{"id":269233,"date":"2026-06-17T04:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/269233\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T04:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:36:11","slug":"5-shows-to-see-in-new-york-this-month-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/269233\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Shows to See in New York This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OneDa appears in North Star at Irish Arts Center.
(\u00a9 Hanjie Chow)<\/p>\n

1. North Star<\/a>
I want to make sure you catch the last few performances of North Star<\/a>, the extraordinary new show at Irish Arts Center (it closes June 21). Part concert, part poetry-reading, part documentary, it is inspired by the time abolitionist author Frederick Douglass sought refuge in Belfast, as well as the city\u2019s mixed reception of refugees in the 21st century. Vocalist Winnie Ana wraps us in her warm vocals, rapper OneDa gets us bopping with her unflappable flow, and the seven-person choir radiates pure joy throughout the theater, which has been converted into an open floor where audience members can dance.<\/p>\n

\"\"Stephen Michael Spencer, Casey Shuler, and Jonathan Judge Russo starred in the 2024 Bedlam production of Music City.
(\u00a9 Ashley Garrett)<\/p>\n

2. Music City<\/a>
After a false start<\/a>, Music City<\/a> has begun performances at St. Luke\u2019s Theatre off-Broadway. This musical with songs by J.T. Harding and a book by Peter Zinn is about a struggling Nashville songwriter who must come up with cash fast if he wants studio time. A surprise hit<\/a> when it played the West End Theatre during the 2024-25 season, it invites audiences into an East Nashville dive bar, with the action playing out all around us in Eric Tuckers\u2019s immersive production. It\u2019s an innovative experience that still relies on the classic building blocks of a good story and great songs.<\/p>\n

\"\"Billy Porter plays Albin in the Encores! production of La Cage aux Folles at New York City Center.
(\u00a9 Tricia Baron)<\/p>\n

3. La Cage aux Folles<\/a>
Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman certainly had those elements lined up when they wrote La Cage aux Folles<\/a>, which will play a concert production at New York City Center Encores! June 17-28. Wayne Brady plays Georges, the proprietor of a drag club in St. Tropez, and Billy Porter plays Albin, his longtime partner and the headliner of the club. They lead an all-Black cast that includes Tonya Pinkins and Sharon Washington in this staging from director Robert O\u2019Hara, who helmed Jelly\u2019s Last Jam for Encores! in 2024. One should never pass up an opportunity to hear a Jerry Herman score with a big fat orchestra.<\/p>\n

\"\"Colby Minifie and Alice Kremelberg star in Victoria Lynne Barclay\u2019s Camping, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, for Colt Coeur at HERE.
(\u00a9 Maria Baranova)<\/p>\n

4. Camping<\/a>
Colt Coeur has forged a reputation for giving new American dramas exceedingly well-acted premieres, and the company (led by the brilliant director Adrienne Campbell-Holt) has done just that with Victoria Lynne Barclay\u2019s Camping<\/a>. It\u2019s about Brit (Alice Kremelberg) and Ari (Colby Minifie), two best friends from southern Ohio. We see them age over the course of 25 years through a series of scenes set in the same tent\u2014a place of milestones, secrets, and forbidden desire. If you\u2019re looking for a rip-your-heart-out drama this Pride month, you can do no better.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jay Armstrong Johnson and Jimin Moon star in Heated Rivalry: An Unauthorized Musical Parody, written by Dylan MarcAurele and directed by Alan Kliffer, at the Culture Club.
(\u00a9 Matthew Murphy)<\/p>\n

5. Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody<\/a>
But if you\u2019re in the mood for a silly musical comedy on homosexual themes, you\u2019ll want to book a ticket to Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody<\/a>. It stars Jimin Moon and Jay Armstrong Johnson as hockey stars and secret lovers Shane and Ilya. Writer Dylan MarcAurele cleverly frames their romance in the Ambien gaze of the people who really made the HBO series a hit\u2014heterosexual wine moms, or as they\u2019re called in the show, \u201cSusans.\u201d The whole thing is stupid fun and a perfect night out with the girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OneDa appears in North Star at Irish Arts Center.(\u00a9 Hanjie Chow) 1. North StarI want to make sure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-269233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}