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The Conquest of Bread

The Conquest of Bread

May 1

Russian anarchist and philosopher Peter Kropotkin’s 1892 critique of capitalism, The Conquest of Bread, is the inspiration for this special May Day choral performance, featuring...

The Employees

The Employees

Apr 24 – Apr 26, 2025

The story of The Employees unfolds in an undetermined near future, on a spaceship carrying people and humanoid robots, with Earth having been annihilated. The...

PATH and Everywhere All the Time

PATH and Everywhere All the Time

Apr 18 – Apr 19, 2025

Seán Curran Company makes its NYU Skirball debut with two works: the world premiere of PATH, a 30-minute work reflecting on the phenomenon of the...

National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove

National Theatre Live: Dr. Strangelove

Apr 13

ational Theatre Live presents Dr. Strangelove co-adapted by Armando Iannucci co-adapted and directed by Sean Foley Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip)...

Amour, Acide et Noix

Amour, Acide et Noix

Apr 11 – Apr 12, 2025

Four bodies, given over to the dance, reveal what has taken refuge behind the strangely opaque skin: muscle, water, breath, energy, an outlook on life,...

The Reclamation

The Reclamation

Apr 4 – Apr 5, 2025

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group is a Brooklyn-based dance company whose mission is to create, research, develop, and present new performance work that investigates...

Masterclass

Masterclass

Mar 28 – Mar 29, 2025

Blending together the savagely comic discourse of Adrienne Truscott (Wild Bore, Asking For It) with the slick dramaturgy of the internationally renowned theatre company Brokentalkers...

Composing While Black

Composing While Black

Mar 22

The International Contemporary Ensemble performs work by and with four composer-performers from the renowned experimental music collective, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians...

Mary Said What She Said

Mary Said What She Said

Feb 27 – Mar 2, 2025

Award-winning French actress Isabelle Huppert gives a tour de force performance in this remarkable production, directed and designed by the American theatre visionary Robert Wilson....

Tanz

Tanz

Feb 14 – Feb 15, 2025

Prepare to experience a contemporary masterpiece that defies conventions and reimagines the art of movement. Florentina Holzinger’s TANZ is a breathtaking fusion of classical ballet,...

Show/Boat: A River

Show/Boat: A River

Jan 9 – Jan 26, 2025

Show Boat is both a powerful narrative and a historical reflection, revealing a legacy marked by violent racism while striving for a more just America....

Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No President

Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No President

Dec 5 – Dec 7, 2024

“Nature Theater of Oklahoma is one of the best ensemble theater companies in the world.” – Bomb MagazineNature Theater of Oklahoma returns to NYU Skirball with the...

The Civilians: Sex Variants of 1941

The Civilians: Sex Variants of 1941

Nov 14 – Nov 24, 2024

In this world premiere, The Civilians examine the intimate lives of Depression-era queers in this kaleidoscopic, musical fantasia adapted from the 1941 text Sex Variants, a...

Visitation

Visitation

Sep 9 – Sep 10, 2022

NYU Skirball presents John Jasperse Projects, in the world premiere of Visitation, a new dance that is part seance and part exorcism, on Friday, September...

Flamenco Singer Miguel Poveda in Concert

Flamenco Singer Miguel Poveda in Concert

Apr 7 – Apr 8, 2022

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (KJCC) has joined forces with NYU Skirball and the Flamenco Festival New...

Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind/Bach6Cellosuiten

Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind/Bach6Cellosuiten

Feb 13 – Feb 15, 2020

NYU Skirball will present the North American premiere of Belgium choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaekers Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind/Bach6Cellosuiten (In the Midst of Life/Bachs...

Elements of Oz

Elements of Oz

Dec 7 – Dec 8, 2019

NYU Skirball will present Elements of Oz, a live performance/augmented reality mash-up of theater, technology and pop culture that celebrates and deconstructs The Wizard of...

The Road Awaits Us

The Road Awaits Us

Nov 8 – Nov 9, 2019

NYU Skirball will present The Road Awaits Us, two North American premieres and one beloved solo from Big Dance Theatre on Friday November 8 and...

to come (extended)

to come (extended)

Oct 25 – Oct 26, 2019

NYU Skirball will present the U.S. premiere of Mette Ingvarstens to come (extended), on Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 7:30 pm...

Soundlines

Soundlines

Oct 18 – Oct 19, 2019

International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) returns to NYU Skirball following its critically acclaimed, sold-out run of the whisper opera in 2018, with Soundlines, two premieres by...

Underneath the Skin

Underneath the Skin

Oct 11 – Oct 12, 2019

NYU Skirball will present the world premiere John Kellys Underneath the Skin, a NYU Skirball commission, running October 11 and 12, 2019 at 7:30 pm...

Wild Bore

Wild Bore

Sep 27 – Sep 28, 2019

NYU Skirball will present the U.S. premiere of Wild Bore, an outrageous comic dissection of critics and arts criticism, starring three outrageous international comedians, Adrienne...

White Noise

White Noise

Sep 20 – Sep 22, 2019

NYU Skirball will present the U.S. premiere of Tony Award winner Daniel Fishs White Noise, freely inspired bythe novel by Don DeLillo, running Friday, September...

Moles

Moles

Sep 12 – Sep 14, 2019

NYU Skirball will present the U.S. premiere of French theater director and visual artist Philippe Quesnes The Moles, three unique theatrical events running Thursday, September...

Hot Brown Honey

Hot Brown Honey

Apr 19 – Apr 20, 2019

New York, NY, March 8, 2019 NYU Skirball will present the American premiere of Hot Brown Honey, a riotous celebration of Hip-Hop politics, dance, comedy,...

Adam

Adam

Feb 14 – Feb 16, 2019

The National Theatre of Scotlands acclaimed production of Adam will have its North American premiere at NYU Skirball, February 14 16 at 7:30 pm. Adam...

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Broadway Magic Hour in Off-Off-Broadway Broadway Magic Hour
Broadway Comedy Club (1/01-6/30) VIDEOS
The Braata Singers in Concert: All We A One in Off-Off-Broadway The Braata Singers in Concert: All We A One
A.R.T./NY (6/26-6/28) PHOTOS VIDEOS
Cock in Off-Off-Broadway Cock
East Village Basement (6/17-6/28) PHOTOS
Miss Julie in Off-Off-Broadway Miss Julie
Gene Frankel Theatre (6/24-6/28)
Operatini™ — A Boutique Opera & Live Music Series Presents: La Dolce Vita in Off-Off-Broadway Operatini™ — A Boutique Opera & Live Music Series Presents: La Dolce Vita
Green Room 42 (6/26-6/26) PHOTOS
Shrek, the Musical! in Off-Off-Broadway Shrek, the Musical!
Emelin Theater (7/09-7/12)
SpinQueen™ in Off-Off-Broadway SpinQueen™
Brooklyn Art Haus (7/07-7/08)
The City Speaks: How New Yawkahs Tawk in Off-Off-Broadway The City Speaks: How New Yawkahs Tawk
Studio Dérive (6/14-6/28)
Who We Become: One-Act Plays by Lanford Wilson in Off-Off-Broadway Who We Become: One-Act Plays by Lanford Wilson
Factory Series at the Chain Studio Theatre (6/25-6/27) VIDEOS
waiting: a queer black tragicomedy in two acts in Off-Off-Broadway waiting: a queer black tragicomedy in two acts
The Flea Theatre (6/25-6/26)