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Emmy Raver-Lampman is mourning the end of the hit superhero series , which was recently renewed for a fourth and final season on Netflix. “It is bittersweet,” the actress tells ET. On the series, Raver-Lampman portrays one of the Hargreeves siblings named Allison, who became known as the Rumor for her abilities to control minds by whispering the phrase, “I heard a rumor.” “I’m already not looking forward to the last day on set.

For the Roots rapper Black Thought, the pastoral pleasure of playing SummerStage in Central Park is a no-brainer. “It’s classic New York — or old New York, as people sort of refer to it — in its energy and the vibe,” the 50-year-old frontman told The Post about the Rumsey Playfield concert series that the Roots will headline on Friday night as part of their Hip-Hop Is the Love of My Life Tour (with openers Jungle Brothers and Digable Planets).“Every time I’ve played SummerStage — even as a young person earlier in my career — it’s always felt just phenomenal,” he said.

Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Rauw Alejandro will swing into NYC to headline at the annual Global Citizen Festival, which aims to entertain and end extreme poverty.“X-Men” star Hugh Jackman has been tapped to host the festivities. Jane Goodall and Coldplay frontman/Global Citizen Festival curator Chris Martin are slated to appear as well.“For over a decade, Global Citizen has driven life-saving impact for nearly 1.3 billion people around the world, and we’ll gather once again on September 28 to help end extreme poverty, defend the planet, and demand equity,” Jackman said in a statement.The fest, which is scheduled to take place at Central Park’s iconic Great Lawn, has stated that additional headliners will be announced in the coming weeks.If you want to attend, tickets for the one-day extravaganza are available as soon as today.At the time of publication, Global VIP tickets start at $146 before fees on Vivid Seats.Premium VIP tickets can be found for $181 before fees.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on tickets for the 2024 Global Citizen Festival can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Andra Day was rising all the way up as a Grammy-nominated chanteuse — for her 2015 debut album, “Cheers to the Fall” — who sang like the spiritual goddaughter of Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu.Then in 2021, the 39-year-old singer — born Cassandra Monique Batie — flipped the script to become the Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated star of “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” the Lee Daniels-directed biopic about the same Lady Day who inspired her stage name.Now, nine years and three movies later — she also shot the indie drama “Exhibiting Forgiveness” and the upcoming supernatural thriller “The Deliverance” — Day is back to bringing her own jazzy, sultry vibes with her long-awaited second studio album, “Cassandra (cherith).”And she will continue to get her own gardenia groove back in the most pastoral of New York settings — Central Park — when she headlines the season kickoff of the SummerStage series with a free concert on Saturday.Still, she hasn’t completely kicked the Holiday habit.“There are some parts for sure that I could still shake and then some parts I’m realizing, well, I’m just growing, you know what I mean?” Day told The Post.

On the Road AgainThe New York institution Shakespeare in the Park is taking a break this year while the famous Delacorte Theater in Central Park undergoes renovations. But the Public Theater, which produces it, will still tour a bilingual, 90-minute musical version of the Bard’s “Comedy of Errors” to locations around the city as part of its Mobile Unit program.

Niki was just 15, she won a contest and was given the opportunity to open for Taylor Swift’s ‘Red Tour’ in Jakarta.A decade later, the Indonesian pop star is headlining a tour of her own.Starting in September, the “lowkey” singer will hit arenas, auditoriums, theaters, ballrooms, music halls and event centers all over the U.S. and Canada as part of her forthcoming ‘Buzz Tour’ in support of her third studio album with the same name, due out Aug.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music City Parks Foundation has announced the 2024 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s iconic outdoor performing arts festival, bringing 85 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 13 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. Andra Day, Ethel Cain, Ghostface Killa and Kim Gordon are just four of the artists slated to perform.

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Lt. Robert Walsh, a bagpiper and FDNY paramedic, typically plays funerals and memorials, but those who enjoy the sound of the woodwind instrument can also catch him in a more convivial setting. He regularly practices in Central Park along the west side of the 102nd Street Transverse, where he draws in droves of fans.

Sam Waterston’s Manhattan DA Jack McCoy tried his final case on Thursday night’s “Law & Order” before resigning — but he went out with a flourish and with his storied integrity unbroken.Waterston, 83, announced earlier this month that he was leaving “Law & Order” after over 400 episodes since joining the granddaddy NBC series in 1994. He’ll be replaced by Tony Goldwyn, 63, who will play DA Nicholas Baxter.Waterston took center stage on his swan song episode, entitled “Last Dance,” as Jack McCoy tried the headline-grabbing case of a tech billionaire, Scott Kelton (Rob Benedict), accused of killing a woman named Veronica Knight in Central Park who he allegedly assaulted at a company retreat six years earlier.Kelton was arrested by Detectives Shaw and Reily (Mehcad Brooks, Reid Scott) and taken into custody, where the case fell to ADA Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy).

Global Citizen Festival that the beloved greenspace had to close for the season earlier than anticipated so months-long repairs could get underway.The immediate closure prompted New York City Councilwoman Gale Brewer to call for the annual festival’s relocation after heavy rain, foot traffic and machinery used for staging “destroyed one-third” of the park’s 55-acre Great Lawn.The Central Park Conservancy determined that the damage required the “immediate closure of the lawn” so the grass could be re-seeded, she wrote in a letter to Mayor Eric Adams on Monday. “As a result, 12 acres of public greenspace will be unavailable to New Yorkers until April 2024 or later, all to accommodate a one-day event,” Brewer wrote.

Global Citizen Festival — which traditionally has served as a golden sunset on summer as it gives way to fall — was a rain-soaked slog that turned New York’s Central Park into one giant mud puddle.Indeed, the Great Lawn that had been populated with sun worshippers for the past few months was now a sea of ponchos and rain slickers.“It’s a beautiful day!” joked “Science Guy” Bill Nye early in the spirit-dampening festivities.In fact, it was almost an hour into the main show before the first act, Brazilian sensation Anitta, even took the stage — no doubt to ensure a safe, slip-free performance.The elements didn’t stop the Grammy-nominated singer — wearing a bedazzled bodysuit with the colors of the Brazilian flag emblazoned across its halter top — from twerking, writhing and otherwise booty-popping on the wet stage.One could’ve only hoped that all that grinding and gyrating by Anitta and her hip-shaking squad was some sort of anti-rain dance.But the rain gods were not to be defeated. And neither was the Global Citizen Festival.Indie-pop star Conan Gray brought some glam to the gloom in his red, black and silver sequined jacket — with fringe sleeves for extra flair — while K-pop group Stray Kids demonstrated the global impact of hip-hop in the city that gave birth to it 50 years ago.And the BTS Army showed up in full force for Jung Kook, who got a catsuited-assist from rapper Latto on their No.

Global Citizen Festival returns to New York’s City’s iconic Great Lawn in the park for a day of great music for an even greater cause — to end extreme poverty.Headliners at the charitable extravaganza include Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Fugees’ Lauryn Hill, BTS’ Jungkook, K-Pop icons Stray Kids and rising pop star Conan Gray.That’s not all though.Chris Rock, Charlize Theron, Eddie Izzard, Katie Holmes and Natasha Lyonne will all be on hand to speak as well.Plus, Carmelo Anthony and Bill Nye are also scheduled to take the stage as well making this a truly “Only in New York” kind of event.And if you want to take part in the one-day-only fest, it isn’t too late to grab tickets.At the time of publication, general admission VIP passes start at $451 before fees on Vivid Seats.While that may seem like a high price — especially for a festival that’s attempting to end extreme poverty — if you factor in all the big name acts you’ll get to cross off your bucket list in a single day, it’s not quite so bad.Want to hit the Great Lawn for the NYC musical event of the year?We’ve got everything you need to know and more below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all the best prices by section for this year’s festival can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Lauryn Hill just announced she’s embarking on ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour’ this fall.That includes stops at New York City’s Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23, Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, Oct.

who died Friday at age 96.The park’s iconic carriage drivers left a touching note on the perch, slightly tweaking the lyrics to his 1953 song “Please Driver (Once Around the Park Again),” to read: “Please, Tony, once around the park again…We can’t believe you’re gone…”“RIP, Central Park icon, Tony Bennett,” they wrote.Tourists were seen taking pictures of the multiple bouquets and note on the bench, which is located on Center Drive near Central Park South and Sixth Avenue.The jazz singer often visited the park and was seen in the later years of his life being pushed around the beautiful greenery in a wheelchair. The Astoria native lived on Central Park South for 25 years.He also would sit in the park and paint his favorite spot in watercolor. “I have many spots I like around the park,” he told the New York Times in 2015.

BTS Army members had already been sleeping outside for days, turning an elite stretch of Fifth Avenue into a campground — no thunderstorm was about to dampen their “Euphoria” for Jung Kook’s solo debut in New York’s Central Park Friday morning.And to the squealing delight of his young female fans, the K-pop star was able to tape his three-song set — including a brand-new bop, “Seven” — before looming lightning forced an evacuation that nixed his scheduled live performance as part of the “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series.At 25, Jung Kook is the youngest member of BTS — and the latest to go solo while the boy band is on hiatus. And despite ominous skies that had dawn looking more like dusk at Rumsey Playfield, the masses behind the mania were still weathering the “hostage situation” — as warm-up comedian Tom Kelly put it — with sunny smiles on their faces.With his shy, modest manner, Jung Kook — despite being one of the main singers in BTS — almost seemed embarrassed by the attention when he entered from the side-stage bleachers to sing “Euphoria.” Although the song is from the 2018 BTS compilation “Love Yourself: Answer,” the singer recorded it as a solo — and seemed to hardly miss his six bandmates.And when the heartthrob crooned to the crowd, “You are the source of my euphoria,” it was clearly more like the other way around.Then Jung Kook launched into his new single “Seven” — which features rapper Latto  — riding the guitar-inflected garage groove with his smooth moves and easy charm.As the rain began to fall, Jung Kook closed the abbreviated festivities with “Dynamite,” BTS’ first No. 1 hit in the US.

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spotlight.Mark Ruffalo gatecrashed a Welsh couple’s spontaneous wedding in Central Park last weekend.Klaire Hodgson and Lynz Tanner, from Gwynedd, Wales, were about to walk down the aisle when they spotted the “Hulk” star, 55, ambling through the park.According to the newlyweds, Ruffalo took a detour from his nature walk to stop by as they were setting up, expecting them to recognize his Oscar-nominated mug.“I noticed he had a really nice camera, and I was thinking, ‘Oh, he must do photography,'” Hodgson, 36, told NorthWalesLive. “But I thought, ‘I can’t know this guy.

, the Emmy-nominated and acclaimed animated musical series, is back with a third season on Apple TV+. The new episodes continue to follow the Tillerman family -- park caretaker Owen (Leslie Odom Jr.), his wife and reporter, Paige (Kathryn Hahn), and their two kids, Molly (Emmy Raver-Lampman) and Cole (Tituss Burgess) -- as they navigate life in New York City. In addition to an exclusive clip from the first three episodes featuring the Tillerman siblings preparing for the arrival of Paige’s sister, Abby (Kristen Bell, who returns to the series after Raver-Lampman replaced her as Molly after season 1), Raver-Lampman opens up to ET about what to expect from the series and if she and boyfriend Daveed Diggs, who voices Helen, the bewildered assistant to mogul magnate Bitsy (Stanley Tucci), will ever get to record together.  One thing that I love about Molly is that she’s constantly evolving and she’s constantly changing like any normal teenager, and she’s moving through adolescence, sometimes with grace and sometimes a little clumsily.

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of us revealing their Katy Perry animated musical Melody, The Trial Of The Chicago 7 and The Pale Blue Eye outfit Cross Creek Pictures and animation specialist Zag have set an agreement to develop and produce a slate of ten animated, live-action and hybrid format features, the majority of which will be musicals.

Diana Ross to David Bowie, Nile Rodgers is the stuff of disco legend. Now, the 69-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will have Central Park grooving as music curator for DiscOasis, a roller-skating party that begins at Wollman Rink on Thursday and goes through Oct. 1.“I sure hope history remembers disco the way that I remember it because I’m not just being romantic about it,” Rodgers told The Post.