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hoods. Highlight: The Official MTA Metro-North Grand Central Terminal Tour, a 75-minute tour of the 100-year-old facility. Daily at 12:30 p.m. $20 adults, $15 seniors/students/children under 10 and military. Meet at the ticket window marked GCT Tours in the Main Concourse. 1 | New York Water Taxi Pier 17, South Street Seaport, btw Fulton & South sts., 866.985. 2542, nywatertaxi.com. Visitors can choose from a one-hour Statue of Liberty Express tour (daily), the VIP Statue by Night: Air & Sea tour by helicopter and boat (Thurs-Sun) or the Hop-On/Hop-Off service with National September 11 Memorial Pass (daily). Times/ prices vary. 1 3 8 D22 | NYC Discovery Walking Tours 212.465.3331. Neighborhood jaunts and tasting excursions. Highlights: Dec. 1, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29: Victorian Christmas: Origins of Christ-mas Traditions and Historic Greenwich Village Taverns at Christmas. / 3 8 | Radio City Stage Door Tour Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Ave., at W. 50th St., 212.247.4777, radiocity.com/tours. The concert hall’s secrets are revealed on a guided walking tour that explores the restored Art Deco interiors and introduces visitors to a Rockette. Daily 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; $19.95 adults, $15 seniors/children 12 and under. For tickets, visit the Radio City Sweets & Gift Store. (A combo ticket can be purchased for both the Stage Door Tour and Lincoln Center’s Guided Tour, $27.75 adults, $17.25 children.) 1 0 G13 | Spirit Cruises Pier 61, Chelsea Piers, W. 23rd St. & the West Side Hwy., 866.483.3866, spiritofnewyork.com. Dining and dancing while cruising New York Harbor. Highlights: Dec. 14: Santa Lunch Cruise; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Family Lunch Cruise and New Year’s Eve Fireworks Dinner Cruise. Times/prices vary. 2 1/ 3 K17 | United Nations First Ave., at E. 43rd St., 212.963. 8687, visit.un.org. Guided tours of the peacekeeping organization. Mon-Fri 10:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m.; $16 adults, $11 seniors (60+)/ students, $9 children 5-12, under 5 not admitted. Tickets must be purchased online. 1 3 0 K14 | World Yacht Pier 81, W. 41st St., at 12th Ave., on the Hudson River, 888.679.7812, worldyacht.com. Dinner cruises on luxury boats. Highlight: Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Cruise. Times/prices vary./ 35 8 . K14
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First DateC0L4368— (1 hr., 30 mins., no intermission) Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St., btw Broadway & Eighth Ave., 212.239.6200, firstdatethemusical .com. A blind dinner date unfolds in real time in this contemporary boy-meets-girl musical comedy. Will opposites attract before the check arrives? Tues-Wed 7 p.m., Thurs-Fri 8 p.m., Sat 2 & 8 p.m., Sun 3 & 7 p.m.; $35-$137. Runs thru Jan. 5. 2/ 0 H13 Glass Menagerie, TheC0L439— (2 hrs., 30 mins.) Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St., btw Broadway & Eighth Ave., 212.239.6200, theglassmenagerie broadway.com. The new production of Tennessee Williams’ classic about a family in denial stars Cherry Jones, Zachary Quinto and Celia Keenan-Bolger. Tues-Thurs 7 p.m., Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Wed & Sat 2 p.m., Sun 3 p.m.; $77-$137. Runs thru Feb. 23. 2/ 0 H14 innewyork.com | december 2013 | IN New YORK
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