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NYC Theatre is on Broadway (41 theaters), Off-Broadway (under 500 seats) and Off-Off Broadway (under 100 seats). Like New York City, American theatre is a mix of many cultures. Most Broadway shows are dark on Mondays.

Latin theatre is mostly Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. We are present on Broadway mostly as creatives and performers. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” is the Broadway hit of our generation. 🇵🇷

Repertorio Español is NYC’s most active Latin theatre. 🇨🇺

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

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December 2022

“Ain’t No Mo‘” opens on Broadway on Thursday, December 1, 2022.

“A Beautiful Noise” opens on Broadway on Sunday, December 4, 2022.

“Ohio State Murders” opens on Broadway on Thursday, December 8, 2022.

“Some Like It Hot” opens on Broadway on Sunday, December 11, 2022.

“The Collaboration” opens on Broadway on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.

November 2022

“Almost Famous” opens on Broadway on Thursday, November 3, 2022.

“Kimberly Akimbo” opens on Broadway on Thursday, November 10, 2022.

Luke Sheppard’s “& Juliet” musical, a romantic comedy imagining Juliet’s life without Romeo, opens at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Broadway on Thursday, November 17, 2022. From $79. andjulietbroadway.com

“KPOP” opens on Broadway on Sunday, November 20, 2022.

October 2022

Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstad” play about love and endurance in Vienna’s Jewish Quarter in 1899, opens on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre on Sunday, October 2, 2022. From $74. leopoldstadtplay.com ✡️

Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Cost of Living,” a story about how we all need each other, opens at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway on Monday, October 3, 2022. From $49. manhattantheatreclub.com

The “1776” musical revival (1969 Best Musical Tony Award) opens at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway on Thursday, October 6, 2022. roundabouttheatre.org 🇺🇸

Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” play, revived as an African American family’s disillusionment with the American Dream, opens at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway on Sunday, October 9, 2022. salesmanonbroadway.com 🌍🇺🇸

“The Piano Lesson,” a play revival about family conflict in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, an African American neighborhood, starring Samuel L. Jackson, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway on Thursday, October 13, 2022. From $48. pianolessonplay.com 🌍🇺🇸

Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog” play about brotherly love and family identity opens on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on October 20, 2022. topdogunderdog.com 🌍🇺🇸

Luke Sheppard’s “& Juliet” musical, a romantic comedy imagining Juliet’s life without Romeo, starts Broadway previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Friday, October 28, 2022. From $132. andjulietbroadway.com

September 2022

The Broadway League usually presents a Viva Broadway performance during Hispanic Heritage Month.

Off-Broadway Week usually follows Broadway Week.

The NYC Broadway Week 2022 Summer 2-for-1 tickets is for shows September 6-25, 2022.

Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Cost of Living,” a story about how we all need each other, starts previews at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. From $49. manhattantheatreclub.com

Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstad” play about love and endurance in Vienna’s Jewish Quarter in 1899, starts Broadway previews at the Longacre Theatre on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. From $74. leopoldstadtplay.com ✡️

The “1776” musical revival (1969 Best Musical Tony Award) starts previews at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway on Friday, September 16, 2022. roundabouttheatre.org 🇺🇸

Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” play, revived as an African American family’s disillusionment with the American Dream, starts previews at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway on Saturday, September 17, 2022. salesmanonbroadway.com 🌍🇺🇸

September 17, 2022 ~ Associated Press reported that Phantom of the Opera will close in February 18, 2023 after its 35th Anniversary and 13,925 performances.

“The Piano Lesson” play, a revival about family conflict in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, an African American neighborhood, starring Samuel L. Jackson, starts previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway on Monday, September 19, 2022. From $48. pianolessonplay.com 🌍🇺🇸

Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog” play about brotherly love and family identity, starts Broadway previews at the John Golden Theatre on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. topdogunderdog.com 🌍🇺🇸

August 2022

NYC Broadway Week 2022 Summer 2-for-1 tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 16, 2022 for performances of the following shows from September 6-25, 2022.

June 2022

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

Richard III Shakespeare in the Park stars Danai Gurira at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, June 21 – July 17, 2022. Free. 🇿🇼🇺🇸

May 2022

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

TORCHED!, Rosalba Rolón’s new musical about the Bronx fires of the 1970s, told by the people who lived through it, is at Pregones PRTT Thu-Sun, May 19 – Jun 12. 🇵🇷

April 2022

¡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 🇺🇸

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

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

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 🇺🇸

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

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

March 2022

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

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. 🇫🇷✡️

National Theatre Day is March 27.

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. 🇩🇴

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 🇺🇸

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. 🇲🇽

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. 🇨🇴

February 2022

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. 🇨🇴

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

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

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

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

January 2022

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 🇺🇸

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

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 🇺🇸

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. 🇨🇺🇫🇷🇳🇬

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 🇭🇹

December 2021

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. 🇵🇷

November 2021

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 🇵🇷

September 2021

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.

The NYC Theatre Scene

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. 🇨🇺

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.
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Hispanic Alliance of Theaters (Monica Silvestre/Pexels)

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