April 21, 1985
Rudi Gernreich dies at age of 62 (Fashion Designer and Founding Member of The Mattachine Society gay rights group)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Le Cage aux Folles
(Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Harvey Fierstein, Jeffrey Tambor and Wilson Jermaine Heredia begin performances in La Cage aux Folles as Albin, Georges and Jacob respectively. ($39.50+) Event Website
 | The 135th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show |
(Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001) (8am - 11pm) With elite dogs and trainers from all over the world, in every breed, this is a show for dog lovers and breeders alike ($48+) Event Website
Note: this event runs February 14 - 15
| Elvis Presley In Concert |
(Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020) (8pm) The producers edited together a collection of Elvis' finest concert performances that exist on film and video and removed virtually all sound from the footage except for Elvis' vocal. All music heard in the concert production is performed live except for Elvis' voice. On either side of the Elvis performance screen are screens that carry live action from the stage. From the first song it's magic. You're at a real Elvis concert. ($59+) Event Website
| New York Festival of Song: Night & Day USA |
(Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023) (8pm) Night & Day/USA examines Americans at work--or looking for work—and delves into our dreams, contrasting our labors in the real world with our inner lives and fantasies. Featuring songs by American composers . ($40+) Event Website
Note: this event runs February 15, and 17
| Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) A week long series of runway shows where over 70 designers show off their collections for upcoming seasons. There are also lots of parties and celebrations during New York Fashion Week. Event Website
Note: this event runs February 10 - 17
| An Evening with Bill Cosby |
(Museum of Moving Image, 35 Avenue at 37 Street, Astoria, NY 11106) (7pm) One of the most influential and successful performers and creative figures in television history, will be featured in a special program. An Evening with Bill Cosby, will consist of a conversation with Mr. Cosby about his trailblazing career in television, and will include clips from such groundbreaking network programs as I Spy, The Bill Cosby Show, and The Cosby Show, all for NBC. ($30) Event Website
|  | Lavender Menace |
(Bowery Poetry Club, 308 BOWERY, (b/w BLEECKER & HOUSTON), New York, NY 10012) (10:30pm) Go-Go Harder--the boylesque wonder--is simply the boy from the prairie turned professional strip-tease extraordinaire! With the help of some beautiful burlesque fairy godmothers (and some just plain fairies), Harder has transformed himself from a boy in a jock strap to... a boy in a sparkly jockstrap, and it breaks-away! ($8/$12 @ door) Event Website
Starting Today
| | La Cage |
(Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) La Cage aux Folles gets a sprinkling of STARDUST as 4-time Tony® winner HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof) and two-time Tony® Award-nominee CHRISTOPHER SIEBER (Monty Python’s Spamalot, Shrek The Musical) join the new, Tony-winning Broadway production of the musical comedy HARVEY FIERSTEIN co-wrote with JERRY HERMAN almost 30 years ago! La Cage aux Folles is a tuneful and touching tale of one family’s struggle to stay together... stay fabulous... and above all else, stay true to themselves! DON’T MISS IT, DARLINGS! ($47+) Event Website
This event runs through September 4
Ongoing Events
through February 20
| American Songbook Alice Tully Hall |
(Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) An incredible range of artists. One intimate stage. Event Website
This event runs January 12 - February 20
through February 20
| Recovered Treasures: Great Films from World Archives |
(Museum of Moving Image, 35 Avenue at 37 Street, Astoria, NY 11106) (Varies) The series, and the new theater and screening room, offer proof that the availability of films today in many digital formats can’t replace the immersive—and social—experience of seeing a film presented theatrically in its original format. Event Website
This event runs January 15 - February 20
through February 27
| Other Desert Cities |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) Brooke Wyeth (Elizabeth Marvel) returns home to Palm Springs to visit her parents (Stockard Channing and Stacy Keach) after a six-year absence. A once-promising novelist, she announces to her family the imminent publication of a memoir dredging up a pivotal event in the family’s history. This new play is a poignant and sharply drawn portrait of a family simultaneously bound together and torn apart as it struggles to come to grips with a painful past. ($80)
This event runs December 21, 2010 - February 27, 2011
through February 27
| The LES Film Festival |
(Grand Opening, 39 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002) (Varies) 20 days of independent short and feature films made for under $30,000, all in pursuit of the prestigious LES Prix D’Or. The LES Film Festival is committed to showcasing the creativity and inventiveness of low-budget filmmaking and to give filmmakers an opportunity to present their work. BYOB screenings will be followed by a Q&A with directors. ($10) Event Website
This event runs February 8 - 27
through February 27
 |  | Citi Pond @ Bryant Park |
(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) Citi Pond is the centerpiece of Bryant Park's winter season, which also includes the annual Holiday Shops at Bryant Park. The 170' x 100' rink features free admission ice skating, in addition to high quality rental skates, skating shows, special events, and activities. (FREE; Skates $13) Event Website
This event runs October 29, 2010 - February 27, 2011
through February 27
| The Road to Qatari |
(The York Theater Company, 619 Lexington Avenue, Corner of 54th St, New York, NY 10021) (Varies) True musical comedy of 2 American musical theater writers commissioned to write a larger-than-life Broadway style mega-msuical for the Emir of Qatar. ($67.50) Event Website
This event runs January 25 - February 27
through February 27
| New York City Ballet Winter Repertory Season |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) Highlighting the season will be a new ballet by Broadway choreographer and director Susan Stroman. Also features a major revival of Peter Martins’ The Magic Flute and also feature seven performances of Peter Martins’ full-length staging of Swan Lake. Event Website
This event runs January 28 - February 27
through February 28
| Jim Campbell's Scattered Light |
(Madison Square Park, 23rd St and Madison Ave, New York, NY 10011) Combining to create a symphony of light that advance Campbell’s career-long fusion of light-based, moving-image and sculptural art. The largest of the three works, also named Scattered Light, will feature nearly 2,000 LEDs encased in standard light bulbs, suspended within a support structure spanning 80 feet in length and standing 20 feet high and 16 feet wide to create a vibrant light grid across the center of Madison Square Park’s Oval Lawn. (FREE)
This event runs October 21, 2010 - February 28, 2011
through February 28
| 19th annual Hot Chocolate Festival |
(City Bakery, 3 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011) At this Flatiron institution, you can sample a different flavor of liquidy goodness every day in February. This winter’s lineup is still being kept under wraps, but past flavors have been spiked with espresso, Earl Grey tea, beer and chili peppers. ($3 - 5) Event Website
This event runs February 1 - 28
through March 6
| Three Sisters |
(Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th St, New York, NY 10003) (Varies) Park Slope parents Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard return to CSC to put on another Chekhov masterpiece, Three Sisters. The story concerns privileged sisters Olga, Masha, and Irina who long to return to city life in Moscow after 11 years in a small, bland town. ($75) Event Website
This event runs January 12 - March 6
through March 12
| The Diary of a Madman |
(BAM Harvey Theater, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217) (Varies) Music Geoffrey Rush stars in The Diary of a Madman based on Nikolai Gogol's darkly comic 1853 short story centered on the life of a minor civil servant, Poprischin, in the repressive era of Nicholas I. ($20+) Event Website
This event runs February 11 - March 12
through March 12
| | Home Sweet Homo |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) Eight new larger than life-size photographic prints highlighting human beings of transgender experience, photographed by Amos Mac & Katie Koti, will be showcased in the Window Gallery at the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. These photographs, part of our ongoing window series, will be on view in our window gallery (available for viewing 24 hours, outside, from street level. (FREE) (212-431-2609) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs January 11 - March 12
through March 12
| | Luigi & Luca Exhibition |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) (noon - 6 pm) This exhibition of two young Italian photographers is comprised of two components: photographs extracted from the book, "Private Album" exposing both public and private aspect of their lives; and a series of unusual and innovative images in varying locations. Exhibition and book are curated by Peter Weiermair, international curator, author and publisher of art books including "Treasures of Gay art from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation." (FREE) (212-431-2609) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs February 9 - March 12
through March 13
| The Whipping Man |
(City Center, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) Caleb DeLeon, a Jewish Confederate soldier, returns wounded from the battlefield to find his family home in ruins, abandoned by everyone except Simon and John, two former slaves who were raised as Jews in the DeLeon home. As the three men reunite to celebrate Passover and recall the exodus from Egypt in light of their own new liberties, they uncover a tangle of secrets – ties that bind them together and that ultimately might cost each man his freedom. ($80) Event Website
This event runs January 13 - March 13
through March 13
| Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carré |
(Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 W. 37th Street, New York, NY 10018) (Tu - Sa 8pm; Su 7pm) Set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. The young writer, as narrator, remembers his artistic and sexual awakening there. ($20+) Event Website
This event runs February 2 - March 13
through March 20
| | The Standard Hotel's Ice Skating Ring |
(Standard Hotel, 848 Washington St., New York, NY 10014) (10am - midnight) Grab your most stylish winter gear, as The Standard, New York’s new ice skating rink, makes its debut! Skaters looking to warm up can also sample the Andre Balazs hotel's special après skate menu, ($12 + $3 for skates) Event Website
This event runs December 17, 2010 - March 20, 2011
through March 27
| Central Park Wollman Rink |
(Central Park, 58th St, New York, NY 10155) Skating on Wollman Rink is a winter tradition for New Yorkers and tourists alike – so many people have tied up their skates for the very first time on this very ice. Event Website
This event runs November 5, 2010 - March 27, 2011
through March 27
| Houdini: Art and Magic |
(The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10128) (Closed Wednesday) Harry Houdini captivated the world with his astonishing feats. Stunning period posters, unusual theater ephemera, and dramatic historic photographs of Houdini’s performances are complemented by contemporary art works by artists inspired by Houdini such as Matthew Barney ($12) Event Website
This event runs October 29, 2010 - March 27, 2011
through March 28
| The Ecstatic Music Festival |
(Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) This winter, more than 150 composers, songwriters and performers re-defining contemporary music come together for collaborations exploring the fertile terrain between classical and popular music. The 14-concert festival kicks off with a FREE 7-hour marathon for MLK Day ($25) Event Website
This event runs January 16 - March 28
through April 3
| The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore |
(Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Olympia Dukakis stars in this haunting Tennessee Williams drama. In her picturesque Italian mountaintop home, Flora Goforth, a wealthy American widow has detached from the world in order to write her memoirs. When a handsome and mysterious young visitor arrives without warning to keep Flora company in her final hours, this dreamlike play blossoms into a fascinating meditation on life and death. ($71+) Event Website
This event runs January 7 - April 3
through April 9
| Driving Miss Daisy |
(Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Two of the world's greatest living actors—two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award® nomineeJames Earl Jones, and Tony Award and Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave—are coming together on Broadway. Tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. ($67+) Event Website
This event runs October 6, 2010 - April 9, 2011
through April 10
| Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Times |
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) ($18) The exhibition highlights the work of Edward Hopper, whose use of the subject matter of modern life to portray universal human experiences made him America’s most iconic realist painter of the 20th century. Event Website
This event runs October 28, 2010 - April 10, 2011
through April 10
| Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center |
(Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 5th to 7th Aves, 47 to 51st Sts, New York, NY 10111) (Varies) The world-famous Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center has become a quintessential New York City winter experience for generations. Here you'll find New Yorkers and visitors alike, skating amid the watchful eye of the gilded Prometheus statue and the unique urban backdrop of Rockefeller Center's sparkling lights Event Website
This event runs November 5, 2010 - April 10, 2011
through April 21
| Broadway's Next Hit Musical |
(TRIAD THEATER, 158 W. 72ND ST, New York, NY 10023, 212-362-2590) (9pm) Broadway’s Next H!T Musical brings back the glitz and glam to the Upper West Side with New York’s only unscripted theatrical awards show. Taking suggestions from the audience, the cast of Broadway’s Next H!T Musical brings to life an actual mock awards show, complete with made-up show tunes and genuinely witty banter, followed by a performance of the evening’s “Phony™" Award Winning musical. ($20 with a 2 drink minimum) (212-354-4660) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs February 10 - April 21
through April 24
| Good People |
(Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills… and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Starring: Frances McDormand and Estelle Parsons ($57+) Event Website
This event runs February 9 - April 24
through April 24
| | Angels in America. |
(Signature Theatre Company, 555 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Set in late 1985 and early 1986, as the first wave of the AIDS epidemic in America is escalating and Ronald Reagan has been elected to a second term in the White House, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play's two parts, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, bring together a young gay man with AIDS and his frightened, unfaithful lover; a closeted Mormon lawyer. Angels in America is an epic exploration of love, justice, identity and theology, of the difficulty, terror and necessity of change. ($20 till December 21) Event Website
This event runs September 14, 2010 - April 24, 2011
through April 26
| | The Ultimate Drag Off |
(Times Square Arts Center, 669 Eigth Ave, New York, NY 10036) (10:30pm) The hilarious ‘interactive game show musical’ has contestants from all walks of life, male and female, pitted against each other in a race for drag superstardom. The Ultimate Drag Off has been entertaining audiences in many clubs and lounges in NYC and now it makes its official off-Broadway debut. Hosted by NYC drag sensation Sweetie (Wig Out, Charmed Life, Starbooty, Project Runway), the colorful cast of contestants comprises of an ever-changing weekly roster with some of your favorite amateur and professional drag performers. ($25 + 2 Drink Minimum) Event Website
This event runs February 12 - April 26
through May 30
| Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter |
(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) This highly popular winter attraction transforms the iciest day into a summer escape, inviting visitors to mingle with up to 500 fluttering, iridescent butterflies among blooming tropical flowers and lush green vegetation in 80-degree temperatures. ($28) Event Website
This event runs October 16, 2010 - May 30, 2011
through June 1
| Spiderman Turn Off the Dark |
(Foxwoods Theater, 214 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) Previews November 14th Opens December 21st. Drawing from over 40 years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, Spiderman - Turn Off The Dark, spins a new take on the mythic tale of Peter Parker, a teenager whose unremarkable life in Queen's is turned upside down - literally - when he's bitten by a genetically altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to the ceiling. Event Website
This event runs February 7 - June 1
through July 3
| The Importance of Being Earnest |
(American Airlines Theater, 227 West 42nd St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Tony Award® winner Brian Bedford directs and stars as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's comedic masterpiece about class and name-dropping. The cast of this glorious comedy also features Dana Ivey as Miss Prism and Paxton Whitehead as Reverend Chasuble. ($67+) Event Website
This event runs January 13 - July 3
through September 1
| Fossil Opens Retro Pop-Up Shop |
(Fossil, 111 Spring St, New York, NY 10012) (Varies) Excited to see a bevy of vintage items selected by the staff, as well as leather goods and accessories that are synonymous with the label. Fossil also goes retro and promises to transport us to another time with '70s style; an obvious reoccurring trend this Fashion Week that will wear us well into next winter. Event Website
This event runs February 11 - September 1
through September 4
| | La Cage |
(Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) La Cage aux Folles gets a sprinkling of STARDUST as 4-time Tony® winner HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof) and two-time Tony® Award-nominee CHRISTOPHER SIEBER (Monty Python’s Spamalot, Shrek The Musical) join the new, Tony-winning Broadway production of the musical comedy HARVEY FIERSTEIN co-wrote with JERRY HERMAN almost 30 years ago! La Cage aux Folles is a tuneful and touching tale of one family’s struggle to stay together... stay fabulous... and above all else, stay true to themselves! DON’T MISS IT, DARLINGS! ($47+) Event Website
This event runs February 15 - September 4
through October 4
| Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating & Marriage |
(Sofia's Downstairs Theatre, 221 West 46 St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) the story of Miss Abigail, the most sought-after relationship expert to the stars (think Dr. Ruth meets Emily Post), and her sexy side-kick Paco, as they travel the world teaching Miss Abigail’s outrageously funny “how-tos” on dating, mating and marriage! ($69+) Event Website
This event runs December 14, 2010 - October 4, 2011
Recurring Events this Tuesday
 | | Front Runners New York |
Tuesdays at 7pm, 3rd St & Prospect Park West; Wednesdays at 6:45pm, 236 West 73rd St; Saturdays at 9:15am, 236 West 73rd St Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
| Service & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) The world's oldest and largest not-profit agency dedicated to serving LGBT senior citizens. Activities include Daytime Discussion, Art Studio, 75+, Support Group, Scrabble & Bridge and Women's and Men's activities. Event Website
This event runs Monday through Friday
|  | Sirens Motorcycle Club |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8 - 10pm) The Sirens are the tri-state area's premier women's motorcycle club dedicated to promoting motorcycling as a sport among woman. Event Website
This event runs every 3rd Tuesday
| Broadway Bodies |
(Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011) (7 pm) Broadway Bodies is a new high-impact, dance workout to your favorite show tunes. Incorporating basic dance movements with high impact aerobic techniques, Broadway Bodies is a fun and exciting cardio class. The first 30-minutes of the class features a build-up with an exciting medley of songs (repeated each week), followed by learning and dancing a custom combination formulated around a Broadway or Hollywood musical. Broadway Bodies is designed for the absolute beginner and accomplished dancer alike. ($15) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays
| StageBuddy.com's Tuesday Night Blowout!!!! |
(Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street near West 4th St., NY, NY 10014) (7:00PM) Every Tuesday night Stagebuddy.com presents a hand-picked, one-hour sampling of performances from our expansive database of NY's Best LIVE SHOWS!! Each week is hosted by comedian Vicky Kuperman and features a mix of Theatre, Comedy,Broadway Cabaret, Burlesque Performers, Music and Magic, along with Games & Giveaways! Past guests include Grammy, MAC & Tony Award winners/nominees, top televised Comedians, and some of the most fascinating people working in show
business today! ($5.00) (646-414-6668) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays
| | Out on the Floor - Same Sex Ballroom Dance Classes |
(Ripley Grier Studios, 939 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Buzzer 307, New York, NY 10019) (Tu 8pm; We 8:30pm) Greg Ryzio brings same sex ballroom dancing to Hells Kitchen. Learn classic Ballroom and spicy Latin dances with your partner or on your own. Classes are open to anyone looking to learn in a comfortable and friendly environment. Come join in on the fun! ($20) (917.692.8732) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays and Wednesdays