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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Float Like a Butterfly, Sing Like a Bee! Eight Pro Athletes Who Bowed on the Great White Way by Pete Croatto

Former NFL star and Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George will start performances as Billy Flynn in Chicago on January 12. He is not the only elite athlete to leap from the playing field to Bro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PM
Sunday, December 13, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Swing with Norm Lewis, Hear Noises with Megan Hilty, See the Sun Rise on a New Fiddler & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, trying to bake holiday cookies! You can’t make anything good with old graham crackers, club soda and a can of corn chowder. Save your time (and a trip to the ER) by taking in…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:28AM
Sunday, December 6, 2015

This Week's Picks! A New Purple Reign, Lin-Manuel Miranda Stays Up Late, Elf Sparkles Back to NYC & More! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, dreading your office holiday party! As long as you circulate between the buffet and the bar, you’ll be OK—but gassy. Just bring some antacids and focus on the kick-asse…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:50AM
Sunday, November 29, 2015

This Week’s Picks: Surrender to The Wiz Live!, Enroll in School of Rock and See Queen Lesli Go Broad! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, trying to squeeze back into your work pants. Forget about it! You’re wearing those off-brand sweats to work until New Year’s. Fancy up your wardrobe when you hit the to…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:16AM
Sunday, November 22, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Get Groovy with Lena Hall, Give Thanks with Cheno & More! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, fretting over how to make the most of your four-day weekend. Relax! You’re not destined to spend that time in sweatpants drinking cold gravy through a straw. We have plenty o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:07AM
Sunday, November 15, 2015

This Week’s Picks: See Wayne Brady Fill Lola’s Boots, Fly Away with Julia Murney & More! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, putting together your Black Friday game plan! Are you serious? That’s like planning for the zombie apocalypse. Put away your running tights, cap your highlighters and chill o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37AM
Sunday, November 8, 2015

This Week’s Picks: See Jennifer Hudson’s Purple Reign, Enjoy Misery with Company & Solve a Hair-Raising Murder! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, upset that the Mets lost the World Series! You are this close to the holidays. That’s six weeks of celebrations, fueled by alcohol, butter and presents. And it’s sports…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08AM
Sunday, November 1, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Get Platonic with Rumer Willis, Welcome Bob F**king Saget to Hand to God & Warm Up for Waitress by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, panicking over your Thanksgiving plans. You’ve got three weeks. So ignore your mom’s pleading emails, swallow your dread over Uncle Steve’s not-so gentle racism a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01AM
Sunday, October 25, 2015

This Week’s Picks: Bow to King Charles III, Aim High with Megan Hilty’s Gun & More! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, trying to decide between Sexy Joe Papp and Slutty Jean Valjean for Halloween. They are both horrible, terrible ideas. Your time would be better spent sampling what this glorious ci…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18AM
Sunday, October 18, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Catch the Return of Al Pacino, Get a New View & Sing Along to A Chorus Line by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, plotting your apple-picking trip! You know you can buy them in the grocery store, right? And unless you plan on baking through Christmas, there is no point to acquiring four-dozen …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44AM
Sunday, October 11, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Quiz Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hear Angela Lansbury Talk Broadway & Find the Truth with Marlo Thomas by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, trying to make pumpkin spice tuna melts. Just because it’s fall, it doesn’t mean all food has to taste like the inside of a jack o’ lantern. You need to get outsi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14AM
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Heartbreak Motel: 20 Fun Facts About Sam Shepard's Fool for Love by Pete Croatto

After 30 years, Sam Shepard’s classic cowboy drama Fool for Love returns to New York. The Broadway revival, starring Sam Rockwell and Nina Arianda as Eddie and May, the tortured ex-lov…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:31PM
Friday, October 2, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Boldly Go to George Takei’s Allegiance, Conga Over to On Your Feet! & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, staring in front of your oven. That’s dangerous. It’s not that cold. What are you going to do in December? Light your coffee table on fire? The more prudent course is t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:25PM
Sunday, September 27, 2015

This Week’s Picks: Play Fetch with Annaleigh Ashford, Go Astray with Keira Knightley & More! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you freaking about decorative gourd season! It’s not like you live on a farm or are staging a production of The Crucible. There are better ways to invest your energy, like figurin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00AM
Saturday, September 26, 2015

How a Banned Play, Buddhist Chanting and Sense of 'Fun' Made Spring Awakening Bloom on Broadway by Pete Croatto

Look that the “Blue Wind” has brought to the Great White Way: Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening! The new production, which features deaf actors and is performed simul…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35AM
Sunday, September 20, 2015

This Week’s Picks: Set Sail with Lesli Margherita, Sing Along with Hamilton and more! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, still bawling that Hedwig and Mamma Mia! are in that big wrap party in the sky. It’s going to be OK. You just need some time to mourn, which ends now. Only a dope would mope.…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:14AM
Sunday, September 13, 2015

This Week’s Picks: See Clive Owen Squirm, Catch Javert and His Friends & Stay in with NPH! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, crying over the end of three-day weekends. Buck up! In another month, you’ll have another opportunity to fritter away your free time and complain about work. There’s st…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AM
Sunday, September 6, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Behold the New Spring Awakening, Enjoy Matilda’s New Talent & More! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, sweating over what to do with your last day off of the summer. Relax! It’s not like you’re going to the electric chair. Besides, with all your nervousness you’re …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22AM
Sunday, August 30, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Hail Queen Lesli, Catch a Fever & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, trying to cram in every last hedonistic activity before Labor Day! You have, like, almost a month until summer officially ends and life becomes cloudy, cold and hopeless. Don&rsquo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25AM
Sunday, August 23, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Join Misty Copeland On the Town, See Amy Spanger Get Personal & Spend an Evening with Elphaba by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, crying uncontrollably over all the back-to-school commercials. Why so sad over jeans? Do you even go to school? Regardless, we have just what we need to chase those blues away, and…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44AM
Sunday, August 16, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Stay Up with Patrick Stewart, Catch a Con’s Return to Chicago and More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, sweating on the treadmill to get that perfect beach bod. You know the summer is pretty much over, right? You tried. Now it’s time for a well-deserved rest. Let us help. There…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10AM
Sunday, August 9, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Watch a Supersized Aaron Tveit, Sing Along with Jane Lynch & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, heading out to that massive, out-of-town water park! Why bother? The cost of travel, snacks, and admission will top your student loan. Besides, you live in the most entertaining ci…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19AM
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

How a Founding Father, a Frustrated Biographer & a Swimming Pool Inspired the Hip-Hop Hit Hamilton by Pete Croatto

After earning dizzying raves and armfuls of awards off-Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton officially opens on the Great White Way August 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. How did …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:39PM
Sunday, August 2, 2015

This Week's Picks! Jazz It Up with Laura Osnes, Hip-Hop to Hamilton & Return to the Chicago Cellblock by Pete Croatto

Hey you, sticking your head in the refrigerator! We know it’s hot, but stop it. You’re ruining food, upping the electric bill, and you smell like a combination of curdled milk, c…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:58AM
Sunday, July 26, 2015

This Week's Picks! See Stars Go Gaga, Bryce Pinkham's Deadly Return & Kristin Chenoweth's Lessons in Evil by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, wearing gym shorts to brunch—you look you’re about to mow your parents’ lawn. Grab some quarters and start a load of laundry. You’ll need to look good when …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AM
Sunday, July 19, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Trade Zs for Kristin C., See Taye Diggs in Heels, Shake(speare) Up Your Summer & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, hiding under the bed! Those summer thunderstorms aren’t going to hurt you, though all the dust might. Do yourself—and your allergies—a favor and brave the storms.…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44AM
Sunday, July 12, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Rock Out to Katy Perry, Go Wild with Sutton Foster & Watch NPH Play Talent Scout by Pete Croatto

It's the dog days of summer, but the Great White Way is buzzing with opening nights of Penn & Teller on Broadway on July 12 and Amazing Grace on July 16. What else is up th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46AM
Sunday, July 5, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Adopt a Pup with Bernadette Peters & Andrew Rannells, Wake Up with Taye Diggs & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, taking another shower to combat that New York City heat. You look like a human-sized raisin. As long as you have deodorant and a roll of paper towels, you can venture outside and e…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:58AM
Sunday, June 21, 2015

This Week's Picks! Study Genetics with Jonathan Groff, See an Amazing New Musical & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, waiting on line for the artisanal ice cream truck. You’ve been standing like a chump for hours and your boss is waiting for that spreadsheet. Besides you only have enoug…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AM
Sunday, June 14, 2015

This Week Picks! See the Buff Bottoms of Broadway, Go Inside the Mind of Jim Parsons & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, trying to jimmy open a fire hydrant to beat the increasing heat! First off, don’t do that. Second, we’re pretty sure a spork is not the right tool for the job. A much b…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13AM
Sunday, June 7, 2015

This Week’s Picks! Fly to Neverland with Nick Jonas, Let Katharine McPhee Be Your Star & More by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, bawling that you couldn’t get a ticket for the Bombshell reunion concert. There’s no need to get upset. Trust us, you’re so not alone. Besides, you always ha…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards