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Theater in New York

New York is the theater capital of the English-speaking world, and it earns that title every night of the week. Broadway gets the marquee attention, but the city's real theatrical heartbeat runs deeper -- through the Off-Broadway houses of Chelsea and the West Village, the scrappy Off-Off stages in Brooklyn and Queens, and the nonprofit institutions that have shaped American drama for generations.

May 21
2:00 PM
7:00 PM
Studio Seaview

This award-winning play returns to NYC for a limited run, exploring a deeply American story about finding meaning in life. Set in a small Midwestern town, it captures the messiness of mourning with humor and warmth.

May 21
5:00 PM
9:00 PM
Celebrity Autobiography
Shubert Theatre

The Broadway premiere of "Celebrity Autobiography," a critically-acclaimed comedy featuring a constantly-expanding rotating cast of celebrities acting out other celebrities’ unintentionally hilarious autobiographies live on Broadway.

May 21
7:00 PM
Lyric Theatre

This event offers various refreshment and lounge packages for the 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' performance, including a Family Refreshment Package, Platinum Lounge Package, Priority Access, The Magical Pack Refreshment Package, and The Whole Trolley Refreshment Package.

May 21
7:00 PM
New Amsterdam Theater

Broadway's hit musical comedy ALADDIN at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City!

May 21
7:00 PM
Wicked
Gershwin Theatre

Wicked will be performed at the Gershwin Theatre in New York, New York on Thursday, May 21st, 2026 at 7:00 PM.

May 21
7:00 PM
Foxwoods Theater

Experience the magic of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre. This theatrical event brings the beloved wizarding world to life on stage.

May 21
7:00 PM
The Book of Mormon
Eugene O'Neill Theatre

The Book of Mormon is a satirical musical that follows two Mormon missionaries as they attempt to preach the Book of Mormon to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village.

May 21
7:00 PM
The Balusters
Samuel J Friedman Theatre

A new play by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Kenny Leon, exploring a raucous neighbor-versus-neighbor battle royale in a small community.

May 21
7:00 PM
Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. A celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and — above all — Love, Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical — it is a state of mind.

May 21
7:30 PM
The Metropolitan Opera

Franco Zeffirelli’s glittering production of Puccini’s final masterpiece returns to the stage with three extraordinary casts. Sopranos Angela Meade, Anna Pirozzi, and Liudmyla Monastyrska star in the title role of the vengeful princess.

May 21
7:30 PM
Titanique
St James Theatre

Experience Titanique at the St. James Theatre. Tickets start from $10.89.

May 21
8:30 PM
Roundabout Theatre Company

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show is playing at Studio 54. Limited availability for this performance.

May 21
7:00 PM
Thespian Theater

Tony Award® winner Jonathan Groff is returning to Broadway as Bobby Darin in this exciting new musical, featuring legendary Bobby Darin hits.

May 21
10:00 AM
Art of Circus
St George Theatre

An art museum come to life on stage, featuring dazzling circus performers, dancers, acrobats, and an original score performed with a live band. Audiences enter the worlds and iconic works of Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Warhol, and more in an acrobatic fantasy vision.

May 21
6:00 PM
Emily Johnson and Kai Recollet Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter
Henry Street Settlement: Abrons Arts Center

Join us for a fire centering Indigenous protocol and knowledge. Guest artists and curators share stories and performances in honor and protection of the land, water, and air of Lenapehoking.

May 21
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Arte Capoeira Center

The Acting Company’s 75-minute adaptation of Hamlet, in a modern verse translation by Lisa Peterson, brings this foundational tragedy to New Yorkers across the City. Centering Hamlet’s struggle to decide how to respond to his father’s death and his mother’s remarriage, this production is the perfect entrance point to this powerful story of grief and vengeance.

May 21
6:00 PM
Dancing with the Queens Stars
Queensboro Dance Festival

Our annual Queens dance competition is back, come party with us and cast your audience vote for the best dance team!

May 21
7:00 PM
92nd Street Y Art Center

A visceral, visionary season finale celebrating Aszure Barton’s boundary-breaking voice in contemporary dance.

May 21
7:00 PM
Ulster American
Irish Repertory Theatre

A savagely funny play dissecting identity politics, ego, privilege, and the Northern Irish Troubles with satirical precision.

May 21
7:00 PM
Vineyard Theatre

A performance of '||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :|| ||: MUSIC :||' at Vineyard Theatre.

May 21
7:00 PM
The Slipper Room

A guest event featuring 'Nerdlesque NYC: Anime After Dark'.

May 21
7:00 PM
Roundabout Theatre Company

A sold-out evening performance of Fallen Angels.

May 21
7:00 PM
Hayes Theatre

Becky Shaw will be performed at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York. Select your tickets using the secure checkout.

May 21
7:00 PM
Indian Princesses
Atlantic Theater Company

A tender satire exploring the stories we tell, the histories we omit, and the truths that live inside us, waiting to come out. Inspired by the playwright’s experiences in a father-daughter program of the same name.

May 21
7:00 PM
Bohemian National Hall

Staged reading of a new Ukrainian play about a nonbinary soldier, Antonina, for whom the front line is a place of stark truths and haunting echoes.

May 21
7:00 PM
An Evening with Aszure Barton
92nd Street Y

A visceral, visionary season finale celebrating Aszure Barton’s boundary-breaking voice in contemporary dance, featuring performances by dancers from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart.

May 21
7:00 PM
& Juliet
Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Stephen Sondheim Theatre will host & Juliet on Thursday 21st May 2026, 7:00PM in New York, New York. Select your & Juliet tickets above using our secure ticket checkout.

May 21
7:00 PM
Classic Stage Company

More than 75 years in the making, an unfinished work by one of America’s greatest dramatists takes the New York stage at last. Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium unveils the artist’s final play, brought to life through playwright Kirk Lynn’s masterful completion.

May 21
7:30 PM
Tap City
The Joyce Theater

A performance as part of Tap City.

May 21
7:30 PM
May 21
7:30 PM
All Bach
David H Koch Theater

Concerto BaroccoThe Goldberg Variations.

May 21
7:30 PM
White Plains Performing Arts Center

Dance Cavise, one of the premier dance education institutions in the New York City Tri-state region, presents its student showcase.

May 21
8:00 PM
Die Cute
The Brick Theater

Die Cute is a participatory performance by Yiseul LeMieux that uses cuteness to gently undo fear. Framed as her own funeral, the work invites audiences into a space where cuteness confronts mortality.

May 21
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

The Life and Times of Daisy Forbes is a long-form lip-sync illustrating a show girl at a distinct crossroads in her life, forced to decide whether to continue pushing the rock up the hill as a performer.

May 21
Al Hirschfeld Theatre

This Off-Broadway production begins previews on May 21, 2026, at Soho Playhouse.

May 21
Soho Playhouse

Morgan Bassichis explores the work of queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya, aiming to ensure his legacy is not overlooked.

May 21
3:00 PM
The Rat NYC

An event hosted by The Drama Club NY.

May 21
7:00 PM
Antonina
Czech Center New York

A staged reading of Tetiana Kytsenko’s intimate war-time portrait Antonina, part of the Spring Readings Series.

May 21
7:00 PM
SLOP
Parkside Lounge

Sexy Loving Original People (SLOP) Salon is a night of performance committed to presence, exchange, and experimentation for emerging and established artists alike.

May 21
7:00 PM
Gramercy Theatre

Ladies & Tangents present a theatre performance at Gramercy Theatre.

May 21
Handle with Care
Onassis Cultural Center

Performance by Ontroerend Goed at Onassis Ready.

May 21
Consuewella Triptych In MOVE
Dixon Place

It is a powerful thought-provoking puppet performance about an African American woman’s journey through MOVE—a radical, back-to-nature activist organization from Philadelphia—the system and the bombi…

May 21
8:00 PM
Nuyorican Poet's Cafe

The Online Open Mic, held online.

May 22
2:00 PM
8:00 PM
New Amsterdam Theater

Broadway's hit musical comedy ALADDIN at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City!

May 22
6:00 PM
Theater For the New City

The 31st Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, a free multi-arts festival, celebrates the cultural and artistic explosion of the Lower East Side.

May 22
7:00 PM
The Book of Mormon
Eugene O'Neill Theatre

The Book of Mormon is a satirical musical that follows two Mormon missionaries as they attempt to preach the Book of Mormon to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village.

May 22
7:00 PM
The Balusters
Samuel J Friedman Theatre

A new play by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Kenny Leon, exploring a raucous neighbor-versus-neighbor battle royale in a small community.

May 22
7:00 PM
Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. A celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and — above all — Love, Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical — it is a state of mind.

May 22
7:00 PM
Lyric Theatre

Experience the magic of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre. Please note that the role of Draco Malfoy will not be played by Tom Felton at this performance.

May 22
7:00 PM
New Amsterdam Theater

The hit Broadway musical Disney ALADDIN is playing at the New Amsterdam Theater.

May 22
7:00 PM
Wicked
Gershwin Theatre

Wicked will be performed at the Gershwin Theatre in New York, New York on Friday, May 22, 2026, at 7:00 PM.

May 22
7:00 PM
Foxwoods Theater

Experience the magic of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre. This theatrical event brings the beloved wizarding world to life on stage.

May 22
7:30 PM
Celebrity Autobiography
Shubert Theatre

The Broadway premiere of "Celebrity Autobiography," a critically-acclaimed comedy featuring a constantly-expanding rotating cast of celebrities acting out other celebrities’ unintentionally hilarious autobiographies live on Broadway.

May 22
7:30 PM
The Metropolitan Opera

American composer Gabriela Lena Frank makes her Met debut with her first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. The story depicts Frida leaving the underworld on the Day of the Dead and reuniting with Diego, briefly reliving their tumultuous love.

May 22
7:30 PM
Titanique
St James Theatre

Experience Titanique at the St. James Theatre. Tickets start from $10.89.

May 22
8:00 PM
& Juliet
Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Stephen Sondheim Theatre will host & Juliet on Friday 22nd May 2026, 8:00PM in New York, New York. Select your & Juliet tickets above using our secure ticket checkout.

May 22
8:00 PM
Studio Seaview

This award-winning play returns to NYC for a limited run, exploring a deeply American story about finding meaning in life. Set in a small Midwestern town, it captures the messiness of mourning with humor and warmth.

May 22
8:30 PM
Roundabout Theatre Company

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show is playing at Studio 54. Limited availability for this performance.

May 22
DanceAfrica Performance
BAM Harvey Theatre

The nation’s largest celebration of African diasporic dance and music returns for its 49th year with Uganda: Umoja/Mirembe/Obulungi (Unity/Peace/Beauty)!, a showcase of the nation’s vibrant dance and musical cultural traditions.

May 22
7:00 PM
Thespian Theater

Tony Award® winner Jonathan Groff is returning to Broadway as Bobby Darin in this exciting new musical, featuring legendary Bobby Darin hits.

May 22
7:00 PM
Repertorio Español

Olga Pericet returns to the Repertorio stage for a limited 9-performance run of her latest creation, Baile Sonoro. This isn’t a static performance; it’s a living creation designed to adapt and evolve with every stage it touches.

May 22
6:30 PM
Dirty Circus: Variety Show
House of Yes

Have a magical night out with circus, cabaret, burlesque, aerial acrobatics, pole dancing, drag, sideshow and beyond - on the legendary House of Yes stage.

May 22
7:00 PM
Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery at Carmine's

Join the Murder Mystery Company at the Lou Zar Speakeasy for a thrilling 1920s murder mystery dinner at Carmine's in NYC. Don your best flapper dress and head down to Carmine’s for an exciting murder mystery dinner theater show.

May 22
7:00 PM
Classic Stage Company

More than 75 years in the making, an unfinished work by one of America’s greatest dramatists takes the New York stage at last. Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium unveils the artist’s final play, brought to life through playwright Kirk Lynn’s masterful completion.

May 22
7:00 PM
Ulster American
Irish Repertory Theatre

A savagely funny play dissecting identity politics, ego, privilege, and the Northern Irish Troubles with satirical precision.

May 22
7:00 PM
Vineyard Theatre

A performance of '||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :|| ||: MUSIC :||' at Vineyard Theatre.

May 22
7:00 PM
Roundabout Theatre Company

An evening performance of Fallen Angels with limited availability.

May 22
7:00 PM
Mel's Kitchen
T Schreiber Studio & Theatre

Mel's Kitchen is an intimate drama about ambition, art, survival, and reinvention. Set against the changing face of Hell’s Kitchen, the play blends movement and storytelling to explore the many selves we inhabit in order to endure.

May 22
7:00 PM
Hayes Theatre

Helen Hayes Theatre will host Becky Shaw on Friday 22nd May 2026, 7:00PM in New York, New York.

May 22
7:30 PM
Tap City
The Joyce Theater

A performance as part of Tap City.

May 22
7:30 PM
COPPÉLIA
David H Koch Theater

Coppélia.

May 22
8:00 PM
Die Cute
The Brick Theater

Die Cute is a participatory performance by Yiseul LeMieux that uses cuteness to gently undo fear. Framed as her own funeral, the work invites audiences into a space where cuteness confronts mortality.

May 22
8:00 PM
Indian Princesses
Atlantic Theater Company

A tender satire exploring the stories we tell, the histories we omit, and the truths that live inside us, waiting to come out. Inspired by the playwright’s experiences in a father-daughter program of the same name.

May 22
9:00 PM
The Infinite Wrench
New York Neo-Futurists

The Infinite Wrench is a barrage of 30 short plays the cast attempts to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song.

May 22
SARAH JONES: AMERICA, WHO HURT YOU
National Black Theatre
May 22
Al Hirschfeld Theatre

This Off-Broadway production begins previews on May 22, 2026, at Public Theater/Delacorte Theater.

May 22
Consuewella Triptych In MOVE
Dixon Place

It is a powerful thought-provoking puppet performance about an African American woman’s journey through MOVE—a radical, back-to-nature activist organization from Philadelphia—the system and the bombi…

May 23
12:00 PM
Theater For the New City

The 31st Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, a free multi-arts festival, celebrates the cultural and artistic explosion of the Lower East Side.

May 23
1:00 PM
The Metropolitan Opera

Franco Zeffirelli’s glittering production of Puccini’s final masterpiece returns to the stage with three extraordinary casts. Sopranos Angela Meade, Anna Pirozzi, and Liudmyla Monastyrska star in the title role of the vengeful princess.

May 23
2:00 PM
7:00 PM
The Book of Mormon
Eugene O'Neill Theatre

The Book of Mormon is a satirical musical that follows two Mormon missionaries as they attempt to preach the Book of Mormon to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village.

May 23
2:00 PM
8:00 PM
The Balusters
Samuel J Friedman Theatre

A new play by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Kenny Leon, exploring a raucous neighbor-versus-neighbor battle royale in a small community.

May 23
2:00 PM
Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film comes to life onstage, remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. A celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and — above all — Love, Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical — it is a state of mind.

May 23
2:00 PM
Lyric Theatre

This event offers various packages including a Family Refreshment Package, Platinum Lounge Package, Priority Access, The Magical Pack Refreshment Package, and The Whole Trolley Refreshment Package.

May 23
2:00 PM
New Amsterdam Theater

The hit Broadway musical Disney ALADDIN is playing at the New Amsterdam Theater.

May 23
2:00 PM
8:00 PM
Foxwoods Theater

Experience the magic of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Lyric Theatre. This theatrical event brings the beloved wizarding world to life on stage.

May 23
3:00 PM
Titanique
St James Theatre

Experience Titanique at the St. James Theatre. Tickets start from $10.89.

May 23
3:00 PM
Roundabout Theatre Company

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show is playing at Studio 54. This performance is part of the Celebrity Series.

May 23
3:00 PM
8:00 PM
Studio Seaview

This award-winning play returns to NYC for a limited run, exploring a deeply American story about finding meaning in life. Set in a small Midwestern town, it captures the messiness of mourning with humor and warmth.

May 23
5:00 PM
Celebrity Autobiography
Shubert Theatre

The Broadway premiere of "Celebrity Autobiography," a critically-acclaimed comedy featuring a constantly-expanding rotating cast of celebrities acting out other celebrities’ unintentionally hilarious autobiographies live on Broadway.

May 23
8:00 PM
Wicked
Gershwin Theatre

Wicked will be performed at the Gershwin Theatre in New York, New York on Saturday, May 23rd, 2026 at 8:00 PM.