Night Side Songs tickets

Experience this singular musical about communal care. Written by The Lazours, two musical theatre-composing brothers and the Drama Desk-nominated artists behind We Live in Cairo, the new musical Night Side Songs plays at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater for a limited run this winter after last season's acclaimed staging at Under the Radar.

Inspired by Susan Sontag’s insight that “illness is the night side of life,” this transformative new musical brings audiences together to explore how song heals us and empowers our spirits. With a riveting folk score by the acclaimed Jonathan Larson Grants Award-winning duo The Lazours and visionary direction by Taibi Magar, Night Side Songs off Broadway amplifies the voices of those who navigate the complexities of health — patients, caregivers, and medical professionals alike.

"If the purpose of art is to comment on the human experience, it would be difficult to find a more human statement than Night Side Songs," The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote. The musical has performed in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, acting as a deeply communal piece of theatre that has also travelled around to hospitals and community centers to reflect healthcare workers' stories back to them. Now at Lincoln Center, it acts as an intimate and theatrical experience that invites audiences to experience a story by singing along with actors during it.

The show offers love, music, and humor as medicine without discrediting the harsh realities of the American healthcare system and all who pass through it. Elegiac, gorgeous, and utterly one of a kind, this musical is a transcendent piece of contemporary theatre.

Get ready to sing, be moved, and show up for others.