Australian Americana phenom Kasey Chambers plays July 7 at City Winery following the June 2 release date for her new double album Dragonfly via Essence/MGM.

Taste of Times Square - an annual outdoor food and music festival organized by the Times Square Alliance - will offer visitors the opportunity to enjoy a world of dishes from Times Square's top restaurants and music from the city's best musicians on Monday, June 5th from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. on 46th St. between Broadway and 10th Avenue.

One of the first and most time-honored FREE Summer Festivals in NYC each year - the LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL - will take place this year for the 22nd year in a row - Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 - 28th at Theater for the New City (155 First Ave. at 10th St.), it has been announced by Crystal Field, co-founder and Artistic Director of Theater for the New City. 

The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and Artistic Director, will present ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Concert, the second event of their 2016-17 concert season on Saturday, May 20 @ 8:00 PM at St. Ignatius of Antioch Church, 552 West End Avenue, New York, NY.

'No Name... & A Bag O' Chips' comedy / variety show producer Eric Vetter recently announced two May 2017 shows at Otto's in Manhattan with the first on Friday, May 12th to feature comics Leighann Lord (Star Talk with Neil de Grasse Tyson), Liz Miele (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart), Doug Smith (New York Story Exchange) and Dash Kwiatkowski (web series Neighborhood Watchmen).

Loosely based on the last year in the life of a famous writer who refused to succumb in the face of ill-health and alcoholism, Tony Award nominee John Herrera's (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Evita, In the Heights) solo show asks how a writer can continue to work when the best days of his life are behind him.

Celebrating free speech and the positive treatment of comedians in the industry, from June 23-25 in NYC, over 100 of America's funniest comedians including Reggie Watts (The Late Late Show with James Corden), Artie Lange (HBO's Crashing), Jim Gaffigan (new album Cinco comes out 6/13), Michelle Wolf (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah), Bert Kreischer (new special currently on Netflix), Ari Shaffir (just finished shooting season 4 of This Is Not Happening for Comedy Central), Dan Soder (Showtime's Billions), Mark Normand (1-hour special presented by Amy Schumer premieres on Comedy Central 5/12), Chris Gethard (solo show premiered on HBO 5/6), Big Jay Oakerson (Season 2 of What's Your F*&king Deal?! on Seeso), Robert Kelly (FX's Louie), Ron Bennington (Host of Bennington on Sirius XM), Nate Bargatze (new special premiering soon on Netflix), Duncan Trussell (The Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast & The Joe Rogan Experience podcast), Yamaneika Saunders (just shot her special for Comedy Central), Dave Smith (filming first 1-hour special in NYC on 6/1) and more are set to take part in Skankfest NYC, a two-and-a-half-day Comedy Party featuring artists that take chances & challenge the way the industry is shaping comedy.

The Lamentable Tale of a Dog; as told by Beppo, formerly of the Castaglioni company of Padua - the new and timely solo work by outrageous writer/performer Justin Sayre - will debut on Thursday, May 18 at 9:00 PM as part of the High Line "Out of Line" event series.

The new play, A Reasonable Expectation of Privacy by recent MFA Dramatic Writing graduate Suzanne Bronson will be performed on Friday, May 12th at 4:00pm at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, at 721 Broadway, 7th floor, in the Goldberg Theatre.

Actor John Christopher Morton stars as a conflicted whistleblower in the title role of the new political satire feature film, AUGUST LUCEY. The indie film will make its World Premiere in New York City on May 11th at the Workers Unite! Film Festival, an annual event celebrating global labor solidarity.

Game of Love: The Songs of Charles Aznavour, a new musical revue slated to appear off-Broadway in the fall of 2017, will receive a Monday, June 12 industry invitation-only reading presentation in New York City.

TodayTix, the international ticketing platform on a mission to redefine the way people see theater, today announced it has surpassed $100 million in sales and has unveiled its new visual identity.

If showstoppers are the sugary-sweet dessert of any Broadway show, you might think eating nothing but cake would leave you sick to your stomach. But in the case of THE GREAT BROADWAY BELT SHOW! at Feinstein's/54 Below, you'd be wrong. At the April 25 show, dessert for dinner never looked so good.

History will be made in Times Square in May when the 'Crossroads of America' plays host to The Drag Queens of Comedy 2017, featuring 10 of the most outrageous and uproarious drag queens to ever throw shade over the 'Great White Way.' Producer, celebutante and heiress Sasha Soprano presents the largest drag queen show ever served up to The Big Apple!

Griffin House will play Tuesday, June 13, at CITY WINERY, 155 Varrick St., New York NY  at 7:00pm.

Corkscrew Theater Festival Artistic Director Thomas Kapusta announced the new festival today, which features 45 performances of 10 world premiere plays in repertory over 4 weeks this summer at the Paradise Factory Theatre.

New York City based Comedy Duo Maggie Lalley and Becca Beberaggi are coming to The Peoples Improv Theatre this Summer for one night only!

The tenth season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series continues on Monday, May 22, 2017 at The Cell with pre-premieres of two new musicals: Martian Child and Going South.

ITALIAN DANCE CONNECTION ("IDACO nyc"), Vanessa Tamburi, Artistic Director announced today its 2017 Festival Week, May 30 through June 4, the organization's third annual contemporary dance and art event in NYC.

Julia Campanelli, Artistic Director of critically acclaimed Shelter Theatre Group, has announced the creation of Shelter Film LLC, an independent film company based in New York City dedicated to creating film and content featuring female and minority protagonists, writers and filmmakers.

Writer and performer Alexandra Laplante workshops her indelicate new play, Unconventionally Intimate, at the Music Hall at the Dramatist Guild Fund on Tuesday, May 30th at 7:30pm.

New York City's famed Doug Varone and Dancers will offer Summer Workshop 2017, an immersive, three-week workshop for pre-professional and professional dancers, at Purchase College, June 4 - 23, 2017.

On May 30 at 7PM, DCINY presents acclaimed American pianist Dr. Ian Gindes in an evening performance at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. An officer in the National Guard, Dr. Gindes honors Memorial Day Weekend with a performance of works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Copland, and Wild.

Gallow Green at The McKittrick Hotel (542 West 27th Street), home of Sleep No More, will once again host their Potions & Planting on four Saturdays in the summer: May 20, June 3, July 22 and August 12 at 10AM on the popular rooftop oasis atop The McKittrick Hotel.

The Mighty Quinn Foundation invites the public to attend Shakespeare and Champagne, a fundraising benefit for the Shakespeare Academy at Stratford, on May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Ars Nova in New York City.