As you enter the space of Astoria Performing Arts Center’s Man of La Mancha, any champion of innovative theater is greeted with that most addictive feeling one can feel in an artistic space: promise. A drab holding cell of the US Border Patrol stands starkly lit, characters—whom we’ve yet to meet—litter the stage, and a… Read more »
Category: APAC
Man of La Mancha at Astoria Performing Arts Center
Awaiting trial, deportation, or something worse? Cervantes’ tale of two impossible dreamers held for an unknown crime on trial for their very lives is revived with this bold new production of the Tony Award-winning classic. Music by Mitch LeighLyrics by Joe DarionBook by Dale WassermanDirected & Designed by Tony Williams II Featuring: Lucia Alvargonzales, Francisco Arcila, Stanley Graham, JJ… Read more »
APAC’s PATRONAGE Begins November 12th!
Patronage November 12th – November 21st There is a suitor; He loves a countess. There is a writer; She loves someone lost. There is a countess; She loves words. She loves them passionately, desperately, and literally. A new fairytale from award-winning playwright Kati Frazier explores our relationship with the written word, sexuality, and how we… Read more »
APAC Welcomes new Artistic Director
[From Astoria Performing Arts Center] Astoria Performing Arts Center welcomes Tony Williams II as new Artistic Director Astoria, NY, August 2, 2021—Astoria Performing Arts Center has announced that Tony Williams II will take the lead as Artistic Director in August 2021. Tony recently co-directed and choreographed APAC’s Big Green Theater’s The Mystical Jungle and Luminescent City,… Read more »
SOLO FLIGHT Final Week — Extended to Aug. 1
[From Astoria Performing Arts Center] Now extended through Sunday, August 1, APAC presents Heidi Latsky Dance in the New York City premiere of SOLO FLIGHT, an intimate and provocative volumetric video and film installation playing its final week! Featuring three dance films and three holographic performances, visitors will experience a unique, immersive dance piece that celebrates the complexity and… Read more »
APAC presents Stuff, a radio play by Mrinalini Kamath
Astoria Performing Arts Center presents Stuff a radio play by Mrinalini Kamath Astoria Performing Arts Center presents the world premiere of Stuff, a radio play by Mrinalini Kamath. Inspired by the 2015 New York Times article “The Lonely Death of George Bell,” Stuff tells the story of lives that intersect when a man dies alone in his cluttered apartment. Stuff is about living alone in modern… Read more »
A Magical Evening with the Foodie Magician through APAC
[From Astoria Performing Arts Center] Plans for Valentine’s Day? Join us for A Magical Evening with the Foodie Magician on Feb. 14 at 7pm as the Foodie Magician astonishes across a Zoom screen! Tickets are “pay what you wish” with a suggested donation of $10. More info at: www.apacny.org Local attendees will receive a 10%… Read more »
APAC Announces New Home and Residency Opportunities
[From Astoria Performing Arts Center] Astoria, NY—November 18, 2020—Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) has announced that it will celebrate its 20th season by establishing a new home in the space formerly known as the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, Queens. APAC will present much of its future programming at the venue and, for the… Read more »
APAC’s American Arcana on 10/22 and 10/23
[From Astoria Performing Arts Center] Astoria Performing Arts Center in association with Theatre East presents AMERICAN ARCANA An apocalyptic comedy by Cyndi Williams Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC, Dev Bondarin, Artistic Director), in association with Theatre East (Judson Jones, Artistic Director) will present American Arcana, an apocalyptic comedy by award-winning Austin, Texas-based playwright Cyndi Williams… Read more »
APAC Presents The Insiders: Musicals from the Quarantine
[From Astoria Performing Arts Center] Astoria Performing Arts Center in association with Teresa Lotz presents The Insiders Musicals from the Quarantine Six original musicals responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Astoria Performing Arts Center (Dev Bondarin, Artistic Director), in association with Teresa Lotz, presents six new musical shorts written in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Featuring… Read more »
Featured BOAST Location
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, (718) 784-2084, momaps1.org
An exhibition space rather than a collecting institution, MoMA PS1 devotes its energy and resources to displaying the most experimental art in the world, and supports innovation in contemporary art. Warm Up, a popular program on Saturdays in the summer, takes place in the courtyard where DJs spin and people dance for hours.