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Selected Shorts: The Five Boroughs at Symphony Space
Dates: 9/23/2026
📍 Theatre: Symphony Space
2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
New York, NY 10025
Phone: 212.864.5400
Tickets: $19–$43
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Legendary New Yorker Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City, The Gilded Age) hosts a literary stroll across bridges (and onto one ferry), showcasing the diversity and breadth of our city through voices from all five boroughs. Join us for a storytelling snapshot of New York, as told by authors writing from five unique and beautiful vantage points.
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2026 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL BOOKEND EVENT.
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. Actors subject to change. Casting and special guests will be announced on our website. Please check back for up-to-date information.
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Symphony Space is at 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, New York, NY.
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Selected Shorts: Generation Gap with Asian American Writers’ Workshop (05/20/26-05/20/26)
Stéphane Wrembel's Django a Gogo (05/16/26-05/16/26)
Selected Shorts: Spring Training with Brian Lehrer (04/29/26-04/29/26)
Squirrel Nut Zippers: Jazz From the Back O' Town (04/23/26-04/23/26)
Selected Shorts: A Passport to Ireland with Colum McCann (03/18/26-03/18/26)
Selected Shorts: Too Hot for Radio with Jeff Hiller (02/25/26-02/25/26)
Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Being Alive with Adam Ben-David on Piano (02/18/26-02/21/26)
Selected Shorts: O. Henry Prize Stories with Edward P. Jones (01/28/26-01/28/26)
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