Program
The Shed produces and welcomes innovative art and ideas, across all forms of creativity, to build a shared understanding of our rapidly changing world and a more equitable society.
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Shed members get presale access and more benefits for our upcoming season of bold, playful, interdisciplinary programs.
Our 2024 – 25 season welcomes audiences to experience work by leading artists across formats who push creative boundaries and reimagine the possibilities of art-making. The programs spotlights the best of these artists’ creativity and artistic visions while fully activating The Shed’s uniquely flexible spaces, offering intimate and monumental encounters alike all season long.
The Breakdown Odyssey by Ms. Boogie
September 14
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In an exclusive engagement, Brooklyn-based rapper Ms. Boogie presents a two-show, one-night-only performance of her debut album, The Breakdown. Live in The Shed’s Griffin Theater, Ms. Boogie will perform the album in totality. Alongside Minneapolis-based producer M. Jamison, Ms. Boogie debuts never-before-heard remixes and fresh takes for a full sonic experience of this transformative album that addresses the exclusion of Black trans women in hip hop culture and the world.
King Lear
October 26 – December 15
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Kenneth Branagh plays the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, set in the barbarous landscape of Ancient Britain. Featuring a cast of rising stars from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and co-directed by Rob Ashford, Branagh, and Lucy Skilbeck, this production releases the play’s power and turmoil in a fast-paced staging.
In playing Lear, Branagh completes a trifecta of great Shakespearean tragic roles, complementing past appearances as Hamlet in his Academy Award–nominated film version of the play (1996) and on stage as Macbeth in a celebrated immersive production (2014). This strictly limited, exclusive US engagement of King Lear runs for 50 performances only.
Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy
Opens November 20
Member presale begins September 16; Tickets on sale to general public September 19
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Continuing a Shed tradition of monumental works installed in our soaring McCourt space, Luna Luna brings a spectacular showcase of the world’s first art amusement park to The Shed. The brainchild of artist André Heller, Luna Luna first opened its fairground in 1987 in Hamburg, Germany. And then, by a twist of fate, the park’s treasures were forgotten in storage in Texas for 36 years. With a blockbuster showing in Los Angeles in December 2023, Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy resurrected these artworks, to audiences’ delight.
Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy invites visitors into a colorful, riotous fun house of carnival rides and attractions by visionary artists of the 20th century including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Arik Brauer, Salvador Dalí, Sonia Delaunay, Monika GilSing, Keith Haring, André Heller, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, and Kenny Scharf. The multidisciplinary, multisensory experience will also feature special concerts and activations with performing artists to be announced.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates and Unrealized Projects for New York City
February 12 – March 23
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates and Unrealized Projects for New York City commemorates the 20th anniversary of the landmark installation that transformed Central Park, drew over 4 million visitors, and inspired countless conversations about the power of public art. The exhibition will also showcase large-scale projects never realized by the artists in the city they called home. Together, all the works being presented, including drawings, collages, scale models, artifacts, and interactive media celebrate the artists’ enduring legacy.
The Brothers Size
February 18 – March 16
Ticket on-sale dates to be announced
The Shed presents a powerful new staging of Academy Award–winning writer of Moonlight Tarell Alvin McCraney’s acclaimed play, The Brothers Size. This co-production with Los Angeles’s Geffen Playhouse marks the 20th anniversary of this groundbreaking work, which explores themes of brotherhood, resilience, and the complexities of the Black male experience. Directed by Bijan Sheibani and presented in the round in The Griffin Theater, this play invites audiences to witness the raw and intimate story of two brothers navigating life after incarceration, weaving into the storytelling the rich tradition of the Yoruba people of West Africa.
The Brothers Size is a modern-day fable about two brothers in the Deep South. Ogun, the elder brother, embodies hard work and reliability, while Oshoosi, formerly incarcerated, is seemingly carefree and unpredictable. Their relationship is tested when the charismatic Elegba arrives, tempting Oshoosi back to his old habits. As the brothers wrestle with loyalty, freedom, and duty, their humanity is revealed through a raw and heartfelt exploration of the bonds of brotherhood.
