Guide to this week in NYC

THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

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Through 4/5: The Wizard of Oz: There truly is no place like home as the greatest family musical of all time, the wonderful Wizard of Oz, twists its way into New York City.... (read...)

Through 4/6: The Sopranos Wine-Tasting Dinner: The Sopranos Wines, the line of fine Italian wines inspired by the hit HBO series, is partnering with New York's legendary Patsy's restaurant to offer a special Sopranos Wine Tasting Menu... (read...)

Through 4/12: The Orchid Show: Brazilian Modern: Beat the winter blues by immersing yourself among these magnificent flowers... (read...)

Through 4/13: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents ZING ZANG ZOOM: The world's most famous circus arrives at Madison Square Garden... (read...)

Through 4/26: 142nd Annual American Watercolor Society International Exhibition: The AWS annual is one of the premier watercolor exhibits in the world. Over 1200 artists from throughout the United States and 12 foreign countries submitted their work to a panel of jurors chosen from signature members of the AWS... (read...)

4/4: Tartan Day Parade: Award-winning actor Alan Cumming (Cabaret, X-Men) leads as Grand Marshal followed by dignitaries from around the world and thousands of bagpipers, Scottish-American organizations... (read...)

4/4-5/3: Hanami: Celebrating the Cherry Blossom-Viewing Season: Hanami, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's annual celebration of cherry blossoms, culminating in Sakura Matsuri (5/2-3)... (read...)

4/5-4/19: Macy's Flower Show: Experience the beauty of fantasies brought to life at Macy's 35th Annual Flower Show.... (read...)

4/7: Dora the Explorer and Her Cousin Diego Tell Stories at Top of the Rock: Dora the Explorer and her cousin Diego visit Rockefeller Center's historic Observation Deck for a storytelling adventure... (read...)

4/8-4/12: Dora the Explorer Live!: Everyone's favorite Latina heroine stars in her own live adventure, "Search for the City of Lost Toys"... (read...)

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'Spring'ing Forward On Big Apple Stages: Late March... Early April... The time is right to seize the seasonal high, to crawl out of hibernation and get one's theatrical groove on. Even Emily Dickinson couldn't resist declaring: "A little Madness in the Spring is wholesome." And if a frail recluse of a poet was able to give a symbolic thumbs-up to spring, imagine how easy it will be for theatergoers to shake off winter's chill with a warm and welcoming collection of new Broadway shows and stars, all leading up to -- drum roll, please -- Tony time!... (read...)

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THIS WEEK'S THEATRE OPENINGS

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Broadway

Mary Stuart (Previews began 3/30 for a 4/19 opening): A hit at both Off-Broadway's Second Stage and D.C.'s Arena Stage, this new six-person musical explores how one suburban household copes with crisis... (read...)

Rock of Ages (In previews for a 4/7 opening): The show is set to hits from such iconic rockers as Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia and Whitesnake.... (read...)

reasons to be pretty (In previews for a 4/2 opening): Neil LaBute's comic drama about America's obsession with physical beauty has transferred to Broadway after a smashing Off-Broadway run... (read...)

Exit the King (In previews for a 4/2 opening): Oscar winners Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon star in Ionesco's poignant comedy about a megalomaniacal ruler whose incompetence has left his country in near ruin... (read...)

Off-Broadway

BRUNCH - The Musical (Previews begin 4/2 for a 4/9 opening; through 4/25): A new rock musical about the New York City restaurant scene from the eyes of those who do the serving... (read...)

THIS WEEK'S EXHIBITION OPENINGS

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4/4-9/27: Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson at the Museum of the City of New York

: An investigation of how Henry Hudson's epic third voyage of exploration planted the seeds of a modern society that took root and flourished in the New World... (read...)

4/5-6/15: Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel at the Museum of Modern Art

: León Ferrari (Argentine, b. 1920) and Mira Schendel (Brazilian, b. Switzerland, 1919-1988) are considered among the most significant artists working in Latin America during the second half of the twentieth century... (read...)

4/8-6/15: The Generational - Younger Than Jesus at the New Museum of Contemporary Art

: The only exhibition of its kind in the United States, offering a rich, intricate, multidisciplinary exploration of the work being produced by a new generation of artists born after 1976... (read...)

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