January 2, 2025
Thursday

Headliners

7:00 pmNew York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins Madison Square Garden. National Hockey League professional hockey match.
7:30 pmNew York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs UBS Arena, Elmont. National Hockey League professional hockey match.

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
1:00 pmHamilton Richard Rodgers Theatre. A musical story about the life and very interesting times of Alexander Hamilton.
1:00 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...
1:30 pmMoulin Rouge - The Musical Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Broadway performance.
2:00 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...
2:00 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...
2:00 pmThe Lion King Minskoff Theatre. Broadway performance.
2:00 pmRadio City Christmas Spectacular: Radio City Rockettes Radio City Music Hall. Dance theatrical performance.
2:00 pmBack To The Future - Theatrical Production Winter Garden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmThe Great Gatsby - A New Musical Broadway Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
2:00 pmA Wonderful World - The Louis Armstrong Musical Studio 54. Broadway theatrical performance.
3:00 pmThe Gazillion Bubble Show New World Stages - Stage 2. Off-Broadway performance.
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 pmA Christmas Carol The Argyle Theatre at Babylon Village. Musical theatrical performance.
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 pmThe Play That Goes Wrong New World Stages - Stage 4. 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 pmSix The Musical Lena Horne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMetropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute - Holiday Presentation Metropolitan Opera House. Operatic theatrical performance.
7:00 pm& Juliet Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmTitanique - Musical Daryl Roth Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMJ - The Musical Neil Simon Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmChris Botti Blue Note Jazz. Jazz / blues concert performance.
7:00 pmWater For Elephants - The Musical Imperial Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Heart of Rock and Roll James Earl Jones Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmStereophonic John Golden Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern Stage 42. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmTammy Faye Palace Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMedea: A Musical Comedy The Actors Temple Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmOur Town The Barrymore Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmMaybe Happy Ending - A New Musical Belasco Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmRomeo and Juliet - Theatrical Production Circle in the Square Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmGypsy Majestic Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmTeeth - A Coming-of-Rage Musical Comedy New World Stages - Stage 1. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmDrag - The Musical New World Stages - Stage 3. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThe Big Gay Jamboree Orpheum Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmSunset Blvd. St. James Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmA Guide for the Homesick The DR2 Theatre. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmCult Of Love Helen Hayes Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmElf - The Musical Marquis Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmEureka Day Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:00 pmThat Parenting Musical Theatre Row Studios. Off-Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmHadestown Walter Kerr Theater. Broadway performance.
7:30 pmThe Outsiders Bernard B. Jacobs Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmCabaret at the Kit Kat Club August Wilson Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmSuffs Music Box Theater. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmHell's Kitchen - The Musical Shubert Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmNew York Philharmonic: Kevin John Edusei - Also Sprach Zarathustra David Geffen Hall. Classical concert.
7:30 pmSwept Away Longacre Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmDeath Becomes Her Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Broadway theatrical performance.
7:30 pmAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater New York City Center. Ballet theatrical performance.
7:30 pmAll In Millennium Hotel Hudson Theatre. Musical theatrical performance.
7:30 pmAron! The Loft at City Winery - NYC. Pop / rock 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...
8:30 pmOh, Mary! Lyceum Theatre. Broadway theatrical 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...
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

7:00 pmNew York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins Madison Square Garden. National Hockey League professional hockey match.
7:00 pmMarist Red Foxes Women's Basketball vs. Iona Gaels McCann Arena, Poughkeepsie. College basketball (Div I-A and Div I-AA) game.
7:30 pmNew York Islanders vs. Toronto Maple Leafs UBS Arena, Elmont. National Hockey League professional hockey match.

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...
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