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A Christmas Story, The Musical
Photograph: Carol RoseggA Christmas Story, The Musical

Christmas shows in NYC 2012

Our guide to the best shows, theater productions on Broadway and Off, and the best concerts in New York this Christmas.

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The holiday season in New York is a wonderful time to enjoy saccharine festive treats, like the Radio City Christmas Spectacular or a Broadway musical like Elf. It's also a time of year that's ripe for some bawdy satire. Thankfully, there are plenty of options for whichever kind of Christmas show you're interested in. Take Grandma to see the Rockettes, but definitely leave her at home for some of the more risqué productions. Our critics have also weighed in with essential cultural highlights for enlightened audiences, including New York City Ballet's 1954 classic George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and Isaac Mizrahi in Peter and the Wolf at the Guggenheim.

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Radio City Christmas Spectacular

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You'll get a kick out of this holiday stalwart, which—after 80 years—still features Santa, wooden soldiers and the leggy, spunky Rockettes. Last...

Popular Christmas shows in New York

Elf

Elf

  • price 4 of 4

If you liked the 2003 Will Ferrell film Elf, then give the holiday comedy a try in this new Broadway incarnation. The story follows Buddy, an orphaned babe...

The best Christmas shows in New York

Alternative Christmas shows

Jackie Beat: Come, They Told Me

Jackie Beat: Come, They Told Me

  • price 2 of 4

It's just not Christmas in New York without a visit from the bitchiest Grinch of all, Jackie Beat. Her acid wit and sacrilegious song parodies are the perfect...

Chris March's Butt-Cracker Suite!

Chris March's Butt-Cracker Suite!

  • price 3 of 4

Outrageous designer and gay-TV personality Chris March (Project Runway) puts the cracker in The Nutcracker with this campy trailer-trash take on the holiday...

Naked Holidays

Naked Holidays

Santa’s nibbling on more than his pipe stem in EndTime Productions' sixth annual collection of naughty playlets, which shine a cold northern light on...