2025-26 Mainstage Presentations

Through their vision, artists carry us forward, illuminating new futures.

This season, Lincoln Center Presents offers Choose-What-You-Pay mainstage presentations across contemporary and classical music, dance, theater, family programming, and multidisciplinary artforms. You're invited to experience the transformative power of the arts, alongside artists who propel us forward to future possibilities and limitless potentials.

Upcoming Events

A Murray Little Christmas: 25th Anniversary

Lincoln Center Presents

December 19 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Have yourself A Murray Little Christmas with Murray Hill and his fabulous friends as they celebrate 25 years of this beloved winter variety show!

AGES 16+
COMEDY
VARIETY SHOW

A Murray Little Christmas: 25th Anniversary

Lincoln Center Presents

December 20 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Have yourself A Murray Little Christmas with Murray Hill and his fabulous friends as they celebrate 25 years of this beloved winter variety show!

AGES 16+
COMEDY
VARIETY SHOW

globalFEST

Lincoln Center Presents

January 11 at 7:00 pm

location pin logoDavid Geffen Hall

This festival of international talent from the cultural catalysts at globalFEST takes audiences across the globe for a symphony of musical discovery.
ALL AGES
MUSIC

Pastoral

Pam Tanowitz, Sarah Crowner, Caroline Shaw

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with Fisher Center at Bard

January 11 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoRose Theater

This dazzling dance performance is a palimpsest of artistic layers, with Beethoven’s evocation of the natural world as a guiding spirit.
AGES 2+
DANCE
MUSIC

Pastoral

Pam Tanowitz, Sarah Crowner, Caroline Shaw

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with Fisher Center at Bard

January 12 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoRose Theater

This dazzling dance performance is a palimpsest of artistic layers, with Beethoven’s evocation of the natural world as a guiding spirit.
AGES 2+
DANCE
MUSIC

Pastoral

Pam Tanowitz, Sarah Crowner, Caroline Shaw

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with Fisher Center at Bard

January 13 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoRose Theater

This dazzling dance performance is a palimpsest of artistic layers, with Beethoven’s evocation of the natural world as a guiding spirit.
AGES 2+
DANCE
MUSIC

Philip Glass Ensemble: Songs from Liquid Days

Lincoln Center Presents
In collaboration with New Latin Wave

January 25 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoWu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Songs from Liquid Days, Glass’s groundbreaking 1986 album that redefined the boundaries of classical and pop music.

AGES 8+
MUSIC

Contested Sites of Memory

A Performance With Artist Carrie Mae Weems

Lincoln Center Presents

January 29 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Interdisciplinary artist Carrie Mae Weems presents the debut of a complex, collaborative performance art production at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
AGES 2+
MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Contested Sites of Memory

A Performance With Artist Carrie Mae Weems

Lincoln Center Presents

January 30 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Interdisciplinary artist Carrie Mae Weems presents the debut of a complex, collaborative performance art production at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
AGES 2+
MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook

ELLA & THE DUKE

Created by Sandra St. Victor & Mark Batson

March 18 at 8:00 pm

location pin logoThe Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Two of America's great modern storytellers examine the legacy of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington for a one-of-a-kind theatrical concert.

AGES 2+
MUSIC
JAZZ
CABARET

Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook

Ruthie Ann Miles: Perfectly Imperfect

March 19 at 8:00 pm

location pin logoThe Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Tony Award-winning star of The King and I and Here Lies Love shares intimate stories of motherhood at her debut solo concert.

AGES 2+
MUSIC
CABARET

Lincoln Center Visionary Artist: Jeanine Tesori

Jeanine Tesori's Violet

In American Sign Language by Deaf Broadway

Lincoln Center Presents

March 20 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Experience Violet, a musical about repairing the scars that lie deeper than skin, with a full Deaf Broadway cast performing through ASL.
AGES 2+
MUSICAL THEATER
ASL-LED

Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook

Dez Duron: All My Tomorrows

March 20 at 8:00 pm

location pin logoThe Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center

The breakout star of Broadway's Maybe Happy Ending dissects the legacy of the American crooner in this Lincoln Center debut concert.

AGES 12+
MUSIC
JAZZ
CABARET

Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook

Ingrid Michaelson: The Time and Space Between Us

April 03 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoWu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall

Platinum-certified artist Ingrid Michaelson turns her lyrical gaze inward in a new concert that explores the ties that bind us across time and space.
AGES 2+
MUSIC
POP

Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook

REVIVAL: The Gospel According to Donald Lawrence

April 04 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoWu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall

GRAMMY-winning composer Donald Lawrence reimagines the art form in a sweeping concert of American masterworks celebrating great gospel composers.
AGES 2+
MUSIC
GOSPEL

Lincoln Center Presents
American Songbook
Lincoln Center Visionary Artist: Jeanine Tesori

for colored girls

April 06 at 8:00 pm

location pin logoThe Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center

In an explosive performance, Natalie Brown sets Ntozake Shange's momentous choreopoem for colored girls to music on the occasion of the work's 50th anniversary.

Ages 13+
MUSIC
SPOKEN WORD

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Patterns

AXIS Dance Company

Lincoln Center Presents

April 17 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

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 AGES
Relaxed
Performance
DANCE

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Patterns

AXIS Dance Company

Lincoln Center Presents

April 18 at 2:00 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

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 AGES
Relaxed
Performance
DANCE

Big Umbrella Festival
Kids, Teens, and Families

Patterns

AXIS Dance Company

Lincoln Center Presents

April 18 at 7:30 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

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 AGES
Relaxed
Performance
DANCE

Kids, Teens, and Families

Minty Fresh Circus

Lincoln Center Presents

May 15 at 7:00 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Experience Minty Fresh Circus, a US-based circus show celebrating the healing power of Black music and movement.
AGES 5+
CIRCUS

Kids, Teens, and Families

Minty Fresh Circus

Lincoln Center Presents

May 16 at 2:00 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Experience Minty Fresh Circus, a US-based circus show celebrating the healing power of Black music and movement.
AGES 5+
CIRCUS

Kids, Teens, and Families

Minty Fresh Circus

Lincoln Center Presents

May 16 at 7:00 pm

location pin logoAlice Tully Hall

Experience Minty Fresh Circus, a US-based circus show celebrating the healing power of Black music and movement.
AGES 5+
CIRCUS