2:30 pm and 6:15 pm • Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space $13; Members $9; Kids/Seniors $11 Get two tickets per film for an entire year for just $111 with a Thalia Film Pass! (Limit of one screening per film.)

Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O'Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.

3 pm • Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space $87/$77/$67 (Dec 31 at 8pm $97/$87/$77); Senior $79/$69/$59; Child $44/$39/$34

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players present The Pirates of Penzance. At least they're employed. Set sail with this classic comedy that boasts one of the most famous patter songs in musical theatre history. On the coast of Cornwall, a band of tenderhearted pirates celebrates the coming of age of Frederic, who was mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. 

4:15 pm and 8 pm • Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space $13; Members $9; Kids/Seniors $11 Get two tickets per film for an entire year for just $111 with a Thalia Film Pass! (Limit of one screening per film.)

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life - from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age - has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.