The performing arts center at Borough of Manhattan Community College hosts family-friendly theater, music and dance, such as children's music acts and kids' dance recitals. It is a downtown option for weekend kids' performances at moderate prices.
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Family shows scattered through the season; check calendar
Ticketed; prices vary by show
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Ages 2–12.
Ticketed; prices vary by show
Family shows scattered through the season; check calendar
199 Chambers Street, 10007, in Tribeca, Manhattan.
Yes. Tribeca Performing Arts Center Family Shows is indoors, so it works on rainy or cold days.
Tickets are handled by Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC: tribecapac.org.
A 75-seat Tribeca theater presenting playful takes on classic fairy tales like Snow White, The Princess and the Pea and Cinderella, written by German playwright Johannes Galli. Actors invite children on stage to help the characters, sing and dance, and the theater also offers kids' acting classes and workshops.
A kids' musical theater studio where each class rehearses a themed show all year, from Fairytales for preschoolers to High School Musical for older kids, ending in a June performance. The Tribeca studio also offers improv and practical theater skills classes for ages 8 and up.
An outdoor flying trapeze rig on the Hudson River where kids 6 and up can climb the board, swing and try a catch with instructors on safety lines. It's a thrilling single-class circus experience with city skyline views.
The Stella Adler Studio's youth program uses 'organized play' to introduce preteens to the Adler acting technique through scene study, improv and technique classes. Classes meet on Saturdays in fall, winter and spring sessions at the studio's Financial District home.
One-week and longer summer camps where kids (10-13) and teens (14-17) learn on-camera acting, working on scenes that get filmed and screened. NYFA also runs 12-weekend youth workshops during the school year.
A pre-professional training program for kids and teens 8-18 in voice, drama and dance that performs on an Off-Broadway stage at the Players Theatre. The Camp Imagine summer intensive pairs morning classes in singing, acting, dance and audition technique with afternoon rehearsals for mainstage shows.