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🩷 Summer Indulgence 🩷

📅 Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Concerts

A new kaigai idol is ready to greet the city for the first time. Zechan, along with other extremely talented idols, are here today to bring to indulge their love of performing and your love of them.

🧩 Game Play Live Presents: Instant RPG! 🧩

📅 Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Other

Help your Favorite RPG Nerds build a game from scratch and then embrace the chaos of their performance!

🪄 A Benefit Reading of: Wizards OF WAVERLY PLACE The Movie 🪄

📅 Monday, August 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Community

A Benefit Reading of Wizards OF WAVERLY PLACE The Movie for BCEFA.

🤣🚀 UP TO NO GOD: AN IMPROVISED COMEDY SHOW 🚀🤣

📅 Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Up to No God presents a comedy show that doubles as a ‘secular church’ experience. Join them and the best improv teams and comedians in NYC for a celebration of community through shared laughter!

🍻 THE DRUNK TEXTS: SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 💃💘

📅 Friday, September 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Comedy

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original The Drunk Texts! Love, lies, and libations collide in this modern twist on a classic comedy! Watch as mistaken identities, witty banter, and drunken scheming turn romance upside down.

The Late Show

📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Comedy

A night of improv, poetry, and more!

🥎 Black Graffiti: A Dock Ellis Story 🎭

📅 Friday, September 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Sports

A story from the life of baseball legend Dock Ellis In a new play by Andrew Sanford Directed by Jennifer Sandella

🥎 Black Graffiti: A Dock Ellis Story 🎭

📅 Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Sports

A story from the life of baseball legend Dock Ellis In a new play by Andrew Sanford Directed by Jennifer Sandella

🥎 Black Graffiti: A Dock Ellis Story 🎭

📅 Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Sports

A story from the life of baseball legend Dock Ellis In a new play by Andrew Sanford Directed by Jennifer Sandella

Past (43)

I AM GOING TO DIE (AND ALL THEY GAVE ME WERE THESE LOUSY CUPCAKES)

📅 Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Theater

I AM GOING TO DIE (And All They Gave Me Were These Lousy Cupcakes) is an original one-act play by Lochlan MacLean and February Schneck.

✨ The Be Well Comedy Show ✨

📅 Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Come join us at the Be Well Comedy Show for a night of laughs! All proceeds go towards Be Well Bro, an organization that uplifts and supports young black men.

🧛‍♀️ Tabula Rasa Live - A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reading 🧛‍♀️

📅 Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Community

Join a full cast of actors as we perform a staged reading of fan favorite Buffy episode: Tabula Rasa

🏀 Mascetball 😂

📅 Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Comedy

Get Buckets, Slap Your Teammates Asses and Stay Bouncey!

🫶 Ladies All Inclusive Night 🫶

📅 Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Community

For one night only, all the ladies, non binary and LGBTQ community come together to celebrate all the finest NYC comedic acts across all the boroughs! A variety show for all to love and celebrate the sisterhood that lives within all of us!!!! Not one to miss!!

⚡ Bizzo & Friends! ⚡

📅 Monday, August 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM

Comedy

Come see Bizzo and some of NYC’s best improv teams for an hour of comedy, plus some special surprises!

💎☀️ Bye Bye Bachelor Summer ☀️💎

📅 Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM

Concerts

Celebrating a fun bachelor party with a 2000's shoegaze show.

🎤 MAR JENNINGS: ONE-MAN SHOW LIVE READING 🎤

📅 Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM

Community

Mar Jennings: ONE-MAN SHOW returns after its successful theatrical stage debut as an intimate stage reading and storytelling experience, a preview of the acclaimed full production.

🏆 COMEDYSPORTZ NYC 😂

📅 Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Comedy

Join ComedySportz® New York for a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud improv showdown where two teams battle for points and your approval.

🖖✨ NY COSPLAY CABARET — TRIBUTE TO THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF STAR TREK ✨🖖

📅 Friday, August 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Theater

The NY Cosplay Cabaret celebrates NINE YEARS of bringing Geeky, goofy, musical madness to cosplayers and fans as we kick off our 2026 season of cabarets. A cast of Cosplayer Performers both old and new come together to showcase their amazing talents and cosplays for your entertainment.

🧥 The Trenches 🧥

📅 Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Theater

Have you ever wondered what would happen if two duos of people in giant trench coats went on a date with each other? It might go a little something like this play.

⏱️✍️ Last Minute Addition ✍️⏱️

📅 Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

3 Very Prepared Comedy Acts and 1 Sketch Written During the Show. What Could Go Wrong?

🎤 Stand Up to the Prov 🤣

📅 Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Where standups set the scenes for improvisers! One night only! Come watch live art come to life!

🎶 Pied Piper Musical Comedy 🎶

📅 Monday, August 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Facebook's Rory Scholl hosts an amazing lineup of musical comics! Some improv, some written, some....set in a futuristic apocalypse!

Garden Variety Sobriety

📅 Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Theater

Garden Variety Sobriety is a story of addiction, abandonment, and the importance of family in the face of adversity. Six actors portray twelve characters in a play blending family drama, dark comedy, and magical realism that's unlike anything you've seen before.

Garden Variety Sobriety

📅 Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Theater

Garden Variety Sobriety is a story of addiction, abandonment, and the importance of family in the face of adversity. Six actors portray twelve characters in a play blending family drama, dark comedy, and magical realism that's unlike anything you've seen before.

👯‍♂️SIBLINGS PRESENTS PLAY DATE: AN IMPROV SHOW 😂

📅 Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Playdate is the ultimate melting pot of New York’s funniest, richest, and most attractive improvisers (unverified). Just like the playdates you had as a kid, this show brings a bunch of friends together to hang out and laugh. With your host, Siblings!

Straight to the Heart: Cupid’s 1Man Live

📅 Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM

Concerts

From our hearts, to your hearts; Cupid’s first ONEMAN live arrives with brand new songs, duos, and a very special announcement regarding Nero’s activities.

🛸 XENOS: A Staged Reading 🛸

📅 Friday, August 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Theater

The Underground Theatre Alliance presents a FREE script reading of XENOS, an original play written and directed by Kyle Morales-Hejlik!

🍳 The Heat 🍳

📅 Friday, August 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Theater

A new play about a a group of line cooks struggling to find peace in a chaotic kitchen.

💔 Troilus & Cressida: A Night of Free Shakespeare 💔

📅 Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Theater

We are looking to rally for a ROUSING performance of one of Shakespeare's beautiful war-soaked romances. Join us for Troilus & Cressida, an engaging Classical experience celebrating both new and old with the magic of Party Theatre!!!

The Late Show

📅 Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Comedy

A night of improv, poetry, and more!

Max Higgins STANDUP! 🙆‍♂️

📅 Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Max Higgins (@max_headgear) performs an hour of standup at The Rat NYC

🗳️ United States of Zaf 🗳️

📅 Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Family & Kids

This solo show tells the saga of how my zany Syrian-American father, Zaf Basha, ran for public office in my hometown and dragged my entire family into the madness.

🍬 Sweet Treat presents: Sweet ReTreat! 🍬

📅 Monday, August 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Sweet Treat Presents: Sweet ReTreat! Take a break, babe. Sweet Treat is hosting an improv getaway sprinkled with some of NYC’s most scrumptious comedy performers!

⏱️ A HID-Summer Night’s Dream: A 12-Hour Shakespeare Brouhaha ⏱️

📅 Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Theater

Join Hamlet Isn’t Dead as we put together a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in just 12 hours. Come ready to laugh and see the chaos unfold!

🎵🥃 Oil & Whiskey 🥃🎵

📅 Sunday, August 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Theater

The Last Five Years' meets Nashville Honky Tonk, Oil and Whiskey is an award-winning, off-Broadway, country rock musical about two ex lovers who meet for a drink and relive their entire relationship over a couple rounds of whiskey. You'll laugh, cry and remember why: you don't text your ex.

💧 The Drop-In Salon 💧

📅 Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Community

Part curated performance, part open-mic, part all-around good time, this evening of creative camaraderie serves as a haven for artistic development and community-building in a casual setting.

🏆 COMEDYSPORTZ NYC 😂

📅 Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Comedy

Join ComedySportz® New York for a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud improv showdown where two teams battle for points and your approval.

💔 Troilus & Cressida: A Night of Free Shakespeare 💔

📅 Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Theater

We are looking to rally for a ROUSING performance of one of Shakespeare's beautiful war-soaked romances. Join us for Troilus & Cressida, an engaging Classical experience celebrating both new and old with the magic of Party Theatre!!!

🩷 Finding Queer Love: Bi Panic Edition 💜

📅 Friday, August 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Theater

Kitchen Sink Theatre Company's FOURTH queer dating show at The RAT NYC!

🎙️🐉 Murphy Live! A Staged Reading 🐉🎙️

📅 Friday, August 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM

Community

Join us for a staged reading of the first episode of Murphy!

💊 Alternative Medicine 💊

📅 Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Other

Bunker Boredom, Experimental Drugs, Naughty Androids. Oh my.

✨ Spotlight Variety Night ✨

📅 Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

NYC’s newest variety show returns! Come have laughs in our improv, stand-up, and character showcase!

😂 The Other Side - Comedy Variety Show 😂

📅 Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Comedy

A mix of standup comedy with variety acts in between, and the show always ends with a special musical guest. Like SNL minus the ads.

🤣🚀 UP TO NO GOD: AN IMPROVISED COMEDY SHOW 🚀🤣

📅 Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

Up to No God presents a comedy show that doubles as a ‘secular church’ experience. Join them and the best improv teams and comedians in NYC for a celebration of community through shared laughter!

✏️ Etch-A-Sketch ✏️

📅 Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Comedy

NYC's first sketch-to-improv showcase, featuring the hottest up and coming sketch teams improvising through each other's set lists.

🎭🔥 GUPS: NYC'S WILDEST IMPROV NIGHT 🤪🎤

📅 Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Comedy

GUPS are your favorite improv FREAKS who play fast and loud! They're joined every show by some of their favorite comedy acts in NYC!

🎤 Hot girls comedy 🎤

📅 Monday, August 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Comedy

Looking to laugh off those Monday blues? Want to see some fabulous comedy? And learn about everyone’s crazy adventures? As well as see some of the most outrageous outfits? Come to the hot girls comedy show on 8/3 at 9 pm.

🏙️ On Belonging 🏙️

📅 Monday, August 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Theater

On Belonging is a collection of Shakespeare scenes set in modern-day New York City utilizing dialogue, music, and movement to explore an interwoven theme of belonging.

🏙️ On Belonging 🏙️

📅 Sunday, August 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Theater

On Belonging is a collection of Shakespeare scenes set in modern-day New York City utilizing dialogue, music, and movement to explore an interwoven theme of belonging.

🎶 Shitty Mozart 🎶

📅 Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Other

The botched clone of Mozart (Aaron Nemo, former writer at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) performs a dazzlingly chaotic multimedia concerto that critics have called "brilliantly off-the-wall," "batshit crazy," and "not shitty."

💔 Carelessness: A Staged Reading 💔

📅 Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Community

Can love survive over a gap of privilege and obsession?