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'Peter Pan' prequel and other NYC Picks

A scene from New York Theatre Workshop's “Peter

Photo credit: Joan Marcus | A scene from New York Theatre Workshop's “Peter and the Starcatcher,” directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers.

 

THEATER: 'Peter and the Starcatcher'

WHAT Prequel to Peter's Pan's famous years, with 50 characters created by 12 actors.

WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th St.

INFO $35-$115, 877-250-2929, peterandthestarcatcher.com.

 

THEATER: 'Clybourne Park'

WHAT Bruce Norris' Pulitzer winner explores race and real estate in a single house in 1959 and the present.

WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St.

INFO $50-$127, 212-239-6200, clybournepark.com

 

THEATER: 'Ninth and Joanie'

 

WHAT Brett C. Leonard's new play at the adventurous Labyrinth Theater centers on the long-standing crises in an Italian-American family in South Philadelphia.

WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m., Bank Street Theater, 155 Bank St.

INFO $25-$35, 212-513-1080, labtheater.org

-- Linda Winer

 

MOVIE: 'The Graduate'

WHAT Starring Dustin Hoffman as a disaffected collegian and Anne Bancroft as the middle-class neighbor who seduces him, this 1967 comedy explains the birth of American counterculture better even than "Easy Rider." With Katherine Ross and Norman Fell.

WHEN | WHERE Through April 19 at Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St.

INFO $12.50, 212-727-8110, filmforum.org

-- Rafer Guzmán

 

ART:  'Naked Before the Camera'

WHAT A small show of nudes from throughout the history of photography that manages to be thoughtful, not titillating. It features images by many of the all-time greats in the medium, including Diane Arbus, Man Ray and Edward Weston.

WHEN | WHERE Through Sept 9; closed Mondays, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave.

INFO $25 (suggested), 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org

-- Ted Loos

 

MUSIC: Eddie Money at B.B. King's

WHAT Pop legend and Long Island Music Hall of Famer, Money sings the songs of our youth: "Baby Hold On," "Two Tickets to Paradise," "Take Me Home Tonight". . . you know them well.

WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St.

INFO $40, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com

-- Kevin Amorim

 

FOOD: Jack's Wife Freda

WHAT A cozy SoHo spot that may be New York's only place with an emphasis on South African Jewish cuisine. Freda's Fried Fish Balls are a standout; ditto the Bloody Mary-style mussels. Attitude-free waiters seal the deal.

WHEN | WHERE Breakfast, lunch and dinner, 224 Lafayette St.

INFO Average entree $20. 212-510-8550, jackswifefreda.com

-- Ted Loos

 

NIGHTLIFE: Nouveau York

WHAT Hosts Neil Aline and Jerome Viger-Kohler keep this dance party moving. Expect a long night of house and disco -- but remember, this is a Sunday!

WHEN | WHERE Sunday at 9 p.m., Le Bain at the Standard Hotel, 444 W. 13th St.

INFO Free, 212-645-4646

-- Kevin Amorim

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