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Theater

A guide to Broadway and theater in NYC: Tickets, reviews and listings for Broadway and Off Broadway musicals and plays

The best live theater to stream online this week
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The best live theater to stream online this week

Theaters may be closed, but the theater world streams on

The Met is streaming free operas every night
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The Met is streaming free operas every night

The Metropolitan Opera shares a different lineup of works each week

Five NYC performers tell us what they’ve been up to since March
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Five NYC performers tell us what they’ve been up to since March

Creativity finds a way.  

The future of theater in NYC extends into virtual reality
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The future of theater in NYC extends into virtual reality

Theater artists are using technology to expand the idea of live performance

I went on an immersive theatrical walking tour—here’s what it was like
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I went on an immersive theatrical walking tour—here’s what it was like

Voyeur: The Windows of Toulouse-Lautrec takes audiences on a live, site-specific journey

Streaming Theater to Watch from Home

The best theater you can stream online anytime
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The best theater you can stream online anytime

Theater, dance, music and special events you might have missed

The best musicals now on BroadwayHD
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The best musicals now on BroadwayHD

Bring a little song and dance into your life

How to watch Hamilton on Disney+
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How to watch Hamilton on Disney+

Five easy steps to the cultural event of the summer

Five reasons to stream Met Stars Live in Concert
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Five reasons to stream Met Stars Live in Concert

Opera’s biggest names perform live from around the world

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The best English shows to stream online right now
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The best English shows to stream online right now

English theater, every day

Top Theater News and Information

Broadway is now officially closed until June of 2021
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Broadway is now officially closed until June of 2021

The Great White Way will be dark through the spring

The 50 best plays of all time
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The 50 best plays of all time

From Aeschylus to Annie Baker

Ellen's Stardust Diner is open, complete with singing waiters
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Ellen's Stardust Diner is open, complete with singing waiters

Live singing returns to Times Square

Marie's Crisis is staying open as a virtual piano bar every night
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Marie's Crisis is staying open as a virtual piano bar every night

The show tunes must go on! 

Tony Awards

Five big takeaways from the 2020 Tony Award nominations
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Five big takeaways from the 2020 Tony Award nominations

It was a very strange year.

The 2020 Tony Award nominations
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The 2020 Tony Award nominations

A complete list of this year's nominees

The final rules for the 2020 Tony Awards have been announced
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The final rules for the 2020 Tony Awards have been announced

What the decisions mean for this year's Broadway prizes

Nine burning questions about the 2020 Tony Awards
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Nine burning questions about the 2020 Tony Awards

What to know about what we don't yet know

See more Tony Awards stories

Theater in Pictures

The 10 hottest chorus boys of 2019
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The 10 hottest chorus boys of 2019

The 10 hottest chorus girls of 2019
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The 10 hottest chorus girls of 2019

Ten historic drawings by Broadway’s greatest caricaturist
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Ten historic drawings by Broadway’s greatest caricaturist

Joan Marcus’ photos of classic Broadway shows
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Joan Marcus’ photos of classic Broadway shows

Theater and Broadway Shows in New York

Time Out’s picks
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Time Out’s picks

The best shows on Broadway and off, as chosen by our critics.

Best Broadway shows
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Best Broadway shows

A short list of the most exciting plays, musicals and revivals on Broadway.

Off Broadway shows
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Off Broadway shows

Our full listings for what's playing Off Broadway in New York.

Off-Off Broadway shows
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Off-Off Broadway shows

The most promising Off-Off Broadway shows right now.

Latest Theater and Broadway Reviews

West Side Story
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West Side Story

A bold new vision of a classic Broadway musical

Time Out says
4 out of 5 stars
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Jagged Little Pill
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Jagged Little Pill

Broadway does Alanis

Time Out says
3 out of 5 stars
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Tina—The Tina Turner Musical
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Tina—The Tina Turner Musical

Adrienne Warren gives a mighty star turn in a clunky vehicle

Time Out says
3 out of 5 stars
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical

A spectacularly overstuffed musical megamix hits Broadway

Time Out says
4 out of 5 stars
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Best-selling Broadway shows

The Book of Mormon
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The Book of Mormon

Mormon missionaries get in over their heads in this uproarious and irreverent musical comedy

Time Out says
5 out of 5 stars
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Dear Evan Hansen
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Dear Evan Hansen

A high school student is thrust into social relevance after a classmate's suicide in this captivating original musical

Time Out says
5 out of 5 stars
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Come from Away
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Come from Away

The tense but humane story of an airport in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001

Time Out says
4 out of 5 stars
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Chicago
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Chicago

If you're looking for classic Broadway at its best, there's only one place to head: Chicago!

Time Out says
3 out of 5 stars
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