The best of January in New York City — the month's biggest events, exhibitions and long runs in one ranked list, curated and verified by Stumblday.
Music Box Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanRosamund Pike plays a London Crown Court judge whose ordered life cracks open, in Suzie Miller's follow-up to Prima Facie, played without an interval.
Music Box Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanRosamund Pike plays a London Crown Court judge whose ordered life cracks open, in Suzie Miller's follow-up to Prima Facie, played without an interval.
Hudson Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanJulia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris and Allison Janney fight over a daughter's tell-all memoir in Jon Robin Baitz's Palm Springs family drama.
Hudson Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanJulia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris and Allison Janney fight over a daughter's tell-all memoir in Jon Robin Baitz's Palm Springs family drama.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Morningside Heights, ManhattanLeonard Bernstein founded this Cathedral tradition in 1984; organist David Briggs and soprano Susanna Phillips carry it into the new year.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Morningside Heights, ManhattanLeonard Bernstein founded this Cathedral tradition in 1984; organist David Briggs and soprano Susanna Phillips carry it into the new year.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanConstantin Brancusi's rarely lent sculptures fill MoMA's entire sixth floor, rebuilt around his Paris studio at the impasse Ronsin.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanConstantin Brancusi's rarely lent sculptures fill MoMA's entire sixth floor, rebuilt around his Paris studio at the impasse Ronsin.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanRoughly 130 Lichtensteins, from Look Mickey to Drowning Girl, plus a recreated 96-foot Greene Street Mural on the Whitney's fifth floor.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanRoughly 130 Lichtensteins, from Look Mickey to Drowning Girl, plus a recreated 96-foot Greene Street Mural on the Whitney's fifth floor.
James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanSolea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanSolea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
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Sam S. Shubert Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanRaúl Esparza plays the astronomer on trial for his telescope, in a rock-scored new musical from Danny Strong and Michael Mayer.
Sam S. Shubert Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanRaúl Esparza plays the astronomer on trial for his telescope, in a rock-scored new musical from Danny Strong and Michael Mayer.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA living courtyard forest of weeds, grasses and vines with a climbable giant teddy bear that reads Precious Okoyomon's poetry from inside.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA living courtyard forest of weeds, grasses and vines with a climbable giant teddy bear that reads Precious Okoyomon's poetry from inside.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Golden Lion winner turns two days of gatherings at the Queens Museum into a multi-screen installation built around the human voice.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Golden Lion winner turns two days of gatherings at the Queens Museum into a multi-screen installation built around the human voice.
Over 50 modern European masterworks by Cezanne, Modigliani, Degas, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Soutine, newly given to Brooklyn.
Over 50 modern European masterworks by Cezanne, Modigliani, Degas, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Soutine, newly given to Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynJoe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Rubin's Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room now lives at the Brooklyn Museum, a dense, incense-scented room of sculpture and painting.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynJoe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Rubin's Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room now lives at the Brooklyn Museum, a dense, incense-scented room of sculpture and painting.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThree Terra Foundation fellows curate a show pulling apart what the word American has meant, from steel-mill photographs to the present.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThree Terra Foundation fellows curate a show pulling apart what the word American has meant, from steel-mill photographs to the present.
The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA site-specific commission built on the flying geese quilt pattern said to have signalled the route north along the Underground Railroad.
The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA site-specific commission built on the flying geese quilt pattern said to have signalled the route north along the Underground Railroad.
Studio 54, Midtown West, ManhattanLuke Evans plays Frank-N-Furter with Rachel Dratch narrating, in Sam Pinkleton's staging of Richard O'Brien's cult rock musical at Studio 54.
Studio 54, Midtown West, ManhattanLuke Evans plays Frank-N-Furter with Rachel Dratch narrating, in Sam Pinkleton's staging of Richard O'Brien's cult rock musical at Studio 54.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensIsamu Noguchi's Venice Biennale pavilion revisited in the Queens museum he built himself, a short walk from Socrates Sculpture Park.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensIsamu Noguchi's Venice Biennale pavilion revisited in the Queens museum he built himself, a short walk from Socrates Sculpture Park.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsChakaia Booker's shredded-tyre sculpture stands on the East River lawn at Socrates, free and open every day until sunset.
Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanAsaavedra32 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe centenary of the room built for Sorolla's Vision of Spain, fourteen enormous canvases wrapped around a single uptown gallery.
Hispanic Society Museum and Library, Washington Heights, ManhattanAsaavedra32 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe centenary of the room built for Sorolla's Vision of Spain, fourteen enormous canvases wrapped around a single uptown gallery.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe artist and Gran Fury co-founder brings his protest-poster lineage into the Brooklyn Museum for a run stretching into spring.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe artist and Gran Fury co-founder brings his protest-poster lineage into the Brooklyn Museum for a run stretching into spring.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAround 180 objects from 12 Met departments — Ingres, Delacroix, Gerome and Osman Hamdi Bey — across four connected galleries.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side, ManhattanAround 180 objects from 12 Met departments — Ingres, Delacroix, Gerome and Osman Hamdi Bey — across four connected galleries.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandCampaign buttons and 1776 objects anchor a two-gallery look at how government actually works, told through Staten Island's own record.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandCampaign buttons and 1776 objects anchor a two-gallery look at how government actually works, told through Staten Island's own record.
The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSeventeen teenage photographers show New York street scenes and home interiors beside prints by Harlem's James Van Der Zee.
The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, ManhattanBeyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSeventeen teenage photographers show New York street scenes and home interiors beside prints by Harlem's James Van Der Zee.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSanford Biggers returns to the East River park where he once built as a fellow, with work installed on open lawn against the Manhattan skyline.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Astoria, QueensDavid Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSanford Biggers returns to the East River park where he once built as a fellow, with work installed on open lawn against the Manhattan skyline.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMoMA opens a century of animation from its own collection, from early hand-drawn cells to contemporary experiments.