December 22, 2021
Wednesday

Headliners

7:00 pmNew York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens Madison Square Garden. NHL Hockey Game. 212-465-6073

Festivals

12:30 pmA Charlie Brown Christmas - Live On Stage Palladium Times Square. Holiday concert live.
4:30 pmHoliday Lights The Bronx Zoo. During the evenings, the park comes to life with holiday cheer with immersive light displays, custom-designed animal lanterns...

The Arts

9:30 am-
8:00 pm
Madame Tussauds New York Madame Tussauds New York. Participate in the action. Mix Music with R&B Megastar Usher, Sing for Simon on American Idol (R)... 800-246-8872
10:00 amRadio City Christmas Spectacular: Radio City Rockettes Radio City Music Hall. Dance theatrical performance.
11:00 amMetropolitan Opera: Cinderella Metropolitan Opera House. Operatic theatrical performance.
12:00 pm-
6:00 pm
Shuto Okayasu The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Space 776 Gallery. Space 776 is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by brooklyn based artist Shuto Okayasu...
1:00 pmThe Lehman Trilogy Nederlander Theatre. The story of the three brothers who arrive in America with big dreams, build one of the largest financial firms in America...
2:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually...
2:00 pmJersey Boys New World Stages - Stage 1. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio...
2:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
2:00 pmBig Apple Circus - Celebrate! Damrosch Park. Founded in 1977, this interactive one-ring circus is performed under a Big Top Tent and features clowns, acrobats... 800-922-3772
2:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical! A hilarious Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched... 212-239-6200
2:00 pmHamilton Richard Rodgers Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
2:00 pmAin't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations Imperial Theatre. Broadway performance.
2:00 pmDear Evan Hansen Music Box Theater. Broadway performance.
2:00 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
2:00 pmFlying Over Sunset Vivian Beaumont Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmLittle Shop of Horrors Westside Theatre - Upstairs. This Broadway smash is a story about a man-eating plant named Audrey and the people who care for her...
2:00 pmJagged Little Pill Broadhurst Theatre. The story of the Healy family, the picture of perfection on the outside, while anything but behind closed doors, featuring...
2:00 pmGirl From The North Country Belasco Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmCirque Du Soleil - Twas The Night Before Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Cirque Du Soleil theatrical performance.
2:00 pmTINA - The Tina Turner Musical Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmCaroline, Or Change Studio 54. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmTrevor - A New Musical Stage 42. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmChicken and Biscuits Circle in the Square Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmThoughts of a Colored Man John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmWinnie The Pooh Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmClyde's Helen Hayes Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
3:00 pmThe Gazillion Bubble Show New World Stages - Stage 2. Off-Broadway performance.
5:00 pmBlue Man Group Astor Place Theatre. Opened on Boradway in 1991. Three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory... 800-BLUE-MAN
5:00 pmFreestyle Love Supreme Booth Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
5:00 pmPeace, Love & Lights - A Drive-Thru Holiday Light Show Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Event with tickets available.
7:00 pmThe Book of Mormon Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical! A hilarious Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched... 212-239-6200
7:00 pmAladdin New Amsterdam Theatre. Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for...
7:00 pmNew York City Ballet: The Nutcracker David H. Koch Theater. Celebrate the joy and wonder of the holidays with George Balanchine's The Nutcracker as Tschaikovsky's iconic score...
7:00 pmCome From Away Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. In a heartbeat, 38 planes with 6,579 passengers were stranded in a remote town in Newfoundland. The locals opened...
7:00 pmTo Kill A Mockingbird Shubert Theatre. A stage adapation of Harper Lee's beloved novel.
7:00 pmThe Phantom Of The Opera Majestic Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmThe Play That Goes Wrong New World Stages - Stage 4. Broadway performance.
7:00 pmLove Actually - The Unauthorized Musical Parody The Theater Center. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmWaitress The Barrymore Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmHarry Potter and the Cursed Child Lyric Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmA Sherlock Carol New World Stages - Stage 3. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSkeleton Crew Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSlave Play August Wilson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmAssassins Classic Stage Company. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmIs There Still Sex in The City? Daryl Roth Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmNew Jersey Ballet: The Nutcracker Mayo Center For The Performing Arts, Morristown. Ballet theatrical performance.
7:30 pmAmateur Night at the Apollo Apollo Theater, Harlem. Amateur Night is one big "jam-fest" of entertainment where anything can happen live on stage. Singers... 212-307-7171
7:30 pmBest Of The Greenwich Village Comedy Club Greenwich Village Comedy Club. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmChicago - The Musical Ambassador Theatre. This Tony-Award winning musical tells a story of two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their smooth lawyer propels...
8:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Disney's Tony Award winning musical about Simba, a young cub, and his journey from childhood to adulthood and eventually...
8:00 pmJersey Boys New World Stages - Stage 1. A new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio...
8:00 pmWicked Gershwin Theatre. Opened on Broadway in 2003, The story of two girls born in the Land of Oz. One has green skin as is fiery and misunderstood... 212-307-4100
8:00 pmStomp Orpheum Theatre. This international percussion ensemble used everyday objects to create amazing sounds and rhythms. Listing may not include...
8:00 pmComedy For All Dillons Supper Club. Tommy Koenig's The Comics Studio presents Comedy For All. Stand up pros from stage and screen. All ages... 212-307-9797
8:00 pmThe Devil's Music: The Music Of Bessie Smith St. Luke's Theatre. Miche Braden plays the role of iconic blues singer Bessie Smith in this off-Broadway production.
8:00 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Broadway performance.
8:00 pmCompany: A Musical Comedy Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmDiana - The Musical Longacre Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmMrs. Doubtfire - The Musical Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmMJ - The Life Story of Michael Jackson Neil Simon Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmSix The Musical Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmDavid Byrne's American Utopia St. James Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmTrouble In Mind American Airlines Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmKenny Barron Village Vanguard. Jazz / blues concert performance.
8:00 pmIs This A Room Lyceum Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
9:00 pmTompkins Square Mercury Lounge. Pop / rock performance.
Big Apple Circus - Celebrate! Damrosch Park. Founded in 1977, this interactive one-ring circus is performed under a Big Top Tent and features clowns, acrobats... 800-922-3772
here: remembering 9/11 Ground Zero. "here: remembering 9/11" features a selection of photographs from the "here is new york: a democracy of photographs" exhibition...

Sports

4:00 pmFordham Rams vs. Georgia Southern Eagles Fordham University. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game.
7:00 pmNew York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens Madison Square Garden. NHL Hockey Game. 212-465-6073
7:00 pmMarist Red Foxes vs. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats James J. McCann Center Fieldhouse, Poughkeepsie. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game.

Community

6:45 am-
8:45 am
Beginners Meditation Manhattan Meditation Center. The Manhattan Meditation Center is a place to learn about meditation and life. Meditation and life are both...
11:00 am-
3:00 pm
Ground Zero Museum Workshop "Images & Artifacts from the Recovery" Ground Zero Museum. 5-star rated exhibit displays 100 of Gary Marlon Suson's most notable photographs as well as artifacts... 212-920-4264
6:00 pm-
7:00 pm
OSLIC Voice Spa 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 speech...
7:00 pm-
9:30 pm
Figure Drawing Class Like the Spice, Art Studio, Brooklyn. Weekly figure drawing class from a nude model mediated by artist, Kendall Bradford... 718-388-5488
New York Pole Dancing New York Pole Dancing, White Plains. Intro to Pole Dancing classes. Also $5, $10, & $20 class packages available. Classes... 917-628-7449
Made on Staten Island Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Made on Staten Island presents a wide variety of objects crafted and produced on the... 718-351-1611
Toys! Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. The exhibition features more than 200 of the best-loved and most fondly remembered... 718-351-1611

Miscellaneous

11:00 amNew York TV & Movie Tour On Location Tours. Lights, Camera, Action! Take a bus tour to the sites of your favorite movies and TV shows. Over 40 sites from... 212-209-3370
11:00 amSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
3:00 pmSex & the City Hotspots Tour On Location Tours. Follow in the footsteps of Carrie & Co. as they conquer New York City! See where they drank, shopped and gossip... 212-209-3370
5:30 pm-
11:30 pm
Past Rock Star Silkscreen Exhibit Providence. George H. Potter's current exhibition is a tribute series honoring the legendary entertainers who recorded landmark albums there...
7:30 pmWednesday Night Skate Union Square Park. Largest group skate in New York. Meets each Wednesday at Union Square North between 7:30 and 8pm... 212-696-7247

Dining Specials

9:00 pmFree BBQ Canal Bar, Brooklyn. Free BBQ is offered every Wednesday in the beer garden coupled with drink specials. 718-246-0011

Nightlife

6:00 pmAfter Work Wednesdays at Rubber Monkey Rubber Monkey. Pete Rivera will be spinning your favorite Hip Hop, R&B, Classic, Funk and Old Skool hits. Professional dress... 212-340-1263
6:00 pm-
4:00 am
Skys The Limit Wednesdays Sky Room. DJ Alkaline spins Hip-Hop, Top 40, House, & Classics from 6 pm until late in the night. Specials on well drinks, beer and... 212-380-1195
7:00 pm-
12:00 am
Latin Jazz Wednesdays Midnight Cafe. An Evening of Latin Jazz. 212-226-2572
7:00 pmRock Band Tournament The Village Pourhouse. All of you wannabe rockers can show off your skills on Rock Band 2 and rock out to over 300 songs with artists... 212-228-4200
8:04 pmVintage Vinyl w/ DJ South High Detour. Have a few cocktails and hear rare and classic Lounge, Exotica, Latin, Rock and Soul records from the 50s, 60s and 70s the... 212-533-6212
9:00 pm-
1:00 am
Karaoke on Third at Proof Proof Bar and Lounge. Karaoke featuring Dan Kingman and drink specials all night long. $5 Cosmos and $3 Domestics.
9:00 pmEasy Wednesdays at Avalon Avalon Nightclub. Hip Hop, R&B, Reggae & Reggaeton provided by DJ Dallas Green (So So Def/The Def DJ's, NBA Rhythm 'N Rims tour... 917-674-6067
9:00 pmStand Up Comedy Broadway Comedy Club. Every night The Broadway Comedy Club features comics who have appeared on Letterman, The Tonight Show... 212-757-2323
9:00 pmComedy Showcase New York Comedy Club. Comics at the New York Comedy Club have appeared on the Tonight Show, Letterman, MTV, Comedy Central... 212-696-5233
9:00 pm-
12:00 am
Atlantic Quartet 66 Charlton Restaurant & Bar. Live Jazz Event every Wednesday with members of the Atlantic Quartet. 212-229-9988
9:00 pm-
2:30 am
Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week.
9:30 pmRoots N Ruckus Village Ma. New York's only weekly roots/folk/ragtime/blues music showcase! Every Wednesday night.
10:00 pmWednesday Sessions at Fun Fun. Featuring DJ Que, Bill Patrick, and special guest Tom Amoroso for some loungey house.
10:00 pm-
4:00 am
The KTHNXBYE Pianos. Wednesday night party featuring resident DJ's Mike Dextro, Shandi Sullivan, and 'eLe* spin 80's, electroclash, and progressive house...
10:00 pm-
4:00 am
Spice Wednesdays Katra Lounge, Manhattan. Trendy Wednesday night event that features all-star guest DJ's that spin Funk, Soul, Dance, House... 212-473-3113
Hardbar Wednesdays at SBNY SBNY Splash Bar New York.
All the Drag with the Asian Dragdolls Lucky Cheng's. Witty drag queens from New York team up with Asian "dragdolls" from Singapore, Japan, India, China, Hawaii, Indonesia... 212-861-2438