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NYC Theatre is on Broadway, Off-Broadway (under 500 seats) and Off-Off Broadway (under 100 seats).

The Broadway hit of our generation is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. 🇵🇷

There is more Latin theatre Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway.

The Public Theater, producer of Shakespeare in the Park, consistently produces great Off-Broadway theater and is an active supporter of Latin and Black communities. “Hair,” “Hamilton,” “Latin History for Morons” all jumped from The Public to Broadway and television.

Repertorio Español has been NYC’s Spanish-language repertory theatre for over 50 years. 🇨🇺

NYC Theatre News

March 31, 2022

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr

David Byrne's "American Utopia" on Broadway (BBB)

New Shows

#PuertaAbiertas, a guest production from Barcelona, Spain about meeting strangers, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Fri-Sun, May 6-8, 2022. From $25. 🇪🇸

Latin Broadway

Hamilton, an inclusive history lesson that is the Broadway hit of our generation, is at the Richard Rodgers in open run. From $149. 🇵🇷

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, a love triangle set in a Paris cabaret, is at the Hirschfeld in open run. (12+) From $69. 🇫🇷

Paradise Square, a musical about Black and Irish in the Five Points in the 1860s where Tap dancing was born, is in Previews on Broadway at the Barrymore for an Apr 3 opening. paradisesquaremusical.com 🇺🇸

Latin Off-Broadway

¡Americano! a new musical, explores what it means to be an American with a dream, at New World Stages in Hell’s Kitchen. Previews Thu, Mar 31 at 7pm. Opens, Apr 21. On Sale to Jun 19. From $49. americanothemusical.com 🇺🇸

Jersey Boys, the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons jukebox musical, is at New World Stages in Hell’s Kitchen. jerseyboysinfo.com 🇮🇹

Spanish-language repertory theater is ongoing at Repertorio Español. 🇨🇺

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Broadway Theaters

There are 41 Broadway theaters.

  1. Al Hirschfeld | Moulin Rouge 🇫🇷
  2. Ambassador | Chicago
  3. American Airlines | Birthday Candles
  4. August Wilson | Funny Girl
  5. Barrymore | Paradise Square 🇺🇸
  6. Belasco
  7. Bernard B Jacobs | Company
  8. Booth | For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf 🇺🇸
  9. Broadhurst is under renovation.
  10. Broadway | The Little Prince 🇫🇷
  11. Brooks Atkinson | Six
  12. Circle in the Square | American Buffalo
  13. Cort is under renovation.
  14. Eugene O’Neill | Book of Mormon
  15. Gershwin | Wicked
  16. Hayes | Take Me Out 🏳️‍🌈
  17. Hudson | Plaza Suite
  18. Imperial
  19. John Golden | Hangmen
  20. Longacre | Macbeth
  21. Lunt-Fontanne | Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
  22. Lyceum | A Strange Loop
  23. Lyric | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  24. Majestic | The Phantom of the Opera
  25. Marquis | Beetlejuice
  26. Minskoff | Lion King
  27. Music Box | Dear Evan Hansen
  28. Nederlander | Mr. Saturday Night
  29. Neil Simon | MJ
  30. New Amsterdam | Alladin
  31. Palace is under renovation.
  32. Richard Rodgers | Hamilton 🇵🇷
  33. Samuel J Friedman | How I Learned to Drive
  34. Schoenfeld | Come From Away
  35. Shubert | POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
  36. St James
  37. Stephen Sondheim | Mrs Doubtfire
  38. Studio 54 | The Minutes
  39. Vivian Beaumont | The Skin of Our Teeth
  40. Walter Kerr | Hadestown
  41. Winter Garden | Music Man


NYC Theatre Broadway (Rafael Ben Ari/Dreamstime)
NYC Theatre Broadway (Rafael Ben Ari/Dreamstime)

54 Below is Broadway’s cabaret. 54below.com

Hispanic Alliance of Theaters (Monica Silvestre/Pexels)
Hispanic Alliance of Theaters (Monica Silvestre/Pexels)

Hispanic Alliance of Theaters

The Consulate General of Spain in New York is helping renew the Hispanic Alliance of Theaters to promote Latinx theatre in New York City.

Our stages are small, but our theatre is big!

Broadway Show Tickets

Tickets go on sale months in advance. They are cheapest at theatre box offices. Beware of scalpers. Telecharge.com is one of Broadway’s main ticket providers and sells tickets at a low markup.

TKTS sells same-day Broadway tickets at 20-50% off at booths in Times Square, Lincoln Center and South Street Seaport. The TKTS App makes it easy to see what is on sale. tdf.org

During the pandemic, many Broadway theatres will refund or exchange tickets until right before the show.

The Year in NYC Theatre

January NYC Theatre

2022

Broadway

Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew (Phylicia Rashad) at the Friedman, previews Tue, Dec 21, opens Jan 12, 2022, and runs to Feb 20, 2022. Ages 12+. manhattantheatreclub.com 🇭🇹

Off-Broadway

The Under the Radar festival of international theater is at the Public Theater in NoHo, Manhattan for two weeks, Wed-Sun, Jan 12-30. From $25. 🇨🇺🇫🇷🇳🇬

Las Chicas de Copacabana 2 musical comedy is at Teatro LATEA in the Lower East Side on Sat, Jan 29 at 8pm. $20. 🇨🇺🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈

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February NYC Theatre

2022

Broadway

MJ The Musical, the Michael Jackson story at the Neil Simon, previews Mon, Dec 6, 2021, opens Feb 1 and runs to Sep 4. From $59. mjthemusical.com

The Music Man, the Hugh Jackman musical comedy at the Winter Garden, previews Mon, Dec 20, opens Thu, Feb 10, and runs to July 31. (Ages 6+) musicmanonbroadway.com

Off-Broadway

Dominique Morisseau’s Confederates is Off-Broadway at the Signature Theater, Feb 22 – Mar 27, 2022. 🇭🇹

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March NYC Theatre

2022

Broadway

Paradise Square, intersects Black and Irish in NYC’s infamous Five Points slum during the Civil War, previews at the Barrymore Tue, Feb 22, opens Sun, Mar 20, and runs to Nov 27. Ages 12+. From $49. paradisesquaremusical.com 🇺🇸

Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker at the Hudson, previews Fri, Feb 25, opens Mar 28, 2022, and runs to Jun 26. Tickets thehudsonbroadway.com

Off-Broadway

Spanglish Dream has musical theatre team Florencia Cuenca and Jaime Lozano telling their stories through song at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Sat, Mar 12 at 11am. FREE. 🇲🇽

Celebrate National Theatre Day on Sun, Mar 27.

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April NYC Theatre

There is usually a flurry of show openings for Tony Award eligibility.

Broadway

Paradise Square, Black and Irish in the old Five Points, opens at the Ethel Barrymore, Sun, Apr 3. paradisesquaremusical.com 🇺🇸

Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out (Best Play Tony) revival of a coming out story about being Black in baseball is at the Hayes Mon, Apr 4 – May 29. 2st.com 🇺🇸

Tracy Letts’ The Minutes, a play about a small town city council meeting, at Studio 54, previews Fri, Feb 25, opens Thu, Apr 7, and runs to July 10. Ages 14+. From $39. theminutesbroadway.com

Beetlejuice opens Fri, Apr 8.

Birthday Candles opens Sun, Apr 10.

American Buffalo opens Thu, Apr 14.

How I Learned to Drive opens Tue, Apr 19.

Funny Girl opens Sun, Apr 24.

Macbeth opens Thu, Apr 28.

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NYC Theatre
May

Tony Award Nominations

Tony Award nominations are announced May 9, 2022. tonyawards.com

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NYC Theatre
June

Tony Awards

75th Tony Awards are at Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center on Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 8pm. tonyawards.com

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The NYC Theatre Scene

It’s an interesting time because there isn’t that much Latin Broadway, yet the pinnacle of Broadway theatre is Latin. Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Freestyle Love Supreme) is the Broadway hit of our generation. 🇵🇷

Restaurant Row

A night of Broadway can be a nice dinner, and a show, followed by a cocktail.

Restaurant Row is West 46th St between Eighth and Ninth Ave in Hell’s Kitchen. It’s an Open Street pedestrian street lined with restaurants.

Broadway Cabaret

54 Below is a Broadway cabaret in the notorious basement of Studio 54. If you can’t make a Broadway show, you can still feel the Broadway at 54 Below. 54below.com

Off-Broadway Theaters

There is more Latin Off-Broadway than Latin Broadway. Technically Off-Broadway is theaters from 100-500 seats with Off-Broadway contracts. For our purposes, Off-Broadway is everything not on Broadway.

The Public Theater produces thoughtful productions including Free Shakespeare in the Park. New York City Center produces Broadway revivals.

  • Repertorio Español produces Spanish-language repertory theatre in Kips Bay, Manhattan. 🇨🇺
  • Pregones/PRTT is a Puerto Rican community theatre in Concourse, The Bronx. 🇵🇷
  • Teatro SEA produces bilingual puppetry and children’s theatre in the Lower East Side. 🇵🇷
  • Thalia Spanish Theater produces Spanish and bilingual theatre in Sunnyside, Queens. 🇪🇸
  • ID Studio Theater is a Colombian community theater in Mott Haven, The Bronx. 🇨🇴
  • Signature Theatre is a playwright’s theater with some Latin playwrights.

Theatre Festivals

World Theatre Day is March 27. Broadway Musicals Day is September 29.

  • The Public Theater’s Under the Radar festival celebrates international theater in January.
  • Broadway Week is a popular 2-for-1 ticket promotion in January/February and August/September.
  • Off-Broadway Week is a popular 2-for-1 ticket promotion in February/March and September/October.
  • Puppet Fringe NYC celebrates puppetry in August.
  • Viva Broadway celebrates Latin Broadway in September/October.

Previously in NYC Theatre

Confederates, by Tony nominee Dominique Morisseau, is Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre, Mar 8 – Apr 10. $35. 🇭🇹🇺🇸

David Byrne’s American Utopia, a jukebox musical about who we are today, is at the St James to Apr 3. From $59. 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇷🇺🇸

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Prayer for the French Republic, David Cromer’s tale of a Jewish family trying to stay safe in World War II Paris, is on Stage I at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan on Feb 1-27. Extended to Mar 27. From $99. 🇫🇷✡️

Tertulia with Chaska Mori with music by Afro Andean Funk brings Peruvian musical theatre to Teatro LATEA at The Clemente in the Lower East Side on Wed, Mar 23 at 7pm. Free with registration. 🇵🇪

En el tiempo de las mariposas, Repertorio Español’s version of the Julia Álvarez drama about the legendary Mirabal Sisters, is at Harlem Stage in Manhattanville, Harlem on Wed, Mar 23 at 1pm & 7:30pm. Free. 🇩🇴

Danza España presents Mosaico Flamenco at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens, Fri-Sun, Mar 4-20. From $40. 🇪🇸

Saulo García’s Quinceañera is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Fri-Sun, Mar 18-20. 🇨🇴

Salsa Cabaret, a Salsa show by Cali Salsa Pal Mundo with guest singer Anissa Gathers, is at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens, Fri-Sun, Feb 4-27. From $40. 🇨🇴

Black No More, an Afrofuturist story set in the Harlem Renaissance, with a top creative team, is at the Signature Theatre in Hell’s Kitchen, Jan 20 – Feb 27. thenewgroup.org 🇺🇸

Skeleton Crew, by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, starring Phylicia Rashad, is at the Friedman to Feb 20. From $59. 🇭🇹🇵🇷🇺🇸

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations is at the Imperial. From $69 ainttooproudmusical.com

Caroline, or Change is at Studio 54. From $49 roundabouttheatre.org

Clyde’s, about recovering life in a diner by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is at the Hayes. From $79 2st.com 🇺🇸

Diana: The Musical, the Princess Diana story, closes at the Longacre on December 19. From $49. thedianamusical.com

Flying Over Sunset, a 1950s Hollywood acid trip musical, is at the Vivian Beaumont Lincoln Center Theater. From $87. flyingoversunset.com

Freestyle Love Supreme (SPECIAL TONY AWARD, Lin-Manuel Miranda) is at the Booth Theater. From $59. telecharge.com 🇵🇷

Girl From the North Country, the Bob Dylan jukebox musical, is at the Belasco. From $39 telecharge.com

Is This a Room is at the Lyceum. (14+) From $39 telecharge.com

Jagged Little Pill, the Alanis Morissette jukebox musical, is at the Broadhurst. From $49 jaggedlittlepill.com

The Lehman Trilogy is at the Nederlander. From $59. thelehmantrilogy.com

Slave Play, where things go south for three mixed couples on a plantation, is at the August Wilson. Ages 17+. From $39. slaveplaybroadway.com 🇺🇸

Thoughts of a Colored Man is at the John Golden. From $49. thoughtsofacoloredman.com

To Kill a Mockingbird (Jeff Daniels to Jan 2) is at the Shubert Theatre. Ages 12+. From $29. tokillamockingbirdbroadway.com

Trouble in Mind, a look at 1950s Broadway through the eyes of a Black actress, is at the American Airlines Theatre. roundabouttheatre.org 🇺🇸

Waitress is at the Barrymore. Ages 10+. From $79. waitressthemusical.com

The Under the Radar international theater festival is at the Public Theater in NoHo, Manhattan for two weeks, Wed-Sun, Jan 12-30. From $25. 🇨🇺🇫🇷🇳🇬

Sueño de Reyes / Dream of Kings children’s theater is at Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side, Fri-Sun, Dec 10-12, Dec 17-19, 2021 and Jan, 7-9, 2022. $20. 🇵🇷

Zoetrope, the Javier Antonio González play based on his grandparents’ letters during the Great Migration from Puerto Rico, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan on Fri-Sun, Jan 14-16. $30. 🇵🇷

Freestyle Love Supreme (SPECIAL TONY AWARD, Lin-Manuel Miranda) is at the Booth Theater to Jan 2, 2022. From $59. 🇵🇷

Gabriel Hernández and La Bruja do Latinx Cabaret at Punto SEA in Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side on Thu, Dec 16  at 8pm (6:30pm doors). $25. 🇵🇷

Dana H. closed at the Lyceum on November 28. From $39 thelyceumplays.com

The Visitor, based on Thomas McCarthy’s 2007 movie about NYC immigration, is a world-premiere Off-Broadway musical at The Public Theater in NoHo to Nov 21, 2021. From $90. publictheater.org 🇺🇸

Julia Álvarez’ Mirabal Sisters drama, En el tiempo de las mariposas, is at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, Fri, Nov 19. From $15. 🇩🇴

Lackawanna Blues is at the Friedman to Nov 14. From $59. Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson is 🇵🇷

Pass Over (review), Antoinette Nwandu’s musing onwhat it’s like to live Black in America, ran on Broadway at the August Wilson Sep 12 – Oct 10, 2021. It was the second show, but first play on Broadway after the pandemic shutdown. The pandemic protocols developed there are being used to reopen Broadway. We all want COVID and systemic racism to just pass over.

Springsteen on Broadway reopened Broadway after the pandemic from June 26 – September 24, 2021.

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