Step inside the Grand Foyer of the United Palace for a theatrical double bill celebrating the magic of live performance. Uptown Books, by Adrián Miranda, is a warm and funny musical play set inside a Washington Heights bookstore, where a wonderfully quirky group of strangers finds connection, community, and unexpected joy among the shelves. Your Queen Presents: Petrus, by Edu Díaz, is a darkly comic solo performance in which Queen Catherine de’ Medici reveals the story of Petrus Gonsalvus, the Canary Islander whose extraordinary life inspired Beauty and the Beast.