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¡VAYA! Dance Night at the Palladium
Free at the Atrium: April 21
Ariana DeBose: Authenticity
April 8 at David Geffen Hall
Cabaret at the Café Society
April 5–7 at The Appel Room
A Little Touch of Rateliff
April 1 at David Geffen Hall
The Paradise Garage
Free at the Atrium: April 14
The Spirit of the Savoy Ballroom
Free at the Atrium: April 20
April 1–21, 2023 | Tickets now on sale
Upcoming events
April 05 at 8:30pm
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Cabaret at the Café Society
With the Matt Ray Trio and featuring Rizo and Ikechukwu Ufomadu
April 05 at 8:30pm
The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
MUSIC
COMEDY
April 06 at 8:30pm
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Cabaret at the Café Society
With the Matt Ray Trio and featuring Mykal Kilgore and Aminah Imani
April 06 at 8:30pm
The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
MUSIC
COMEDY
April 07 at 8:30pm
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Cabaret at the Café Society
With the Matt Ray Trio and featuring Raye Zaragoza and Jordan Carlos
April 07 at 8:30pm
The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
MUSIC
COMEDY
April 08 at 7:30pm
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Ariana DeBose: Authenticity
April 08 at 7:30pm
David Geffen Hall
MUSIC
Here is a place you belong
Experience the Songbook from today's leading voices
Your new David Geffen Hall sets the stage for this year's headlining concerts. On April 1, Nathaniel Rateliff sings the American Songbook and the songs of Harry Nilsson, breathing new life into contemporary folk rock—welcoming soul, country, gospel, and Broadway. Soon after, on April 8, Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) premieres Authenticity, a new Broadway and pop musical revue packed with mashups, medleys, and candid storytelling.
NYC's revolutionary cabaret, Café Society, comes back to life
Join us on April 5–7 for three evenings of music and comedy conceived by multiple Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe. Each night, audiences in the stunning Appel Room will be taken back in time to Café Society—one of the first integrated nightclubs in the country and birth place of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit”—for a unique cabaret starring: the Matt Ray Trio, Rizo and Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Mykal Kilgore and Aminah Imani, and Raye Zaragoza and Jordan Carlos.
The spirit of legendary dance clubs and ballrooms awakens
Also conceived by George C. Wolfe, this April, the David Rubenstein Atrium is transformed into the hottest, most influential dance clubs and ballrooms that New York City ever encountered. Be transported to a 1970s disco at the famed gay underground scene of Paradise Garage; swing up to Harlem's Savoy Ballroom for a hot jazz big band; and dance the mambo with Tito Rodríguez, Jr., playing Palladium Ballroom-era classics with a contemporary twist. All at the Atrium. All for FREE!We've sent an email to the address you provided. To complete your subscription, please click the link in the email.
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Thanks to Our Supporters
Lead Support for American Songbook is made possible by Holland America Line, celebrating their 150th Anniversary
Additional support is provided by The Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation
Major support for Lincoln Center Presents is provided by the Mellon Foundation and the Shubert Foundation
Additional support is provided by Barbara H. Block
Additional support is provided by the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
Corporate Support is provided by PGIM
Lincoln Center’s artistic excellence is made possible by the dedication and generosity of our board members
Operation of Lincoln Center’s public plazas is supported in part with public funds provided by the City of New York
Programs are made possible, in part, with public funds provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Empire State Development, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor, Mayor of the City of New York, the New York State Legislature and the New York City Council
NewYork-Presbyterian is the Official Hospital of Lincoln Center
United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center
Steinway is Lincoln Center’s Preferred Piano Partner
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Wednesday April 05, 2023
In-person
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Cabaret at the Café Society
With the Matt Ray Trio and featuring Rizo and Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Wednesday, April 5, 8:30pm
The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
From 1938 to 1948, the hottest spot for hip intellectuals to see and be seen was downtown New York's Café Society, one of the first racially integrated nightclub in Nort…
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COMEDY
Thursday April 06, 2023
In-person
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Cabaret at the Café Society
With the Matt Ray Trio and featuring Mykal Kilgore and Aminah Imani
Thursday, April 6, 8:30pm
The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
From 1938 to 1948, the hottest spot for hip intellectuals to see and be seen was downtown New York's Café Society, one of the first racially integrated nightclub in Nort…
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COMEDY
Friday April 07, 2023
In-person
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Cabaret at the Café Society
With the Matt Ray Trio and featuring Raye Zaragoza and Jordan Carlos
Friday, April 7, 8:30pm
The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
From 1938 to 1948, the hottest spot for hip intellectuals to see and be seen was downtown New York's Café Society, one of the first racially integrated nightclub in Nort…
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COMEDY
Saturday April 08, 2023
In-person
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Ariana DeBose: Authenticity
Saturday, April 8, 7:30pm
David Geffen Hall
Triple-threat actor, singer and dancer Ariana DeBose is a Tony Award nominee for her lead performance in the Broadway hit Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and a recent Os…
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Friday April 14, 2023
In-person
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
A Tribute to the Paradise Garage: As Reimagined by C'mon Everybody
Featuring The Dragon Sisters, DJ Samuella, and The Illustrious Blacks
Friday, April 14, 7:30pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
From 1977 to 1987, the SoHo nightclub Paradise Garage was the center of the underground dance world and a key nexus point of New York gay history, notorious for its all-night, expe…
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SOCIAL DANCE
Thursday April 20, 2023
In-person
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
The Spirit of the Savoy Ballroom
Featuring Charles Turner & Uptown Swing, The Eyal Vilner Swing Band, and dancers from SW!NG OUT
Thursday, April 20, 7:30pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom was one of America’s best known and most historically important dance venues, regularly hosting performances by Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, and…
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SOCIAL DANCE
Friday April 21, 2023
In-person
Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
¡VAYA! Dance Night at the Palladium
Featuring Tito Rodríguez, Jr.
Friday, April 21, 7:30pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
Few North American clubs have so drastically raised the profile of Latin music and dance as the Palladium Ballroom, the Midtown dance venue that served as ground zero for the mambo…
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¡VAYA!
SOCIAL DANCE
American Songbook: A Place You Belong
April 1–21, 2023
New York City has never been only one place. It is five boroughs, hundreds of neighborhoods, and thousands of distinctive communities with their own unique culture centers. It is in these dance clubs and music halls where we have always met to learn the truest things about each other, where we sing, laugh, and dream the future into life together. For American Songbook: A Place You Belong, with the guidance of the writer, filmmaker, producer, and multiple Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe, four of NYC's influential but long-lost performance spaces and dance clubs will be resurrected on the Lincoln Center campus. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn back the clock and experience the thrill of a visit to Midtown's Latin jazz mecca, the Palladium Ballroom; SoHo's pioneering disco, Paradise Garage; Harlem's home of the Lindy Hop, the Savoy Ballroom; and the West Village's historically significant cabaret, Café Society, with shows spotlighting modern performers honoring the traditions of these iconic venues.
Thanks to Our Supporters
Lead Support for American Songbook is made possible by Holland America Line, celebrating their 150th Anniversary
Additional support is provided by The Rita J. & Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation
Major support for Lincoln Center Presents is provided by the Mellon Foundation and the Shubert Foundation
Additional support is provided by Barbara H. Block
Additional support is provided by the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund
Corporate Support is provided by PGIM
Lincoln Center’s artistic excellence is made possible by the dedication and generosity of our board members
Operation of Lincoln Center’s public plazas is supported in part with public funds provided by the City of New York
Programs are made possible, in part, with public funds provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Empire State Development, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor, Mayor of the City of New York, the New York State Legislature and the New York City Council
NewYork-Presbyterian is the Official Hospital of Lincoln Center
United Airlines is the Official Airline of Lincoln Center
Steinway is Lincoln Center’s Preferred Piano Partner
Plan Your Visit
Contact us
For tickets and box office information, please contact CenterCharge at 212-721-6500 on Monday–Saturday 10:00 am–8:00 pm and Sunday noon–6:00 pm.
For general inquiries about this year's American Songbook, contact Guest Experience at 212-875-5456 or [email protected].
Learn more about the venues
David Geffen Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023 / View map
Welcome to your new David Geffen Hall, the new cultural home for New York. The Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall is designed with optimized sightlines in mind, resulting in a more unified and intimate relationship between audience and performer. Learn more »
American Songbook events at David Geffen Hall: A Little Touch of Rateliff and Ariana DeBose: Authenticity
David Rubenstein Atrium
61 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023 / View map
The David Rubenstein Atrium is where arts and democracy converge—committed to the values of radical welcoming, artistic innovation, open exchange of ideas, audience and artist intimacy, and community partnership. Learn more »
American Songbook events at the Atrium: A Tribute to the Paradise Garage: As Reimagined by C'mon Everybody, The Spirit of the Savoy Ballroom, and ¡VAYA! Dance Night at the Palladium
The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center
10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019 / View map
Based on the design of a Greek amphitheater, The Appel Room has one of New York City’s most dramatic and breathtaking backdrops: a 50’ by 83’ wall of glass overlooking Central Park, Columbus Circle, and the Manhattan skyline. Learn more »
American Songbook events at The Appel Room: Cabaret at the Café Society on April 5, April 6, and April 7
Parking
To reserve parking near David Geffen Hall or the David Rubenstein Atrium, call 212-721-6500 or visit the Parking Reservations website. For parking near The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, call 212-490-3460.
Accessibility
Lincoln Center’s approach to accessibility mirrors our commitment to transform performing arts spaces to be more inclusive of our audiences’ identities and access needs by design, not as an afterthought or add-on.
Learn more about the accommodations at this year's venues:
David Geffen Hall
David Rubenstein Atrium
The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Health & Safety
Face masks are encouraged, but not required for Lincoln Center’s American Songbook events. If you have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days, a high quality, well-fitting face covering is required at all times. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is not required; however, we encourage everyone to complete their primary vaccination series and get boosted if eligible before attending.
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