I’ll Take Manhattan

This is the time to build your itinerary around Restaurant Week and two for one-theater tickets. Visitors can also avail themselves of discounts that are offered all year, the TDF ticket booths in Times Square and Lincoln Center and New York CityPass®

Most of us think of Broadway as only a street that runs through Times Square. The street actually travels 13-miles through the borough of Manhattan and continues into Westchester County. It began as the native Wickquasgeck trail. The theater district is defined as the area in midtown Manhattan between W. 41st Street and W. 54th Street, from Sixth to Eighth Avenues. The 41 Broadway theaters are so designated because they have more than 500 seats. Off-Broadway theaters seat between 100 to 499 people and Off-Off-Broadway theaters seat fewer than 100. #Playbill

The Theater Development (TDF) is a non-profit organization that has been facilitating access to the performing arts since 1968. When purchasing tickets at the booth check show availability on posted signs. Also listed will be the percentage off the full price and the time of the performance. Note that there are no refunds or exchanges and cash payment may be required. www.tdf.org/nyc

“Hold your hats and Halleluiah” The Museum of Broadway is opening and offering 26,000 square feet of immersive and interac- tive displays that place the visitor in the heart of NYC’s theatrical razzle dazzle. Exhibits in the 4-story museum are displayed chronologically, tours are self-guided and tickets are timed. Guides are stationed in each area to answer questions and enhance your experience. The tour begins with a brief film, “Give My Regards to Broadway,” and continues to showcase greater than 500 plays beginning in 1700 and into the present.

Highlights of the museum are dioramas of productions that altered the trajectory of