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A guide to Broadway and theater in NYC: Tickets, reviews and listings for Broadway and Off Broadway musicals and plays
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The best free and cheap theater in NYC this summer
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Jinkx Monsoon is rocking the boat in Pirates!—and she's never felt safer
The RuPaul's Drag Race champion opens up about going legit on Broadway
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Exclusive: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is returning to NYC
The beloved 2005 musical about adolescent angst is getting a 20th-anniversary revival this fall
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The best shows on Broadway right now
A short list of the most exciting plays, musicals and revivals on Broadway now
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Theater and Broadway shows in New York
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Best Broadway shows
A short list of the most exciting plays, musicals and revivals on Broadway
Specialty shows
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Shakespeare in the Park 2025
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Free outdoor theater this summer in New York
Free classical theater this summer beyond Central Park
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The complete guide to Shakespeare in the Park in NYC
The Public Theater's beloved free theater insitution is back
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How to get free Shakespeare in the Park tickets
A guide to all six ways to score seats at the Delacorte this year
Latest theater and Broadway reviews
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Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Broad broads get broad on Broadway in a lovable new musical about an immigrant family in the 1980s
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow
A spectacularly designed Broadway prequelto the Netflix series tells the origin story of a monster
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Smash
Brooks Ashmanskas and Robyn Hurder star in a semi-new Broadway backstage musical, not as seen on TV
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John Proctor Is the Villain
Sadie Sink stars in Kimberly Belflower's riveting new Broadway play
Tony Awards 2025
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Tony Spotlight: Interviews with 2025 Tony Nominees
We go deep in a series of Q&As with 2025 Tony nominees Sam Pinkleton, Michael Arden, Dane Laffrey, Jessica Hecht, Brooks Ashmanskas, Justina Machado and...
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The 35 best Tony Awards performances of all time
Rev up for Sunday night with our video collection of the Tonys' very best numbers from the past 60 years
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The official 2025 Tony Award nominations (complete list)
The full official list of the (actual) 2025 nominations for the Tony Awards
Bestselling Shows
Get tickets to the best Broadway shows
Check out the latest Broadway shows and book with Time Out
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Chicago
If you're looking for classic Broadway at its best, there's only one place to head: Chicago!
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Orville Peck drops the mask in Cabaret
The enigmatic country star opens up about his Broadway debut—and how being queer has shaped his experience
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Waiting for Godot, with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, is officially a go. D'oh!
The stars of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure will reunite on Broadway in Samuel Beckett's classic this September
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Little Island just announced its summer programming, and it looks pretty great
Little Island keeps going bigger. Grab tickets while you can.
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Hugh Jackman will star in an affordable Off Broadway play this spring
Jackman's accessible-theater Off Broadway project will also star Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, Justice Smith and Ella Beatty
Interviews
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Q&A: Sandra Bernhard is still mouthing off
The inimitable comedian-singer talks about her attitude, her influence and her strategy for the next four years
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Q&A: ’Ragtime’ director Lear deBessonet on her tenure at Encores!, her future at Lincoln Center and the wound of America
We chat with Queen Lear about her tenure at Encores!, her future at Lincoln Center and the wound of America
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Q&A: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis bring The Warriors to musical life
An in-deph interview with the creators of the thrilling new hip-hop concept album Warriors
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Q&A: Here Lies Love set designer David Korins
The man behind the scenes of Hamilton and Beetlejuice talks about his breathtaking work
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Q&A: Hell's Kitchen director Michael Greif
The Tony nominee talks about his three new Broadway shows last season
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Q&A: Illinoise director and choreographer Justin Peck
The dancemaker opens up about grieving, journaling and the “beautiful vomiting” of Illinoise
Best and Worst lists
Most popular stories
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All kids under 18 can see a Broadway show for free next month
Kids Night on Broadway officially returns on August 19th!
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I tried NYC's new barefoot immersive theater show 'Viola's Room,' and it was unsettlingly awesome
This immersive theatre experience narrated by Helena Bonham Carter leaves just one sense untouched.
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The Lion King
Director-designer Julie Taymor’s visionary reimagining of Disney’s animated movie is an expedition through gorgeous new...
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The best Broadway shows to see right now
Our theater critic names the best Broadway shows that are currently playing in NYC, from new plays to musical classics.
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Aladdin
Aladdin: In brief
Disney unveils its latest cartoon-to-musical project: the tale of a boy, an uncorked spirit and an aerodynamic rug. Composer Alan Menken...
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Hamilton
Hamilton: Theater review by David Cote
What is left to say? After Founding Father Alexander Hamilton’s prodigious quill scratched out 12 volumes of...
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The complete guide to Shakespeare in the Park in NYC
All the world’s a stage this summer at the time-honored tradition of Shakespeare in the Park in Central Park
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How to get free Shakespeare in the Park tickets
Get free Shakespeare in the Park tickets by following our tips for seats at Central Park's best outdoor theater
