• Saturday, June 4th
  • Art in the Park, first-ever art show in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 9am-3pm.  Works by students from the High School of Art and Design.
  • NY Young Republican Club Street Festival, 11am – 6pm; Seventh Avenue between 47th and 57th Streets.
  • Murray Hill Neighborhood Association Block Party, Noon – 6pm; East 35th Street between Lexington Avenue and Madison Avenue.
  • Second Avenue Street Fair, 11am – 6pm; Second Avenue between 66th Street and 86th Street.
  • Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, noon – 7pm; University Place between West 3rd Street and West 12th Street.
  • Village Independent Democrats Street Fair, 11am – 6pm; Greenwich Avenue between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue.
  • Salute to Israel Parade, 11am Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 79th Street.
  • Philippine Parade/Festival; Noon – 6pm; East Side of Broadway between 73rd Street and 86th Street.
  • Music Memorabilia Show
    Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor, (near Broadway).  Purchase a wide variety of music memorabilia from 10am-2pm with free admission. Merchandise includes LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, etc.
  • Non-Fiction Books and Paper Fair, Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 West 72nd Street. Purchase a wide variety of non-fiction books and paper from 10am-2pm with free admission. Rare, Used, Out-of-Print Books and Sheet Music, Auction Catalogs, Calendars, Photographs, Magazines, Posters, Miscellaneous etc.
  • SoHo Stroll, SoHo Partnership, Bloomingdale's SoHo at 504 Broadway
    SoHo Partnership presents the seventh SoHo Stroll starting at 11am and running all day. SoHo's hottest stores, restaurants and galleries will be offering discounts, giveaways, food, cocktails, sample sales, raffles and entertainment on this day only! The event is free and open to the public.
    
    
• Tuesday, June 7th
  • Museum Mile Festival, 6pm – 9pm; Fifth Avenue between 82nd Street and 105th Street.  This is a wonderful opportunity to stroll along Fifth Avenue and enjoy visiting the museums for free!
    
    
• Saturday, June 11th - Sunday, June 12th
  • Big Apple Barbecue Block Party 2005, The Madison Square Park Conservancy (MSPC), Madison Square Park, Flatiron District, between Fifth and Madison Avenues and 23rd and 26th Streets.  The community event will feature mouthwatering barbecue from ten of the nation's top pitmasters, live jazz, blues, and bluegrass, distinctive beverages, films and seminars with cue experts. This year's event will be bigger and better than ever with more space, more pitmasters, and more music! Admission to the block party is free.
  • 116th Street Festival, Hispanic Marketing & Advertising Group, Inc., 106th St to 122nd St along 3rd Ave. & 116th St from Lexington to 2nd Ave. Now celebrating its 20th Anniversary, attend one of New York's largest Latin Festivals. See 20 Blocks of entertainment with 3 musical stages and over 300 vendors/corporate booths & sponsors. This will be a televised event in the heart of el barrio from noon to 6pm and accessible from the #6 subway.
  • Stuyvesant Park Neighborhood Association Street Festival, 11am – 6pm, Second Avenue between 14th Street and 23rd Street.
  • NY Mini Marathon, 9am; CPW & 61st Street to 90th Street ending at Tavern on the Green.
  • Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Street Fair, 11am – 6pm; First Avenue between 68th Street and 79th Street.
    
    
• Sunday, June 12th
  • Christopher East Block Association Street Festival, 11am – 6pm; Christopher Street between 7th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue.
  • Big Apple BBQ Block Party, 11am – 6pm; Madison Square Park and Madison Avenue between 23rd and 25th Streets.
  • Tilden Midtown Democratic Club; 11am – 6pm; Third Avenue between 23rd Street and 34th Street.
  • Puerto Rican Day Parade; 11am Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 86th Street.
    
    
• Monday, June 13th - Sunday, June 25th
  • JVC Jazz Festival, various locations around NY.
    
    
• Monday, June 13th
  • Broadway Under the Stars, Bryant Park, 42nd St. & 6th Ave. A free 90-minute celebration featuring live performances of favorite musical and dance numbers, performed by Broadway luminaries backed by a 35-piece orchestra, with montages of scenes from classic movies.
  • A Taste of Times Square, Times Square Alliance, 46th Street between Broadway and 9th Ave. The 12th annual A Taste of Times Square food and entertainment festival, presented by Discover Card from 5pm–8pm will feature 50+ restaurants. Live entertainment will be showcased both on the street and on two stages, including classic New York street musicians and a swing tent with dancing all evening.
    
    
• Wednesday, June 15th
  • Garlic Run, 6pm – 11:30 pm; Mulberry Street between Canal and Broome Streets.
    
    
• Saturday, June 18th
  • Our Lady of Pompeii Festival; 11am – 6pm; Bleecker Street between 6th and 7th Avenue.
  • Cooper Square Committee Street Fair; 11am – 6pm; Third Avenue between 6th Street and 14th Street.
  • Children’s Evangelical Parade; noon Third Avenue from 96th Street to 116th Street.
    
    
• Sunday, June 19th Father’s Day
  • Kidney & Urology Foundation Street Fair, 11am – 6pm; Lexington Avenue between 34th Street and 42nd Street
  • International Immigrants Foundation Street Fair, 11am – 6pm; Avenue of the Americas between 42nd Street and 56th Street.
    
    
• Monday, June 20th - Friday, June 24th
  • Summer Restaurant Week, New York's best restaurants will be serving three-course lunches for $20.12 in support of the 2012 NYC Olympic bid and three-course dinners for $35.00. Savor the cuisine of the city's most talented chefs, and experience the quality, variety, and hospitality that makes New York the best restaurant city in the world.
    
    
• Thursday, June 23rd - Sunday, September 25th
  • Matisse: The Fabric of Dreams, His Art and His Textiles, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue @ 82nd Street.  The impact of Henri Matisse's lifelong interest in textiles will be shown in a selection of approximately 65 paintings, drawings, prints, and painted paper cutouts. Also exhibited will be examples from the artist's personal collection of textiles, many of which have been packed away in family trunks since Matisse's death in 1954.
    
    
• Saturday, June 25th - Sunday, July 3rd
  • Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival, American Tap Dance Foundation.  Tap City features hundreds of tap dance courses and master classes with internationally renowned teachers, teen and children's programs, a week of premiere performances at the Joyce Theater, the annual Tap Dance Hall of Fame, Tap Preservation and Hoofer Awards, tap talks, tap films, tap jams and more!
  • Village Reform Democratic Club Street Festival; 11am – 6pm; Waverly Place between Broadway and 5th Avenue.
  • Children’s Leukemia Research Association/ 52nd Street Fair; 11am – 6pm; 52nd Street between Lexington Avenue and Seventh Avenue.
  • Friends of the 13th Precinct; 11am – 6pm; Second Avenue between 23rd Street and 34th Street.
  • International Cultures Parade; 2 pm; Madison Avenue from 41st Street to 26th Street.
    
    
• Sunday, June 26th
  • Heritage of Pride Festival; 10am – 10pm; Christopher Street between West Street and Hudson Street.
  • Seafarers & International House Street Fair; 11am – 6pm; Third Avenue between 14th Street and 23rd Street.
  • Heritage of Pride Parade; 11am Fifth Avenue from 57th Street to Christopher Street.
  • WS Crime Prevention/Mitchell-Lama Residents Festival; 11am – 6pm; Columbus Avenue between 86th Street and 96th Street.
    
    
• Monday June 27th – Friday, July 1st
  • Summer Restaurant Week, New York's best restaurants will be serving three-course lunches for $20.12 in support of the 2012 NYC Olympic bid and three-course dinners for $35.00. Savor the cuisine of the city's most talented chefs, and experience the quality, variety, and hospitality that makes New York the best restaurant city in the world.

"Food and Art" is this month’s theme. 

Restaurants that are destinations unto themselves are great.  Combing them with wonderful art can make the experience all the more enjoyable.

Danny Meyer’s The Modern, is open now and what a fabulous way to enjoy the best in modern art and food.  The Bar Room will seat 20 at the bar, plus additional patrons at small cocktail tables without reservations.  For dining at tables, you will need a reservation.  The Bar Room menu has three pages of options, all with small portions ranging from $9.00 for Modern Liverwurst with four pickled vegetables to $18 for Swordfish with eggplant caviar and teardrop tomato salad.  The Arctic Char Tartare with daikon and trout caviar at $14, the Sorrel Soup with roasted foie gras and barley at $14, and Tarte Flambée at $12 are all worth the price since the more formal dining room, simply called The Modern, has a pre-fixed menu starting at $72.

The Whitney has Sarabeth’s, a New York institution for Sunday brunch now with a new location at 40 Central Park South.  Freshly made omelets and great muffins work well with Sarabeth’s private label jams and preserves.

The Neue Galerie has Café Sabarsky featuring wonderful Viennese food and fabulous pastries and coffee.  The Galerie focuses on art from the early 20th Century art from Austria and Germany, thus the logic of featuring “local” specialties.  Founders Serge Sabarsky and Ronald Lauder combined their efforts to create this special collection.

There are so many fabulous productions on Broadway now.  Please call us for the best seating.

2005 Tony Award Nominations Announced 

Nominations were announced for the 2005 Tony Awards by Broadway celebrities including Alan Cumming, Lynn Redgrave, Kate Burton and Brian Stokes Mitchell from the Broadway Lounge of the Marriot Marquis. The 59th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on Sunday, June 5th at 8pm in a televised ceremony hosted by Hugh Jackman.

Among musicals, Monty Python's Spamalot led the pack with 14 nominations, followed by Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Light in the Piazza with 11 each. Doubt led the pack of plays with 8 nominations, followed by 6 for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Pillowman.

Best Play

• Democracy Author: Michael Frayn
• Doubt Author: John Patrick Shanley
• Gem of the Ocean Author: August Wilson
• The Pillowman Author: Martin McDonagh

Best Musical

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• The Light in the Piazza
• Monty Python's Spamalot
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 

Best Book of a Musical

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Book: Jeffrey Lane
• The Light in the Piazza Book: Craig Lucas
• Monty Python's Spamalot Book: Eric Idle
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Book: Rachel Sheinkin 

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
• The Light in the Piazza Music & Lyrics: Adam Guettel
• Monty Python's Spamalot Music: John Du Prez and Eric Idle; Lyrics: Eric Idle
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Music & Lyrics: William Finn

Best Revival of a Play

• Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• On Golden Pond
• Twelve Angry Men 

Best Revival of a Musical

• La Cage aux Folles
• Pacific Overtures
• Sweet Charity 

Best Special Theatrical Event

• Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance!
• Laugh Whore
• 700 Sundays
• Whoopi, the 20th Anniversary Show 

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men
• Billy Crudup, The Pillowman
• Bill Irwin, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond
• Brían F. O'Byrne, Doubt 

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Cherry Jones, Doubt
• Laura Linney, Sight Unseen
• Mary-Louise Parker, Reckless
• Phylicia Rashad, Gem of the Ocean
• Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Hank Azaria, Monty Python's Spamalot
• Gary Beach, La Cage aux Folles
• Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Tim Curry, Monty Python's Spamalot
• John Lithgow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity
• Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
• Erin Dilly, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Sutton Foster, Little Women
• Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Alan Alda, Glengarry Glen Ross
• Gordon Clapp, Glengarry Glen Ross
• David Harbour, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Liev Schreiber, Glengarry Glen Ross
• Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Mireille Enos, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Heather Goldenhersh, Doubt
• Dana Ivey, The Rivals
• Adriane Lenox, Doubt
• Amy Ryan, A Streetcar Named Desire

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Marc Kudisch, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Michael McGrath, Monty Python's Spamalot
• Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza
• Christopher Sieber, Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Kelli O'Hara, The Light in the Piazza
• Sara Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• John Lee Beatty, Doubt
• David Gallo, Gem of the Ocean
• Santo Loquasto, Glengarry Glen Ross
• Scott Pask, The Pillowman 

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• Tim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot
• Rumi Matsui, Pacific Overtures
• Anthony Ward, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Michael Yeargan, The Light in the Piazza

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Jess Goldstein, The Rivals
• Jane Greenwood, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• William Ivey Long, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Constanza Romero, Gem of the Ocean 

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• Tim Hatley, Monty Python's Spamalot
• Junko Koshino, Pacific Overtures
• William Ivey Long, La Cage aux Folles
• Catherine Zuber, The Light in the Piazza

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Pat Collins, Doubt
• Donald Holder, Gem of the Ocean
• Donald Holder, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Brian MacDevitt, The Pillowman

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Christopher Akerlind, The Light in the Piazza
• Mark Henderson, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Kenneth Posner, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Hugh Vanstone, Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Direction of a Play

• John Crowley, The Pillowman
• Scott Ellis, Twelve Angry Men
• Doug Hughes, Doubt
• Joe Mantello, Glengarry Glen Ross

Best Direction of a Musical

• James Lapine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
• Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot
• Jack O’Brien, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Bartlett Sher, The Light in the Piazza

Best Choreography

• Wayne Cilento, Sweet Charity
• Jerry Mitchell, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
• Jerry Mitchell, La Cage aux Folles
• Casey Nicholaw, Monty Python's Spamalot

Best Orchestrations

• Larry Hochman, Monty Python's Spamalot
• Ted Sperling, Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin, The Light in the Piazza
• Jonathan Tunick, Pacific Overtures
• Harold Wheeler, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Theatre de la Jeune Lune
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre: Edward Albee

Productions with Multiple Nominations

14 - Monty Python’s Spamalot
11 – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
11 – The Light in the Piazza
8 – Doubt
6 – Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
6 – Glengarry Glen Ross
6 – The Pillowman
6 – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
5 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
5 – Gem of the Ocean
4 – La Cage aux Folles
4 – Pacific Overtures
3 – A Streetcar Named Desire
3 – Sweet Charity
3 – Twelve Angry Men
2 – On Golden Pond
2 – The Rivals

Opening this month:

• After the Night and the Music, June 1
• Mark Twain Tonight, June 9
• Birdie Blue, June 23
• The Paris Letter, June 12
• The Constant Wife, June 16
• Border/Clash: A Litany of Desires, June 16 

Closing this month:

• 700 Sundays, June 12
• BFE, June 12
• Captain Louie, June 12
• Julius Caesar, June 12
• Woman Before a Glass, June 12
• Flight, June 19
• Thrill Me, June 25
• Brooklyn June 26
• Mark Twain Tonight!, June 26
• Terrorism, June 26