This season, New York City Center is the place to SEE IT ALL. From Twyla Tharp to Kurt Weill, from ballet premieres to your favorite musical theater revivals, from Community Nights to free dance lessons, City Center is truly the place to be.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, City Center’s Principal Dance Company, returns for a five-week holiday season celebrating a lineage and legacy that continues to open doors and break new ground. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers bring to life world premieres and new productions, including works by Matthew Rushing, Ronald K. Brown, Jamar Roberts, Hope Boykin, Lar Lubovitch, and Elisa Monte.
Celebrated for their artistic excellence, attracting top talent from the ballet world to perform in meticulously crafted programs, IBStage Stars Galas are a rare opportunity to see a convergence of the world’s ballet elite on one stage.
In this side-splitting satire, a young hero played by Jordan Fisher (Hadestown) fights to create change in a dystopian world where water is scarce and “Hope” is even scarcer. In this musical featuring Taran Killam (Spamalot), Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman), and Rainn Wilson (The Office) nothing is safe from criticism—capitalism, politics, the establishment, the anti-establishment, and even musical theater itself.
For over 20 years, the Flamenco Festival has brought Spain’s greatest flamenco talents to City Center. An extravaganza of music, dance, and unforgettable performances, this year’s festival features Alfonso Losa & Patricia Guerrero, Compañía Manuel Liñán, and Eva Yerbabuena.
In this dazzling celebration of her company’s Diamond Jubilee, Twyla Tharp presents two career-spanning New York premieres—Diabelli and SLACKTIDE, a piece set to music by Philip Glass performed live by Third Coast Percussion—that offer audiences a breathtaking vista of her range as an artist.
Love Life, the only collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner, depicts a love story that takes place over 200 years of American history, through the eyes of a family who never ages. This rarely staged production directed by Tony winner Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo) and featuring Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!) and Nicholas Christopher (Encores! Jelly's Last Jam) is considered by some to be the first concept musical, an inspiration for musical theater favorites such as Cabaret, Chicago, and Company.
Sara Mearns, “one of the most celebrated ballerinas in the world” (The New York Times), makes her curatorial debut as part of the ongoing Artists at the Center series. In this program, she dances in two World Premieres—one by choreographer Guillaume Côté and writer Jonathan Young, and one by Bessie Award winner Jamar Roberts.
Artistic Director Robert Garland ushers in a new season of Dance Theatre of Harlem with an exciting mix of new works and fan favorites, as they once again present a powerful vision for ballet in the 21st century.
Directed by Zhailon Levingston (Cats: "The Jellicle Ball"), this Tony-winning musical comedy—featuring music by the great Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by legendary musical-comedy duo Betty Comden and Adolph Green—follows two sisters who move from Ohio to Greenwich Village to pursue their artistic dreams and maybe find love along the way.
Wonderful Town replaces the previously announced The Wild Party which we plan to present as part of the 2026 Encores! season.
Ballet Hispánico celebrates the 150th anniversary of the beloved classic ballet Carmen with Gustavo Ramirez Sanso’s CARMEN.maquia, an electrifying take on Bizet’s passionately tragic masterpiece. Plus, the wildly popular En Familia/Family Matinee returns.
Dance Against Cancer brings the global arts community together to fight cancer with this one-night-only annual performance to benefit the American Cancer Society. Past shows have included performances by the dance world’s brightest stars from New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Martha Graham Dance Company, Jacob Jonas The Company, Broadway stars, and more.
This popular evening series of conversations and performance excerpts offers audiences the unique opportunity to get closer to today’s great dance artists. Many evenings feature previews of our mainstage dance programming and are moderated by leading scholars and writers in the dance world.
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Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) has called New York City Center its off-Broadway home since 1984 when they created the 300-seat Stage I and 150-seat Stage II. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Director Chris Jennings, MTC is a preeminent not-for-profit theatre that produces seasons of new plays and musicals at City Center and at their Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway. In just over five decades, MTC’s over 600 premieres have been recognized with 30 Tony Awards, 51 Drama Desk Awards, and seven Pulitzer Prizes amongst many other accolades.
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In Senegal on the eve of Y2K, an idealistic Peace Corps volunteer survives a mysterious car accident. An imposing State Department operative arrives at his hospital where she immediately takes command of the situation and his safety. Though they couldn’t be more different, they form an unlikely relationship. But when it becomes clear that they both have secrets, the volunteer is roped into a darker side of public service—one he can’t come back from. Unpredictable at every turn, this world-premiere thriller was commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club. Dakar 2000 is written by Rajiv Joseph (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; King James at MTC) and directed by May Adrales (Vietgone and Poor Yella Rednecks at MTC).
A dying woman calls her grandson and asks him to write a play about their family. “But I want you to promise me something,” she says. “Make it as bitter and vitriolic as possible." In this searing, funny and deeply personal play, the author of last season's Prayer for the French Republic recreates thirty years of family fights, monstrous behavior, enormous cruelty, and enduring love.
The Fall for Dance Festival returns for its 21st season with a thrilling lineup—from the stunning classical ballet of the National Ballet of Ukraine to the whimsical artistry of Gandini Juggling, three new commissions, and more. Every seat in the house remains $20 plus $10 in fees. Come fall in love with dance all over again—or for the first time!
ATTACK on TITAN: The Musical is based on one of the best-selling manga series of all time (140 million copies sold worldwide). This adaptation of the Japanese comic/graphic novel by Hajime Isayama combines traditional musical theater techniques with state-of-the-art technology and features a cast of 35 actors.
Experience the magic of the National Ballet of Ukraine, one of the world’s top ballet companies and the country’s official ballet company, on their premiere tour of the United States, for the first time in over 30 years. This stunning program features timeless classics, including The Dying Swan, Don Quixote, and Giselle. The spectacular Ukrainian Shumka Dancers (Shumka) join the tour to bring beloved folk dances to life with their vibrant energy. All 44 artists perform in front of a state-of-the-art LED screen featuring cutting-edge technology.
Annual Gala Presentation
Ragtime is a sweeping, powerful musical led by Tony-nominated Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, featuring Colin Donnell (Father), Joshua Henry (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Nichelle Lewis (Sarah), Caissie Levy (Mother), Ben Levi Ross (Younger Brother), Shaina Taub (Emma Goldman), and Brandon Uranowitz (Tateh).
From the fleet-footed imaginations of tap dance stars Michelle Dorrance and Josette Wiggan, and their collaborator and downtown theater darling Hannah Heller, comes this jazzy new vision of the holiday tradition. Part seasonal concert, part tap ballet, The Nutcracker Suite is a toe-tapping, hand-clapping revelation set to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s extraordinary arrangement of the Tchaikovsky classic.
This haunting world premiere unfolds in Moscow, where an independent journalist covering Putin’s first term struggles to maintain sanity and hope in increasingly hostile circumstances. She finds herself on the brink of an explosive story—but as danger mounts for her and her sources, she questions whether her bravery will make any difference at all. Written by Erika Sheffer and directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan, Vladimir is about standing up to immorality no matter the cost, when you know your nation is headed for disaster.
Fatherland is the true story of an 18-year-old son who turned in his father to the FBI for his militant role in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Fast-paced and powerful, Fatherland has landed off-Broadway following a sold-out Los Angeles run which the LA Times hails "will leave you shaken." This compelling tale is told verbatim from public statements, case evidence, and official court transcripts from the explosive trial that ignited a media frenzy and grabbed headlines nationwide.
Casting and programming subject to change.
Encores! art by Ben Wiseman
CCN/Aterballetto photo by Christophe Bernard
Dorrance Dance photo by by Steven Pisano
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater photo by Paul Kolnik
Flamenco Festival photo by Javier Suárez
Twyla Tharp photo by Mark Seliger
Photo of Sara Mearns by Sarah Silver / Trunk Archive
Dance Theatre of Harlem photo by Jeff Cravotta
Ballet Hispánico photo by Marius Fiskum
Studio 5 photo by Benjamin Miller
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