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Use our guide to choose from the diversity of commemorative events planned across the city for the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11.
After a three-year hiatus, "Rent" returns to not-so-far off-Broadway. It's been 15 years since the musical premiered, but its themes of homelessness and AIDS are still very relevant.
With 194 shows in 18 theaters and an expected audience of 75,000, the New York International Fringe Festival can be tough to navigate. Our guide makes it easy.
In an effort to make New York's cultural treasures more accessible to all, The Alliance for the Arts has created cultural guides for seniors in all five boroughs.
Sapphire's first novel was adapted into an Oscar-winning film called "Precious." Her second book, "The Kid," follows her protagonist's son, who faces different struggles.VIDEO
An interdisciplinary performance that explores the reciprocal influences of Asian culture — and particularly martial arts — on hip-hop, and of hip-hop on Asian culture.VIDEO
Actor Jonathan Hammond has performed on Broadway, Off Broadway and all over the country, but he draws most on his experience as an Interfaith Minister for his role in, "A Strange and Separate People."
Comedian, writer and performer Marga Gomez came out as a lesbian early in her career. In her ninth solo work, she explore another facet of identity: age.VIDEO
Brownsville, Brooklyn has a reputation for being a rough neighborhood. For Elaine Del Valle it's inspiration for an autobiographical one-woman show.
MADE HERE, an ongoing documentary project, examines the lives of 68 performing artists in New York -- how do they pay rent? What other jobs to they work to survive?VIDEO
