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Matilda: The Musical
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Take a celebrated novel about a tiny tot with telekinesis. Add a cult songwriter and a famously dark playwright. And what do you get? Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story, one of the most spiky, tender, and delightful children’s entertainments to... More >> |
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| West 40s | Theater, Broadway: Now Playing |
Fetch Clay, Make Man
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In May 1965, the young heavyweight champ Cassius Clay was nearing one of his most anticipated fights when he invited the washed-up actor Stepin Fetchit into his entourage. But why? Will Power’s new drama, Fetch Clay, Make Man, concerns how this unlikely pair became friends despite their... More >> |
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| East Village | Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing |
Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play
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If our current way of life were to be suddenly wiped out, what traditions from the past would survivors hold on to? Playwright Anne Washburn explores this scenario in Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, which imagines that, of all things, Bart Simpson would become a vital part of the new... More >> |
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| West 40s | Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing |
Betrayal
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In a recent interview with The New York Times, real-life married couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz seemed as happy as could be: She thinks he’s a great cook, they love to go on luxury vacations, and they relish opportunities to work together. In other words, when they break each... More >> |
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| West 40s | Theater, Broadway: Opening |
Fall for Dance Festival
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After a stationary summer—during which the entire dance community seems to pick up and migrate to Jacob’s Pillow in western Massachusetts—we’re glad it’s finally autumn and companies galore are leaping and lunging back to NYC. For a decade now, the Fall for Dance... More >> |
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| West 50s | Dance |
First Date
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Some years ago, composer/lyricist Michael Weiner asked an actress out on a date. She declined (though she later married him) and from this a Broadway musical was born. Weiner has teamed with colleague Alan Zachary and writer Austin Winsberg for this show about all that can go wrong—and... More >> |
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| West 40s | Theater, Broadway: Now Playing |
The Flaming Lips+Tame Impala
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As the world awaits Lipsha, the unlikely brainchild of the Flaming Lips and Kesha, Lips fans will have to content themselves more of The Terror, Wayne Coyne's foray into existential despair and ontological dread following a breakup with his partner of 25 years. They've never sounded so gloomy... More >> |
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| West 50s | Music |
Massive Attack
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This unusual collaboration with the award-winning documentary filmmaker has the trip-hop icons performing while the audience is enveloped in videos which turn a suspicious eye toward modern technology. That perspective has always been a central part of their appeal, but this may be the most... More >> |
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| East 60s | Music |
Massive Attack v Adam Curtis
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Earplugs will be furnished at the door for Massive Attack v Adam Curtis, a post-apocalyptic multimedia supercollider of bass-heavy trip-hop beats provided by the Bristol band and resonant archival imagery electronically quilted to ideology-undermining perfection by Curtis, the BBC’s most... More >> |
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| East 60s | Music |
stop. reset
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With the rise of e-books, the question of how much longer traditional book publishing can hold out is the timely subject of writer-director Regina Taylor’s new play, stop. reset. At Chicago’s oldest African-American book publishing company, owner Alex Ames goes about the unpleasant... More >> |
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| West 40s | Theater |
Spokaoke
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Sure you’ve heard of karaoke, but what about Spokaoke? Created by Obie-winning director Annie Dorsen, the event puts 100 texts—political speeches, eulogies, philosophical writings—into a karaoke machine for you to interpret and read however you like (options include... More >> |
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| East Village | Music, Nightlife |
ThreeASFOUR
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A couple of seasons ago, we attended a ThreeASFOUR presentation in a West Village loft that resembled an underground party more than a Fashion Week event. Designers Gabriel Asfour, Adi Gil, and Angela Donhauser have long remained true to their aesthetic, and they rarely present their shows in a... More >> |
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| East 80s | Fashion and Style, Arts, Art - Galleries |
'Gotta Have Pop!'
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| Greenwich Village | Music |
The Mystic Circus Side Show
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| Flatiron | Music |
'Ghost Movies'
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| Brooklyn | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom
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| West 40s | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Hairspray
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| Fort Greene | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
'Newfilmmakers'
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| East Village | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Manila in the Claws of Light
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| West 60s | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Ghost Town+Her Bright Skies+Modern Day Escape+Oh No Fiasco+SayWeCanFly
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| East Village | Music |
Okta Logue
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| Lower East Side | Music |
Lisa Barr talks to Tania Grossinger
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| Union Square | Literary Events |
City of Women
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| West 40s | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Kim Smith
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| Greenwich Village | Music |
The Men of Sven Music Review+Jeals+Dog Reaction Shot
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| Brooklyn | Music |
