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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

“Sounding Circuits: Audible Histories” Exhibition
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- Media: Installation
- 2019-01-15 - 2019-03-23
Featuring a state-of-the art immersive multi-channel audio system surrounded by rare objects, artifacts, and recordings from the early history of electronic music, Sounding Circuits: Audible Histories...More »
“Magical Designs for Mozart’s Magic Flute” Exhibition
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- Media: Drawing - Installation
- 2016-03-31 - 2016-08-27
Magical Designs for Mozart’s Magic Flute compares scenic and costume designs from a select group of 19th, 20th, and 21st century productions extolled for their remarkable visual achievement. Included are...More »
“Somebody Come and Play: 45 Years of Sesame Street Helping Kids Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder” Exhibition
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- Media: Video installation - Media Arts
- 2014-10-21 - 2015-01-31
Come play and discover things you never knew about everyone’s favorite street—Sesame Street. Sesame Street transformed television by proving it was possible to produce a show that was both educational...More »
"Celebrating 100 Years" Exhibition
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- Media: Prints - Sculpture - Media Arts
- 2011-05-14 - 2011-12-31
One hundred years ago, The New York Public Library opened its landmark building, now known as the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, dedicated to preserving its varied collections and making them accessible...More »
Alwin Nikolais "Total Theater of Motion"
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- Media: Graphics - Photography - Installation - Fashion - Performance Art
- 2010-10-21 - 2011-01-15
Choreographer Alwin Nikolais (1910-1993) was a master of stage illusion. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is a partner in celebrations of his centennial. Gallery visitors will experience...More »
Cambridge Jones "Talking Pictures: Portraits"
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- Media: Photography
- 2010-10-19 - 2010-11-27
This multimedia exhibition features new photographic portraits of Welsh actors, singers, and other performers by celebrated Welsh photographer Cambridge Jones. An audio component allows visitors to hear...More »
"Revolutionary Voices: Performing Arts in Central & Eastern Europe in the 1980s" Exhibition
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- Media: Prints - Other
- 2009-11-18 - 2010-03-20
This exhibition examines how performances attempted to break boundaries set by the communist state's politicians and censors, focusing on theater, music, and dance events that contested the prevailing...More »
"Performing Revolution: The Creative Opposition in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1980s" Exhibition
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- Media: Illustration - Painting - Drawing
- 2009-11-17 - 2010-03-20
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism in the countries of the Czech Republic, the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia, The New...More »
"Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography - Fashion - Video installation
- 2009-10-15 - 2010-01-16
Lincoln Center: Celebrating 50 Years investigates the complex and symbiotic relationship between Lincoln Center and New York City over the course of a half century and the key role Lincoln Center has played...More »
"Katharine Hepburn: In Her Own Files" Exhibition
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- Media: Photography - Other
- 2009-06-10 - 2009-10-10
Katharine Hepburn’s elevation to the status of “icon” was due undoubtedly to her singular success on the screen. But her acting career began on the stage and it was there that she honed the skills that...More »
"Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance" Exhibition
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- Media: Drawing - Photography - Fashion - Film - Performance Art
- 2008-11-17 - 2009-05-02
A collaboration with the League of Professional Theatre Women, this exhibition features works by 110 distinguished designers of scenery, costumes, lighting, props, and projections from various performing...More »
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame" Exhibition
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- 2008-07-08 - 2008-10-28
An exhibition for the whole family! To celebrate the 100th anniversary of baseball theme songs, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presents a tribute to the sport and the musicians who...More »
The Paper Bag Players "50 Years of Theater Art" Exhibition
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- Media: Prints - Other - Other
- 2008-05-05 - 2008-08-02
The Paper Bag Players have achieved a series of “firsts.” The Paper Bag Players were the first theatre for children to receive a grant from The National Endowment for Arts, to receive an OBIE, to perform...More »
"New York Story: Jerome Robbins and His World" Exhibition
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- Media: Other
- 2008-03-25 - 2008-06-28
The most celebrated American choreographer of his time, Jerome Robbins belongs uniquely to New York. He was born in the city and died there, and his dances, both for Broadway and for the ballet stage,...More »
"Writing to Character: Songwriters & the Tony Awards" Exhibition
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- Media: Other - Other
- 2008-02-26 - 2008-06-14
For Broadway's lyricists, composers, and orchestrators, the Tony Awards represent the highest honor that their colleagues can bestow. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts delves into its...More »