Events

Register The musical Legs Diamond told the story of a true-life gangster, Jack "Legs" Diamond, who always wanted to be on Broadway. Peter Allen’s Tony-nominated 1988 Broadway musical, written by Charles Suppon and Harvey Fierstein, only lasted for 64 performances, but it has since developed a huge cult following. It received several Tony Award nominations, and Willa Kim was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for her fantastic costume design. Broadway World's Richard Ridge modera…

This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for mus…

This event is online only. 53rd Street Library is continuing our successful remote music series in collaboration with the Library for the Performing Arts. This disc discussion will focus on A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records **How to Register: Please click HERE** We are offering a monthly music club (1PM & 5PM options) via Google Hangouts/Meetup selecting and focusing on a classic album with a distinct cultural impact. To give the club an intimate feel--Like a book club for mus…

Register Choreographer, writer, and performer Jack Ferver stars in the dance film, Nowhere Apparent, by filmmaker Jeremy Jacob. The film creates a kaleidoscopic world of queer isolation, theatricality, and abandonment in response to disappeared parental figures and the failed response to the AIDS crisis. Both Ferver and Jacob were Dance Research Fellows with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 2019, working with the Division’s AIDS Legacy Project. A screening of the film will be followed by a…

Register here! Silent Clowns, New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase hosts an afternoon of hoots and hijinks! Presenting the silent comedies of Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, Lloyd, and many others, all with live musical accompaniment by renowned silent-film accompanist Ben Model. Every program features a spoken introduction and Q&A by film historians Steve Massa and Model. For classic-film fans young and old alike! Animals were very popular in silent fil…

Register here! The Billy Rose Theatre Division celebrates five decades of one Broadway’s most brilliant actors, André De Shields. In this discussion with De Shields, we screen video clips of his many performances and explore his illustrious career from the 1969 Chicago production of Hair to his critically praised turn as Ben Loman in the 2022 revival of Death of a Salesman. André De Shields in the Red Shoes photo series by Kenn Duncan. Billy Rose Theatre Division. SEATING POLICY | Program…

Culminating a semester of research and creative experimentation, students from The New School's College of the Performing Arts, led by acclaimed saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom, present new music collaborative works inspired by and incorporating the Library's archives. The concert will be followed by a discussion with the composers to discuss their process from research to performance. Register SEATING POLICY | Programs are free and open to all, but registration is requested. Che…

*This tour is first come, first served and requires no registration. Take a tour of the exhibition with Libary staff to discover how the crossing of borders contributed to the creation of a new American art form - modern dance. Immigrant artists and artists of color, marginalized and excluded in their own lands, have largely been erased from dance history despite their pivotal contributions to contemporary performance. Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, 1900–1955 illuminat…

Register Filmmaker and choreographer Omonike Akinyemi takes us through the career of the incredible Puerto Rican-born dance artist Manuel Alum. A star dancer and director of the Paul Sanasardo Dance Company, Alum went on to run his own company and had a prolific career as a choreographer. Photo Credit: Philip Hipwell This event will take place online via Zoom as well as in person at The Library for the Performing Arts. *A streaming link will be emailed to everyone on the morning of the even…

Register Join the Jerome Robbins Dance Division for its annual symposium, where the current class of Dance Research Fellows will present their projects on Martha Graham and her legacy as her company celebrates its centennial anniversary. The Jerome Robbins Dance Division’s annual symposium is the culmination of the Dance Research Fellowship, an annual cohort of dance scholars and artists invited to research a specific aspect of dance. This year’s class features Michael Byrne, Kim Jones, Alex…

*This tour is first come, first served and requires no registration. Take a tour of the exhibition with Libary staff to discover how the crossing of borders contributed to the creation of a new American art form - modern dance. Immigrant artists and artists of color, marginalized and excluded in their own lands, have largely been erased from dance history despite their pivotal contributions to contemporary performance. Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, 1900–1955 illuminat…

Register This is an online-only event. Registrants will recieve the link via email the morning of the program. Join the Jerome Robbins Dance Division for its annual symposium, where the current class of Dance Research Fellows will present their projects on Martha Graham and her legacy as her company celebrates its centennial anniversary. The Jerome Robbins Dance Division’s annual symposium is the culmination of the Dance Research Fellowship, an annual cohort of dance scholars and artists invi…