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BANGKOK (March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire) -- The Wolseley Hotels today announces its global launch, with its inaugural property set to open in New York City in early 2027. Located steps from Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan, The Wolseley Hotel New York will mark the brand's first hotel worldwide and establish New York as the flagship destination for The Wolseley Hotels. The opening will also introduce The Wolseley restaurant and bar to the United States for the first time, bringing one of London's most celebrated dining institutions to an international stage.

Contemporary Asian Artists; March 19 - April 11, 2026

New York, NY — Opera Gallery New York is pleased to present ‘The Quiet Continuum’, a group exhibition dedicated to contemporary Asian art across disciplines, on view from March 19 through April 11, 2026. Spanning painting, sculpture, and mixed media, the exhibition brings together fifteen leading artists across generations and mediums, reflecting a shared sensibility shaped by time, memory, and spiritual journey.

Astoria, NY (March 5, 2026) — This March and April, Museum of the Moving Image opens the major new exhibition Overexposed: Art, Technology, and the Body; welcomes author and programmer Ashley Clark (The World of Black Film) for the weekend screening series The World of ’70s Black Film Musicals; hosts a weekend series highlighting Marilyn Monroe in New York; and presents the fifth Marvels of Media Festival, celebrating autistic media-makers, and the 15th First Look Festival, featuring New York premieres of exciting international cinema; and more.

New York, N.Y. - (March 4, 2026) – The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today a one-week extension for the world premiere of PUBLIC CHARGE, a bracing new play based on true events written by former United States Ambassador Julissa Reynoso and award-winning playwright Michael J. Chepiga.

Final Concert of the Season Held on April 18 at Mother AME Zion Church

New York, NY (March 4, 2026) – The Dessoff Choirs – led by Music Director Malcolm J. Merriweather – presents its last concert of the season, Bach’s B Minor Mass, complete with a full period orchestra and soloists, on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. at Mother AME Zion Church in Harlem.

New York, NY - Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 – Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Producing Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce the cast of an invitation-only reading presentation of the company’s first-ever commissioned piece, His Name Was Bobby Short, written by previous Carolyn Halpert Artist-in-Residence Cris Eli Blak. The project is conceived and directed by Chad Austin and commissioned by Don and Nancy Watson, with sponsors John Gasdaska and Sue Sugden. The reading presentation will take place on March 4th as a part of the company’s 33rd season Pamela Paul Around the Table Reading Series, and is based on the ‘King of Cabaret,’ Bobby Short. 

One woman’s true tales of near death, unfiltered and in snackable form. Including, but not limited to: war zones, elder caregiving, a white water disaster, incompetent Scottish physicians, and a pork-based Yeshiva childhood in the Bronx.

Three Dangerous Women. One Explosive Drama.

New York, NY (February 24, 2026) - Chain Theatre (Kirk Gostkowski, Artistic Director, Rick Hamilton, Managing Director, Christina Elise Perry, Director of Development) is pleased to announce the world premiere production of ​ John Patrick Shanley’s THE PUSHOVER, directed by Kirk Gostkowski. THE PUSHOVER will play a four-week limited engagement at the Chain Theatre (312 W 36th St., New York, NY). Performances begin Friday, April 3rd, and continue through Sunday, April 26th. Opening Night is Monday, April 6th (7:00 p.m.).

New York, NY (February 25, 2026) — Notable guest artists, including Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Shoshana Bean (first Broadway replacement as Elphaba in Wicked), actress and producer Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana/Moana 2, Sally Bowles in Cabaret on Broadway), Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn (recent appearance in Classic Stage Company’s The Baker’s Wife; voice of Pocahontas), Tony Award winner Lindsay Mendez (Elphaba in 10th Anniversary of Wicked, revival of Godspell), and Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) will join The New York Pops to honor Grammy, Academy, and Tony Award winning composer Stephen Schwartz at the orchestra’s 43rd Birthday Gala, Changed for Good: A Celebration of Stephen Schwartz, on Monday, April 27, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Additional guest artists to be announced.

February 27 – March 1, 2026

NEW YORK, NY (February 24, 2026) — As Black History Month unfolds during the centennial year of organized Black history commemorations, the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) presents its 2026 Black History Month Film Series, February 27–March 1 at Teachers College, Columbia University. This year’s edition highlights Afro-Latino historical memory, cultural influence, and continuity, situating films from Latin America and Spain within a broader global dialogue around Black History Month.