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Get a peek behind the scenes of Encores! La Cage Aux Folles with Billy Porter, Director Robert O'Hara, and Guest Music Director Joseph Joubert.
"With a rare combination of girlish exciteme…
The legendary Tonya Pinkins shares her lessons on survival in the prophetic 11 o'clock number "When It Ends."
Pinkins, who originated the role of Kate, returns to The Wild Party as diva Dol…
Tony Nominee Jordan Donica laments over his sweetheart's infidelity as vaudeville comedian Burrs in "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"
Donica is "fearsome to the point of awe-inspiring" as he takes on …
On a fire escape overlooking New York City, Queenie and Black begin to fall for each other as they bond over how they're different from the rest.
Watch Jelani Alladin and Jasmine Amy Roger…
Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers and Tony winner Adrienne Warren light up the City Center stage as best friends and rivals.
Rogers brings tragic vaudeville showgirl Queenie to life as "the …
Welcome to our party! You'll remember this one, Queenie's guarantee.
Get a first look at this star-studded cast, breathing electrifying life into The Wild Party on the City Center stage.
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Outside of the roar of the party, Queenie (Jasmine Amy Rogers) and Black (Jelani Alladin) take in the quiet, and wonder where they belong.
The acclaimed, heartfelt duet "People Like Us" r…
Michael John LaChiusa, The Wild Party's incredible composer and co-book writer, sat down with us to discuss the sounds and inspirations behind the musical.
Encores!
THE WILD PARTY
Mar 18 " …
Hear from The Wild Party director, Lili-Anne Brown, on her inspiration behind this revival. Brown takes us through Joseph Moncure March's poem, the Harlem Renaissance, and black vaudeville. …
Welcome to our party! Get a first listen to Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe's raw, irreverent musical, led by Guest Music Director Daryl Waters and performed by The Encores! Orches…
Award-winning duo Estévez / Paños y CompañÃa present flamenco with a contemporary twist. La Confluencia highlights the versatility of the male flamenco dancer as five performers an…
Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP!), Jelani Alladin (Frozen), and Jordan Donica (Camelot) indulge in a vibrant, unforgettable night in Encores! The Wild Party. Get a sneak peak inside the hedonistic …
Watch Olivier Award winner Sara Baras sizzle in Vuela ("fly")"a cinematic journey in four acts that pays tribute to the legendary guitarist Paco de LucÃa.
Celebrated for her lightning-f…
Get a first look at the electrifying performers in this year's Gala Flamenca"Olivier Award winner Eva Yerbabuena, director Manuel Liñán, El Farru from a multigenerational flamenco lega…
The drinks are flowing as Steven Pasquale attempts to outwit his cunning, ghostly ex-wife (Katrina Lenk) in "I Know Your Heart."
"Plushly arranged and full of clever wordplay" (Vulture), En…
Phillipa Soo gives a heartfelt, vocally splendid performance as the straitlaced Ruth Condomine in "Was She Prettier Than I?"
Guaranteed to put you in a heavenly mood, Encores! High Spirits …
Hear directly from Merce Cunningham's dancers and company members on how the seminal masterwork BIPED came to be. Described as "staggeringly beautiful," Cunningham's 1999 work is a seamless…
Rising choreographic star Christos Papadopoulos walks us through his U.S. premiere, Mycelium. Inspired by interconnected networks of mushrooms, the fascinating choreography unfolds like a li…
Pedals away! Get your first look at the witty, delightful concert adaptation of High Spirits.
Featuring 🚲 Andrea Martin as a bicycle-riding medium,
💠Phillipa Soo and Steven …
You need no drink. You need no smokes. Watch as the High Spirits ensemble is sent into a dance frenzy in "Go Into Your Trance."
Act fast, Encores! High Spirits opens next Wednesday and ru…
Sugar! Milk! Coffee!
Watch on and off-stage spouses Phillipa Soo and Steven Pasquale lament over a cup of coffee in the duet "Where is The Man I Married?", aided by Rachel Dratch's bumblin…
Get a first look at Tony winner Katrina Lenk in Encores! High Spirits as the mischievous, flirty ghost Elvira.
Lenk performs "You'd Better Love Me," a Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray solo tha…
Take a first look at the US premiere of Mycelium, a groundbreaking new work by Christos Papadopoulos, winner of the Rose International Dance prize.
Papadopoulos's bold exploration of natu…
"The most sensationally imaginative work of Cunningham's last 20 years" (The New York Times) returns to NYC for the first time since 2011.
Set to music by Gavin Bryars, BIPED seamlessly ble…
