Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best date night in New York City on Sunday night of Columbus Day weekend, Oct 11: 96 picks, refreshed weekly.
96 picks · checked Sep 17
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNYFF's final weekend at Film at Lincoln Center: 32 Main Slate films from 31 countries, closing with Ava DuVernay's world premiere of 14th.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNYFF's final weekend at Film at Lincoln Center: 32 Main Slate films from 31 countries, closing with Ava DuVernay's world premiere of 14th.
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Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAva DuVernay's sequel to 13th, on attacks against the 14th Amendment, premieres as NYFF's closing film with AOC and Hasan Piker on screen.
Alice Tully Hall and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanAva DuVernay's sequel to 13th, on attacks against the 14th Amendment, premieres as NYFF's closing film with AOC and Hasan Piker on screen.
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New York City Center (Mainstage), Midtown, ManhattanChristopher Wheeldon's Oscar Wilde ballet, danced by the Australian Ballet at City Center with the 48-piece Orchestra of St. Luke's live.
New York City Center (Mainstage), Midtown, ManhattanChristopher Wheeldon's Oscar Wilde ballet, danced by the Australian Ballet at City Center with the 48-piece Orchestra of St. Luke's live.
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New World Stages (Stage 1), Hell's Kitchen, ManhattanCasey "Poppins" Nedelka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWesterberg High's croquet-mallet queens take their last bow at New World Stages — the cult musical closes before its national tour.
New World Stages (Stage 1), Hell's Kitchen, ManhattanCasey "Poppins" Nedelka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWesterberg High's croquet-mallet queens take their last bow at New World Stages — the cult musical closes before its national tour.
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Playwrights Horizons (Peter Jay Sharp Theater), Theater District, ManhattanThe Initiative team of Else and Emma Rosa Went follows young men sure the game is rigged in a darkly funny new play closing at Playwrights Horizons.
Playwrights Horizons (Peter Jay Sharp Theater), Theater District, ManhattanThe Initiative team of Else and Emma Rosa Went follows young men sure the game is rigged in a darkly funny new play closing at Playwrights Horizons.
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New World Stages, Hell's Kitchen, ManhattanAudience volunteers get pulled onstage to spell against six misfit kids in this Tony-winning musical revival, now in its final weeks.
New World Stages, Hell's Kitchen, ManhattanAudience volunteers get pulled onstage to spell against six misfit kids in this Tony-winning musical revival, now in its final weeks.
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Studio Seaview, Theater District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn Aussie clown races through every Penguin Classic in under an hour, mostly naked — the award-winning cult hit wraps its NYC run.
Studio Seaview, Theater District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn Aussie clown races through every Penguin Classic in under an hour, mostly naked — the award-winning cult hit wraps its NYC run.
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Williamsburg Cinemas and Brooklyn partner venues, Williamsburg, BrooklynJim.henderson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBrooklyn's 19th indie film festival screens about 100 films at Williamsburg Cinemas, picked from 1,000-plus submissions across 60 countries.
Williamsburg Cinemas and Brooklyn partner venues, Williamsburg, BrooklynJim.henderson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBrooklyn's 19th indie film festival screens about 100 films at Williamsburg Cinemas, picked from 1,000-plus submissions across 60 countries.
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BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), Fort Greene, BrooklynDorcy Rugamba turns his memoir of family lost in Rwanda's genocide into a 'hymn to life' with guitarist Majnun at BAM Next Wave.
BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), Fort Greene, BrooklynDorcy Rugamba turns his memoir of family lost in Rwanda's genocide into a 'hymn to life' with guitarist Majnun at BAM Next Wave.
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Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer reunite at Radio City for a never-televised 30 Rock night.
Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, Midtown, ManhattanFrank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer reunite at Radio City for a never-televised 30 Rock night.
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Francesca Beale Theater and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanRami Malek plays a 1980s New York cabaret star living with AIDS in Ira Sachs's new drama, with Malek and Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the Q&A.
Francesca Beale Theater and Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanRami Malek plays a 1980s New York cabaret star living with AIDS in Ira Sachs's new drama, with Malek and Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the Q&A.
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Imperial Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBilly Crystal turns the house he lost in the Palisades fires into a solo memory play, written by him and directed by Scott Ellis.
Imperial Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBilly Crystal turns the house he lost in the Palisades fires into a solo memory play, written by him and directed by Scott Ellis.
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Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown / Theater District, ManhattanRoundabout's new Off-Broadway musical follows one beating heart, two families and a transplant team through 24 hours. Kait Kerrigan wrote the book and Anne and Ian Eisendrath wrote the score.
Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown / Theater District, ManhattanRoundabout's new Off-Broadway musical follows one beating heart, two families and a transplant team through 24 hours. Kait Kerrigan wrote the book and Anne and Ian Eisendrath wrote the score.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensPedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensPedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
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Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas, a film about an actress writing her friends into a script, gets late screenings at Lincoln Center.
Film at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Square, ManhattanDon Ramey Logan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas, a film about an actress writing her friends into a script, gets late screenings at Lincoln Center.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensJohn Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensJohn Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
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HERE Arts Center, SoHo, ManhattanAjay Suresh · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJoey Arias gets abducted by aliens and climbs a King Kong skyline in Basil Twist's puppet fever dream — the downtown cult hit returns home.
HERE Arts Center, SoHo, ManhattanAjay Suresh · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJoey Arias gets abducted by aliens and climbs a King Kong skyline in Basil Twist's puppet fever dream — the downtown cult hit returns home.
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Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, QueensForty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, QueensForty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
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Hudson Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJulia Louis-Dreyfus makes her Broadway debut beside Ed Harris, Allison Janney and Joe Keery in a Palm Springs family blowup — previews now.
Hudson Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsJulia Louis-Dreyfus makes her Broadway debut beside Ed Harris, Allison Janney and Joe Keery in a Palm Springs family blowup — previews now.
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Todd Haimes Theatre, Times Square, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBill Irwin adapts and stars in Molière's hypochondria farce, with Rachel Bloom and Brooks Ashmanskas, in early previews on 42nd Street.
Todd Haimes Theatre, Times Square, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBill Irwin adapts and stars in Molière's hypochondria farce, with Rachel Bloom and Brooks Ashmanskas, in early previews on 42nd Street.
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The Public Theater (Newman Theater), NoHo, ManhattanLondon's Olivier-winning folk musical lands at the Public: 15 actor-musicians spin Fitzgerald's backward-aging tale in a Cornish fishing village.
The Public Theater (Newman Theater), NoHo, ManhattanLondon's Olivier-winning folk musical lands at the Public: 15 actor-musicians spin Fitzgerald's backward-aging tale in a Cornish fishing village.
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Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanPhoto: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBradley Whitford and Tom Blyth face off in Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama, staged by Michael Arden on the Beaumont's wide thrust.
Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Square, ManhattanPhoto: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBradley Whitford and Tom Blyth face off in Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama, staged by Michael Arden on the Beaumont's wide thrust.
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Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, ManhattanOne night of Robert Glasper's month-long Robtober residency at the Blue Note, stripped to a duo with Lalah Hathaway — two sets, 131 W. 3rd Street.
Blue Note Jazz Club, Greenwich Village, ManhattanOne night of Robert Glasper's month-long Robtober residency at the Blue Note, stripped to a duo with Lalah Hathaway — two sets, 131 W. 3rd Street.
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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPatina Miller and Denée Benton lead Jocelyn Bioh's biting Miss Ghana 1986 pageant comedy, newly opened on Broadway after its Off-Broadway hit.
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPatina Miller and Denée Benton lead Jocelyn Bioh's biting Miss Ghana 1986 pageant comedy, newly opened on Broadway after its Off-Broadway hit.
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