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Your Guide to the Best Manhattan Week: Snoop Dogg, Jakob Dylan and Chris March

By DNAinfo Staff on April 19, 2010 12:27pm  | Updated on April 19, 2010 12:17pm

Rapper Snoop Dogg performs at Irving Plaza this week.
Rapper Snoop Dogg performs at Irving Plaza this week.
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Gramercy, Flatiron and Union Square

Snoop Dogg at Irving Plaza

When: Tue. (April 20)

Time: 10:00p.m.

Cost: $51.60 advance/$60 day of show

Location: 17 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003

 

Midtown West & Hell’s Kitchen

Jakob Dylan & Three Legs featuring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan

Singer/songwriter (and son of Bob) Jakob Dylan and Three Legs tour, with special guests Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, performs at Town Hall this week.

When: Wed. (April 21)

Time: 8:00p.m.

Cost: $40-$65

Location: 123 W. 43rd St., New York, NY 10019

 

Chris March at Borders

Drag-queen dressing Project Runway finalist Chris March heads to Borders this week to celebrate his new over-the-top design book, “I Heart Chris March”

Macy Gray joins the effort to save the environment with help from the skin care company, Origins, with a free concert Monday.
Macy Gray joins the effort to save the environment with help from the skin care company, Origins, with a free concert Monday.
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When: Mon. (April 19)

Time: 7:00p.m.

Cost: Free

Location: 10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019

 

The Specials at Terminal 5

Groundbreaking British Ska band the Specials embark on their 30th anniversary tour, coming to New York for their first time since 1980.

When: Tue. & Wed. (April 20 & 21)

Time: 7:00p.m.

Cost: $30 advance/$35 day of show

Location: 610 W. 56th St., New York, NY 10019

 

Lower East Side

Beauty and the Beast

The fairy tale classic gets a politically-charged new twist in a performance by British TV actor and disability advocate Mat Fraser and downtown burlesque star Julie Atlas Muz. At the Henry Street Settlement.

When: Mon. (April  19)

Time: 8:00p.m.

Cost: $20 or $50 for VIP tickets

Location: 466 Grand St., New York, NY 10002

 

Mixel Pixel +  Unicornicopia at Cake Shop

Mixel Pixel and their psychedelic indie pop join Unicornicopia at Cake Shop this Wednesday.

When: Wed. (April 21)

Time: 9:00p.m.

Cost: $7

Location: 152 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002

 

Upper West Side

 

Broadway Beauty Pageant at Symphony Space

Your favorite hunks from Broadway compete in a beauty pageant complete with a swimsuit competition to raise money for the Ali Forney Center, a shelter for homeless LGBT youth. At Symphony Space.

When: Mon. (April 19)

Time: 8:00p.m.

Cost: $25–$50, VIP $150

Location: 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025

 

Rodgers & Hammerstein South Pacific at Lincoln Center

Now in its first Broadway revival, South Pacific is on tour and being performed at Lincoln Center.

When: Tues.-Thurs. (April 20-22)

Time: Tues 7:00 p.m., Wed. 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m., Thurs. 8:00 p.m.

Cost: $75-$125

Location: 150 W. 65th St., New York, NY 10023

 

 

Gramercy, Flatiron and Union Square

 

Curtain Call at Splash Bar

Bobby List from High School Musical is welcomed to Splash Bar’s Musical Monday.

When: Mon. (April 19)

Time: 11:30p.m.

Cost: $5, free before 10pm

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

 

East Village

 

Origin Rocks Earth Month Concert with Macy Gray

Macy Gray joins the effort to save the environment with help from the skin care company, Origins, with a free concert – as long as you bring an empty cosmetics bag to an Origin stores in New York City.

When: Mon. (April 19)

Time: 7:00p.m.

Cost: Free with an empty cosmetic package

Location: 25 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003

 

Greenwich Village

 

Our Time Gala with Carly Simon

Carly Simon is the guest of honor at this annual gala benefit for Our Time, an organization which helps stuttering kids express themselves through the arts. Other A-list celebrity guests expected include Paul Rudd, Edie Falco and Lauren Ambrose).

When: Mon. (April 19)

Time: 7:00p.m.

Cost: $300–$1000, show only $125

Location: 561 La Guardia Place, New York, NY 10012

 

CollegeHumor Live!

The popular website brings some of its favorites segments to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

When: Thurs. (April 22)

Time: 9:30p.m.

Cost: $5

Location: 307 W. 26th St., New York, NY 10001

 

Upper East Side

 

Better than Wine: Beers and Cheese pairing

The 92nd Street Y challenges the idea that wine's the best drink to pair with cheese, rolling out a variety of beers that can hold their own.

When: Wed. (April 21)

Time: 7:00p.m.

Cost: $40

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

 

SoHo, TriBeCa & NoLita

 

Sokolow Dance Theatre Endemble

The Joyce Theater marks what would have been the 100th birthday of the late coreographer Anna Sokolow by performing Murals, one of Sokolow's works performed once in Mexico in 1980 and recently rediscovered and reconstructed for the stage.

When: Thur. (April 22)

Time:  8:00p.m.

Cost: $20-$45

Location: 380 West 12th Street New York, NY 10014

 

Central Harlem

 

Amateur Night at the Apollo

 

You decide what brave contender will move to the show off round on May 5th.

When: Wed. (April 21)

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $10- $27

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