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The Metropolitan Opera announced plans for its free outdoor events this summer, which will take place in the Lincoln Center Plaza and in parks throughout New York City. In a brand new initiative, the Met's Summer HD Festival will feature screenings of ten productions from the Met's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Live in HD series in Lincoln Center Plaza on consecutive nights, beginning Saturday, August 29.

The Metropolitan Opera announced plans for its free outdoor events this summer, which will take place in the Lincoln Center Plaza and in parks throughout New York City. In a brand new initiative, the Met's Summer HD Festival will feature screenings of ten productions from the Met's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Live in HD series in Lincoln Center Plaza on consecutive nights, beginning Saturday, August 29.

Calling all musicians, singers, dancers, performance artists and other street entertainers! The Times Square Alliance is looking for the very best New York City performers to audition for a chance to be part of 'Grate Performances - Best of the Buskers,' a free street performance series in New York City's best known public space, Times Square.

New York Philharmonic Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert will lead the New York Philharmonic in five free concerts this summer throughout the City of New York, from July 14 to 20. He will conduct all of the 2009 New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, Presented by Didi and Oscar Schafer, sponsored by Target, which will take place July 14?17, 2009 in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, as well as two free indoor concerts, in Staten Island and Queens, on July 18 and July 20 respectively.

Calling all musicians, singers, dancers, performance artists and other street entertainers! The Times Square Alliance is looking for the very best New York City performers to audition for a chance to be part of 'Grate Performances - Best of the Buskers,' a free street performance series in New York City's best known public space, Times Square.

The Metropolitan Opera Presents Free Concert on Friday, June 20: 'Met Summer Concert: Live in Prospect Park'

Architect David Rockwell of Rockwell Group Architecture and Design and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation today announced plans to create Imagination Playground, a paradigm shift in the community playground, at Burling Slip in the South Street Seaport area, as part of a public/private collaboration.

A Norwegian production of Peer Gynt--the poetic drama by that country's most famous dramatist--is being presented at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park for three performances from October 5th through 7th

On June 22nd, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Bebe Neuwirth will perform at 'The H.E.L.P. Fundraiser,' which will be hosted by Nathan Lane

The Public Theater announces that Brian Bedford, Lynn Collins, Jennifer Ikeda, Richard Thomas, and James Waterston have joined the cast of As You Like It for Shakespeare in the Park. As You Like It is the first production scheduled in The Public's year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration, with performances beginning Tuesday, June 25th and continuing through Sunday, July 17th.