At the moment The Atlantic is saying extra audio system, occasions, and the agenda for the seventeenth annual Atlantic Competition, happening September 18–20 for the primary time in New York Metropolis. This yr’s pageant can be anchored on the Perelman Performing Arts Middle together with venues across the metropolis, together with the Tenement Museum, the City Corridor, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Hauser & Wirth, and McNally Jackson Seaport.
Among the many audio system introduced in the present day: actor Robert Downey Jr. and Pulitzer Prize–successful playwright Ayad Akhtar, in dialog with The Atlantic‘s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg; actor Tom Hanks, who voices a number of historic figures within the new Ken Burns documentary sequence The American Revolution and who will be a part of the premiere screening of the sequence on the City Corridor; comic, author, and director Richard Ayoade in a dialog moderated by talk-show host, comic, and producer David Letterman; Government Producer of The Apollo Kamilah Forbes; Professor of Advertising at NYU’s Stern College of Enterprise and a serial entrepreneur Scott Galloway; medical psychologist and Founder and CEO of Good Inside Becky Kennedy; and TV persona, chef, writer, and activist Andrew Zimmern. Beforehand introduced Competition audio system embrace Mark Cuban, Jennifer Doudna, Arvind Krishna, Monica Lewinsky, Tekedra Mawakana, H.R. McMaster, and Clara Wu Tsai.
The Atlantic Competition will even host an unique first search for Season 3 of Netflix’s The Diplomat, which debuts this fall, adopted by a dialog with the present’s stars Keri Russell and Allison Janney and creator and government producer Debora Cahn; a sneak peek screening of FX’s The Lowdown, together with a chat with creator, government producer, author, and director Sterlin Harjo and government producer and star Ethan Hawke; and a screening of The American Revolution, adopted by a dialogue with administrators and producers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, together with actor Tom Hanks, who voices a number of historic figures, and historian Annette Gordon-Reed.
New this yr: The Atlantic Competition introduces Out and Abouts, intimate occasions across the metropolis which can be ticketed individually. Among the many occasions introduced in the present day:
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Atlantic Reads e book talks at McNally Jackson Seaport. That includes Walter Mosley for his new novel Grey Daybreak; Susan Orlean for her memoir Joyride; and a poetry dialog round The Singing Phrase: 168 Years of Atlantic Poetry, that includes the e book’s editor and Atlantic contributing editor Walt Hunter, with Singing Phrase contributor and MIT professor Joshua Bennett.
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Premiere of Dread Beat an’ Blood at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), that includes a reside efficiency by legendary poet Linton Kwesi Johnson.
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The Large Story Dwell occasions, throughout downtown venues:
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“What Does it Imply to Be an American?,” on the Tenement Museum, that includes workers writers Xochitl Gonzalez and Clint Smith, plus extra audio system to be introduced.
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“The Way forward for the Arts in a Altering World,” at Hauser & Wirth, that includes Jeffrey Goldberg, Noah Hawley, and Kamilah Forbes, with extra audio system to be introduced.
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With extra to be introduced, together with a reside taping of the Radio Atlantic podcast.
The pageant’s Single-Day Passes and Out and About tickets will go on sale this Wednesday, July 23, at 11 a.m. ET. Atlantic subscribers obtain an unique 30 p.c low cost on pageant passes and choose Out & About programming.
Competition classes can be led by Goldberg and plenty of of The Atlantic’s writers and editors, together with Adrienne LaFrance, Tim Alberta, Ross Andersen, Anne Applebaum, Gal Beckerman, Elizabeth Bruenig, Sophie Gilbert, Jemele Hill, Walt Hunter, Shirley Li, Ashley Parker, and Clint Smith.
The 2025 Atlantic Competition is underwritten by Microsoft on the Title Stage; CenterWell, Eli Lilly and Firm, and Scout Motors on the Presenting Stage; and Aflac, Allstate, the Annie E. Casey Basis, Vacation spot DC, Diageo, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Hauser & Wirth, KPMG, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Basis on the Supporting Stage.
Press ought to request a credential by emailing [email protected]; in-person seating can be restricted and can have to be reserved upfront.
The Atlantic Competition
September 18–20, 2025
Perelman Performing Arts Middle, Just about and Extra Areas Throughout NYC
For Passes: https://theatlanticfestival.com
