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The planning-first guide to New York events, tickets, shows, games, experiences, restaurants, and the full night around them.
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NYC Events & Tickets — Start With What You Want to See
Looking for NYC events or NYC tickets? Stage & Street organizes New York entertainment by the event first, then gives you the planning layer around it. Start with Broadway, concerts, sports, or things to do in NYC, then use the Night Out guides for restaurants, hotels, neighborhoods, and transportation. The goal is not just finding a ticket — it is making the whole New York night work.
Broadway
All Broadway guides
Just in Time
The Bobby Darin musical at Circle in the Square puts the audience close to the action in one of Broadway’s most distinctive rooms. A strong choice for visitors who want a current production with an intimate, performance-forward feel.
The Book of Mormon
One of Broadway’s durable comedy hits and still running at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. Best for adults and older teens who want a fast, irreverent musical rather than a traditional family show.
Buena Vista Social Club
Live music is the center of gravity here. The production brings the sound and story of the Cuban ensemble to the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre with the kind of musical energy that can work for Broadway regulars and concertgoers alike.
Wicked
Still one of the strongest first-Broadway-show choices in New York. Big production values, a familiar score, and the Gershwin Theatre scale make it especially dependable for first-time visitors and families.
Operation Mincemeat
The inventive WWII spy musical remains one of the more unusual choices on Broadway — funny, compact, and built for theatergoers who want something less conventional than the standard blockbuster musical.
Maybe Happy Ending
Two obsolete helper robots fall in love in Seoul. Quiet, original, and visually distinctive, it remains one of the easiest current Broadway recommendations for a date night.
Chicago
A leaner, dance-driven Broadway experience than the giant spectacle shows. Chicago remains a useful pick for visitors who want a recognizable title, a central Theater District location, and a classic New York night out.
The Great Gatsby
Large-scale musical storytelling at the Broadway Theatre, built around the familiar Fitzgerald story with a visually polished, crowd-friendly approach.
Schmigadoon!
A loving send-up of Golden Age musical theater at the Nederlander Theatre. It is especially rewarding for theater fans who enjoy catching the references while still wanting a broadly comic night out.
Explore Off-Broadway
Smaller houses, adventurous productions, downtown theaters, and long-running favorites. Start with the Off-Broadway hub to see what is playing and how the experience differs from Broadway.
Off-Broadway guideOff-Broadway Theaters & Venues
New World Stages, the Public, Lucille Lortel, Minetta Lane, Irish Rep, and more — venue-by-venue planning for seating, location, transit, and the neighborhood around the show.
Browse venue guidesConcerts
All concert guides
Harry Styles
Harry Styles’ 30-show Madison Square Garden run continues through Halloween, giving NYC one of the fall’s biggest recurring concert events.
Phoebe Bridgers
Three Barclays Center nights with Alex G. The run starts September 24 and continues through September 26 in Brooklyn.
Teddy Swims
Teddy Swims brings The UGLY Tour to Barclays Center on October 2 with Mac Ayres and MarcLo.
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins bring The Rats in a Cage Tour to Brooklyn on October 4, built around two sets spanning Mellon Collie and decades of catalog material.
Sports
All sports guides
Yankees & Mets
Two of baseball’s most storied franchises, two very different ballparks. Whether you’re going to the Bronx or Flushing, we cover both — tickets, seating, transit, and planning the full day around the game.
Giants & Jets at MetLife
Both teams, one stadium, and a full guide to making game day work — seating choices, transit from the city, parking realities, and everything that separates a good MetLife experience from a rough one.
Knicks, Nets & Liberty
MSG for the Knicks, Barclays for the Nets. Three teams, two of the best arena environments in the league. How to choose, how to sit, how to plan the full night around the game.
Rangers, Islanders & Devils
Three franchises, three arenas, three very different game-night experiences. Rangers at MSG has no equal for atmosphere. We cover all three so you can choose intelligently or compare.
Experiences
All experience guides
Before the Show
The most practical question in NYC entertainment planning: what do you do with the two hours before curtain, tipoff, or doors? These guides are organized by venue — near Times Square, near MSG, near Barclays, near Yankee Stadium — so the plan is geographically real, not a generic tourist suggestion.
Date Night
Broadway is the strongest date-night anchor in New York. Rooftop bars, romantic walks, dinner and a show — how to make the evening feel intentional rather than improvised.
Family-Friendly
Kid-friendly Broadway picks, princess days, Central Park with kids, and rainy-day plans that don’t end in disaster. Built around real families, not idealized ones.
Rainy Day
Rain shouldn’t ruin the trip. Museums, Broadway matinees, great restaurants, indoor activities — the pivots that hold up when the forecast doesn’t.
Sightseeing
Classic NYC landmarks planned around real timing and transit — not a generic checklist. Central Park, the High Line, observation decks, Brooklyn Bridge, museums.
First-Time Visitors
The biggest mistake is trying to do everything. Anchor itineraries, must-see priorities, and realistic weekend pacing for first-timers who want a great trip, not a checklist failure.
Night Out Planning
All night out guidesRestaurants Near Broadway
Pre-show dining options that actually work with a 7pm curtain. From quick to leisurely, Hell’s Kitchen to the Theater District.
Theater District Guide
Where to eat, where to stay, how to move around — everything you need to make the neighborhood work before and after the show.
Hotels Near Broadway
Where to stay if you want to walk to the theater, not deal with a cab. Midtown options across every price range.
Getting to a Broadway Show
Subway, rideshare, parking — what works, what doesn’t, and what most people get wrong about getting to and from the Theater District.
Best Pre-Theater Restaurants
The specific places that understand the curtain-time constraint. Prix-fixe, quick service, good food — all three at once.
Date Night Restaurants
Dinner that holds its own as part of the night. Places that feel like a choice, not a default.
Hell’s Kitchen Guide
The pre-show neighborhood for Broadway. Dense with good restaurants, close to every Theater District house, easier to navigate than it sounds.
Getting Home Late
What actually works after 11pm — subway routes, rideshare strategy, and when a cab beats an Uber. The guide most people need and nobody reads until too late.
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Stage & Street NYC is an independent editorial guide to NYC events, tickets, and New York City’s best nights out. We cover Broadway, concerts, sports, experiences, and the restaurants, hotels, transportation, and neighborhoods that make an evening in New York worth planning.