Looking ahead in 2021: Movies, concerts and Broadway
Marvel Studios' "Black Widow" starring Scarlett Johansson is scheduled to hit theaters on May 7. Credit: Marvel Studios
Drive-ins featuring movies from the '80s? Livestreamed concerts? Zoom theater? That's so last year (we can only hope).
A crop of highly anticipated theatrical releases, arena concerts and Broadway shows loom on the horizon for an American public starving for live entertainment. All of these dates are subject to change (you think?), but if you want to start putting that 2021 calendar you got as a gift to work, here's our list of highlights. Don't forget to cross your fingers and make sure your pencil has a good eraser.
MOVIES
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in "No Time to Die." Credit: Nicola Dove
(Most of these movies were originally scheduled to premiere in 2020.)
FEBRUARY 19 Joe Bell
FEBRUARY 21 Judas and the black Messiah
FEBRUARY 26 Everyone's Talking About Jamie
Tom and Jerry
Without Remorse
MARCH 31 Godzilla vs. Kong
APRIL 16 Mortal Kombat
Bios
: Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) and Yelena (Florence Pugh) in "Black Widow." Credit: Marvel Studios/Jay Maidment
MAY 7 Black Widow
MAY 14 Marry Me
Spiral
MAY 28 F9
JUNE 18 In the Heights
JULY 2 Top Gun Maverick
Minions: The Rise of Gru
JULY 9 Shang-chi and the 10 Rings
JULY 16 Cinderella
JULY 30 Jungle Cruise
AUGUST 13 Deep Water
Respect
AUGUST 20 The King's Man
AUGUST 27 Candyman
SEPTEMBER 17 The Boss Baby: Family Business
A Quiet Place 2
SEPTEMBER 24 The Many Saints of Newark
OCTOBER 1 Dune
OCTOBER 8 No Time to Die
OCTOBER 23 The Empty Man
NOVEMBER 5 Eternals
NOVEMBER 11 Ghostbusters: Afterlife
DECEMBER 10 West Side Story
CONCERTS
Jimmy Buffett performs at the after party for the premiere of Universal Pictures' "Jurassic World" at Hollywood & Highland on June 9, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Getty Images/Kevin Winter
(Nearly all of these shows were originally scheduled for 2020.)
APRIL 7-8-9 Josh Groban (Radio City Music Hall)
JUNE 8,9, 11 Ringo Starr and His All-Star Band (Beacon Theatre)
JULY 7 Dave Matthews Band (Jones Beach)
JULY 9 The Weeknd (Barclays Center)
Backstreet Boys (Jones Beach)
JULY 10 James Taylor, Jackson Browne (Jones Beach)
JULY 11 Steve Winwood (Jones Beach)
JULY 13, 14 Justin Bieber (Madison Square Garden)
JULY 14 Chicago (Jones Beach)
JULY 17 Black Crowes (Jones Beach)
JULY 18 Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Poison (Citi Field)
JULY 18 Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick (Jones Beach)
JULY 25 Matchbox 20, Wallflowers (Jones Beach)
JULY 29 Disturbed (Jones Beach)
AUGUST 5 Doobie Brothers' 50th anniversary (Jones Beach)
AUGUST 10 Jimmy Buffett (Jones Beach)
AUGUST 11 Hall and Oates, Squeeze (Jones Beach)
In this screengrab, Alicia Keys performs during Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 on May 16, 2020. Credit: Getty Images for EIF & XQ/Getty Images
AUGUST 12-13 Alicia Keys (Radio City Music Hall)
AUGUST 14 Santana, Earth, Wind & Fire (Jones Beach)
AUGUST 19 Lady Gaga (MetLife Stadium)
AUGUST 23-24 John Legend (Radio City Music Hall)
AUGUST 26 Thomas Rhett (Jones Beach)
AUGUST 27 Michael Bublé (Nassau Coliseum)
AUGUST 29 Alanis Morissette (Jones Beach)
SEPTEMBER 2 The Weeknd (Madison Square Garden)
SEPTEMBER 10 Maroon 5 (Madison Square Garden)
SEPTEMBER 22 Pet Shop Boys, New Order (Madison Square Garden)
OCTOBER 3-4, 16 Harry Styles (Madison Square Garden)
OCTOBER 8 Chris Stapleton (Madison Square Garden)
OCTOBER 17 Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin (Madison Square Garden)
Billy Joel is scheduled to resume his residency at Madison Square Garden in November. Credit: Myrna Suarez
NOVEMBER 5 Billy Joel (Madison Square Garden)
NOVEMBER 29 Luke Combs (Madison Square Garden)
DECEMBER 20 Billy Joel (Madison Square Garden)
THEATER
David Byrne of Talking Heads is expected to be back on Broadway in "American Utopia" in September. Credit: Matthew Murphy
(Theaters will not reopen until May 30, according to the Broadway League.)
SEPTEMBER David Byrne's American Utopia
MJ the Musical
NOVEMBER 5 Radio City Christmas Spectacular
DECEMBER 20 The Music Man (first preview performance)
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