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Buying a ticket to a Broadway show is not the only way to be able to enjoy that increadibly rich theater scene of New York City.

It's a known fact that NYC theater tickets are rather expensive, but a significantly less know fact is that you can attend a NYC theater show that is totally free and open for general public. Or you can ontain coplimentary tickets for an off Brodway, off off Broadway and sometimes Broadway show (a play or a musical) free of charge or at a significant discount. But you do need to know how to go about it!

While many other sites give information about discount theater tickets in NYC, Club Free Time gives you all the info about those NYC theater performances that are totally free and open for general public. In addition, as a CFT member you have a chance to attend not-at-all-free off Broadway, off off Broadway and sometimes Broadway theater performances at no cost. if you are looking for cheap theater tickets in NYC - you should look no further: we are able to obtain free tickets for our members when a show has some unsold seats and producers would like to create that magical 'full house' feel. As an article in The New York Times said: New York is abuzz with so much culture that they're giving it away.

Our members attend off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway and sometimes Broadway shows, opera, classical music and jazz concerts, dance performances, children shows, comedy clubs, cabaret, etc. using complimentary tickets which they can reserve once they login to www.clubfreetime.com.

There are 41 Broadway theatres, approximately 85 Off-Broadway theatres, and about 120 off off Broadway theaters in NYC. These categories are not about the quality of productions or the talent involved, it's all about the number of seats in the venue: Broadway theaters have over 500 seats, off-Broadway theaters have  between 100 and 499 and the bvenues with fewer than 100 seats are referred to as Off Off Broadway.

At the beginning of the 20th century many theatres were located on Broadway and that's when the 'Broadway theater' term came to life. Only three 'Broadway' theatres are located on Broadway nowadays: the Winter Garden, the Marquis, and the Broadway Theatre. All other Broadway theaters are located in the theater district in the blocks east and west of Broadway around Times Square. The Theater District lies between 42nd and 53rd streets. 

In the 1890s this section of Broadway was one of the first part of town to be lit with electric lights, which led to the New York Telegram headline 'Found on the Great White Way' and that's how the nickname 'the Great White Way' came to life. Most visitors never venture off the Great White Way. Approximately 14 million people a year attending Broadway shows.

Meanwhile, although Eugene O'Neill famously said in 1931: ''One of the things I regret, is the passing of the experimental group theater,'' off Broadway and off off Broadway theaters, being significantly less commercial then Broadway, or, in many cases, not commercial at all, offer a great variety of extremelly interesting and exciting experimental and not-so-experimental works. If you want to see real quality theater - give off Broadway and off off Broadway theater a try.

Off Broadway theaters have nurtured Pulitzer Prize-winning plays and playwrights and attracted prominent actors and actresses. Musicals such as ''A Chorus Line'' and ''Ain't Misbehavin' '' moved to Broadway from off Broadway. You may as well see a Broadway show at an Off Broadway theater as producers can continue running their shows with considerably reduced weekly costs by going from Broadway to Off-Broadway, as actor salaries and advertising costs are much less for off Broadway theaters. (We put lots of efforts in obtaining complimentary tickets for off Broadway shows for our members). One of the most famous off Broadway theaters is the Public Theater

The world of Off Off Broadway theaters is one of most interesting and unknown parts of New York City's theatrical life. It gives you the real sence of belonging as being so close to the stage allows you to see every nuance of what's happening there. That's where young, exciting playwrights are discovered. That's where you can see talented, unknown actors who may become the big stars of tomorrow at the tiny fraction of a Broadway ticket price.

Join Club Free Time and enjoy free theater performances or get free tickets to the shows (off Broadway, off off Broadway and sometimes even Broadway) which are not free for general public, but are free for Club Free Time members! Club Free Time is a NYC staple for finding amazing things to do for free. Some amazing deals are available in advance, but in some cases you will be able to get those last minute theater tickets. NYC gives you many options.

In case you would like to get yourself more familiar with New York Theater life here is the list of NYC off-Broadway theaters:
Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand St. (@ Pitt St.)
Altered Stages, 212 W. 29th St. (btw. 7th Ave. & 8th Ave.)
American Place Theatre, 111 W. 46th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & Broadway)
Theater At Blessed Sacrament, 152 W. 71st St. (btw. Columbus Ave. & Broadway)
Astor Place Theater, 434 Lafayette St. (btw. 4th St. & Astor Pl.) (212)254-4370 see seating chart...
Blue Man Group: Tubes
Atlantic Theater, 336 W. 20th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
Bank Street Theatre, 155 Bank St. (btw. Washington St. & West St.) 591-0564
Lynn Redgrave Theater45, 45 Bleecker St. (btw. Broadway & Lafayette St.)
Cap 21, 18 W 18th St #6 (btw. 5th Ave. & 6th Ave.)
Cherry Lane Theater, 38 Commerce St. (btw. Bedford St. & Hudson St.)
City Center, 131 W. 55th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.)
Classic Stage Co., 136 E. 13th St. (btw. 3rd Ave & 4th Ave.) 677-4210
Club El Flamingo, 547 W. 21st St. (btw. 10th Ave. & 11th Ave.)
Collective Unconscious, 145 Ludlow St. (btw. Rivington St. & Stanton St.)
Connelly Theatre, 220 East 4th St. (btw. Ave. A & Ave. B)
Currican Theatre, 154 W. 29th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.)
Daryl Roth Theater, 101 East 15th Street
De La Guarda
Duffy Theater, 1553 Broadway (@46th St.) 695-3401
Duke Theatre, 229 West 42nd (btw. 7th Ave. & 8th Ave)
Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 W. 52nd St. (btw. 10th Ave. & 11th Ave.) 247-4982
Expanded Arts, 113 Ludlow St. (btw. Delancey & Rivington St.)
Flatiron Playhouse, 119 West 23rd St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.)
Flea, 41 White St. (btw. Church & Broadway)
Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street
Gloria Maddox Theatre, 151 West 26th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.)
Greenwich House Theater, 27 Barrow St. (@ 7th Ave. South) 541-8441
Greenwich Street Theater, 547 Greenwich St. (btw. Charlton & Vandam)
Grove Street Playhouse, 39 Grove St. (@ 7th Ave.)
HERE, 145 Avenue of the Americas (btw. Spring & Dominick)
Homegrown Theatre, 2628 Broadway (@ 99th St.) 229-7500
Hudson Guild Theater, 441 W. 26th St. (btw. 9th Ave. & 10th Ave.)
Ibis Supper Club, 321 W. 44th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.) 239-6200
Intar Theatre, 420 W. 42nd St. (btw. 9th Ave. & 10th Ave.) 279-4200
Irish Arts Center, 553 W. 51st St. (btw. 10th Ave. & 11th Ave.) 757-3318
Jane Street Theater, 113 Jane St. (@ W. Side Highway) 239-6200
John Houseman Theater, 450 W. 42nd St. (btw. 9th Ave. & 10th Ave.)
John Jay College Theatre, 899 10th Ave. (btw. 58th St. & 59th St.)
Kraine Theatre, 85 East 4th St. (btw. Bowery & 2nd Ave.)
La Mama, 74A East 4th St. (btw. 2nd Ave. & 3rd Ave.)
Lambs Theatre, 140 W. 44th St. (btw. Broadway & 6th Ave.)
Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St. (btw. Hudson St. & Bleecker St.)
McGinn/Cazale Theater, 2162 Broadway (@ 76th St.) 279-4200
Manhattan Class Company Theater, 120 W. 28th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.) 727-7765
Manhattan Theatre Club, 131 W. 55th St. (btw. 6th Ave. & 7th Ave.) 581-1212
Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (Just E. of 6th Ave.)
The Mint Theater, 311 W. 43rd St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 150 W. 65th St. (@ Lincoln Center)
The Neighborhood Playhouse, 340 E. 54th St. (btw. 1st Ave. & 2nd Ave.) 522-1421
New 42nd St. Theater, 348 West 42nd St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
New Victory Theater, 209 W. 42nd St. (btw. 7th Ave. & 8th Ave.)
New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E 4th St. (btw. Bowery & 2nd Ave.) 460-5475
New York Performance Works, 128 Chambers St. (Just E. of W. Broadway)
Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster St. (btw. Spring & Broome St.)
Orpheum Theater, 126 2nd Ave. (btw. 7th St. & St. Mark's Pl.) 477-2477
P.S. 122, 150 1st Ave (@ 9th St.), (212) 477-5288
Phil Bosakowski Theatre, 354 W. 45th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St. (btw. W 3rd St. & Minetta Ln.) 475-1449
Playhouse 91, 316 E. 91st St. (btw. 1st Ave. & 2nd Ave.) 831-2000
Playwrights Horizons Studio Theatre, 416 W. 42nd St. (btw. 9th Ave. & 10th Ave.)
Primary Stages, 354 W. 45th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.) 212-333-4052
Producers Club, 358 West 44th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
(Joseph Papp) Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. (btw. Astor Pl. & 4th St.)
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, 304 W. 47th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave)
Quintero Theater, 534 West 42nd St. (btw. 10th Ave. & 11th Ave.)
The Rattlestick Theatre, 224 Waverly Place (just W. of 7th Ave.)
RAW Space (Studio L), 529 W. 42nd St. (btw. 10th Ave. & 11th Ave.) 414-7734
Raymond J. Greenwald Theatre, 307 W. 26th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
St. Luke's Church, 308 W. 46th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave)
Second Stage Theater, 307 W. 43rd St. (@8th Ave.) 246-4422
Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St. (btw. 6th Ave & 7th Ave)
Soho Rep, 46 Walker St. (btw. Church St. & Broadway)
Ellen's Stardust Diner, 1650 Broadway (@ 51st St.)
Sullivan Street Playhouse, 181 Sullivan St. (btw. Houston St. & Bleeker St.) 674-3838
Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th St. (btw. 9th Ave. & 10th Ave.)
Theater at St. Peter's Church, Citicorp Center (Lexington Ave. & 54th St.) 935-5820
Theatre 3, 311 W. 43rd St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
Theatre Four, 424 W. 55th St. (btw. 9th Ave. & 10th Ave)
Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave. (btw. 9th St. & 10th St.) 633-1292
Theatre 22, 54 West 22nd St. (btw 5th Ave. & 6th Ave.)
Thirteenth Street Repertory, 50 W. 13th St. (btw. 5th Ave. & 6th Ave.) 675-6677
Triad Theater, 158 W. 72nd St. (btw. Broadway & Columbus Ave.) 799-4599
Trilogy Theater, 341 West 44th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)
29 Street Repertory Theatre, 212 W. 29th St. (@ 7th Ave.) 465-0575
Union Square Theater, 100 E. 17th St. (btw. Union Square E. & Irving Pl.) 307-4100
Variety Arts Theatre, 110 3rd Ave. (btw. 13th St. & 14th St)
Vineyard Theatre,108 East 15th Street | New York
Westbeth Theater Center, 151 Bank St. (btw. Washington St. & W. Side Hwy.)
Westside Theatre, 407 W. 43rd St. (btw. 9th Ave. & 10th Ave.)
Wings Theatre, 154 Christopher St. (W. of Washington St.)
14th St. Y, 344 East 14th St. (btw. 2nd Ave. & 3rd Ave.)
47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th St. (btw. 8th Ave. & 9th Ave.)

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33  Free Plays, Free Shows ! Free Theater in New York City (NYC) Sun, 11/03/2024 - and on...



Shakespeare said All world’s a stage. Our editors at CFT couldn’t agree more, so we give you the most complete listing of free shows in New York. Also, as a Club Free Time member, you can get exclusive free tickets to off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway and, sometime, Broadway shows.
A member can reserve from 2 to 5 complimentary tickets (depending on a show) as long as the supply lasts.

        

Performance | flipping through pages keeping a record of time: Exhibition and Performance


“flipping through pages keeping a record of time” proposes an intergenerational conversation between artists Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and Jimmy Robert. Engaging deeply with performance, Super 8 film, and text, this assembly of their work in all three mediums takes the limit of the page as both material and a contested site of meaning. Performed by Raymond Pinto
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Nov 3
5:00 pm

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Performances, November 03, 2024, 11/03/2024, flipping through pages keeping a record of time: Exhibition and Performance

Staged Reading | The Foreplay: An Exploration of the Birth of Our Nation


When Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, and James Madison sit down to draft the first ten amendments to the Constitution, they have no idea what the hell are they are doing--no pressure, just the framework for laws that will shape our nation's future. Through sharp, witty dialogue, these founding fathers navigate the challenges developing of our Bill of Rights, discussing always volatile topics such as the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to no illegal searches and seizures (among many others) with a sense of justice and righteousness only colonial Americans could come up with.The only trouble is... America didn't remain Colonial America. This in depth look at the intense decision making process that went into making the first ten amendments shows that how no matter how far we THINK we've progressed, we still have no idea what the hell we're doing. Written by Michael Knight Directed by Will Thomae
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Nov 3
6:00 pm

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Staged Readings, November 03, 2024, 11/03/2024, The Foreplay: An Exploration of the Birth of Our Nation
Sun, Nov 3
7:00 pm

Regular: $48
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Plays, November 03, 2024, 11/03/2024, A Dark Comedy with Broadway Actors
Sun, Nov 3
7:00 pm

Regular: $45
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Musicals, November 03, 2024, 11/03/2024, A Musical&nbsp;About Adolescence with Broadway Director
Sun, Nov 3
7:00 pm

Regular: $30
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Plays, November 03, 2024, 11/03/2024, A Play About Lust, Jealousy, and Politics
Sun, Nov 3
8:00 pm

Regular: $35
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Plays, November 03, 2024, 11/03/2024, Drama Featuring Actor from a Hit TV Show

Performance | The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy + Opening Reception


The Postpoetic Machine is a performance-exhibition, an immersive cybernetic art installation. It explores the evolving relationship between humans, machines, and communication. In this hybrid landscape, spectators are invited to challenge traditional boundaries of interaction, surveying interspecies and human-machine dialogue. The installation provies a series of participatory experiences meant to expand human cognitive abilities and probe the implications of technological assimilation. Created by Mafe Izaguirre
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm

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Performances, November 04, 2024, 11/04/2024, The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy + Opening Reception
Wed, Nov 6
1:00 pm

Regular: $101
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Broadways, November 06, 2024, 11/06/2024, Broadway Show!

Performance | The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy 


The Postpoetic Machine is a performance-exhibition, an immersive cybernetic art installation. It explores the evolving relationship between humans, machines, and communication. In this hybrid landscape, spectators are invited to challenge traditional boundaries of interaction, surveying interspecies and human-machine dialogue. The installation provies a series of participatory experiences meant to expand human cognitive abilities and probe the implications of technological assimilation. Created by Mafe Izaguirre Guest artist: Yoko Murakami
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Nov 6
7:00 pm

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Performances, November 06, 2024, 11/06/2024, The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy&nbsp;

Performance | See a Porous Stone: Performance Art


Takuya Takemoto is a performance artist based in Tokyo. Through subtle movements and sensations, his work questions what it means for a person to stand in front of a person in performance. Takemoto studied performance art and drama in Musashino Art University.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Nov 7
6:30 pm

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Performances, November 07, 2024, 11/07/2024, See a Porous Stone: Performance Art

Musical | The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music


This ancient Hebrew love story is a deeply moving narrative exploring daring faith, deep friendship, and true love when two widows band together to overcome impossible odds. This new stage adaptation includes original musical arrangements of some of our most beloved Christmas carols.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Thu, Nov 7
7:00 pm

Free
Musicals, November 07, 2024, 11/07/2024, The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music
Thu, Nov 7
8:00 pm

Regular: $52
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Plays, November 07, 2024, 11/07/2024, A "Wildly Funny" Play

Musical | The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music


This ancient Hebrew love story is a deeply moving narrative exploring daring faith, deep friendship, and true love when two widows band together to overcome impossible odds. This new stage adaptation includes original musical arrangements of some of our most beloved Christmas carols.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Nov 8
7:00 pm

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Musicals, November 08, 2024, 11/08/2024, The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music

Comedy Club | Jugle Cat Comedy: 8 Stand-Up Comics


New York's hottest new comedy show is hosted by Abby Govindan (New York Comedy Festival) and Mohanad Elshieky (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Conan). It includes comics Kaneez Surka, Amber Singletary, Atheer Yacoub, Lilly Sparks, and a special guest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
Fri, Nov 8
7:30 pm

Free
Comedy Clubs, November 08, 2024, 11/08/2024, Jugle Cat Comedy: 8 Stand-Up Comics
Fri, Nov 8
8:00 pm

Regular: $52
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Plays, November 08, 2024, 11/08/2024, A "Wildly Funny" Play

Performance | The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy


The Postpoetic Machine is a performance-exhibition, an immersive cybernetic art installation. It explores the evolving relationship between humans, machines, and communication. In this hybrid landscape, spectators are invited to challenge traditional boundaries of interaction, surveying interspecies and human-machine dialogue. The installation provies a series of participatory experiences meant to expand human cognitive abilities and probe the implications of technological assimilation. Created by Mafe Izaguirre Guest artist: Peter Sciscioli 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Nov 9
5:00 pm

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Performances, November 09, 2024, 11/09/2024, The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy

Musical | The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music


This ancient Hebrew love story is a deeply moving narrative exploring daring faith, deep friendship, and true love when two widows band together to overcome impossible odds. This new stage adaptation includes original musical arrangements of some of our most beloved Christmas carols.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Sat, Nov 9
7:00 pm

Free
Musicals, November 09, 2024, 11/09/2024, The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music

Performance | Native American Song, Dance, Storytelling, and More for the Whole Family


This family-friendly event that will celebrate and acknowledge National Native American Heritage Month through song, dance, storytelling, history, and other forms of expression. The Redhawk Native American Arts Council represents artists from North, South, Central American, Caribbean and Polynesian Indigenous cultures.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Nov 10
2:00 pm

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Performances, November 10, 2024, 11/10/2024, Native American Song, Dance, Storytelling, and More for the Whole Family

Performance | The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy + Q&A


The Postpoetic Machine is a performance-exhibition, an immersive cybernetic art installation. It explores the evolving relationship between humans, machines, and communication. In this hybrid landscape, spectators are invited to challenge traditional boundaries of interaction, surveying interspecies and human-machine dialogue. The installation provies a series of participatory experiences meant to expand human cognitive abilities and probe the implications of technological assimilation. Created by Mafe Izaguirre Guest artist: Enrique Enriquez
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Nov 10
5:00 pm

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Performances, November 10, 2024, 11/10/2024, The Postpoetic Machine: Visionary Exploration of Human-Machine Synergy + Q&A

Staged Reading | Miss Curie of the East: Nuclear Secrets


In Sevan's new play, an Egyptian nuclear scientist unkowingly contributes to the WWII atom bombs as he works on a potentially revolutionary cancer treatment.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Nov 14
3:00 pm

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Staged Readings, November 14, 2024, 11/14/2024, Miss Curie of the East: Nuclear Secrets

Musical | The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music


This ancient Hebrew love story is a deeply moving narrative exploring daring faith, deep friendship, and true love when two widows band together to overcome impossible odds. This new stage adaptation includes original musical arrangements of some of our most beloved Christmas carols.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Nov 14
7:00 pm

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Musicals, November 14, 2024, 11/14/2024, The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music

Musical | The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music


This ancient Hebrew love story is a deeply moving narrative exploring daring faith, deep friendship, and true love when two widows band together to overcome impossible odds. This new stage adaptation includes original musical arrangements of some of our most beloved Christmas carols.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Nov 15
7:00 pm

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Musicals, November 15, 2024, 11/15/2024, The Story of Ruth: A New Adaptation with Music

Performance | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Scenes and Music Based on Betty Smith's Classic Novel - Outdoors


Zara Lawler’s latest production is a dynamic take on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the classic novel by Betty Smith. It tells a universal story of the creative blossoming of a girl from an immigrant family, with the tree as a symbol for both resilience and creativity. All the music in the performance is taken directly from the book, ranging from folk and popular tunes to works by Schubert, Dvorak and Bizet, woven seamlessly with key moments from the story. Created and performed by Zara Lawler with Cynthia Shaw, piano, Molly Goldman, violin/viola, and Kathryn McCreary, voice. Start times: 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Nov 16
2:00 pm

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Performances, November 16, 2024, 11/16/2024, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Scenes and Music Based on Betty Smith's Classic Novel - Outdoors

Musical | The Sound: Musical About Hope, Courage, Family; Set in 1943 Denmark


Inspired by true events, this uplifting musical about family, courage, hope, and the importance of remembering our past tells the story of an aging Holocaust survivor who shares his harrowing escape from Denmark to Sweden with a young American woman. With the assistance of a magical entity, he recalls the fateful day in the fall of 1943 when the Nazis began rounding up Danish Jews for concentration camps. He recounts how his family evaded capture by hiding in a fishing boat traveling to Sweden – and freedom – across The Sound.  Suitable for for ages 9 and up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Sun, Nov 17
3:00 pm

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Musicals, November 17, 2024, 11/17/2024, The Sound: Musical About Hope, Courage, Family; Set in 1943 Denmark

Staged Reading | The Witches of Kabul: Young Women vs the Taliban


The premiere reading of the new play by Mujib Mehrdad and Dave Johnson based on their co-translation and stage adaptation of Mehrdad's novella of two promising, young female university scholars whose lives are upended during the collapse of the Afghan government and the violent return of the Taliban to Kabul from 2015 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Wed, Nov 20
6:00 pm

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Staged Readings, November 20, 2024, 11/20/2024, The Witches of Kabul: Young Women vs the Taliban

Performance | Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean


In the context of the current exhibition The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean Venezuelan-Korean artist Suwon Lee presents the debut performance of Dictee/Exilee. In 1975, Korean American artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's powerful performance Aveugle Voix embodied the challenges of expressing the migrant experience through language. By covering her eyes and mouth with bandages labeled "voice" and "blind," she enacted the fragmentation of identity, language, and memory. Cha's work, rich in multiplicity and multilingualism, is an enduring inspiration for the performance, Dictee/Exilee. In this piece, Suwon Lee pays homage to Cha's legacy while weaving a narrative that reflects her own journey as a Venezuelan woman living in self-imposed exile for the past eight years. Her performance explores the complexities of preserving identity and cultural memory amidst physical displacement. By reciting over 380 names of cities, streets, natural monuments, flora, and fauna from her homeland, she creates a "spoken portrait" that roots her in the cultural memory of Venezuela--a memory that transcends geographical and linguistic boundaries. In this performance, the dimmed lights, projected images, and spoken words intertwine to form a tunnel-like narrative, drawing the audience into a dreamlike exploration of identity, memory, and the unyielding ties to one's mother tongue. As Cha expressed in her seminal work Dictee, "Mother tongue is your refuge. It is being home." Dictee/Exilee is not just a performance--it is a reclamation of self, an affirmation that, despite the passage of time and distance, exile is not the end, but a continuation of one's cultural journey.
   New York City, NY; NYC
Wed, Nov 20
6:00 pm

Free
Performances, November 20, 2024, 11/20/2024, Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean

Play | Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy


In this exciting reimagining of Orestes, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson gives birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's watershed translation of a death-dance of vengeance and passion is not to be missed, combining contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Nov 21
7:30 pm

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Plays, November 21, 2024, 11/21/2024, Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy

Play | Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy


In this exciting reimagining of Orestes, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson gives birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's watershed translation of a death-dance of vengeance and passion is not to be missed, combining contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Fri, Nov 22
7:30 pm

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Plays, November 22, 2024, 11/22/2024, Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy

Play | Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy


In this exciting reimagining of Orestes, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson gives birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's watershed translation of a death-dance of vengeance and passion is not to be missed, combining contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Nov 23
2:00 pm

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Plays, November 23, 2024, 11/23/2024, Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy

Play | Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy


In this exciting reimagining of Orestes, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson gives birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's watershed translation of a death-dance of vengeance and passion is not to be missed, combining contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sat, Nov 23
7:30 pm

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Plays, November 23, 2024, 11/23/2024, Orestes: A Reimagining of Euripides' Tragedy

Musical | The Candle: A New Musical About Saying Goodbye to Loved Ones


This new musical by Zach Alfred-Levow tells the story of Josh, a college student struggling to get his life together a year after the death of his grandfather in a bizarre accident. When Josh lights a memorial candle, he finds that his grandfather has somehow returned for 24 hours. Josh must use his time wisely to help him move forward and say the goodbye he never got.  
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Sun, Nov 24
1:00 pm

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Musicals, November 24, 2024, 11/24/2024, The Candle: A New Musical About Saying Goodbye to Loved Ones

Performance | If Museum's Walls Could Talk: A Lecture-Performance on Russian Warmaking


Margarita Kuleva's lecture-performance exposes the "behind the scenes" struggle for creative expression in wartime Russia. It draws upon less visible protest and dissent actions spurred by the new wave of censorship and extreme police brutality. The performance is based on interviews with Russian cultural workers since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. Refreshments will be served at a reception to follow. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Mon, Nov 25
6:00 pm

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Performances, November 25, 2024, 11/25/2024, If Museum's Walls Could Talk: A Lecture-Performance on Russian Warmaking

Staged Reading | Spray: Warning the World About Pesticides


In Emily Chadick Weiss's play, biologist Rachel Carson discovers pesticides are dangerous to humans and she won't let anything get in the way of warning the world.   
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Thu, Dec 12
3:00 pm

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Staged Readings, December 12, 2024, 12/12/2024, Spray: Warning the World About Pesticides
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