Performing Arts in New York

New York State's performing arts scene is regarded as one of the best in the world. From the Tilles Center for Performing Arts on Long Island to Chautauqua Institution in the west to the New York City icons of Broadway, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, and Apollo Theater, you’ll find high-quality venues and exciting performance art waiting to be discovered.

In warmer months, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) hosts the New York City Ballet and The Philadelphia Orchestra along with an eclectic and challenging series of chamber music, jazz, rock and pop concerts in its acoustically ideal outdoor amphitheater. The internationally-acclaimed Glimmerglass Festival presents opera and musical theater in a magnificent setting overlooking Otsego Lake and Shakespeare in Delaware Park, a Buffalo tradition since 1976, is among the largest free outdoor “Bard” fests.