7 things to do in NYC this weekend: Jan. 31-Feb. 2

Highlights this play see bestselling author Kevin Powell‘s movie directorial debut, Harry Connick Jr. singing Cole Porter astatine The Met and the last days of the Blue Man Group.

Plus, acquisition an interactive dinosaur zoo successful Queens, Lunar New Year successful Brooklyn and a caller grounds of Black manner connected Broadway.

Film

“When We Free the World” (Evangeline Lawson)

“When We Free The World”

AMC Empire 25 — 234 West 42nd St., Manhattan (Times Square)

Through Feb. 6. Various showtimes.

Acclaimed writer and governmental activistic Kevin Powell has turned his 2020 “literary and governmental manifesto” into a poignant documentary exploring Black manhood.

Featuring 70 antheral voices from each walks of beingness crossed 5 generations — from teenagers to nonagenarians — the two-hour movie aims to spark dialog astir however state is defined done the imaginativeness of Black men.

The “Real World” alum, who ran for bureau successful Brooklyn successful 2008 and 2010, tells the Daily News that his directorial debut is the “most important enactment of creation I person ever created successful my life, successful each ways, and it is particularly timely fixed the authorities of America.”

Co-produced and co-written with Evangeline Lawson, “When We Free the World” besides features an archetypal soundtrack featuring each Black antheral artists.

Tickets are $20.18. Discounts available.

Theater

Blue Man Group (Blue Man Group)

“Blue Man Group”

Astor Place Theatre — 434 Lafayette St., Manhattan (East Village)

Through Feb. 2. Various showtimes.

It’s the extremity of an epoch for 1 of New York City’s longest-running theatrical productions. The famously wordless, family-friendly “Blue Man Group,” which began successful 1991 earlier playing respective cities astir the world, volition reason its history-making off-Broadway  residency connected Sunday evening.

Known for its interactive blend of music, creation and theatrics performed by 3 bald, bluish men, Blue Man Group has go a deed with tourists and locals alike since its humble beginnings arsenic thoroughfare theatre performed by creators Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton.

Tickets commencement astatine $99.

Music

Harry Connick, Jr. (Matthew Murphy)

“Harry Connick, Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porter”

Metropolitan Opera House – 30 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan (Upper West Side)

Through Feb. 2. Various showtimes.

Harry Connick, Jr. kicked disconnected his five-night tribute to Cole Porter astatine The Met connected Wednesday, accompanied by a 25-piece orchestra and modern multimedia accumulation elements. He performs the legendary composer and songwriter’s classics specified arsenic “Just One of Those Things,” “Love For Sale” and “Anything Goes” among others.

The Grammy and Emmy Award victor antecedently performed the show, which helium wrote and directed, connected Broadway successful 2019 with plans to instrumentality it connected the roadworthy earlier the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “This amusement has been a task that’s incredibly adjacent to my heart…singing the songs of Cole Porter, a quintessential New Yorker, astatine this preeminent New York instauration volition beryllium a vocation item for me,” helium said.

Tickets commencement astatine $35.

Art

“Crafting Excellence: Black Storytellers of Broadway” (Courtesy of The Museum of Broadway)

“Crafting Excellence: Black Storytellers of Broadway”

The Museum of Broadway — 145 West 45th St., Manhattan (Times Square)

Through March 16. Various times.

Just successful clip for Black History Month, Broadway’s archetypal imperishable depository has a peculiar grounds focusing connected Black creatives who person played an integral portion successful its success.

More than 40 trailblazers whose archetypal plays and musicals person graced the signifier — including Duke Ellington, Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, Lynn Nottage and Jeremy O. Harris — are showcased, alongside artifacts from “MJ: The Musical” and costumes from musicals similar “The Color Purple” and “The Wild Party.”

Tickets commencement astatine $31.57, discounts available.

Comedy

“Live From New York: The SNL50 Experience.” Lorne Michaels is seen inset. (NBC; AP)

“Live From New York: The SNL50 Experience“

Rockefeller Plaza — 10 West 51st St., Manhattan (Midtown)

Through Feb. 2, 1 p.m. – 9 p.m.

The hottest summons successful municipality is this a escaped accidental to consciousness what it’s similar to big the groundbreaking sketch drama series, which is celebrating its 50th day connected Feb. 16.

The immersive “Saturday Night Live“-inspired accumulation gives attendees the accidental to perceive their names announced arsenic they spell done the doorway to deed the stage. They’ll besides get to rotation their seat up to the “Weekend Update” table — which has been occupied by legendary anchors similar Chevy Chase and Jane Curtin and is presently helmed by Colin Jost and Michael Che.

The acquisition is filled with surprises and callbacks astir each country to simulate the spontaneous quality that has defined Lorne Michaels‘ bid since it debuted successful 1975.

Free. Reservations required. 

Family

“Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live!” (C. Waits)

“Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live”

Kupferberg Center for the Arts — 153-49 Reeves Ave., Queens (Flushing)

Sun. Feb. 2, 3 p.m.

New Yorkers get to spell connected their ain Jurassic travel with the interactive theatre amusement that takes audiences connected a breathtaking circuit of prehistoric Australia with astonishingly lifelike dinosaurs and different creatures.

“During the amusement we fto kids travel up and pat them, provender them … and if the kids behave badly, we provender them to the dinosaurs,” joked manager Scott Wright.

“Dinosaur Zoo Live” features skilled performers, puppeteers and input from nonrecreational paleontologists to make a “very comic but educational” programme with implicit 19 dinosaurs, including the triceratops, T-rex and titanosaur.

Tickets are $35

Free

Lunar New Year Celebration (Argenis Apolinario for Downtown Brooklyn Partnership)

Lunar New Year Celebration

Albee Square + City Point BKLYN — 445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn (Downtown)

Sat. Feb. 1, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

The holiday, which fell connected Jan. 29 this year, is inactive being celebrated successful New York City passim the coming weeks.

On Saturday, Brooklyn gets a accidental to commemorate the Year of the Snake with a escaped lawsuit featuring accepted Lion Dances by Choy Lay Fut, Lunar New Year-themed crafts and DJ Boogie rocking the turntables. Festive balloons volition adorn the interior of City Point and attendees are encouraged to deterioration reddish for bully luck — and a accidental to triumph a escaped acquisition paper to a section business.

Free.

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