

Applications will be accepted from December 9, 2025 – January 20, 2026 for residencies that will take place from July 2026 – June 2027. NYC-based individual choreographers and dance companies working in a variety of styles, from contemporary to classical and culturally specific forms, are encouraged to apply. For more information, including program guidelines and to submit, visit: www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative

CDI will award at least 20 residencies for the upcoming cycle at 14 CUNY college campuses and 4 partner organizations in all five boroughs. Available rehearsal and performance spaces include dance studios with both marley and wood floors, intimate theaters, and large proscenium stages. A residency can be used to start a new project, continue developing an existing work, or culminate in a premiere performance. All residencies include an honorarium, plus teaching or community engagement opportunities.

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23) Celebrate Hanukkah with Russ & Daughters and the Tenement Museum

On December 17, the museum will host Hanukkah with Russ & Daughters to celebrate the holiday and discuss family traditions featured in the newly released Russ & Daughters cookbook, Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing.

The book traces Russ & Daughters through its more than 100 years on the Lower East Side, and the event will be a deep dive into the iconic shop's history with third and fourth-generation owners of Russ & Daughters--Mark Russ Federman, Niki Russ Federman, and Josh Russ Tupper--and Museum president Annie Polland. Visitors can also join mini-tours of the museum and have their cookbooks signed. And of course, it wouldn’t be a true celebration without Russ & Daughters’ potato latkes!

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24) Songbook Sundays 

at 

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club 

hosted by Deborah Grace Winer 

 

LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING GERSHWIN
featuring

Linda Purl, Nicolas King, Imani Rousselle

 

Sunday, December 21st, 5 PM & 7:30 PM 

 

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Let’s Call the Whole Thing Gershwin on Sunday, December 21st, at 5 PM and 7:30 PM  

 

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Gershwin kicks off Christmas week as Songbook Sundays celebrates perhaps the most famous songwriting team in the world, George and Ira Gershwin.

Tickets for Songbook Sundays are $55, with student tickets available at $25.  There is a $21 food/drink minimum.

To purchase, visit: Jazz.org/dizzys

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25) Lincoln Center 

Upcoming Event:

A Murray Little Christmas

Drag Legend Murray Hill celebrates 25 years of his beloved winter variety show A Murray Little Christmas (December 19-20). This epic celebration of camp, comedy, and community comes complete with a 10-piece band, celebrity cameos, special performances, and lots of holiday cheer. Attendees are invited to dress for the occasion, so don your ugliest Santa sweaters, cocktail chic, or best reindeer runway outfit.

For a full line-up of December events, check out the monthly event calendar! 

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26) ENCORE SESSIONS FEATURING

THREE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER NE-YO

AT BROADWAY’S GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING

 

 

 

IN SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION

Due to popular demand, Broadway’s “rare must-see” (New York Times) HELL’S KITCHEN, the Grammy Award-winning hit musical featuring the powerhouse music of 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, announces the return of Encore Sessions, a series of post-show, intimate musical performances. Encore Sessions, previously hosted by Keys, will be hosted by three-time Grammy Award winner and hit recording artist NE-YO, who recently made his Broadway debut in HELL’S KITCHEN.

NE-YO will be joined by additional HELL’S KITCHEN company members for a special holiday edition of Encore Sessions on Thursday, December 18, following the evening performance.

Honoring the brilliant cast and devoted fans, these special sessions promise a rare and up-close encounter with the creative forces who bring HELL’S KITCHEN to life. During the first two sets of Encore Sessions in September and November, Keys treated audiences to powerful renditions of some songs from the album that didn’t make it into the musical—including “Unbreakable,” “A Woman’s Worth,” “Diary,” “Underdog” and more—performed alongside members of the cast.

VIP packages will be available for the Thursday, December 18 evening performance. The VIP experience will include premium ticket locations, a merchandise bundle and the opportunity for a meet and great with NE-YO. Tickets for HELL’S KITCHEN are available at HellsKitchen.com and Telecharge.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the Shubert Theatre box office.

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27) "OPERATION MINCEMEAT”

PARTNERS WITH

THE CRADLE OF AVIATION MUSEUM

TO PRESENT

OPERATION: SCAVENGER HUNT

Olivier Award^® -winning Best New Musical and Tony Award^® winner for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Jak Malone), plus Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score nominee, Operation Mincemeat announced today that they will partner with the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island for an onsite scavenger hunt. The challenge: Find the letters on the briefcases throughout the galleries to unscramble the secret code word. Upon completion, all agents will receive a special prize and be entered to win a pair of tickets to Operation Mincemeat on Broadway. The scavenger hunt will run from December 20, 2025 - February 22, 2026.

 

To find out more information, click here: cradleofaviation.org/december

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28) THE ORCHESTRA NOW PRESENTS

Free Concert in Manhattan

December 21 at Julia Richman Educational Complex

TŌN + All-City High School Orchestra

Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 3 pm

Julia Richman Educational Complex, 317 E 67th Street, New York, NY

Leonardo Pineda, conductor

Pacho Flores, trumpet, cornet, and flugelhorn

Selections performed with the All-City High School Orchestra

David West, principal director

Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2 (El sombrero de tres picos)

Arturo Márquez: Concierto de Otoño (Autumn Concerto) NY Premiere

Georges Bizet: Selections from the Carmen Suites

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnole

Conductor Leonardo Pineda leads TŌN in a holiday concert beginning with Falla’s second suite of dances from his ballet The Three-Cornered Hat, followed by the New York premiere of Arturo Márquez’s 2018 Autumn Concerto, performed with the soloist for whom the piece was written, acclaimed trumpeter and Deutsche Grammophon exclusive artist, Pacho Flores. After intermission, TŌN is joined by NYC’s All-City High School Orchestra directed by David West for a side-by-side performance of selections from Bizet’s beloved Carmen Suites and Rimsky-Korsakov’s jubilant Capriccio espagnole.

Tickets are FREE. Advance RSVP is requested at ton.bard.edu. 

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29) Catherdral of St. John the Divine

Upcoming Event:

 "Our Wildest Imagining" 

Special Evensong with Bishop Robinson

Our Wildest Imagining" Special Evensong with Bishop Robinson (Sunday, December 21) – Making its New York premiere at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Dominick DiOrio’s “Our Wildest Imagning” is a moving musical piece commissioned by a nationwide consortium of organizations, partners, and friends to honor the Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, and all LGBTQIA+ Epicopalians in the Diocese. The piece debuted at Episcopal churches across the U.S. this year and will make one of its final stops at the world’s largest Gothic Cathedral. Comprised of words from sermons, stories, and sayings by Bishop Robinson, as well as quotations from the 27^th Psalm, the composition will be performed by a four-part choir, a brass quintet, and the Cathedral’s Great Organ. All are welcome to join the community, congregation, and Bishop Robinson for this celebration of hope, inclusion, and the healing power of music. The evensong begins at 4pm and can be livestreamed here.

For more information and a calendar of events, visit www.stjohndivine.org 

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30) Terrence McNally Foundation 

and The Recovery Arts Project

Announce Second Cycle of 

the Terrence McNally Recovery Commissions

The Terrence McNally Foundation and The Recovery Arts Project proudly announce the second cycle of the Terrence McNally Recovery Commissions, a pair of annual $10,000 new-play commissions that honor the legacy of the late, legendary playwright Terrence McNally while supporting artists in recovery from a substance use condition.

Reflecting the program’s core value of sponsorship, the two commissioned playwrights — one established, one early-career — form a creative and personal partnership throughout a yearlong process that includes a writing retreat in Provincetown, MA, a residency at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT, and a Works & Process final showing in their longtime-home at the Guggenheim in New York City. There, audiences will experience selected scenes from both new plays and join a moderated conversation exploring the playwrights’ creative approaches, recovery journeys, and the power of storytelling as a tool for healing.

Applications for the early-career commission are open through January 12, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST, or once 100 applications have been received. For more information, please visit www.terrencemcnally.org.

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31) Town Hall Upcoming Events

Courtesy of Print Shop PR

GRAMMY® AWARD–WINNING PIANIST

EMILY BEAR

 

JOINS ALL-WOMEN ORCHESTRA

THE SINFONIETTA

FOR
SYMPHONY & SENSIBILITY:

THE MUSIC OF JANE AUSTEN IN FILM

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 AT 7PM

 The Sinfonietta have announced that Grammy® and Emmy® Award-winning composer and pianist Emily Bear will appear as the featured pianist for Symphony & Sensibility: The Music of Jane Austen in Film, a one-night-only orchestral event taking place on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 7pm — the date which would have been Jane Austen’s 250th birthday — at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY).

The Sinfonietta, an all-women orchestra with ensembles spanning 4 continents, has become renowned for reimagining the music of popular culture in symphonic settings. Additional performances in this season’s residency include Disney & Pixar’s Coco: In Concert on November 1st in celebration of Día de los Muertos, and the U.S. premiere of The Music of Taylor Swift: A Symphonic Tribute on March 28, 2026.

For more information, and to purchase tickets, please visit  www.thetownhall.org/event/symphony-sensibility-the-music-of-jane-austen-in-film. Early bird pricing is available through October 31.

Courtesy of Print Shop PR

TAYLOR MAC’S HOLIDAY SAUCE

 

ONE-NIGHT ONLY

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025 AT 8PM

Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce, will take place in NYC on Friday, December 19 at 8:00pm at The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY).

 

Christmas as Calamity! Taylor Mac’s beloved annual holiday extravaganza, Holiday Sauce, returns for one-night-only at The Town Hall with all the spectacle the season demands.

 

Love the holidays? Hate them? Just here for the music? Holiday Sauce is “a present from the island of misfit toys” for “all those who find caroling, eggnog and enforced family visits destabilizing.” (Los Angeles Times). Taylor Mac, “one of the most exciting theater artists of our time” (Time Out), brings long-time collaborators and special guests together to take on everything we love and everything we hate about the holidays. Expect music, pageantry and a riotous band led by longtime collaborator Matt Ray, costumes by visionary Machine Dazzle, and a company of performers who refashion familiar carols and icons into a delicious spin on the season.

 

Gather your chosen family for Taylor Mac’s singular mix of music, burlesque and random acts of fabulousness — the most subversive and unforgettable event of the season.

For more information, and to purchase tickets, please visit  www.thetownhall.org/events.

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32) Works & Process and Guggenheim New York Present

Rashid Johnson’s The Hikers

Choreography by Claudia Schreier

Featuring Martha Graham Dance Company dancers

Lloyd Knight, Leslie Andrea Williams,

and Pianist Aku Orraca-Tetteh

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 6:30 & 8PM

On the occasion of the Guggenheim New York’s exhibition Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, Works & Process co-presents The Hikers, staged live under the direction of Rashid Johnson and choreographed by Claudia Schreier, on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 6:30 and 8PM in the Guggenheim Rotunda, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128. Tickets start at $30 and can be purchased here.

Originally conceived by Johnson as a film, The Hikers tells the story of two anxious travelers who cross paths and share an unexpected, profound connection for a fleeting moment.

For this special presentation, the work has been reimagined to be performed live in the Guggenheim’s rotunda, amplifying the dialogue between movement, architecture, and Johnson’s expansive practice. The performance features Lloyd Knight and Leslie Andrea Williams, both acclaimed members of the Martha Graham Dance Company, with live piano accompaniment by composer and multi-instrumentalist, Aku Orraca-Tetteh. Aku Orraca-Tetteh is the pianist, harmonizer for Florence + Machine and frequent collaborator of Saul Williams, Santigold, TV On the Radio, and Bill T. Jones.

The evening includes a viewing of Johnson’s mid-career survey at the Guggenheim: Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, which features The Hikers in its original film format.

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