New on the Radar: Oct 10-11

Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes (entertainment)

Radio City Music Hall
Nov 4, 2026 - Jan 4, 2027

The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes returns to Radio City Music Hall Nov 4, 2026 with 230 performances — the most ever — and now featuring TEN show-stopping Rockettes numbers!

The Bald Soprano (play)

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
Oct 11 - Nov 1, 2026

The Bald Soprano turns an ordinary evening among seemingly ordinary people into a strange and hilarious ride.

Trilogy (play) Free

Teatro LATEA
Oct 19, 2026

Teatro LATEA presents Trilogy, a play by Matt Barbot, directed by Josh Boerman. Join us for an evening of theater and storytelling on Monday, September 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM, with a reception beginning at 6:30 PM. The performance takes place at Teatro LATEA, 107 Suffolk Street, in the Lower East Side.

Tales of Urban Hysteria (short play)

Gene Frankel Theatre
Oct 21 - 31, 2026

Four short plays about fear, obsession, loss, redemption, and how we live with what haunts us.
Tales of Urban Hysteria is an evening of four short plays by award-winning playwright Mark Borkowski.
The evening includes:
Savage Ink
Directed by Thomas R. Gordon. With Kate T. Billingsley, Philip Cruise & Richard-John Seikaly.
The Kids Are Awake
Directed by Joe Danisi. With Sarah Robertson, Jesse Kinstler & Judy Jerome.
Our Lady of the Towers
Directed by Mark… Read More

Three Kings (play)

Brick Aux Studio, Brooklyn
Oct 22 - 24, 2026

A new play by Marcellus Louise exploring grief, how addiction is passed down between generations and coming to terms with ones gender. Attempting to find closure after the death of his father, a boy follows instructions for a ritual he found online. He ends up with more questions than answers, realizing the spirits he’s communing with are not who they claim to be.

Tobiah's Prayer (play, reading) Free

Le Chéile
Oct 22, 2026

As her belly grows, so do her doubts. Lena tried for years to get pregnant, but now that it's here, she's questioning everything. Her life feels like a series of events that sped by like a film, leaving her with a lifestyle, a faith, and even a marriage that she doesn't remember choosing.But when a mystical nun appears in her bedroom, Lena is swept up into an adventure outside time and space. Lena must face a manipulative monk, a riddling troll, a mocking… Read More

UnRavelled (play)

Columbia University
Oct 23 - 24, 2026

UnRavelled is a powerful synthesis of theatre, music, science and visual art. This “revolutionary theatrical production” (Metro Silicon Valley) explores the complexities of the human mind through the parallel lives of scientist-turned-painter Anne Adams and composer Maurice Ravel, both affected by frontotemporal dementia. With a cast of 10 actors and musicians, the play follows Adams, a gifted biologist whose life unravels as she abandons her career,… Read More

The Moth Man Cries (play, reading)

Ripley-Grier Studios
Oct 25, 2026

the third hunger (play, reading)

Meaux Space
Oct 26, 2026

The year is 1846, and the girls are girling. Also, they’re eating people. But Frances and Patty won’t eat each other — not yet. The Third Hunger is the story of the infamous Donner Party expedition, told from the shrewd perspective of some of its youngest members.
The question is: what are you hungry for?

I Can Steal Your Mother (comedy)

The Brick, Brooklyn
Oct 30 - Nov 15, 2026

I Can Steal Your Mother is a fully-illustrated comedy hour from artist and comedian Max Wittert. Composed of over 1,200 original drawings, this autobiographical surreal storytime cruises through Wittert’s personal timeline, including, but not limited to: haunting memories of French Toast, neurotic freeway fantasies, and reincarnated goddesses.

Mountain Girl (play)

Theatre 154
Nov 4 - 22, 2026

Mountain Girl is a deeply comic fable about a young woman’s complicated relationship with her mother, and how it affects her marriage. It explores the notion that sex is a generational legacy, and there is no escape from love.

Bombastia (Or Blood Upon the Risers) (play)

Zoopraxic, Queens
Nov 5 - 22, 2026

Unlikely friends must navigate through a war-torn, near-future New York in this retro-futurist play about retaining one’s morality.
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BOMBASTIA (or, Blood Upon the Risers) follows the story of Sam, an out of work poet who does not sympathize with the totalitarian style government, “The Movement,” which has taken over the city. On the precipice, Sam must choose to conform or fight, and all the while the enemy draws nearer. Written and directed by Luc… Read More

Desperately Seeking the Exit (solo show, reading) Free

Inwood Art Works
Nov 6, 2026

A special live reading of the international hit show about a sh*t show ... with bonus footage!
In 2007, American actor and playwright Peter Michael Marino wrote a musical based on the film "Desperately Seeking Susan," featuring the hit songs of Blondie. It opened on London’s West End…and closed a month later. Whoops! This high-octane, comical roller coaster ride has played everywhere from Edinburgh to London, and LA to NYC. The critically-acclaimed solo… Read More

If/Then: Paris Cafe (play, reading) Free

La Mama
Nov 10, 2026

In Paris, in the 1930’s, a group of writers and philosophers spar over how to be—what freedom means, what desire demands, and whether the Nazi’s are becoming a threat. They eventually navigate the shock of occupation, the need to survive and the need for one’s country to survive.
Today, in a studio in Brooklyn, Kath attempts to convene a panel on the Occupation. Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Paul Sartre, Simone Weil and Marguerite Duras participate, joined… Read More

Dummy (play)

IATI Theater
Nov 13 - 22, 2026

A story about a story about a town.
In the prison town of Yow, three teenagers are selected to stage a pageant retelling their founding myth. Creating this play, however, quickly demands far more from each than they expected. Darkly funny, absurd, and unnerving, DUMMY examines the evil inside every artist.
A world premiere play written by WALKER CAPLAN and produced by NEW RELIC THEATRE.

An Afternoon of Short Plays (short play)

The Vino Theater, Brooklyn
Nov 15, 2026

Come join us for An Afternoon for Short Plays written by L.A. based actor, writer, director Allie Costa and directed by NYC based actor and director Kylie Miller.
We will be presenting four short plays on Sunday, November 15th at The Vino Theater. Doors will open at 1:00 pm and the performance will begin at 1:30 pm. Link to purchase tickets can be found in our bio! We hope to see you there!

Say My Name (play, reading) Free

The Duplex
Nov 15, 2026

Janine finds an old picture of her late brother while moving her dying mother, Grandma Ola, into her home. Neither she nor her mother has said his name since his death. Perry, she whispers. Every utterance of his name breathes life. The last week of summer vacation will never be the same, as Janine's kids, Cholly and Sammie, meet an unexpected guest and push their family to embrace the unspoken memories and forgotten shame lingering in the shadows. Say My… Read More

Spring Awakening (play)

JACK, Brooklyn
Feb 12 - 27, 2027

Frank Wedekind’s racy 1891 drama about the confusions and horrors of puberty was shut down after just two shows. In a Germany frigid with denial, teenagers face their budding sexuality while the adults around them act like children.

We Can't Help Ourselves (musical)

West End Theatre
Jun 7 - 26, 2027

Always the confidant, never the crush, Larry finally gets his shot at love, and he‘ll lie to everybody—including himself—to keep it. We Can't Help Ourselves is a new musical about love, denial, and the distractions that keep us from facing the terrible truth we all share. It's never been worse to be young and single. And yet, somehow, we can't help ourselves.

The Gall of Her Travels (play)

The Players Theatre
Sep 9 - 26, 2027

The Gall of Her Travels takes us to the fantastically small world of Bonoratio, where hate speech has been eradicated. Dr. Alix Drake, a psychiatrist, tries to convince the Bonoratian people to sell her their cure only to set off a firestorm of criticism and new rounds of hate. The play pieces together what happened to Dr. Drake who tried to change the world.

More Than Just the Movement (play, college)

New York University
Oct 15 - 18, 2026

If Theatre Was More Like Football (play, college)

The City College of New York
Oct 15 - 17, 2026

Our Town (play, community)

Theatre at St. Jean's
Jan 29 - Feb 7, 2027