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NEWS

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2023 FALL PREVIEW

 

NEW ON BROADWAY:

EL MAGO POP
First Preview: Thursday, August 17, 2023
Opening Night: Sunday, August 20, 2023
Closing Performance: Sunday, August 27, 2023
at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th Street
https://www.elmagopop.com/

Antonio Díaz, “El Mago Pop”, the most successful illusionist the continent of Europe has ever produced, will soon make his Broadway debut with a special version of his wildly successful, eponymous show, El Mago Pop. Beginning performances on Thursday, August 17, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 W. 47th Street, New York), this strictly limited engagement will disappear after just two weeks.

Inspired by the idea of challenging the limits of the impossible, El Mago Pop takes a journey through the extraordinary. Through a show defined by surprise, sensibility, rhythm, and emotion, patrons experience Antonio Diaz’s close-up magic and his most unusual and spectacular illusions.

Antonio Diaz is the highest-grossing European illusionist in the world! For each of the past 5 years, he has had the greatest box office success of any artist in Spain. More than 2 million theatregoers have been astonished by the unique magic of Antonio Díaz, on stage as El Mago Pop.

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GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!
Written By Scott Brown and Anthony King
Directed by Alex Timbers
First Preview: Friday, September 15, 2023
Opening Night: Thursday, October 12, 2023
Closing Performance: Sunday, January 28, 2024
at the James Earl Jones Theatre
138 W. 48th Street
https://gutenbergbway.com/

Tony Award® nominees Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, two of the most gifted comedic actors of their generation, will reunite on Broadway for the first time in over a decade for Gutenberg! The Musical!, written by Tony and Emmy Award® nominees Scott Brown and Anthony King, and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, who directed the lauded 2006 Off-Broadway production of the musical.

Gutenberg! The Musical! will play Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre (138 West 48th Street) with previews beginning Friday, September 15 ahead of a Thursday, October 12 opening night. This strictly limited 20-week engagement will play through Sunday, January 28, 2024, only.

Broadway runs on three things: big dreams, minuscule odds, and lots and lots of unearned confidence. Oh, and star power! Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, the most acclaimed musical comedy duo of their generation, finally reunite after more than ten years in Gutenberg! The Musical!, a full-throated celebration of the ancient, universal, and incredibly foolish urge to put on a show.

Gutenberg! The Musical! was originally developed at New York’s Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre and was also a part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2005 and 2006 before having an off-Broadway run in 2006 where it received Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Lortel Award nominations. In addition to New York, productions of Gutenberg! have been seen across the North America, as well as UK, Australia, France, Spain, and Korea.

The design team for Gutenberg! features Tony Award winner Scott Pask (scenic design), Tony Award nominee Emily Rebholz (costume design), Tony Award winner Jeff Croiter (lighting design), Cody Spencer & M.L. Dogg (sound design), T.O. Sterrett (Music Supervision, Arrangements, and Orchestrations), C12 Casting (casting director), and Rachel Sterner (production stage manager).

Gutenberg! The Musical! is produced on Broadway by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Patrick Catullo, Bad Robot Live, Seth A. Goldstein, Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Kristin Caskey, and Mike Isaacson.

Additional news about Gutenberg! The Musical! will be announced in the coming weeks.

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HARMONY
Directed and Choreographed by Warren Carlyle
Music by Barry Manilow
Book and Lyrics by Bruce Sussman
First Preview: Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Opening Night: Monday, November 13, 2023
at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St
www.harmonyanewmusical.com

Based on the unbelievable true story, Harmony tells the tale of the most successful entertainers you’ve never heard of…until now. In the 1920s and 30s, The Comedian Harmonists sold millions of records, made dozens of films, and sold out the biggest theaters around the world. Their heavenly harmonies and musical comedy antics catapulted these six talented young men from singing in the subway tunnels of Berlin to international superstardom.

What happened next is the story of Harmony.

Harmony is based in part on The Comedian Harmonist Archive as curated by the late Dr. Peter Czada.

A New York Times Critic’s Pick, the musical received a 2002 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Musical and an award for Outstanding Best Book of a Musical and the Off-Broadway Alliance’s Best New Musical for 2022. It also received eight 2022-2023 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations including Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and two 2022-2023 Lucille Lortel Award nominations including Outstanding Musical.

After over 30 years of collaboration, legendary Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award® winner Barry Manilow and Drama Desk Award Winner Bruce Sussman bring Harmony to Broadway starring Chip Zien, Sierra Boggess, Julie Benko, and the six Comedian Harmonists: Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake Roman and Steven Telsey.

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THE WIZ
Book by William F. Brown
Additional Material by Amber Ruffin
Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls
Directed by Schele Williams
Choreographed by JaQuel Knight
Spring 2024
www.wizmusical.com

Producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, and Ambassador Theatre Group are thrilled to announce casting of award-winning recording artist Deborah Cox as Glinda and Melody A. Betts as Aunt Em and Evillene, in the all-new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning hit musical The Wiz, in advance of its highly anticipated national tour this fall, and Broadway return in the Spring of 2024.

The production was also thrilled to welcome Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker as producers of the musical.

The cast will include previously announced Wayne Brady to lead the production as the Wiz on Broadway in Spring of 2024, San Francisco (January 16 – February 11, 2024) at the Golden Gate Theatre, and Los Angeles (February 13 – March 3, 2024) at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Alan Mingo Jr. will star in the role of the Wiz in the following cities of The Wiz National Tour this fall, kicking off with the tour launch in Baltimore, including Cleveland, OH, Washington, DC, Pittsburgh, PA, Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC, Chicago, IL, Des Moines, IA, Tempe, AZ and San Diego, CA.

The cast will also feature Kyle Ramar Freeman (A Strange Loop) as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson (Sharper, Apple+) as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson (The Voice) as the Scarecrow. Richardson and Wilson will be making their Broadway debuts. Additional casting will be announced in the coming weeks.

Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida), award-winning choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” Black is King), additional material by Tony-nominated and Emmy-nominated writer and TV host Amber Ruffin (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” “Late Night With Seth Meyers”), Joseph Joubert (music supervision, orchestrations, & music arrangements), Allen René Louis (vocal arrangements, music arrangements), and Derek Dixie (dance music arranger) are conjuring up an Oz unlike anything ever seen before. A dynamite infusion of ballet, jazz, and modern pop will bring a whole new groove to easing on down the road.

The Wiz design team will include scenic design by Academy Award-winning Hannah Beachler (Black Panther, Beyoncé’s Black is King and Lemonade), costume design by Emmy Award-winning and two-time Academy Award-nominated Sharen Davis (Ray, Dreamgirls), lighting design by Barrymore Award-winning Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man), sound design by Jon Weston (Parade), and wig design by Academy Award-winning Mia Neal (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom).

The Wiz will launch its national tour in the Fall of 2023 in Baltimore, MD, home of the 1974 world premiere of the musical, September 23-30, 2023. Following its run at the Hippodrome Theatre, the tour will slide into Emerald cities across the country before it begins its limited engagement on Broadway in the Spring 2024.

Based on L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, The Wiz takes one of the world’s most enduring (and enduringly white) American fantasies, and transforms it into an all-Black musical extravaganza for the ages.

The Wiz premiered on Broadway in 1975 and became an instant sensation, going on to win seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Ted Ross), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Dee Dee Bridgewater), Best Choreography (George Faison), and in a Broadway first, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Costume Design (Geoffrey Holder). “Ease on Down the Road” became the show’s break-out single, and “Home” has since become a bona fide classic. That original production ran for four years (first at The Majestic Theatre and later at The Broadway Theatre) – and 1,672 performances – on Broadway. A 1978 film adaptation starred Diana Ross, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne, and marked Quincy Jones’ first collaboration with Michael Jackson.

 

NEW OFF BROADWAY:

SESAME STREET THE MUSICAL
Written and Directed by Jonathan Rockefeller
at Theatre 555
555 W 42nd Street
www.sesamestreetmusical.com
Sesame Street the Musical is bringing those sunny days back to New York City this summer! Tickets are now on sale to the general public for Sesame Street the Musical, which had its world premiere with a sold-out run last fall. Sesame Street the Musical returns to Off-Broadway at Theatre 555 (555 West 42nd Street), and is presented by Rockefeller Productions, a leader in quality family entertainment, and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the iconic Sesame Street television series. Sesame Street the Musical began performances on July 29 and is currently on sale through October 29.

THE MONSTER HIT RETURNS! Join Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Rosita, Bert, Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, The Count, Gabrielle, and a whole host of Honkers, Martians, and other Sesame Street favorites as they will appear onstage in their very own musical. Filled with live puppetry, iconic songs fans know and love, and new compositions by Tom Kitt, Helen Park, and Nate Edmondson, this production is designed for both the young and the young-at-heart, including things furry fun for fans of all ages. The show is written, directed, and produced by Jonathan Rockefeller.
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ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE: HOW SHAKESPEARE INVENTED THE VILLAIN
First Preview: Friday, September 29, 2023
Opening Night: Monday, October 16, 2023
Closing Performance: January 7, 2024
DR2 Theatre
103 E 15th Street
allthedevilsplay.com
Producer Mara Isaacs announced that Tony Award® Nominee and Grammy Award® Winner Patrick Page will return to the New York stage in All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain, a new work created and performed by Mr. Page, based on the villains of William Shakespeare. Directed by Simon Godwin, the solo show will play the DR2 Theatre (103 E 15th Street) beginning Friday, September 29, with an Opening Night set for Monday, October 16, for 14 weeks only.

Dubbed “The villain of Broadway” by Playbill, Mr. Page has never shied away from exploring his dark side. Now, with this tour de force show, he turns his attention to the twisted motivation and hidden humanity at the heart of Shakespeare’s greatest villains. Moving swiftly through the Shakespeare canon, Page illuminates the playwright’s ever-evolving conception of evil by delving into more than a dozen of his most wicked creations. Thrilling, biting, hilarious, and enlightening, what Page delivers is a masterclass on the most terrifying subject of them all: human nature.

All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented The Villain was originally presented on film through the Shakespeare Theatre Company in 2021 and was available for streaming for a limited audience.

Tickets are now available at allthedevilsplay.com, Telecharge or by visiting the DR2 Theatre box office (103 E 15th Street).

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DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
First Preview: Monday, October 30, 2023
Opening Night: Monday, November 13, 2023
Closing Performance: January 7, 2024
at The Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher Street
https://www.dannyandthedeepbluesea.com/

Producers Sam Rockwell and Mark Berger’s Play Hooky Productions, Seaview, Sue Wagner, and John Johnson – by special arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Theatre – announced an Off-Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, starring Aubrey Plaza as Roberta – in her stage debut – and Christopher Abbott as Danny. Danny and the Deep Blue Sea will begin performances on Monday, October 30, 2023, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NY, NY 10014) ahead of an opening night on Monday, November 13, with direction by Jeff Ward, in his stage directorial debut, and movement by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber.

Have you ever been caught in an earthquake? A chance meeting. A dive bar. Some encounters are so dangerous and so beautiful, they redefine the meaning of love. Follow two desperate people in the Bronx, Danny and Roberta, as they walk the line between destruction and transcendence.

John Patrick Shanley is one of the most celebrated dramatists of his generation. His accolades include an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Moonstruck and the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for his play, Doubt: A Parable. The original production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea premiered off-Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre Downtown in 1984 starring June Stein and John Turturro (who won an Obie Award for his performance). Danny was Shanley’s second produced play. More than 20 of his plays have premiered off-Broadway.

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea will feature scenic design by Scott Pask, lighting design by John Torres, costume design by Arianne Phillips, and sound design by Kate Marvin.

Tickets are now available at www.DannyAndTheDeepBlueSea.com.

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HERE WE ARE
First Preview: Thursday, September 28, 2023
Opening Night: Sunday, October 22, 2023
Closing Performance: January 7, 2024
at The Shed’s Griffin Theater
545 W 30th Street
https://theshed.org/

Producers Tom Kirdahy, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and The Stephen Sondheim Trust announced the complete cast and performance dates for the highly anticipated world premiere of Here We Are, the new musical from Stephen Sondheim and David Ives.

Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, Here We Are will feature Francois Battiste, Tracie Bennett, Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Rachel Bay Jones, Denis O’Hare, Steven Pasquale, David Hyde Pierce, and Jeremy Shamos.

The understudies for Here We Are are Bradley Dean, Adam Harrington, Bligh Voth, Adante Carter, Mehry Eslaminia, and Lindsay Nicole Chambers.

The musical features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a book by Tony Award nominee David Ives, and is inspired by two films, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Exterminating Angel, by Luis Buñuel.

The strictly limited engagement will begin on Thursday, September 28 in The Shed’s Griffin Theater (545 W. 30th Street), with an Opening Night on Sunday, October 22, for 15 weeks only.

Here We Are will include choreography by Sam Pinkleton, set design and costume design by David Zinn, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Tom Gibbons, orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, musical direction and supervision by Alexander Gemignani, hair design by Wigmakers Associates, and casting by The Telsey Office.

Here We Are is co-presented by The Shed (Artistic Director Alex Poots, President and COO Maryann Jordan, and Chief Executive Producer Madani Younis).

Oscar Arce serves as Associate Producer.

 

CONTINUING ON BROADWAY:

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL
Book by Anthony McCarten
Directed by Michael Mayer
Music and Lyrics by Neil Diamond
Choreography by Steven Hoggett
at the Broadhurst Theatre
235 W. 44th Street
https://abeautifulnoisethemusical.com/

With his first break into songwriting in the 1960s, his meteoric rise in the 1970s, and plenty of crushing disappointments and heart-stopping triumphs along the way, Neil Diamond has maintained an almost unthinkable level of superstardom for five straight decades. How did a poor Jewish kid from Brooklyn become one of the most universally adored showmen of all time? There’s only one way Diamond wanted to tell it: a musical set to his era-defining smash hits that entranced the world.

A Beautiful Noise includes a score of Diamond’s most beloved songs, a book which four-time Academy Award®-nominee Anthony McCarten (I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Theory of Everything) distilled from hundreds of hours of conversations between himself and the legendary singer-songwriter, direction by Tony Award® winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot), and choreography by Olivier Award® winner and four-time Tony Award nominee Steven Hoggett (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once, Black Watch).

The design team for A Beautiful Noise features Tony Award winner David Rockwell (scenic design), Tony Award nominee Emilio Sosa (costume design), four-time Tony Award winner Kevin Adams (lighting design), Tony Award winner Jessica Paz (sound design), and Luc Verschueren (hair and wig design). The production has music supervision and arrangements by Sonny Paladino, incidental music and dance music arrangements by Brian Usifer, vocal design by AnnMarie Milazzo, and orchestrations by Bob Gaudio, Sonny Paladino, and Brian Usifer. The team also includes Bonnie Panson (production stage manager), Jamie Harrison (illusion consultant), Kathy Fabian (properties designer), Jim Carnahan, CSA (casting), and Amy Jacobs of Bespoke Theatricals (general manager).

A Beautiful Noise is produced by Ken Davenport, Bob Gaudio, Sandi Moran, Hunter Arnold, Scott Abrams, Marco Santarelli, Jonathan and Rae Corr, Adam Riemer, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Ron Kastner, Rob Kolson, Valli Family Group, Caiola Productions, Paul Dainty AM, Gaudio Family Group, Joseph J. Grano Jr., Starlight Theatre, Roy Putrino, James L. Nederlander, Tricia Blake, Mark E. Jacobs, Universal Music Group Theatrical, Deborah Green, Patty Baker, Sheri and Les Biller, H. Richard Hopper, Sharon Karmazin, NETworks Presentations, Matthew Salloway, BB Investments LLC, Universal Theatrical Group, Witz End Productions, Theatre Producers of Color, and Ryan Conway.

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HADESTOWN
Book, Music and Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
at the Walter Kerr Theatre
219 West 48th Street
www.hadestown.com

Hadestown, the acclaimed new musical, is the winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

Written by celebrated singer-songwriter and Tony Award® winner Anaïs Mitchell and developed with innovative director and Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin, the show is already the highest-grossing musical in the history of the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

As previously announced, two-time Tony Award nominee, and original Broadway cast member, Eva Noblezada will play her final performance as ‘Eurydice’ on Sunday, August 13. Solea Pfeiffer will join the cast as ‘Eurydice’ on Tuesday, August 15. Additionally, international pop music sensation Betty Who and Tony and Grammy Award nominee Phillip Boykin will join the cast of Hadestown as ‘Persephone’ and ‘Hades,’ respectively, beginning on Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

The show originated as Mitchell’s indie theater project that toured Vermont which she then turned into an acclaimed album. With Chavkin, her artistic collaborator, Hadestown has been transformed into a genre-defying new musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale.

Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers, and singers, Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.

The creative team for Broadway features Tony Award winner Rachel Hauck (set design); four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Krass (costume design); two-time Tony Award winner Bradley King (lighting design); Tony Award winners Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (sound design); Chita Rivera Award® winner and Obie Award® winner David Neumann (choreography); Liam Robinson (music direction and vocal arrangements); Tony Award winners Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose (arrangements and orchestrations); Ken Cerniglia (dramaturgy); and Stewart/Whitley (casting).

Hadestown marks the first time in over a decade that a woman has been the solo author of a musical: writing the music, lyrics, and book, and is the fourth time in Broadway history a woman has accomplished this creative feat. It also marks the first time in Broadway history that a show’s female composer and female director both won Tony Awards for their work.

Hadestown electrified audiences with its 2016 world premiere at New York Theatre Workshop, which is the longest-running show in the celebrated theater’s 40-year history. The production then received its Canadian premiere at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre in 2017 and then a 2018 sold-out engagement at the London’s National Theatre prior to Broadway. Hadestown was developed with funding from the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center and was further developed by The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Hadestown was co-conceived by Ben t. Matchstick.

Hadestown is produced by Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy.

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MJ
Direction and Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Book by Lynn Nottage
at the Neil Simon Theatre
250 West 52nd Street
MJTheMusical.com

MJ, the most Tony-winning new musical of the year, starring Broadway newcomer Elijah Rhea Johnson in his Broadway debut as Michael Jackson, is the electrifying Broadway musical that takes audiences inside the creative process of one of the greatest entertainers in history. Featuring more than 25 of Michael Jackson’s biggest hits, MJ allows us to rediscover the man in the mirror – with an explosion of music and theatricality as unforgettable as the artist himself.

MJ features a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize® winner Lynn Nottage and a score made up of some of the best-loved, top-selling songs in recording history. Two-time Tony Award winner Christopher Wheeldon directs and choreographs. The production features scenic design by Tony Award winner Derek McLane, lighting design by Tony Award winner Natasha Katz, costume design by Tony Award winner Paul Tazewell, sound design by Olivier Award winner Gareth Owen, projection design by Peter Nigrini, hair & wig design by Charles Lapointe, musical supervision/orchestration/arrangements by David Holcenberg, and musical direction/orchestrations/arrangements by Jason Michael Webb.

MJ’s coast-to-coast National Tour is set to launch this August in Chicago, and the West End premiere is set for March 2024 at London’s Prince Edward Theatre.

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SHUCKED
Book by Robert Horn
Directed by Jack O’Brien
Music and Lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally
at the Nederlander Theatre
208 W. 41st Street
https://shuckedmusical.com/

Shucked, Broadway’s homegrown hit musical comedy, with a “superb book” by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, a score filled with “earworm songs” by Tony Award nominees and Nashville music superstars Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and direction filled with “an infectious spirit of glee, warmth” by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien is now playing at the Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). A London production will open in 2024 at a theater to be announced.

Shucked stars the award-winning ensemble of (in alphabetical order) Outer Critics Circle Award nominee John Behlmann, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominee Kevin Cahoon, Drama Desk Award nominee Andrew Durand, Tony Award nominee Grey Henson, Theatre World Award winner and Drama Desk Award nominee Caroline Innerbichler, Theatre World Award winner Ashley D. Kelley, and Tony Award winner, Drama Desk Award winner, Outer Critics Circle Award winner, and Drama League Award nominee Alex Newell.

The new musical was nominated for nine Tony Awards® winning Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Alex Newell, the first time in Tony Awards history that a non-binary performer won a prize, 12 Drama Desk Awards winning Best Music for Clark and McAnally and Best Featured Performance in a Musical for Newell, seven Outer Critics Circle Awards winning for Best Book for Horn and Best Featured Performance in a Musical for Newell, and three Drama League Awards including Best Musical.

What do you get when you pair a semi-neurotic, New York comedy writer with two music superstars from Nashville? A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical about the one thing Americans everywhere can’t get enough of: corn. Shucked is the new musical comedy that proves sometimes tearing down a few walls, rather than growing them, is the only way to preserve our way of life. Shucked is turning Broadway on its ear and is offering a kernel of hope for our divided nation.

With choreography by Sarah O’Gleby, and music supervision, music direction, orchestrations, and arrangements by 2023 Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Jason Howland, the design team for Shucked includes 2023 Tony Award nominee and Tony Award winner Scott Pask (scenic design), 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee Tilly Grimes (costume design), Tony Award nominee Japhy Weideman (lighting design), Tony Award winner and 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee John Shivers (sound design), Academy Award® winner and Emmy Award® winner Mia Neal (wig design), and Stephen Kopel, C12 Casting (casting director).

Shucked is produced by Mike Bosner, Jason Owen, AEG Presents/Jay Marciano/Gary Gersh, Jeffrey A. Sine, Richard Smith, Silvia Schmid, Bob Boyett, Jeremiah J. Harris, James L. Nederlander, EST/Emily Tisch, Sony Music Entertainment, DudaAllen, David W. Busch, Karen Fairchild, Horipro Inc., Gordon-Helfner, John Gore Organization, Madison Wells Live, S&Co., Terry Schnuck, Jimi Westbrook, and ZKM Media.

 

CONTINUING OFF-BROADWAY:

Immersive Theater

SLEEP NO MORE
at The McKittrick Hotel
530 West 27th Street
www.McKittrickHotel.com/Sleep-No-More

Presented by Emursive, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More is an award-winning theatrical experience that tells Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth through a darkly cinematic lens. Audiences move freely through the epic world of the story at their own pace, choosing where to go and what to see, ensuring that everyone’s journey is difference and unique.

The story unfolds through an awe-inspiring blend of acrobatic choreography, film noir soundtrack, and 100 rooms of densely detailed atmosphere sprawling over 100,000 square feet of space. The elements intertwine for a subversive and intoxicating 360-degree sensory immersion. During their stay, guests may also enjoy live music with cocktails, wine & spirits in the revelrous Manderley Bar.

DANCE:

COMPANY XIV
NUTCRACKER ROUGE
Theatre XIV
383 Troutman Street
Brooklyn, NY (Bushwick)
https://companyxiv.com/about/shows/nutcracker-rouge/

The Baroque Burlesque Confection opens November 16, 2023, at Company XIV. Their naughty and fun take on the classic ballet features song and dance in a reimagining of a familiar tale told with sensual and opulent flair. Nutcracker Rouge will play through January 28, 2024. It is an evening filled with song, dance, glamour, and immersive fun. Company XIV, under the artistic direction of Austin McCormick, also has their ongoing show Cocktail Magique playing at their other venue around the corner at 17 Wyckoff Avenue in Brooklyn. Cocktail Magique is a variety show of intoxicating illusions where magic and drinks turn into a most wonderful party.

SPECIAL EVENTS:
CATAPULT OPERA
https://www.catapultopera.org/

Catapult Opera projects a more dynamic future for opera; they seek to broaden the art form and its audience, launching innovative productions that celebrate the classically trained voice. Catapult Opera innovates to accomplish this goal by providing grants to singer-songwriters outside the classical realm to create short works at the intersection of their genre and opera. One goal of this program is to build a repository of innovative recorded material to which each grantee contributes by allowing access on the Catapult website.

Catapult began by testing the waters with an established opera composer and librettist: composer Nico Muhly and librettist Greg Pierce who created an opera entitled The Glitch, premiered online in February 2022. The opera was widely celebrated as an example of what is possible when a work is designed for internet viewing, rather than merely captured for it. Catapult then produced a work by singer-songwriter Celisse which premiered in March 2023. Celisse’s extraordinary operatic composition is an outpouring of three women’s emotional responses to the COVID pandemic and its effects on their lives. The most recent opera digital short is SWANN, by Tamar-kali which premiered in June 2023. Another production in the pipeline is from the legendary performance artist Laurie Anderson.

Catapult Opera also promotes the development and acceptance of recorded operatic performance by holding competitions for short, filmed pieces that deliver a visual component as rich, immediate, and compelling as their musical language. To this end, in autumn 2020, they held a team-based competition to produce video performances of specific opera scenes chosen by Catapult. The resulting content was judged by a panel of international opera visionaries and posted on the Internet for open adjudication. The competition offered recognition for innovation as well as monetary prizes. Their intention is to continue this competition in future years to prod the development of visually satisfying opera videos.

Neal Goren, Catapult Opera’s Artistic Director, has long been celebrated for bringing new perspectives to opera. As the Founding Artistic Director of Henry Street Chamber Opera and of Gotham Chamber Opera, he legitimized and popularized the formerly undervalued genre of chamber opera to where it is now generally credited with possessing equal expressive potential as grand opera. He collaborated with leading puppeteers, visual artists, and theater directors at a time when opera production was generally exclusive rather than inclusive of outside influences. Goren has long presented opera in non-traditional settings, including a planetarium, a botanic garden, and even a burlesque house, celebrating the music and showcasing the singers while popularizing the art form. Catapult Opera is a natural outgrowth of Goren’s forward-thinking attitude to opera, inspired by the needs of our time.

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INTERNATIONAL PUPPET FRINGE FESTIVAL
https://puppetfringenyc.com/

International Puppet Fringe Festival’s complete programming schedule is set to take place August 9 –13, 2023 in the Lower East Side. As the only international festival dedicated to puppetry, it is organized by Teatro SEA, Grupo Morán (The Morán Group), and The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Education Center.

With a diverse lineup of performances from all over the world, the festival will showcase the artistry and creativity of puppetry. Puppet Fringe will feature an eclectic array of public performances and events daily – open to all.

Kick-off will be on August 9 at the Clemente Soto Vélez Center in the Lower East Side of Manhattan (107 Suffolk Street, NYC), with a mini-Halloween Procession where puppeteers will take to the streets with their favorite fun and spooky puppets to emulate the famous Village Halloween parade, created by Mr. Lee each October. Lee was known for his visionary, surreal life-size puppets that have become a feature in NYC parades, theatres, and public celebrations.

Partners for the festival include the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), the Hispanic Federation, UNIMA-USA, The Jim Henson Foundation, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Taiwan Cultural Center, Ralph Lee’s Mettawee River Company, The Village Halloween Parade, the Taipei Cultural Center in New York, Ministry of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan), NYC Councilmembers Christopher Marte, Carlina Rivera, NYC Speaker Adrienne Adams, and more.

The 2023 International Puppet Fringe Festival promises to be an unforgettable experience, whether you are a puppet enthusiast, an art lover, or simply looking for a fun and family friendly event to attend. The full program will be released soon.
The full programming schedule can be found at www.puppetfringenyc.com.

 

ON TOUR:
AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS
Book by Dominique Morisseau
Music and Lyrics from The Legendary Motown Catalogue
Based on the book entitled “The Temptations” by Otis Williams with Patricia Romanowski
Directed by Des McAnuff
Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo
www.ainttooproudmusical.com/#tickets

Huntsville, AL: August 1 – August 6, 2023
Houston, TX: August 8 – August 13, 2023
Oklahoma City, OK: August 15 – August 20, 2023
Vancouver, BC: September 12 – September 17, 2023
Calgary, AB: September 19 – September 24, 2023
Edmonton, AB: September 26 – October 1, 2023
Las Vegas, NV: October 10 – October 15, 2023
Costa Mesa, CA: October 17 – October 29, 2023
San Jose, CA: October 31 – November 5, 2023
Sacramento, CA: November 7 – November 12, 2023
Tempe, AZ: November 14 – November 19, 2023
Tucson, AZ: November 28 – December 3, 2023
Philadelphia, PA: January 3 – January 21, 2024
Providence, RI: January 23 – January 28, 2024
Rochester, NY: January 30 – February 4, 2024
Washington, DC: February 13 – February 18, 2024
Sarasota, FL: February 21 – February 25, 2024
New Orleans, LA: February 27- March 3, 2023

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HADESTOWN
Book, Music and Lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
https://hadestown.com/tour

Toronto, ON: July 5 – August 20, 2023
Ottawa, ON: August 22 – August 27, 2023
San Francisco, CA: September 12 – September 17, 2023
Sacramento, CA: September 19 – September 24, 2023
San Jose, CA: September 26 – October 1, 2023
Los Angeles, CA: October 3 – October 15, 2023
Seattle, WA: October 31 – November 5, 2023
Vancouver, BC: November 7 – November 12, 2023
Edmonton, AB: November 14 – November 19, 2023
Calgary, AB: November 21 – November 26, 2023
Boise, ID: November 29 – December 3, 2023
Albuquerque, NM: December 6 – December 10, 2023
North Charleston, SC: January 2 – January 7, 2024
Ft. Lauderdale, FL: January 9 – January 21, 2024
Ft. Myers, FL: January 23 – January 28, 2024
Sarasota, FL: January 30 – February 4, 2024
Jacksonville, FL: February 6 – February 11, 2024
Greensboro, NC: February 13 – February 18, 2024
Toledo, OH: February 20 – February 25, 2024
Knoxville, TN: March 5 – March 10, 2024
Dayton, OH: March 12 – March 17, 2024
Birmingham, AL: March 19 – March 24, 2024
Norfolk, VA: March 26 – March 31, 2024
Indianapolis, IN: April 2 – April 7, 2024
Philadelphia, PA: April 10 – April 14, 2024
Syracuse, NY: April 16 – April 21, 2024
Boston, MA: April 23 – April 28, 2024
New Haven, CT: April 30 – May 5, 2024
Charlotte, NC: May 7 – May 12, 2024

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MJ
Direction and Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Book by Lynn Nottage
https://tour.mjthemusical.com

Chicago, IL: August 1 – September 2, 2023
Cincinnati, OH: September 5 – September 17, 2023
Greenville, SC: September 19 – September 24, 2023
Charlotte, SC: September 27 – October 8, 2023
Durham, NC: October 10 – October 22, 2023
Atlanta, GA: October 24 – October 29, 2023
New Orleans, LA: November 1 – November 12, 2023
Houston, TX: November 14 – November 19, 2023
Dallas, TX: November 21 – December 3, 2023
Seattle, WA: December 7 – December 17, 2023
Los Angeles, CA: December 20, 2023 – January 28, 2024
San Francisco, CA: January 30 – February 25, 2024
Salt Lake City, UT: February 27 – March 3, 2024
San Diego, CA: March 5 – March 10, 2024
Tempe, AZ: March 12 – March 17, 2024
Costa Mesa, CA: March 19 – March 31, 2024
Tucson, AZ: April 2 – April 7, 2024
Denver, CO: April 10 – April 28, 2024
Des Moines, IA: April 30 – May 5, 2024
Kansas City, MO: May 7 – May 12, 2024
Minneapolis, MN: May 14 – May 26, 2024
St Louis, MN: May 28 – June 9, 2024
Buffalo, NY: June 11 – June 16, 2024
Boston, MA: June 18 – July 7, 2024
Grand Rapids, MI: July 9 – July 14, 2024
Cleveland, OH: July 16 – August 11, 2024
Washington, DC: August 13 – September 8, 2024

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THE WIZ
Book by William F. Brown
Additional Material by Amber Ruffin
Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls
Directed by Schele Williams
https://wizmusical.com/tour-dates

Baltimore, MD: September 23 – September 30, 2023
Cleveland, OH: October 3 – October 22, 2023
Washington, DC: October 24 – October 29, 2023
Pittsburgh, PA: October 31 – November 5, 2023
Charlotte, NC: November 7 – November 12, 2023
Atlanta, GA: November 14 – November 19, 2023
Greenville, SC: November 21 – November 26, 2023
Chicago, IL: November 28 – December 10, 2023
Des Moines, IA: December 12 – December 17, 2023
Tempe, AZ: January 2 – January 7, 2024
San Diego, CA: January 9 – January 14, 2024
San Francisco, CA: January 16 – February 11, 2024
Los Angeles, CA: February 13 – March 3, 2024

 

NIGHTLIFE:

THE MCKITTRICK HOTEL
530 West 27th Street
https://mckittrickhotel.com/

The McKittrick Hotel (@TheMcKittrick) is home of immersive theater spectacle Sleep No More (@sleepnomorenyc), dazzling Speakeasy Magick (@speakeasymagick), and intimate live events in Manderley Bar and The Club Car. Guests are also welcome to the hotel’s cozy Alpine rooftop bar and restaurant, The Hideout at Gallow Green (@gallowgreen).

The McKittrick Hotel provides a unique location for celebrations and private gatherings of all sizes. The legendary venue is also renowned for presenting one-of-a-kind live concerts, intimate music festivals, and spectacular soirées for Halloween and New Year’s Eve.

Located in close proximity to Hudson Yards, Little Island, The High Line, West Chelsea art galleries, and The Meatpacking District, The McKittrick is a not-to-be-missed destination for locals and visitors alike.

For additional information, visit www.mckittrickhotel.com.

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SPEAKEASY MAGICK
at The Overlook Bar
25 West 24th Street, Flatiron
https://mckittrickhotel.com/the-club-car/magick/

Produced by Emursive, Speakeasy Magick features parlor magic and up-close-and-personal prestidigitation by the city’s top magical talents. Host and veteran entertainer, Todd Robbins (Off Broadway’s Play Dead), brings decades of performing experience around town and the world to The Overlook Bar each week. Featured performers include Alex Boyce (How to Transcend a Happy Marriage), Jason Suran (The Other Side), Mark Calabrese (Penn & Teller: Fool Us), Matthew Holtzclaw (Penn & Teller: Fool Us), Prakash Puru (celebrity favorite), Rachel Wax (A Taste of Magic), and more. Sleight-of-hand also extends to the bar, where classic cocktails with twist are shaken up to order. A live jazz pianist completes the scene for an enchanting evening full of surprises.

 

RESTAURANTS:

GALLOW GREEN
Now Open
at The McKittrick Hotel
542 West 27th Street
www.McKittrickHotel.com/Gallow-Green

The McKittrick Hotel offers a gorgeous rooftop oasis, Gallow Green, which— depending on the season—is either an open-air, overflowing-with-greenery cocktail lounge and restaurant that features an extensive cocktail and punch menu, vivid scenery, and delicious seasonal cuisine. The dreamy outdoor oasis is filled with flowers, hanging vines, and greenery designed especially for the space. Visitors discover plenty of intimate nooks for a romantic tête-à-tête and protection from the elements to accommodate them rain or shine.

The menu is crafted by Executive Chef, Pascal Le Seac’h. Hailing from France, Le Seac’h has been based in New York for more than 20 years. He first trained at the Michelin-starred Le Chantecler in Nice, before helming the stoves for celebrated restauranteurs André Balazs at The Sunset Beach Resort and Keith McNally at NYC’s iconic Balthazar and Pastis restaurants. Over the course of his distinguished career, Le Seac’h has also worked for awarded chefs Daniel Boulud at Daniel and Jean-Michel Diot at Park Bistro.

The city’s most unique rooftop will feature a seasonal menu of globally-inspired cuisine and refreshing drinks. New dishes include oven-baked Artichoke & Crab Dip, Octopus Piperade, and Ribs served with potato salad. Sea Bream with Middle Eastern vegetables and a vegan Buddha Bowl made with Bulgar, red quinoa, kale, avocado, watermelon radish, sweet and sour shallots, and a mint also debut this year.

 

INSTITUTIONS:

BLACK THEATRE COALITION
www.BlackTheatreCoalition.org

Co-founders T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams, and Reginald “Reggie” Van Lee, announced new developments within the Black Theatre Coalition, as the program enters its second year.

Founded in 2019, BTC has narrowed the gap for professionals of color working on and off-Broadway through efforts and strategic partnerships. Cohorts of BTC have launched successful careers within Broadway and creative industries.

Over the past year, BTC has been able to support its 40 plus Fellows and Apprentices with more than $1,000,000 of funding. Their goal in 2023 is to raise a glass and celebrate the 500% growth of black professionals working in the theater industry, and they are well on their way. In their second year, the program will work with 18 offices, 16 productions, and 7 program collaborators. There are 48 participants in the program this year, including 26 Broadway fellows, 18 apprentices, 6 Broadway Across America fellows, and one observer.

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CIVILIAN
Designed by David Rockwell
305 W. 48th Street
Photos HERE
https://www.civilianhotel.com

CIVILIAN, located at 305 W. 48th Street in New York City, is a bold new hotel concept by Jason Pomeranc, founder of the SIXTY Collective, the international hospitality company behind Sixty Hotels and David Rockwell, the Architect, Interior Designer and creative visionary behind CIVILIAN’s theater-focused concept and Olio Collection.

CIVILIAN merges accessible luxury, functionality, and high design with a focus on convenience and bespoke experiences for the modern traveler. Designed by David Rockwell and Rockwell Group, and created in partnership with Joy Construction, Madd Equities, and Atlas Hospitality, CIVILIAN boasts charming and well-appointed accommodations, efficient in both their form and function. The hotel’s public areas include a Rosevale Kitchen + Cocktail Room, secret garden, plush guest lounge, library, and a rooftop bar with striking views of the city.

CIVILIAN is a 27-story, 203 room hotel designed to celebrate its Broadway location by paying homage to the creative contributions of New York’s theatrical artists. The jewel of the hotel is the Olio Collection, a theater-focused curated art exhibition with permanent and rotating artifacts, original works, and archival photography. Over 350 pieces of art – including sketches, models, photographs, props, costumes, murals, and custom furnishings – are located throughout the public spaces and guest rooms.

Rosevale Kitchen’s new Secret Garden, a hidden oasis nestled within Hell’s Kitchen, has a new brunch menu offering classic dishes to table side cocktail theatrics. From a boozy brunch add-on option to a selection of craft cocktails and a table side bubbly cocktail experience, come prepared to sip, eat and enjoy. But the real star of the show is the Secret Garden, making you feel as if you are uncovering a found “New York” space. Clerestory windows connect the lounge to the restaurant and outdoors. A custom ceiling installation, designed by floral and event designer Preston Bailey, further emphasizes the romantic garden setting. The Secret Garden features a custom mural depicting rehearsal life painted by the Master Scenic Artists at Scenic Art Studios founded by Joe Forbes.

For more information, visit: www.civilianhotel.com.

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CO/LAB
https://www.colabtheatergroup.com/

CO/LAB Theater Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing Creative Opportunities without Limits And Boundaries. CO/LAB offers individuals with developmental disabilities a creative and social outlet through theater arts. Through their programming, they encourage actors to collaborate as an ensemble and discover their individual voices. CO/LAB creates a safe, judgment-free, and neuro-diverse environment that allows participants the opportunity to express themselves both in class and on stage.

CO/LAB was founded in 2011 by Laura Borgwardt, Becky Leifman, Arielle Lever, and Sarah Olbrantz. In the 10 years since its creation, CO/LAB has partnered with over 30 organizations, developed dozens of original musicals and ensemble-created theatrical performances, and provided creative opportunities for thousands of actors with developmental disabilities.

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ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND
www.entertainmentcommunity.org/
The Entertainment Community Fund, formerly The Actors Fund, is a national human services organization that addresses the unique needs of people who work in performing arts and entertainment with services focused on health and wellness, career and life, and housing. Since 1882, the Fund has sought to ensure stability, encourage resiliency and be a safety net for those who shape our country’s cultural vibrancy. Learn more at entertainmentcommunity.org.

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ROCKEFELLER PRODUCTIONS
https://rockefellerstudios.com

Rockefeller Productions – a division of Rockefeller Studios – have received global acclaim for their adaptations of such iconic works as Winnie the Pooh, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Paddington Bear and Sesame Street. Rockefeller’s production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, based on the books of renowned author/illustrator Eric Carle, tours in over 12 countries. Its debut run in New York City, along with New York Times Critic’s Pick Paddington Gets in a Jam, both resulted in a Drama Desk and Off-Broadway Alliance nominations.

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THEATRE ASPEN
https://theatreaspen.org/

As Theatre Aspen celebrates its 40th Anniversary season in 2023, it continues to rekindle a sense of discovery in audiences who live in and visit the Roaring Fork Valley by producing big theatre in a small space with intimate storytelling. Each season, Theatre Aspen promises to bring world-class theatre dramatically closer, with innovative and imaginative productions of both plays and musicals. These productions are complemented by an assortment of community events, including cabarets, educational programs and performances, collaborations with other Aspen arts organizations, and new works presentations. Theatre Aspen also boasts an impressive Apprentice Program, one of the largest in the country, devoted to training the next generation of theatrical artists and administrators.

The Guys – September 10 and 11
Based on a true story, The Guys follows two individuals less than two weeks after the September 11 attacks – New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan (Felicity Huffman), receives an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick (William H. Macy), a fire captain who has lost most of his men in the attack. He’s looking for a writer to help him with the eulogies he must present at their memorial services. Nick and Joan spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen men through recounting their virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the stories into memorials of words. In the process, Nick and Joan discover the possibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love for the unconquerable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the emotional landscape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the appreciation of craft in all its forms—and the enduring bonds of common humanity.

Husband and wife Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy make their return to the stage for their first project together since the 2017 film Krystal, which Macy directed and the pair starred in. Ms. Huffman last appeared at Theatre Aspen in its second season in 1984.

Solo Flights – September 7-14
Solo Flights is an annual weeklong developmental festival of one-person shows presented in the beginning stages of their making. Launched in 2019, the festival has brought a variety of diverse works and celebrated actors and directors to Theatre Aspen. Past artists have included Beau Bridges, Kaye Winks, Sarah Stiles, Christine Quintana, Emma Ramos, Richard Greenberg, Lameece Issaq, Kate Baldwin, Taylor Trensch, Michael Gaston, James Naughton, and more. In addition to the performances, Solo Flights features signature events, including talkbacks, creative discussions & panels, and special receptions.

This year’s Solo Flights Festival includes six new works with teams including four-time Academy Award-nominated actress and director Marsha Mason, Tony Award® nominee Bryce Pinkham, HBO’s Somebody Somewhere’s Jeff Hiller, principal American Ballet Theatre dancer James Whiteside, and Golden Globe® and NAACP Award-winning playwright, actor, and director Regina Taylor.

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WONDERLAND DREAMS
www.wonderlanddreams.com
Wonderland Dreams by Alexa Meade has announced its final weeks with an official closing date of September 10, 2023.

Located in the heart of New York City at 529 5th Ave and 44th St.,
Wonderland Dreams is hand-painted from floor-to-ceiling in a massive 26,000 sq. Ft. Venue, showcasing Meade’s signature 3D painting style which makes the world appear to be a 2D picture on canvas.

Wonderland Dreams is proud to be NYC’s highest-rated exhibition with more than 5,000 five star reviews. The interactive art exhibit has welcomed more than 100,000 patrons since its opening in October 2022, hosted hundreds of live music, dance and fashion events, birthday parties, romantic proposals, and industry nights with countless stars from Broadway and film.

Transported into a magical dreamscape, guests are enveloped by fantastical interconnected rooms – each its own masterful gallery – featuring dimension-bending art, blurring the lines between illusion and reality. Guests are provided with painted costumes and props, inviting them to become part of the art in this one-of-a-kind living exhibit.

Visitors become part of the art as they enter a whimsical world inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the beloved classic tale by Lewis Carroll. Depth and scale dramatically shift from tiny houses to a larger-than-life Queen of Hearts Throne, and guests engage with interactive props from the Mad Hatter’s tea party to giant playing cards, color changing mushrooms and secret rose gardens.

Wonderland Dreams also offers an interactive wine bar and café open to the general public, with themed small plates, baked goods, and custom mixed drinks.

Meade’s solo exhibition Wonderland Dreams first opened in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive in 2018, and was attended by forty-thousand people over its five-week run. The current NYC home to Wonderland Dreams was formerly a Best Buy, and it took nearly 2,000 gallons of paint and two months to completely transform the multi-level venue into the dreamy immersive exhibit.

EXHIBITION HOURS
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 12 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. (last entry 6 p.m.)
Tuesday: closed.
Friday: 12 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. (last entry 7 p.m.)
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. (last entry 7 p.m.)
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. (last entry 6 p.m.)

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets to Wonderland Dreams are on-sale now at www.wonderlanddreams.com. Tickets range in price from $29.00 for children 3-12, $33.00 for students, veterans, military, and seniors 65+, and $39.00 for adults. Children under 3 years old are free. Special off-peak tickets are available on selected dates from $19.00 for children and $25 for adults. Discounted passes are available for families, groups, and special events.

There is also a painting studio open during all operating hours and imaginative merchandise items that can be painted on site.

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