Lincoln Center Festival News

STREB EXTREME ACTION will present INTO THIN AIR at the STREB Lab for Action Mechanics in Brooklyn from April 10 to May 3, 2026. Co-Artistic Directors Elizabeth Streb and Cassandre Joseph-Donnelly will showcase a series of high-impact performances featuring innovative structures and daring physical feats. The season highlights include the use of a trampoline set between scaffolds and various action events that challenge the limits of physicality and design. Audiences can expect a blend of risk, r

Target Margin Theater will present the world premiere of 'THIS IS REAL,' inspired by Jean Genet, from March 1 to April 5, 2026. The production explores themes of identity and reality through innovative staging and performance.

With their revival of Orphans starting performances this week, Jermyn Street Theatre has announced full casting for Jerome Kilty's Dear Liar - adapted from the correspondence of George Bernard Shaw and Mrs Patrick Campbell.

The cult BBC comedy series The High Life comes to Scottish stages as a brand-new musical, with Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson teaming up with writer Johnny McKnight and director Andrew Panton.

Composers Concordance will light up its 42nd season with another adventurous event in the Eclectic Virtuoso series. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Maestro Karen Kamensek opened the Lincoln Center Festival Orchestra’s concert at Geffen Hall—“Paris to Patagonia”—with some interesting introductory remarks that almost sounded like an audition for the Philharmonic’s storied Young People’s Concerts. While fascinating in their own way, they didn’t quite prepare us for what the program really had in store for us.

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) today released the world premiere recording of composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang’s moving and timely opera, An American Soldier, conducted by Carolyn Kuan, digitally via Platoon.

Composers Concordance will present Michael Hall and Kathleen Supové, performing new compositions for viola and piano. Learn more and see how to attend.

This spring, STREB EXTREME ACTION returns to its home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with a rousing production of DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, running from March 21 through April 13, 2025.

The Jim Henson Foundation and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present a new exhibition, American Puppet Theater Today: The Photography of Richard Termine. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Talea Ensemble will present its 2024-2025 season opener, Exploring Home this month. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Following an exhaustive national search, Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group have revealed the spectacular array of Australian theatre icons and dazzling newcomers who will star in the Australian premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN premiering at STC's Roslyn Packer Theatre from October 12. 

Join the Talea Ensemble as they wrap up their 15th anniversary season with two captivating concerts at the West End Theatre. Learn when and where you can see the concerts and learn how to purchase tickets.

The design and music teams have been announced for the world premiere of Gatsby, featuring music by Florence Welch and directed by Rachel Chavkin, at American Repertory Theatre. 

The Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed the complete and creative team for An American Soldier at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced that Kevin Kelso (music) and Hillary Rollins (lyrics) are the winners of MAC's 2023 Dottie Burman Award songwriting competition, and that Sonya Hayden (music and lyrics) is the winner of MAC's 2023 John Wallowitch Award songwriting competition. The winners will share in the $500 award that comes with each of the two competitions.

Talea Ensemble and Harlem Chamber Players have released Julius Eastman's 'Femenine' album on KAIROS.

New York City Ballet will present the eleventh installment of its acclaimed Art Series initiative during the Company’s 2024 Winter Season.

Join Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Richard Egarr and Reginald Mobley for a compelling program that pairs Handel arias with modern works for Baroque forces.

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Richard Egarr and Reginald Mobley: Garden of Good & Evil - 1/25. Experience a captivating performance by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Richard Egarr and Reginald Mobley.