Union Square’s Fall 2024 Entertainment Guide
Exciting news for entertainment enthusiasts! The Fall 2024 season is nearly here, and Union Square is ready to offer an impressive lineup of theater, dance, music, and comedy. Check out all the must-see shows, performances, and events coming to Union Square this autumn!
Vineyard Theater | 108 East 15th Street
The leaves are changing color, the air is becoming crisp, and Union Square’s fall productions are in full swing. Read on to learn more about the new productions and events coming soon!
Vineyard Theater’s production of Age Is A Feeling runs from September 11 to October 13.
Age is a Feeling is a heart-wrenching production “inspired by hospices, mystics, and trips to the cemetery”. Touching on our relationship with mortality, this story is written and performed by Haley McGee, with original direction and dramaturgy by the late Adam Brace. The production won the Fringe First Award at its premiere during Edinburgh Fringe 2022 before transferring to the Soho Theater in London for two sold-out runs.
Buy tickets for this highly acclaimed show now!
Classic Stage Company | 136 East 13th Street
The Rediscovery Readings launch on September 23rd at the Classic Stage Company.
Throughout four play readings, this production will shine a light on the American women behind classics of the early 20th century whose legacies have been muted by time. Transporting you through the 1900s to the 1950s, these playreadings lead up to CSC’s much-anticipated production of Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress, where we’ll hear from the women of the 1960s!
Buy tickets for these can’t-miss productions now!
Daryl Roth Theatre | 101 East 15th Stree
Titanique is playing at the Daryl Roth Theatre following great success winning four awards and becoming an off-broadway hit! The award-winning musical retelling of the Titanic from Celine Dion’s perspective is fun, entertaining, and an unmissable experience. With some of her greatest hits performed by an energetic cast, you’ll be in for a night to remember.
Buy tickets for this award-winning retelling today!
Peoples' Symphony Concerts | 16 West 36th Street
There's still time to get a series ticket for Union Square and The City's oldest and most treasured concert series - Peoples Symphony Concerts! According to the NY Times, the Peoples Symphony Concerts offer "Carnegie Hall-quality artists for less than the cost of a Manhattan movie ticket”. Celebrating its 125th season, the Washington Irving Campus presents one of the world's great chamber music ensembles, the Takacs String Quartet. From October 19th and running for 12 Saturdays until May, this production is just one of many beloved shows returning to the stage.
View the full schedule and buy your tickets today!
The stand | 116 East 16th Street
The Stand comedy club brings together notable comedians and up-and-coming comics to make you laugh til your stomach hurts. In addition to their weekly stand-up nights on the patio, some of their upcoming shows to keep an eye out for are:
Laughing Buddha Comedy - Weekly starting September 7th
Brown Mirror Comedy - September 22nd
Jingwei X the Sea - Standup Comedy Special by Rachel47 - September 22nd
Runnin’ Late Comedy Show - September 29th
Sam Jay & Friends - October 6th
Check out their full lineup!
14th Street Y | 344 East 14th Street
The 14th Street Y has two exciting productions coming up! The first is Stephanie Trudeau’s: Becoming Chavela this September. Following the life of Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, this production sees her iconic life, rise to fame, creative and artistic legacy, and friendships with notable figures such as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Spanish film director, Pedro Almodovar.
Catch this comeback story at the 14th Street Y from September 20th-22nd.
The second show, Pass Over, a play by Antoinette Nwandu, is a riff on Waiting for Godot, “[crafting] everyday profanities into poetic and humorous riffs, exposing the unquestionable human spirit of young men stuck in a cycle just looking for a way out”.
Catch Pass Over at one of its four showings from September 12th to 14th! Buy tickets here.
Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC) | 126 East 13th Street
Peridance Dance Center’s production of Peridance Presents brings together and celebrates five choreographers at different stages of their careers. This evening features choreography by Cebo, Giovanni Castellon, Rebecca & Mats van Rossum & Vive Khamsingsavth.
Join them on September 21st!
Upright Citizen’s Brigade | 242 East 14th Street
Upright Citizen’s Brigade brings together some of the best live comedians to perform weekly improv and sketch comedy shows! Some of these acclaimed shows are making their return to the stage, while others are gracing it for the very first time. View some of their upcoming shows:
The Assignment - September 13th
The Trash King - September 15th
Justin for Laughs- September 22nd
Beast- September 27th
View the full lineup and buy tickets now!