Center for the Performing Arts

Empire State Plaza • Albany, New York

Events

The Egg’s FREE OPEN House returns for a full-building Halloween bash. Bring the whole family for arcade games, spooky movies (The Addams Family, Hocus Pocus, Donnie Darko, The Lodger), a candy scavenger hunt, a kids costume contest, community partner pop-ups, and more. Plus, Syd Silvair + M. Silvair of Planetarium Party will cast their mystical […]

Experience Ridley Scott’s multi-Academy Award®-nominated cult classic, Blade Runner (2007 Final Cut), on a vast HD screen while Vangelis’ synthesiser-led score is performed LIVE by The Avex Ensemble for the first time in-sync with the 1982 motion picture.  In this stylish noir thriller, detective Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) must continue as Replicant Hunter  following the […]

Screening followed by a Q&A with all three actors, moderated by Daysia Leneé Hiller of Youth FX The Blair Witch Project is a found-footage horror film about three student filmmakers who disappear while documenting a local legend in the Maryland woods, with the story presented through their recovered footage. The 1999 film became a cultural […]

Award-winning performer Carisa Hendrix stars as charming socialite and cocktail enthusiast Lucy Darling as she continues her vivacious vagabond voyages with As You Wish, a new touring solo show featuring her razor-sharp wit, unquestionable advice, and inconceivable magic. Lucy is bringing her signature charm and mischief from screen to stage. As You Wish is the […]

Justin Furstenfeld is certainly never one to mince words. Whether on or offstage, the Blue October singer-songwriter tells it like it is. It’s no surprise then that on a recent afternoon, Furstenfeld is nothing less than blunt in his assessment of his iconic band’s breakthrough album. “It’s fucking beauty! It’s gorgeous! It’s timeless!” the singer […]