New York City

Broadway, Off-Broadway, MOMA, The Met… when it comes to art and theatre, New York City is second to none. Locals agree: ‘Museums’ and ‘Broadway’ each got the highest number of shout-outs in our survey, followed by the Lincoln Center, Central Parkand the Brooklyn Museum. New Yorkers also praised the openness, diversity and variety of their city’s culture scene. There really is something for everyone in the city that never sleeps. 

‘New York City has always been a wellspring of culture in every respect, full of diverse and niche events that drive the scene,’ says Shaye Weaver, editor of Time Out New York. This year alone, I’ve attended Catbaret, a variety show for cat lovers at Q.E.D. Astoria and enjoyed a night with comedian Amy Sedaris at Union Square Travel Agency, a newly licensed recreational cannabis dispensary. We’ve written about a sex-free sex party, a gathering just for people named Ryan and a comedy show for only lonely people. Most excitingly, NYC is also home to the brand-new Perelman Performing Arts Center and will soon see the return of the Upright Citizens Brigade and a new comedy outpost for The Second City this month. I’ve been excited about The Shed, too, the fairly new performing arts center at Hudson Yards. Right now, it’s showing ‘Here We Are’, the last musical that Stephen Sondheim worked on before he died. In the few years it’s been open, I’ve seen some of the most experimental and immersive shows I’ve ever witnessed.’