Fun and entertainment New York

A small tea room with an old-fashioned charm, where you come to enjoy scones and mini-sandwiches while sipping a good cup of tea. The tea card is as long as your arm. For those who like their drinks a little stronger, the establishment offers tea-based cocktails. If the downstairs room is full, which is often the case, especially on weekends, given the size of the place, there is a second space upstairs, just as cute.

It is the largest Art Deco theatre in the world - opened in 1932 - with a capacity of nearly six thousand seats, and is located within Rockefeller Center. A true New York icon, Radio City Hall, recognizable by its red neon lights, almost disappeared. Saved by the skin of its teeth, it now hosts music-hall shows, some important premieres and sometimes great rock concerts. Not to be missed: the magical show of the Rockettes. The Grammy Awards and the Tony Awards were also recorded here.

The Greenwich Village neighborhood has no shortage of bars, but this one is a bit special as it is the first café in Manhattan dedicated to games. A block away from Washington Square Park, The Uncommons is mostly frequented by students from New York University, whose campus is just a stone's throw away. While classic board games like Monopoly are obviously present, the café also offers hundreds of strategy, card and creative games for customers to discover over a good beer or hot chocolate.

Jazz at Lincoln Center is a jazz club located near Columbus Circle in New York City. Part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts cultural center, its mission is to entertain and expand the jazz audience through concerts, education and outreach. The concert hall was designed by architect Rafael Viñoly and can accommodate up to 1,856 people. It has three different halls. Jazz at Lincoln Center also offers educational programs for children and adults, as well as album recordings under its own label, Blue Engine Records. Due to the current situation, the club also offers streaming concerts and digital programs. To get to Jazz at Lincoln Center, you can use public transport, including the metro and buses. Wheelchair-accessible seating is available, as are programs in Braille and infrared hearing systems. The club is supported by major corporate partners such as The Movado Group Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Coca-Cola Company.

The term speakeasy, very popular in New York during the 1930s and again today, takes on its full meaning here. Clandestine tripot under prohibition, the L.I.C. (for Long Island City) reopened in 2009 after... 50 years of closure! Unpretentious, this vast bar, which looks like an Irish pub, houses a peaceful interior patio. A few concerts are organised, usually on Sundays in summer and Thursday evenings (see the programme on the website). A good address after a visit to the PS1 and a dinner on Vernon Boulevard.

Active since 1861, this academy, located in a superb Fine Arts building in Downtown Brooklyn, is an institution, one of the most beloved and electric in New York. The programming and acoustics of its two stages are of exceptional quality. It is the headquarters of the Brooklyn Philharmonic which performs during the winter. There is also a 4-theatre film library (BAM Rose Cinemas) and a café-concert (BAM Café) with a majestic setting.

Beers and arcade video games, that's the concept of this full bar any day of the week. About twenty arcade games, including Pacman, Tetris, Space Invader and many other very old school arcade games, are to be tried for only one quarter (25 cent coin) per game. Enough to rebuild your youth! Amateurs will have no difficulty in closing the bar even though it is late.... Barcade is a gamer's paradise, therefore, but also a beer lover's paradise, with its impressive choice of pressures. Try the local beers, brewed in Brooklyn.

We celebrate until no time at all in this old candy store whose concert hall looks like an old train car. Folk, rock or country bands from all over the United States follow one another every night. And you will never be disappointed, not to mention that the concerts are always free. Check the website for events. In summer, a quiet and pleasant patio is open. To discover absolutely. Fans of the "made in Brooklyn" Girls series will recognize the bar as several scenes from season 4 were shot there.

This concert hall opened in 2008 and has been an undeniable success. This is where the American and especially the New York independent scene is performing today. The program often revolves around rock or electro music. The room, which can accommodate about 650 people, has a few well-known bands thanks to the excellent soundproofing. There are usually between 5 and 7 concerts per week, check the website for the program.

Jewish Cultural Centre. Here are the concerts of American singers. The Y'S Chamber Symphony, created in 1977, has carved the reputation of being one of the best formations in Manhattan. The 92 nd Street Y is the prototype (New York version) of these culture houses, dreamed of by André Malraux. The largest American and foreign writers, poets, and artists come here to read and present their works in progress - since opening, in 1939. In the magnificent theatre hall, we saw and heard T.-S. Eliot, Pablo Neruda, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, Samuel Bellow, Anthony Burgess, Nadine Gordimer, Gunther Grass, Eugene Ionesco, Mario Vargas Llosa, Kenneth Koch, Doris Lessing, Norman He, Octavio Paz, Amos Oz, William Styron…

One can add a consistent list of activities, revealing the best American mindset when it comes to access to culture and personal development. 92 nd Street Y organizes evenings and parties, on site or in town, readings and encounters with young writers, presentations of authors'films, workshops of creativity for children, dance courses, shows, concerts, debates, brainstorming seminars on all ways to live the city (find a job, find a lover…).

Finally, a series of guided (and mostly cultural) tours in New York and surrounding areas are proposed.

Founded in 1940, the Company was managed in 1980 by Mikhail Baryshnikov, who joined it in 1974 after his departure from the USSR. It is the first American ballet company, with world tours and a classical and modern repertoire. ABT performs at the Metropolitan Opera House between May and June and then for ten days in October. It is considered one of the best dance companies in the world. At the end of the year, it is here that you can witness the magic of The Nutcracker.

A very small flagship club on the New York jazz scene, on the upper Upper West Side. The years of success have not affected the conviviality of the premises. Theme evenings: Sundays are Latin jazz, Tuesdays are organ jazz and Wednesdays are funk. It is from the very small stage at the back of the narrow hall that glorious quadras and quinquas come to delight the public every weekend. New York is live! The place is so popular that reservations are highly recommended, regardless of the days of the week.

The best international artists have been meeting at the Iridium since 1994, in a very classy and friendly atmosphere, recommended by the New York Times and the New York Magazine. The legendary Les Paul (inventor of the electric guitar and an excellent jazz guitar player) played there every Monday evening until his death in August 2009 at the age of 94. Two concerts are organized every day (except Monday), at 8pm and 10pm. The room, located in the basement, is not very large, which further reinforces the feeling of exclusivity that can be felt.

It's not Charlie Parker's legendary Birdland, but still a good place to hear upscale jazz in the heart of Times Square. Its red dimmed atmosphere transports you to another world, where haunting jazzy notes float. Although it is not the most famous jazz club among tourists (which is perhaps an advantage), it is nevertheless advisable to book in advance. Several sets each night (at 7pm and 9:30pm on the first floor, and at 8:30pm in the basement).

A concert hall opened in 2007, with very eclectic programming.

Currently one of New York's most important rock clubs, with a capacity of 1,200 people including balconies, Irving Plaza hosts classic rock, alternative rock and metal bands, but not only, as hip-hop, R'n'B and pop artists also perform on its stage. The acoustics are first-rate and the viewing angles generous. Saved from demolition in the late 1980s, the club has undergone several renovations over the years (most recently in 2019), but still retains its ballroom atmosphere.

This place is a real little icon of the Bowery neighborhood. Built just before the 1929 crisis, the site remained unoccupied until the Second World War when it was transformed into a store. But business is bad, trade is not working and it is finally converted much later into a concert hall. In 1997, opens what is still considered one of the most recognized establishments in Bowery today. Quality concerts are given every evening in this beautiful two-storey hall.

The Nublu is a real stroke of heart. Every evening we play live music in an extraordinary neighbourhood atmosphere. Here, no one is boycotting his pleasure and if you like to dance, you will not do half. The artists invited are always excellent, in short the selection is great. The Nublu even has its own label, Nublu Records. A small garden, located at the bottom of the small club, is open until.

The City Center is the home of America's leading contemporary dance companies and a staging ground for countless national and international tours. It is housed in a former Masonic temple built in 1924. The main hall, with its Spanish dome, was saved from demolition thanks to the intervention of Fiorello La Guardia. Renovated and restored to its former splendor, it is certainly today the place that best rivals the David H. Koch Theater, home of the prestigious New York City Ballet. It also hosts concerts, plays and opera performances.

It has been a co-operative of choreographers for years and today one of the most interesting alternative areas of New York, with shows every night, low prices and in addition to young dance talents, concerts of contemporary music, theatre, readings, video projections…

This cinema is simply the most beautiful in New York. The rooms are sumptuous with large velvet armchairs and tapestries on the walls. The films that go in this room are usually movies broadcast in the first place.

Three 12-week series are held each year (Friday evening) in this projection room, the Bauhaus masterpiece of architecture. Films are not always (masterpieces) and some (European and American) have not been seen for 60 years. The entrance is at a low cost, the public is attentive and passionate, discussion at the end of the sitting.

The cinemas, run by a family since 1972, are half way between the movie room and the video projection room, but the movies here have a second chance. The best of independent films.

This small local cinema is nicely old-fashioned with its cafeteria. Inside, you can see many vintage posters of French films. The programming is opposite to that of the multiplexes with many foreign and independent films. A small plus which has its charm, the room also vibrates when the metro passes! After the recent closure of many small New York cinemas, such as the Paris Theatre, the Sunshine Theatre or the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, the Angelika is one of the last independent cinemas still open in New York.

One of the most radically alternative places in Manhattan, where dance is approaching the performing art, mixing music, theatre, gestures, even video or painting, this former school has an irregular programming, but it is one of the only places to have a precise idea of the new creative tendencies of Downtown.

Founded in 1948, this company of 110 dancers has no rivals in the world. His repertoire includes about a hundred choreographies, mainly by George Balanchine. One of New York City Ballet's traditions is to present Tchaikovsky's Balanchine version of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker to an audience of New York schoolchildren every December. The season runs from November to February and from April to June. There is not a year without representations of Swan Lake. It is here that Black Swan takes place with Nathalie Portman.

Behind his beautiful façade of the ancient Art Deco cinema, Joyce, a seat of Eliot Feld Ballet, a company created some fifteen years ago by a transfuge dancer from the American Ballet Theatre, permanently hosts troops and national and foreign companies. Indeed, Joyce has become the main medium-sized dance place in Manhattan.

Danspace Project is a contemporary dance venue located in Saint Mark's Church, in Manhattan's East Village. This non-profit organization offers a varied program of dance performances.

On the edge of the Lower East Side, the small but cozy The Mercury plays host to all kinds of local and national bands, with a particular predilection for roots rock andalternative rock. You can hear everything from country music to singer-songwriters. Among the programmed artists, mostly unknown to the general public, are names such as the GO-Betweens and Jon Lanford. One thing's for sure, whether they're well known or not, the musicians who perform here are always talented.

A classy and renowned hotel bar that offers excellent cocktails (bloody mary is recommended) and which, good news, is not known to tourists. The clientele is mainly composed of wealthy Upper East Side residents, politicians, businessmen and socialites... So inevitably, the prices are high. Jazz groups perform there almost every night. The setting, with its Art Deco style, is very original, with the gigantic mural fresco created by Bemelmans, the artist who gave his name to the place, known for his books for children.

Not for the music, which is deliberately soft, nor for the people watching, especially businessmen, but for a moment of communion with the open sky of a city that never ceases to take your breath away. So for the view: on the 23rd and last floor of a beautiful hotel, this small bar under a glass roof has a pleasant terrace. In winter, it looks like a chalet with its warmly decorated transparent bubbles. Below, 5th Avenue traces a flamboyant red and white cordon that extends endlessly into the night.

Former speakeasy with 1920's decor. Exposed red brick walls, beamed ceilings and old-fashioned service make this place a posh saloon. The presence of a pool table and TVs above the counter makes it more familiar. It's not a place for conversation (music and noise), but you'll come for its well-balanced mojitos and inventive martinis. If you're feeling peckish, the bar offers shareable plates and real main courses. Jazz, blues and hip-hop bands play every night.

With a neon bar glittering outside like an old detective movie, this Irish pub has one of the most beautiful entrances in the area. After passing its facade, you enter a familiar universe, a long narrow counter from the 1920s, oval mirrors and the smell of good beer embalms the atmosphere: Guinness! It is very affordable and is drunk in pints. The clientele revolves around the forties, the juke-box plays a mix of U2 and Bruce Springsteen, those old hits that remind us of a quiet youth.

S.O.B. for Sound Of Brazil. In this club restaurant, the most important of its kind in New York, you can listen to the best of world music or alternative hip-hop. But for more than a decade, it has really been one of the most dynamic clubs with the most dynamic programming, maintaining very high quality standards whatever the genres they tackle. Go any evening, you will have a good or great evening. And the place has kept its spirit very fresh and not snobbish for a penny.

"The capital of jazz in the world" is how the Blue Note describes itself. We can only agree with him! The location is intimate, the acoustics excellent and the artists are among the best in the world. Blue Note is very popular with tourists, who do not fail to rush into the shop on the upper floor. He consistently programs the greatest jazz stars, with names as diverse as Nancy Wilson and Spyro Gyra. There are also evenings with Brazilian music, Caribbean music, hip-hop or funk.

In this club, we only dance swing and we dance it all night long. Every evening, a big band of swing and jump blues from the 1940s, dressed for the occasion, hosts the evening. To learn the basic steps, all you have to do is show up at 9:15 p.m. every night. Professionals or beginners, young and old, everyone will be able to put their skills into practice. The bands that play are really excellent and the atmosphere is very friendly. Evening wear is not required, but avoid jeans and sneakers.

If you like difference, it's the place for you. With its three floors, its worn floors, its damaged walls, its ideal tropical terrace in the summer with a view of the Williamsburg Bridge, this establishment is far from the beaten trails, but deserves the move. The first floor is a lounge with DJ which leads you into a very bored atmosphere. With a small private room and velvet seats, you can calmly chat with R & B sounds. Ideal in the week, for an evening between friends, and the weekend to dance.

Located in the Juilliard School, this 1 100-seat room is one of New York's best for chamber music, thanks to its intimate surroundings and exceptional acoustics. Soloists, chamber orchestras and string quartets come from all over the world. From fall to spring, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, founded in the early 1970 s, gives its concerts.

Saw the creation of the musical Comédie (1973) and confirmed Sam Shepard's success.

This is the first Off-Off Broadway (a term used to describe small theatres hosting less well-known theatrical productions than those performed on Broadway). Founded in 1961 by the legendary producer Ellen Stewart, and frequented by Andy Warhol, Sam Shepard, Nick Nolte and Bette Midler, it offers several experimental plays every night. E.T.C. is the acronym for "Experimental Theatre Club". Previously confined to a small basement room, the Mama is now a cultural institution in the city.

An original company, where actors (among the best in the New York scene), directors and authors work in fusion.

In this theatre, we played O'Neill, Ionesco, Albee, Beckett.

Opened in 1911, he sheltered behind his ugly facade of successes such as Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, Funny Girl with Barbra Depicted and, for ages, Cats, whose latest representation was given in July 2000.

With 1,710 seats on three levels, it's one of Broadway's largest theaters. The St James Theatre opened in 1927 as The Erlanger, named after its builder Abraham L. Erlanger. After Erlanger's death in 1930, the Astor family took over the building and renamed it the St James Theatre. The theater changed owners several times, until 1970, when current owners James H. Binger and his wife took over and formed Jujamcyn Theaters, of which it is a part today. The theater offers a varied program of Broadway shows.

Kiss me, Kate of Cole Porter held the poster for years.

The Palace Theatre is a theater located on Broadway between 46th and 47th Streets in New York City. It offers a variety of shows and performances throughout the year. The Palace Theatre also offers accessibility services for the mobility-impaired, hearing-impaired or deaf, vision-impaired or blind, as well as for people with autism or other developmental disabilities.

Since 1954, the Public Theatre has been housed in a beautiful stone building. Today, he now devotes himself entirely to the Shakespearean repertoire, producing six plays each season, performed by well-known English or American actors. This very respectable and respected institution also produces avant-garde plays, organizes independent film screenings and a Latin Arts Festival in August. As programming changes frequently, check Where, the New York Times or the Village Voice.