"In a town where nobody has time or space, NYC Music Spaces is the perfect resource. It is fast, comprehensive and easy to use."
Fred Sherry, Cellist
Faculty, The Juilliard School;
Artist Member, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
"You have made the daunting and overwhelming task of searching for appropriate space simple and easy, not only by listing the existence of various spaces, but by providing their essential details up front, which saves a great deal of time and energy that otherwise would have been spent investigating a space that would only prove to be unsuitable. The detailed listings on your site answer a renter's crucial questions and make the space search process extremely efficient... You answer questions I may never have thought of asking the venue myself. You have spared me from making countless unnecessary phone calls and trips to studios and theaters. And it's free! It just couldn't be better!"
Suzana Stankovic, Founder & Director
The Stankovic Ballet Company
"Simply put, nycTheatreSpaces.org is one of the most essential and valuable websites for creating theater in NYC."
Blair Fell, playwright/producer
"I have the difficult task of procuring rehearsal space for the Graham dancers. I have searched for space for other organizations and find locating adequate rehearsal space for this company to be a huge challenge. I use NYC Dance Spaces to search for space with good success — it reduces the number of hours I spend in my search, allowing me to be more productive in other areas."
Melissa Caolo, Production Manager
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
"I use the NYC Music Spaces site a lot and it is a godsend. I have an experimental rock band that performs around New York fairly regularly and I also sing with a start-up chorus that has been looking for rehearsal space recently. In a city with so little room to breathe, your organization is doing a great service by providing consumers with the information they need to make smart decisions."
Ian Moss, Artistic Director
Music with a Capital M
"Incredibly helpful to have all this useful information organized in one spot. It saves an enormous amount of time when trying to hunt down spaces to rehearse or perform in. Hopefully the 'comparison shopping' that nycTheatreSpaces.org allows will help engender a more competitive marketplace as well!"
Manoel Felciano
Tony-nominated actor
"I was searching for the ideal location for our event, which involved hosting an Oscar-winning producer. After lots of frustration, I came across nycTheatreSpaces.org. I was amazed to see this sophisticated search engine; it gives you advanced options to select search criteria such as space function, geographic location, size and price. And it finds plenty… This is the Google for New York spaces and it saved me a lot of time."
Tom Lassu
New York Film Synergy Group
"By making so much info so readily available, your site is a big help to all of the choreographers searching for space and to the spaces trying to increase their business. It saves everyone a lot of time and effort."
Aviva Geismar, Artistic Director
Aviva Geismar / Drastic Action
"I think NYC Performing Arts Spaces is a fantastic resource."
Shay Gines, Executive Director
New York Innovative Theatre Awards
"The NYC Theatre Spaces website has been enormously helpful to me as a freelance director and producer here in the city. With its clear and straightforward format, the site has proven a valuable resource in my search for rehearsal and performance venues. I know of no other resource that compiles so much information in one place. I would recommend it to anyone in the city who is looking to decode the often confusing and expensive process of renting space in New York."
Kevin Newbury, director and producer
"We needed a space to rehearse while our design team was loading in and building our set for The Oresteia, and we were desperate. Opening night was less than a week away, and it seemed every space in New York was booked. The NYC Theatre Spaces website saved us . . . it came through with what must have been the last available rehearsal space in Manhattan."
Stephen Speights, Managing Director
Access Theater
"My company used your site to help find NYC rehearsal space for our most recent project. . . . As an out-of-town artist, you took all the footwork out of the space search for me! Thanks."
Stacey Morrison, Playwright
Odds and Ends Productions
"Your website is amazing — a huge array of choices and easy to use — very impressive."
Christopher W. London, President
Naumburg Orchestral Concerts
"[NYC Music Spaces] enabled me to find space for auditions when I had nowhere else to turn."
Tom Novak, Performance Outreach Manager
New England Conservatory
"You all are doing fantastic work. Thank you! It's so fabulous to see an organization expanding such as you are. Very inspiring."
Jen Abrams, Managing Director
Risa Jaroslow & Dancers
"As our company features dancers with and without disabilities, fully accessible rehearsal studios are a necessity in order for us to develop new work in New York City. Thanks to NYC Dance Spaces, we were able to reserve affordable, entirely accessible studio space with very short notice in preparation for our performances. We will continue turning to NYC Dance Spaces for our rehearsal studio needs."
Kitty Lunn, Artistic Director
Infinity Dance Theater
"When I organized, choreographed, and produced a tap dance piece as part of the American Tap Dance Foundation's 'New Choreography Showcase,' I relied heavily on your website to procure rehearsal space. We 'little people' who are trying to hustle and promote our art are most appreciative of the information and services you offer. Keep up the good work!"
Kirsten Burke Smith
Dancer, Instructor, Choreographer
"What a wonderful site! Finally, one comprehensive resource to find an appropriate performance venue in New York City in one simplified search."
Ellen Bello, President
Native American Music Awards
"Very helpful website. I conduct performance classes and need rehearsal spaces often. This is a much needed and appreciated service."
Linda Amiel Burns, Director
The Singing Experience
"[Using the] very clear instructions on the site, I printed out the list of nine performance places in the Bronx... Thank you for providing the service you do."
Mimi S. Daitz, Music Director
Riverdale Choral Society
"This is a great idea! Useful for non-NYC organizations coming in for auditions, too."
Catherine Wolff, General Director
Syracuse Opera
"Congrats on the site — really helpful to have a place online to do New York rehearsal and performance space research! Thanks!"
Amy Kohn, Founder/Director
Amy Kohn Band
"You folks are doing a great job and we appreciate it!"
Charles Colin, President
Charles Colin Music
"The space where I had been rehearsing was closing, but thanks to your site, I was able to find a cheaper space in a better location. Your site was a life saver."
Andrew Dinwiddie, Brooklyn
"I think your website is FABULOUS. I've used it and found it incredibly helpful."
Molly Hickock, Director
Big Dance Theater
"What a wonderful service to the field...and it absolutely saves time when in a pinch."
Marlies Yearby, Choreographer
"Rent" et.al.
"I am moving to England [and] will need this when I am rehearsing in NYC!"
Juila K. Gleich, Director
Gleich Dances
"Thanks for all your hard work. You are doing so much to help the NYC dance community find the space it needs."
Jonathan Hollander, Artistic & Executive Director
Battery Dance Company
"I have recommended the Dance Spaces site to some choreographers I know — what a great tool!"
Michael Kraus, Artistic Director
New Choreographers On Point
"It hasn't been a week that I listed our new venues on both NYC Theatre Spaces and NYC Music Spaces and I just might need to buy a new answering machine with more storage capacity. Thanks."
Wayne Lopes, Production Manager
92nd Street Y
"Your website just keeps getting more and more fantastic. The info-management system is incredible, comprehensive and so easy to use. Thank you for such a wonderful resource for both venue and renter alike."
Alma Malabanan-McGrath, Operations
The New 42nd Street Studios
"I run a dance studio in Brooklyn that is open to choreographers and performing artists. We rely heavily on word-of-mouth publicity, and NYC Dance Spaces helps us reach people who might not have known about us otherwise. We even received a booking from Scotland via your website! Thanks!"
Kathleen Laziza
Micro Museum
"NYC Music Spaces is a phenomenal service; we've been getting a high volume of responses."
Eric Peters, Manager
Plantlife Recording & Rehearsal Studios
"We've gotten a significant number of bookings through NYC Music Spaces. I definitely think this is an asset!"
John DeBlass, Director
West Side Dance Project/City Music Schools/Joria Productions
"I've been recommending your website whenever I receive an inquiry about rehearsals, performances, etc., which does not pertain to our space...People are thrilled to know about it!"
Mary Lisa Burns, Studio Director
Merce Cunningham Studio
"Thanks again for such a great website. About 30-50% of our new renters found out about us through the site."
Jesse Phillips-Fein, Studio Manager
Union StreetDance / Eva Dean Dance
"I would like to thank you for this service, as about a third of all our interest comes from NYC Dance Spaces. It is a great service...Thumbs up NYC Dance Spaces!"
Thomas Scott, Theatre Management Consultant
Players Theatre and Rehearsal Lofts/Offices
"It is a pleasure to know there is a real person on the other end of the pleasant and impressive efficiency of your sites. We have a great IT staff here, too, so I have a first-hand appreciation.... Keep up the good work."
Eugene Lowery, Director of Bookings
New York City Center Theater
"Recently, VH1 booked us for a rock group photo shoot and they found us through the site. It's a great asset for nonprofits and for-profits like us."
Heidi Fenster, Studio Manager
Universal Rehearsal & Recording
"We've had a number of groups, including the Dessoff Choirs, use the church, and a few more are in the works. ...[NYC Performing Arts Spaces] does give us excellent exposure and brings income to the church."
Robert McCormick, Music Director
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
"You are doing great things — it is wonderful to see your various projects and overall scope develop more and more as time goes by! Keep it up!"
Cathy Eilers, Assistant to the Director of Programming
The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
"I use NYC Music Spaces often from the 'landlord' perspective of what the going rate is for rehearsal space in Manhattan."
Christine Hoffman, Music Administrator
St. Ignatius Loyola
"I've rarely seen a site so well organized and where the technology has been so well thought through to provide incredible ease of use while supplying amazingly detailed information. It is a resource musicians have long needed."
Waddy Thompson, Director of External Affairs
Opera America
"[NYC Performing Arts Spaces] has changed the day-to-day lives of artists who might never have known of all the locations in which they can rehearse and perform... All in all, it's one of those win-win web sites that brilliantly makes the arts thrive that much more in New York. Bravo."
Eugene Carr
President, Patron Technology;
Former Executive Director, American Symphony Orchestra
"The plethora of artists combined with the expense and mere volume of space in New York — these are the reasons why NYC Theatre Spaces is so necessary. At A.R.T./New York we have always heard from our members that one of their greatest challenges is finding space in this city, and this website now provides them with a tool to overcome that challenge. I'm certain it will be added to the address books of each theatre manager's computer as the 'go-to' place when they're looking for rehearsal and performance space. As a member of CollaborationTown, a company that is constantly on the prowl for space, I can't think of a more valuable resource."
TJ Witham
Member Services Associate, A.R.T./New York;
Company Member, CollaborationTown
"The people I work with are extremely grateful that someone like you is cognizant of their less 'glamorous' needs for rehearsal space, performance space, contacts, etc."
Gina Taglieri, Director of Development
New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program
"Your organization is doing great work in promoting and assisting musicians in New York and I applaud your efforts."
Stephanie Bok, Manager
A.R.T./New York