Five things to do today

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American Ballet Theatre, Alexei Ratmansky

American Ballet Theatre 2013 Spring Season

  • Price band: 3/4
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ABT returns to the Metropolitan Opera House with the premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's Shostakovich trilogy, as well as the company debut of Frederick Ashton's A Month in the Country and a new production of Le Corsaire. Dancers include Roberto Bolle, Irina Dvorovenko—in her final season with the

  1. Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center) Lincoln Center Plaza, at 65th St
  2. Mon May 20 - Sat Jul 6
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The Big Quiz Thing

  • Price band: 2/4
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Show off your impressive stash of trivial knowledge, or your ability to come up with smart-alecky witticisms, at this live trivia game show. Hosted by quizmaster (and TONY copy chief) Noah Tarnow, the event includes audio and video puzzles; if you don’t know an answer, create a clever one for a

  1. The Cutting Room 44 E 32nd St, between Madison Ave and Park Ave South , 10016
  2. Mon May 20
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Blue Man Group

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 4/4
  • Critics choice

Three deadpan, blue-skinned men with extraterrestrial imaginations carry this tourist fave, a show as smart as it is ridiculous. They drum on open tubs of paint, creating splashes of color; they consume Twinkies and Cap'n Crunch; they engulf the audience in a roiling sea of toilet paper. For sheer

  1. 434 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
  2. $75–$99
  3. Mon May 20 - Fri May 31
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The Brain Cloud

  • Price band: 1/4
  • Critics choice

Dennis Lichtman, of the lively New Orleans–style jazz band the Cangelosi Cards, leads a highly talented group of musicians into energetic Western-swing territory. A mainstay at Barbès and several other local haunts, the Cloud—currently playing behind the new Outside Looking In—is one of the city's

  1. Barbès 376 9th St, at Sixth Ave, 11215
  2. Mon May 20
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The Broadway Beauty Pageant

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

Broadway chorus boys strut their stuff in a Miss America–style competition that will include talent and bathing-suit segments (which in some cases may be redundant). Tovah Feldshuh returns as host, and proceeds benefit the Ali Forney Center, a charity that provides safe shelter for gay kids. Click

  1. 566 LaGuardia Pl, at Washington Sq South, 10012
  2. $25–$50, premium $150
  3. Mon May 20
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