New Camerata Opera presents a fresh, gripping take on Bizet’s Carmen. In this modern adaptation, Carmen is a social media influencer with a massive following, and Don José is an obsessed fan who spirals into delusion. Directed by John de los Santos and conducted by Michelle Rofrano, this bold adaptation explores the seductive dangers of social media obsession inspired by a haunting real-life story.

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La tragédie de Carmen

Baruch College

First Comes Love. Then comes Marriage. Then comes…WTF!
Dive into the hilarious, chaotic world of a new Mom and Dad with THAT PARENTING MUSICAL! Laugh along as two sleep-deprived parents navigate their new reality, juggling a danger-prone toddler, an overlooked younger sibling, and the ever-present "official mom uniform"—yoga pants. This new musical explores the joys, challenges, and absurdities of parenthood, and so much more.

That Parenting Musical

Theatre Row

Once Upon a Mattress, the iconic musical comedy, is back on Broadway for the first time since 1996. Two-time Tony® winner Sutton Foster gives what The New York Times calls an “ebullient, joyful, perfectly goofy” performance as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone.

Once Upon a Mattress

Hudson Theatre

In its 30th Anniversary season, Complexions Contemporary Ballet returns celebrating 3 decades of “highly committed artistry” (Dance Informa) under the direction of co-Founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. During its two-week season at The Joyce, Complexions brings a retrospective suite honoring Rhoden’s choreographic legacy, featuring audience favorites Ave Maria, Growth, Naked Perfume, Mercy, Higher Ground, and other high-octane works with music ranging from Tchaikovsky and Handel to Earth Wind and Fire and U2.  

COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet

The Joyce Theater

Steinway Artist Hsing-Chwen Giselle Hsin, one of Asia’s most esteemed pianists of her generation, enjoys an active concert career while serving as Professor Piano of the Institute of Music at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. She holds a Doctorate degree in piano performance from Stony Brook University in New York, as well as the prestigious Chappell Gold Medal from the Royal College of Music, London. She has also been awarded major prizes at the Mozart Bicentenary Piano Competition of Asia, and New York’s Chopin Piano Competition. 

Hsing-Chwen Giselle Hsin, piano soloist

Broadway Presbyterian Church

Emursive Presents Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More. An award winning theatrical experience that tells Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy, through a darkly cinematic lens. The story unfolds through an awe-inspiring blend of acrobatic choreography, film noir soundtrack, and countless rooms of densely detailed atmosphere. Guests decide where to go and what to see, ensuring that everyone’s journey is unique, and each visit is different.

Sleep No More

The McKittrick Hotel

Manhattan School of Music’s public programs are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

MSM Opera Theatre: Roméo et Juliette

Manhattan School of Music

Theatrical rising star and O’Neill finalist Amy Berryman brings us an “intelligent, soulful drama” (The Guardian) about how vast the space can be between two people.

In the near future, Stella and her fiancé, Bryan, are waiting at their remote cabin for Stella’s estranged twin sister, Cassie. Raised by their astronaut father to be NASA scientists, the twins have taken different paths: Cassie has just returned from a successful moon mission, while Stella has left NASA behind. When they reunite, old conflicts reignite, forcing the sisters to choose between staying on Earth or pursuing a future in space, as humanity’s fate hangs in the balance.

Walden

The Tony Kiser Theater

With his illustrious career that includes hallmark stints with Miles Davis, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, as well as a heralded career as a solo artist that began more than 30 years ago, Kenny Garrett is easily recognized as one of modern jazz’s brightest and most influential living masters. And with the marvelous Sounds From The Ancestors, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Garrett shows no signs of resting on his laurels.

Kenny Garrett

Blue Note Jazz Club

Saxophonist and composer Darius Jones bridges the landscape between the New York avant-jazz scene and contemporary composition. He brings these musical worlds together for the first time at a performance featuring his two most iconic works in one night: Samesoul Maker and fLuXkit Vancouver

Darius Jones: Samesoul Maker and fLuXkit Vancouver

Kaufman Music Center

Lincoln Center Theater proudly presents "MCNEAL," a groundbreaking new play by Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar, directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher. This compelling production stars Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. in his Broadway debut, offering audiences a unique and powerful theatrical experience.

"MCNEAL" delves into the complex life of Jacob McNeal, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr., a celebrated writer and Nobel Prize contender. The narrative explores McNeal's tumultuous relationship with his estranged son, his latest novel, unresolved conflicts, and his unsettling obsession with Artificial Intelligence. Through Akhtar's sharp and insightful writing, the play examines the profound humanity and growing inhumanity intertwined in the stories we create and share.

The production is set to begin previews on September 5, with official tickets now available for purchase on Telecharge.com. This highly anticipated event will take place at the esteemed Beaumont Theater, known for its intimate setting and exceptional acoustics, promising an unforgettable theatrical experience.

Additional casting for "MCNEAL" will be announced, promising a talented ensemble that will bring this intricate story to life. The creative team behind this production includes notable figures such as Michael Yeargan & Jake Barton for set design, Jennifer Moeller for costume design, Donald Holder for lighting design, and Justin Ellington & Beth Lake for sound design, ensuring a visually and aurally immersive experience.

Don't miss the opportunity to witness Robert Downey Jr.'s captivating Broadway debut in "MCNEAL" this fall at the Lincoln Center Theater. This thought-provoking play promises to be a highlight of the theatrical season, exploring the essence of storytelling and the human condition in the digital age.

Mcneal

Lincoln Center

Running towards a new life, Jacob Jankowski hitches a ride on a mysterious train. He finds himself in the heart of a traveling circus, the Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show On Earth, with a new job, a new home, and a new family. When charismatic ringmaster August brings Rosie the elephant on as the new star attraction, Jacob and August’s wife Marlena join forces to train her. As Jacob and Marlena’s shared compassion develops into love, August’s cruel nature surfaces, threatening to derail Jacob’s life once more.

Water for Elephants

Imperial Theatre New York

Yefim Bronfman takes the stage to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, a work that begins with dramatic intensity, turns to deep meditation, and ends with a rollicking, dance-like finale. Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5 is a study in contrasts, with the power to transport the listener on an exploration of darkness vs. light, good vs. evil, and dreams vs. deeds. Paavo Järvi conducts. 

Bronfman Plays Beethoven

David Geffen Hall

On learning of his mother’s death, country music icon Strings McCrane (Driver) finds himself in an existential tailspin. The only way out, he decides, is to abandon superstardom in favor of the simple life, so he moves back to his hometown in Tennessee. The simple life turns out to be anything but simple in this brilliantly observed tragicomedy, as the consequences of Strings’s success and mind-bending effects of his fame prove all but impossible to outrun.

Hold On To Me Darling

Lucille Lortel Theatre

Winner of the coveted Premio Abbiati (Best Soloist of the Year) in 2022, pianist Filippo Gorini is a supremely gifted musician who has impressed in many of the world’s great concert venues. In his Carnegie Hall debut recital, he performs Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations,” a virtuosic undertaking that has earned Gorini a Diapason d’Or, as well as five-star reviews in The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, and Le Monde. Berg’s single-movement Piano Sonata and Schubert’s exquisite Piano Sonata in A Major are also featured in this remarkable debut

Filippo Gorini, Piano

Carnegie Hall

Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring, We Live in Cairo follows six student activists using their street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime older than they are.

We Live in Cairo

New York Theatre Workshop

Check in at Sunny Acres where nothing is as it seems..and where no one ever checks out. Mara is trapped inside Sunny Acres Mental Hospital and needs to escape before it’s too late. The medical staff act strange. People are disappearing. No one is who they say they are. And there’s something in the basement....

Funhouse

The Players Theatre

In a program celebrating the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Windscape will commission eight of MSM’s composition students to riff on the Rhapsody in a series of two-minute pieces for wind quintet.

MSM Artists in Residence: Windscape

Peter Brainin is a 3x Grammy and Latin Grammy winning saxophonist, composer and educator who has toured internationally with Mongo Santamaría, Valery Ponomorev, Hilton Ruiz, Bebo Valdez, Chico O’Farrill, Bobby Sanabria, Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (with whom he’s featured on 2 Grammy winning CD’s), Joris Teepe, Willie Colon & Legal Alien, Samuel Torres, the Mambo Legends Orchestra and John DiMartino as well as with his own quartet and as a guest artist and clinician. In the U.S. he has performed and/or recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, Randy Weston, Harold Mabern, Idris Muhammad, Jerry Gonzalez, Paquito D’Rivera, Israel “Cachao” López, Sheila E., Eddie Palmieri and many other Jazz and Latin Jazz legends. Peter has appeared on over 200 albums including his own as co-leader with Steve Johns (which also feature contributions by Conrad Herwig, George Cables and Ben Monder) and with the quartet Native Soul. A native of the Bronx, he twice received the BRIO (Bronx Recognizes its Own) award for music composition from Bronx Council on the Arts.

The Harlem Jazz Session w/ Peter Brainin & Friends 2024

Room 623

Join us for the World Premiere 21-performance-run of this profoundly intimate new science fiction drama by Olivia Haller ([subtext] at 2024 American Pavilion at Cannes) that merges theatre and film to share the story of an isolated, imprisoned artist yearning for human connection in a robot-controlled-dystopia.

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Sleep No More

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Walden

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Kenny Garrett

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Kaufman Music Center

Mcneal

Lincoln Center Theater

Water for Elephants

The 7 Fingers

Bronfman Plays Beethoven

New York Philharmonic

Hold On To Me Darling

Lucille Lortel Theatre

Filippo Gorini, Piano

Carnegie Hall

We Live in Cairo

New York Theatre Workshop

Funhouse

The Players Theatre

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Manhattan School of Music

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