Started in the spring of 2010 by two recent alumni, Columbia Theater Alumni is an organization that aims to bring together Columbia theater alums who are currently pursuing a life in the performing arts.

We’re interested in the shows Columbia alumni write, or star in,... | Learn More

New York Premiere of Dissonance
Director: Lonny Price
June 1 - June 27

A classical quartet in conflict is further confronted when a rock start enters their midst. Egos, loyalty, and love are all put to the test in this witty, wise and ultimately moving play of... | Learn More

With the celebration of Central Park SummerStage’s 25th anniversary, we are expanding to all five boroughs! Offering over 100 free Concerts, Dance, and Theater performances in sixteen parks throughout NYC, CityParks SummerStage will bring this beloved summer tradition of free performing... | Learn More

Ol' Blue Eyes is back in Come Fly Away, the new smash-hit Broadway musical featuring the vocals of the one and only Frank Sinatra. Backed by a live 19-piece big band, The Chairman himself takes the audience on an unforgettable journey of seduction and romance. Featuring a score of beloved... | Learn More

Although he lived next door to Niagara Falls, artist Charles Burchfield (1893–1967) chose to focus his nature-based art on the ground beneath his feet. Curated by artist Robert Gober, this exhibition features over one hundred major watercolors, drawings, oils on canvas, sketches, notebooks,... | Learn More

Samurai in New York invites visitors to return to the New York of 150 years ago and to share the city’s excitement over the visit of a delegation of more than 70 samurai from Japan—the first Japanese to leave the closed island nation in over 200 years. The brash young city seized the... | Learn More

Columbia discount: To receive $2 off tickets on the prices listed below and to find the tour meeting place, call NYC Discovery Walking Tours at 212-465-3331. Reserve your spot on the tour by leaving your name and confirm that you have a valid Columbia ID/CAAL card.... | Learn More

This summer, join the Central Park Conservancy each Sunday afternoon from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm for lakeside music at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park's beautiful northern end.

The first in a two-part exhibition, Off the Wall Part 1: Thirty Performative Actions, focuses on actions using the body in live performance, in front of the camera, or in relation to a photographic or printed surface, or drawing. Each action displaces the site of the artwork from an object to the... | Learn More

Syfy will present Brooklyn Bridge Park's 11th Anniversary Season of Movies With A View summer 2010, this year on the newly opened Pier 1! Movies With A View is one of the city's premiere outdoor film series with an eclectic lineup of films and breathtaking views of... | Learn More

THE IRISH…AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY is an irreverent history of the Irish through the tumultuous 20th and 21st centuries through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes, Tis, Teacher Man).

McCourt’s razor sharp wit,... | Learn More

The Grateful Dead at the N-Y Historical Society
Extended through September 5, 2010

The Grateful Dead at the N-YHS. The only place you'll be able to peek into their official collection.

Go back in time and experience the music once more -- remember the... | Learn More

Seven Hitchcock classics on the big screen for the first time ever in high-defintion.

Columbia discount: Use code COLUMBIA when purchasing tickets online

Rear Window

Sun, Jul 18 at 3 pm

Sat, Jul 31 at 8 pm

Sun, Aug 15 at 5:30... | Learn More

On December 4th, 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life, featuring a score of rock hits that includes "Blue Suede... | Learn More

Written by Jonathan Tolins

Directed by Matt Shakman

Performed by Amy Aquino, Bill Brochtrup, John Glover, Mark Nelson, Noah Robbins

In show business, it's all about who you know. Or is it? Andy Lipman, a smart, ambitious kid from Long Island dreams of a... | Learn More

Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Next to Normal is the acclaimed, groundbreaking rock musical "that pushes Broadway in new directions." (Rolling Stone). Experience this emotional powerhouse of a musical that tells the story of how far two parents will go to keep... | Learn More

Obie, Helen Hayes and GLAAD Award-winner Marc Wolf returns with his acclaimed solo show based on interviews with straight, gay and lesbian military personnel, creating a provocative theatrical exploration of sexual politics, the American military, sanctioned discrimination, and... | Learn More

Arriving Off-Broadway after a sold-out, acclaimed run at the Fringe Festival, this provocative and irreverent comedy tells the story of a fourth-grade Christmas pageant in rural Illinois which sets off a firestorm of controversy when it calls into question Abraham Lincoln's sexuality. A... | Learn More

Summer Shorts 4, the acclaimed series of new American one-act plays returns to 59E59 and this year has scheduled an impressive array of new short plays by some of the country's top playwrighting talents, including Christopher Stetson Boal, Roger Hedden, Wendy Kesselman, Neil Koenigsberg, Neil... | Learn More

"High energy connects each breathtaking scene and audiences connect with the magic. Not many shows can boast that they deliver something you've never seen before. This one does." - Daily News

FUERZA BRUTA: LOOK UP is a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion, and kinetic... | Learn More

Thanks to the recent World Cup, all eyes were focused on Africa, a fascinating, multifaceted continent whose wonders remain a mystery to... | Learn More

From the writer of Broadway hits like Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow, comes Romance,  a hilarious courtroom farce told as only David Mamet can.  Leave your "politically correct" hat at home!

Enjoy Center Orchestra $55.25 (reg. $65) or... | Learn More

The music that ignited a generation is heating up Broadway in the smash-hit, Rock of Ages. The classic rock love story of the decade erupts into Broadway's best party, all to the sounds of such feel-good, sing-out-loud songs as Every Rose Has Its Thorn, I Wanna Know What Love Is, Here I Go Again,... | Learn More

It's Broadway's newest triumph. The New York Times calls it, "An indelible moment in the history of musical theater." Liz Smith says, "Bernadette Peters is BRILLIANT and Elaine Stritch is A COMIC GENIUS." Be there as these two Broadway stars... | Learn More

Just when you never thought you'd fall in love again...Promises, Promises is here! Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes and Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth star in this hilarious musical comedy by the legendary Neil Simon, Burt... | Learn More