Our friends at the Abrons Arts Center have announced a fantastic lineup for their fall season. They write:
Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center continues to carve out a unique culture nitch on the Lower East Side. With three world...
The world famous French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, known for his daredevil trip between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in 1974, will present his first theatrical one-man show, Wireless! A Work in Progress, at the Abrons Arts Center...
Innovator, composer and musician John Zorn has announced one of his three benefit concerts for Japan earthquake relief will be held at Abrons Arts Center on April 8th. Zorn will host two shows that evening and has invited over...
This morning the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate Henry Street Settlement's Neighborhood Playhouse an historic landmark. The 1915 building at 466 Grand Street was already on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Commission called the playhouse one of...
A special free concert (one that feels especially poignant right now with the current crisis in Japan) comes to Abrons Arts Center next weekend. The Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series will present two of Japan’s best known Tsugaru shamisen...
There's a fun musical running at the Abrons Arts Center right now that has been getting some glowing reviews. "Sky Boys: The Building of the Empire State Building," is presented by Making Books Sing, a creative educational theater company...
Broadway fans are in for a treat. Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown is bringing his solo show downtown to the Abrons Arts Center for three nights in April. The concert will feature another Tony winner (and rising star),...
The Berserker Residents, a site-specific performance company based in Philadelphia, is getting rave reviews for their wacky production of The Annihilation Point, currently running at Abrons Arts Center. The show is based on a time-traveler, Astronaut Z (Bradley Wrenn),...
In the world of professional dance, Amar Ramasar is a rising star. The New York Times said his joy in dancing is infectious. Dance Magazine praised his "eloquent, expressive dancing and his engaging, ebulliant personality."Â ...
Urban Ballet Theater's hip-hop/African dance/flamenco-infused/krumping version of The Nutcracker returns to Abrons Arts Center on Saturday for it's ninth year. The production keeps Tchaikovsky’s original score largely intact but enhances it with contemporary, inner city beats from the Lower...
