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Entertainment
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Tribeca Cinemas
CINEMA
This is the physical home of the
Tribeca Film Festival
, founded in 2003 by Robert De
Niro and Jane Rosenthal, and held in late April or early May. Throughout the year, the
space hosts a range of screenings and educational panels, including festivals dedicated to
themes like architecture and design. See the website for details.
(
www.tribecacinemas.com
;
54
Varick St at Laight St;
A/C/E, N/Q/R, J/Z, 6 to Canal St)
Local Life
Flea Theater
One of NYC's top off-Broadway companies, the
Flea Theater
(B2;
www.theflea.org
; 41 White St btwn Church St
& Broadway; 1 to Franklin St, A/C/E, N/Q/R, J/Z, 6 to Canal St) is famous for performing innovative, timely
new works in its two performance spaces. Luminaries including Sigourney Weaver and John Lithgow have trodden
the boards here, and the year-round program also includes music and dance performances.
