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escape rooms have reopened to great enthusiasm — with some slight adjustments for COVID-19. From time-travel themes to rooms inspired by the city’s prisons and subways, escape rooms are quickly filling up this summer with locals and out-of-towners alike.On Friday, the new film “Escape Room: Tournament of Champions” opens in theaters.

is like Taylor Swift tickets,” said Phil Carracci, a 66-year-old retiree who lives in Murray Hill and has been trying to see the station for years without success. “So few people have seen it.”Last August, Carracci finally snagged a ticket for a fall tour by making sure he was at his computer at 9:59 a.m., prepared to click at 10 a.m. It’s a good thing he was at the ready.

Coldplay, Blake Shelton, the Jonas Brothers, Marshmello, Reba McEntire, OneRepublic and Black Pumas.Some 350 drones will light up the sky to honor the Olympians on Team USA during the Jonas Brothers’ performance.

Immersive Van Gogh” and then there’s “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.”And the Better Business Bureau is warning New Yorkers that one of them is not like the other. Their names and promotion material are confusingly similar, but those who’ve delved into the differences between the dueling experiences say there’s a huge difference.

postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic.  “I didn’t want to jump into the pity party,” said Clark, whose neighbor encouraged him to join the 7 p.m. cheer to celebrate the city’s health care workers.

a new season of its podcast “Sites and Sounds,” called “Lost NYC,” about the stories of extinct borough spots.Going digital also means that the festival will be accessible to a global audience, as well as locals who failed to score limited tickets to OHNY’s most popular experiences in years past.Here’s a selection of the vanished city locales the free series will explore in roughly 20-minute segments on OHNY this weekend.This remote, 20-acre East River island 1,000 feet from the South Bronx

Friday, Oct. 9

drive-ins and indie theaters are rising to the socially distant occasion with a slate of safe screenings. Theaters aren’t open quite yet, but anyone with a car or couch can enjoy these parked pictures and online offerings.

When the fatigue first hit, Chad Kimball says, he figured it was the result of doing eight shows a week of Broadway’s “Come From Away.” But the exhaustion persisted. After he was tested, he learned he had COVID-19.

A lot of Broadway, a little rock ‘n’ roll and some Dolly Parton: You’ll hear all that and more when “Glee” guest star Ali Stroker performs Feb. 28 as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series.

A lot of Broadway, a little rock ‘n’ roll and some Dolly Parton: You’ll hear all that and more when “Glee” guest star Ali Stroker performs Feb. 28 as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series.

Sure, the Super Bowl always gets a lot of interest. Last year’s game, for example, saw 98 million people watch the New England Patriots beat the Los Angeles Rams on TV. But not everyone is planning to drop everything Sunday for the 2020 Super Bowl pitting the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the San Francisco 49ers, broadcasting live on Fox with kickoff time set for 6:30 p.m. at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.