“Solve the problem with Chloetrost”
May 4th at 8:30pm at the Upright Citizens' Brigade Theatre on East 14th Street, 242 East 14th Street, Manhattan. ucbcomedy.com.
In the months since his tenure on Saturday Night Live ended, Chloetrost became busy, performing at the Moon Turcome Festival in Austin, Texas, appearing in episodes of the film “Sweetheart” and the Netflix series “The Four Seasons.”
Troast also occasionally invites her funny friends to join her at the upright Civic Brigade Theatre, where the audience can seek advice from improvisers who play the potential solutions. Her guest on Sunday has not yet been announced, but past shows should not destroy the group on “SNL.” Tickets will be $15 in advance on the UCB website and $20 on the day of the show. Proceeds will go to local mental health charities.
Before that, UCB presents “We Stan Together” at 7pm. Caitlin Bitzegaio and Lauren Brickman take an enthusiastic approach to entertainment gossip. Tickets are $10 15 days ago. Shawn L. McCarthy
Pop & Rock
Charli XCX
Until May 4th, at the Barclays Center at 620 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn until 8pm. barclayscenter.com.
Charli XCX's breakout summer long tail is well underway through 2025. So far, the British singer has won her first Grammy Award, and has won a surprising Hot 100 hit with a song she released nearly five years ago. In April, she kicked off the new North American leg of the “Brat” tour. Her sixth album that changed culture won the internet last summer with her hedonistic club pop and ubiquitous green shades.
Benefiting from the rude and unstable electronic music of the 2000s, “Brat” asks for face-to-face communion rather than listening at home. As her popularity soars, Charli's concerts are bulging into arena-sized raves.
You can see it yourself at the Barclays Center on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets start at $130 with Ticketmaster. Olivia Horn
jazz
Long Play Festival
May 2-4 at various clubs in Brooklyn. Bangonacan.org/long-play-2025.
Foghorn Bratt, a 100 tuba player marching through Fort Green Park on Saturday at noon, illustrates the essence of the Long Play Festival and celebrates the annual classic, creative and improvised music.
Anthony Braxton's “Comment No. 19 (100 Tubas)” is bold, experimental, something that can only be achieved in a city full of community-oriented musicians. That same spirit will permeate over 50 long play concerts taking place this weekend. This includes the premiere of “Listening Ship” (8pm) by composer improver Henry Thredgill. That night, Kim Gordon will perform the song from her latest album (8pm on Pioneer Works). Sets will be available throughout Saturday from Mary Halverson and Bill Frisel (1:30pm on roulette), Idris Accamoll and Pyramids (Brick Ballroom at 6pm) and Tomeka Reed Quartet (Brick Ballroom at 8pm). On Sunday, can's all-star and special guest Bang will close the festival with a party for Terry Riley's 90th birthday (8pm at Pioneer Works).
The pass costs $95 per day and $235 for three people. To purchase the full lineup and tickets, visit Bang on the Can's website. Alain Shelstru
bamkids springfest
May 3rd, 10:30am to 4pm at the Plaza at 300 Ashland Place in Brooklyn. Bam.org.
The rapper, known as Earth's Float, may seem as though she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. This is not because she has a sad look that is far from it, but because she frequently wears her costume in the form of a huge, bulging earth.
Hira's “eco-rap” about maintaining the planet is just one of the highlights of Bum Kid Springfest at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Entertainment includes international music and dance, interactive yoga and performances by three groups. This will teach the kids some of their moves: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's Step Team, Ms. Swagga Jampers (Double Dutch expert), Circus Proupe Abcirque.
Community organizations will also be involved. NYC will help young visitors create seedlings that can grow quickly. Big reuse teaches you about composting. The 1 billion oyster project will also lead the efforts to build a model food chain.
The schedule is online. It is recommended to register on the BAM website, but it is not necessary. Laurel Gleber
New York City Ballet
Until June 1st at the David H. Koch Theatre in Lincoln Center, Manhattan. nycballet.com.
The beloved ballet “Pakita” was first performed in Paris in 1846 and was revived and reconsidered decades later by Marius Pettipa, an influential dance maker in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1951, George Balanchine repositioned the first curtain, and now New York City ballet resident choreographer Alexei Ratmanski created a fresh version that blends his modern sensibilities with past productions, as he is celebrated in a meticulous reconstruction of classical ballet. After its premiere in February, The Times dance critic Gia Kourlas called it “spectacle.”
Ratmansky's “Paquita” returns this week with six performances as part of City Ballet's spring season. This is part of a programme that also features “Sweets of Dance” by Jerome Robbins, Brandenburg and After the Rain Pass de Doe, and an unforgettable duet by Christopher Wheeldon. The season then continues with an attractive assortment of additional pieces by Ratmanski, Robbins, Justinpeck and others, culminating in a week-long presentation of Balanchine's whimsical “Midsummer Night's Dream.”
The “Paquita” program will start at $42 on the City Ballet website on Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2pm and 7:30pm and Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm. Brian Schafer
Critics' Choice
“Good night and good luck”
It will be held at the Winter Garden Theater in Manhattan until June 8th. Goodnightgoodluckbroadway.com. Running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
In his Broadway debut, George Clooney played broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, and in 1954 he released Demagogic Senator Joseph R. McCarthy during a Communist terrorist campaign. Using a clip of the real McCarthy, Clooney and Grant Hesloff adapted to Grant Hesloff from the 2005 acclaimed film of the same name, it's a story that puts the truth to people who sowed it for their own political purposes. David Cromer directs the cast, including Will Dagger, one of the best offs from Broadway, and makes Broadway bows as Don Hewitt, Hesloff's role in the film. Read the review.
“Durian Gray Photos”
It will be held at the Music Box Theater in Manhattan until June 15th. doriangrayplay.com. Running time: 2 hours.
Theatrical worshipers of HBO drama “Inheritance” love to attribute its savvy artistry in part to a considerable stage chop between its cast. Currently, Australian actor Sarah Snook, who played Shiv Roy, Kieran Culkin's Roman sister, is making her Broadway debut with a re-registration of Oscar Wilde's classic novel, intricate Hites. Snook has won all 26 characters in London Run, a production of this Sydney Theatre Company. Read the review.
Critics' Choice
'Gypsy'
At the Majestic Theatre in Manhattan. gypsybway.com. Running time: 2 hours 55 minutes.
Grab the baton that Ethel Merman first handed over, Audra MacDonald plays the horrifying Mama Rose in the fifth Broadway revival of the 1959 musical about the uplifting 1959 musical vaudeville stage mother and her daughter. The cast includes Danny Burstein, Joy Woods, Jordan Tyson and Lesli Margherita, along with choreography by director George C. Wolf and Kamille A. Brown. Read the review.
Critics' Choice
“Hell's Kitchen”
At the Schubert Theatre in Manhattan. hellskitchen.com. Running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Alicia Keys' unique age is the inspiration for this Jukebox musical, which has won two Tonys. It is studded with Keys songs such as “Girl on Fire,” “Fallin',” and “Empire State of Mind.” This tells the story of a 17-year-old girl (the winner of last year's best actress) in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Director Michael Grafe's show features a book by Christopher Diaz and features a choreography by Kamille A. Brown. Read the review.
Last chance
“Weezy: A Society of Spectacles”
Until May 5th, at the International Photography Center at 84 Ludlow Street in Manhattan. ICP.org.
What did Arthur Fellig, known as Weegee, look at from stubborn shots of New York murder victims, criminal arrests and tenement shootings in the 1930s and 40s (classic images that didn't become equal) to the cheesy distorted portraits of Hollywood celebrities who have engulfed him over the past 20 years of his life? This question is raised by this career-based retrospective, if not a compelling answer. Like the ugly trinket of your family in quarantine in the attic, from the late 40s until his death in 1968, Weesy's little-known photographs have been largely ignored by critics as embarrassment. This is a rare opportunity to look at the work and make judgments. Read the review.
Critics' Choice
“Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature”
Until May 11th, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. metmuseum.org.
This is more than a showcase for the romantic icon “Wanderer on the Sea of Mist.” The show has some surprises, more generally, calm and tranquil, with audiences associated with Friedrich, and early nineteenth century art. The exhibition, organized in three German museums, features 88 paintings and paintings, rocks glowing under the moonlight, isolated crosses of evergreen trees, and lonely Germans staring at the sea. Read the review.
Critics' Choice
“Illustrated Story: Photo by Arlene Gottfried”
Until May 25th, in New York History at 170 Central Park West in Manhattan. nyhistory.org.
Arlene Gottfried was drawn to everyday people who sparkled with the talent of performers. And through her eyes, New York took on the excitement of the circus. In her heyday, in the 1970s and 80s, she wandered around town on camera and found colorful characters who responded with the gaze of the city she knew. Usually they were black, Puerto Rican, Jews, and gay. In areas where she lives and wanders around, including the Lower East Side, East Harlem, Crown Heights, Coney Island and Greenwich Village, these groups mix freely and celebrate the recent acquisition of 300 Gott Freida photos, brewing cocktails that drown her intoxicatingly, as seen at this little appetizing exhibition in New York history. Read the review.
