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Although the new school year has just begun, the Department of Education plans to excuse absences on Friday, Sept 20—for a cause. According to a series of...
The blueprint to a great museum adventure certainly includes "The Art of the Brick." Budding engineers and artists will be equally enthralled by the...
Class is back in session, after-school programs are in full swing and, Christmas is right around the corner. You might as well kiss summer goodbye because...
As the crisp autumn air sweeps in, it's only appropriate to seek out the best comfort food in the city. Fortunately for Brooklynites, a new Park Slope...
Summer 2019 has been good to New Yorkers. But now it's time to bid the season of freedom and relaxation adieu. If this week's cooler temperatures didn't...
"Mall" isn't necessarily an accurate way to describe American Dream. Sure, the long-awaited Jersey attraction boasts hundreds of retail options, from Zara...
To coincide with Baby Safety Month and the back-to-school season, Target is running one of its most popular promotions: the Car Seat Trade-In program. ...
Although kiddos might be disappointed that summer has come to a close, they'll be pleased to know that a delightful treat is headed their way this fall, and...
If you missed the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest over the weekend, you have a chance to redeem yourself. Find the SPF, grab a towel and prepare for an...
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Enter for two tickets to Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One.
This musical prequel to The Wizard of Oz addresses surprisingly complex themes, such as standards of beauty, morality and, believe it or not, fighting fascism. Thanks to Winnie Holzman’s witty book and Stephen Schwartz’s pop-inflected score, Wicked soars. The current cast includes Jackie Burns as Elphaba and Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda.
Give city kids a chance to explore lush landscapes on this 250-acre expanse
Theater review by Adam Feldman The world of Harry Potter has arrived on Broadway, Hogwarts and all, and it is a triumph of theatrical magic. Set two decades after the final chapters of J.K. Rowling’s world-shaking kid-lit heptalogy, the two-part epic Harry Potter and the Cursed Child combines grand storytelling with stagecraft on a scale heretofore unimagined. Richly elaborated by director John Tiffany, the show looks like a million bucks (or, in this case, a reported $68 million); the Lyric Theatre has been transfigured from top to bottom to immerse us in the narrative. It works: The experience is transporting. Jack Thorne’s play, based on a story he wrote with Rowling and Tiffany, extends the Potter narrative while remaining true to its core concerns. Love and friendship and kindness are its central values, but they don’t come easily: They are bound up in guilt, loneliness and fear. Harry (Jamie Parker) is weighted with trauma dating back to his childhood, which hinders his ability to communicate with his troubled middle son, Albus (Sam Clemmett); it doesn’t help that Albus’s only friend is the bookish outcast Scorpius Malfoy (the exceptional Anthony Boyle), son of Harry’s erstwhile enemy, Draco (Alex Price). Despite the best intentions of Harry’s solid wife, Ginny (Poppy Miller), and his friends Hermione (Noma Dumezweni) and Ron (Paul Thornley), things turn dark very fast. Set designer Christine Jones and lighting designer Neil Austin keep much of the stage shroude
Get in on a cool indoor hangout at Grand Central! This event transforms Vanderbilt Hall into a fun–filled dining area with live, family-friendly entertainment. Kiddos can make arts & crafts and get their faces painted courtesy of Kidding Around Toys, dance and sing along in the event's Jam to the Music perfomance courtesy of Brooklyn Children's Museum, watch performances from Grammy Award–winner Tim Kubart (Aug 24) and cast members of Wicked (Aug 25) and Something Rotten (Aug 26), too. There's also great food from the likes of Shake Shack and Zaro's Family Bakery available for purchase! Event located in Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall. All ages.
