May 4, 2023
Thursday

Festivals

Korean Film Series Korean Cultural Service New York. The Korean Cultural Service New York hosts a twice-monthly film series on Thursdays. Films screened...

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
11:00 am-
5:45 pm
Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey The Jewish Museum. The acclaimed permanent exhibition tells the unfolding story of Jewish culture and identity through 800... 212-423-3337
6:00 pmIan McConnell Mercury Lounge. Pop / rock performance.
6:30 pmThe Heavy Elsewhere, Brooklyn. Alternative music performance.
7:00 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...
7:00 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
7:00 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
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 pmHamilton Richard Rodgers Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
7:00 pmHarry Potter and The Cursed Child - Parts 1 and 2 Lyric Theatre. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of...
7:00 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld 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 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
7:00 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...
7:00 pmMJ - The Life Story of Michael Jackson Neil Simon Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSix The Musical Lena Horne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmFunny Girl August Wilson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSome Like It Hot Shubert Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmKimberly Akimbo Booth Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmA Beautiful Noise - The Neil Diamond Musical Broadhurst Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmNew York City Ballet: 21st Century Choreography II David H. Koch Theater. Ballet theatrical performance.
7:00 pmLeopoldstadt Longacre Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmFat Ham American Airlines Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmPeter Pan Goes Wrong The Barrymore Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmGood Night, Oscar Belasco Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmParade Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Orchestra Now: Leon Botstein - Before and After Soviet Communism Isaac Stern Auditorium. Classical concert.
7:00 pmTitanique - Musical Daryl Roth Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmLife of Pi Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Thanksgiving Play Helen Hayes Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmBad Cinderella Imperial Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmObituary Irving Plaza. Live rock / metal music.
7:00 pmSweeney Todd Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmA Doll's House Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmBob Fosse's Dancin' Music Box Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmShucked Nederlander Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmWithout You New World Stages - Stage 5. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmOliver New York City Center. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmNew York, New York - A New Musical St. James Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmNickel Creek Pier 17. Performing country music live.
7:00 pmWhite Girl In Danger Tony Kiser Theater. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmCamelot Vivian Beaumont Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmRoom James Earl Jones Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmJordan Ward Baby's All Right, Brooklyn. R&B / soul music performance.
7:00 pmTim Bernardes Le Poisson Rouge. Alternative music performance.
7:00 pmSorry for Your Loss Minetta Lane Theater. Musical theatrical performance.
7:00 pmRobin and Me Theatre Row Studios. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmMetropolitan Opera: Champion Metropolitan Opera House. Operatic theatrical performance.
7:30 pmNew York Philharmonic: Gianandrea Noseda & Leonidas Kavakos - Shostakovich David Geffen Hall. Classical concert.
7:30 pmPrimary Trust Laura Pels Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmKyle Kinane The Bell House, Brooklyn. Comedic performance live.
7:30 pmThe Fears Siganture Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmDrunk Shakespeare Selene. Musical theatrical performance.
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 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 pmPerfect Crime The Theater Center. Perfect Crime, is about a small-town detective determined to prove that an affluent psychiatrist murdered her husband...
8:00 pmChris Porter Levity Live Comedy Club, West Nyack. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pm& Juliet Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmNation of Language Brooklyn Steel. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmBono - Stories of Surrender Book Tour Beacon Theatre. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmDrive By Truckers Bowery Ballroom. Alternative music performance.
8:00 pmPrima Facie John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmKali Uchis Radio City Music Hall. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmSummer, 1976 Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmAngele Terminal 5. Pop / rock performance.
8:00 pmBela Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Town Hall Theatre. Jazz / blues concert performance.
8:00 pmThe Commodores St. George Theatre, Staten Island. R&B / soul music performance.
8:00 pmWaka Flocka Flame Kupferberg Center for the Arts. Rap / hip hop music performance.
8:00 pmUpDating Live The Loft at City Winery - NYC. Event with tickets available.
8:00 pmTommy Tiernan The Gramercy Theater. Comedic performance live.
8:00 pmGrey House Lyceum Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
8:00 pmCurren$Y & Jermaine Dupri Webster Hall. Rap / hip hop music performance.
8:00 pmHong Kong Mississippi La Mama. Musical theatrical performance.
8:30 pmAlejandro Escovedo Iridium Jazz Club and Restaurant. Pop / rock performance.
10:00 pm-
12:00 am
Starshine Burlesque The Fortune Cookie Cabaret. Starshine Burlesque takes it off every single Thursday night and features some of the best in burlesque entertainment...
10:00 pmApollo Comedy Club Apollo Theater, Harlem. Comedic performance live.
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

6:05 pmHudson Valley Renegades vs. Wilmington Blue Rocks Heritage Financial Park, Wappingers Falls. Minor-league (AAA) baseball game.
7:00 pmBrooklyn Cyclones vs. Aberdeen IronBirds Maimonides Park, Brooklyn. Minor-league (AAA) baseball game.

For Children

11:30 am-
12:30 pm
The Story Museum Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Preschool children up to age 5. Step inside a world filled with the magic of stories... 718-351-1611
3:30 pmAfter School Book Club Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island. Junior High School students. Read and discuss selected books covering major periods... 718-351-1611

Community

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
4:30 pm-
5:30 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...
7:30 pmBill Clinton & Hillary Clinton in Conversation Kaufmann Concert Hall. Lecture event.
8:00 pm-
9:30 pm
Amma's Satsang Dharmakaya Meditation Center. Satsang has power to transform your mind. It is a time to cleanse the mind and allow the spirit... 212-306-0534
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...

Nightlife

6:00 pmAfter Work Thursdays at Proof Proof Bar and Lounge. Join us for happy hour every Thursday with drink specials.
7:00 pm-
4:00 am
Basement Bhangra SOB's - Sounds of Brazil. DJ Rekha and her Basement Bhangra party has forced New Yorkers and now music listeners around the world to sit up...
7:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Copacabana Night! Affairs Afloat. Join the Copacabana Party Cruise with a Live DJ spinning the hottest salsa, merengue, bachata and Latin favorites... 212-987-9200
8:30 pm-
11:00 pm
Comedy Soap Box Nevada Smith's. Comedy Soap Box has been producing some of the best standup in New York for four years. Comedians from Leno, Letterman, HBO...
8:30 pm-
10:30 pm
Comedy Hurts Joe Franklin's Comedy Club. A variety of TV credited comedians perform in an intimate room where you can eat, drink while you enjoy the show...
9:00 pmCelebrity Thursdays at Rubber Monkey Rubber Monkey. Resident DJ's Eric Tomasini, David Vasquez and John Creamer spinning on-the-edge house with the once-famous and would be supermodels...
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-
2:30 am
Live Funk/R&B at Club Groove Club Groove. Features live music seven nights a week.
10:00 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
10:00 pm-
2:00 am
Salsa Night Club Cache. Come out every Thursday night to NYC's most exciting and only underground Salsa party 4 years and still going strong... 646-591-2772
11:00 pm-
4:00 am
Say Word Thursday Nolia. This is a sexy, sexy, sexy, intimate Senegalese/French spot in the East Village. Beautiful decor, great staff, great sound, great location...
Virtual Thursdays at SBNY SBNY Splash Bar New York.
Ladies Night at Webster Hall Webster Hall. Don't miss out on the explosive Male Revue from 10pm to midnight for the ladies only.
Blues, Jazz, & Rock Jazz, Blues & Rock Club Crawl in Greenwich Village. Call for reservations & meeting place. $20 includes admission to all clubs (1... 212-696-6617
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