THEATER MAP

What’s playing where on the great white way

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40 & Juliet (Stephen Sondheim Theatre)

39 Aladdin (New Amsterdam)

21 Bad Cinderella (Imperial Theatre)

33 A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical (Broadhurst Theatre)

22 Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (Music Box Theatre)

9 The Book of Mormon (Eugene O’Neill)

1 Camelot (Vivian Beaumont Theater)

8 Chicago (Ambassador)

23 A Doll’s House (Hudson Theatre)

38 Fat Ham (American Airlines Theatre)

3 Funny Girl (August Wilson Theatre)

31 Good Night, Oscar (Belasco Theatre)

21 Grey House (Lyceum Theatre)

10 Hadestown (Walter Kerr)

19 Hamilton (Richard Rodgers)

37 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Lyric)

28 Kimberly Akimbo (Booth Theatre)

11 Leopoldstadt (Longacre Theatre)

27 Life of Pi (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre)

29 The Lion King (Minskoff)

4 MJ The Musical (Neil Simon Theatre)

24 Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Al Hirschfeld)

36 New York, New York (St. James Theatre)

34 Once Upon a One More Time (Marquis Theatre)

26 Parade (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre)

13 Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Ethel Barrymore Theatre)

34 The Phantom of the Opera (Majestic)

2 Pictures From Home (Studio 54)

25 Prima Facie (Golden Theatre)

7 Samuel Clemens: Tales of Mark Twain (Off-Broadway, Actors Temple Theatre)

41 Shucked (Nederlander Theatre)

11 The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (James Earl Jones Theatre)

15 SIX (Lena Horne Theatre)

28 Some Like It Hot (Shubert Theatre)

14 Summer, 1976 (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

17 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)

35 The Thanksgiving Play (Helen Hayes Theatre)

6 Wicked (Gershwin Theatre)

Continued from p. 39 personal, illustrious, and complex—all the while channeling Diamond’s vocal nuances and physicality as his star rises. It’s a performance of incredible force, met by a stellar supporting cast. And even though you’ll be tempted to sing along with the show’s hit parade score, hold off—the end-of-show musical bonanza invites the audience to let loose with “Sweet Caroline” for an unforgettable concertworthy standing ovation.

Broadway’s kaleidoscopic brilliance stems from innovation, with the 2022-2023 season hitting creative peaks in both original works and recalibrated classics, including a revival of Lerner & Loewe’s CAMELOT, which greets the 21st-century via a new book by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing; To Kill a Mockingbird).

On the drama front, you have three Olivier Awardwinning plays: Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt (2020), Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaption of novelist Yann Martel’s Life of Pi (2022), and Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie (2023) starring Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), as well as a trio of works by American playwrights: Amy Herzog’s revamp of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House starring Oscarwinner Jessica Chastain; Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner Doug Wright’s (I Am My Own Wife) backpedal into The Tonight Show in 1958, Good Night, Oscar, with Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) as guest Oscar Levant; and the two-hander Summer, 1976 by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Auburn (Proof), with Tony nominees Laura Linney

(The Little Foxes; Ozark) and Jessica Hecht (A View From the Bridge).

Meet Me At The Museum

For those of us who live and breathe all things theatre, The Museum of Broadway (above) is an intoxicating meander through decades of cherished memories, as well as a visual exploration of all that unfolded theatrically before our time. An experiential, multi-level, interactive playground where lights synchronize to music and slews of iconic costumes, sets, and memorabilia morph from one show to another, including new additions such as Hugh Jackman’s suitcase and band hats worn by Jackman and Sutton

Foster in The Music Man.

Other recent acquisitions include costumes from last season’s Beetlejuice, Into the Woods, and A Strange Loop, as well as Bob Fosse’s 1978 Tony statuette from the original Dancin’ and a ukulele from Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012) signed by Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara.

Especially cool is the new Harry Potter and the Cursed Child AR experience in which a wizard of a mirror allows you to transform into such characters as Harry, Professor Umbridge, and Dumbledore.

Created by Tony-winning producer Julie Boardman and Rubik Marketing founder Diane Nicoletti, the museum is smartly situated in the Times Square area (145 W. 45th St.), meaning landmark theatres and legendary addresses are within walking distance. But the big payoff is the exhibition itself, featuring historical data dating back to the 18th-century and immersive

KANDER & EBB WAY

backdrops, like Oklahoma’s corn field and set recreations from shows like West Side Story.

Show-specific photo ops are pretty much everywhere you turn, like the one for Hair, where a colorful recess features flowers and a swing as “Let the Sun Shine In” invites you to channel your inner hippie. And super savvy theatre lovers should keep an eye out for Easter eggs. As for me, I was transported back in time by the reconstructed Ziegfeld Follies dressing room with its vintage costumes—the real preserved deal, right down to the feathers. Chances are, you too will fall under the spell of a favorite show, era, display, or—earworm alert—musical number! (themuseumofbroadway. com)

On Friday, March 24th, NYC Mayor Eric Adams handed 96-year-old John Kander a Mayoral Proclamation in celebration of Broadway’s first performance of the composer’s new musical, New York, New York. But that was only part of this singular showbiz occasion. With the focus shifting to a “3-2-1” crowd chant, Lin-Manuel Miranda unveiled the sign renaming 44th Street as Kander & Ebb Way. The event was topped off by the Manhattan School of Music’s performance of Kander & Ebb’s iconic “New York, New York”—originally written for the 1977 Scorsese film and now the musical’s title song.

Together with his longtime collaborator, lyricist Fred Ebb (1928 - 2004), Kander created scores for the musicals Cabaret, Chicago, Woman of the Year, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Curtains, and, of course, New York, New York, which features additional lyrics by Mr. Miranda.