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Wednesday Aug. 13, 2025

Eli Leonard & Sarah Shtern 1

9 – 10:15 pm

Good Showbiz

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoho

P 13 Image No Words

9:30 – 10:30 pm

Gail Thomas’s Patient 13 Takes Audiences on Wild Ride of Love, Cancer, and Magic Mushrooms

The Tank NYCManhattan

Thursday Aug. 14

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

Untitled design-5

5 – 7 pm

Beyond Perfection The Musical

Theater

6 – 7:30 pm

“A Season for Iowans” by Kevin Cheng at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival

Theater

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

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7 – 8:30 pm

The Animals Speak

The Wild ProjectNew York City

GW PIC

8 – 9:30 pm

Ghost Writer, An Abolitionist’s Tale Premieres at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

Anne of a Thousand Faces – Banner

8:30 – 9:30 pm

‘Anne of a Thousand Faces’ Premieres at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival – Aug 6–16

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

Friday Aug. 15

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

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7 – 8:30 pm

The Animals Speak

The Wild ProjectNew York City

Untitled design-5

8 – 10 pm

Beyond Perfection The Musical

Theater

8:30 – 10 pm

UG! Comedy Show

One and OneEast Village

Saturday Aug. 16

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

11 am – noon

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

GW PIC

5 – 6:30 pm

Ghost Writer, An Abolitionist’s Tale Premieres at Broadway Bound Theatre Festival

Screenshot

7 – 8:30 pm

The Animals Speak

The Wild ProjectNew York City

Anne of a Thousand Faces – Banner

7:30 – 8:30 pm

‘Anne of a Thousand Faces’ Premieres at Gene Frankel Theatre Festival – Aug 6–16

Gene Frankel TheaterNoHo

Untitled design-5

8 – 10 pm

Beyond Perfection The Musical

Theater

8 – 10:30 pm

Legally Blonde

Theater

The Mary Louis AcademyJamaica Estates

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9 – 10:15 pm

The Legend of You

The RATBrooklyn

Sunday Aug. 17

Clashing Steel

All day

Clashing Steel: The Art of Stage Combat at Culture Lab LIC

Art
Free

Culture Lab LICLong Island City, New York

Untitled design-5

2 – 4 pm

Beyond Perfection The Musical

Theater

3 – 5:30 pm

Legally Blonde

Theater

The Mary Louis AcademyJamaica Estates

UNSEX’d playbill cover

6:30 – 8 pm

U.S. Premiere of Campy, Queer Comedy UNSEX’d

Under St MarksManhattan

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7 – 8:30 pm

The Animals Speak

The Wild ProjectNew York City

How Was It 7pm

7 – 8 pm

How Was It? Storytelling Show

Theater

QED AstoriaAstoria

Tuesday Aug. 19

Eli Leonard & Sarah Shtern 1

9 – 10:15 pm

Good Showbiz

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoho

duels 1

9:30 – 10:30 pm

54 Below DUELS Volume I: The Genre Game

54 BelowMidtown Manhattan

Wednesday Aug. 20

Eli Leonard & Sarah Shtern 1

9 – 10:15 pm

Good Showbiz

SOHO PLAYHOUSESoho

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