D) Recordings
10) Just in Time
E) Run Extension
In New York
11) Operation Mincemeat
Golden Theatre Now Closing 2/14
F) Tickets on Sale
In New Jersey
12) Professor Brian Cox Emergence World Tour
NJPAC 3/11
13) Laurie Berkner
Carteret Performing Arts Center 9/20
G) What Else is Happening
In New York
14) 92NY Harkness Dance Presents An Evening with Aszure Barton
Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall 5/21
15) Broadway Brunch
Ascent Luge 5/22
16) Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
3/24
17) Lincoln Center Upcoming Events
18) Via Crucis 2026 In Scena! Playwright Award Ceremony & Playreading
Italian Culture Institute of NY 5/19
Other
19) Fathom Entertainment presents Legally Blonde
Cinemas Worldwide 5/24 & 5/27
20) TXT Moa Con in Japan: Live Viewing
Cinemas Worldwide 5/24
A) Beginning Performances
In New York
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1) Can I Be Frank?
In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis turns to the work of queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya. Maya was among the first out gay comedians on network television and on the precipice of mainstream success before he died from AIDS-related complications in 1995. This new “solo” performance humbly attempts to ensure Maya’s legacy is no longer overlooked while finally resolving the bottomless queer search for fame, father figures, and laughter in times of crisis.
SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam St.)
5/21 - 6/27
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2) Dance Africa
Few traditions run as deep in Brooklyn as DanceAfrica. For 49 years, BAM's longest-running program and the nation's largest festival of African dance and culture has transformed BAM and its surrounding streets into a gathering place for African and diasporic traditions, bringing together artists, audiences, and purveyors of African, Caribbean, and African American art, fashion, food, and culture from around the world over Memorial Day weekend. This year the festival returns with a full program of performances, films, dance classes, and community events.
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn)
5/22 - 5/25
For the full DanceAfrica 2026 lineup, tickets, and registration for free events, visit BAM.org.
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3) Here Now So Long
Here NOW So Long is the third chapter in Young Soon Kim’s acclaimed Here NOW series, which toured Korea in Seoul, Gwangju, and Seongnam in 2012. The fourth and final chapter, Eternal NOW, premiered at BAM Fisher in 2014.
This utterly compelling multimedia dance-theater work is marked by remarkable versatility and choreographic virtuosity of Young Soon Kim. Here NOW So Long explores the turbulence of human emotion through 12 vivid scenes, weaving together panoramic video imagery, a live performance of an original score of guitars and electronics, and the fluid, dramatic movement of WHITE WAVE’s stunning dancers. The work extends and breaks the boundaries of contemporary dance with themes of love, longing, and inner conflict.
New York Live Arts (219 W. 19th St.)
5/21 - 5/23
4) How Will I Remember This
For more information or to purchaseHOW WILL I REMEMBER THIS draws its inspiration from the Netflix documentary Eldorado, which chronicles the legendary 1920s queer cabaret nightclub that became a beacon of Weimar-era LGBTQ+ culture before being forcibly closed by the Nazis in 1933. Through movement, music, and theatrical storytelling, the work traces one man’s journey as he attempts to reconstruct the events that led to the sudden and irreversible transformation of his world—asking the profound question: how do we hold onto memory when history refuses to let us?
The production features eight accomplished professional dancers alongside four gifted graduates from IAMT’s celebrated training program, embodying Reed Luplau Works’ core mission of bridging emerging talent with the professional dance world.
IAMT Theater (556 W. 158th St.)
5/22 - 5/24
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5) In the Devil's Hands
After a series of attacks in the Channel Islands in the 1940s, local gossips target a young agricultural worker. Determined to prove his innocence he gets his friend to row him out to some uninhabited rocks and leave him there in the middle of the sea. As the seasons pass it gets harder to return and each night the performers get to choose whether it’s worth returning home again.
Zoopraxic (11-51 44th Rd, Long Island City)
5/20 - 6/14
Opening Night 5/23
6) The Perfect Story
THE PERFECT STORY is an original electropop music theatrical show set inside a mythical Library where, each year, only one story in the entire world is allowed to be written. In this world, stories are power. They shape culture. They determine who is remembered and who is erased. And the Library decides which story deserves to exist.
Blending fairytale fantasy with biting commentary on artistic ambition, burnout culture, and the politics of representation, THE PERFECT STORY asks: Who decides what is worthy of being told? Who benefits from scarcity? And what happens when artists stop chasing perfection and start rewriting the system?
The Flea Theater (20 Thomas St.)
5/21 - 5/24
In Pennsylvania
7) The America Play
The America Play follows the Foundling Father (Smiling), a grave digger and Black Abraham Lincoln impersonator who runs a surreal tourist attraction, the Great Hole of History, where visitors can meet other historical lookalikes. Drawn to the spectacle of historical performance, the Foundling Father remakes himself in Lincoln’s image and becomes so successful people begin to pay him a penny to re-enact the former President’s assassination. As the story expands to include his wife (Kimberly Fairbanks), and son (Brandon J. Pierce), Parks traces the echoes of the Foundling Father’s choices across generations, using poetic repetition and a jazz-like structure to mimic the harmful cycles and toxic ideologies embedded in American history.
The Wilm Theater (265 S. Broad St., Philadelphia)
5/19 - 5/31
B) Cast Changes
In New York
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8) Maybe Happy Ending
Zachary Noah Pisner joins the cast in the role of Oliver 3/19.
Hannah Kevitt joins the cast in the role of Claire 3/19.
Maybe Happy Ending is the story of a chance encounter that sparks connection, adventure, and maybe even love. It is the offbeat and captivating story of two outcasts near the end of their warranty who discover that even robots can be swept off their feet. Helmed by visionary director and Tony Award- winner Michael Arden with a dazzling scenic design by Tony Award-winner Dane Laffrey and book, music, and lyrics by the internationally acclaimed duo, Tony Award-winners Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending is a fresh, original musical that reminds us what it means to be human and that love is never obsolete.
Belasco Theatre (111 W. 44th St.)
C) Concerts
In New Jersey
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9) Double Vision: The Foreigner Experience
Boasting some of New Jersey’s top professional rock musicians, Double Vision delivers the highest level of integrity and technical prowess, resulting in a legitimate tribute and authentic performance. Second to none at recreating the masterful songs Foreigner fans worldwide have come to love, Double Vision brings audiences an unforgettable experience with ear to ear smiles, singing, dancing and clapping along to some of the greatest hit songs from the 70’s & 80’s, including “Juke Box Hero,” “Hot Blooded,” “Cold As Ice,” “I Want To Know What Love Is,” “Urgent,” “Double Vision,” “Head Games,” “Feels Like the First Time,” and more!
Sitnik Theatre of Lackland Performing Arts on the campus of Centenary Stage Co.
(715 Grand Ave., Hackettstown)
Saturday May 23, 8:00 PM
D) Recordings
10) Just in Time
Atlantic Records is proud to release an EP for JUST IN TIME, Broadway’s sold-out smash hit musical today, May 4, 2026. The EP features the newest stars to join JUST IN TIME—two-time Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies) as Bobby Darin and Isa Briones (“The Pitt”) as Connie Francis.
The new tracks include:
- “Dream Lover” featuring Jeremy Jordan
- “First Real Love” featuring Jeremy Jordan and Isa Briones
- “Mack the Knife” featuring Jeremy Jordan
- “Who’s Sorry Now” featuring Isa Briones
E) Run Extension
In New York
11) 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 2/14/27
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.operationbroadway.com
F) Tickets on Sale
In New Jersey
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12) Professor Brian Cox Emergence World Tour
Emergence is a celebration of the intricacy of the Universe and an exploration of the laws of nature that sculpted it. From the largest structures in the known Universe – the rivers and flows of galaxies that trace the cosmic web – to Earth’s interlinked ecosystems and the structure of the human brain – from black holes to snowflakes - we observe a world of dazzling complexity underpinned by magnificent simplicity.
NJPAC, Prudential Hall (One Center St., Newark)
March 11, 8:00 PM
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13) Laurie Berkner
Laurie Berkner is a singer, songwriter, lyricist, author, and founder of Two Tomatoes Records, LLC. With more than 1.7 billion total streams, an average of more than 22 million monthly streams, more than 595 million YouTube channel views, and millions of albums, songs, and DVDs sold, Laurie’s songs have become beloved classics for children worldwide.
Carteret Performing Arts Center (46 Washington Ave., Carteret)
September 20, 3:00 PM
G) What Else is Happening
In New York
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14) 92NY Harkness Dance Center Presents
The New York Premiere of
An Evening with Aszure Barton
In Person
May 21, 2026 at 7PM
Women Move the World, 92NY Harkness Dance Center’s 2025/26 Mainstage Series, closes with An Evening with Aszure Barton on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 7PM at Geffen Stage at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10128. Tickets start at $45 and are available at 92ny.org.
Aszure Barton is among the most sought-after choreographers of her generation — a singular voice whose work has stirred audiences around the world, from Nederlands Dans Theater to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. As director of Aszure Barton & Artists | AB&A — a multidisciplinary dance hub founded in New York in the early 2000s — has reimagined what it means to build a body of work, "a mobile home for trusted humans," as she says. 92NY's Women Move the World 2025/26 Harkness Mainstage Series closes with a landmark event that celebrates this holistic vision.
The evening takes shape as an intimate, living portrait of Aszure's creative practice, a celebration unfolding at 92NY — not a retrospective, but a gathering of some of her favorite people. Joy, humor, heart. Solos, duets, and trios alongside ensembles of both new and existing work, forged through deep collaboration and a lifetime of making together. Artists whose connection to Aszure transcends any single company or continent — her longtime AB&A collaborators and stagers Jonathan Alsberry, Tobin Del Cuore, James Gregg, and Taylor LaBruzzo, and other fierce independents Rena Butler, MJ Edwards, Jennifer Florentino, and Isaac Hernández of American Ballet Theatre — alongside artists from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Gauthier Dance | Theaterhaus Stuttgart, and Limón Dance Company, brought together here thanks to the sweet spirit of collaboration with their directors.
Among them is the U.S. Premiere of human undoing, a duet distilling 'sloth' as physical aversion, set to the music of pianist and composer Craig Taborn, shared by the Gauthier Dance artists who first brought it to life. Woven throughout: new work made for this night alone, bringing these worlds into conversation in real time. The evening culminates in the New York premiere of LubDub, a new work currently in creation with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where Aszure has made another home over the last three seasons as Artist in Residence, set to music anchored by JLIN.
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15) THEATRELY AND ORIGIN STORY PRODUCTIONS
TO HOST INAUGURAL
BROADWAY BREAKOUT BRUNCH
HONORING
ANANIA
ISA BRIONES
AIDAN CLOSE & EMMET SMITH
MCKENZIE KURTZ
WHITNEY LEAVITT
JAKE SHANE
AND
RUNYONLAND PRODUCTIONS
ON FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026
AT ASCENT LOUNGE
Editor-in-Chief Kobi Kassal of Theatrely, Broadway’s leading Gen-Z theater media platform, and Co-Founders Christopher Ketner and Hunter Regian of Origin Story Productions announced today that they will host an inaugural Broadway Breakout Brunch on Friday, May 22 at Ascent Lounge in New York City (10 Columbus Circle) celebrating the next generation of Broadway talent on stage and off. The event will honor breakout stars Anania (The Rocky Horror Show), Isa Briones (Just in Time), Aidan Close & Emmet Smith (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), McKenzie Kurtz (Schmigadoon!), Whitney Leavitt (Chicago), Jake Shane (All Out: Comedy About Ambition) and Runyonland Productions (Thomas Laub and Alyah Chanelle Scott) for their contributions to the Broadway landscape this season and beyond.
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16) Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
May 24, 2026 at 2PM
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park presents the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company on Sunday, May 24 at 2PM at 120 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583. Tickets start at $25 and can be reserved here.
Experience the next generation of ballet stars with the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, returning to Kaatsbaan after sold-out shows in 2025. The Studio Company presents a dynamic program featuring both classical and contemporary works.
17) Lincoln Center
Upcoming Events
We’ll Be Bach, an interactive performance by the Juilliard Gluck Fellows in collaboration with The Juilliard School, aims to connect music and movement as a means of expression, and invites audience members to participate (May 20);
VERSUS: Karaoke, a spectacular karaoke competition as your favorite Broadway idols belt their hearts out in musical battles and unforgettable duets, with direction by Teddy Bergman (KPOP on Broadway) (May 21);
Most Wanted, a staged concert loosely inspired by the life and crimes of Andrew Cunanan. Join us on a kaleidoscopic journey through high fashion, glossy magazines, low dives, and the end of the line for a lost young man (May 22);
Diva Factory, where DJ Lina creates an unforgettable fusion of house music and opera. Featuring: DJ Lina, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Kangmin Justin Kim. Come out and sing and dance! (May 23)
Automata Workshop (May 24), an exciting collaboration with acclaimed puppeteers and filmmakers Alex and Olmsted for a DIY Automata workshop covering the basics of kinetic sculpture mechanics.
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18) In Scena! Italian Theater Festival
Awards Playwright Marco Di Stefano with
2026 In Scena! Playwright Award
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, New York City’s premiere festival of Italian theater happening in all five boroughs, has announced Via Crucis by playwright Marco Di Stefano as the winner of their 2026 In Scena! Playwright Award (formally the Mario Fratti Award). The play, translated by Caterina Nonis, will receive a reading as part of the closing ceremony of the 2026 In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY on Tuesday, May 19 at 6pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of NY (686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065). Admission to the awards ceremony and reading is FREE.
VIA CRUCIS is a solo show in free verse structured in 14 scenes. The speaking character is a 30-year-old man living on the margins. Arrested for drug possession, he is subjected to torture and violence by the police until he dies from it. The text unfolds over the course of a single day—from 5am until midnight—and is set in various locations: the street where the young man is taken, the police car, the different rooms of the police station, and finally the morgue where the autopsy takes place. The play is inspired by the stories of Italian young people dead while in custody (Federico Aldrovandi, Giuseppe Uva, Stefano Cucchi) and all the young people killed by law enforcement.
Other
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19) Celebrate Being "Blonde, Brilliant, and Bold" and the Silver Anniversary of Legally Blonde from Amazon MGM Studios, Park Circus and Fathom Entertainment – Coming Back to Theatres May 24 & 27
Legally Blonde 25th Anniversary with Special Exclusive Theatrical Introduction from The Two “Elle Woods” Actresses, Reese Witherspoon and Lexi Minetree
Sneak Peek of “Elle,” New Legally Blonde Prequel Series
It’s been 25 years since the iconic Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) boldly proclaimed her fashion sensibilities with, “whoever said orange is the new pink was seriously disturbed!” Relive the comedy, romance, and Elle’s courtroom brilliance on the big screen May 24 & 27, 2026, with tickets available now for Legally Blonde 25th Anniversary, from Amazon MGM Studios, Park Circus, and Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide.
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