Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
for annual stagings of
The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol,
and fam-
ily shows such as
Sesame Street Live.
Newest at MSG is the Wamu
Theater, for events such as comedy shows, the NFL and NBA Drafts
and family programming.
Note that MSG's owners have announced a massive renovation
project which will take place in the summers of 2009-10. For infor-
mation on the changes, visit
http://msg.com/renovation
.
The box office is at Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street. You can pur-
chase tickets there or through
Ticketmaster
(
&
212/307-7171;
www.ticketmaster.com).
On Seventh Ave. from 31st to 33rd sts.
&
212/465-
MSG1.
www.thegarden.com. Subway: A, C, E, 1, 2, 3 to 34th St.
92nd Street Y-Tisch Center for the Arts
This generously
endowed community center offers a phenomenal slate of top-rated
cultural happenings, from classical to folk to jazz to world music to
cabaret to lyric theater and readings. Great classical performers—
Isaac Stern, Janos Starker, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg—give recitals
here. In addition, the full concert calendar often includes luminaries
such as Max Roach, John Williams, and Judy Collins; Jazz at the Y
from Dick Hyman and guests; the long-standing Chamber Music at
the Y series; the classical Music from the Jewish Spirit series; and regu-
lar cabaret programs. The lectures-and-literary-readings calendar is
unparalleled, with featured speakers ranging from James Carville to
Ralph Nader to Katie Couric to Erica Jong to Ken Burns to Elie
Wiesel to Alan Dershowitz to A. S. Byatt to . . . the list goes on and
on. There's a regular schedule of modern dance, through the Hark-
ness Dance Project. Readings and lectures are usually priced between
$20 and $40 for non-members, dance is usually $20, and concert
tickets generally go for $15 to $50—half or a third of what you'd pay
at comparable venues. A full calendar of entertainment targeted to
an audience in their 20s and 30s—from poetry readings to film
screenings to live music is offered at the Upper West Side commu-
nity center
Makor.
1395 Lexington Ave. (at 92nd St.).
&
212/415-5500.
www.92ndsty.org. Subway: 4, 5, 6 to 86th St.; 6 to 96th St.
Makor:
35 W. 67th St.
&
212/601-1000.
www.makor.org. Subway: 1 to 66th St.
Radio City Music Hall
This stunning 6,200-seat Art Deco
theater, with interior design by Donald Deskey, opened in 1932, and
Radio City continues to be a choice venue, where the theater alone
adds a dash of panache to any performance. Star of the Christmas
season is the
Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular,
star-
ring the Rockettes. Visiting pop-chart toppers, from Neil Young to
the Gipsy Kings, also perform here. Thanks to perfect acoustics and
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