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  • Stars in the Alley 2018 – Annual Free Broadway Concert

    Free “Stars in the Alley” Broadway Concert

    The Broadway League hosts an annual free outdoor concert featuring performances from Broadway’s current musicals call Stars in the Alley. The concert is held around the time of the Tony Awards, usually late May or early June.

    The concert is a great way to see live performances of scenes from current Broadway shows, free of charge.

    The 2018 Stars in the Alley concert is Friday, June 1st at 1:00 p.m. The event is held rain or shine.

    Participating shows for the 2018 event include Aladdin, Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Escape to Margaritaville, Frozen, Kinky Boots, Mean Girls, My Fair Lady, Once on This Island, The Phantom of the Opera, School of Rock, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Waitress, Wicked, Children of a Lesser God, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Play That Goes Wrong, and Saint Joan. This list of participating shows is subject to change.

    Visit the Broadway League website for details and updates.

     

    Location

    The concert is held in Shubert Alley (between 44th & 45th Streets, west of 7th Avenue).

    Shubert Alley is a pedestrian thoroughfare that is considered to be the center of New York’s theater district.

     

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  • Space & Science Festival at the Intrepid Museum and Pier 86

    The 2017 Space and Science Festival takes place August 1 – 6 at Pier 86 and the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.

    The event features special exhibits and presentations by NASA.

    Events held at Pier 86 (except for the Drones exhibition) are free. Most of the free activities at Pier 86 happen on the weekend, when there are displays and activities by NASA, Intrepid Education Zone, FIRST, Con Edison, Honeybee Robotics, Brooklyn Robot Foundry, LEGO, USA Today Network VR experience, Google’s Code Next, Space.com, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Jupiter Joe’s Sidewalk Astronomy, Kuiper Kat’s Astronomy, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Heinlein Prize Trust, Brooklyn Drones NYC and the Drone Racing League.

    Please visit the official event website for details and a full schedule of events.

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