On The Town, set in wartime 1944 and inspired by Jerome Robbins’ ballet, “Fancy Free,” is the story of three sailors’ adventurous 24-hour leave in New York City.
Over the past two decades, Grammy, Tony and Emmy winner Harry Connick, Jr. has proven to be among the world’s most successful and multi-talented artists. This holiday concert will include selections from his upcoming CD, What a Night! A Christmas Album, which features classics like “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas,” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” as well as several new tracks written by Connick.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 50th anniversary season is a once-in-a-lifetime, can’t-miss event! The incomparable Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis play Duke Ellington for a live music celebration of America’s two great art forms – modern dance and jazz music.
The internationally-acclaimed Miami City Ballet, under the artistic direction of former New York City Ballet superstar Edward Villella, makes its Manhattan debut at New York City Center with two dynamic programs. The first features Balanchine and Tharp classics – the second Balanchine masterworks.
New York's annual flamenco celebration, now in its 9th year, features mesmerizing performances with renowned dancers and musicians direct from Andalusia, Spain
The 2009 season features 19 magnificent dances by Paul Taylor, including two New York Premieres: an untitled new dance, and Changes, which revisits the turbulent 1960s through songs sung by The Mamas and The Papas. Another highlight is the return to City Center after 40 years of the landmark Scudorama – “a dance of death leavened by light touches.”
Annually sold-out YAGP Galas have been thrilling NYC audiences for many years, and have become synonymous with the discovery of new dancers, choreographers, and companies. Don't miss this unique chance to see the best young dancers from around the globe and the world's top professional dance artists in one spectacular Gala evening!
Widely regarded as the “French Frank Sinatra”, Charles Aznavour is without a doubt the most famous French singer that has ever lived.
Eifman Ballet has revolutionized the concept of classical dance in Russia by taking the art of ballet to its highest – and most modern – level of expressiveness. Widely considered Russia's greatest living choreographer, Boris Eifman brings a new ballet to New York City Center based on Pushkin’s classic romance, “Eugene Onegin,” to music by Tchaikovsky and Sitkovetsky.
Connie of Woodmere has just married Fred of Newark, but her exes are back in the picture and not sure they approve of the union. Mary of Greenpoint climbs Frankie of Little Italy's fire escape with amorous erotic intent – but things go awry as she reaches for her dream. They are all mad and they are all sane and they are all creating Romantic Poetry.
Does greatness always come with a price? Can only someone with nothing to lose tell the whole truth? Back Back Back follows the turbulent careers of three very different teammates in baseball’s steroid era whose clubhouse secrets bring them under federal scrutiny. Directed by Daniel Aukin, formerly the Artistic Director of Soho Rep, this New York premiere reveals a riveting portrait of pressure, paranoia and payback in professional sports.
Set in a small mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, this powerful play follows Mama Nadi (Tony Award-winner Adriane Lenox), a shrewd businesswoman in a land torn apart by civil war. But is she protecting or profiting by the women she shelters? How far will she go to survive? Can a price be placed on a human life?
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