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Spamalot DATE: November 01, 2008
EVENT: Spamalot

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Shubert Theatre, 225 West 44th Street, New York
More than just the 2005 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot reigns supreme as the funniest show on earth! A wild, wacky and wonderfully demented re-telling of the tale of King Arthur, Spamalot features those legendary knights of the round table, as well as flying cows, taunting Frenchman, dancing chorus girls, killer rabbits and beginning January 18, American Idol superstar Clay Aiken!

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Spamalot
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The Farnsworth Invention DATE: November 02, 2008
EVENT: The Farnsworth Invention

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Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street, New York It's 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called ‘television.' Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, his rival will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest invention of the 20th century: ruthless media mogul David Sarnoff, head of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), or Philo T. Farnsworth, the self-taught Idaho farm boy who began his work on the device while still a high school student?

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The Farnsworth Invention
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Family Series – Candide DATE: November 03, 2008
EVENT: Family Series – Candide

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11:30am, New York State Theater, New York
City Opera is pleased to announce the second year of our exciting partnership with Target. Our popular family series will return to the Promenade of the New York State Theater, allowing more people to join the fun! These interactive hour-long pre-matinee workshops with City Opera singers and teaching staff will introduce families to the exciting world of musical drama before each performance.

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New York City Ballet
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Rapper's Row Queens Bridge & Hollis Hip Hop Tour DATE: November 04, 2008
EVENT: Rapper's Row Queens Bridge & Hollis Hip Hop Tour

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Hush Hip Hop Tour, 110 E. 59th Street | 212-714-3527 Tour neighborhoods of chart topping artists: LL-Cool-J, RunDMC, 50 Cent and more. Bring your cameras as we travel the roads that led way to the rap industry. See where celebrated artists lived, were schooled, honed their craft, partied and shopped. Listen to hip hop tracks and participate in hip hop karaoke as we check out the Manhattan skyline.

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Hush Hip Hop Tour
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Martini Madness DATE: November 05, 2008
EVENT: Martini Madness

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We Ate New York, The East River Cafe 1111 1st Ave | 917-608-4235 Enjoy the ability to sample six different martinis and then choose one full size martini of your own. Then enjoy an assortment of desserts served with coffee or tea. A perfect night to do something different with your friends. Groups require a minimum of 8. Tax and gratuity included.


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We Ate New York
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Altar Boyz DATE: November 06, 2008
EVENT: Altar Boyz

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New World Stages Stage 4, 340 West 50th Street. N'Sync meets Nunsense, Full of sharp parody, spectacular dance moves, and irreverent gags, Altar Boyz is a laugh-out-loud spoof adored by fans and critics alike.

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Altar Boyz
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August: Osage County DATE: November 07, 2008
EVENT: August: Osage County

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Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street, New York.
Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tracy Letts (Killer Joe, Bug), this grand, gripping new play tells the story of the Westons, a large extended clan that comes together at their rural Oklahoma homestead when the alcoholic patriarch disappears. Forced to confront unspoken truths and astonishing secrets, the family must also contend with matriarch Violet, a pill-popping, deeply unsettled woman at the center of this storm.

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August: Osage County
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Flanagan's Wake DATE: November 08, 2008
EVENT: Flanagan's Wake

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SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, New York.
Join in at the hilarious interactive Irish wake that has finally reached New York after becoming one of the longest-running shows in Chicago theater history!

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Flanagan's Wake
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Hairspray DATE: November 09, 2008
EVENT: Hairspray

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Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd Street, New York.
With big girls, big hair, and even bigger laughs, comes Hairspray, a splashy musical based on the 1988 John Waters film that starred Divine and a then-unknown Ricki Lake. Get your tickets to see it live on Broadway!

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Hairspray
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November DATE: November 10, 2008
EVENT: November

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Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th Street.
Set just days before a major presidential election, November involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions.

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November
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Veterans Day DATE: November 11, 2008
EVENT: Veterans Day
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Viva Voce Brass Ensemble DATE: November 12, 2008
EVENT: Viva Voce Brass Ensemble

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Noble Maritime Collection, 1000 Richmond Terrace Building D, Staten Island, NY 10301 | 718-447-6490 Viva Voce Brass Ensemble performs an 'All American' program. For more info, visit www.noblemaritime.org.

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Noble Maritime Collection
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A Bronx Tale DATE: November 13, 2008
EVENT: A Bronx Tale

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Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West 48th Street, New York
In A Bronx Tale, actor and playwright Chazz Palminteri brings his classic coming-of-age story to vivid life, playing multiple roles as he depicts a young boy's rough childhood in 1960s-era Bronx and the unforgettable people he encountered.

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A Bronx Tale
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Production Dialogue Candide DATE: November 14, 2008
EVENT: Production Dialogue Candide

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6:00pm, New York State Theater, New York.
City Opera Dramaturg Cori Ellison hosts this series of engaging conversations with the visionaries who create our new productions and important revivals. Discover the ideas and inspirations behind the performances you’re about to see, and gain an insider’s view of the creative lives of City Opera’s directors, conductors, singers, designers, and instrumentalists.

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New York City Ballet
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A Chorus Line DATE: November 15, 2008
EVENT: A Chorus Line

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Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street, New York
In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 17 dancers, this audition is the one opportunity to do what they've always dreamed of. Not to be the star, but to get the job … to have the chance to dance and come through. This is A Chorus Line, the musical for everyone who's ever had a dream and put it all on the line.

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A Chorus Line
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Is He Dead? DATE: November 16, 2008
EVENT: Is He Dead?

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Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, New York.
Inspired by the posthumous bidding war that broke out between the United States and France over Jean-Francois Millet's painting 'The Angelus,' Is He Dead? is a fast-paced comedy about a group of poor artists who stage the death of their mentor to drive up the price of his paintings. In order for the scheme to succeed, the artists hatch various hilarious plots involving cross-dressing, a full-scale fake funeral, lovers' deceptions and much more.

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Is He Dead?
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Big Apple Circus DATE: November 17, 2008
EVENT: Big Apple Circus

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Lincoln Centre, New York.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Big Apple Circus presents all your circus favorites in a show that is fun for kids of all ages.

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Big Apple Circus
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The Rise of Dorothy Hale DATE: November 18, 2008
EVENT: The Rise of Dorothy Hale

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St Lukes Church, 308 West 46th Street, New York
History has recorded that Dorothy Hale, the widow of American muralist Gardner Hale, died in New York City on October 21, 1938 after plunging sixteen stories from her apartment window at the Hampshire House on Central Park South. She was thirty-three years old. Dorothy's death was ruled a suicide. The story of Dorothy Hale has never really been thoroughly examined…until now.

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The Rise of Dorothy Hale
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Chicago DATE: November 19, 2008
EVENT: Chicago

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Ambassador Theatre, 219 West 49th Street, New York. Chicago is the kiss-and-tell tale of Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who kills her lover as a career move; Billy Flynn, a sharp lawyer who turns Roxie into a celebrity; and Velma Kelly, a dancing jailbird with an ear for headlines and an eye for talent.

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Chicago - The Musical
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Tony n' Tina's Wedding DATE: November 20, 2008
EVENT: Tony n' Tina's Wedding

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Vinnie Blacks Coliseum, 221 West 46th Street.
At Tony n' Tina's Wedding, audience members actually play the roles of Tony and Tina's family and friends. These are roles we have all been practicing, every time we go to a real wedding. This universal familiarity with the union of two individuals from two distinct families, regardless as to where you are from, will take you back and forth between fantasy and reality throughout the entire evening. For the ultimate experience... eat, drink, dance, converse and allow yourself to be caught up in the activities.

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Tony n' Tina's Wedding
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Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening DATE: November 21, 2008
EVENT: Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening

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47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street, New York No show (or star!) is spared at this constantly-changing spoof of the theater scene.

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Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
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Slaughterhouse Five DATE: November 22, 2008
EVENT: Slaughterhouse Five

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59E59 Theater C, 59 East 59th Street, New York
A new play based on Kurt Vonnegut's classic anti-war novel.

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Broadway
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Die Mommie Die! DATE: November 23, 2008
EVENT: Die Mommie Die!

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New World Stages Stage 1, 340 West 50th Street.
A comedy noir steeped in the glamour of 1960s Hollywood, Die Mommie Die! centers on fallen pop diva Angela Arden (regally portrayed by playwright Charles Busch) who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. Desperate to find happiness with her younger lover, out-of-work TV actor Tony Parker, Angela gruesomely murders her husband with the aid of a poisoned suppository. In a plot that reflects Greek tragedy as well as Hollywood kitsch, Angela's manipulative daughter, Edith, convinces her 'emotionally disturbed' brother, Lance, that together they must avenge their father's death by killing their mother.

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Die Mommie Die!
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The Little Mermaid DATE: November 24, 2008
EVENT: The Little Mermaid

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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street.
In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her father - the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she's the girl with the perfect voice.

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The Little Mermaid
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Thurgood DATE: November 25, 2008
EVENT: Thurgood

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Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street, New York.
Laurence Fisburne stars as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in this remarkable one-man show. Thurgood Marshall rose from the backstreets of Baltimore to the Supreme Court of the United States, overcoming whatever obstacles society placed in his way. Thurgood is his remarkable story, a triumph of courage -- not just for the man, but for the nation he bravely challenged and proudly served.

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Broadway
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Secret Society Presents DJ Tengo @ Le Souk DATE: November 26, 2008
EVENT: Secret Society Presents DJ Tengo @ Le Souk

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10:00pm, Le Souk, New York, NY
NYC's # 1 Wednesday party. Every Wednesday, Secret Society Presents DJ Tengo @ Le Souk, 47 AVE B BTW 3rd & 4th st NYC NY 1000

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Le Souk
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Happy Thanksgiving! DATE: November 27, 2008
EVENT: Happy Thanksgiving!

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Enjoy the Macy’s Parade
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Three Mo' Tenors DATE: November 28, 2008
EVENT: Three Mo' Tenors

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Little Shubert Theatre, 422 West 42nd Street.
Three Mo' Tenors brings the house down with thrilling performances of opera, Broadway, jazz, gospel, soul, spirituals and blues music. The show begins with Verdi, and soon the music of Motown, Ray Charles and Usher has the tenors grooving on the stage. Three Mo' Tenors is an extraordinary musical event...all music and all passion.

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Three Mo' Tenors
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A Catered Affair DATE: November 29, 2008
EVENT: A Catered Affair

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Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West 48th Street.
Set in the Bronx in 1953, A Catered Affair reveals relationships strained to their limits when a couple must decide whether to spend their life savings on a family business or to launch their only daughter's marriage with a lavish catered affair—the grand wedding they never had. Four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein's book and John Bucchino's score explore the meaning of family and the need for love, both new and reawakened.

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Broadway
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Lion King DATE: November 30, 2008
EVENT: Lion King

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1:00pm, Minskoff Theatre, New York.
Disney presents a musical that brings THE LION KING'S wildly popular story, the Oscar winning Elton John / Tim Rice songs, and an entire African landscape to the stage of the specially adapted Minskoff Theater.

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The Lion King
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