Tony Danza and his four-piece band mark their triumphant return to QPAC, with their hit live show, Standards & Stories. Combining timeless music with wit, charm, storytelling, and a dash of soft shoe and ukulele performances, Danza performs a selection of his favorite standards from the Great American Songbook while interweaving stories about his life and personal connection to the music.

Danza has been one of the world’s most beloved and iconic entertainers for over 40 years and he has done it all!  Perhaps best known for his starring roles on two of television’s most cherished and long-running series, Taxi and Who’s The Boss, Tony also received an Emmy nomination for his work on The Practice. He can be seen in the hit films, Angels In The Outfield, She’s Out of Control, Hollywood Knights, and Don Jon. Well established as a song and dance man, Tony has also starred on Broadway in The Producers, A View from the Bridge, and most recently received rave reviews for his performance in the Broadway musical comedy, Honeymoon In Vegas.

Queensborough Performing Arts Center is thrilled to have this extraordinary performer back where he belongs – centerstage and in front of a wonderful New York audience! Join us for Tony Danza - Standards & Stories, the hit live show that has entertained audiences around the country with The New York Times raving “Tony’s a live wire who tap-dances, plays the ukulele, tells stories and radiates irresistible charm… He exudes the kind of charisma that can’t be taught!”

Something Special - known for its ‘Basie style’ - is considered to be one of the finest swing and jazz bands around! The band has been featured at many of the major music and jazz festivals throughout the New York metropolitan area and has accompanied Count Basie band leader, Frank Foster, jazz trumpeter, Clark Terry, and internationally famous bassist Percy Heath in live concert appearances.

The band, which has six recordings to date, features a lineup of stellar professional musicians - five saxophones, four trombones, four trumpets, and a full rhythm section! Something Special bandmembers have performed with great swing bands including Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, and Count Basie. The band plays a variety of big band music, from nostalgia to contemporary swing and, in addition to its accomplished instrumentalists, features two talented blues singers.

Join us at QPAC for some Sunday Swing!

A holiday classic soars off the screen as QPAC presents The Sunrise Theater Company’s musical adaptation of this beloved television special. Filled with holiday hits like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas," Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ features all of your favorite characters, including Santa and Mrs. Claus, Hermey the Elf, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, Clarice, Yukon Cornelius and, of course, Rudolph. It’s an adventure that teaches us that what makes you different can be what makes you special.  Because of his shiny nose, Rudolph doesn't feel like he belongs in Christmastown and sets off to find a place that accepts him. Along his journey, he encounters fellow misfits, only to realize that home is where he has belonged the whole time. When a storm threatens to keep Santa's sleigh from taking flight, what makes Rudolph different turns out to be what helps him save Christmas! 

A Saturday morning QPAC holiday treat for the entire family!

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA EXPERIENCE is a multimedia concert celebration of the music of Jeff Lynne's ELO, one of the most original and successful acts in pop music history! 

Featuring EVIL WOMAN, a 12-piece band complete with violins, viola and cello, co-existing with electric guitars, Classic Rock intersects with Pop... just as Jeff Lynne intended. The band’s attention to detail on vocal harmonies and string arrangements, performed by their live string section, is astonishingly similar to all of ELO’s original recordings.  

This concert event is visually stunning as well, as the unique video content for each song brings the fusion of Beatlesque-Pop and Classical music to life!

Rock out at QPAC to chart-topping hits like Mr. Blue Sky, Telephone Line, Don’t Bring Me Down, Livin’ Thing, Evil Woman, Roll Over Beethoven and more!

The Seven Wonders are seven world-class musicians paying homage to the music of FLEETWOOD MAC, one of the most popular and best-selling groups in music history and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Since their inception in 2017, The Seven Wonders have garnered national attention with their high-energy performances and authentic recreations of timeless, classic Fleetwood Mac hits like Dreams, Go Your Own Way, Rhiannon, Edge of Seventeen, Landslide, Gypsy, and more.

QPAC celebrates one of the world’s best-loved bands as The Seven Wonders reconnect fans with the music they love!

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical (Theatre for Young Audiences) is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Sunrise Theater Company and Tony-winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once on This Island, Ragtime) have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.  The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge – not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphantly.

Join us as QPAC delivers a magical, musical Saturday morning for the whole family to enjoy!

512: The Selena Experience is North America’s #1 Internationally Touring Selena Tribute Show, with sold-out shows at theaters, casinos and festivals across the country – including performances for the Chicago Bulls and the United States Marine Corps, in Okinawa, Japan. The current “Still Dreaming of You” tour is bringing the magic of Selena to old and new fans worldwide!

The performance begins and the audience is transported back to 1995, as the musicians of 512 recreate a live Selena concert, performing all of Selena’s hits including Como La Flor, Amor Prohibido, Si Una Vez, Bidi Bidi Bom Bom and more!

QPAC celebrates a superstar - Get ready to sing, dance, and relive Selena!

Ann Hampton Callaway is one of America’s most gifted artists in pop and jazz. A leading champion of the great American Songbook, she’s made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. In her new show, The Best of Ann Hampton Callaway, the multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter dazzles us with highlights from her hit shows The Streisand Songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the ‘70s, The Linda Ronstadt Songbook, To Ella with Love, From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project and Finding Beauty: Inspired Classics and Originals.

Voted by Broadwayworld.com as “Celebrity of the Year” and two years in a row as “Best Jazz Vocalist,” Ann is a born entertainer. She is best known for Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical Swing! and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series The Nanny. Her new record Finding Beauty, Originals Volume 1, was recently released via Shanachie Entertainment and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Jazz Chart.

QPAC is honored to finally present Ann, live-and-in-person! She graciously joined us in 2021, on an installment of our pandemic-era “QPAC Live” online broadcasts  - and she even wrote a song all about QPAC!

Join us for a Jazzy QPAC Sunday with Ann Hampton Callaway!