NYC Arts: The Complete Guide to Art and Culture

92nd Street Y

Manhattan

This multidisciplinary institution promotes performing, visual and literary arts through classes and performances for a wide range of audiences. Founded to promote issues of Jewish values and American pluralism, the Y now promotes a diverse roster of programs.

92YTribeca

Manhattan

92YTribeca opened on Hudson Street in 2008 as as the 92nd Street Y's downtown art and entertainment venue. It has a performance stage with full bar for live music, comedy, cabaret, theater, performance art and dance; a 72-seat movie theater, and more.

Abrons Arts Center

Manhattan

The center is a program of Henry Street Settlement, which has provided services to the Lower East Side since 1893. Its landmarked 300-seat Neighborhood Playhouse houses Henry Street’s visual and performing arts programming alongside its community-based arts training.

Ars Nova

Manhattan

Ars Nova is New York’s hub for emerging artists and new work in theater, comedy and music, producing provocative and affordable live entertainment to feed today's popular culture.

Beacon Theatre

Manhattan

This 2,894 seat, three-tiered theater opened in 1929 to present motion pictures and vaudeville entertainment. The ornately decorated, neo-Grecian venue is most famous, however, as a music hall, which has been its primary offering since the 1970s.