Rockefeller Center and Playbill are bringing free noon Broadway performances to The Rink this May, featuring casts from Wicked, SIX, MJ and more. The series runs Thursdays, May 14–June 4.

At the New York Philharmonic’s spring gala, Gustavo Dudamel led a starry program and donors contributed roughly $3 million as his New York era approaches.

A new Greenwich Village exhibit stages hyper‑real crime‑scene recreations and asks visitors to sign a waiver. Organizers call it education; critics call it exploitation.

A Manhattan jury awarded Morgan Art Foundation $102 million after finding Michael McKenzie sold forged works attributed to Robert Indiana.

The Avett Brothers’ shipwreck musical Swept Away opens at SpeakEasy’s Calderwood Pavilion April 24. The band is also touring with Mike Patton and plays the Wang Theatre June 10.

Mexican architect Frida Escobedo will lead a five‑story revamp of The Met’s modern galleries, adding nearly 50% more space, terraces and a limestone lattice façade.

A Manhattan judge dismissed Sean “Diddy” Combs’ $100M defamation suit against NBCUniversal, finding the Peacock film caused no new reputational harm.

State tax credits and local talent are bringing crews and festivals to Syracuse, where American High's 'Pizza Movie' and a new SASFest are putting Upstate on the map.

Tribeca’s 25th lineup turns premieres into party nights: Questlove opens, Alicia Keys closes, and Tarantino, Mumford & Sons and others headline a record slate.

A dance-first Summer for the City returns to Lincoln Center this June through August with dozens of free and low-cost events across the campus.

Tim Weil says Rent will reunite for a one-night Broadway concert during the musical's 30th anniversary, while EPIC Players mounts a neuroinclusive revival June 4–14.

The 48th Museum Mile Festival takes over Fifth Avenue on June 9 with free evening admission, DJs and street performances.

John Lithgow’s Olivier‑winning turn in Giant has brought Roald Dahl’s long‑running controversy back to the Music Box stage, forcing audiences to weigh art against ugly public statements.