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December 18, 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). 212-465-MSG1 |
| 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). 212-239-6200 |
| 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 | 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). 212-282-2900 |
| 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). 212-307-4100 |
| 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). 212-307-4100 |
| 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). 212-307-4747 |
| Call | Objective Suspense. Colin Gee, a former principal clown with Cirque de Soleil, creates a series of intimate performance experiences inspired by Alex… The Whitney Museum of American Art. (Performance - Theater). 800-944-8639 |
| Call | A Touch of Poet. A Touch of Poet by Eugene O'Neill. The play centers around Con Melody, once a landed gentleman in Ireland, now an innkeeper in A… 14th Street Y Theatre. (Performance - Theater). 212-352-3101 |
| Call | HA! HA! HA!-liday Spectacular. America's favorite puppeteer, Taylor Mason, brings his all age holiday comedy spectacular to NYC. This is a holiday show that'… HA! Comedy Club NYC. (Performance - Comedic). 212-501-2089 |
| 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 |
| 3:00 pm- 6:00 pm | Holiday Print Show. An exhibition of hand-pulled prints by resident artists, as well as prints contributed by community artists and selected artists… Studio 889. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 718-620-2824 |
| 7:00 pm | Tony n' Tina's Wedding. This long-running interactive mock wedding exploits the stereotype of the melodramatic Italian. As an invited guest you will da… Vinnie Black's Colliseum at the Edison Hotel. (Performance - Show Comedy). 212-352-3101 |
| 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 |
| 8:00 pm | Chicago. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels them in… Ambassador Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200 |
| 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 | 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). 212-869-0550 |
| 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). 212-307-4100 |
| 8:00 pm | The Phantom of the Opera. The unforgettable tale of a mysterious figure haunting the Paris Opera House. Majestic Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200 |
| 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). 212-239-6200 |
| 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 | 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). 212-307-4100 |
| 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 | 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 | La Boheme - Metropolitan Opera. Giacomo Puccini's opera is based on a novel about bohemian life in Paris in the 1840s. Sung in Italian with Met Titles in Engli… Metropolitan Opera House. (Arts - Opera). 212-362-6000 |
| 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 | Altar Boyz. This musical comedy spoof follows a Christian boy band that includes one Jewish boy. The performances are held at New World Stag… New World Stages. (Performance - Musical). 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 | 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). 212-307-4100 |
| 8:00 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). 212-307-4100 |
| 8:00 pm | My First Time. My First Time is a new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues, featuring four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories… New World Stages. (Performance - Show Comedy). 212-840-3335 |
| 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 |
| 10:00 pm- 12:00 am | Starshine Burlesque. Starshine Burlesque takes it off every single Thursday night and features some of the best in burlesque entertainment New York h… The Fortune Cookie Cabaret. (Performance - Burlesque). |
Community
| Call | Self Defense. Gotham Jiu Jitsu offers one-on-one self defense sessions at various gyms throughout the city. Please contact us to find out if… New York Metro Area. (Community - Safety Awareness). 646-284-1461 |
| Call | New York Pole Dancing. Intro to Pole Dancing classes. Also $5, $10, & $20 class packages available. Classes run 7 days a week. New York Pole Dancing. (Educational - Class). 917-628-7449 |
| Call | NY Waterway Skyline Cruise Tour. This 90-Minute Skyline Cruise offers views of several NY attractions including the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Uni… New York Waterway Tours. (Educational - Boat Tour). 800-533-3779 |
| Call | Handwritten Copy of J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard on Display. View one of only seven original copies of the book, created, hand-written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling, on display at The New… The New York Public Library. (Community). 917-275-6975 |
| Call | Samsung's Holiday Sweepstakes!. Enter for a chance to win the Holiday Hook-Up Sweepstakes! Register in-person at the Samsung Experience now through January 3,… Samsung Experience. (Community). |
| Call | Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future. An examination of one of the most pressing issues of our time-the massive, human-induced warming of Earth, a phenomenon that cou… American Museum of Natural History. (Educational - Science & Nature). 212-769-5200 |
| 9:00 am- 5:00 pm | Toulouse-Lautrec: 100 Prints & Posters. The largest exhibition and sale of original prints and posters of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec ever assembled. Over 100 works by the f… The International Poster Center. (Community). 212-787-4000 |
| 11:30 am | Ground Zero Museum Private Tours. Exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts from the recovery, items worn by recov… Ground Zero Museum Workshop, NYC. (Educational - Walking Tour). 212-209-3370 |
| 1:00 pm- 4:00 pm | Ground Zero Museum Self-Guided Tours. The Ground Zero Museum Workshop Tours exhibit 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts from the… Ground Zero Museum Workshop, NYC. (Educational - Walking Tour). 212-209-3370 |
| 4:30 pm- 5:30 pm | OSLIC Voice Spa. Learn to use a voice that seduces and words that charm from certified OSLIC Instructors. Get what you need just using your spee… Oslic Voice Spa. (Educational - Class). 212-951-3844 |
| 8:00 pm- 9:30 pm | Amma's Satsang. Satsang has power to transform your mind. It is a time to cleanse the mind and allow the spirit to flow. Satsang is Sanskrit fo… Dharmakaya Meditation Center. (Community - Self Help). 212-306-0534 |
Dining Specials
| 3:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Happy Hour at Cafe St. Bart's. Cafe St. Bart's. (Dining - Happy Hour). 212-888-2664 |
Festivals
| Call | Korean Film Series. The Korean Cultural Service New York hosts a twice-monthly film series on Thursdays. Films screened include classic Korean movi… Korean Cultural Service New York. (Festival - Film Festival). 212-759-9550 |
| 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm | Taste Of The Upper West Side. Meet At 72nd Street Subway Station Park. Includes introductions, Upper West Side Notes, Three Hour Guided Walking Tour and Wine… New York Metro Area. (Festival - Wine Tasting). 917-981-9474 |
Health & Fitness
| Call | Nutcracker Workout at NNew York Sports Clubs. Set to Tchaikovsky's Score, this Popular Seasonal Workout taught by the creator/dance professional Stas' Kmiec'. Ballet moves a… New York Metro Area. (Health & Fitness). 212-868-6979 |
For Children
| Call | Dear Edwina. Daryl Roth Productions announces with pride the off-Broadway premiere of the Zina Goldrich amd Marcy Heisler musical, Dear Edwin… The DR2 Theatre. (Kid's Theater). 212-239-6200 |
| 11:30 am- 12:30 pm | The Story Museum. Preschool children up to age 5. Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories, crafts, music, dancing and singing. Ever… Historic Richmond Town. (Kid's - Children's Activities). 718-351-1611 |
| 3:30 pm | After School Book Club. Junior High School students. Read and discuss selected books covering major periods in history. The collections and historic bu… Historic Richmond Town. (Kid's - Children's Activities). 718-351-1611 |
Miscellaneous
| 5:30 pm- 11:30 pm | Past Rock Star Silkscreen Exhibit. George H. Potter's current exhibition is a tribute series honoring the legendary entertainers who recorded landmark albums there… Providence. (Miscellaneous). 212-307-0062 |
Nightlife
| Call | Virtual Thursdays at SBNY. SBNY Splash Bar New York. (Nightlife - Gay & Lesbian). 212-691-0073 |
| Call | Ladies Night at Webster Hall. Don't miss out on the explosive Male Revue from 10pm to midnight for the ladies only. Webster Hall. (Nigthlife - Ladies Night). 212-353-1600 |
| Call | Blues, Jazz, & Rock. Jazz, Blues & Rock Club Crawl in Greenwich Village. Call for reservations & meeting place. $20 includes admission to all clubs… New York Metro Area. (Nightlife - Pub Crawl). 212-696-6617 |
| Call | All the Drag with the Asian Dragdolls. Witty drag queens from New York team up with Asian "dragdolls" from Singapore, Japan, India, China, Hawaii, Indonesia, and the P… Lucky Cheng's. (Nightlife - Adult theme). 212-861-2438 |
| Call | Birthday & Open Bar Parties. It's your birthday!!! Party it up Southern Hospitality style, where the birthday guy/gal drinks for free all night! The birthd… Southern Hospitality BBQ. (Nightlife - Parties). 212-249-1001 |
| 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm | Lew Anderson's Big Band. This show pays tribute to a great arranger and cherished friend of the Big Band, Lew Anderson. Please call for reservations. HA! Comedy Club NYC. (Nightlife - Live Music). 212-977-3884 |
| 6:00 pm | After Work Thursdays at Proof. Join us for happy hour every Thursday with drink specials. Proof Bar and Lounge. (Nightlife - Happy Hours). 212-228-4200 |
| 7:30 pm | Times Square - Stand Up Comedy Shows. New York's Busiest Comedy Club located in the Heart of Times Square. All shows are 90 minutes long and feature 4-6 Comedians see… HA! Comedy Club NYC. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-977-3884 |
| 8:00 pm | DJ Wool and Lorcan. Intereuropean DMC champions spinning a mellow blend of hip-hop and breaks on Thursdays and Saturdays. 24/8. (Nightlife - Dance). 212-431-4635 |
| 8:30 pm- 11:00 pm | Comedy Soap Box. Comedy Soap Box has been producing some of the best standup in New York for four years. Comedians from Leno, Letterman, HBO, Com… Nevada Smith's. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-982-2591 |
| 9:00 pm | Celebrity Thursdays at Rubber Monkey. Resident DJ's Eric Tomasini, David Vasquez and John Creamer spinning on-the-edge house with the once-famous and would be supermo… Rubber Monkey. (Nightlife - Dance). 212-625-8220 |
| 9:00 pm | Nightly Stand Up Comedy. Every night The Broadway Comedy Club features comics who have appeared on Letterman, The Tonight Show, Saturday Night Live, Mad… Broadway Comedy Club. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-757-2323 |
| 9:00 pm | Comedy Showcase. Comics at the New York Comedy Club have appeared on the Tonight Show, Letterman, MTV, Comedy Central, Saturday Night Live, and m… New York Comedy Club. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-696-5233 |
| 9:00 pm- 2:30 am | Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week. Club Groove. (Nightlife - Live Music). 212-254-9393 |
| 10:00 pm- 2:00 am | Salsa Night. Come out every Thursday night to NYC's most exciting and only underground Salsa party 4 years and still going strong! ... NYC's… Club Cache. (Nightlife - Theme Night). 646-591-2772 |
| 10:00 pm | Beer Pong Night. Beer pong night. Late night beer pong $12 pitchers of Bud Light. Southern Hospitality BBQ. (Nightlife - Theme Night). 212-249-1001 |
| 11:00 pm- 4:00 am | Say Word Thursday. This is a sexy, sexy, sexy, intimate Senegalese/French spot in the East Village. Beautiful decor, great staff, great sound, gre… Nolia. (Nightlife - DJ). 212-228-8103 |
Retail Events
| 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | Sample Sale. Manufacturer's inventory clearance sample sale. All Fur Garments including Outerwear Up to 80% off retail. Shearlings, Rabbit,… Sekas International Ltd.. (Retail - Retail Event). 212-629-6095 |
| 5:00 pm- 10:00 pm | Shecky's Holiday Night Out. Shecky's Holiday Night Out is a three-day shopping experience that features everything you need to relax during the stressful gi… The Altman Building. (Retail - Holiday Event / Shopping). 212-242-2566 |
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