7 – 8 pm A Christmas Carol the Musical Ages: 5 and upChristmas Family Holiday The Players TheatreNew York City
7 – 10:30 pm Universal Temple of the Arts Presents The Staten Island JAZZ Festival 37 Ages: AllCommunity Family Festivals St. George TheatreSaint George
7 pm Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Family Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking TourBrooklyn
7 – 9 pm ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil Ages: AllChristmas Dance Family The Theater at MSGMidtown
7 – 8 pm A Candlelit Christmas: Holiday Hits Unplugged Christmas Holiday St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran ChurchChelsea
7 – 8:30 pm The Doris Dear Christmas Special: Christmas in New York Christmas Comedy The Triad Theater
7:15 pm Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn
7:30 – 10 pm The Glenn Crytzer Quartet at Festival Café (UES) Food & Drink Music Upper East Side (UES)
7:30 – 9 pm Truman vs. Israel: Abzug and the Undressing of Truman Theater Theater at St. ClementsTheater District
7:30 – 9 pm The Nutcracker Ages: AllArt Attractions Family Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City
7:30 – 10 pm Speakeasy, Die Softly: Immersive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Carmine’s Food & Drink Games Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City
7:30 – 9:30 pm Wintergrace: A Holiday Concert with TRANScend LGBTQ+ Music Christ & St. Stephens Church
8 – 9:30 pm Killing Mrs. Claus: A new inappropriate holiday comedy LGBTQ+ Theater Theater for the New City
8:30 pm Nightly Lighting of World’s Largest Menorah Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Grand Army Plaza – Fifth Avenue
9 – 10 pm A Candlelit Christmas: Holiday Hits Unplugged Christmas Holiday St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran ChurchChelsea
10 – 11:30 pm CLASSY VIBES Stand Up Comedy in Astoria Queens w/ Late Night Happy Hour Comedy Food & Drink Tootles & FrenchAstoria
Various Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center Ages: AllAttractions Family Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side
All day THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream Art The Museum of Modern Art
Various The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show Ages: 8 and underFamily Holiday Theater Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side
Various Santa Photos at The Mall at Bay Plaza Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx
Tomorrow, 8 pm Random Strangers Jam – Free NYC Funk Rock Jam Session – 3rd Mondays 8-11pm Alewife Brewing Alewife Brewing Company
Dec. 18, 8 pm Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning’s Meet the Playwright Series Returns with ImmerenSiS by Dezi Bing Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL)
Brooklyn Paper We’ll be BWAC: After fire, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition launches search for new home