Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's (LMCC) annual fundraising gala, The Downtown Dinner, takes place on Thursday, May 4 at 6:00 p.m. at Conrad New York.

Week 2 of the Actors Studio Drama School Rep Season opens with Trifles, Lady of Fadima and Wide Awake Hearts. Scroll down for a first look at the actors onstage!

Joan Jaffe - MAC Award Winner, Best Musical Comedy Performer 2012, and named one of the Top 15 in New York Cabaret 2010 by Kevin Scott Hall - EdgeNewYork.com - is excited to present an encore of her highly acclaimed show Joan Jaffe's FOOD - a smorgasbord of comedy and music guaranteed to make you laugh.

On April 3rd, Gospel singer Donny McClurkin rendered a pop-up master class at the Mama Foundation for the Arts at the request of popular radio personality, producer and founder, Vy Higginsen. The students in attendance were from the from the top tier level of Gospel for Teens and the adult class, Wednesday Sings both taught by The Mama Foundation's Executive Music and Program Director, Knoelle Higginson. Scroll down for a photo!

QUEERBALL, the LGBTQ+ comedy variety show that has been keeping East Village audiences gagging on their comedy eleganza, is back for another month at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on April 10th, 2017 at 11pm.

The Kitchen will present Clarice Jensen and Jonathan Turner: For this from that will be filled on May 17. This first-time collaboration between cellist Clarice Jensen and artist Jonathan Turner presents three world-premiere compositions and explores the variable differences between acoustic and electronic sound, and between simulation and the unconscious, through repetition and layering.

Welcome to America - A Caribbean Musical, will have its World Premiere performance in New York on Thursday, April 20, at the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center at York College, Jamaica Queens.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, located at The Graduate Center, CUNY, will highlight works from the classical canon of Arab plays on Wednesday, April 19, and present readings of rarely seen plays by Black playwrights on Monday, May 22 and Tuesday, May 23.

Trailblazing movie executive and philanthropist Sherry Lansing visits 92Y on Friday, April 28 at 7 PM to discuss her storied career in the movie business. She's joined by The Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Galloway and Academy Award-winning actor Michael Douglas (moderator).

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents their annual Producer Boot Camp: Weekend Intensive for Showcase Producing on Saturday, April 29, 2017 and Sunday, April 30, 2017 from 10am-6pm at Nola Studios, 244 W. 54th Street, 11th floor Studio C.

FRIGID New York @ Horse Trade will present a one night only performance of Vanessa Valerio's solo show Where in the World is Vanessa Valerio? on Saturday, April 29 at 8pm at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery).

As previously announced, on Monday, May 1, 2017, The New York Pops will celebrate its 34th birthday with a grand gala evening honoring Karen van Bergen, the CEO of Omnicom Public Relations Group, and Tony Award winners Kelli O'Hara and Bartlett Sher, whose collaborations over the last decade have won universal acclaim and whose individual careers represent pinnacles of achievement in the world of theatre.

Dead Darlings is back this month on April 12 for COMRADES Edition at Judson Memorial Church.

A World in Trance, featuring the music of Zimbabwe, Iran, India and Pakistan in this third edition of the festival, transcends boundaries and brings the listener to a state of ecstasy and enchantment. This year's series includes the entrancing mbira music of Zimbabwe with master musician Chartwell Dutiro (Apr 28); mesmerizing 21st century global trance music with Niyaz featuring the spellbinding vocalist Azam Ali (Apr 29); and riveting interpretations of Sufi qawwali with the US-based Riyaaz Qawwali (Apr 30).

Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP) announces the return of the Foundation's largest grant program, the Community Music program. The program was introduced in 1993, but put on hiatus in 2010 as a result of the recession.

The Actors Studio Drama School 2017 Repertory Season opened its seven-week series of exciting and challenging theater productions with Almost, Maine by John Cariani and the world premiere of Adios Fjord by Anel Carmona. Scroll down for a look at the cast in action and on opening night!

Bloomingdale School of Music (BSM) will be holding their annual benefit for student scholarships and financial aid, Notes from 108th Street, on Monday, May 8th, 2017 at the Broadway Presbyterian Church located at 612 W. 114th St. & Broadway from 6:00 - 9:00 pm.

Billy Kelly's Family Comedy Show has added spring dates at Manhattan's People's Improv Theater on Saturday, April 22nd, and Saturday, May 6th. These will be the 4th & 5th shows in his monthly residency there.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) inducted four arts luminaries into its Hall of Fame during its annual benefit on April 4 at 583 Park Avenue. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

NYFOS Next at New York Festival of Song-concludes its season Wednesday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. at National Sawdust with a theatrical evening from Lauren Worsham, Kyle Jarrow, and Sky-Pony.

There are a number of exciting activities scheduled at the Children's Museum of Manhattan during next week's spring break for local school kids.

Harrison Greenbaum returns to the Cutting Room on Tuesday April 18th with 'What Just Happened?' a one-night comedy event that combines lighting quick punchlines with mind-blowing magic.

Kristine Niven's BURIED IN TIME will be presented by A.N.D. Theatre Company, running April 26 - May 7. 

Zaman's latest solo performance explores the link of justice to income disparity with a healthy dose of insight from the 'inside'.

The Kitchen's Spring 2017 Gala celebrates John Cale and Lawrence Weiner, two pivotal artists whose careers have spanned over five decades.