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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 on June 3
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The best live theater to stream online on June 3

Shakespeare in the Park's Much Ado About Nothing, Ma-Yi Theater Company, MCC Theater, a classic New York City Ballet tribute to Balanchine, three Met operas, teenage musical-theater writers and more

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

This week's lineup includes Puccini, Verdi and Berg

The Met is canceling all its fall performances
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The Met is canceling all its fall performances

The great opera house will be silent until 2021

Broadway is officially dark until Labor Day
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Broadway is officially dark until Labor Day

The shows can't go on until at least the fall

Broadway's original Annie and a huge group of stars sing “Tomorrow“ for charity
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Broadway's original Annie and a huge group of stars sing “Tomorrow“ for charity

Need a little sun in your life? This new video may help. 

Streaming Theater to Watch from Home

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

PBS is streaming free plays from Great Performances
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PBS is streaming free plays from Great Performances

Thirteen cracks open its vault of stage treasures

The National Theatre streams a free play every Thursday night
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The National Theatre streams a free play every Thursday night

The London institution opens its HD treasure chest

The Globe offers a new Shakespeare play every fortnight
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The Globe offers a new Shakespeare play every fortnight

The traditionalist English company shares a new Bard classic every two weeks

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

The ‘Hamilton’ movie is dropping this summer
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The ‘Hamilton’ movie is dropping this summer

The original-cast film arrives 15 months ahead of schedule

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

From Aeschylus to Annie Baker

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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! 

Broadway's original Annie and a huge group of stars sing “Tomorrow“ for charity
News

Broadway's original Annie and a huge group of stars sing “Tomorrow“ for charity

Need a little sun in your life? This new video may help. 

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

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

Tony Awards

The 2020 Tony Awards will be postponed
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The 2020 Tony Awards will be postponed

A new date has not yet been announced for Broadway's biggest night

Full list of 2019 Tony Awards winners
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Full list of 2019 Tony Awards winners

A grand night for Hadestown and The Ferryman

The 30 best Tony Awards performances of all time
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The 30 best Tony Awards performances of all time

The definitive list of the best Tony numbers ever, updated for 2019

Bob Mackie on his dazzling costumes for The Cher Show
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Bob Mackie on his dazzling costumes for The Cher Show

The Tony-nominated designer shares his process

See more Tony Awards stories

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
Users say
4 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
Users say
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
Users say
5 out of 5 stars
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Frozen
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Frozen

The movie that launched a thousand YouTube covers of "Let It Go" arrives on Broadway as a full-fledged live musical

Users say
3 out of 5 stars
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