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The best things to do in New York City on Wednesday 28 October

The best things to do in New York City on Wednesday 28 October: 18 events, among them 8 in exhibitions and museums, 4 in theatre, 2 in concerts, 2 in film and 2 in dance.

In the Heights: Lin-Manuel Miranda's barrio musical.

Wed 28 Oct | 18:00

New York City Center

from $2556

In the Heights

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a Broadway thriller.

Wed 28 Oct | 19:00

Marquis Theatre

$69

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Hadestown: Tony-winning musical of Greek myth.

Wed 28 Oct | 19:30

The Walter Kerr Theatre

Hadestown

Wong Kar-wai's pop classic with Tony Leung and Faye Wong.

Wed 28 Oct | 22:20

The Metrograph

Chungking Express

Pre-Existing Condition: new play with Lupita Nyong'o.

until Fri 8 Jan

Greenwich House Theater

from $62

Pre-Existing Condition

The Heart of the Matter: Carrie Mae Weems retrospective.

until Wed 3 Feb

Gladstone Gallery

The Heart of the Matter

Cezanne and Us: his legacy from Gauguin to Doig.

until Sun 17 Jan

Matthew Marks Gallery

$19

Cezanne and Us

Roy Lichtenstein: Like New, a Pop art retrospective.

until Mon 10 May

Whitney Museum of American Art

Free

Roy Lichtenstein: Like New

TROMA-GEDDON: cult films of trash studio Troma.

until Sun 1 Nov

Anthology Film Archives

$14

TROMA-GEDDON

London City Ballet with Alina Cojocaru in Ghost Light.

until Sun 1 Nov

The Joyce Theater

London City Ballet

The Dream: American Ballet Theatre's Shakespeare ballet.

Wed 28 Oct

Young People's Chorus of New York City

American Ballet Theatre’s “The Dream”