It was an exciting time on Broadway last season with a post-pandemic boom of 39 new plays, musicals, revivals, and special events. And although the curtain has officially fallen on the 2023/224 season, it’s about to rise again soon for the 2024/25 season. Expect some transfers from Off-Broadway…
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Follow that rabbit! Alice, the perpetually-in-peril protagonist of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” is about to go on another adventure. Only this time to see her you’ll need to take that famed rabbit hole and connect with a Brooklyn-bound L train. Next stop, the Jefferson Street Station in…
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It’s a new year, and there is excitement in the air on Broadway as producers are ready to present a fresh crop of productions of groundbreaking new musicals, award-winning plays, and highly anticipated revivals. Theater fans can expect stage adaptations of beloved films, fresh takes on old classics…
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What do Broadway blockbusters "Hamilton" and "Hadestown" have in common other than their titles begin with an "h"? They all had their New York beginnings as Off-Broadway shows. Much more than just an incubator for commercial hits, Off Broadway offers artists and producers the opportunity to…
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Good times never seemed so good for “American Idol” season 14 winner Nick Fradiani. After a year of performing on Wednesday nights as the alternate in on Broadway in “A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical,” the reality show rocker has stepped into the title role full-time, making him the…
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Shucked is now closed. Broadway fans are having corn-ary over news that “Shucked,” the Tony- and Drama Desk Award-winning surprise musical hit of the 2023 season, will be reaping its last standing ovations before departing for good from the Nederlander Theater on January 14. And with the holiday…
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Last updated 7/30/24 Last season, 12.8 million people attended a Broadway show. To put that figure into perspective, more people went to see plays and musicals in New York than attended baseball and football games for our four major teams. And when you consider the seasons that both the Mets and…
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So, you’re taking the plunge and seeing a Broadway show for the first time. Congratulations! You’re joining the ranks of over 12 million people who attend a show in New York City’s famed theater district each year. Taking a look at the receipt for your tickets, we’re sure you’ve noticed that…
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All things must come to an end. There are a lot of reasons behind a show’s final curtain. Many times, the show was a limited engagement with an ending date that was set way in advance of its first rehearsal. Other shows, like “The Phantom of the Opera” have open-ended runs that span several decades…
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On April 16, 2023, in front of a packed invitation-only audience, the famed chandelier at The Phantom of the Opera crashed on the stage at Broadway’s Majestic Theater for the final time. The musical’s closing would conclude a run that spanned 13,981 performances over the course of 35 years, setting…
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