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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony in Gramercy and Hamlet at the Met: Your Guide to the Best Manhattan Week

By DNAinfo Staff on April 5, 2010 10:00am  | Updated on April 5, 2010 9:55am

Cleveland hip-hop group, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, known for their track, “Tha Crossroads,” performs at Irving Plaza Tuesday.
Cleveland hip-hop group, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, known for their track, “Tha Crossroads,” performs at Irving Plaza Tuesday.
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Gramercy, Flatiron and Union Square

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony + F.O.E Boyz

The influential Cleveland hip-hop group, well known for their track, “Tha Crossroads” performs at Irving Plaza Tuesday.

When: Tue. (April 6)

Time: 9:00p.m.

Cost: advance $27.50, day of show $30

Location: 17 Irving Pl., New York, NY 10003

Antony Gromley, “Event Horizon.”

A collection of anatomically-correct casts of the artist's own body are scattered in and around Madison Square Park, in a show that gave Mayor Michael Bloomberg a recent eyeful. Through August 15.

When: Daily Through August 15

Cost: Free

Location: 1 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010

 

Midtown West

Alice Coote

One of the leading artists of her generation, opera singer Alice Coote brings a recital program of 19th and 20th century British songs to Zankel Hall.

When: Mon. (April 5)

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $40–$48

Location: 154 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019

 

Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

Maestro Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos assembles a dream cast for Mendelssohn’s most famous oratorio, Elijah.

When: Mon. (April 5)

Time: 8:30p.m.

Cost: $49–$154

Location: 154 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019

 

Lower East Side

The Big Quiz Thing

The winner of this popular trivia night wins $250 and of course nerdy bragging rights.

When: Mon. (April 5)

Time: 7:30p.m.

Cost: $7

Location: 199 Bowery, New York, NY 10002

 

Gramercy, Flatiron and Union Square

Curtain Call at Splash Bar

Guest host Emily McNamara will sing all your favorite Broadway show tunes at the weekly gig, "Scott Nevins' Curtain Call."

When: Mon. (March 15)

Time: 11:30p.m.

Cost: $5, free before 10pm

Location: 50 W. 17th St., New York, NY 10011

 

Antony Gromley, “Event Horizon.”

A collection of anatomically-correct casts of the artist's own body are scattered throughout Madison Square Park. It was enough to give Mayor Michael Bloomberg a recent eyeful. Through August 15.

When: Daily Through August 15

Cost: Free

Location: 1 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010

 

 

Upper West Side

Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center

The Met brings you this French grand opera based on Shakespeare’s—and perhaps theater’s—greatest tragedy, Hamlet.

When: Mon. (April 5)

Time: 8:00p.m.

Cost: $20-$375

Location: 132 W. 65th St., New York, NY 10023

 

Midtown East & Kips Bay

Mingus Big Band at Jazz Standard

The ten-piece Mingus Orchestra works on preserving Charles Mingus’s legacy.

When: Mon. (April 5)

Time: 7:30p.m.,9:30p.m.

Cost: $25

Location: 116 E 27 St, New York, NY 10016

 

West Village

Ann Cervini and Jazz Country

Singer Ann Cervini plays 55 Bar in the West Village with a mix of old and new jazz styles.

When: Wed. (March 3)

Time: 7:00p.m.

Cost: Free

Location: 55 Christopher St., New York, NY 10014

 

Central Harlem

Amateur Night at the Apollo

The week’s contestants compete before the live Apollo audience for a spot in the SHOW OFF round in May.

When: Wed. (April 7)

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $10- $27

Location: 253 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027

 

Upper East Side

American Popular Culture of the Great Depression

From The Grapes of Wrath to Gone With the Wind, this evening at the 92nd St. Y focuses on the films, literature and music born out of the Great Depression.

When: Thur. (April 8)

Time: 7:00p.m.

Cost: $25

Location: 1395 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10128

 

Greenwich Village

The Bad Plus at Blue Note

The popular contemporary jazz piano trio plays at the Blue Note. Through April 11.

When: Tue. – Thur. (April 6-8)

Time: 8:00p.m., 10:30p.m.

Cost: at tables $25 plus $5 minimum, at bar $15

Location: 131 W. 3rd St., New York, NY 10012

 

SoHo, TriBeCa & NoLita

Alice in Slasherland

Vampire Cowboys Theater Company brings you their latest play full of teen angst and slasher film clichés.

When: Thur. (April 8)

Time:  8:30

Cost: $18

Location: 145 6th Ave., New York, NY 10012