for the few of you NYers who do care about theater, here's a bunch of free musicals, spoken word, plays, opera and circus for you this summer:
Theater, Cabaret, Opera and Spoken Word at SummerStage 2016: Chicago’s 20th Anniversary, The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, Roger Guenveur Smith’s ‘Rodney King’, The Classical Theater of Harlem’s ‘Macbeth’, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Nuyorican Poets Café, Liza Jessie Peterson and LuQuantumleap, Stephanie Batten Bland with Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber and moreLiza Jessie Peterson, LuQuantumleap
June 17 – Friday - 7:00pm – Red Hook Park, Brooklyn – FREE SHOW
Rich Medina, RAAA, Urban Word NYC and Hi-Arts: Journal to Journey, Ziearre
June 19 – Sunday - 4:00pm - Red Hook Park, Brooklyn – FREE SHOW
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital
Featuring Angel Blue, Ben Bliss, Alexey Lavrov and pianist Dan Saunders
June 22 – Wednesday - 7:00pm - Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
June 25 – Saturday - Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn – FREE SHOW
Nuyorican Poets Café featuring
Mahogany Browne’s Redbone and reg e gaines’ The Last Celebrity
June 24 – Friday - 7:00pm - Betsy Head Park, Brooklyn – FREE SHOW
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Stand-Up in the Park
Featuring Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Adam Lowitt, Desi Lydic,
Hasan Minhaj, Michelle Wolf and Roy Wood Jr.
June 26 – Sunday - 7:00pm - Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
Nuyorican Poets Café presents Craig muMs Grant’s A Sucker Emcee
July 8 – Friday – 7:00pm – Crotona Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW
The Classical Theatre of Harlem presents Macbeth
July 8 – Friday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 9 – Saturday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 10 – Sunday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 12 – Tuesday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 13 - Wednesday– 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 14 - Thursday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 15 - Friday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 16 - Saturday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 17 - Sunday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 19 - Tuesday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 20 - Wednesday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 21 - Thursday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 22 - Friday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 23 - Saturday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 24 - Sunday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 26 - Tuesday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 27 - Wednesday– 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 28 - Thursday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 29 - Friday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 30 - Saturday – 8:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
SummerStage Circus:
Acrobuffos, Rob and Miss Jane, Sxip’s Hour of Charm, It’s Showtime NYC
July 9 – Saturday - 7:00pm – Crotona Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW
The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital
Featuring Michelle Bradley, Kang Wang and Yunpeng Wang
July 9 – Saturday – 7:00pm – Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
July 11 – Monday – 7:00pm – Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens – FREE SHOW
July 13 - Wednesday – 7:00pm – Crotona Park, Bronx – FREE SHOW
Flight of the Conchords sing Flight of the Conchords
July 24 – Sunday – 5:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – PAID SHOW – SOLD OUT
Nuyorican Poets Café featuring
Paulo Javier and Maria Lisella Hosting a Night of Queens Poets
July 29 – Friday – 7:00pm – Queensbridge Park, Queens – FREE SHOW
Stefanie Batten Bland with Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber
Pre-Show Master Class with Karisma Jay
July 30 – Saturday – 7:00pm – Queensbridge Park, Queens – FREE SHOW
Roger Guenveur Smith’s “Rodney King”
August 12 – Friday – East River Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
SummerStage Circus:
Kalabanté Circus, Iron Skulls and Quim Moya, Sxip’s Hour of Charm
August 20 – Saturday – 7:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
SummerStage Circus:
Kalabanté Circus, Iron Skulls and Quim Moya, Sxip’s Hour of Charm
August 21 – Sunday – 7:00pm – Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
Chicago The Broadway Musical: 20th Anniversary Concert
August 31 – Wednesday – 7:00pm – Central Park, Manhattan – FREE SHOW
― ulysses, Thursday, 21 April 2016 02:34 (eight years ago) link