# Event Details - **Event Name**: Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Musical theater writers and performers present a festival of new 20-minute musicals in an all-day event.About this EventSince 2014, the Library for the Performing Arts’ summer musical theater writing program, Across a Crowded Room, has brought together lyricists, composers, bookwriters, and performers to form new collaborations and write 20-minute musicals with advice from experts in the industry. At the end of each program, the artists present their new musical theater works to the public.  Join us for this special first performance of these works!A detailed schedule of the day will be posted closer to the program date. Photo Credit: Liza Minnelli, John Kander, Fred Ebb rehearsing Flora the Red Menace, photo by Friedman-Abeles. SEATING POLICY | Programs are free and open to all, but registration is requested. Check-in line forms 45 minutes before the advertised start time. Registered guests are given priority check-in 15 to 30 minutes before start time. Five minutes before the advertised start time, all seats are released, regardless of registration, to our patrons in the stand-by line. If you arrive after the program starts, you will be seated at the discretion of our front-of-house staff.STANDBY LINE | If registration is sold out or has ended, do not fret! We welcome you to come to the Library regardless of registration status and wait in our standby line, which forms 45 minutes before the advertised start time. Five minutes before the program starts, all remaining seats are released. While this is not guaranteed, we will do our best to get you into any of our programs.ASSISTIVE LISTENING AND ASL | ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.BRUNO WALTER POLICY | Please note that any unoccupied seat will be released five minutes before the show begins and holding seats for anyone beyond that is prohibited. There is no food or drink allowed inside the venue.AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING | Programs may be photographed and recorded by and at the discretion of the Library for the Performing Arts and will post signs indicating as such. If you would prefer your image not be captured, please let us know and we can seat you accordingly. Attending any program indicates your consent to being filmed/photographed and your consent to the use of your recorded image for any and all purposes of the New York Public Library.PRESS | Please send all press inquiries to Alex Teplitzky at alexteplitzky@nypl.org. Please note that all recording, including professional video recordings, are prohibited without expressed consent from the Library. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/across-a-crowded-room-final-presentations/100001978918361089 - **Event Categories**: Art, Entertainment, performances, Theatre, Festivals, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium - **lat**: 40.773503 - **long**: -73.9846185 - **full address**: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium, Enter via 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/80011bdb5a5202adab904e035064e95e3ce2e4f10c52e082a845e748a2939ec6-rimg-w760-h620-dc151514-gmir.jpg?v=1776241320 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations being held? - **A:** Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations takes place on Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium, Enter via 111 Amsterdam Ave. between West 64th and 65th Street, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations? - **A:** Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations is organized by New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Across a Crowded Room Final Presentations is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in New York, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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