Radio City Music Hall

On the Culture Front: Cock Opens Off-Broadway, PEN Festival Storms New York and More

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Timber Timbre, Radio City Music Hall, Royal National Theatre, Feist, Joyce Theater, Cock Play, New York Theater, Pen, PEN World Voices, Cock Royal National Theatre, New York Art, New York News

Mike Bartlett's buzzed about new play, Cock, from the Royal National Theatre opened to a thunderous and mostly deserved standing ovation at the Duke Thursday night.

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After 14 Years Pulp Returns to NYC

Salvatore Bono | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Jarvis Cocker, Radio City Music Hall, Britrock, Coachella, Reunion, New York News, Pulp, Britpop, Comeback, Live Review, New York News

The last time Pulp performed in New York City was 14 years ago. Despite so much having changed since then, after nearly two decades away from the Big Apple, Pulp showed they never lost their touch.

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How the Secret Policeman's Ball Got Rolling...

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Radio City Music Hall, Bob Weinstein, Mumford & Sons, Amnesty International, Pete Townshend, Russell Brand, Human Rights, Harvey Weinstein, Coldplay, Secret Policeman?S Ball, Secret Policeman's Ball Nyc, Secret Policeman's Ball History, Entertainment News

You've heard of it. You've wondered about it. You've seen films of the classic ones on laserdiscs, VHS tapes and new-fangled DVDs. If you're really lucky there's a reasonable chance you've even attended one of them.

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Astoria Characters: The Woman With 101 Candles on Her Cake

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Alexander McCall Smith, MetLife Building, Astoria, Radio City Music Hall, New York Center for Rehabilitation Care, Sue Grafton, Headband, Eddie Gelb, Oxygen Tank, Charlotte Russe, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Baby Blanket, Maraschino Cherry, Jeanette MacDonald, Chocolate, Typist, Russia, Eyebrow Pencil, Crochet, P.S. 145, Scarf, Nelson Eddy, Austria, Knit, Betty Gelb, Insulin, Piano, Rolley, New York News

Pull open the drapes! Betty Gelb wants to see the sunshine. She's as excited as a kid going to the circus because she's opened her eyes to another day. She's pushing 102, and, hey, you never know.

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For One Night Only: Swanlights

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Antony and the Johnsons, Video, Radio City Music Hall, Klaus Biesenbach, Antony and the Johnsons Moma, Antony and the Johnsons Swanlights, Performance, Arts News

Last night, Antony and the Johnsons performed a piece specifically commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art at Radio City Music Hall. Antony Hegarty c...

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Theater: Radio City Christmas Spectacular Freshens Up

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Radio City Music Hall, Radio City Rockettes, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Video, Entertainment News

RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR ** 1/2 out of **** RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL The Radio City Christmas Spectacular is an annual tradition, so it's always...

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MoMA's Next Foray Into Pop Music

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Music Moma, Kanye Moma, Swanlight, Antony Hegarty, Moma Music, Moma Kanye, Antony and the Johnsons, Moma, Antony and the Johnsons Moma, Moma Antony and the Johnsons, Moma Pop Music, Radio City Music Hall, Antony, Arts News

The Museum of Modern Art is not getting into the concert promotion business just yet, but its latest commission has, at least on paper, the components...

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Garou Bids Adieu to Zarkana in NYC

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Nyc, New York City, Cirque Du Soleil, Garou, Zark, French, The Kremlin, Moscow, Zarkana, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Pierre Garand, Radio City Music Hall, New York News

It's Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7:40 p.m. and Garou has most of his costume on.

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PHOTOS: Advertising Week Gala At Radio City Music Hall

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Tim Armstrong, Radio City Music Hall, Aol, Advertising, Matt Scheckner, Advertisingweek, Advertising Week, AOL Advertising, Advertising Week 2011, Media News

AOL Advertising sponsored Monday night's VIP event, the Advertising Week Opening Gala at Radio City Music Hall. Whether you were there in person or m...

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On the Culture Front: Todd English's New Gothic Bar and Zarkana

Chris Kompanek | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Rare, Hilton Hotels, Cirque Du Soleil, Theater, Gastropub, Zarkana, Circus, New York Rooftop Bar, Francois Girard, Todd English, Crossbar, Radio City Music Hall, New York News

Malls make me cringe, especially when they take over iconic city buildings, like the Limelight Marketplace has done with the formerly infamous club. S...

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Will Cirque's Irresistably Odd Escape Frighten Broadway?

Cara Joy David | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Theater, Broadway, Zarkana, Cirque Du Soleil, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Radio City Music Hall, Beacon Theatre, NY Around Town, Tony Awards, Acrobatics, Entertainment News

Traditionally Cirque shows have played outside Manhattan proper. However this year, the circus arts have landed at Radio City. And Cirque just may be taking money away from Broadway shows.

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Theater: Cirque Du Soleil's Zarkana Murky But Fun At Radio City

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Theater, Gymnastics, Radio City Music Hall, Acrobatics, Circus, Cirque Du Soleil, Arts News

Cirque du Soleil is a victim of its own success. Over the years so many of their new shows have popped up all over the world it's inevitable that expectations have been raised and lowered many times.

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2011 Tony Awards Predictions

James Sims | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: The Book of Mormon, Radio City Music Hall, Arts News, Beacon Theatre, Tony Awards, Broadway, Mark Rylance, Entertainment News, New York City, Arts News

It's that time again. The Tony Awards are nearly upon the Broadway community. All in all, a fantastic season -- strong plays, great performances and even a few celebrities thrown in the mix.

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You Know Your Life Is Officially Absurd When Charlie Sheen Yells at You

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Scott Barry Kaufman, Radio City Music Hall, Entertainment News

"Regardless of how erratic, irrational, self-defeating and self-destructive a person's behavior, somewhere in their mixed up mind, it is in the servic...

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How to "Unstage" Duran Duran: Conversations With David Lynch and American Express' Jessica Igoe

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Legend, Radio City Music Hall, Sunday Best Recordings, Big Dean Hurley, Blue Velvet, Paul McCartney, The Roots, Lykke Li, Angelo Badalamenti, Thought Gang, American Express, Clint Eastwood, Vevo, Arcad Fire, Ringo Starr, Nick Rhodes, Au Revoir Simone, David Lynch, Alicia Witt, Youtube, Duran Duran, Arianna Huffington, Sxsw, Itunes, Dune, Simon Le Bon, Mayan Theater, Sugarland, The David Lynch Foundation, Christabel, Entertainment News

This Wednesday night we'll see a convergence of David Lynch, Duran Duran, and American Express for the "Unstaged" concert series.

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Valentine's Day With David Bowie, 1973

Binky Philips | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glam Rock, Radio City Music Hall, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie, New York Dolls, Spiders From Mars, Binky Philips, Ziggy Stardust, Carnegie Hall, Entertainment News

It's early evening on Valentine's Day 1973, and I'm in my kitchen, regaling my dear pal, David, about the Bowie show I'd seen the night before at Radio City Music Hall.

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Twelve Months Til Christmas

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Remick, I Do! I Do!, Oy Vey in a Manger, Handel, Daniel Massey, Jon Cryer, Carol Lawrence, Kelsey Venter, Nutcracker, Black Nativity, In the Good Old Summertime, Rock Hudson, Barbara Baxley, David Sedaris, Jerry Bock, Messiah, Nathaniel Frey, Hansel Und Gretel, Jason Zinoman, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Martin, Daddy Long Legs, The Fantasticks, QMR Records, Valerie Vigoda, Ryan Drummond, Gordon MacRae, Radio City Music Hall, Jack Cassidy, The Little Match Girl, Jean Webster, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Irving Berlin?S White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Toy Story: The Musical, Paul Gordon, Rockettes, Barbara Cook, Robert Adelman Hancock, Jan De Hartog, Gower Champion, Hal Linden, 110 in the Shade, Karen Ziemba, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Christmas Revels, My Cup Runneth Over, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Carol Burnett, David Garrison, Robert Preston, The Shop Around the Corner, The Santaland Diaries, Brendan Milburn, Striking 12, Harold Prince, Brittany Ogle, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, Ed Ames, Long Story Short, Macon Little Theatre, Center Rep, Megan McGinnis, Kinsey Sicks, Rubicon Theatre Company, John Caird, She Loves Me, You?Ve Got Mail, The Fourposter, Theatreworks, Electrofulguration, Humperdinck, Groovelily, Arts News

For most people, the holiday season is over and done with. Christmas decorations have been put back into storage and the tree has been disposed of. But for arts entrepreneurs the situation is quite different.

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Christmas in New York With My Ex: It's On

Claudia Lonow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holidays, War on Christmas, Radio City Music Hall, Bill O'Reilly, Surviving the Holidays, Los Angeles Rain, Divorce News

My daughter, my ex-husband, my ex-but-not-really-stepdaughter, her mother (my ex-husband's first wife) and I had decided on a traditional Christmas in NYC.

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Best (Early) Christmas Ever: A Conversation With Rock 'n' Roll Legend Ronnie Spector

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

"We've had a love affair for like forty years, Keith [Richards] and I. I told him that it was too bad that I didn't marry him because that would have worked out better for me. Our kids would have had amazing hair, you know?"

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PHOTOS: Radio City Rockettes Practice

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radio City Music Hall, Radio City Rockettes, NY Events, NY Culture, Slidepollajax, New York News, Rockettes, New York News

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The Radio City Rockettes are currently practicing their precision moves for the 2010 Radio City Christmas...

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2010 World Business Forum: Al Gore's Slides Can Save the Planet

Robyn Greenspan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Joseph Stiglitz, Economy, President Obama, World Business Forum, Al Gore, Capitalism, Global Warming, Recession, Radio City Music Hall, John McCain, David Gergen, Jack Welch, Groupthink, Environmental Policy, Environment, Business News

Abandoning the polluting 100-year-old technologies of the past to prepare for a sustainable 21st century could break our dependence, put people to work and save the economy, asserts Al Gore.

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STARVING ARTIST ALERT: Taylor Gordon, Freelance Ballerina, Chases Her Dream

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYC Ballet, Radio City Music Hall, Taylor Gordon, Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, NY Times, New York, New York City, Arts News

TAYLOR GORDON thought she might have a heart attack as she sprinted from Radio City to the Ailey Citigroup Theater. "I was literally shoving tourists ...

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The Fab Faux Celebrate John Lennon's Extraordinary Life and Career with a Special 70th Birthday Concert at Radio City Music Hall Sept. 25

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Agnello, Magical Mystery Tour, Nutopia Choir, Still Life With Woodpecker, A Day in the Life, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Peppers, Dave Marsh, Beatles, John Lennon 70th Birthday Concert, Tomorrow Never Knows, John and Yoko, Jimmy Vivino, ?Till There Was You, Hogshead Horns, Tom Robbins, Radio City Music Hall, Jim Boggia, Yoko Ono, Abbey Road, Paul McCartney, Will Lee, Eleanor Rigby, Erin Hill, Crème Tangerine Strings, Revolver, Ringo Starr, Hey Jude, Strawberry Fields Forever, Fab Faux, Spirit Foundation, I Saw Her Standing There, Rich Pagano, Petruzzelli, Entertainment News

Legendary rock critic Dave Marsh once said of the Fab Faux, "All rock bands want to be like the Beatles; these guys have the nerve to BE the Beatles...

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Stage Door: The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Radio City Music Hall, NY Culture, Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Film Scores, Ludwig Wicki, Movies, Cinema, New York News

The audience includes those dressed as their favorite elves or wizards. This is fellowship of a wholly different order -- a mesmerizing venture, both visual and musical.

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MGMT: The Band That Continues To Grow

Jessica Cui | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Summer Music, Slideshow, Nycbeat, Radio City Music Hall, Brooklyn, Mgmt, Home News

As MGMT performed last night at Radio City Music Hall, both sides of the stage felt the unremitting energy and power that reverberated throughout. A B...

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