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WEDNESDAY
December 17, 2008

The Arts

Call	Cirque du Soleil: 'Wintuk'. A cast of 50 performers weaves exciting circus arts, breathtaking theatrical effects and unforgettable songs into a seasonal sto… WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. (Performance - Theater).
Call	Legally Blond. When her boyfriend dumps her, Sorority star Elle Woods sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the… Palace Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
Call	Mamma Mia!. The story of a forty-something mother planning her daughter's wedding. Incorporating 22 of the band ABBA's songs. Schedule var… Winter Garden Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
Call	Dividing the Estate. The play is a comedy about a family that must confront its past as it prepares for its future. Schedule varies, please check ah… Booth Theatre. (Performance - Show Comedy). 212-239-6200
Call	A Tale of Two Cities. Schedule may vary, please check ahead. Al Hirschfeld Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
Call	Shrek The Musical. Based on the story and characters from William Steig's book Shrek!, as well as the DreamWorks Animation film. Schedule may vary… Broadway Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
Call	Equus. Equus tells the story of a deeply disturbed 17-year-old boy, and the psychiatrist who attempts to treat him. Schedule varies, p… Broadhurst Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
Call	Radio City Christmas Spectacular. This annual show has been a welcome tradition since 1933. The show entertains audiences of over 1 million in its 8-week run and… Radio City Music Hall. (Performance - Theater). 212-247-4777
Call	Mary Poppins. Based on the stories by P.L. Travers and the Oscar-winning 1964 Walt Disney film. The show fatures original film score by Rober… New Amsterdam Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
Call	Passing Strange. The show takes audiences on an international journey from L.A. to Amsterdam, Berlin, and beyond as a young man from California s… Belasco Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
Call	Young Frankenstein. The musical Young Frankenstein, which features music by Mel Brooks is based on Brooks' 1974 film. Direction and choreography by… Hilton Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
Call	Road Kill Comedy. Where comics get to stretch, recreating the road format. Dillons Supper Club. (Performance - Show Comedy). 212-439-8034
Call	In the Heights. In the Heights is a new musical about three days in the life of Washington Heights. Schedule varies, please check ahead. Richard Rodgers Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
Call	here: remembering 9/11. "here: remembering 9/11" features a selection of photographs from the "here is new york: a democracy of photographs" exhibition,… Ground Zero. (Festival - Photography Exhibit).
Call	Grease. The story of Sandy and Danny; they have a summer romance and then end up at the same high school, where good girl Sandy doesn't… Brooks Atkinson Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-307-4747
Call	The Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid is based on the Academy Award-winning film and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Ariel long… Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
Call	The Horse. This astounding exhibition will cover more than 50 million years of the evolution of the horse and how horses have transformed o… American Museum of Natural History. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 212-769-5200
9:30 am- 8:00 pm	Madame Tussauds New York. Participate in the action. Mix Music with R&B Megastar Usher, Sing for Simon on American Idol (R) or if you dare enter Chamber o… Madame Tussauds New York. (Arts - Gallery Walk). 800-246-8872
2:00 pm	South Pacific. The musical is based on James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific, and features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hamm… Vivian Beaumont Theater. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	The Country Girl. The play is about a down-on-his luck alcoholic actor and his unhappy wife, whose fortunes look to change when he is offered a ro… Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	Xanadu. A new production of the musical Xanadu featuring the hit songs "Magic", "Xanadu", "Party All Over the World" and "I'm Alive" - a… Helen Hayes Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	The 39 Steps. This Olivier Award winning comedy is adapted from the Alfred Hitchcock film by Patrick Barlow and is staged with four cast membe… Cort Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	August: Osage County. When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of th… Music Box Theater. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	The Lion King. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually the thr… Minskoff Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
2:00 pm	Hairspray. When big-haired overweight Traci Turnblad wins a spot on a local TV dance show she becomes an overnight teen celebrity vying for… Neil Simon Theatre. (Performance - Theater).
2:00 pm	The Phantom of the Opera. The unforgettable tale of a mysterious figure haunting the Paris Opera House. Majestic Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
2:00 pm	Boeing-Boeing. An architect living in Paris has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancees with his housekeeper reluctantly pla… Longacre Theatre. (Performance - Show Comedy). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	Jersey Boys. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito an… August Wilson Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
2:00 pm	Wicked. The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood, the other beautiful and popula… Gershwin Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-307-4100
2:00 pm	A Man for All Seasons. A timeless exploration of politics, religion and power, based on the fascinating true story of English Chancellor Sir Thomas Mor… American Airlines Theater. (Performance - Theater). 212-719-1300
2:00 pm	Avenue Q. Set in NY on Avenue Q, which is described as the only place one can live when they are just out of college, out of a job or brok… Golden Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	Gypsy. Musical fable suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, and Laura Benanti. Directed by m… St. James Theater. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	Bingo. Three friends, Honey, Vern and Patsy, will do just about anything to get to their Bingo game, including drive through a hurrican… St. Luke's Church. (Performance - Musical). 212-246-3540
2:00 pm	Monty Python's Spamalot. Based on the screenplay by the creators of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Kni… Shubert Theatre. (Performance - Show Comedy). 800-432-7250
2:00 pm	All My Sons. Inspired by a true story about a successful business man who knowingly sold the government defective airplane parts during World… Schoenfeld Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
2:00 pm	Perfect Crime. Perfect Crime, is about a small-town detective determined to prove that an affluent psychiatrist murdered her husband. Snapple Theater Center. (Performance - Theater).
2:00 pm	The Fantasticks. The story of a young boy and girl who fall madly in love at the hands of their meddling fathers, but soon grow restless and stra… Snapple Theater Center. (Performance - Musical).
2:00 pm	Billy Elliott: The Musical. This moving new musical is the story of a boy who discovers he has a special talent for dance, while the boys all around him are… Imperial Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
2:30 pm	I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Four actors take on the role of twenty different characters as the face the trials and tribulations of dealing with the opposite… Westside Theatre. (Performance - Show Comedy).
7:30 pm	August: Osage County. When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of th… Music Box Theater. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
7:30 pm	Amateur Night. Since 1934, aspiring artists and performers take the stage of the Apollo in the hope that the approval of the audience will laun… Apollo Theater. (Performance - Interactive Theater).
8:00 pm	South Pacific. The musical is based on James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific, and features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hamm… Vivian Beaumont Theater. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	The Country Girl. The play is about a down-on-his luck alcoholic actor and his unhappy wife, whose fortunes look to change when he is offered a ro… Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	Xanadu. A new production of the musical Xanadu featuring the hit songs "Magic", "Xanadu", "Party All Over the World" and "I'm Alive" - a… Helen Hayes Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	The 39 Steps. This Olivier Award winning comedy is adapted from the Alfred Hitchcock film by Patrick Barlow and is staged with four cast membe… Cort Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	The Lion King. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually the thr… Minskoff Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
8:00 pm	Hairspray. When big-haired overweight Traci Turnblad wins a spot on a local TV dance show she becomes an overnight teen celebrity vying for… Neil Simon Theatre. (Performance - Theater).
8:00 pm	The Phantom of the Opera. The unforgettable tale of a mysterious figure haunting the Paris Opera House. Majestic Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
8:00 pm	Boeing-Boeing. An architect living in Paris has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancees with his housekeeper reluctantly pla… Longacre Theatre. (Performance - Show Comedy). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	Spring Awakening. Spring Awakening depicts a dozen young people and how they make their way through the complicated, confusing, and mysterious tim… Eugene O'Neill Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	Jersey Boys. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito an… August Wilson Theatre. (Performance - Musical).
8:00 pm	Wicked. The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood, the other beautiful and popula… Gershwin Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-307-4100
8:00 pm	A Man for All Seasons. A timeless exploration of politics, religion and power, based on the fascinating true story of English Chancellor Sir Thomas Mor… American Airlines Theater. (Performance - Theater). 212-719-1300
8:00 pm	Avenue Q. Set in NY on Avenue Q, which is described as the only place one can live when they are just out of college, out of a job or brok… Golden Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	Stomp. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms. Orpheum Theatre. (Performance - Theater).
8:00 pm	Gypsy. Musical fable suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Starring Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, and Laura Benanti. Directed by m… St. James Theater. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	Blue Man Group. Three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percuss… Astor Place Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 800-BLUE-MAN
8:00 pm	Bingo. Three friends, Honey, Vern and Patsy, will do just about anything to get to their Bingo game, including drive through a hurrican… St. Luke's Church. (Performance - Musical). 212-246-3540
8:00 pm	Monty Python's Spamalot. Based on the screenplay by the creators of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Kni… Shubert Theatre. (Performance - Show Comedy). 800-432-7250
8:00 pm	Comedy For All. Tommy Koenig's The Comics Studio presents Comedy For All. Stand up pros from stage and screen. All ages! All sexes! All race… Dillons Supper Club. (Performance - Show Comedy). 212-307-9797
8:00 pm	All My Sons. Inspired by a true story about a successful business man who knowingly sold the government defective airplane parts during World… Schoenfeld Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 212-239-6200
8:00 pm	The World Stand Up Comedy. Featuring the best mix of national TV headliners from Letterman, Leno, Conan and Comedy Central as well as the hottest young com… The World at The Broadway Comedy Club. (Performance - Comedic). 646-329-6502
8:00 pm	Billy Elliott: The Musical. This moving new musical is the story of a boy who discovers he has a special talent for dance, while the boys all around him are… Imperial Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200

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