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Shopping in Times Square

CBS Store

Monday 10am-8:30pm
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-7:30pm
Sunday 11am-5pm

Located at 1697 Broadway (at 53rd St.), the CBS store offers products based on favorite past and current television shows.

Dale and Thomas Popcorn

Monday-Thursday 10am-11pm
Friday-Saturday 10am-12am
Sunday 10am-10pm

Located at 1592 Broadway (b/w 48th St. and 49th St.), Dale and Thomas popcorn carries gourmet popcorn in a variety of flavors including caramel, popuccino, cheddar, peanut butter, and chocolate. A favorite flavor is popcorn with peanut butter and white chocolate drizzled over it.

Hershey's Time Square Store

Sunday-Monday 10am-12am

Located 1593 Broadway (at 48th St.), Hershey’s is a candy heaven featuring the best of Hersey brands – Reese's cups, Hershey bars, Baby Ruth, Kit Kats and many more delicious creamy chocolate treats.

M&M's World

Sunday-Monday  9am-12am

Located at 1600 Broadway (at the corner of W. 48th St.), M&M’s world features one of the world's largest displays of these bite-sized candies and a vast array of colors not found anywhere else.

The MTV Store

Sunday-Thursday 10am-10pm
Friday-Saturday 10am-11pm

Located at 1515 Broadway (at 44th St.), the MTV store sits just below the studio from which "TRL" is broadcast. The store sells books on current bands and hot TV shows such "The Real World.”

Toys "R" Us
Monday-Thursday 10am-10pm
Friday-Saturday 10am-11pm

Sunday 11am-9pm

Located at 1514 Broadway (at 44th St.), this is a Toys “R” Us unlike any other.  The store features an indoor, 60-foot high ferris wheel. Other attractions include the giant T-Rex from "Jurassic Park" and the Candy Land area.

The Virgin Megastore

Sunday-Thursday 9am-1am
Friday-Saturday 9am-2am

Located at 1540 Broadway (b/w 45th St. and 46th), lies Manhattan's largest multimedia center with everything from music, DVDs, books, related clothing, and a cafe to a movie theatre inside.

Shopping on and around 5th Avenue

                    E. 61st St.

Central Park

Barney’s

Monday-Friday 10- 8
Saturday 10-7
Sunday 11-6

                    E. 60th St.

                    E. 59th St.

FAO Schwarz

Monday-Wednesday 10-7 Thursday-Saturday 10-8

Sunday 11-6

                    E. 58th St.

Bergdorf Goodman

Monday-Friday 10-8 Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-6

Van Cleef & Arpels

Monday-Friday 10-6:30

Saturday 10-5

Bergdorf Men’s

Monday-Friday 10-8 Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-6

Louis Vuitton

Monday-Wednesday 10-7

Thursday 10-10

Friday-Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-6

                    E. 57th St.

Bulgari

Monday-Friday 10-7

Saturday 10-6

Sunday 12-5

Prada

Monday-Wednesday 10-7

Thursday 10-8

Friday-Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-6

Fendi

Monday-Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-6

FIFTH AVENUE

Tiffany & Co.

Monday-Friday 10-7
Saturday 10-6
Sunday 12-5

MADISON AVE.

                    E. 56th St.

Harry Winston

Monday-Saturday 10-6

Henri Bendel

Monday-Saturday 10-8

Sunday 12-7

The Disney Store

Monday-Saturday 10-8

Sunday 11-6

                    E. 55th St.

Emanuel Ungaro

Monday-Saturday 10-6

Takashimaya

Monday-Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-5

                    E. 54th St.

Gucci

Monday-Saturday 10-8

Sunday 12-6

                    E. 53rd St.

Brooks Brothers

Monday-Friday 9:30-8
Saturday 10-7
Sunday 11-7

 

NBA Store

Monday-Saturday 10-8

Sunday 11-6

Salvatore Ferragamo

Monday-Wednesday 10-7

Thursday 10-8

Friday-Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-6

 

                   E. 52nd St.

Cartier

Monday-Friday 10-6

Saturday 10-7

Sunday 12-6

H. Stern

Monday-Saturday 10-6

Versace

Monday-Saturday 10-6:30

Sunday 12-6

                    E. 51st St.

Sephora

Monday-Saturday 10-8
Sunday 11-7

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

                    E. 50th St.

Kenneth Cole

Monday-Saturday 10-8

Sunday 11-6

Saks Fifth Ave.

Monday-Saturday 10-8
Sunday 12-7

                    E. 49th St.

Bloomingdale’s
Located at 59th St. & Lexington Ave.
Monday-Friday 10-8:30
Saturday 10-7
Sunday 11-7

Dior
Located at 21 E. 57th St. (b/w 5th Ave. & Madison Ave.)
Monday-Friday 10-6:30
Saturday 10-6
Sunday 12-5

Jimmy Choo
Located at 716 Madison Ave. (b/w 63rd St. & 64th St.)
Monday-Wednesday 10-6
Thursday 10-7
Friday-Saturday 10-6
Sunday 12-5

Manolo Blahnik
Located at 31 W. 54th St. (b/w 5th Ave. & 6th Ave.)
Monday-Friday 10:30-6
Saturday 10:30-5:30
Sunday 12-5

Plays and Shows

Click on a show title and you will be brought directly to the show website where you can purchase tickets and learn more about the show.

13

A grown-up story about growing up, featuring the only all-teenage cast ever to hit Broadway!  When his parents get divorced and he's forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done. The star quarterback is threatening to ruin his life and his only friend, Patrice, won't talk to him. The school freak sees an opportunity for blackmail and someone is spreading the nastiest rumors. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, "13" is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it.

The 39 Steps

In THE 39 STEPS, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, THE 39 STEPS amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!

All My Sons

As timely today as the day it was written, the play was inspired by a true story about a successful businessman who knowingly sold the government defective airplane parts during World War II. A middle-class couple, Joe and Kate Keller, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother's fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell them of their new relationship and their plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone's stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.

August: Osage County

Meet the Westons:  A vanished father.  A pill-popping mother.  Three sisters harboring shady little secrets.  When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after dad disappears, their  Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.   Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you’ve got a major new Broadway play that unflinchingly – and uproariously – exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.

Avenue Q

Singing puppets and their human neighbors tackle life's most vexing issues - including love, sex, money, race and what to do with a jury duty summons.

Billy Elliot:  The Musical

Billy Elliot is a funny, heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one young boy's dream in a gripping tale of triumph over adversity. Based on the enormously popular film, this powerful new musical is the story of a boy who discovers he has a special talent for dance, while the boys all around him are more interested in boxing.

Boeing-Boeing

In Boeing-Boeing, an architect living in Paris has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées with his housekeeper reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad. But when an old school pal visits, things get rather turbulent. Schedules change, flights are delayed and chaos ensues in this whirl of mayhem and matchmaking.

Chicago

A true New York City institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen.

Dividing the Estate

Dividing the Estate, a human comedy about a family that must confront its past as it prepares for its future

Equus

Alan Strang (Daniel Radcliffe) seems a normal, obedient 17-year old with a passion for horses. Then one night he blinds six horses with a hoof pick. What drove him to it? His life seems routine, his family loving, his pursuits harmless and yet he has been placed under psychiatric surveillance - an unresponsive patient who is woken each night by terrible nightmares. Only psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Richard Griffiths) seems able to grasp the answer to this psychological puzzle.

Grease

After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko's world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n' roll celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady.

Gypsy

Patti LuPone makes theater history in the quintessential American musical. Curtain up! Light the lights! Be there as Broadway's leading lady takes on its greatest role, in this new production staged by the show's author himself: theater legend Arthur Laurents.

Hairspray

In Hairspray it's 1962 - the '50s are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion--to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can a trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do? Only in Hairspray! Welcome to the '60s!

 

In the Heights

A quintessential New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition.

Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys is the new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. The musical chronicles the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide -- all before they were thirty. Jersey Boys features their hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What a Night," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," among others.

The Lion King

Disney's adaptation of its popular animated movie is featuring life-size puppets, exotic masks, and costumes. The show follows the adventures of the royal lion cub Simba, and his quest to grow up and learn what it means to be a king.

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she's the girl with the perfect voice.

Mama Mia!

Timeless songs such as Dancing Queen, I Have a Dream, Voulez-Vous, and Take a Chance on Me, are ingeniously woven into an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother's past back to the Greek island paradise they last visited 20 years ago.

Mary Poppins

Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, this is the story of the Banks family and how their lives change after the arrival of nanny Mary Poppins at their home in London.

Monty Python’s Spamalot

Now it's time for Monty Python and the Holy Grail musicalized by Eric Idle and John Du Prez under the direction of Mike Nichols. Hold onto your limbs.

Pal Joey

Set in Chicago in the late 1930s, PAL JOEY is the story of Joey Evans, a brash, scheming song and dance man with dreams of owning his own nightclub. Joey abandons his wholesome girlfriend Linda English, to charm a rich, married older woman, Vera Simpson, in the hope that she’ll set him up in business.

The Phantom of the Opera

The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. It tells the story of the hideously deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera, exercising a reign of terror over its occupants. The Phantom falls in love with the young Soprano devoting himself to creating a new star for the Opera by nurturing her extraordinary talents and employing all the skills at his disposal.

Radio City Christmas Spectacular

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the world famous Radio City Rockettes is an unparalleled show featuring the Rockettes signature eye high kicks, and precision choreography in multiple show stopping numbers including; the legendary "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", and "New York at Christmas," a dynamic holiday celebration.

The Seagull

Anton Chekhov’s play written in 1895 and the first of the playwright’s masterworks, concerns the romantic entanglements and regrets of a group of actors, writers and artists gathered on a Russian estate. One of the theatre’s great plays about writing, The Seagull conveys the struggle for new forms and the frustrations and fulfillment of putting words on a page.

Shrek The Musical

This all-new production is based on Shrek's adventures in the classic William Steig book and Oscar-winning film. Joining Shrek on his journey from the swamp to the stage will be his wisecracking sidekick Donkey, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad and a chorus of everybody's favorite fairytale creatures. With more layers than ever and a completely original new score, Shrek The Musical proves that there's more to the story than meets the ears.

South Pacific

Although well known for its extraordinary score -- the songs include Some Enchanted Evening, Younger Than Springtime, Bali Ha'i, There Is Nothin' Like A Dame, and A Wonderful Guy -- South Pacific is also a deeply felt drama. Its portrayal of Americans stationed in an alien culture in wartime is as relevant today as when it first thrilled audiences in 1949.

Speed the Plow

Sex and money battle for blood in the 20th anniversary revival of Speed-the-Plow, David Mamet's classic skewering of Hollywood power brokers. Two film producers hungry to impress the Studio Head with the next big blockbuster. Cut to a sexy new secretary armed with a plan to tear them apart.

Spring Awakening

Based on Frank Wedekind's masterpiece The Awakening of Spring, this is the contemporary musical adaptation of one of literature's most controversial plays. It boldly depicts a dozen young people and how they make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing, and mysterious time of their sexual awakening.  The story centers around a brilliant young student named Melchior, his troubled friend Moritz, and Wendla, a beautiful young girl on the verge of womanhood.

A Tale of Two Cities

Jill Santoriello's musical adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities is set against the epic backdrop of the French Revolution. Based on the classic Dickens novel, the musical is about injustice, vengeance and the redemptive power of love.

White Christmas

Based upon the 1954 film that starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney, Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells the story of Second World War veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis who become partners in a song-and-dance act after the war. Looking for love, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters who have a Christmas gig at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by their former army commander, General Waverley.

Wicked

A new musical based on the novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire. It takes place in the Land of Oz, and tells the story of many of the characters before Dorothy arrived. "Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. Wicked tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch."

Wintuk by Cirque Du Soleil

Wintuk is an exciting winter adventure about a boy's quest for snow. This celebration of winter weaves thrilling acrobatics, breathtaking theatrical effects and memorable songs into an extraordinairy journey to an imaginary land called Wintuk. The boy and his companions - a mysterious female shaman, a fearless young girl and a yellow-bellied man - deliver endless excitement, exhilaration and intrigue.

Young Frankenstein

Based on the Oscar-nominated smash hit 1974 film, Young Frankenstein is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks. When Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma. Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad experiments reanimating the dead and, in the process, fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga?

 

Restaurants Near Times Square

 

Akdeniz

Turkish

19 W. 46th St. (b/w 5th & 6th Aves.)

Becco

Italian

355 W. 46th St. (b/w 8th & 9th Aves.)

Blue Fin

Seafood

1567 Broadway (at 47th St.)

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

American/Seafood

1501 Broadway (b/w 43rd & 44th Sts.)

Carmine’s

Italian

200 W. 44th St. (b/w Broadway & 8th Ave.)

Chez Josephine

French

414 W. 42nd St. (b/w 9th & 10th Aves.)

Churrascaria Plataforma

Brazilian

316 W. 49th St. (b/w 8th & 9th Aves.)

Daisy May’s BBQ USA

BBQ

623 11th Ave. (at 46th St.)

Dallas BBQ

BBQ

241 W. 42nd St. (b/w 7th & 8th Aves.)

db Bistro Moderne

French

55 W. 44th St. (b/w 5th and 6th Aves.)

Del Frisco’s

Steak

1221 6th Ave. (at 48th St.)

Delta Grill

Cajun/Creole

700 9th Ave. (at 48th St.)

District

American

130 W. 46th St. (b/w 6th & 7th Aves.)

Esca

Italian/Seafood

402 W. 43rd St. (at 9th Ave.)

ESPN Zone

American

1472 Broadway (at 42nd St.)

FireBird

Russian

365 W. 46th St. (b/w 8th & 9th Aves.)

 

Hard Rock Cafe

American

1501 Broadway (at 43rd St.)

Heartland Brewery

Pub Food

127 W. 43rd St. (b/w Broadway & 6th Ave.)

John’s Pizzeria

Pizza

260 W. 44th St. (b/w Broadway & 8th Ave.)

Junior’s

Diner

1515 Broadway (enter on 45th St., b/w Broadway & 8th Ave.)

Kellari Taverna

Greek

19 W. 44th St. (b/w 5th & 6th Aves.)

La Masseria

Italian

235 W. 48th St. (b/w Broadway & 8th Ave.)

Le Madeleine

French

403 W. 43rd St. (b/w 9th & 10th Aves.)

Le Marais

French/Steak/Glatt Kosher

150 W. 46th St. (b/w 6th & 7th Aves.)

Monster Sushi

Japanese

22 W. 46th St. (b/w 5th & 6th Aves.)

Morrell Wine Bar & Cafe

American

1 Rockefeller Plaza (49th St. b/w 5th & 6th Aves.)

Pam Real Thai Food

Thai

402 W. 47th St. (b/w 9th & 10th Aves.)

Rainbow Room

Italian

30 Rockefeller Plaza, 65th Floor (enter on 49th St., b/w 5th & 6th Aves.)

Ruby Foo’s

Pan-Asian

1626 Broadway (at 49th St.)

Sardi’s

Continental

234 W. 44th St. (b/w Broadway & 8th Ave.)

Scarlatto

Italian

250 W. 47th St. (b/w Broadway & 8th Ave.)

Sea Grill

Seafood

Rockefeller Center, 19 W. 49th St. (b/w 5th & 6th Aves.)

Sushiden

Japanese

123 W. 49th St. (b/w 6th & 7th Aves.)

Sushi of Gari

Japanese

347 W. 46th St. (b/w 8th & 9th Aves.)

Sushi Zen

Japanese

108 W. 44th St. (b/w Broadway & 6th Ave.)

Tony’s Di Napoli

Italian

147 W. 43rd St. (b/w Broadway & 6th Ave.)

Triomphe

French

49 W. 44th St. (b/w 5th & 6th Aves.)

Two Boots

Pizza

30 Rockefeller Plaza, downstairs (b/w 49th & 50th Sts.)

Utsav

Indian

1185 6th Ave., 2nd Floor (enter on 46th St., b/w 6th & 7th Aves.)

Top Rated Restaurants

 

Aquagrill

Seafood

210 Spring St. (at 6th Ave.)

 

Aureole

American

34 E. 61st St. (b/w Madison & Park Aves.)

Babbo

Italian

110 Waverly Place (b/w MacDougal St. & 6th Ave.)

Bouley

French

120 W. Broadway (at Duane St.)

Chanterelle

French

2 Harrison St. (at Hudson St.)

Daniel

French

60 E. 65th St. (b/w Madison & Park Aves.)

Eleven Madison Park

French

11 Madison Ave. (at 24th St.)

 

 

Gotham Bar & Grill

American

12 E. 12th St. (b/w 5th Ave. & University Pl.)

Il Mulino

Italian

86 W. 3rd St. (b/w Sullivan & Thompson Sts.)

Jean Georges

French

1 Central Park West (b/w 60th & 61st Sts.)

L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon

French

57 E. 57th St., (b/w Madison & Park Aves.)

 

Le Bernardin

French/Seafood

155 W. 51st St. (b/w 6th & 7th Aves.)

Masa

Japanese

10 Columbus Circle, 4th Floor (60th St. at Broadway)

Milos, Estiatorio

Greek/Seafood

125 W. 55th St. (b/w 6th & 7th Aves.)

Nobu

Japanese

105 Hudson St. (at Franklin St.)

Pearl Oyster Bar

Seafood

18 Cornelia St. (b/w Bleecker & W. 4th Sts.)

Per Se

American/French

10 Columbus Circle, 4th Floor (60th St. at Broadway)

Picholine

French/Mediterranean

35 W. 64th St. (b/w Broadway & Central Park W.)

Sushi Yasuda

Japanese

204 E. 43rd St. (b/w 2nd & 3rd Aves.)

Union Square Cafe

American

21 E. 16th St. (b/w 5th Ave. & Union Square W.)

 

Millennium Broadway Hotel New York Concierge

212-789-7515