Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Battle, Amy Hall Garner, and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory favorites. For this 65th anniversary season, highlights of a dozen works by founder Alvin Ailey will be presented in special programs, including performances featuring music by jazz greats and his American masterpiece Revelations, both danced to live music at some performances. Tickets starting at $32 are on sale now at the New York City Center Box Office, through Customer Care at 212-581-1212, or online at www.alvinailey.org or www.nycitycenter.org. For further information, visit www.alvinailey.org. Performance Times: Opening Night Gala (November 29) 7pm (note earlier curtain time) Tuesday - Thursday evenings 7:30pm Wednesday matinee (Dec. 20 & 27) 2pm Friday & Saturday evenings 8pm Saturday Family matinees 2pm Sunday matinees 3pm New Year’s Eve matinee 2pm
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The Best We Could (a family tragedy) (2/8/23-3/19/23)
New York City Center has played a defining role in the cultutal life of the city since 1943 when it was founded by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia with the mission to make the best in the performing arts accessible to all. The distinctive neo-Moorish theater welcomes 300,000 visitors annually to experience internationally acclaimed artists on the same stage where legends like George Balanchine, Leonard Bernstein, and Barbara Cook made their mark. Its landmark 75th Anniversary Season (2018 – 2019) paid tribute to this rich history while celebrating the institution’s singular role in the arts today. For more than 25 years, the treasured, Tony-honored Encores! series has given new life to the American musical theater canon, complemented in recent years by the Encores! Off-Center series, which brings today’s innovative artists into contact with groundbreaking musicals from the more recent past. Dance continues to be an integral part of the institution’s mission through programs like the annual Fall for Dance Festival, which exposes a new audience to an international array of artists by offering subsidized tickets for the price of a movie ticket.
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Broadway Magic Hour
Broadway Comedy Club (9/30 - 12/30) | |
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Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies
Triad Theater (12/13 - 12/13) | |
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A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play
Hampton Theatre Company (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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Lobby Hero
Manes Studio Theatre of Long Island (1/9 - 1/25)
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Down Once More
Teatro Latea (12/15 - 12/21) | |
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Dance, Edita, Dance!
The Factory Series @ The Chain Theatre (12/12 - 12/14) OFF-OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
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A Marble Christmas Concert: Everlasting Joy, Narrated by Simon Jones
Marble Collegiate Church (12/14 - 12/14) | |
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Selected Shorts: O. Henry Prize Stories with Edward P. Jones
Symphony Space (1/28 - 1/28) | |
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Annie
Argyle Theatre (11/28 - 1/4) | |
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SAME/SAME/DIFFERENT
Theaterlab (12/11 - 12/14) | |
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That 80s Improv Challenge: HOLIDAY & PUNK ROCK EDITION
TALE (12/18 - 12/18) | |
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Utopia, Limited
Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (4/18 - 4/19) | |
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