Thursday, April 2, 2026

This month at Lincoln Center


April at Lincoln Center

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Celebrate the performing arts with
Lincoln Center all month long!


This Month's Highlights

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Photo by Matthew Murphy

Now through August 2

Now extended through August 2nd! Lear deBessonet's RAGTIME is a "A BRIGHTLY SHINING REVIVAL. A sterling production with a MARVELOUS SCORE and FLAWLESS CAST." - The Wall Street Journal

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Jean-Louis Fernandez / Festival d'Aix en Provence

April 6–29

Hailed as "a modern masterpiece" (The Telegraph), the late, great Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's final opera depicts the wide web of trauma left in the wake of an unimaginable tragedy.

A woman sitting on a plush bench holding a cello

April 8–10 at 7:30 pm

Golda Schultz sings Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, plus arias by Stravinsky and Carlisle Floyd. Plus, Kwamé Ryan conducts music by Charles Ives and George Lewis. Use code SCHULTZ30 for 30% off.

A woman sitting on a plush bench holding a cello

Sara Rudner in Some 'Yes' and More. Photo by Nathaniel Tileston. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Thursday, April 16 at 6:00 pm

Wendy Perron and Jodi Melnick speak with Sara Rudner about her career and the ways in which she challenged the conventions of concert dance.

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April 17 & 18

Join us for an exquisite dance program by one of the nation's most acclaimed ensembles of disabled, non-disabled, D/deaf, and neurodiverse performers. All tickets are Choose-What-You-Pay!

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April 17 & 18

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, directed by saxophonist Sherman Irby, brings the blues to life with vocalists Kenny Washington and Ekep Nkwelle and special guest James Zito on banjo and guitar.

Ballet dancers in white outfits on stage

Photo © Erin Baiano

April 21–May 3

The fantastical fairy tale Firebird punctuates a collection of George Balanchine masterworks following his radiant Symphony in C and the neoclassical Agon. Spring performances begin April 21.

Ballet dancers in white outfits on stage

Opens April 22

Screening in two blocks, this 142 minute series about three displaced Parisian boys is finally revealed on the big screen in a luminous new 4K restoration.

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Photo by Richard Termine

April 22, 25, & 27

Joseph Colaneri conducts the Juilliard Orchestra for Falstaff, directed by Marcus Shields with scenic and lighting designs by Frank Oliva and costumes by Avery Reed.

A man in a yellow t-shirt laying on his side in front of a projected version of Hamlet

Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 pm

Beginning with Mozart, an avid and reportedly expert dancer, enjoy the synergy between music and dance in works spanning centuries.


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