Selected Shorts joins forces with Slate’s hit podcast Death, Sex & Money for an evening of powerful storytelling about “the things we think about a lot and need to talk about more.” Don’t miss this special event, where acclaimed actors bring to life fiction that confronts the big questions and tough choices often left out of polite conversation. Hosted by Anna Sale. Actors subject to change. Casting and special guests will be announced on our website. Please check back for up-to-date information. Real-time captioning (CART) will be available in our theater for patrons with hearing loss, deafness, different language and learning needs, and anyone whose experience will be enhanced by CART. To access CART on your individual smartphone or tablet, please visit bit.ly/SymphonySpace_Captions. Take great stories by well-known and emerging writers, add captivating actors of stage and screen, and you have Selected Shorts—unforgettable nights of literature in performance. Did you know that Selected Shorts is also recorded for national public radio? As an audience member, you will be part of what makes Selected Shorts broadcasts and podcasts so special. And you can listen to your favorite stories again on your local public radio station or on the Selected Shorts podcast. To find out more, visit SelectedShorts.org. There will not be an intermission at this event. Group discounts are available for groups of fifteen people or more. Please contact the Box Office. Recent Selected Shorts readers include Ellen Burstyn, Kate Walsh, Bebe Neuwirth, Claire Danes, Michael Shannon, Kyle Maclachlan, LeVar Burton, Jane Curtin, Danielle Brooks, Cynthia Nixon, Rainn Wilson, Holly Hunter, Hugh Dancy, Joan Allen, Josh Radnor, Tony Shalhoub, Maggie Gyllenhaal, BD Wong and more.
Sing-Along White Christmas (12/16/25-12/16/25)
Sunny Jain's Love Force (1/9/26-1/9/26)
Selected Shorts: O. Henry Prize Stories with Edward P. Jones (1/28/26-1/28/26)
Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano (2/18/26-2/21/26)
Squirrel Nut Zippers: Jazz From the Back O' Town (4/23/26-4/23/26)
Stéphane Wrembel's Django a Gogo (5/15/26-5/15/26)
Symphony Space is at 2537 Broadway, New York, NY.
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step (12/4/25-12/4/25)
Revelry: YahZarah: The First Time Ever - A Love Letter to Roberta Flack (11/20/25-11/20/25)
Selected Shorts: 250 Years of Jane Austen (11/12/25-11/12/25)
Salon: Acting Master Class with Donna Lynne Champlin (11/11/25-11/11/25)
Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner (11/10/25-11/10/25)
Wall to Wall Stevie Wonder (11/8/25-11/8/25)
National Theatre Live: Vanya (Encore) (11/1/25-11/1/25)
National Theatre Live: Mrs. Warren's Profession (10/28/25-10/28/25)
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (Encore) (10/28/25-10/28/25)
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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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Dance, Edita, Dance!
The Factory Series @ The Chain Theatre (12/12 - 12/14) OFF-OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE
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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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A Marble Christmas Concert: Everlasting Joy, Narrated by Simon Jones
Marble Collegiate Church (12/14 - 12/14) | |
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A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play
Hampton Theatre Company (12/12 - 12/14) | |
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That 80s Improv Challenge: HOLIDAY & PUNK ROCK EDITION
TALE (12/18 - 12/18) | |
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Jane Eyre in Concert
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center (2/15 - 2/15) | |
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Hadestown at Walter Kerr Theatre
Walter Kerr Theatre (11/13 - 2/5) | |
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Dead to Us
The Irma Sandrey Theatre (12/11 - 12/13) | |
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Señor Bolero The Musical - Concert
54 Below (2/3 - 2/3) | |
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