Crossroads Theatre Company officially launched its 47th season with a celebratory benefit event and a powerful opening performance of Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, reaffirming the company’s legacy as a cornerstone of Black theater and cultural excellence in New Jersey. Held in the heart of…
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Classic Stage Company is set to debut the world premiere of Marcel on the Train, an inventive new play that reexamines the early life of legendary mime Marcel Marceau through the lens of courage, imagination, and survival. Co-written by Marshall Pailet and Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater, and directed by Pailet, the production begins previews…
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Summoners Ensemble Theatre, in association with the Merchant’s House Museum, will bring Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre world back to life this spring with the return of Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe, a critically praised solo performance starring John Kevin Jones. The limited engagement runs for 12 performances from March 25 through April 5,…
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The Frick Collection will shine a spotlight on one of Britain’s most influential painters with Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture, the first exhibition in New York devoted exclusively to the portraiture of Thomas Gainsborough. Opening February 12 and on view through May 11, 2026, the exhibition marks the Frick’s first special presentation dedicated to the…
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The Public Theater has added the world premiere of Girl, Interrupted to its 2025–2026 season, with performances set to begin in May 2026 in the Martinson Hall. The new play with music marks a major theatrical event, bringing Susanna Kaysen’s influential memoir to the stage through a high-profile creative team led by Pulitzer Prize winner…
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The Guggenheim New York is set to showcase a landmark exhibition, Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World, running through April 26. This U.S. presentation marks the first monographic exhibition of the German Expressionist painter in nearly thirty years, offering an unprecedented look at Münter’s contributions to early 20th century modernism. The exhibition highlights over fifty…
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Rebecca Rau Jewels is redefining the conversation around heritage and adornment with the debut of the “THEN & NOW Collection,” a groundbreaking series that fuses rare historical artifacts with contemporary gemstones, precious metals, and pearls. Previewed at M.S. Rau in New Orleans, the collection made its official debut at New York City Jewelry Week in…
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El Museo del Barrio is celebrating one of the most fearless and thought-provoking voices in contemporary art with Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island — the first U.S. survey of the acclaimed Cuban-American artist and writer. Opening this fall, the exhibition captures more than three decades of Fusco’s groundbreaking work across performance, film,…
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Black Public Media (BPM), the Harlem-based national nonprofit dedicated to amplifying Black voices in film and media, is fighting back against the growing threat of cultural erasure. Following a $1.8 million cut to its annual federal funding, BPM has launched the Black Stories Production Fund — a bold, nationwide fundraising effort to raise $9 million…
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Broadway’s longest-running American musical, Chicago, will welcome acclaimed stage and screen actress Angela Grovey to the cast as “Matron Mama Morton” beginning Monday, September 15 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th Street). Tickets are now on sale at www.ChicagoTheMusical.com. A powerhouse performer known for her dynamic stage presence and soulful humor, Grovey’s addition marks…
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