New York Events Date: Wed May 8th - New York Entertainment Guide

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Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 9:30 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 9
Claude Monet may be best known as a master of Impressionism, but he could also be considered as one of the first style bloggers ever. Really! His paintings, such as Women in the Garden and Luncheon on the Grass, documented a revolutionary time for clothing. The Metropolitan Museum of... More >>
East 80s	Arts, Art - Museums

Please Come to the Show, Part I (1960-1980) Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) : 10:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from May 8 until July 15
The walls of our cubicles at the Voice are covered with art show announcements. Why? Because each one is a beautiful souvenir. The Museum of Modern Art totally gets us. David Senior, the MOMA’s bibliographer, has organized “Please Come to the Show, Part I (1960–1980),”... More >>
West 50s	Arts, Art - Museums

The Memory Show The Duke on 42nd Street : 7:00 p.m. every Tue. until May 18; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until May 18; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until May 18
You may not think Alzheimer’s is something to sing about. But the Transport Group politely disagrees. This new musical by Sara Cooper and Zach Redler, described by its creators as a “comic tragedy,” is a two-person tuner about an adult daughter who returns home to care for her... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing

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Hit the Wall Barrow Street Theatre : 7:30 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until July 7; 2:30 p.m. every Sat., Sun. until July 7
In the early morning of June 28, 1969, what was going to be just another police raid on the underground gay bar the Stonewall Inn turned into the pivotal event for the modern gay-rights movement. Ike Holter's new play, which James Hannaham called "an explosive extravaganza" in his Voice review,... More >>
West Village	Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing

Here Lies Love Public Theater : Every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 19
If the shoe-obsessed Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos were able to attend David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s new musical about her life titled Here Lies Love, she’d probably wear fancy high heels for the occasion. But, for the rest of us, comfortable footwear will be more practical as... More >>
Greenwich Village	Theater

Brooklyn Boulders Brooklyn Boulders : 7:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri.; 8:00 a.m. every Sat., Sun.
Have you ever stared longingly at the Brooklyn Bridge and thought, I wish I could climb that? Brooklyn Boulders, an 18,000-square-foot refuge for the urban climber located near the Gowanus, is happy to give you a shot. In addition to providing massive synthetic boulders, 360-degree climbing... More >>
Brooklyn	Recreation

Bird-watching walks Central Park(Charles A. Dana Discovery Center) : 10:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 1
More than 235 species of birds can be found in Central Park over the course of the year, ranging from natives like the blue jay to more exotic migrating visitors like the great blue heron. With thousands of green spots and lots of water, Central Park is a great place to watch birds. There are... More >>
West 100s	Recreation

Gutai: Splendid Playground Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : 10:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 8
One of the most well-known images of the Gutai movement in Japan is that of Saburo Murakami tearing through a row of large frames covered in paper. His Passing Through (1956) embodied the spirit of the group that believed artwork needed to break free from the canvas in order to speak to a new... More >>
East 80s	Arts, Art - Museums

Harvey Kurtzman Society of Illustrators : 10:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri. until May 11; 12:00 p.m. every Sat.
If you’ve laughed anytime in the past 50 years, you owe Harvey Kurtzman some thanks. Triple-threat Kurtzman (writer, editor, cartoonist) and publisher William Gaines created Mad magazine in 1952, and Kurtzman’s bloody-knuckle satire inspired everyone from R. Crumb to Terry Gilliam... More >>
East 60s	Arts

El Anatsui Brooklyn Museum : 11:00 a.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until August 4
For years, the Nigerian artist El Anatsui was highly regarded for his abstract wood sculptures. But he didn’t really receive the acclaim he deserved in the mainstream until he showed his elegant metal tapestries made from flattened aluminum bottle tops at the Venice Biennale in 2007.... More >>
Prospect Heights	Arts, Art - Museums

Jay DeFeo A Retrospective Whitney Museum Of American Art : 11:00 a.m. every Wed., Thu., Sat., Sun. until June 2; 1:00 p.m. every Fri. until June 2
In 1958, the late artist Jay DeFeo went to work on a new project guided only by, what she called, “an idea that had a center to it.” Eight years and 2,300 pounds later, her enormous painting The Rose, one of her most famous works, was finished. After being forklifted out of her San... More >>
East 80s	Arts, Art - Museums

New York African Film Festival Film Society of Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater : 12:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 31
For its 20th anniversary, the New York African Film Festival, which kicked off April 3, looks back at the contributions of the late Senegalese writer-filmmaker Ousmane Sembène (a/k/a the father of African cinema) while also showcasing the work of contemporary African directors who have... More >>
West 60s	Film - Picks

The Assembled Parties Samuel J. Friedman Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed. until June 16; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat., Sun. until June 16; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 16
OK, theatergoer: You’ve silenced your cellphone, unwrapped your candy, and shushed your seatmate. Nicely done. But how are your table manners? Well, get ready to put your napkin in your lap and seize your appetizer fork as you dine out on Richard Greenberg’s new show, The Assembled... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Now Playing

The Big Knife American Airlines Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 2; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat., Sun. until June 2
Charlie Castle in Clifford Odets’s The Big Knife would seem to have it all—a successful Hollywood acting career, a big house, and a beautiful wife. But all is not well. His wife (Marin Ireland) is threatening to leave him, the almighty studio bosses own him, and a starlet is poised... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Now Playing

I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers Booth Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Fri., Sat. until June 30; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat. until June 30; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until June 30; 7:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue. until June 30
Bette Midler has a fine set of teeth, and she’ll use them to play hardheaded “superagent” Sue Mengers. As scripted by celebrated stage and screenwriter John Logan, this one-woman show demonstrates Mengers’s ruthless rise—from childhood poverty to Hollywood... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Opening

Kinky Boots Al Hirschfeld Theatre : 3:00 p.m. every Sun.; 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Thu.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat.
Some of us have quite enough trouble  simply walking in six-inch stilettos. But to sing and dance and act in them? Really, someone should hand out honorary Tonys to the Kinky Boots cast just for trying. This new tuner draws its inspiration from a  recent British film, itself based... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Now Playing

Matilda: The Musical Shubert Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Thu.; 3:00 p.m. every Sun.
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 >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Now Playing

The Nance Lyceum Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 3:00 p.m. every Sun.; 7:00 p.m. every Tue.
Nathan Lane may number among the most talented of our stage entertainers, but not perhaps the most masculine. This makes him an ideal star for Douglas Carter Beane’s new play, about the world of 1930s burlesque and the men and women called upon to play gay in service of comedy. Jack... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Now Playing

Nice Work If You Can Get It Imperial Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Thu. until June 15; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat. until June 15; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat. until June 15; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until June 15
Who doesn’t like a Gershwin tune? The producers of the new musical Nice Work If You Can Get It are betting no one. Taking all the favorite Gershwin classics (including “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “I’ve Got a Crush on You,” and “Someone to... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Now Playing

Once Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Tue.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri.; 3:00 p.m. every Sun.
Audiences didn’t fall slowly for New York Theatre Workshop’s adaptation of the much-loved indie film Once. Despite mixed notices, crowds fell quickly, and they fell hard. The Broadway transfer continues this fine romance, as it includes the original cast and songs in this tale of a... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Broadway: Now Playing

Peter and the Starcatcher New World Stages : 7:00 p.m. every Mon., Wed. until June 30; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat. until June 30; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 30; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until June 30
Most boys have to grow up and most Broadway shows have to close. But just as Peter Pan managed to maintain eternal youth, this play, a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s story, has found a way to continue on, just down the block from Broadway at New World Stages. Alex Timbers and Roger Rees remount... More >>
West 50s	Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing

Who's Your Daddy? Irish Repertory Theatre : 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat., Sun. until May 12; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat. until May 12; 7:00 p.m. every Thu. until May 12
A few years ago, Johnny O’Callaghan, an unemployed queer actor, decided he had to adopt a Ugandan orphan named Odin. Then he created a one-man show about it, which he now brings to the Irish Rep. He takes a spirited spin on questions of sexuality, parenting, and unlikely forms of family. More >>
Chelsea	Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing

Bunty Berman Presents... Acorn Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed. until June 1; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 1; 2:00 p.m. every Sat. until June 1
The New Group has been enjoying a rather lackluster season, but what better show to shake a company out of its doldrums than a musical that borrows Bollywood’s razzle dazzle. The first-rate Ayub Khan Din’s new work tells of a flailing film studio and the producer struggling to keep... More >>
West 40s	Theater, Off-Broadway: Opening

Collapse City Center Theater : 2:30 p.m. every Sat., Sun. until May 19; 7:30 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until May 19
You can’t fault Allison Moore for originality. Few playwrights would consider a deadly bridge collapse and post-traumatic stress disorder as the spark for a comedy, but that’s just what she’s done. In this Women’s Project production, directed by Jackson Gay, Hannah must... More >>
West 50s	Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing

La Ruta St John the Divine Cathedral : 8:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 12
Working Theater keeps on truckin’. Literally. With his new play, La Ruta, Ed Cardona Jr. follows a group of immigrants as they make a risky attempt to steal across the U.S. border. In the service of verisimilitude (or to avoid those pesky theater rental fees), director Tamilla Woodard... More >>
West 100s	Theater

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art : 9:30 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 9

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) : 10:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from May 8 until July 15

The Duke on 42nd Street : 7:00 p.m. every Tue. until May 18; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until May 18; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until May 18

Barrow Street Theatre : 7:30 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until July 7; 2:30 p.m. every Sat., Sun. until July 7

Public Theater : Every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 19

Brooklyn Boulders : 7:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri.; 8:00 a.m. every Sat., Sun.

Central Park(Charles A. Dana Discovery Center) : 10:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. until September 1

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : 10:00 a.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 8

Society of Illustrators : 10:00 a.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri. until May 11; 12:00 p.m. every Sat.

Brooklyn Museum : 11:00 a.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until August 4

Whitney Museum Of American Art : 11:00 a.m. every Wed., Thu., Sat., Sun. until June 2; 1:00 p.m. every Fri. until June 2

Film Society of Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater : 12:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 31

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed. until June 16; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat., Sun. until June 16; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 16

American Airlines Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 2; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat., Sun. until June 2

Booth Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Fri., Sat. until June 30; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat. until June 30; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until June 30; 7:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue. until June 30

Al Hirschfeld Theatre : 3:00 p.m. every Sun.; 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Thu.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat.

Shubert Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Thu.; 3:00 p.m. every Sun.

Lyceum Theatre : 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 3:00 p.m. every Sun.; 7:00 p.m. every Tue.

Imperial Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Tue., Thu. until June 15; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat. until June 15; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat. until June 15; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until June 15

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Tue.; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat.; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri.; 3:00 p.m. every Sun.

New World Stages : 7:00 p.m. every Mon., Wed. until June 30; 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat. until June 30; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 30; 3:00 p.m. every Sun. until June 30

Irish Repertory Theatre : 2:00 p.m. every Wed., Sat., Sun. until May 12; 8:00 p.m. every Wed., Fri., Sat. until May 12; 7:00 p.m. every Thu. until May 12

Acorn Theatre : 7:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed. until June 1; 8:00 p.m. every Thu., Fri., Sat. until June 1; 2:00 p.m. every Sat. until June 1

City Center Theater : 2:30 p.m. every Sat., Sun. until May 19; 7:30 p.m. every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat. until May 19

St John the Divine Cathedral : 8:00 p.m. every Mon., Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. until May 12

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