Arts & Culture

ARTS & CULTURE

Give my regards to Broadway,
Remember me to Herald Square!
Tell all the gang on 42nd Street
That I will soon be there!
Tell them of how I'm yearning
To mingle with the old-time crowd;
Give my regards to old Broadway
And say that I'll be there somehow!
[ -- a show-stopper sung by Joel Grey from
the 1960's Tony-Award-winner "George M"]

New York, NY: like
one song says, if you can make
it here, you'll make it anywhere.
Manhattan seems to divide
itself neatly: half performs
and the other half watches.
If you're part of that audience --
out there, in the dark -- here's info.

Area Code for all Manhattan phone numbers: [212]

Big Tkts on Broadway
"Beauty & the Beast:" Palace, 1564 Broadway; 307-4100
"Cats:" Wintergarden, 1564 Broadway; 239-6200
"Defending the Caveman:" Helen Hayes, 240 W. 44th; 307-4100
"The Fantasticks:" 181 Sullivan St. Playhouse; 674-3838
"Grease:" Eugene O'Neill, 230 W. 49th; 239-6200
"Les Miserables:" Imperial, 249 W. 45th; 239-6200
"Miss Saigon:" Broadway Theater at W. 53rd; 239-6200
"Phantom of the Opera:" Majestic, 651 Fulton St.; 239-6200
"Show Boat:" Gershwin, 222 W. 55th; 586-6510
"Smokey Joe's Cafe:" Virginia, 245 W. 52nd; 239-6200
"Sunset Blvd.:" Minskoff, 200 W. 45th; 307-4007
"Victor/Victoria:" Marquis, 549 W. 21st; 307-4100

Off-Broadway
Shakespeare in the Park, Delacorte Theater, Central Park: free.
Telephone for Summer 1997 schedule: 539-8750
"Hughie" is a one-act-play for two by Eugene O'Neill. Stars Al Pacino. Circle in the Square, 1633 Broadway; 239-6200
"Boys in the Band" by Mart Crowley. The 1968 hit returns with an excellent cast led by James Lecesne & David Greenspan. Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher St.; 239-6200
"Line" by Israel Horowitz, 50 W. 13th St. Rep. Co.; 675-6677
"Tony & Tina's Wedding" St. John's, 81 Christopher; 279-4200

Hundreds of Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway plays are in Manhattan every week. Current details are on these sites as well as info about museums, art exhibits, dance, opera, and more:
"N.Y. City Reference" [up-dated by Clay Irving] includes links to
theatrical productions as well as what NYC weather will be like and where to buy wine for post-dramatic stress disorder:
www.panix.com/~clay/
"Cafe Los Negroes" bills itself as a NYC black & Latino hang-out, listing info on dance events, poetry readings, photography exhibits, and the arts: www.losnegroes.com
"Metrobeat" can't be beat for intricate daily listings from children's storytime at libraries to live performances to concerts. Click on their site map for directions, too: www.metrobeat.com
"Total New York" offers extensive arts & entertainment listings and non-stop listings to the city's best sites for cultural enrichment, i.e., non-TV & non-Net alternatives to leisure: www.totalny.com
"New York Web" offers a jaded Downtown view of what's on, what's in, what's out. Home page of the NYC Fashion Police, busier than a roving pothole crew: www.nyw.com
"Mill Basin Kosher Deli and Fine Art Gallery" (Brooklyn) provides pastrami and pickles in their dining room decorated with Ertes, James Rizzis, Alphonse Muchas. Catch the flavor: www.pastrami.com
"Lincoln Center" rises like a phoenix from the ashes of urban gang-grounds that inspired Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story." For details about current productions: www.lincolncenter.org/
Located at 11 W. 53rd St.: www.moma.org/menu.html

Rome wasn't built in a day. More links to come. So hurry back!

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