Doug Varone and Dancers returns to BAM with the New York premiere of in the shelter of the fold / epilogue, an evening-length work of seven interconnected vignettes that considers and questions faith. Varone contemplates our private and public relationships to faith and belief in an intricately-woven tapestry of sound, shape, momentum, and stillness. Within this intensely intimate work, Varone and his 13-member ensemble explore the physicality of fulfillment and disappointment, and the tension between ...

Henry Purcell wrote Dido & Aeneas in 1680, but this tragic meditation on destiny, love, and death resonates just as powerfully today. Director Alek Shrader interweaves excerpts from Christopher Marlowe’s play based on the same story, infusing a sense of agency and dignity back to the character of the wounded queen, and the terrible decision she faces when abandoned by the love of her life. The production features opera stars Daniela Mack as Dido and Christopher Herbert ...

For this very special performance, The String Trio of New York (S3NY) will feature James Emery (guitarist and founding member); Rob Thomas (violin); and Tony Marino (bass), who will perform vignettes of notable early works by S3NY co-founders, including Billy Bang’s Bang’s Bounce and John Lindberg’s Twixt C & D, plus a new version of a piece they commissioned from the legendary Muhal Richard Abrams, Strings and Things. Taking a World Music view of this stunning work, S3NY will be joined by percussionist ...

The first PRIDE event series hosted by the 14th Street Y -- LIVE FREE, LOVE FIERCE -- reaches across multiple Educational Alliance sites while celebrating PRIDE, diversity, love, and acceptance. The organizers will honor the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall and celebrate the first-ever WorldPride in NYC by inviting the LGBTQIA+ community to the events at various Educational Alliance sites across Downtown Manhattan. At the 14th Street Y and Educational Alliance, truly everyone is welcome. For a full list ...

New York Classical Theatre, New York City’s all-free Off-Broadway equity theatre company, brings back its critically acclaimed production of The Importance of Being Earnest: Two Ways, Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece, for a tour of three New York City parks. The production, which is the centerpiece of NY Classical’s 20th Anniversary season, as well as the perfect summer entertainment for Pride Month in New York City, is playing in Central Park through June 16, Brooklyn Bridge Park from ...