Frank Sinatra was far more than the swaggering leader of the “Rat Pack” or the unmistakable voice behind “New York, New York.” He helped elevate popular music into an art form. As Eric Comstock, co-creator and performer of Our Sinatra: a Musical Celebration, observes, “No one did more to make pop music an art form.” This lively production proves his point.
Burt Bacharach made sophistication sound effortless. Songs such as “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” invite an easy singalong, yet their unusual time signatures, surprising chord changes, and demanding vocal ranges can expose an unprepared performer. In ‘Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon,’ the singers and musicians meet those challenges with style, precision, and control.
If you want a clear plot, conventional heroes and villains, or an evening free of disturbing material, ‘Les Enfants Terribles’ at East Village Basement is not the play for you.
Set inside the intimate 50-seat Sgouros Theatre, part of the historic Players Theatre in the heart of Greenwich Village, Masticate immediately places the audience close to the action.
What happens to jazz musicians after the final note? In One Night at the Blackbird, Maria Messias Mendes and Thomas Mullen imagine an afterlife where the music keeps playing inside a New Orleans funeral parlor.
The AMT Theater is a welcome addition to the Meatpacking District. The theater presents productions that foster new artistic voices and is sponsoring the 2026 Broadway Bound Theatre Festival, “where playwrights take center stage.”
At a moment when artificial intelligence is reshaping work, creativity, and daily life, Eric Pzena’s Society 2.0 turns contemporary anxiety into a sharply theatrical warning.
Before a performer reaches Broadway, there is often a high school stage, a dream role, and a song that started everything.
Avi Amon’s grandmother’s apartment building in Istanbul was torn down—there one day and gone the next.
Former figure skater Christie Spessard showcases her first play, a dark comedy about four girls bonded by the intense world of competitive figure skating, at 59E59 Theatres for a preview performance before its official world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe.