Manhattan, Holiday 2017 & Winter 2018 |
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PERFORMING ARTS
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4–MONDAY, JANUARY 1
Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular
Radio City Music Hall, Midtown Times vary. Delight in this beloved holiday tradition and admire the legendary precision and grace of the Rockettes.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13–THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14
Andrea Bocelli
Madison Square Garden, Midtown 7:30 PM See the celebrated Italian tenor return to MSG for two nights with the Philharmonia Orchestra of New York conducted by Eugene Kohn.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 & THURSDAY, JANUARY 11
Billy Joel – In Concert
Madison Square Garden, Midtown 8:00 PM Hear this internationally acclaimed, six-time Grammy-winner perform his greatest hits, including “Piano Man,” “New York State of Mind” and more.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13–SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17
Big Band Holidays
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Upper West Side Times vary. Celebrate swinging and soulful performances of your favorite holiday music by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring special guest vocalist Catherine Russell.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15–SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16
The New York Pops: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Carnegie Hall, Midtown 8:00 PM Get into the holiday spirit with the orchestra’s annual performance of holiday favorites and delightful surprises.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Tosca
Metropolitan Opera, Upper West Side 6:30 PM Catch the premiere of Sir David McVicar’s new production of Puccini’s Tosca. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts this passionate opera.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24
New York Festival of Song: Pyotr the Great
Merkin Concert Hall, Upper West Side 8:00 PM Delve into the rich repertoire of Tchaikovsky, along with selections composed by his students (Glière, Scriabin, Taneyev and Rachmaninoff) and his teacher Anton Rubinstein.
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THEATER
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4–SUNDAY, JANUARY 14
Miss Saigon
Broadway Theatre, B’way Times vary. Watch this new production of the riveting love story Newsday calls “passionate and brilliantly cast,” and Deadline hails as, “a phenomenon!”
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Phantom of the Opera
Majestic Theatre, B’way Times vary. Be enthralled by this Andrew Lloyd Webber masterpiece and Broadway’s longest-running show of all time. This Gothic epic has enchanted audiences for over a quarter of a century.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Chicago
Ambassador Theatre, B’way Times vary. See this quintessential Broadway spectacle that has won six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, and has captured audiences all over the world.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Hello Dolly!
Shubert Theatre, B’way Times vary. Laugh along with Tony Award-winner Bette Midler as she plays Dolly in this musical comedy through January 14, 2018. Two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters steps into the role on January 20.
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CULINARY EXPERIENCES
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20–FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Essentials of Tuscan Cooking
International Culinary Center, SoHo Times vary. Learn some of the secrets of Tuscan cuisine as you make and enjoy crostini with roasted eggplant, Tuscan kale salad, almond and anise biscotti and more.
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MONDAY, JANUARY 22–FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
NYC Restaurant Week®
Various locations. Times vary. Enjoy a three-course prix fixe dinner. Each restaurant will serve a unique menu with a choice of three appetizers, three entrées and three desserts.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10
The Art of Food
Sotheby’s, New York 7:30 PM Relish fine cuisine from more than 25 of the Upper East Side’s top chefs and view outstanding art curated by Sotheby’s.
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ENRICHMENT
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4–SUNDAY, JANUARY 7
Rockefeller Christmas Tree
Rockefeller Center on 49th St. between 5th & 6th Ave. 9:00 PM Witness the beauty of the 78-foot, 10-ton Norway spruce illuminated in over 45,000 LED lights this holiday season.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5–SUNDAY, JANUARY 14
Charles Dickens & the Spirit of Christmas
The Morgan Library & Museum, Midtown Times vary. Examine the career of this renowned author and explore the sources of inspiration behind one of his most famous tales, A Christmas Carol.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence
New York Historical Society, Central Park West Peruse hand-drawn and engraved maps from the 18th and early 19th centuries that represent the immense changes that occurred before, during and after the Revolutionary War.
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ART
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Guggenheim Collection: Brancusi
Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side Times vary. View the works of Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957), who produced an innovative body of work in the early 20th century and introduced new ways of thinking about modern sculpture.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5–SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Veronese in Murano: Two Venetian Masterpieces Restored
The Frick Collection, Upper East Side Tue–Sat, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM; Sun, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM Discover two rarely seen masterpieces by celebrated artist Paolo Veronese (1528–1588): St. Jerome in the Wilderness and St. Agatha Visited in Prison by St. Peter.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Now and Forever: The Art of Medieval Time
The Morgan Library & Museum, Midtown Times vary. Explore how people told time in the Middle Ages through manuscripts ranging in date from the 11th to the 16th centuries.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27–WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions & Buddhist Painting
Asia Society and Museum, Upper East Side Tue–Wed, 11:00 AM–6:00 PM Admire paintings collected by Giuseppe Tucci during his time in Tibet as well as photography taken during his eight major expeditions between 1926 and 1948.
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