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The story follows Miriam and David, whose teenage son's sudden disappearance years earlier remains unsolved, as their blended family must figure out how to go on and relearn how to live through the ups and downs of ordinary days in their altered world. 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Written by Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland and directed by Tony Award nominee Maria Dizzia, it follows a woman known only as 'A' as she navigates doctors' appointments, legal hurdles and the harsh realities of starting over, finding unexpected kindness, connection and hope along the way. A New York Times Critics' Pick after a critically acclaimed premiere, it stars Lupita Nyong'o, Phillipa Soo, Edie Falco, Hari Nef and Susannah Flood alternating in the role of 'A', joined by Dael Orlandersmith, Sarah Steele and Greg Keller.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/pre-existing-condition-54201/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/150970ffd760b4f19d413b926c5bf428ac0fd455fc3ec6fbd7387f9b9d05d9f6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Boys in the Band", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Heights Players", "address": "Willow Place 26, 11201", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://our.show/theboyshp", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/queer"], "description": "The Boys In The Band is a play by Mart Crowley, directed by Kerry Wolf, staged by the Heights Players. 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Co-written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, conceived and directed by Kaufman, and presented by Tectonic Theatre Project, this 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist is based on a true story. It examines the banality of evil through images an archivist discovered at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which show the perpetrators of the Holocaust at play with their families rather than the horrors themselves.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/here-there-are-blueberries-54203/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8b588ee080ff8d256a1b28d577a05ad56bad8d62de22f25d1ca0ba354ab30e61-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Good Thief", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-12-13T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Irish Repertory Theatre", "address": "West 22nd Street 132, 10011 New York", "price": "$50.00 – $60.00", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": "60.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Good Thief is a one-man play presented by Irish Repertory Theatre. It takes the form of a confession: after a seemingly straightforward job spirals into betrayal and violence, a small-time Irish gangster is forced to face the consequences. In telling his sordid and riveting tales, he gets the chance to reflect on his past and long for a future beyond brutality. Written by Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson, the play stars three-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald and is directed by Justin Waldman, presented in association with Two River Theater.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-good-thief-53250/", "official_url": "https://irishrep.org/whats-on/the-good-thief", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5acdf3db8bc8a5ee10fd1bc217dd8805ba30a3abb5fed572e7a0ea4eef99c5e6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Boy Santos", "start": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Theater for the New City", "address": "1st Avenue 155, 10003", "price": "$20, Students & Seniors $15", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "A stage play titled Boy Santos, running at Theater for the New City. It was written by Juan Villegas and directed by Ian Gordon. The play follows Charlie Santos, an older Puerto Rican man who, walking home after a train malfunction, is reminded of his impoverished childhood in Spanish Harlem in 1962. Guided by a Narrator, he relives how he and his brother were abandoned by their heroin-addicted father, raised by their single mother, and sought to learn the cause of his infant brother's death.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/boy-santos-56372/", "official_url": "https://theaterforthenewcity.net/shows/boy-santos/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1ec7a85a4e461178a946224e2390f2c91d12d62f374e8472ea61040c62ea4bf9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Marshlight", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "The Tank", "address": "West 36th Street 312", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.thetanknyc.org/EventAvailability?EventId=168601", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "\"Marshlight\" is a play at The Tank, a venue presenting emerging artists in New York City. Marthe Rachel Gold wrote the play and Christina Roussos directs it, with a cast including Meghan Finn, Jacob Harran, Jane Ives, Jason Liebman, Dalton Maltz and Jorge Sánchez Díaz. It tells of art, love and psychosis in post-WWII Cape Cod, where years later a long-held secret threatens the life of a young musician in Vietnam-era New York. The play may be challenging for people with bipolar disease, and industry comps are available.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/marshlight-56942/", "official_url": "https://thetanknyc.org/calendar-1/marshlight", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0398133f934bea18e14e74aafdf92f04e99e4a14b624fa33b5f505e033f71b73-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Ask", "start": "2026-10-06T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Theater555", "address": "West 42nd Street 555, 10036 New York", "price": "USD 62", "price_from": "62.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/shows/theater555/the-ask/tickets/calendar", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama"], "description": "The Ask is a brand-new play in a strictly limited engagement at Theater 555. It was written by Matthew Freeman and directed by Jessi D. Hill, and stars Marilu Henner as Greta and Shannon Purser as Tanner. Greta, a longtime donor with strong progressive views, meets Tanner, a young ACLU fundraiser hoping to secure a significant gift from her. In her Upper West Side apartment, the fundraising pitch turns into a gripping clash between two generations, as shared beliefs give way to surprising disagreements.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-ask-54199/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/274b84fc6a597903f3009c509b97e3c077122ddd0158ca2ec0db28361a3cd81a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "How to Get to Heaven from the Crawfish Pond", "start": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Theater for the New City", "address": "1st Avenue 155, 10003", "price": "$25, Students & Seniors $15", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/dark-comedy"], "description": "A play titled \"How to Get to Heaven from the Crawfish Pond\", a darkly comic Louisiana love story about death, desire, family, faith and redemption, at the Community Space Theater. Written by Melanie Maria Goodreaux and directed by Goodreaux with Christopher Bello, it is the world premiere marking her 25th year of writing and directing plays. Crawfish farmer Earl Roussel has been dead for ten years when he wakes in a \"Purgatory\" that is his front yard, while his dying wife Ruth escapes at night to be with him and their estranged children and a pair of possibly fraudulent nuns circle the family. Run time is 2 hours, with tickets at $25, $15 for students and seniors, and pay-what-you-can Sundays.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-the-crawfish-pond-56370/", "official_url": "https://theaterforthenewcity.net/shows/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-the-crawfish-pond/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9c157777318b55263cc9a6800dabfac326b73d0fe419fd63daa14551a9c6a9e0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Staged Reading: THE BIRD IS DONE", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Theater for the New City", "address": "1st Avenue 155, 10003", "price": "Free, donations appreciated", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/comedy-drama"], "description": "A staged reading of the play THE BIRD IS DONE at Theater for the New City. The play is by Michael Fishman and directed by Jim Semmelman, presented by Executive Director Crystal Field. 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Written by Danny Robins and directed by Matthew Dunster and Gabriel Vega Weissman, it stars Anna Camp, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Finn Jones, and Martin Marquez. Jenny believes her new house is haunted, though her husband Sam and their friends doubt it. During a housewarming dinner party, a debate over whether the dead can walk among us leads them to stay up until 2:22 to find out.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/222-a-ghost-story-71924/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a23b7a1e733a88366e6c121e85c334701e5c21cede1f6e374993924e453b5b04-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Stranger Things: The First Shadow", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-29T22:00:00-04:00", "place": "Marquis Theatre", "address": "West 46th Street 210, 10036 New York", "price": "USD 69", "price_from": "69.00", "price_to": "69.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/play", "film/science-fiction"], "description": "A Broadway play that takes audiences on a pulse-racing adventure, hailed by critics as a jaw-dropping, must-see theatrical marvel. From Netflix and multi-award-winning Broadway producer Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry alongside Justin Martin. In 1959 Hawkins, Indiana, the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially teenage son Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. Everything changes when he meets Patty, a fellow outsider, and their budding romance gives Henry hope for the first time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/stranger-things-the-first-shadow-66825/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}