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If you’ve seen the “Christmas Spectacular” once, you can cross that off the bucket list, right? Not exactly.
We’ll admit, the show hasn’t changed much in its 86-year run at Radio City, but this holiday season the leading ladies are switching things up with a brand-new finale number.
The new closing scene will see 100 drones illuminate the dancers in front of a black “night sky.” Once you see it, it’ll be clear why they call this one “Christmas Lights.”
The priority was “to end the show with a really exciting, immersive experience for the audience,” says Karen Keele, the Rockettes’ creative director. “So whether you’re in the last seat of the theater or the first seat, you’re going to feel like you’re a part of it.”
The Rockettes kick things off Friday with their first performance of the holiday season. Yes, it’s officially that time of year.
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We’ve all been singing the “Mickey Mouse Club” theme song (you know, “M-I-C-K-E-Y/M-O-U-S-E”) for decades, but the actual iconic character is turning 90 this year. That’s nine decades, innumerable trips to Disney theme parks and millions of dollars in merchandise all dedicated to the rodent in red shorts.
To celebrate the 1928 release of “Steamboat Willie,” the first Mickey Mouse short, Disney has opened “Mickey: The True Original Exhibition,” a pop-up exhibit in the Meatpacking District.
And while it includes some Disney pieces — a Walt Disney drawing, a gallery of classic merch — the exhibit is largely devoted to contemporary art inspired by the character in mind.
There are, of course, interactive elements too: Visitors can climb on a “steamboat,” duck inside Kenny Scharf’s “Cosmic Cavern” and grab some Ample Hills’ Mickey-themed ice cream. Oh boy!
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