I don’t live in New York anymore, sorry. But I did go to a few of these events when I was living there. I retired a few years ago from New York City Ballet, and I recall that some dancers from Alvin Ailey did a presentation. A couple of the singers from the Met performed “He Shall Feed His Flock” from Handel’s Messiah.
All of the artistic presentations are required to be done in a modest and acceptable way. You’re not going to encounter off-color lyrics, revealing costumes, or anything like that. But you’re likely to encounter everything from hip hop to classical music to dance to just about anything done in the praise of God.
I am sure that there would be traditionalists who would be put off by the avant garde nature of much of this. But Adoration, Vespers, Compline, and Benediction are all done in the same manner as you would experience in any church, and, as I mentioned before, none of the artistic presentations are done in a way that is offensive to either faith or morals.
If you do go, I hope you find it a spiritually refreshing and artistically appealing evening! I know I did.
