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Get the Most Out Of Your Tryptophan Coma With the Thanksgiving Week Show Schedule

Why play football with your relatives in the cold fall air when you could be enjoying a live performance?

What better way to spend Thanksgiving as a family than sitting shoulder to shoulder watching a Broadway show? If you and your loved ones will be near New York City this holiday week, be sure to follow up your parade viewing with a play or musical. Here's some information about which shows will be lighting up the stage and when to see them.

David Beach, Josh Grisetti, and Rob McClure in a scene from Broadway's Something Rotten!.
David Beach, Josh Grisetti, and Rob McClure in a scene from Broadway's Something Rotten!.
(© Joan Marcus)

Monday, November 21

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical — 7pm

A Bronx Tale – The Musical — 8pm

Cats — 8pm

The Cherry Orchard — 7pm

Chicago — 8pm

Cirque du Soleil Paramour — 8pm

The Color Purple — 7pm

Heisenberg — 7pm

The Humans — 7pm

In Transit — 8pm

The Lion King — 8pm

Matilda The Musical — 7pm

Oh, Hello on Broadway — 7pm

The Phantom of the Opera — 8pm

School of Rock — 7pm

Something Rotten! — 7pm

Tuesday, November 22

Aladdin — 7pm

Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science — 8pm

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical — 7pm

The Book of Mormon — 7pm

A Bronx Tale – The Musical — 7pm

Cats — 7:30pm

The Cherry Orchard — 8pm

Chicago — 8pm

Cirque du Soleil Paramour — 2pm and 8pm

The Color Purple — 7pm

The Encounter — 7pm

Falsettos — 7pm

Fiddler on the Roof — 7pm

The Front Page — 7pm

Hamilton — 7pm

Heisenberg — 7pm

Holiday Inn — 8pm

The Humans — 7pm

In Transit — 8pm

Jersey Boys — 7pm

Kinky Boots — 7pm

Les Liaisons Dangereuses — 7pm

The Lion King — 8pm

Matilda The Musical — 7pm

The Great Comet — 7pm

Oh, Hello on Broadway — 7pm

On Your Feet! — 7pm

The Phantom of the Opera — 7pm

School of Rock — 7pm

Something Rotten! — 7pm

Waitress — 7:30pm

Wicked — 7pm

Wednesday, November 23

Aladdin — 1pm and 7pm

Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science — 8pm

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical — 2pm

The Book of Mormon — 2pm and 7pm

A Bronx Tale – The Musical — 8pm

Cats — 7:30pm

The Cherry Orchard — 2pm and 8pm

Chicago — 8pm

Cirque du Soleil Paramour — 2pm and 8pm

The Color Purple — 7pm

The Encounter — 2pm and 8pm

Falsettos — 2pm and 8pm

Fiddler on the Roof — 8pm

The Front Page — 2pm and 8pm

Hamilton — 2pm and 8pm

Holiday Inn — 2pm and 8pm

The Humans — 2pm and 8pm

In Transit — 8pm

Jersey Boys — 7pm

Kinky Boots — 7pm

Les Liaisons Dangereuses — 7pm

The Lion King — 8pm

Matilda The Musical — 2pm and 7:30pm

The Great Comet — 2pm and 8pm

On Your Feet! — 2pm and 8pm

The Phantom of the Opera — 8pm

School of Rock — 2pm and 7pm

Something Rotten! — 2pm and 8pm

Waitress — 2pm and 7:30pm

Wicked — 2pm and 7pm

Thursday, November 24

Chicago — 8pm

Cirque du Soleil Paramour — 7pm

Fiddler on the Roof — 8pm

The Great Comet — 7pm

Oh, Hello on Broadway — 5pm

Friday, November 25

Aladdin — 2pm and 8pm

Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science — 2pm and 8pm

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical — 2pm and 8pm

The Book of Mormon — 2pm and 8pm

A Bronx Tale – The Musical — 2pm and 8pm

Cats — 2pm and 8pm

The Cherry Orchard — 8pm

Chicago — 2:30pm and 8pm

Cirque du Soleil Paramour — 8pm

The Color Purple — 2pm and 8pm

The Encounter — 2pm and 8pm

Falsettos — 2pm and 8pm

Fiddler on the Roof — 2pm and 8pm

The Front Page — 2pm and 8pm

Hamilton — 2pm and 8pm

Heisenberg — 8pm

Holiday Inn — 2pm and 8pm

The Humans — 2pm and 8pm

In Transit — 3pm and 8pm

Jersey Boys — 2pm and 8pm

Kinky Boots — 2pm and 8pm

Les Liaisons Dangereuses — 2pm and 8pm

The Lion King — 2pm and 8pm

Matilda The Musical — 8pm

The Great Comet — 2pm and 8pm

Oh, Hello on Broadway — 8pm

On Your Feet! — 2pm and 8pm

The Phantom of the Opera — 2pm and 8pm

School of Rock — 7:30pm

Something Rotten! — 8pm

Waitress — 8pm

Wicked — 2pm and 8pm

Saturday, November 26

Aladdin — 2pm and 8pm

Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science — 2pm and 8pm

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical — 2pm and 8pm

The Book of Mormon — 2pm and 8pm

A Bronx Tale – The Musical — 2pm and 8pm

Cats — 2pm and 8pm

The Cherry Orchard — 2pm and 8pm

Chicago — 2:30pm and 8pm

Cirque du Soleil Paramour — 2pm and 8pm

The Color Purple — 2pm and 8pm

The Encounter — 2pm and 8pm

Falsettos — 2pm and 8pm

Fiddler on the Roof — 2pm and 8pm

The Front Page — 2pm and 8pm

Hamilton — 2pm and 8pm

Heisenberg — 2pm and 8pm

Holiday Inn — 2pm and 8pm

The Humans — 2pm and 8pm

The Illusionists – Turn of the Century — 1pm and 6:30pm

In Transit — 2pm and 8pm

Jersey Boys — 2pm and 8pm

Kinky Boots — 2pm and 8pm

Les Liaisons Dangereuses — 2pm and 8pm

The Lion King — 2pm and 8pm

Matilda The Musical — 2pm and 8pm

The Great Comet — 2pm and 8pm

Oh, Hello on Broadway — 3pm and 8pm

On Your Feet! — 2pm and 8pm

The Phantom of the Opera — 2pm and 8pm

School of Rock — 2pm and 7:30pm

Something Rotten! — 2pm and 8pm

Waitress — 2pm and 8pm

Wicked — 2pm and 8pm

Sunday, November 27

Aladdin — 3pm

Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science — 1pm and 5pm

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical — 3pm

The Book of Mormon — 2pm

Cats — 3pm

The Cherry Orchard — 2pm

The Color Purple — 3pm

The Encounter — 3pm

Falsettos — 3pm

Fiddler on the Roof — 3pm

The Front Page — 3pm

Hamilton — 3pm

Heisenberg — 2pm

Holiday Inn — 2pm

The Humans — 3pm

The Illusionists – Turn of the Century — 1pm and 6:30pm

In Transit — 3pm

Jersey Boys — 3pm

Kinky Boots — 3pm

Les Liaisons Dangereuses — 3pm

The Lion King — 3pm

Matilda The Musical — 3pm

The Great Comet — 3pm

Oh, Hello on Broadway — 2pm and 7pm

On Your Feet! — 3pm

The Phantom of the Opera — 3pm

School of Rock — 1pm and 6pm

Something Rotten! — 3pm

Waitress — 3pm

Wicked — 2pm

Jessie Mueller stars in Sara Bareilles' Waitress.
Jessie Mueller stars in Sara Bareilles' Waitress.
(© Joan Marcus)