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The EventGuide THURSDAY August 20, 2009 The Arts| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. (Arts - Photography Exhibit). | | 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 | 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 | 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | John Wood: Quiet Protest. Wood, 86, pioneered the use of multimedia collage, and is a master in his use of many additional techniques including straight p
International Center of Photography. (Arts - Photography Exhibit). 212-857-0000 | 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | David Seidner: Paris Fashions, 1945. A collection of couture-clad dolls made for the Theatre de la Mode, a wildly creative effort by the French fashion industry to b
International Center of Photography. (Arts - Photography Exhibit). 212-857-0000 | 10:00 am- 6:00 pm | Avedon Fashion 1944-2000. The first exhibition devoted exclusively to Richard Avedon's fashion work will include some 175 photographs from throughout his
International Center of Photography. (Arts - Photography Exhibit). 212-857-0000 | 11:00 am- 5:45 pm | Mary Koszmary (Nightmares): A Film by Yael Bartana. Using the structure and sensibility of a WWII propaganda film, artist Yael Bartana explores a complicated set of social and poli
The Jewish Museum. (Arts - Gallery Walk). 212-423-3337 | 11:00 am- 5:45 pm | Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey. The acclaimed permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through 800 works of art, archaeolog
The Jewish Museum. (Arts - Gallery Walk). 212-423-3337 | 11:00 am- 5:00 pm | Julian Goldstein and Kat Kohl: "Composition of the Surrounding". Photographer Julian Goldstein and sculptor Kat Kohl express a shared interest in interpreting their immediate surroundings throu
AES Gallery. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 718-249-9359 | 12:00 pm- 7:00 pm | Off The Clock. A group exhibition of works by artists who work or have worked as studio assistants to other artists. Opening Reception: Friday
Like the Spice, Art Studio. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 718-388-5388 | 12:00 pm- 3:00 pm | Spirit Of Haiti. Internationally Acclaimed artist Jude Papaloko Thegenius' extraordinary exhibition "Spirit of Haiti". A collection of intensely
Gallery-Loft 138. (Arts - Art Exhibit). 646-351-2275 | | 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 | | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | | 8:00 pm | Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical.  Hair follows a group of hopeful, free-spirited young people. The score includes the musical numbers "Let the Sun Shine In," "Aq
Al Hirschfeld Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200 | | 8:00 pm | 9 to 5.  An all-new musical comedy about friendship and revenge centers on a trio of office workers who turn the tables on their sexist a
Marquis Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-307-4100 | | 8:00 pm | Next to Normal.  A modern musical that explores how one suburban household copes with crisis. Booth Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-239-6200 | | 8:00 pm | Rock of Ages.  It's 1987 and the final countdown is on for a legendary Hollywood rock club facing its demise at the hands of eager developers.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre. (Performance - Musical). 212-307-4100 | | 8:00 pm | The Han Tang Yuefu Music and Dance Ensemble. The Taiwan-based company recreates the traditional Nanguan music and Liyuan dance of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), with sumptuo
The Joyce Theater. (Arts - Concerts). 212-242-0800 | 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). |
BusinessCommunity| 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 | Made on Staten Island. Made on Staten Island presents a wide variety of objects crafted and produced on the island from the 18th to the 20th centuries,
Historic Richmond Town. (Educational - Walking Tour). 718-351-1611 | | Call | Toys!. The exhibition features more than 200 of the best-loved and most fondly remembered toys from the 1840s through today. Hands-on
Historic Richmond Town. (Educational - Walking Tour). 718-351-1611 | | Call | Sapnish Harlem Salsa Tour. Museum lecture featuring cultural insights, History, Ethnomusicology, Religion,Anthropology, Music and Dance. Includes social
New York Metro Area. (Educational - Walking Tour). | | 11:00 am | Tour New York TV and Movie Sites. Take a bus tour to the sites of your favorite movies and TV shows. Over 40 sites from over 60 TV shows and movies. Tours last
New York Metro Area. (Educational - Bus Tour). | | 11:00 am | Ground Zero Museum Workshop "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery". 5-star rated exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts from the recovery, items
Ground Zero Museum. (Educational - Walking Tour). 212-209-3370 | 11:00 am- 2:30 pm | New York TV & Movie Tour. Go behind the scenes of your favorite TV shows and movies filmed in NYC: Friends, Seinfeld, Ghostbusters, Spider Man, Ugly Betty
Ellen's Stardust Diner. (Educational - Walking Tour). 212-209-3370 | | 1:00 pm | Ground Zero Museum Workshop "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery". 5-star rated exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts from the recovery, items
Ground Zero Museum. (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 SpecialsFestivals| 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 | | Call | Mostly Mozart Festival. Performances of works by Mozart, Haydn, and Mendelssohn, as well as premieres by the Mark Morris Dance Group in collaboration wi
Lincoln Center. (Festival - Music). 212-721-6500 | 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 & Fitness6:45 am- 7:45 am | Boot Camp by inSHAPE. A results-driven total body conditioning workout that utilizes a circuit training format, with innovative and challenging exerci
Bethesda Fountain. (Health & Fitness). |
For Children11:30 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 |
MiscellaneousNightlife| 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 | | 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 | Stand Up Comedy Shows All Night Long. New York's Busiest Comedy Club located in the Heart of Times Square. All shows are 90 minutes long and feature 4-5 Comedians see
HA! Comedy Club NYC. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-977-3884 | | 8:00 pm | Justin Tranz Comedy Hypnosis. Just like a Surgeon, Tranz skillfully operates on your psyche, your fears and your funny bone, with the "Power of Suggestion." I
HA! Comedy Club NYC. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-977-3884 | 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 | 8:30 pm- 10:30 pm | Comedy Hurts. A variety of TV credited comedians perform in an intimate room where you can eat, drink while you enjoy the show. $3 draft beers
Joe Franklin's Comedy Club. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-592-4435 | | 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- 2:00 am | 80s Night. Featuring live 80s music by Hometown Sweethearts. 80s movies & TV shows on the Big Screen, and 80s pricing on all drinks. 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 | | 11:00 pm | Justin Tranz Comedy Hypnosis. Just like a Surgeon, Tranz skillfully operates on your psyche, your fears and your funny bone, with the "Power of Suggestion." I
HA! Comedy Club NYC. (Nightlife - Comedy). 212-977-3884 | 12:00 am- 4:00 am | Vero's List -Thursday. Pink Elephant is the most exclusive New York lounge located in the heart of nightlife. Music by DJ resident Marco Peruzzi. Hig
Pink Elephant. (Nightlife - DJ). 917-569-0979 |
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