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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on June 24, 2018?

38 free events take place on Sunday, June 24 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out June 24 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of June . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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38 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, June 24, 2018

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Workshop | Tai Chi Workshop


Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow-moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels. Every Sunday from June 3-August 12, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Workshop | Deep Yoga and Journaling


Sharyn Hahn lead you through some warm-up poses and a vinyasa flow as well as several short meditations, creative visualization, and intention-setting writing or sketching activities. You will leave feeling more flexible, relaxed, energized, with a mantra that you can carry with you throughout the week. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one, and they do have some if you need to borrow one for the class. Also bring a journal and something to write with. You will be writing a few times during the class, and if you prefer to sketch or want to do both, that is fine. Wear comfortable clothing, and feel free to bring a warm or cool drink to keep you hydrated (with a secure lid). All levels are welcome. If you have never done yoga you will be able to participate as well.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Tour | River Nature Walk


Learn about the park’s wildlife by joining knowledgeable naturalists on guided nature walks along the Park’s esplanade. Don’t forget to take photos! Sundays, June 3-September 30, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Festival | Annual Participatory Arts Festival


A free annual participatory arts event that celebrates creativity by challenging artists and participants to find new ways to create, share, and dream. The festival’s vision for art looks past the white-walled galleries and into the realm of participation. Art is not just something that you stand still and quietly look at—it is something you participate in. You touch it, smell it, write on it, talk to it, dance with it, play with it, learn from it.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Festival | Over 70 Bands: square dances, a banjo parade, and much more...


Set on the beautiful greenery of the island, the festival features square dances on the hour, a banjo parade, flatfooting lessons, open bluegrass and old-time jams, and a stage dedicated to kid-friendly performances — bring the whole family to join in the fun! Overr 70 bands, artists, and performing arts organizations use the historic porches of the park as a platform for performance and education, highlighting artistry ranging from traditional folk to old-time, blues, roots, bluegrass and Americana.
   New York City, NY; NYC
10:00 am
Free

Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, take your pick!


Tours take place at various times during the day, all day long: SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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City Walk | Coney Island-to-Sheepshead Bay Walk


Flat terrain, moderate pace, 4-5 hours, approximate distance 5-7 miles. Walk along boardwalk to Manhattan Beach. Bring lunch/water and bathing suit, if you wish to go in the water. Lunch will be at Manhattan Beach. From Manhattan Beach, walk will continue to the Holocaust Memorial. Walk will end at Sheepshead Bay Q-subway station. Rain cancels. Must call to determine walk status.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$3

Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


A journey through the vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. Tour guides: Miriam Berman, historian and the author of Madison Square: The Park and Its Celebrated Landmarks and New York in Words and Images, a book of New York postcards. Fred Cookinham, historian, author of The Age of Rand: Imagining an Objectivist Future World. Mike Kaback, a native New Yorker, has an unquenchable enthusiasm for everything about this city. No advance registration is required. This tour repeats every Sunday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Stroll to Strawberry Fields


Explore the southwest of Central Park with Central Park Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Park Walk | Waterfront Walks: Guided Park Tour


Docents lead a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's sustainable design, and how the park came to life. Wear comfortable shoes, these tours traverse the beautiful park landscape. All tours last about an hour. Every 4th Sunday of the month from June 24-September 30, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Yoga Downtown


Yoga is back as a summer offering twice a week. Open for all ages. Bring your own mat or borrow one while supplies last, first come first served.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:30 am
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Concert | Blues Guitar with a Soul Twist


SaRon Crenshaw is an extremely talented guitarist who delivers the blues with a “soul twist” in a performance both unique and mesmerizing. Stop by and enjoy some of the best blues music that New York has to offer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Community Rowing


No experience is necessary though rowing does require some physical dexterity. Community Rowing events are free sessions that include a basic introduction to rowing for first timers (safety orientation, rowing technique, and terminology) and of course plenty of actual rowing on the Hudson River. The rows take place in five-person wooden rowboats built on site. The rows last, depending on river conditions and crew experience, between one and three hours. Please arrive on-time as the crews will be assigned before 1PM. Bring extra water, a hat, and sunscreen as you will be rowing outdoors in the hot sun. Rowing is weather dependent and will be canceled for high winds, rain, or thunderstorms. All participants must sign a waiver and be able to climb a ladder. Every Sunday from June 10-October 21, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Environmental Justice in Gowanus Tour


Duration: 1.5 hours. Distance: 1 mile. Gowanus is an intensely contaminated community that is simultaneously undergoing multiple processes of environmental remediation and gentrification. The tour will explore these dynamics and the challenges and opportunities posed by the Gowanus Canal Superfund Clean Up, the rapid disappearance of commercial establishments and services that are affordable to low and moderate-income households and the recently announced housing authority plan to build market-rate apartments at Wyckoff Gardens. You will also learn about the Turning the Tide initiative, a multi-neighborhood effort that focuses on building social and environmental resiliency in five Brooklyn public housing developments in the face of climate change. Sites Covered: Union Street Bridge Thomas Greene Park Gowanus Houses Community Center Wyckoff Gardens Infill Site 150 4th Avenue Rent Stabilized Demolition Site Whole Foods Market Waterfront
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Parade | Gay Pride March 2018


The March is a celebration of gay lives and the gay community. In 2017, they were joined by over 450+ unique marching contingents, representing a vast array of nonprofits, community organizations, corporate partners, small businesses, political candidates and activists. With over 110 floats, last year’s March was one of the largest and most exciting in history.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Tour | Gentrification in Williamsburg Tour


This two-hour tour of Williamsburg highlights two main themes: Gentrification and Environmental Justice. Williamsburg offers an extreme example of both of these broader themes, and thus makes a very interesting case-study neighborhood in which to delve into these issues. The roots of gentrification and the detailed history of the cause of such rapid change will be covered in depth. This tour gives participants detailed information that will enable them to understand the topic of gentrification, why it is happening, its history, who benefits, and what is driving it. The same is true of the backstory of the environmental justice movement in the area. Sites Covered: Roebling Oil Field Bedford Avenue McCarren Park & Pool Bushwick Inlet Park Radiac Corp. The Edge Development Domino Sugar Factory
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Festival | The Hot Dog Bus hands out free hot dogs


Artist Erwin Wurm has transformed a vintage Volkswagen Microbus into an overstuffed food truck serving free dogs! It's an absurd, yet approachable art experience that will encourage visitors to rethink the fundamental definitions of sculpture. Wurm's choice of the hot dog hints at the gastronomic connections between the City’s most iconic street food and his Austrian homeland, while he considers the act of eating to be an additive sculptural process in its own right.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater: Critically Acclaimed Ballet and Modern Dance with a Latin Flavor


Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater, a critically acclaimed modern dance company with a sly Latin flavor, is delighted to present “Lively Moods.” Dances range from “Tengo Un Amor” (I Have a Love), with powerful Mexican songs by Lucha Reyes, to “Love Mask,” a comedy to music of Mozart with surprise audience participation. Featured are three new dances: “Caballeros,” danced by Marcos de Jesus with his original tunes and lyrics, accompanied by drummer Wilson Antigua; “New Born,” created and performed by Nu-Lu Danza directors Esteban Arana and Leticia Pliego together with Jamy Hsu; and “Inner Pulse,” a vibrant quintet featuring a gong-accented score by acclaimed neo-classical composer Max Lifchitz.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Cabaret | Call Me Papo: Songs from Broadway, Hollywood and Latin Music


A cabaret show featuring Hechter Ubarry about a young boy in Harlem navigating life as he dreams of a world in show business. An improbable and absolutely irresistible story with songs from Broadway, Hollywood and Latin music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Classical Music | Works by Sibelius and Other Scandanavian Composers


Now in its 14th year, NY Scandia Symphony provides outdoor music programs. The String Orchestra will perform works by Frank Foerster, Jean Sibelius, Ture Rangstrom and Knudage Riisager. Soloist: Mayuki Fukuhara, Violin Music Director/Conductor: Dorrit Matson Bring a blanket and enjoy this performance with backdrop views of the Hudson River.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Play | A play about Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey


Becoming Martin explores Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey to understand his own feelings and beliefs during his time at Morehouse College (from the age of fifteen). Through his relationship with Dr. Benjamin Mays, Dr. King discovers that a minister can simultaneously debate theology and philosophy while fighting for justice and equality. For ages 11 and up.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Piano recital


Pianist Lianhua Chi has been awarded top prizes in the Wiesbaden International Piano Competition, the Music of Dusseldorf University Schomolz-Bickenbach Piano Competition, and the Concorso Internazionale Di Esecuzione Musicale Citta Di Padova Competition. Her international concert engagements have taken her to Helsinki, Finland, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:00 pm
Free

Staged Reading | The June Plays: 6 New Plays by Women


June is a month ripe with national events, local observances and meaning from Father’s Day to Flag Day, from Hug Your Cat Day to National Cheese Day, from June weddings to June graduations to the even more important Doughnut Day. See how five women playwrights use the first month of summer as a springboard to think outside the box. This an afternoon of new staged readings written by women in celebration of SWAN DAY (Support Women Artists Now). PLAYWRIGHTS: Jenny Lyn Bader Barbara Bleier Stephanie Keys Lily Rusek Melissa Skirboll Bara Swain Light refreshments will be served following the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Organist performed at the Kennedy Center and more


Organist Caroline Robinson has had the opportunity to play at several important venues in the U.S., including the Wanamaker organ at Macy’s (Philadelphia), Kennedy Center, Kauffman Center, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:15 pm
Free

Dance Performance | Dance as a Visual Journey


A processional and series of performances which involve legendary senior dancers and neighborhood senior citizens. The performers create literal and figurative routes through a neighborhood of disparate and intersecting traditions including Eastern, Western and Latin American modalities of grace, balance and beauty. This dance festival is a celebratory, visual journey that honors life experiences and examins the Lower East Side community through lenses of movement, performance and visual art. The festival is co-created by choreographer and Dances for a Variable Population artistic director Naomi Goldberg Haas and visual artist Laura Nova. Guest Artists: Bernard Dove, Yehuda Hyman, Margaret Yuen
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Tour | People's History of Lower Manhattan Tour


Lower Manhattan is the foundation of western society in New York. Yet, the vast majority of New York history is non-western. Start the tour with an overview of Indigenous history in NYC. Then move on to walk through slave history of New York, checking out a former slave market, the burial ground, and a stop on the underground railroad. Then move on to discuss Wall Street corruption, with a particular emphasis on what happened in the 2008 financial crisis. Sites Covered: Bowling Green Fearless Girl Former Slave Market Wall Steet 70 Pine Street Zuccotti Park World Trade Center Former Site of the Cordoba House Brooklyn Bridge Municipal Building African Burial Ground
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Bridge Social


Have a fun couple of hours of sociable bridge. Whether you're an occasional player or a seasoned champ, they'll find just the right level game for you. You'll be joining players from just above beginners to National Champions courtesy of Honors Bridge Club.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:00 pm
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Staged Reading | Star Power: Washed-Up Movie Star


How far are you willing to compromise in order to survive? A financially strapped theater company is given the chance to save themselves from bankruptcy but only if they agree to cast a washed-up movie star as the lead in their new play. A comedy for our times. Written by Tony Sportiello.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Dance Lesson | Let's Dance!: Salsa, Cha-Cha and Bachata Lessons


Learn to dance like a pro at these Salsa, Cha-Cha and Bachata lessons and group social dances led by master teachers from the Piel Canela Dance and Music School and featuring DJ Ray Colon. Every Sunday from June 3-24, 2018.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Play | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Open-Air Shakespeare


Shakespeare's comedy portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. With these outdoor performances, audience members experience the plays how they were originally done at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 400 years ago – in the open-air, in the round, on the water. The actors wear Elizabethan costumes and perform inside a theatre complete with chairs, audio, and lights.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Poetry Reading | Border Crossings: A Debut Poetry Collection


Thaddeus Rutkowski introduces his first full-length collection of poetry. The “crossings” of the title are both geographical and psychological. In some of the poems, the speaker travels from one country to another. In others, he moves from one state of mind to another. His topics are his rural childhood and Asian heritage, his adult life in New York City, and his relation (throughout his journeys) to people, animals and nature.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Play | Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare's Classic Tale of Two 'Star-Cross'd Lovers'


In fair Verona, the long-standing feud between families Montague and Capulet cause tragic results for their respective children, Romeo and Juliet. After meeting at a masked ball, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, only to discover the surname of their beloved. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the lovers to take drastic measures. In the end, both families learn the perils of needless violence. This summer will bring to life one of Shakespeare's most well known tragedies in a dynamic adaptationt. They will transform the park into Verona, with six actors playing all the roles in this fast-paced tour de force production. Tuesdays-Sundays, June 5-24
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Nicky Siano's Hallelujah Disco with Harlem Gospel Choir and Tony Award Winner Melba Moore


Disco was a social and cultural revolution, and Nicky Siano was there from the beginning. In this multi-media event, Nicky tells the story of the NYC dance music scene from Stonewall to Studio 54. The show features seasoned R&B artist Melba Moore and The Harlem Gospel Choir singing danceable gospel songs, interwoven with the story as told through pictures, video and interviews with such notables as Frankie Knuckles and David Mancusco. “Hallelujah Disco” is a celebration of New York City, The Seventies, and Gay Rights, written and directed by Nicky Siano, and produced by Siano with Rebecca Lynn. Learn the history of NYC Nightlife, while the Disco Gospel Classics are performed live. The Illustrious Blacks, known for their highly praised live shows that fuse music, dance, theater, fashion and more, will open with a DJ set.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Film | Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982): Dystopian Sci-Fi


Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young. A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. 117 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Jazz | A jazzman who performed with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and on Broadway


Jeff Scott, french horn, has performed numerous times with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Mr. Scott's performance credits are many and varied. They include The Lion King orchestra on Broadway,1997-2005, and other Broadway shows such as On the Town and Showboat. He has been a member of the Alvin Ailey and Dance Theater of Harlem orchestras since 1995. Mr. Scott's arranging and composing credits are many, and include scoring the off-Broadway production of Becoming Something, The Canada Lee Story, a staged production of Josephine Baker: A Life of Le Jazz Hot, and many arrangements and original works for classical, and jazz ensembles.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Play | Othello: Shakespeare's Classic Drama


Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Jitney, The Piano Lesson) directs a sumptuous new production of Othello. Set amid war and palace intrigue in the 17th-century Mediterranean, this classic drama about a noble Black Venetian general whose marriage is sabotaged by theater’s most infamous villain, Iago, remains Shakespeare’s most urgent and relevant tragedy today. A lush, romantic vision gives way to the violent tangle of love and jealousy, race and revenge in this must-see production. May 29-June 3; June 5-9; June 14-18; June 20-24.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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