Last year I saw 34 shows. This year I saw 41, slightly higher than last year. 35 of those were in person and 5 were streaming or on Zoom (5 fewer than last year).
I performed/read in the 2 Thornton Wilder Society readings, one was a concert with songs from my musical, and I performed in 4 low key shows (3 singing salons and my cabaret workshop, all at Ripley Grier). I watched 2 opera programs this year after watching none last year, and I saw two concerts with artists I’ve been a fan of.
I have highlighted my favorites. And after the favorites is the HUGE list of everything I saw. Then, I have listed some panels, exhibits, and events I also attended this year.
Top 10 Favorites (in no order, I swear):
The Connector (MCC)
Suzanne Ciani Reflections and Waves Concert (Church of the Heavenly Rest)
The Keep Going Songs (Lincoln Center Theater)
Lempicka
Hyeyoung Kim: Water and Fire (Joe’s Pub)
Cats “The Jellical Ball” (PAC NYC)
Maybe Happy Ending
Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell, and Living in His Apartment (Joe’s Pub)
Oh, Mary
Cybill Shepherd concert (Vibrato)
Runners Up (Also in no order):
Once Upon a Mattress (City Center Encores!)
Nobody Cares (Audible Theater/Minetta Lane Theater)
How to Dance in Ohio
Jelly’s Last Jam (City Center Encores!)
Teeth (Playwrights Horizons/New World Stages)
Dead Outlaw (Audible Theater/Minetta Lane Theater)
Tommy
Three Houses (Signature Theatre)
Titanic (NY City Center Encores)
Our Town
Harmony
Once Upon a Mattress (City Center Encores!)
Nobody Cares (Audible Theater/Minetta Lane Theater)
How to Dance in Ohio
The Connector (MCC)
Jelly’s Last Jam (City Center Encores!)
Suzanne Ciani Reflections and Waves Concert (Church of the Heavenly Rest)
Teeth (Playwrights Horizons)
Dead Outlaw (Audible Theater/Minetta Lane Theater)
Broadway Buddies (Green Room 42/Livestream)
Still Coviding Singing Salon 1 (Ripley Grier)
Tommy
Sweetwater (Polyphone)
The Keep Going Songs (Lincoln Center Theater)
Lempicka
The Wiz
Hyeyoung Kim: Water and Fire (Joe’s Pub)
Still Coviding Singing Salon 2 (Ripley Grier)
Three Houses (Signature Theatre)
Titanic (NY City Center Encores)
Exagoge (LaMama)
Lotte Lenya Competition Finals (Online)
Still Coviding Singing Salon 3 (Ripley Grier)
Cats “The Jellical Ball” (PAC NYC)
Stereophonic
Wilder one acts (Thornton Wilder Society Zoom Reading)
Lila Day: More of the Same (Don’t Tell Mama)
From Varshe and Vilne to Vashington Heights (The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus at Merkin Hall)
I’m Almost There (Audible Theater/Minetta Lane Theater)
Oh, Mary
Our Town
Maybe Happy Ending
American Idiot (Mark Taper Forum/CTG)
Cybill Shepherd concert (Vibrato)
Ragtime (City Center)
Jewish Writers Writing Jewish Characters Cabaret Workshop (Ripley Grier)
We Live in Cairo (NYTW)
A Poem and a Mistake (Dixon Place)
Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell, and Living in His Apartment (Joe’s Pub)
The Long Christmas Dinner (Thornton Wilder Society Zoom Reading)
Teeth (New World Stages)
Miscellaneous Panels, Exhibits, and Events:
Disneyland (first time)
Erica Baum: Off the Cuff (Bureau)
THE WALK! 24
Jardin Botanique de Montreal
Steven Lutvak Memorial
Summer Streets
Highland Farm/Oscar Hammerstein II House Tour
Fifth Avenue Mile
Jewish Currents Live Online
City Walk/Universal
Disneyland (second time)
God’s Love We Deliver Race
KeithYorkCity Meetup