Seeing the Rockettes perform at Radio City Music Hall is one of my favorite New York City winter activities. Watching their synchronized dancing, fighting the Rock Center crowds and seeing the iconic Christmas tree just never gets old.
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – Awesome Summer Fun for Families
When my daughter saw a poster for The New York Spectacular, the Rockettes’ summer show, she immediately begged to go and I secretly cringed inside. My expectations were low but I figured it would be a fun outing to celebrate the end of the school year. I invited my mom to join us and planned a big NYC girl’s day to kick off summer.
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – Awesome Summer Fun for Families
It turns out, the New York Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes was indeed spectacular! In fact, all three of us thought it was better than the Christmas show. I was pleasantly surprised to see how family friendly the story line was but what was most impressive were the amazing sets, cool technology, fun music and the choreographed dance moves that really made New York City come alive on stage.
The show follows two kids who accidentally get lost from their parents. The kids make their way around the city’s popular sights and attractions until the family is finally reunited at the end. Its a great sightseeing tour of NYC, as they visit the Empire State Building, Wall Street, Central Park, Times Square, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fashion Avenue and other popular sights.
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – The Met comes alive on stage.
Along the way, famous statues and artwork come alive as the kids search for clues to find their parents.
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – Alice in Wonderland statue from Central Park.
The show opens with Taylor Swifts’s “Welcome to New York” and closes with Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” In between, the acts feature a mix of classic show tunes and modern music as well as an interactive scene that gets everyone dancing in the aisles. Some of my favorite musical scenes were the Rockettes tap dancing to “Singing in the Rain, dancing to “Money, Money,” surrounded by giant dollar signs and projections of stock-market tickers” and prancing around in a stunning red, white and black fashion show set to Madonna’s “Vogue.”
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – Singing in the Rain.
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – Money, Money.
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – The Vogue fashion show was amazing.
Kids will have no trouble following along with the story line and they will especially love seeing Central Park’s Alice in Wonderland statue come alive and watching the famed New York Public Library lions Patience and Fortitude perform a rap number. Its a little hokey but it all works.
The Rockettes New York Spectacular – Outside the New York Public Library
And of course the grand finale stole the show…
If you want to escape the heat and see NYC from the comfort of Radio City Music Hall, head over to the New York Spectacular before it ends on August, 7, 2016. There is no intermission during the 90 minute show so plan snacks and bathroom breaks accordingly.
Have you seen a Rockettes show? Tell me below in the comments.
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Best show ever and your photographs really show how spectacular the afternoon was. Any New Yorker would
love it. Even the tourists would have to love it.
I loved this show too! It was like a love letter to New York with a great soundtrack!