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Old 04-21-2010, 06:01 AM
 
Location: Eastern Long Island
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what would you do?
we are staying near east 56th & Lexington.
Where would you eat? We're not looking for a bargain, just really good food.
We have a reservation at Convivio in Tudor City but still looking for ideas?
Would you see a show? Which one? We are a 40-ish married couple, no kids. We're not into Lion King type shows.

Any suggestions would be great!
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:37 AM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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You'll need to take a short cab ride, but this place is AMAZING.

Artisanal
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Old 04-22-2010, 03:12 PM
 
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Great restaurants are easy to find if you don't mind spending the money. What are you looking for?

Understand Lion King is not your thing. You might like American Idiot (a Broadway production of a Greenday album). Or Stomp, Blue Man Group, etc.. Go see a comedy show (couple places are not far from your hotel). Go to a jazz club. Get this week's New Yorker and see whay else might catch you eye in terms of shows/cabaret/museums/concerts/performances/etc. There must be something good at the Met and Whitney right now because my wife planned a day off tomorrow for museums.
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Old 04-22-2010, 03:16 PM
 
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Great restaurants everywhere.

Wicked is a great show!!

Pick up Time Out NY --- they have listings for everything!!!
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Old 04-23-2010, 12:08 AM
 
Location: Upper East, NY
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Most people seem to love God of Carnage at Bernard Jacobs Theater. Used to have Jimmy Smits; now Lucy Liu.
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Old 04-23-2010, 12:57 AM
 
Location: Midcoast Maine
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My husband & I are a couple like you. Definitely not into the typical stuff. You've got some great suggestions already (though I didn't like Wicked - too much of a showy "spectacle" for me). Artisanal is a great place for cheese lovers - but one of the loudest restaurants I've ever been in. You literally have to shout to your tablemate to be heard when it's packed. If you go there, best bet is to reserve the cheese cellar table - it's much quieter in there.

Great place for dance or experimental performance is PS 122 on 1st Ave. in the East Village, just a cab ride or subway down 2nd Avenue. This weekend is a premiere of a work combining live performance and projections of Hichcock's film Rope. General admission seats are $20: Reid Farrington | Gin & "It" (http://www.ps122.org/performances/gin_and_it.html - broken link)

We go to dance performances a lot more than plays because tix are usually more reasonable - and we love watching dance. If you like dance, there are seats still available this Fri. & Sat. for the NY Theater Ballet performing at Florence Gould Hall (East 59th St. off Madison). The tix are $25: Signatures 10 | New York Theatre Ballet

In midtown, there's the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and you may still be able to get seats for the legendary experimental theater company The Wooster Group, performing North Atlantic (a stage play - they present all kinds of performances at BAC). Tix are $45: BAC / The Wooster Group - North Atlantic (http://www.bacnyc.org/index.php/events/performances/JRT031110-Wooster - broken link)

At City Center (on 56th off 6th Avenue), this weekend you can see a dramatic play called The Subject was Roses. I love City Center. Tix are $50: The Pearl Theatre Company : The Subject was Roses at Stage 2

As for a place to eat, if you like Belgian food and beer, and a relaxed atmosphere, we love the B. Cafe on East 75th St., between 2nd & 3rd. Small place, noisy but festive, and great food.

A more upscale restaurant we enjoy is the Lenox Room (http://www.lenoxroom.com/lenox.html - broken link) on 3rd Ave. between 73rd and 74th Streets. Excellent food, great service, a little pricey but comfy.

If you feel like venturing into Brooklyn, the Young@Heart gang is singing at St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO. If you've seen the documentary about this amazing group of senior citizens singing modern rock, punk, and all kinds of songs, you know how fun & inspiring they are. Easy to get a cab or subway (short walk from train to the theater) there and back. Sunday matinee still has seats open. Tix are about $45: St. Ann's Warehouse - Young@Heart

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