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100 Aspects of the Moon
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Ohio Theatre
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May 8-May 14
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Play
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Inspired by the work of 19th-century woodblock-printmaker Yoshitoshi, One Hundred Aspects of the Moon is a very sad comedy about the regularly scheduled failings of humanity. Deep-seeded resentment, lousy communication and misplaced love and violence ensue. Tickets and info »
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13th Annual Commissioned Opera/Music Theater Production
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The 14th Street Theater
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May 13-May 15
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Live Music
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A triple bill of chamber works by American composers based on Literary Landmarks: 1) A World Premiere of de Meupassant''s Cheaters composed by Gene Pritsker. 2) A World Premiere of Strange Fruit based on a novel by Lillian Smith, composed by Chandler Carter. 3) Love Scene from Byron''s Don Juan based on the work by Lord Byron. Composer, Virgil Thompson. Tickets and info »
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3x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing
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The Drawing Center
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May 4-May 21
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Art/Museum
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A majority of the works by Hilma af Klint and Emma Kuntz that are featured in "3x Abstraction" have never been seen before in the U.S. The Drawing Center''s exhibition is also the first public presentation of several of Agnes Martin''s early drawings from 1960. Tickets and info »
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40 Years of Chinese Immigrants in Queens
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The Queens Historical Society
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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Through the use of photographs, costumes, paintings, objects and ephemera, this exhibition explores aspects of the historical conditions framing the lives of Chinese immigrants to Queens. Tickets and info »
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After the Revolution: White and Red Russia on the Upper West Side Tour
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The Municipal Art Society of New York
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May 7
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Event
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Travel to the Upper West Side and the period between the two world wars when the first wave of émigrés fleeing the Russian revolution - ballet masters, composers, writers, pianists, political activists and adventurers - settled there. Explore the magnificent architectural heritage of the area, its political and cultural history, and how buildings adapted to new circumstances. Tickets and info »
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All Wear Bowlers
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HERE Arts Center
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April 22-May 29
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Play
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Two silent film clowns fall off the screen to find themselves trapped in a live clown show. Condemned to perform, they employ all the tricks of their trade in an effort to escape. Tickets and info »
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An American in Brooklyn
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BAM Opera House
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May 7
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Live Music
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The Brooklyn Philharmonic welcomes back for Music Director Robert Spano for an unforgettable concert wholly devoted to Brooklyn''s own George Gershwin: his masterpieces Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue, and An American in Paris. Tickets and info »
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Amos & Andy
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Black Spectrum Theatre Company
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May 13-May 22
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Play
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Black Spectrum revisits the 1950''s comedy, Amos & Andy. Tickets and info »
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Andrew Shapiro performs solo piano
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McDonalds
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May 8-May 22
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Live Music
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Andrew Shapiro, composer and pianist, performs solo pieces at McDonald''s. Tickets and info »
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Apollo Amateur Night
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Apollo Theatre
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January 1
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Event
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In its 71st year, Apollo Amateur Night is the original amateur talent competition. The audience picks the winners and the losers in this weekly interactive talent showcase. Tickets and info »
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The Argument
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Vineyard Theatre
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May 25-June 19
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Play
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An urbane, settled couple suddenly reaches a critical divide in their relationship, without hope of compromise. Tickets and info »
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Arms and the Man
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Sande Shurin Theatre
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April 30-May 15
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Play
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During the course of the play, Raina''s romantic and idealistic notions about love and war are shattered. With the help of her "chocolate cream soldier" she comes to understand what she reallywants. Tickets and info »
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As You Like It (Vital Theatre Company)
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McGinn/Cazale Theater
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April 9-May 15
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Musical
Children/Family
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Join our merry band of players as they help retell the rale of Rosalind, a princess banished from her cruel uncle''s court. Disguised as a man, Rosalind escapes to the Forest of Arden, where, as fate would have it her beloved Orlando had chosen to make his new life away from his dastardly brother, Oliver. How will these two lovers reunite when Rosalind must conceal her identity? Tickets and info »
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BAAD! Ass Women Art Festival
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The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
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May 4-May 21
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Dance Theater
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KUNT: The Goddess Within. KUNT is a derivative of the Great Oriental Goddess, Junda (as in Kundalini). This art show helps dump the patriarchy''s negative epithet for womanhood and recover the true meaning of a woman''s divine self. The exhibit will include a vast mix of media and styles. Tickets and info »
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Back to Bushwick
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The Municipal Art Society of New York
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May 21
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Event
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One of Brooklyn''s original six towns, Bushwick was mostly developed in the 19th century with streets of fine row houses, baronial mansions, lovely churches, and large breweries. Just east of trendy Williamsburg, artists have already been discovering this multiethnic neighborhood that was mostly German until the beginning of the 20th century. View the remnants of Bushwick''s glorious past and the evidence of revitalization in the community''s new housing. End the tour at St. Barbara''s Roman Cat Tickets and info »
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The Beauty Inside
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The Culture Project--45 Below
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April 15-May 7
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Play
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A young Turkish American human rights lawyer in Istanbul defends a girl, the survivor of an attempted honor killing, against her family. Tickets and info »
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Bhutan
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Cherry Lane Theatre
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May 24-June 4
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Mary Conroy is losing control. Her town is changing. Wealthy professionals are snatching up family farms, driving out multi-generational owners. Her daughter talks only of leaving for college, and her son is "head-over-heels" with the wrong girl. When a shocking and unexpected event occurs, Mary''s world is transformed in ways she could never imagine. Tickets and info »
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The Blind
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Classic Stage Company
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March 11-May 15
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Play
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This starkly beautiful one-act lay explores the plight of a group of blind people confined to a desolate island. Described by the New York Sun as "profoundly strange and gorgeous," Icelandic director Kristjan Thorgiersson delivers a delicately staged and haunting investigation into man''s abandonment by God. Tickets and info »
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Candid Cameras: Real Life on Film
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Museum of the Moving Image
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May 4-May 8
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Art/Museum
Film
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A new film series that examines the history of filmmakers trying to capture people''s lives on camera. Screenings are on Saturday and Sunday only. Tickets and info »
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Canticum Novum Singers
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St. Malachy's The Actors' Chapel
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May 14-May 15
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Live Music
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Now in its 32nd season and hailed for its sylistic versatility, vocal blend and expressive range, the choir-in-residence of Bloomingdale House of Music has performed over 600 concerts worldwide, including repeat performances in New York’s major concert halls. Tickets and info »
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Celia Cruz/Tito Puente Songbook Dance Concert
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The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
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May 5
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Dance Theater
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Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre is a contemporary dance company celebrating the music of Tito Puente and Celia Cruz, using the company''s signature dance technique called swift/flow. Tickets and info »
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Chamber Music Concert
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Bronx Arts Ensemble
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May 15
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Live Music
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June Han, Harp soloist with perform with the Bronx Arts Ensemble in works by Caplet, Tailleferre, Canteloube and Ravel. Tickets and info »
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Clurman the Play
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ArcLight Theatre
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April 24-May 21
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Solo Performance
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With passion, anything is possible. Ronald Rand delivers an unforgettable performance as Harold Clurman, the grand old man of the American theatre.
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Concert of A Cappella Choral Music of Randall Thompson and Dylan Chan
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Grace Church Choral Society
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May 20
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Live Music
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This accomplished community chorus will perform a one hour acappella concert featuring the works of 20th Century Composer Randall Thompson and 21st Century Composer Dylan Chan. Not to be missed, this choir performs to sold-out houses and always manages to make their audiences share in and feel the joy of their music making. Tickets and info »
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Contain Yourself, Darling
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Danspace Project at St. Marks Church
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May 5-May 8
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Dance Theater
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This piece reveals the truth behind the facades that we adopt in our attempts to know each other. Tickets and info »
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Contemporary Art
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Fisher Landau Center for Art
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May 5-May 23
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Housed in a former parachute harness factory, this 25,000 square foot museum in Long Island City is devoted to the exhibition and study of the contemporary art collection of philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau. Exhibitions feature recent acquisitions and core holdings in photography, painting, and sculpture including key works by Matthew Barney, Jasper Johns, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon, Anges Martin, Ed Ruscha, Kiki Smith, Mark Tansey, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol. Tickets and info »
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Courtney Sweeting
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Downeast Arts Center
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May 21
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Interactive
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Courtney Sweeting leads a program of Theatre Games, Creative Dramatics, and more!
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Cultures of Creativity: The Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prize
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New York Hall of Science
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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Explore the impetus behind creative genius, the history of the Nobel Prize and the lives and discoveries of the men and women who have received this world-renowned award. The exhibition sheds light on what is creativity related to individual Nobel laureates and their creative milieus over the past 100 years. Included are short films and 32 Nobel Prize Laureates and their creative work. Tickets and info »
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Dan Faulk Funky Jazz Trio
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Weeping Beech Park
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May 15
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Live Music
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This 75-minute concert in Weeping Beech Park will feature Dan Faulk''s original compositions played by his organ trio: James Waldman (organ), Vince Ector (drums) and Faulk on tenor saxophone. It is a groove-based jazz ensemble that always gets the crowd bouncing to the music. In the event of rain, the concert will be held down the street in the Benenson Pavilion. Tickets and info »
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A Dangerous Theatre Game/El Veneno Del Teatro
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Thalia Spanish Theatre
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May 20-June 19
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An ambitious young actress has the audition of -- and for? -- her life before a mysterious, demanding director...The Marquis (de Sade?). Tickets and info »
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Dearest Eugenia Haggis
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Ohio Theatre
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May 22-May 28
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Dearest Eugenia Haggis is a heartbreaking and extremely funny tale of three misfits scrambling for the scraps of love in the frozen outskirts. Tickets and info »
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Dirty Sock Funtime Band
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 14
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Children/Family
Live Music
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The Dirty Sock Funtime Band is a rock extravaganza for kids both young and old! Come join the greatest kids'' rock/jazz/funk/klezmer/hip hop/new age/old school/ band this side of the planet clageskosio...playing songs based on and inspired by NYC school kids'' own amazing ideas. Tickets and info »
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Do Not Go Gentle
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ArcLight Theatre
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April 25-June 13
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Solo Performance
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Geraint Wyn Davies (Forever Knight, Lear at Lincoln Center) stars as Dylan Thomas in this one-man show.
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Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India (Manhattan)
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Asia Society and Museum
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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This groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary visual practices in India features more than 80 cutting-edge works of sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, video and interactive media dating from 1993 to present. Show simultaneously at the Queens Museum of Art. Tickets and info »
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Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India (Queens)
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Queens Museum of Art
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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This groundbreaking exhibition of contemporary visual practices in India features more than 80 cutting-edge works of sculpture, painting, drawing, installation, video and interactive media dating from 1993 to present. Shown simultaneously as the Asia Society and Museum. Tickets and info »
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El Louie Show
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 7
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Live Music
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Join musician and music educator, Louie, for a high-energy, interactive, bilingual family concert. Tickets and info »
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Exploring Tibet: In Search of the Salween
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Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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An exhibition of 24 photographs from the Museum''s permanent collection depicting John Hanbury-Tracy and Ronald Kaulback''s 1935-1936 expedition into South-Eastern Tibet. The photos show the village life, geography and natural beauty of the region. Tickets and info »
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Fairy Houses Exhibit
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The New York Botanical Garden
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May 7-May 25
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Laura Martin and her daughter Cameron have dreamed up a magical world of fairy-dwellings and turned it into a book called Fairy Island: An Enchanting Tour of the Homes of the Little Folk. At the Everett Children''s Adventure Garden, you can see some of the whimsical houses they created entirely out of botanical materials. Take a peek inside and you''ll see that the fairies use dried leaves for their curtains and corn shucks for their wallpaper and sit in tiny twig chairs! On May 7 from 2-4pm, La Tickets and info »
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The False Servant
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Classic Stage Company
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April 10-May 7
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Lust, avarice, and a healthy dose of cross-dressing feature in this sly 18th century romp where a young girl dresses as a man to learn about her husband-to-be. Tickets and info »
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Fatal Love: South Asian American Art Now
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Queens Museum of Art
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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This exhibition offers an examination of the work of some of the most important, engaged and emotionally charged artists working in the Northeast United States. Fatal Love features contemporary photographic, print, video, web-based and installation works by 28 emerging and established American artists of South Asian descent. With a particular concentration on New York City - the current nexus for avant-garde South Asian cultural production and visual art - Fatal Love captures an important moment Tickets and info »
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First Weekends New Performance and Discussion Series
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Brooklyn Arts Exchange
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May 6-May 7
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Dance Theater
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Something We Can Both Be Proud Of, a dance about winning by Kimberly Brandt. Monkey Trap, by Hunger Arts, looks at the commutes we make from office to art, from reason to passion, and from sanity to madness. The Lifestyle by The Roosters (Kate Garroway and Colleen Hooper) gets candid with their shocking takes on evolution and procreation. Tickets and info »
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Flight
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Lucille Lortel Theatre
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May 16-June 19
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Play
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The world premiere of a new play that follows famed American aviator Charles Lindbergh during fourteen critical years in his life: from his historic flight to Paris, to the kidnapping of his son, to his obsession with science, to his sudden decision to move to Europe and the anti-Semetic remarks he made at the outbreak of World War II. The play is a deconstruction of an American icon and an exploration of the effects the media and fame have on our celebrities. Tickets and info »
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Follies in Concert
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center
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May 14-May 15
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Musical
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Follies is a true theatrical masterpiece with a magnificent parade of 20s, 30s, and 40s musical numbers that are among the best ever written. Long considered a classic, the score includes such standards as "Broadway Baby," "Losing my Mind," and "I''m Still Here." Tickets and info »
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Footloose
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Lion Theatre
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May 13-May 22
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Musical
Children/Family
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Footloose, the musical, is based on the popular 1980s film of the same name. It has a rousing pop score including hits like "Almost Paradise," "Holding out for a Hero," and the title song. It's the end-of-year production of Amas Musical Theatre's Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy, Amas' pre-professional training program for New York City Teenagers. Tickets and info »
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Get Involved at CMOM with Children for Children
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 14
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Children/Family
Art/Museum
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Make beaded bracelets for Angolan widows as part of the GOAT CARE project. Children for Children''s art projects encourage community service and promote a lifelong interest in volunteering. Tickets and info »
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Glasshouses: The Architecture of Light and Air
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The New York Botanical Garden
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May 14-May 25
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Art/Museum
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Art and architecture, culture and horticulture come together in this intriguing exhibition in the Garden''s LuEsther T. Mertz Library. A selection of drawings, prints, paintings, photographs and illustrated books illuminate more than three centuries of the evolution of glasshouses, a specialized form of architecture that transcends the normal limitations of nature. The works on display, many from the collections of the Mertz Library itself, tell several different stories, including the history o Tickets and info »
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Goodness, Grapes and Giggles with Shannon Plumb
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 7
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Children/Family
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Explore children''s wellness through games, props and videos with acclaimed performance artist Shannon Plumb. Excerpts from her alphabet film BEFORE Z will be shown to inspire participants'' own improvisational movies. Available to view at www.beforez.com. Tickets and info »
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Joyce Soho Presents
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Joyce SoHo
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May 6-May 13
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Dance Theater
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Sample -- in one evening -- four unique works from four distinct artistic voices. From the East Coast, West Coast and around the world - the diversity of dance is on display with influences ranging from Japanese anime to Gothic subculture to the full spectrum of human emotion -- in works that are intimate and personal, coolly cerebral, quirky and comic, familiar and new. Tickets and info »
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Julius Caesar Superstar
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Danspace Project at St. Marks Church
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May 12-May 15
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Dance Theater
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Julius Caesar Superstar, choreographed and directed by Lawrence Goldhuber, moves from the Roman baths to the U.S. Senate of the 1950''s McCarthyism, with ambition, power and betrayal around every corner. An informal discussion with the artists will follow the performance on Sunday, May 15. Tickets and info »
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Las Aventuras de Don Quijote (Don Quixote's Adventures)
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Repertorio Español
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May 5-May 11
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Play
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An ingenious adaptation of Cervantes'' classic novel of "Don Quijote" and his sidekick Sancho Panza. This wonderful adaptation combines humor and tenderness as it traces the exploits of the most famous knight of all literature. Tickets and info »
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LICCA Summer in Long Island City Weekend
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The Noguchi Museum
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May 14-May 15
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Event
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Lilia!
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ArcLight Theatre
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April 23-May 17
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Solo Performance
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Libby Skala tells the story of her grandmother, Academy Award nominated actress, Lilia Skala, in this production called “enter one actor cloaked in magic...a marvelous rendition...magnetic.” (The New York Times)
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Little Red - Girl from the Hood (Brooklyn)
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Sunset Park Recreational Center
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May 23
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Musical
Interactive
Children/Family
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An interactive pop/hiphop version of the classic tale. Little Red is a teen from Queens who dreams of being a popstar. Children get to follow the cast on the trip to Grandma’s, verbally interact, and show off their hiphop prowess.
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Little Red - Girl from the Hood (Manhattan)
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Downeast Arts Center
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May 7
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Musical
Interactive
Children/Family
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An interactive pop/hiphop version of the classic tale. Little Red is a teen from Queens who dreams of being a popstar. Children get to follow the cast on the trip to Grandma’s, verbally interact, and show off their hiphop prowess.
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Lost Jazz Shrines Celebrating The Village Gate
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Tribeca Performing Arts Center @ Borough of Manhattan Community College
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May 20
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Live Music
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Pianist-composer Randy Weston, a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master honoree, will continue his lifelong quest for the spirits of our ancestors with a unique evening of his original solo piano and piano trio music. A free Humanities event precedes the performance at 7pm, curated by Willard Jenkins. Tickets and info »
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Madame Killer
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Ohio Theatre
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May 15-May 21
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Play
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A Gothic noir about Ann Lohman, elegant in her silks and diamonds, rich, successful, bold -- this fair doctress owns a black book filled with incriminating evidence that could crush New York City to atoms. Tickets and info »
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The Maids
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Jean Cocteau Repertory at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre
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July 15-July 30
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Two sisters serve as maids for a rich and privileged Hollywood starlet, Madame. Caught between love and hate for their wealthy mistress, the maids move through a humorous though deadly game of dress-up, each maid playing Madame until we see that they don''t want to be like her, they want to become her -- even if it means taking her out of the picture for good. Tickets and info »
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Memory House
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Playwrights Horizons
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May 17-May 29
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Play
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A timely, authentic portrait of a girl - and a world - on the cusp of uncertain future, MEMORY HOUSE takes place on New Year''s Eve, as devoted mother Maggie (Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest) bakes a pie, and her daughter Katia struggles to finish her college entrance essay before the midnight postmark deadline. Tickets and info »
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Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond. Photographs by Casasola 1900-1940
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El Museo Del Barrio
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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One of Latin America''s first photojournalists, Agustin Victor Casasola documented the tumultuous events of the early twentieth century in a style that ranged from the celebratory to the unforgettably tragic. The images presented in the exhibition document the history of a nation in the midst of transformation. Tickets and info »
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The Misfortune of Our Friends
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Lark Theatre Studio
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May 5-May 9
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Play
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A personal look at the CEO scandals that have rocked Wall Street, The Misfortune of our Friends is a heartbreaking and relevant tale of a powerful man''s fall from grace. Tickets and info »
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Miss Julie
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Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre
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May 19-June 19
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Play
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Strindberg''s classic tale of a relationship between the daughter of a count and her footman, newly adapted by world renowned playwright, Craig Lucas. Tickets and info »
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MOMIX
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The Joyce Theater
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May 10-May 29
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Dance Theater
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Come celebrate 25 years of the genius of Moses Pendleton at MOMIX. Back by popular demand with full-length Opus Cactus that brings the southwest desert to life, complete with tumbleweeds, lizards and slithering rattlesnakes. Tickets and info »
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Monica! The Musical
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Theatre 3
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May 20-May 27
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Musical
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In the face of the national scandal that was the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, Monica! The Musical dares to answer the crucial questions: "Exactly how did something this ridiculous happen? To our president? And why did we care so much?" And it dares to answer these questions in song. At once a galvanizing theater experience and a crap pack of lies, Monica! The Musical is, at the very least, highly entertaining. Tickets and info »
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Month of Mother's Day Magic
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The New York Botanical Garden
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May 4-May 25
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Children/Family
Living Collections
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Enjoy spring blossoms and hands-on gardening with the entire family at the Howell family Garden''s month-long celebration of Mom. The kids can make a paper flower, create a unique Mother''s Day card, and pot up a special plant for Mom to take home. Tickets and info »
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Mr. Ray
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 21
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Children/Family
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One of the biggest names on the tot/rock scene! Mr. Ray brings his stickered guitar and performs a unique blend of original pop/rock songs. Tickets and info »
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Museum of Dreams
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chashama @ 208 West 37th St.
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May 19-May 22
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Performance Art
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A six-hour performance installation that investigates the feverish affair of sleeping and questions our perception of waking. Made possible through a chashama Area Award, and developed through Outside/Input of the Ontological Hysteric Theater. Tickets and info »
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Mushroom in Her Hands
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Sande Shurin Theatre
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April 29-May 15
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Play
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Told through a series of vignettes featuring Alice''s encounters with fantastical creatures from Wonderland, the play explores the possible real life relationship between Charles Dodgson and Alic Lidell. Tickets and info »
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Nasreen Mohamedi: Lines among Lines
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The Drawing Center
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May 4-May 21
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Art/Museum
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Nasreen Mohamedi: Lines among Lines introduces the contemplative abstract drawings and black and white photographs of the influential yet under-recognized Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990). Tickets and info »
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Nelleke Nix: Soul Sails/Antarctica
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Noble Maritime Collection
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May 6-May 20
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Art/Museum
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Internationally acclaimed artist, Nelleke Nix visited Antarctica in December 2004 and brings it to us in her work using various mediums: painting, dry point etchings, photography, mobiles and collographs. Other ongoing exhibitions include: Houseboat Studio, Writing Room, A Dormitory Room (circa 1900) Cadell Dry-dock: 100 Years Harborside and What is a Print? in the John Noble Library. Tickets and info »
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New Music Readings
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Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
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May 5-May 6
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Live Music
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ACO''s New Music Readings are a right-of-passage for this country''s emerging composers seeking careers as orchestral composers. Audiences can hear, in an open-rehearsal setting, new musical works by the best of a new generation of American composers. This annual features the brightest emerging composers from around the country are selected ina national search. Tickets and info »
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The New, New Stuff
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P.S. 122
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April 28-May 15
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Dance Theater
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P.S. 122''s long-standing dance program New Stuff is back and better than ever! We''ve revamped New Stuff and created a brand new residency program for emerging dance, theater and performance artists. Tickets and info »
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The Noguchi Museum
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The Noguchi Museum
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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Created by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), The Noguchi Museum first opened in 1985, presenting a comprehensive collection of the artist''s works in stone, metal, wood and clay, as well as models for his public projects and gardens, his dance sets, and his Akari Light Sculptures. Tickets and info »
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On The Town
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Lucille Lortel Theatre
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April 9-May 7
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Musical
Children/Family
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Special adaptation for children (ages 5 and older) of the classic Broadway musical featuring music by Leornard Bernstein and book & lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It''s the perfect way to introduce children to Broadway and live theater. This production is fun for adults and the entire family. Tickets and info »
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Open Mike Fridays
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Downeast Arts Center
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May 6-May 20
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Event
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An open mike event for singers, musicians, bands, poets, spoken word, and comedians.
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Out of Bounds
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Wave Hill - A Public Garden and Cultural Center
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March 5-May 30
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Art/Museum
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Wall-based drawings and installations by nine artists take the notion of landscape beyond the frame. Tickets and info »
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The Paris Letter
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Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre
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June 12-August 7
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Play
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The Paris Letter is about sex, power and money. Wall Street powerhouse Sandy Sonenberg finds his personal and professional life threatened by the unraveling secrets of his past. A tragic game of financial and moral betrayal is played out over four decades and between two friends at the cost of family, friendship, love and marriage. Tickets and info »
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The People Next Door
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59E59 Theaters
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April 30-May 22
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Play
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The People Next Door deals with issues of racism, terrorism, and the nature of community. It is a dark comedy about what happens when someone else''s global problem becomes your local one. Tickets and info »
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Pepatian's Jump it Up Festival
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The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
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May 6-May 7
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Dance Theater
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Pepatian presents will be featuring innovative and cutting edge artists from the latino dance world. Tickets and info »
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Primrose Palette
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The New York Botanical Garden
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May 14-May 25
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Living Collections
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Colorful, cheerful primulas - primroses, as they are often called-will lend their charming beauty to Primrose Palette, the inaugural display in the Bourke-Sullivan Display House. Starting May 14, some dozen primula species, including rare and choice suriculas will be featured along with roses, gardenias and other classic Victorian greenhouse plants. Tickets and info »
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The Prince and the Moon
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Downeast Arts Center
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May 7
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Musical
Children/Family
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A poetic, interactive fairy tale, The Prince and the Moon contains bilingual songs (English/Spanish), positive messages, and a Latin American geography lession.
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Privilege
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Second Stage Theatre
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April 25-May 15
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Play
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In Paul Weitz''s heartfelt comedy, the privileged lives of two Upper East Side teens are irrevocably changed when their father (Bob Saget) is accused of insider trading. Tickets and info »
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The Pull of Negative Gravity
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59E59 Theaters
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May 15-June 5
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Play
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Jonathan Lichtenstein''s outstanding, harrowing new play set on a Welsh hill farm deals with the grim realitites and fallout from the war in Iraq as a wounded son returns home to his family and fiancee. Tickets and info »
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The Pursuit of Persephone (Prospect Theater Company)
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Connelly Theater
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April 30-May 22
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Musical
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Brilliantly talented, young F. Scott Fitzgerald is swept into the hierarchy of Ivy League society and the antics of the Princeton Triangle Club, in pursuit of beautiful and elusive debutante Ginevra King. Their romance inspired one of the greatest stories of the 20th Century. Tickets and info »
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Pygmalion
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Jean Cocteau Repertory at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre
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May 3-May 22
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Play
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A brilliantly witty comedy-romance about the British class system at the turn of the last century, this is the story of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, who is taught to pass for a duchess by phonetics professor Henry Higgins. Along the way, she teaches him about feminism, empowerment, and love. Tickets and info »
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Riding The Bull
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Theater for the New City
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April 28-May 22
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Play
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A wild cowboy meets a wild religious young lady. They meet, they mate, they exchange philosophical beliefs, and one becomes the other. Tickets and info »
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"Sample," a Wednesday evening series of art presentations
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Bronx Museum of the Arts
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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May 4, 6:30-8pm: HIP HOP.ALT -- folk, soul, and funk music will be stitched together creating a new alternative hip-hop style. This event presents hip hop in diverse forms.
May 11, 6:30-8pm: A Bicycle Month Celebration
May 18, 6:30-8pm: Hip-hop Panel -- Bronx MuseumSenior Curator Nadia Yee and hip-hop writer Jeff Chang head an eclectic panel on the impact of hip hop culture on the visual arts.
May 25, 6:30-8pm: Girlstory -- A multi-cultural, multi-generational choreopoem/story that brai Tickets and info »
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Score
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New York Theatre Workshop
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May 1-June 9
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Solo Performance
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In Score, a solo theatre piece from the acclaimed SITI Company, actor Tom Nelis portrays Leonard Bernstein and his passionate, glorious relationship wtih music.
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Sensational Spring Surprises
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The New York Botanical Garden
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May 4-May 25
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Living Collections
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At the Everett Children''s Adventure Garden, explore the buds and blossoms that make springtime so special. Plant seeds to take home, measure the speedy growth of a cattail, and go on a spring scavenger hunt. Tickets and info »
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Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters
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59E59 Theaters
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April 26-May 15
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Solo Performance
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This drop-dead funny, unforgettable one-man show is about the life of Glasgow transvestite drag queen, Bernice Hindlay, a self-styled niece of Myra, the famous Moors murderess. Tickets and info »
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Slag Heap
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Cherry Lane Theatre
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April 13-May 7
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Play
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A chronicle of teenage prostitutes born from Thatcher''s politics into a world where the buying and selling of humanity becomes the primary industry. Tickets and info »
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Solo/Duo
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Japan Society
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May 20-May 21
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Dance Theater
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Solo/Duo presents the freshest and most notable figures in contemporary Japanese dance - daring artists who have found their unique voice by defying conventional dance forms. Presented in association with Dance Theater Workshop. A limited number of 2-for-1 tickets are available. Tickets and info »
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Song of the Simple Truth - El Canto de Julia de Brugos
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Downeast Arts Center
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May 21
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Musical
Interactive
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A bilingual, interactive musicalization of the life and work of Puerto Rico’s national treasure poet, this long-touring production boasts 7 original songs, Latin-jazz choreography, and a costume scheme of colorful Spanish shawls.
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Songs From An Unmade Bed
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New York Theatre Workshop
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May 24-June 19
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Live Music
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One lyricist and 17 composers create a unique music/theatre event in Songs from an Unmade Bed, a solo work propelling a reilient and romantic gay New Yorker through the heartaches and trumphs of love.
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SPORT
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Socrates Sculpture Park
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May 15-May 25
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Art/Museum
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A group exhibition of new works centered on themes of sports, athleticism, competition and game. Works will address issues such as the design and engineering of athletic wear, stadium architecture, the fitness lifestyle and the marketing of sports figures. May 15 is the opening reception featuring a live band and participating artists. Tickets and info »
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Spring Flower Show
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The New York Botanical Garden
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May 12-May 25
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Art/Museum
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This exhibition brings together he best of the season and presents a lush array of spring beauties amid meandering streams and reflecting pools. The choice plants on display include delicate woodland ephemerais, bold perennials, a delightful kaleidoscope of spring bulbs, and shrubs with both floral and foliage appeal. Tickets and info »
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Stories and Songs for the Wee Ones
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Downeast Arts Center
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January 1-December 31
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Children/Family
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This is an ongoing series. There are different performers and programs every week.
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Strange Dances, Jazz Chords & Hot Coals
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Peter Norton Symphony Space
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May 12
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Live Music
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New music for string quartet and clarinet by some of today''s most exciting composers. Composers: Martin Bresnick, David Rakowski, David Olan, Stefan Freund, Jean-Luc Darbellay, Shih-Hui Chen. Performers: The Momenta String Quartet with clarinetist Jean Kopperud. Tickets and info »
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Studio 54
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April 26-July 3
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Play
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Set against the steamy backdrop of New Orleans'' gritty French Quarter, A Streetcar Named Desire is the dramatic story of Blanche DuBois, a faded Southern belle driven to madness by her animalistic brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Tickets and info »
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Swango
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Queens Theatre in the Park
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May 13-May 22
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Dance Theater
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SWANGO - WHERE WEST COAST SWING & TANGO MEET - What happens when the passion of tango is infused witht he sensuality of West Coast swing and wrapped in a compelling love story? Thrilling theater with 16 dancers of both traditions.
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Terrorism
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The New Group at Theatre Row
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May 23-June 26
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Play
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In six interconnected scenes, this gripping comedy
reflects a society in which fear looms on the edges of everyday life. Presented by The New Group & The Play Company.
"Deft and brilliant. A dazzling apocalyptic force!" - The Guardian (London) Tickets and info »
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The Three Musketeers
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Wings Theater
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April 15-May 14
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Musical
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With a lush, classical score, and a book true to the 19th century novel in both plot and style, The Three Musketeers is an epic romance of grand passions and sweeping emotion. Tickets and info »
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Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story
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York Theatre Company
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May 26-August 21
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Musical
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A new musical drama recounting the chilling tale of the legendary duo who committed one of the most infamous and heinous crimes of the 20th century. Set in 1924 Chicago, it chronicles the events that lead childhood friends Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb to be forever remembered as "thrill killers." Tickets and info »
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The Truffala Papermaking Party
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 21
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Children/Family
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Be inspired by Dr. Seuss''s The Lorax to take responsibility for the environment. Use recycled newspapers and brightly colored paper scraps to make your own colorful handmade paper. Tickets and info »
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The Turn of the Screw
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Acorn Theater
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May 3-May 14
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Play
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A provocative tale of suspense and intrigue, Jeffrey Hatcher''s adaptation of Henry James'' story conceals madness and mystery in a brilliant, spine-tingling play. Tickets and info »
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Acorn Theater
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May 10-May 14
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Play
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A riotious romp about friendship and fidelity, Shakespeare''s comedy of disguise and deception features crazy clowns, baffled bandits, sassy servants, and an unforgetable, ill-mannered dog. Tickets and info »
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Uncle Jimmy's Dirty Basement
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P.S. 122
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May 19-May 29
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Dance Theater
Live Music
Puppet Theater
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A Rock 'n' Roll Puppet Spectacular! Downtown's rockinest and most original genre-smashing, collaborative crusaders will be setting up shop at the only place brave enough to give them whatever they want. Tickets and info »
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VAVAlesque: The Revival of the Art of Burlesque
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Staten Island Museum
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May 4-May 25
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Art/Museum
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Photographs by John Patrick Naughton reveal today''s lively, naughty, and picturesque world of Burlesque entertainment. Naughton has entered the circuit returning with images from an entertainment tradition with hearkens back to the Ziegfeld Follies, Minsky''s Union Square, and the Moulin Rouge. Through studio portraits and backstage peeks he reveals a world that continues to entertain, titillate and inspire. Tickets and info »
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the Vivian Girls
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Dance Theater Workshop
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May 4-May 7
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Dance Theater
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Seattle based Pat Graney presents the Vivian girls, inspired by Henry Darger, the outsider artist who left behind a legacy of visual/written work both breathtakingly beautiful and extremely disturbing. Tickets and info »
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Voices of the Town - A Vaudeville Salute!
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Downeast Arts Center
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May 14
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Interactive
Play
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This interactive production is a play-within-a-play, opening with the company on tour to underserved audiences (its mission), then segueing into becoming famous personages such as Mae West, Sophie Tucker, Bert Williams, Florence Mills, the Marx Brothers, Gallagher & Shean, Bea Lillie, and many more. The entire history of vaudeville is covered, and finally the company returns to present day, having discovered what breakthroughs this art form made for African-Americans, immigrants, and women.
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Wellness Marketplace
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 21
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Children/Family
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Learn about taste, and experience healthy products that promote wellness. Healthy cooking demos by Stefanie Bryn Saks and other chefs for Natural Gourmet Cooking School. Tickets and info »
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Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak
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The Jewish Museum
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May 4-May 18
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Art/Museum
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Over 50 years he has gained fame as an illustrator and author of children''s books, including Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen as well as picture books for adults like Brundibar with text by Tony Kushner, as well as set and costume design for operas such as The Magic Flute, Brundibar, and Hansel and Gretel and ballet. The exhibition includes over 100 works: drawings, sketches, costumes and sets representing various stages of the artistic process. Tickets and info »
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W.O.W.! - Words on Wednesdays
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Downeast Arts Center
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May 4-May 25
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Event
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Open mike night for poets, spoken word, monologists, improv, sketches/skits, comedians, and more.
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Yoga Garden for Children
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Children's Museum of Manhattan
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May 14
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Children/Family
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Salute the sun, stretch like a cobra and arch your back like a hissing cat. Learn yoga poses with Debra Bos from The Yoga Garden for Children while growing strong in mind, body and spirit. Tickets and info »
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