Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
212-460-5475;
www.nytw.org
; 79 E 4th St btwn Second & Third Aves;
F/V to Lower East
Side-2nd Ave)
Comedy
From lowbrow prop comics to experimental conceptual humor, there's a venue for every
taste and budget. More-established ones push the alcohol with drink minimums.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
COMEDY
( 212-366-9176;
www.ucbtheatre.com
;
307 W 26th St btwn Eighth & Ninth Aves; cover charge
$5-8; C/E to 23rd St)
Improv venue featuring well-known, emerging and probably-
won't-emerge comedians in a small basement theater nightly.
Village Lantern
COMEDY
( 212-260-7993;
www.villagelantern.com
;
167 Bleecker St; A/B/C/D/F/M to W 4th St)
Nightly alternative comedy underneath a bar of the same name.
Caroline's on Broadway
COMEDY
( 212-757-4100;
www.carolines.com
;
1626 Broadway at 50th St; N/Q/R to 49th St, 1 to 50th
St)
One of the best-known places in the city, and host to the biggest names on the circuit.
Cinemas
Long lines in the evenings and on weekends are the norm. It's recommended that you
call and buy your tickets in advance (unless it's midweek, midday or for a film that's
been out for months already). Most cinemas are handled either through
Movie Fone
(
extra $1.50 per ticket, but it's worth it. Large chain theaters with stadium seating are
scattered throughout the city, including several in the Times Square and Union Sq areas.
In summer free outdoor screenings blossom throughout the city on rooftops and in park
spaces.
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