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Sunday, February 5
 | Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Annual Dance Concert & Pow-Wow |
(Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003) (Fr & Sa 8pm, Su 3pm) Dances, stories and traditional music from the Iroquois and Native Peoples of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains, and the Arctic regions. ($10) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 27 - 29, and 3 - 5
 | Super Bowl XLV I |
(CBS) (6:30pm) Madonna, a multi Grammy Award-winning Universal Records recording artist, will perform in the Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show. This year's Super Bowl is being played in Indianapolis and is the first time ever that the Super Bowl will be streamed live to smart phone apps. Event Website
|  | DISASTER! |
(TRIAD THEATER, 158 W. 72ND ST, New York, NY 10023, 212-362-2590) (7pm) Written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, featuring your favorite songs and disasters from the '70s. A 1970's disaster movie musical featuring all of your favorite songs from the decade, as well as your favorite 1970's movie disasters. It's 1979 and the partygoers at a glamorous casino docked in the Hudson river suddenly have to deal with an earthquake, fire, tidal wave, killer bees and more! Who will survive? Who will find love? Who will sing the best 1970's hit song? Find out at...DISASTER! ($40) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 29, February 5, 12, and 26
 | Show Us How You Burlesque |
(Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011) (5pm - 6:30pm) You've got the moves, you've got the attitude, now get in on the act. Become a
Broadway Bodies burlesque star! Join Broadway Bodies for a 4-class series
inspired by the movie Burlesque. If you’ve ever dreamed of performing or love
to perform, this is the class for you.
This four-week burlesque workshop will give you the choreography and
confidence you need to dance and dazzles. The combination of nightclub
burlesque class features pieces from the movie Burlesque. This special event
will culminate with a performance in a New York City venue. ($25 per class) ((347) 926-3952) broadwaybodies@gmail.com Event Website
Note: this event runs February 5, 12, 19, 26, and March 4
| | Elton John AIDS Foundation Photography |
(Marian Goodman Gallery, 24 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019) (Tu - Sa 10am - 6pm) Check out images by Tina Barney, Rineke Dijkstra, Elger Esser and many others at this fine-art photo exhibit. The entire portfolio will be sold to benefit the good work done by the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Event Website
Note: this event runs February 2 - 11
| | Mo[u]rnin'. After |
(9th Space Theater, 150 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003) (Sa 7pm & 9pm, Su 5:30pm) Mo[u]rnin'. After. is a mythic autobiography for the queer prodigal son, a story of losing and finding - a journey back to the homeland (Oklahoma!) through time travel, magic, and musicals. Dream ballets included. ($10) Event Website
Note: this event runs February 4 - 5
Ongoing Events
through February 5
| | GOB SQUAD'S KITCHEN (You've Never Had It So Good) |
(The Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003) (See website for details) Gob Squad's Kitchen reconstructs Warhol's films in the quest to illuminate the past for a new generation, reflecting on the nature of authenticity, the here and now, and the hidden depths beneath the shiny surfaces of modern life. Gob Squad invites you to take the hand of the King of Pop himself, Andy Warhol, and take a trip back to the underground cinemas of New York City, back to where it all began. ($60) Event Website
This event runs January 19 - February 5
through February 6
| 20at20 |
(See website for details & locations) (See website for details) Here is your chance to catch up with shows you may have missed, get a sneak peek at the next big show, or revisit a favorite – all for only $20 each!
Just go to the box office of the show you want to see 20 minutes before it begins and say, “20at20” and you’ll get your ticket to a real New York theater experience! See any 7 of the participating 20at20 and receive a FREE voucher for dinner for 2 at an area restaurant! Event Website
This event runs January 18 - February 6
through February 10
| Winter Restaurant Week |
(Various Locations) Affordable prix-fixe meals at some of the best restaurants all over town. Event Website
This event runs January 16 - February 10
through February 11
| | The Confusions of Young Torless |
(The Looking Glass Theatre, 422 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019) (7:30pm) Four boys in a 19th-century Austrian military academy become enmeshed in a web of psychosexual manipulation and abuse in Dorota Krimmel's adaptation of Robert Musil's 1906 novel, codirected by Krimmel and Frank-Thomas Grogan. ($20) Event Website
This event runs January 21 - February 11
through February 11
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(HERE Arts Center, 145 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013) (See website for details) This year’s program features 12 workshop performances spanning topics as varied as civic engagement, human error, music of the spheres, war gaming, and everything in-between. ($15) Event Website
This event runs January 24 - February 11
through February 11
| American Songbook |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) An incredible range of artists. One intimate stage. ($45+) Event Website
This event runs January 11 - February 11
through February 12
| | HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture |
(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) (We - Su opens 11am) Bringing together more than one hundred works in a wide range of media, including paintings, photographs, works on paper, film, and installation art. The exhibition charts the underdocumented role that sexual identity has played in the making of modern art, and highlights the contributions of gay and lesbian artists to American art. HIDE/SEEK presents artists’ responses to the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the AIDS epidemic, and postmodern themes of identity, highlighted with major pieces by artists. ($12/$8 seniors) Event Website
This event runs November 18, 2011 - February 12, 2012
through February 12
| Boeing-Boeing |
(Paper Mill Playhouse, 22 Brookside Drivre, Millburn, NJ 07041) (See website for details) Bernard, an American playboy in swinging '60's Paris, juggles three flight attendant fiancees -- one American, one French and one Italian -- he convinces each she is his only love. But then a fast new Boeing jet puts the flight attendants on a collision course and provides the lift-off for laugh after laugh". ($80) Event Website
This event runs January 25 - February 12
through February 15
| Park Here |
(201 Mulberry St. between Spring & Kenmare) (noon - 8pm) Park Here is Openhouse Gallery's response to frigid winter. It's
a pop-up park in the heart of Nolita that's blooming
when nothing else is. Plush grass, beautiful
foliage, picnic blankets, oversized bean bags and
hammocks. Blazing fast WiFi, picnic benches, bistro tables
and a smashing playlist. Food and drink vendors, trivia and
movie nights. (FREE)
This event runs December 5, 2011 - February 15, 2012
through February 26
| Sistas: The Musical |
(St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) (Sa & Su 4:4:30pm, Th) Sistas is an uplifting musical journey, of a multi-generational African-American Family. The narrative is stitched together using the lyrics of songs that perfectly capture the mood and speaks to the issues of each period and time. I ($29.50+) Event Website
This event runs December 1, 2011 - February 26, 2012
through February 26
| | Ice Skating at Bryant Park |
(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) (See website for details) Skate FREE while viewing the New York Public Library or a gorgeous outdoor holiday market. (FREE, $14 skates) Event Website
This event runs October 27, 2011 - February 26, 2012
through February 29
| How I Learned to Drive |
(2econd Stage Theater, 307 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) The show explores the complex relationship between Li'l Bit and her Uncle Peck, as a series of driving lessons progresses from innocence to something much darker. Told with surprising wit, Paula Vogel's acclaimed play is returning to New York City for the first time since its world premiere 15 years ago. ($64+) Event Website
This event runs January 24 - February 29
through February 29
| 2012 Hot Chocolate Festival |
(City Bakery, 3 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011) Anything and everything for and about our favorite cold weather comfort beverage. All flavors, cultures, techniques, gear and more. Check out the 29 different flavors on their website Event Website
This event runs February 1 - 29
through February 29
| Pancake Month! |
(Clinton Street Bakery, 4 Clinton Street, New York, NY 10002) February is pancake month at the bakery, which means they feature a different special pancake flavor every Monday thru Friday, well into the night. Event Website
This event runs February 1 - 29
through March 4
| The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs |
(The Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003) (See website for details) Mike Daisey turns his razor-sharp wit to America’s most mysterious technology icon in this hilarious and harrowing tale of pride, beauty, lust, and industrial design. He illuminates how the former CEO of Apple and his obsessions shape our lives, while sharing stories of his own travels to China to investigate the factories where millions toil to make iPhones and iPods. Daisey’s dangerous journey shines a light on our love affair with our devices and the human cost of creating them. ($75+) Event Website
This event runs January 31 - March 4
through March 4
| Richard III |
(BAM Harvey Theater, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217) (Varies) Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey owns the stage as Shakespeare’s outrageous villain Richard III. At the climax of the Wars of the Roses, Richard watches his brother ascend the throne of England and confides in us—with all the profound bitterness of an outcast born with a hunchback and malformed leg—his intention to seize the crown. ($30+) Event Website
This event runs January 10 - March 4
through March 4
| The Road to Mecca |
(American Airlines Theater, 227 West 42nd St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) The story of an eccentric elderly artist facing mounting pressure to abandon her independent life for a church retirement home. Out of desperation, she calls upon her only confidant, a fiery young teacher from Cape Town. When the village minister arrives to coax out her decision, the three enter a blazing showdown that pits conformity against free expression… faith in community against faith in oneself. ($67+) Event Website
This event runs January 17 - March 4
through March 4
| Alicia Keys Presents: STICK FLY |
(Cort Theater, 138 West 48th St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for schedule) Stick Fly follows the LeVays, an affluent African American family who come together to spend a weekend at their stately Martha's Vineyard mansion. The adult sons, aspiring novelist Kent and golden boy plastic surgeon Flip, have each brought their respective ladies (one black and one white) to meet the parents. Food, drink and Trivial Pursuit tangle with class, race and identity politics in this contemporary comedy of manners. ($35+) Event Website
This event runs December 21, 2011 - March 4, 2012
through March 11
| Wit - Play |
(Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) Tony Award® and two-time Emmy® Award winner Cynthia Nixon returns to MTC’s Friedman Theatre in Margaret Edson’s modern masterpiece Wit.
Exquisitely written, affecting and often humorous, Wit follows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to academia, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research. ($57+) Event Website
This event runs January 5 - March 11
through March 15
| | Wollman Rink |
(Central Park South, 59th St & 6th Ave) (See website for details) Skating in Central Park at nighttime is a true New York City moment. Music plays, a moon is a plus, but not required since the ice itself gives off a silver sheen. ($10.75 + $6.75 skates) Event Website
This event runs November 1, 2011 - March 15, 2012
through April 8
| Look Back in Anger |
(Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) As Jimmy Porter, the caustic, charismatic lead character in John Osbourne’s Look Back in Anger, Matthew Rhys is on constant alert, ready to lash out at his young wife, Alison (Sarah Goldberg), and a pair of interlopers in their garbage-strewn flat. For his New York stage debut, Rhys has abandoned the stylish suits he wore as gay lawyer Kevin Walker in TV’s Brothers & Sisters in favor of work pants and shirts carefully ironed on stage by Jimmy’s depressive bride. ($71+) Event Website
This event runs February 2 - April 8
through April 15
| The Rink at Rockefeller Center |
(Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 5th to 7th Aves, 47 to 51st Sts, New York, NY 10111) A quintessential NYC winter experience for generations. Skate under the watchful eye of Prometheus and the unique urban backdrop of Rockefeller Center's sparkling lights. ($10 + $8 skates) Event Website
This event runs October 15, 2011 - April 15, 2012
through April 30
| The Metropolitan Opera |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) For the fifth season in a row, thanks to a generous gift from The Agnes Varis Trust, 200 orchestra seats are available for each regular Monday through Thursday performance for only $20, 50 of these tickets are set aside for senior citizens. You can purchase Varis Rush Tickets at the Met box office beginning two hours before curtain, subject to availability. ($20) Event Website
This event runs September 20, 2011 - April 30, 2012
through July 8
| Gershwins' Porgy and Bess |
(Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) Coming to Broadway in a stunning and stirring new staging, featuring such legendary songs as “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “I Got Plenty of Nothing,” plus a remarkable cast led by four-time Tony Award(R) winner AUDRA McDONALD (Ragtime, “Private Practice”), Drama Desk nominee NORM LEWIS (Les Misérables, Sondheim on Sondheim), and two-time Tony nominee DAVID ALAN GRIER (Race, “In Living Color”). ($55+) Event Website
This event runs December 17, 2011 - July 8, 2012
through July 31
| Spiderman Turn Off the Dark |
(Foxwoods Theater, 214 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) Previews November 14th Opens December 21st. Drawing from over 40 years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, Spiderman - Turn Off The Dark, spins a new take on the mythic tale of Peter Parker, a teenager whose unremarkable life in Queen's is turned upside down - literally - when he's bitten by a genetically altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to the ceiling. Event Website
This event runs June 14, 2011 - July 31, 2012
through September 1
| Godspell |
(Circle In The Square Theatre, 235 West 50th St, New York, NY 10019) (See website for details) The beloved classic from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy® and Academy Award®-winning composer of WICKED and PIPPIN. Enjoy all the good gifts of one of the most enduring shows of all time as it comes to Broadway in a brand new, intimately staged, one-of-a-kind production. Raise your spirit with the Tony®-nominated score filled with the popular hits Day By Day, Learn Your Lessons Well and Turn Back, O Man. ($125+) Event Website
This event runs November 7, 2011 - September 1, 2012
