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Radio City Music Hall One of the jewels in the crown of Rockefeller Center, this 6,000-seat art deco masterpiece is America's largest indoor theater. Opened in 1932, it astonished the hall's Depression-era patrons with its 60-foot-high foyer, ceiling representing a sunset, and 2-ton chandeliers. The theater originally presented first-run movies in conjunction with live shows featuring the fabled Rockettes chorus line. In 1979 the theater was awarded landmark status. Its year-round schedule now includes major performers, awards presentations, and special events, along with its own Christmas and Easter extravaganzas. A $70 million renovation was completed in 1999 that gladdened critics and the public alike by, among other things, revealing the hall's originally intended gleaming colors. Popular one-hour tours of the theater are conducted daily. COST: Tour $17. Subway: B, D, F, V to 47th-50th Sts./Rockefeller Center. Address 1260 6th Ave., at W. 50th St., New York, NY, USAPhone 212/247-4777Opening hours Tours weekdays 11-3, weekends and holidays noon-3 every 30 mins, performance schedule permitting
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