Latin theatre in NYC includes Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway.
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2021 is the year of Latin and Black Broadway. Let’s support this.
Broadway Openings
Slave Play, where things go south for three mixed couples on a plantation, opens at the August Wilson Thu, Dec 2 and runs to Jan 23, 2022. Ages 17+. From $39. slaveplaybroadway.com 🇺🇸
Mrs. Doubtfire, based on the 1993 Robin Williams comedy, opens at the Stephen Sondheim on Sun, Dec 5, and runs to May 8, 2022. Ages 8+. From $49. mrsdoubtfirebroadway.com
Flying Over Sunset, a 1950s Hollywood acid trip musical at the Vivian Beaumont Lincoln Center Theater previews Nov 11 for a Mon, Dec 13 opening. To Feb 6, 2022. From $87. flyingoversunset.com
Off-Broadway Openings
Carmen Rivera’s comedy La Gringa, about a New Yorker who thinks she is island Puerto Rican, is in repertory at Repertorio Español in Kips Bay, Manhattan, Wed, Dec 1 – Dec 7. $30. repertorio.nyc 🇵🇷
Latin Broadway
David Byrne’s American Utopia (SPECIAL TONY AWARD) is at the St James to Mar 6, 2022. From $59. 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇫🇷🏴🇵🇷🇺🇸
Chicago is at the Ambassador Theatre in open run. From $59. 🇨🇺🇸🇻🇲🇽🇺🇸
Freestyle Love Supreme (SPECIAL TONY AWARD, Lin-Manuel Miranda) is at the Booth Theater to Jan 2, 2022. From $59. 🇵🇷
Hamilton is at the Richard Rodgers in open run. From $149. 🇵🇷
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is at the Hirschfeld in open run. (12+) From $69. 🇫🇷
“Filomena Marturano” is Love Cuban Style at Repertorio Español
Friday, December 3, 2021
REPERTORIO ESPAÑOL
Kips Bay, Manhattan
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“Chicago the Musical” Returns with Ana Villafañe, Bianca Marroquín and Lillias White
Open Run
AMBASSADOR THEATRE
Times Square Theater District
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“Hamilton,” the Broadway Hit of Our Generation, Returns
Open Run
RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE
Times Square Theater District
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“Phantom of the Opera” is the Longest-Running Broadway Show
Open Run
MAJESTIC THEATRE
Times Square Theater District
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“Moulin Rouge” on Broadway Really is a State of Mind
Open Run
HIRSCHFELD THEATRE
Times Square Theater District
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David Byrne’s “American Utopia” is Broadway for Everyone
Through March 6, 2022
ST JAMES THEATRE
Times Square Theater District
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Broadway Shows Now Playing
Broadway Plays
Clyde’s, about recovering life in a diner by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is at the Hayes through Jan 16. From $79 2st.com 🇺🇸
Dana H. is at the Lyceum to Jan 16, 2022. From $39 thelyceumplays.com
Is This a Room is at the Lyceum to Jan 15, 2022. (14+) From $39 telecharge.com
Slave Play, where things go south for three mixed couples on a plantation, is at the August Wilson to Jan 23, 2022. Ages 17+. From $39. slaveplaybroadway.com 🇺🇸
The Lehman Trilogy is at the Nederlander to Jan 2, 2022. From $59. thelehmantrilogy.com
Thoughts of a Colored Man is at the John Golden to Mar 20, 2022. From $49. thoughtsofacoloredman.com
To Kill a Mockingbird (Jeff Daniels to Jan 2) is at the Shubert Theatre to Feb 20, 2022. 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 to Jan 9, 2022. roundabouttheatre.org 🇺🇸
Jukebox Musicals
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations is at the Imperial to Jul 3, 2022. From $69 ainttooproudmusical.com
David Byrne’s American Utopia (SPECIAL TONY AWARD) is at the St James to Mar 6, 2022. From $59. americanutopiabroadway.com
Girl From the North Country, the Bob Dylan jukebox musical, is at the Belasco to Apr 24, 2022. From $39 telecharge.com
Jagged Little Pill, the Alanis Morissette jukebox musical, is at the Broadhurst to July 3, 2022. From $49 jaggedlittlepill.com
Moulin Rouge! (BEST MUSICAL) is at the Hirschfeld in open run. (12+) From $69. 🇫🇷
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (BEST LEADING ACTRESS MUSICAL) is at the Lunt-Fontanne to Dec 18, 2022. Ages 14+. From $79. tinathemusical.com
Broadway Musicals
Aladdin is at the New Amsterdam Theatre in open run. From $57 aladdinthemusical.com
The Book of Mormon is at the Eugene O’Neill in open run. From $69 bookofmormonbroadway.com
Caroline, or Change is at Studio 54 to Jan 9, 2022. From $49 roundabouttheatre.org
Chicago is at the Ambassador Theatre in open run. From $59 🇨🇺🇸🇻🇲🇽🇺🇸
Come From Away is at the Gerald Schoenfeld to Jun 26, 2022. From $49 comefromaway.com
Diana: The Musical, the Princess Diana story, is at the Longacre in open run. From $49. thedianamusical.com
Flying Over Sunset, a 1950s Hollywood acid trip musical, is at the Vivian Beaumont Lincoln Center Theater to Feb 6, 2022. From $87. flyingoversunset.com
Freestyle Love Supreme (SPECIAL TONY AWARD, Lin-Manuel Miranda) is at the Booth Theater to Jan 2, 2022. From $59. telecharge.com 🇵🇷
HadesTown is at the Walter Kerr to Jul 3, 2022. From $70. hadestown.com
Hamilton is at the Richard Rodgers in open run. From $149 🇵🇷
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is at the Lyric in open run. From $79 harrypottertheplay.com
Lion King is at the Minskoff in open run. From $99 lionking.com
Mrs. Doubtfire, based on the 1993 Robin Williams drag comedy, is in previews at the Stephen Sondheim for a Dec 5 opening, and runs to May 8, 2022. Ages 8+. From $49. mrsdoubtfirebroadway.com
The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway’s longest-running musical, is at the Majestic in open run. From $29. thephantomoftheopera.com 🇫🇷
Six: The Musical is at the Brooks Atkinson to Mar 27, 2022. From $169 sixthemusical.com
Waitress is at the Barrymore to Jan 9, 2022. Ages 10+. From $79. waitressthemusical.com
Wicked is at the Gershwin in open run. From $89. wickedthemusical.com
Broadway Show Tickets
Broadway is the pinnacle of American theatre. Off-Broadway has under 500 seats. Off-Off-Broadway has under 100 seats. The Broadway hit of our generation is Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. 🇵🇷
Tickets go on sale months in advance. Be careful with ticket scalpers. Tickets are cheapest directly from theatre box offices. 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
The Broadway industry is working hard to make theater safe. During the pandemic, some Broadway theatres will refund or exchange tickets until right before the show. Check COVID protocols before you go.
Broadway Shows December 2021
It’s the holidays!
Broadway Openings
Slave Play, where things go south for three mixed couples on a plantation, previews at the August Wilson, Tue, Nov 23, opens Thu, Dec 2, and runs to Jan 23, 2022. Ages 17+. From $39. slaveplaybroadway.com 🇺🇸
Mrs. Doubtfire, based on the 1993 Robin Williams comedy, previews at the Stephen Sondheim, Oct 21 for a Sun, opens Sun, Dec 5, and runs to May 8, 2022. Ages 8+. From $49. mrsdoubtfirebroadway.com
Company, a Sondheim musical comedy about NOT getting married, previews at the Jacobs Nov 15, opens Thu, Dec 9 and runs to June 26, 2022. From $59. companymusical.com
Dear Evan Hansen (6 Tonys), a coming of age musical at the Music Box, reopens Sat, Dec 11, and runs to June 5, 2022. Ages 13+. From $42. dearevanhansen.com
Broadway Previews
The Music Man (Hugh Jackman) at the Winter Garden previews Mon, Dec 20 and opens Thu, Feb 10, 2022. (Ages 6+) musicmanonbroadway.com
Broadway Shows January 2022
Happy New Year!
Broadway Openings
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 Openings
Dominique Morisseau’s Confederates is Off-Broadway at the Signature Theater, Feb 22 – Mar 27, 2022. 🇭🇹
Broadway Shows February 2022
MJ The Musical, the Michael Jackson story at the Neil Simon, previews Mon, Dec 6, 2021, opens Feb 1, 2022 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, 2022, and runs to July 31. (Ages 6+) musicmanonbroadway.com
Broadway Shows March 2022
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 June 12. Tickets thehudsonbroadway.com
Broadway Shows April 2022
It’s a big month for Broadway!
Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out (Best Play), a Black coming out story set in baseball at the Hayes, previews Wed, Mar 9, opens Mon, Apr 4, and runs to 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.
The New York 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.
Latin Theatre NYC in 2021
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.