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  • Second Stage Theater: Four Decades of Producing Living American Playwrights

    April 16–August 17, 2019
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    Come celebrate the decades of plays and musicals that have defined Second Stage as the home for living American playwrights. This…

    The seating of a two tier theatre is pictured from the perspective of the stage. Two large spotlight shine down on the fading red velvety seats

  • Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50

    February 14–July 14, 2019
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    The Stonewall Riots were a flash point in LGBTQ history. After the riots that took place at the Stonewall Inn in June 1969, the LGBTQ…

    A crowd of people are shown marching down a street lined with storefronts and tall buildings. The five men in the foreground walk in line with each other, the two men on the left and right-most side hold up a large banner with the words "Gay Liberation Front", two interlocked mars symbols and two interlocked venus symbols printed on it

  • CRUSADER: Martin Luther King Jr.

    January 15–July 5, 2019
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    Crusader presents an intimate photo travelogue of King’s month-long pilgrimage to India, his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo,…
    King, etc.

  • The Declaration of Independence, Handwritten

    July 1–July 2, 2019
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    The New York Public Library holds in its vast collections one of the rarest and most important documents in American history: an…

    A colonial conference hall is shown. A smaller group of men, with Thomas Jefferson at center, gather around the Declaration of Independence, books and documents piled on a table in the foreground, a larger group of men sit around the side of the room in the background.

  • Syncretic Vibrations: Exploring the Mosaic of Blackness

    June 13, 2018–June 11, 2019
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    Through research, discussion, and creative investigation, this exhibition engages in a call and response with the collection of…

    Several Large wooden combs sit arranged in a three row display case. Surrounding the case are photographs showing carved wooden combs and etched disks

  • Mapping Contagion: Representing Infectious Disease in New York City

    November 17, 2018–May 19, 2019
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    This display explores over one hundred years of mapping contagion in the city of New York. Prototypical examples of the mapping of…

    An 1832 map of the southernmost tip of Manhattan between the East River and Hudson River (printed as the North River) is shown. The landmass itself is sparsely detailed except for circled areas delineating area of cholera outbreak. 'Mapping Contagion: Representing Infectious Disease in New York City' is printed on top of the map

  • Voice of My City: Jerome Robbins and New York

    September 25, 2018–March 30, 2019
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    Voice of My City traces Robbins’ life and dances alongside the history of New York, inspiring viewers to see the city as…

    Two photographers are shown taking photos of a group of three Navy men in their white uniforms and two women. The women are dancing and the three Navy men are making faces and jumping into the air, arms stretched upward.

  • Highlighted Items from the Lou Reed Archive

    March 14–March 28, 2019
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    The Library for the Performing Arts will showcase materials from the Lou Reed Archive in a third floor display marking the 30th…

    The words "Celebrating Lou Reed" in gold and white are shown against a black background.

  • Sounding Circuits: Audible Histories

    January 14–March 23, 2019
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    Sounding Circuits: Audible Histories explores the networks of composers and engineers - as well as the groundbreaking…

    A large gallery room with all white walls and polished wooden floors is pictured. Cone shaped devices, and images can be seen along the walls. In the center of the room a cube shaped metal frame is pictured. Each corner of the cube has a speaker pointing towards the space in the center where two feet shaped marks on the floor specify a visitor should stand.

  • The People's Theater: Celebrating 75 years of New York City Center

    October 23, 2018–March 2, 2019
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    This celebration of City Center’s 75th Anniversary will fill visitors with the thrill of the performing arts that, to this day,…

    A large crowd of people is shown sitting in a large darkened theater

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