The Philharmonic Grows in a Shipping Container in Brooklyn
With a focus on community partnerships, the orchestra’s Bandwagon 2 is traveling around New York City this month.
The dancer Elisa Toro Franky, left, and Juana Luna, a singer and composer, performing during the New York Philharmonic Bandwagon 2 concert at Domino Park in Brooklyn on Friday.Credit...Jeenah Moon for The New York Times
May 9, 2021
There are no seats at the moment in David Geffen Hall, the New York Philharmonic’s home at Lincoln Center. There is no lobby, no stage, no stairs. The theater — currently in the midst of a long-delayed renovation — is a raw shell of concrete and steel; the only music within it, the shouts of workers and the deafening screech of metal being sawed.