June 1, 2006
April 2010 calendar of events for New York City
Thursday, April 1
Opening night on Broadway for “Red” with Alfred Molina, Eddie Redmayne (through June 27)
Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
New York City Opera’s $5 Artist Dialogues at The Church of Saint Paul the Apostle at 6 p.m. on ” L’Étoile”
“L’etoile” at the NY City Opera
Museum of Modern Art stays open until 8:45 p.m. for MoMA Nights, with DJ, cash bar and gallery tours
Out of Scandinavia/Out of Context : New Indie Rock from the Nordics at Scandinavia House at 7 p.m.
Tickets go on sale for this month’s Project Shaw reading, “ John Bull’s Other Island ” at The Players on Gramercy Park South
Friday, April 2
Free, outdoor “Earth From Above” aerial photography exhibition goes on display at Bryant Park (through May 28)
Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay Marlis Petersen in “Hamlet” at the Met Opera
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the NY City Opera
NY International Auto Show at the Javits Center (through April 11)
Manchester Orchestra plays Irving Plaza at 7:30 p.m.
Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey exhibition opens at the Morgan Library & Museum (through Aug. 1)
Saturday, April 3
Angela Gheorghiu in “La Traviata ” at the Met Opera at 8:30 p.m.
“Aida” at the Met Opera at 1 p.m.
“L’Étoile” family matinee at the NY City Opera at 1:30 p.m.
Handel’s comedy “Partenope” at the NY City Opera
Book event: Christopher Moore at Borders at Columbus Circle
Live WWOW Mystery Radio Play at 6 and 8 p.m. at Partners & Crime bookshop
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at B.B. King Blues Club
International Pillow Fight Day
Free New Museum First Saturdays for Families at 10 a.m. to noon: Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Curated by Jeff Koons, Why Trash It?
Sunday, April 4
Opening night on Broadway for “Lend Me a Tenor” (open-ended run)
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the NY City Opera
Free Central Park walking tours of the Conservatory Garden resume for the season
Monday, April 5
Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay Marlis Petersen in “Hamlet” at the Met Opera
Mets first home game of the season, vs. Florida at 1:10 p.m.
New York Botanical Garden open for a holiday Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Celebrity Autobiography at the Triad Theater at 7:30 p.m. with Carson Kressley
Mets’ Opening Day at Citi Field
Popa Chubby’ at B.B. King Blues Club at 8 p.m.
Gary Shteyngart: Absurdistan book event at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 6
Previews begin on Broadway for “La Cage aux Folles” (opening night: April 18; open-ended run)
Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
NY Knicks vs Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
Jules Feiffer book event at Strand at 7 p.m.
Richmond Ballet at the Joyce Theater (through April 11)
Reservations open at noon for the April 14 free Access Restricted panel on “Intellectual Property in the Age of Digital Reproduction” featuring Sonia Katyal, Alfred Steiner, Andrew Ross, and Virginia Rutledge, moderated by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s Conference Room
Free Poets and Pints at 6:30 p.m. at Fraunces Tavern: Joanna Klink & Carol Muske-Dukes
Book event: Andre Aciman, Parker Posey and David Rakoff Discuss My First New York at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 7
Angela Gheorghiu in “La Traviata ” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
NY Rangers home game vs. Maple Leafs
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Rush Hour Concert: Mozart’s Paris & Brahms’s Fourth symphonies
Chu-Fang Huang concert at the Morgan Library & Museum
Free colloquium series: Turning the Tide: NY’s Waterfront in Transition at 5:30 p.m. at The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Thursday, April 8
Opening Night on Broadway for “The Addams Family” musical
Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the NY City Opera
Performances begin for City Center’s Encores production of “Anyone Can Whistle” with Sutton Foster (through April 11)
“Enron” begins performances on Broadway
Sub-Zero Film Fest of emerging Norwegian directors
Keith Emerson & Greg Lake plays the Nokia Theater
92Y behind-the-scenes tour: Madison Square Garden All-Access Tour
The New York Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory (through April 11)
Lecture: The True Escape of Curious George: The Wartime Journey of Margret & H.A. Rey at the Jewish Museum at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 9
(New delayed date) Previews begin on Broadway for “Collected Stories”
“Lips Together, Teeth Apart” begins previews on Broadway
Simon Keenlyside and Marlis Petersen in “Hamlet” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
One Step Beyond dance party from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the American Museum of Natural History
Handel’s comedy “Partenope” at the NY City Opera
NY Rangers home game vs. Flyers
“Hamlet” at the Met Opera
Met Opera Open House: free dress rehearsal of “Armida”
Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo begins performances at Randall’s Island (through June 6)
The Newspaper Film Festival at Film Forum (through May 6 )
First Fridays Cubanismo events at the Bronx Museum
American Symphony Orchestra plays Schumann: “Scenes from Goethe’s Faust” at Avery Fisher Hall at 8 p.m.
92Y behind-the-scenes tour: Carnegie Hall Tour & Tea
Previews begin on Broadway for “Lips Together, Teeth Apart” (April 29 opening night; through June 27)
The Manhattan Vintage Book & Ephemera Show at the Altman Building (and April 10)
George Prochnik in conversation with Paul Holdengraber at the New York Public Library at 7 p.m.
The Subject Was Roses at City Center (through May 9)
George Clinton and the P Funk All Stars at B.B. King Blues Club at 8 p.m.
Jonathan Demme directs “Family Week” at MCC Theater (through May 23)
Book event: Zombie Combat Manual: A Guide to Fighting the Living Dead with author Roger Ma at the Park Slope Barnes & Nobleat 7:30 p.m.
Musical event: New York Philharmonic: David Grossman at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 10
Chanticleer: In Time of… in the Met Museum’s Temple of Dendur at 7 p.m.
Angela Gheorghiu in “La Traviata ” at the Met Opera at 8:30 p.m.
Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” at the Met Opera at 1 p.m.
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the NY City Opera
Native Americans: The Area’s Earlier Residents at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx
Arthur Avenue Walking Tour with the Institute of Culinary Education at 11 a.m.
Sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History
Downtown Eats walking tour with Nicole Harnett at noon
Sunday, April 11
Opening night on Broadway for “Million Dollar Quartet” (open-ended run)
NY Knicks vs Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden at 6 p.m.
Handel’s comedy “Partenope” at the NY City Opera
Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Retrospective opens at the Museum of Modern Art (through June 21)
“Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century” photography exhibition opens at the Museum of Modern Art (through June 28)
Thomas Hampson at Alice Tully Hall at 5 p.m.
Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights at 3 p.m.
Monday, April 12
Previews begin on Broadway (sometime this week) of Hughie and Krapp’s Last Tape, both with Brian Dennehy
NY Knicks vs Washington Wizards at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
“Armida” at the Met Opera
New Production Gala for “Armida” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Institute of Culinary Education historical cooking class: Happy Birthday William Shakespeare: Dining in Elizabethan England at 6 p.m.
Lincoln Center’s What Makes it Great series on Schumann’s Fantasy in C major at 7:30 p.m. at the Walter reade Theater
Tuesday, April 13
Opening Day at Yankee Stadium
Angela Gheorghiu in “La Traviata ” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Handel’s comedy “Partenope” at the NY City Opera
Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Nov. 7)
Preliminary date for Yankees first home game of the season, vs. Angels
Dash Shaw and Chip Kidd discuss Bodyworld at Strand bookshop at 7 p.m.
1.2.3. Festival opening night event at the Joyce Theater
Transfigured Night concert at the Morgan Library & Museum
The second batch of Letters by J. D. Salinger go on display at the Morgan Library & Museum (through May 9)
Wednesday, April 14
Tosca at the Met Opera
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Riccardo Muti Conducts Mozart & Schubert
Previews begin on Broadway for “Fences”
1.2.3. Festival: Ailey II at the Joyce Theater
Free Access Restricted panel on “Intellectual Property in the Age of Digital Reproduction” featuring Sonia Katyal, Alfred Steiner, Andrew Ross, and Virginia Rutledge, moderated by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP’s Conference Room
Thursday, April 15
Julie Taymor’s production of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
New York City Opera’s $5 Artist Dialogues at The Church of Saint Paul the Apostle at 6 p.m. on “Partenope”
Handel’s comedy “Partenope” at the NY City Opera
1.2.3 Festival: ABT II at the Joyce Theater
From Every End of this Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America with Steven V. Roberts at the Tenement Museum at 6:30 p.m.
Immigrant Heritage Week
40 Years of Going Green: A Screening of Earth Days at the Paley Center at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 16
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the NY City Opera
“Armida” at the Met Opera
Church Tower Walk at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site at the edge of the Bronx
Brown-bag lecture: “Stories from the Puerto Rican Oral History Project, 1973-1975” at the Brooklyn Historical Society at noon
New York Pops play Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at 8 p.m.: The Best of Lerner and Loewe with Kelli O’Hara, Paulo Szot, Michael Slattery, The Clurman Singers and New York Theatre Ballet
Havana Film Festival New York (through April 23)
1.2.3. Festival: Taylor 2 at the Joyce Theater
The Great Russian Circus on Ice at City Center (through April 18)
Saturday, April 17
Tosca at the Met Opera
Angela Gheorghiu in “La Traviata ” at the Met Opera at 1 p.m.
Handel’s comedy “Partenope” at the NY City Opera
Museum of American Finance walking tour: Wall Street Scandals at 1 p.m.
Institute of Culinary Education’s Chinatown Dim Sum Tour at 10 a.m.
Institute of Culinary Education’s Astoria Walking Tour at 11 a.m.
Cinematic Titanic: Original Cast & Creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000 at 8 p.m. at the Nokia Theater Times Square
Free Super Sabado events all day at el Museo del Barrio
1.2.3. Festival: Ailey II at the Joyce Theater
Sunday, April 18
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the NY City Opera
Big Band Social on the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater at 4:30 p.m.
Henschel Quartet concert at The Frick Collection at 5 p.m.
Opening night on Broadway for “La Cage aux Folles” (open-ended run)
Anthony Anderson’s MixTape Comedy Show at the Gotham Comedy Club at 9 p.m.
Sunday Morning Coffee Concert: Moscow String Quartet at 11 a.m. at Walter Reade Theater
1.2.3. Festival: Ailey II at the Joyce Theater
1.2.3. Festival: Taylor 2 at the Joyce Theater
92Y City Walk: Brooklyn Bridge and Beyond at 11 a.m.
Monday, April 19
“Armida” at the Met Opera
Institute of Culinary Education’s Made Here: NY State Wine and Cheeses at 7 p.m.
Project Shaw reading of “ John Bull’s Other Island ” at The Players on Gramercy Park South at 7 p.m.
Lecture: Lion Conservation: A 21st Century Approach to Lion Conservation at the Explorers Club at 6 p.m.
Broadway Beauty Pageant at 8 p.m. at Symphony Space
Kerry Butler at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency at 9 p.m.
Book talk: Mark Kurlansky at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble at 82nd and Broadway on ” The Eastern Stars How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris”
Tuesday, April 20
Tosca at the Met Opera
Lecture: Carousel In New York City: A Multi-Media Presentation of Comics That Explore New York City Culture at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen at 6:30 p.m.
Institute of Culinary Education’s Great NY Restaurants’ Signature Dishes cooking class at 10 a.m.
Opening night on Broadway for “American Idiot” (open-ended run)
1.2.3. Festival: Taylor 2 at the Joyce Theater
Peter Carey in conversation with Paul Holdengraber at 7 p.m. at the New York Public Library
Reservations open at noon for the April 28 free Access Restricted lecture: Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School on “Re-presentations and Identities: Depicting Justice in Courts” at the New York State Supreme Court
Will & Anthony Nunziata: From Pelham to Park Avenue at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency (through April 24)
Wednesday, April 21
Tribeca Film Festival begins with screening of “Shrek Forever After” in 3-D (through May 2)
Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays the Morgan Library & Museum at 7:30 p.m.
Angela Gheorghiu in “La Traviata ” at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Sergey Khachatryan and Lusine Khachatryan play Brahms, Bach and Beethoven at Alice Tully Hall at 8 p.m.
1.2.3. Festival: Ailey II at the Joyce Theater
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble concert at the Morgan Library & Museum
Thursday, April 22
“Armida” at the Met Opera
Opening night on Broadway for “Sondheim on Sondheim” with Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, Michael Arden and Leslie Kritzer (through June 13)
The Church play ” - An Intimate Space tour -30th Anniversary Acoustic Show” at City Winery at 9 p.m.
Lewis Black: In God We Trust at City Center (through April 24)
3rd Annual “Compass” Symposium at the Explorers Club (through April 24)
1.2.3. Festival: Ailey II at the Joyce Theater
Friday, April 23
Deborah Voigt in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer ” at the Met Opera
Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays the Morgan Library & Museum at 7:30 p.m.
New Museum program: A Proposition by Miwon Kwon at 7 p.m.
Nordic Sounds/Latin Flavor concert at Scandinavia House at 7:30 p.m.
1.2.3 Festival: ABT II at the Joyce Theater
92Y behind-the-scenes tour: Waldorf-Astoria Tour and Lunch
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble concert at the Morgan Library & Museum
Ted Muehling Selects: Lobmeyr Glass from the Permanent Collection opens at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (through fall)
Saturday, April 24
The New York City Chili Cookoff at 4 p.m. at Staten Island’s Historic Richmond Town
Tosca at the Met Opera
Earth Weekend at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (and April 25)
“La Traviata ” at the Met Opera at 8:30 p.m.
Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays Brooklyn Museum at 2 p.m.
New Museum program: A Proposition by Miwon Kwon at noon
Institute of Culinary Education’s The Great NY Deli cooking class at 6 p.m.
Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour from noon to 2 p.m.
Downtown Eats walking tour with Nicole Harnett at noon
1.2.3 Festival: ABT II at the Joyce Theater
1.2.3. Festival: Taylor 2 at the Joyce Theater
American Classical Orchestra’s Beethoven Ninth at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 25
Opening night on Broadway for “Promises, Promises” with Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes (open-ended run)
Walking tour of Staten Island’s Moravian Cemetery at 2 p.m.
1.2.3 Festival: ABT II at the Joyce Theater
1.2.3. Festival: Taylor 2 at the Joyce Theater
92Y City Walk: Greenwich Village Literary Walk at 11 a.m.
Monday, April 26
Opening night on Broadway for August Wilson’s “Fences” starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (through July 11 )
NY City Center gala honoring Stephen Sondheim at City Center at 7 p.m. with Michael Cerveris, Barbara Cook, Claybourne Elder, Raúl Esparza, Sutton Foster, Victor Garber, Alexander Gemignani, Joanna Gleason, Mark Jacoby, Patti LuPone, Debra Monk, Donna Murphy, Bernadette Peters, Jim Walton, B.D. Wong and Chip Zien
Deborah Voigt in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer ” at the Met Opera
Broadway Cares’ Easter Bonnet Competition (and April 27)
Eliot Feld in Conversation with Cynthia Gregory at the Paley Center at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 27
“Big Bambú” exhibition opens on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the summer
“Armida” at the Met Opera
Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Aug. 1)
Opening night on Broadway for “Enron” (open-ended run)
Stephen Petronio Company at the Joyce Theater (through May 2)
Dead or Alive opens at the Museum of Arts & Design (through Oct. 24)
Lecture: Sound of Broadway: Richard Rodgers, America’s Waltz King at the Met Museum with June LeBell at 2:30 p.m.
Artist Talk with Alan Rickman at BAM
An Evening with Joel Grey at the Paley Center at 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 28
Opening night on Broadway for “Collected Stories”
Colin Hay at City Winery at 9 p.m. (and April 29)
“Carmen” at the Met Opera
Museum of American Finance walking tour: Wall Street Scandals at 11 a.m.
Free Access Restricted lecture: Judith Resnik, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School on “Re-presentations and Identities: Depicting Justice in Courts” at the New York State Supreme Court
Free colloquium series: Turning the Tide: NY’s Waterfront in Transition at 5:30 p.m. at The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Jim Dale: Still Carrying On at the Paley Center at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 29
Opening night on Broadway for “Lips Together, Teeth Apart” (through June 27)
That Face at City Center (through June 27)
Tosca at the Met Opera
Lecture: A Blaze in the Northern Sky: Norwegian Black Metal & the Culture that Spawned it at Scandinavia House at 7 p.m.
Friday, April 30
Deborah Voigt in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer ” at the Met Opera
Graham Parker with The Figgs at City Winery at 10 p.m.
Ozomatli at the Highline Ballroom at 9 p.m.
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