THEATRE & DANCE in NYC

25 Events

Shakespeare Downtown Presents Free Performances of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”

Thursday Jun 11 Through Sunday Jun 21 | 6:30pm Free

Castle Clinton at Battery Park

Castle Clinton National Monument, The Battery (Battery Park)

Lower Manhattan’s Shakespeare Downtown celebrates its 10th season of free performances with Geoffrey Horne’s translation...

Burnout Paradise

Sunday Mar 01 Through Sunday Jun 28 | 9PM

Astor Place Theatre

434 Lafayette Street

When you come to experience this one for yourself, you’ll have expectations. You’ll have preconceived ideas, and eventua...

Blooming in Dry Season

Thursday May 28 Through Sunday Jun 28 | 7PM

NFT @ WP THEATRE

2162 Broadway @ 76th St

A new play set in a rum shop on the Spice Isle of Grenada. Sixteen-year-old Garland is a gifted steel pan player offered...

Rock Never Dies: An Immersive Theatrical Experience at Hard Rock Cafe

Friday May 29 Through Saturday Aug 29 | 7:30 pm

Hard Rock Cafe

Kicked out of her band, dumped, and stolen from, Caroline felt like there was nothing left for her to lose. Upon finding...

Silverback Mountain

Sunday May 31 Through Sunday Jun 21

AMT Theater

Written by Mickey Gooch Jr., Silverback Mountain is a chaotic adventure that blends screwball comedy, a love story, and ...

Translation

Thursday Jun 04 Through Sunday Jun 28 | 7:30pm

The Culture Club

BalletCollective returns this June with an extended run of "Translation," its acclaimed contemporary ballet installation...

Afro-Haitian Workshop with Julio Jean

Saturday Jun 06 Through Saturday Jun 27 | 12PM

Ailey Extension

405 W 55th Street

Journey to the nanm (“soul” in Haitian Kreyol) of Afro-Haitian dance and become acquainted with the different Iwa (gods)...

Grown-Up Nights! Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE

Friday Jun 12 Through Wednesday Jun 17 | 7pm

New Victory Theater

Let the Grown-Ups Play! Indulge your inner child at an evening of Fraggle-y fun surrounded by your fellow fans. Get the...

Immersive Performance Tours Along the Gowanus Canal

Saturday Jun 13 Through Saturday Jun 27 | 2pm

Third Street, Gowanus 11215

Join Artichoke Dance Company on June 13th, 14th, and 27th from 2-4pm for Immersive Performance Tours Along the Gowanus C...

Where I Come From, a solo play

Monday Jun 15 - Friday Jun 19 | 6PM

American Theatre for Actors

“Where I Come From,” is a new solo play written and performed by Jerry Metzker with direction by Robert Lucchesi. Featur...

American Ballet Theatre Summer Season

Wednesday Jun 17 - Saturday Jul 18

The Metropolitan Opera House

30 Lincoln Center Plaza

Join ABT from June 17 – July 18, 2026 for a Summer season that embodies the passion, artistry, and timeless beauty that ...

Omari Wiles | Les Ballet Afrik at Lincoln Center

Wednesday Jun 17 - Thursday Jun 18 | 5PM Free

Hearst Plaza

30 Lincoln Center Plaza

Part of the Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance The legendary Omari Wiles and his trailblazing company Les...

Beyond Encounters: An Evening of Three One-Act Plays

Wednesday Jun 17 - Sunday Jun 21 | 7:00 p.m.

Teatro Circulo

64 East 4th Street

An evening of three one-act plays by Hannah Benitez*+, Miriam Kulick*+ and Lanford Wilson, which explore the unexpected ...

Bone Wars

Thursday Jun 18 - Sunday Jul 26 | Thurs - Sat 7pm & Sun 2pm

The Players Theatre

115 MacDougal Street

Bone Wars is a bold new musical comedy inspired by the unbelievable true story of Gilded Age paleontologists O.C. Marsh ...

My Father Could Not Read or Write by Kevin Powell

Friday Jun 19 - Saturday Jun 20 | 7:30 PM

La Mama Experimental Theatre Club

Grammy-nominated poet Kevin Powell premieres an excerpt of his forthcoming choreopoem, GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY MOTHER. ...

Drag Away the Stigma

Saturday Jun 20 | 7PM

House of Yes

Join APSP'S New York City Chapter for a night of fabulosity and fundraising with NYC's premier drag performers while sup...

Answers

Saturday Jun 20 | 7pm

7th Church of Christ, Scientist

Enjoy a staged reading of the play “Answers”, which explores what might happen if an archangel were to gather several re...

AVID presents 'The Center Does Not Hold' (preview night event)

Saturday Jun 20 | 8:30pm Doors open at 8:00

Mark Morris Dance Group - Duffy Performance Space

3 Lafayette Avenue

Join us at the Duffy Performing Arts Space at Mark Morris Dance Center on June 20th for an intimate preview night event ...

AVID presents 'The Center Does Not Hold' (preview night event)

Saturday Jun 20 | 8:30pm Doors open at 8:00

Mark Morris Dance Group - Duffy Performance Space

3 Lafayette Avenue

Join us at the Duffy Performing Arts Space at Mark Morris Dance Center on June 20th for an intimate preview night event ...

All Your Friends

Saturday Jun 20 - Sunday Jun 21 | 11PM

Le Poisson Rouge

158 Bleecker St

An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits, and a blurry night soundtrac...

Don’t Cry For Me, My Yeshiva

Sunday Jun 21 | 7:30pm

92nd Street Y

1395 Lexington Avenue

Celebrating NYC Pride Month, the award-winning Don’t Cry for Me, My Yeshiva is a 90-minute musical memoir about a lifelo...

Dawn Derow presents SING HAPPY Encore Performance at The Triad

Monday Jun 22 | 7:30 PM

Triad Theater

158 W. 72nd St. Second Floor

Fresh off her fourth Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs Award win, multi-award-winning performer Dawn Derow ret...

Kids & Teens Performance Workshop

Saturday May 16 Through Saturday Jun 20

Ailey Extension

405 W 55th Street

Ailey Extension's Performance Workshop program is designed for all levels of dancers to gain invaluable performance trai...

TADA! Week-long Summer Camps

Monday Jun 15 | 9AM

TADA! Youth Theater

Where creativity takes center stage, and campers build & perform a brand-new mini-musical every week! Whether your child...

2026 GALLIM Summer Intensive

Monday Jun 22 - Thursday Jul 02 | 10am

New York Center for Creativity & Dance

287 East 10th Street

GALLIM 2026 Summer Intensive June 22–26 & June 28–July 2 @ New York Center for Creativity & Dance 287 E. 10th St, Ne...

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