New York City Entertainment

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New York City Entertainment

• Inquiry by Andrea Wilson

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Critical Questions

• What activities can we do during our weekend
  trip?
• What Broadway plays are offered this year?
• What theater has the best reputation?
• Are there reviews or recommendations for these
  activities?
• Is the TV show Saturday Night Live filmed in New
  York City and who can go see it?
• What museums can be found in the city?
• How much can we expect to pay for these
  activities?

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What activities can we do during our trip?
Places to See

• Grants Tomb
• 900 A.M. 500 P.M.
• Open Daily
• New Yorks Grand Central Terminal
• Tours Wed. Fri. at 1230
• Sat. Sun. at 1100
• Rockefeller Center
• Self Guided Tour Maps

• Times Square
• Empire State Building
• Central Park
• Ground Zero Viewing Platform
• 900 A.M. 900 P.M. Open Daily
• 
  

All activities are free
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What activities can we do during our weekend
trip?Guided Tours

• NBC General Tour Rockefeller Center Tour
• Friday Saturday
• 830 A.M. 530 P.M.
• Tours depart every 15 min.
• Tours last 1 hour 15 min.
• Cost 17.75
• Children under 6 not admitted

• Gothem Mysteries
• Walking tour of Greenwich
• Tours last 1 2 hours
• Cost 25
• Departure Times
• 230, 330, 730 P.M.
• Each player gets a historical book.
• Players will need to be a historical
  detective while solving the treasure hunt
  competing against other teams.

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What activities can we do during our weekend
trip?Guided Tours

• Statue of Liberty
• Circle Line Ferry
• Cost 8 round trip adult
• Museum and Statue currently closed since
  9-11
• Possibly reopen in summer
• Inside climb of 354 steps takes about three
  hours
• Ferries depart every 30 min. from 900 A.M.-
  500 P.M.

• Carriage Rides in Central Park
• Tours half hour
• Average Cost 35
• New York Public Library
• Tours Monday - Saturday
• 1100 A.M. 200 P.M.
• Cost Free
• Library hours vary (11-6)

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What activities can we do during our weekend
trip?Evening Entertainment

• Comic Strip Live
• Shows M-Th 830
• Fri. 830, 1030, 1230
• Sat. 600, 800
• 1015, 1230
• 1 Ticket good for 2 shows
• 38 online discount 22
• 12 drink min. per person
• Home of Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Murphy, Ray
  Romano
• Need Reservations

• Caffe Vivaldi Bar
• In Greenwich Village
• Open 11AM 130 AM
• Free live music
• Food, Drink, Performers
• Reasonably Priced
• Brooklyn Brewery
• Happy hour 6 10 PM
• Live Music
• Free Tours Sat. (12-5)
• free sampling on tours

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What activities can we do during our trip?Live
Studio Audience

• Late Show with David Letterman
• Free tickets-order on-line or with self-addressed
  stamped envelope sent about 2-3 weeks prior to
  the show
• Stand-by tickets call at 1100 A.M., first come
  first serve
• Shows taped Mon. Thurs.
• 2 shows on Thursday
• Must be 18 years old or older

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What Broadway plays are offered this
year?Andreas Choice

• The Phantom of the Opera
• Review 3.5
• Theater- Majestic
• Rent
• Review 3.5
• Theater- Nederlander
• Running Times
• 2 hours 30 minutes (at least)
• Starting Times Vary
• 200, 300, 700, 800 P.M.

• Hairspray
• Review 4.3
• Theater- Neil Simon
• Mamma Mia!
• Review 3.1
• Theater- Winter Garden
• Cost
• 100, 75, 45

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What Broadway plays are offered this year?

• Chicago 4.8
• Moving Out 3.8
• Wonderful Town 3.8
• Thoroughly Modern Millie 3.1
• Little Shop of Horrors 3.0
• Wicked 2.7
• Beauty and the Beast 2.6
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 2.2
• Menopause the Musical (NR)
• Bombay Dreams (NR)

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What theater has the best reputation?

• I didnt answer this question.
• People do not go see the play because of the
  theater.They go because of the reputation or
  reviews of the play.
• The question should have been, What play has the
  best reputation or review?
• Chicago has the best
  reviews.

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What museums can be found in the city?

• Madame Tussauds New York Wax Museum
• Mon. Thurs.
• 1000 800
• Cost 25
• Ellis Island Immigration Museum
• 900 330
• every thirty minutes
• Cost 10 Adults

• Fraunces Tavern Museum
• Mon. Fri.
• 1130 930 P.M.
• Museum 3
• Tavern Moderately Priced
• Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
• Mon. Thurs. 930 530
• Fri. Sat. 900 900
• Cost 12

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What museums can be found in New York City?

• Museum Mile- includes many art museums like-
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
• Museum of the City of New York
• Merchants House Museum
• American Museum of Natural HistoryRose Center
  for Earth and Space

• National Museum of the American Indian
• Sony Wonder Technology Lab
• Mount Vernon Hotel Museum
• Intrepid Sea, Air Space Museum
• New York City Fire Museum
• Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to
  the Holocaust
• Gracie Mansion Museum
• Roosevelts House Museum

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What other attractions can be found in New York?

• Brooklyn Aquarium,
• Zoo, Childrens Museum,
• Botanic Garden
• New York Aquarium
• Central Park Zoo
• Yankee Stadium

• Childrens Museum of Manhattan
• Bronx Zoo
• New York Botanical Garden
• Coney Island
• Sight Seeing Cruises

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Is the TV show Saturday Night Live filmed in New
York City and who can go see it?

• It is filmed in New York City at the NBC studios.
• Ticket requests are no longer being taken for the
  2003-2004 season.
• Stand-by tickets offered at 700 A.M., first come
  first serve, one ticket per person
• 800 Dress Rehearsal
• 1130 Live Show
• Monday - Thursday

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New York Here We Come !
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Bibliography

• New York City, 3rd edition.
• Lonely, Planet, 2022.
• The Green Guide New York City.
• Michelin Travel Publications, 2003.
• Eyewitness Travel Guides New York.
• Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. 2003.
• Interview with Ellen Bland

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