The Winter Garden Theater is located on Broadway in Manhattan. The theater and entertainment venue opened in 1811, hosting the musical La Belle Paree. Stories like Sinbad, Peter Pan, West Side Story, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Funny Girl, Much Ado About Nothing, Beatlemania, Othello, Cats and Mamma Mia! were all brought to life on the Winter Garden stage. The longest running production at the theater was Cats. The show opened in 1982 and was performed at the theater 7,485 times over 19 years.
NYC is known for its public transportation system, and the New York Transit Museum offers full details on how this storied system came to be. Exhibits include explanations of labor involved in subway operations, the methods of travel used by New Yorkers, the construction of the Triborough Bridge, the old process of revenue collection, history of the city's street transport and more. Memorabilia and exhibits include old signs, station artwork, models and dioramas of the subway, two working subway tracks, preserved subway cars, a working signal tower and other equipment.
When the holidays roll around and it's a family priority to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on television every year, you should really consider heading to NYC to see it in person. This world-famous event has been a major production since 1924 and there's nothing like seeing it from the sidelines.
Enjoy the view of New York City taken in from the Top of the Rock, located at the top of the GE Building in the world-famous Rockefeller Center. With a panoramic view of the city that rivals that available atop the Empire State Building, your evening is sure to give way to romance as you take in the beauty of the city together.