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Times Square Theater District


Times Square, the “crossroads of the world,” is the heart of the Times Square Theater District.

The home of most of New York’s Broadway theaters is the most visited spot on Earth.

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Eighth Ave | Times Square Theater District | Sixth Ave
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    The Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop is an American tradition.


    Times Square Theater District Features

    Blue Note Jazz Festival 2023 (olenadesign/Adobe)

    Blue Note Jazz Festival 2023 Brings Latin Jazz Legends to NYC

    A jazz festival with everything from the blues to Latin to hip-hop.

    Hammerstein Ballroom, The Town Hall, Sony Hall, Blue Note NYC
    May 31 – July 2, 2023

    Grace Jones 🇯🇲
    Chucho Valdés & Paquito D’Rivera 🇨🇺
    Omara Portuondo 🇨🇺
    Sergio Mendes 🇧🇷
    Julius Rodriguez 🇺🇸

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    Allyson Briggs of Fleur Seule (Manonce/Fleur Seule)

    Fleur Seule Plays Latin Jazz at the Hard Rock Hotel

    Tuesday, February 18, 2023
    Times Square Theater District
    🇵🇷

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    NYC Broadway Week (LittleNY/Adobe)

    NYC Broadway Week 2023 Winter 2-for-1 Tickets

    ON SALE
    Tuesday, January 10, 2023

    SHOWS
    Tuesday, January 17 – February 12, 2023

    BROADWAY THEATERS
    Times Square Theater District
     

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    "Between Riverside and Crazy" (Willeye/Dreamstime)

    Between Riverside and Crazy Goes to Broadway

    PREVIEWS Wednesday, November 30, 2022
    OPENING Monday, December 19, 2022
    HAYES THEATER
    Times Square Theater District
    🇺🇸🇩🇴🇮🇪🇮🇹🇵🇷
     

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    Chicago the Musical (Jeremy Daniel/Chicago)

    “Chicago, the Longest-Running American Musical

    🇺🇸
    Open Run
    AMBASSADOR THEATRE
    Times Square Theater District
     

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    Hamilton Broadway original cast (Joan Marcus/Hamilton)

    “Hamilton” is the Broadway Hit of Our Generation

    Open Run
    RICHARD RODGERS THEATRE
    Times Square Theater District
    🇵🇷
     

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    Times Square Theatre District Archive

    Times Square Theater District News

    January 2023

    Fleur Seule plays Salsa Night at the Hard Rock Hotel, in the Sessions Lounge, in the Times Square Theater District, on Tuesdays in January 2023 from 5-8pm. 🇵🇷

    NYC Broadway Week 2023 Winter offers 2-for-1 tickets to select Broadway shows playing January 17 – February 12, 2023. The show list goes up and tickets go on sale on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.


    December 2022

    The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop is in Times Square on Saturday, December 31, 2022. Free.

    November 2022

    NYC’s Latin Grammy winning, all-woman Mariachi band, Flor de Toloache, plays Sony Hall in the Times Square Theater District on November 3, 2022. From $32. 🇲🇽

    Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Between Riverside and Crazy,” by New York playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (“The Get Down”), starts Broadway previews at the Hayes Theater in the Times Square Theater District on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 7pm for a Monday, December 19, 2022 opening. The show will be simulcast live from January 31 – February 12, 2023. From $69. 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇷

    September 2022

    Colombian artist Carolina Caycedo’s Patrón Mono: Ríos Libres, Pueblos Vivos billboard installation of flowing water from her “Water Portraits” series is displayed as a Midnight Moment in Times Square September 1-30, 2022 from 11:57pm – 12 midnight. Free. 🇨🇴

    Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Swiss singer Tatiana Eva Marie: Djangology singing Django Reinhardt’s French Jazz Manouche in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 5pm. Free. timessquarenyc.org 🇨🇭🇫🇷

    Jazz at Lincoln Center presents bassist Liany Mateo Quintet playing Jazz in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 5pm. Free. timessquarenyc.org 🇩🇴

    Michael Olatuja plays highlights from his album “Lagos Pepper Soup” for Carnegie Hall Citywide in Times Square on Friday, September 9, 2022 at 5pm. Free. carnegiehall.org 🇳🇬

    Jazz at Lincoln Center presents South African bassist Zwelakhe Duma Bell-Pere playing Jazz in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 5pm. Free. timessquarenyc.org 🇿🇦

    Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Brazilian percussionist Fernando Saci: T.E.N.S (Black Sound From Brasil) playing Jazz in Broadway Plaza in Times Square between 45th & 46th St on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 5pm. Free. timessquarenyc.org 🇿🇦


    Times Square Broadway

    • TKTS sells same-day Broadway tickets at up to 50% off. tdf.org
    • Theater Row is 42nd St from Eleventh to Ninth Avenue.
    • Broadway’s cabaret is Feinstein’s 54 Below in Studio 54’s notorious basement. If you can’t see a show, you can still get that Broadway feeling at 54below.com
    • Al Hirschfeld Theatre: Moulin Rouge! 🇫🇷
    • Ambassador Theatre: Chicago 🇵🇷🇮🇹
    • American Airlines Theatre
    • August Wilson Theatre: Funny Girl 🇵🇷
    • Belasco Theatre
    • Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
    • Booth Theatre
    • Broadhurst Theatre
    • Broadway Theatre
    • Circle in the Square Theatre
    • Ethel Barrymore Theatre
    • Eugene O’Neill Theatre
    • George Gershwin Theatre
    • Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
    • Hayes Theatre: Between Riverside and Crazy 🇺🇸 🇩🇴 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇷
    • Hudson Theatre
    • Imperial Theatre
    • James Earl Jones Theatre
    • John Golden Theatre
    • Lena Horne Theatre
    • Longacre Theatre
    • Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
    • Lyceum Theatre
    • Lyric Theatre
    • Majestic Theatre: Phantom of the Opera 🇫🇷
    • Marquis Theatre
    • Minskoff Theatre
    • Music Box Theatre
    • Nederlander Theatre
    • Neil Simon Theatre
    • New Amsterdam Theatre
    • Palace Theatre
    • Richard Rodgers Theatre: Hamilton 🇵🇷
    • Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
    • Shubert Theatre
    • St James Theatre
    • Stephen Sondheim Theatre
    • Studio 54
    • Walter Kerr Theatre
    • Winter Garden Theatre

    New York Latin Theatre


    Times Square Latin Comedy

    • Carolines on Broadway is a famous comedy club.

    New York Latin Comedy


    Times Square Consulates

    • The Dominican Consulate is in Times Square. 🇩🇴


    Times Square Latin Dance

    • Iguana is a Mexican restaurant with DJs for dancing. iguananyc.com 🇲🇽
    • Swing 46 is a supper club with live swing bands for dancing nightly. swing46.nyc

    New York Latin Dance


    Times Square Latin Food

    Restaurant Row is 46th St between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.

    • Sardi’s is an Italian restaurant decorated with caricatures of movie stars. sardis.com 🇮🇹
    • Victor’s Cafe is a nice Cuban restaurant. victorscafe.com 🇨🇺

    New York Latin Food


    Times Square Latin Music

    Iridium NYC (Leo Bruce Hempell/Dreamstime)

    Iridium

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    Palladium Times Square (DWphotos/Dreamstime)

    Palladium Times Square

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    Sony Hall (Dwphotos/Dreamstime)

    Sony Hall NYC

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    The Town Hall (courtesy)

    The Town Hall

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    New York Latin Music


    About the Times Square Theater District

    “Long Acre Square” was a rural area transformed by the arrival of electricity after 1882, and the subway in 1905. The city changed the name to Times Square the year before the New York Times arrived in 1905. The newspaper started the Times Square New Year’s Eve traditions.

    Times Square became New York City’s theater district around World War I (1914-17). It roared during the 1920s, but the Great Depression of the 1930s and World War II started a long decline. By the 1960s, Times Square was a seedy adult entertainment district. The neighborhood hit bottom in the 1980s.

    A long redevelopment finally took hold in the 2000s. Today Times Square is filled with tourists.

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    Subways

    • (A)(C)(E) to Port Authority (8th Avenue)
    • (C)(E) to 50th St (8th Avenue)
    • (N)(Q)(R) (1)(2)(3) (7) (S) to 42nd St – Times Square
    • (1)(2)(3) to 50th St (Broadway)
    • (N)(Q)(R) to 49th St (Seventh Avenue)

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