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Succession's Jeremy Strong returns to Broadway for the first time since 2008 in Ibsen's drama about small-town scandal. A doctor publicizes poison in the water and is punished for daring to threaten the town's prosperity. Find out more about tickets to this thrilling revival.

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Alicia Keys's soulful music scores this new coming-of-age musical about growing up with city-sized dreams. Inspired by Keys's own upbringing in the title NYC neighborhood, the show follows young Ali as she finds love, music, and all the possibilities — and hardships — the future holds.

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See a new side of the cultural trailblazer, complete with gorgeous renditions of his greatest hits and his iconic dance moves, in *MJ The Musical*. Michael Jackson takes center stage, circa 1992, as an MTV camera crew's interview unlocks memories and key moments of the icon's rise to stardom. Find out more about *MJ The Musical* tickets.

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The Tony-winning musical *Wicked* made Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth household names, and nearly 20 years later, Wicked remains a popular audience favorite. This prequel to *The Wizard of Oz* flips everything you know about good and bad witches, centering on Glinda and Elphaba's long-lost friendship. Defy gravity and learn more about *Wicked* tickets on Broadway today.

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See the ex-wives of King Henry VIII as pop diva icons, retelling their stories of hardship with heart-thumping pop anthems to determine who their leader will be. From a small show written by college students, *Six* has become Broadway royalty with two Tony Awards and a worldwide fanbase. Try not to lose your head when you get tickets to this clever spin on history.

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Sara Gruen's bestselling novel is now a high-flying musical-meets-circus spectacular. After tragedy strikes, Jacob quits vet school and stows away with a traveling circus — and ends up in a secret love affair with the ringmaster's wife that causes tension under the big top.

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Emmy Award winner Sarah Paulson returns to Broadway for the first time in 13 years in Pulitzer finalist Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins's Broadway-debut play. Join a family reunion following the death of a patriarch, where reminiscing gives way to long-secret revelations and explosive tension.

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Baz Luhrmann's hit film takes to the stage with more than 40 pop hits from the past 40 years. Behold a dazzling production with all the magic of the Moulin Rouge cabaret, where freedom, beauty, truth, and love are the bohemian way. Come what may, get tickets to *Moulin Rouge! The Musical* on Broadway today.

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Great Scott, the classic time-traveling movie is now a Broadway musical. Join Marty McFly's plutonium-powered adventure from 1985 to 1955, where he almost prevents his parents from meeting and has to make things right. The stage version features new songs alongside the film's hits, like "The Power of Love." Find out more about tickets.

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A sequel play to the worldwide sensation, *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child* finds a new generation of wizards traveling through time and meeting fan-favorite characters. See spellbinding illusions and rekindle the feeling of experiencing *Harry Potter* for the first time. Learn more about *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child* tickets now.

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What would happen after Romeo and Juliet if Juliet didn't die? That's the question at the core of this pop-fueled musical created by the Emmy-winning writer of *Schitt's Creek*. Jam out to tunes made famous by Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, P!nk, Ariana Grande, and more, as Juliet travels to Paris with new friends and new love. Find out about *& Juliet* tickets.

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Tony Award-winning director Rachel Chavkin teams up with a fresh writing duo to repaint the life and legacy of Tamara de Lempicka. Discover how this real-life Polish painter went from a refugee to a trailblazing, renowned figure in Parisian society, battling personal and political conflict to make her mark.

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Richard Thomas stars as Mr. Webb in [*Our Town*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/24260-our-town-tickets) on Broadway at the [Barrymore Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/barrymore-theatre) from September 17, 2024.

Thomas is best known for his onscreen role as John-Boy Walton in *The Waltons*, for which he earned two Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy Award nominations, winning once. However, he also has a long theatre career. Since making his Broadway debut as a child in *Sunrise at Campobello* in 1958, he has appeared in more than a dozen other Broadway shows.

His stage roles include Hubert Humphrey in *The Great Society*, Horace Giddens in *The Little Foxes*, Peter Stockmann in 2012's *An Enemy of the People*, and more.

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Just as history often repeats itself, so, too, does Broadway. Following the success of 2012’s “All the Way,” Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan returns to the Great White Way with a follow-up: his second of two plays about President Lyndon B. Johnson. “The Great Society,” running at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, will tell of the years leading up to the 1968 conclusion to the Johnson presidency. 

Designed as a companion piece to “All the Way,” the historical drama is directed as that play was by Bill Rauch. However, whereas the tragedy-prone president was played in “All the Way” by Bryan Cranston (who earned his first Tony Award in the role), Brian Cox steps into Johnson’s shoes this time around, starring alongside Marc Kudisch, Richard J. Daley, Bryce Pinkham, and Richard Thomas. The limited engagement features a whopping 19-person ensemble, who will be portraying 50 characters.

Recommended for 12+. Children under the age of 5 are not permitted in the theatre.
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Apparently, playing Lyndon Johnson bodes well for one’s trophy shelf. Following its success on Broadway, HBO adapted “All the Way” into a film, in which Bryan Cranston reprised his role on-camera. He notched an Emmy nomination for the work, which had to be lovely accompaniment to the Tony he received for playing the role onstage. (Perhaps Brian Cox should clear some room on his mantle come next June.)

Though “The Great Society” tells of bygone decades, audiences are not in for a night of irrelevant history-dredging; rather, they can expect utmost poignancy. Beginning in 1964 and running through 1968, the year in which Johnson announced he would not seek reelection, the play depicts “an extraordinarily dramatic period, and absolutely urgent—in many ways, I think of it as the origin story for our present political crisis,” Schenkkan tells the New York Times.

Speaking of topicality, “The Great Society” gets its namesake from a set of domestic programs established in the mid-1960s, the goal of which was the “total elimination of poverty and racial injustice.” Surely there’s a history lesson somewhere in there, right?

It’s fitting that a show so directly about America has already made its way through much of the country. When “The Great Society” arrives on Broadway, it will already have been staged across the country, first at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2014, and then at the Seattle Repertory Theater, where it ran in rep alongside “All the Way.” It received additional productions in Florida, Texas, and Washington D.C.

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Playwright Robert Schenkkan&nbsp;returns to the Great White Way with this&nbsp;second play,&nbsp;celebrating LBJ's presidential legacy.&nbsp;This new work&nbsp;accompanies Schenkkan's Tony Award-winning&nbsp;All The Way, which saw&nbsp;Bryan Cranston win&nbsp;his first Tony&nbsp;for "Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play" back in 2014 for his performance as the 1960s American president.All The Way played the Neil Simon Theatre from February 10 through June 29, 2014, taking home the Tony Award for "Best Play."This production actually marks Schenkkan's third Broadway outing as a playwright. In the fall of 1993, he made his Broadway debut as a writer with The Kentucky Cycle, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 and led to his first Tony Award nomination for "Best Play" in 1994.Taking the reins from Bryan Cranston and carrying the LBJ baton into The Great Society, Brian Cox is also no stranger to the Great White Way, of course. Having made his Broadway debut back in February 1985 in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, he has gone on to make waves in the theatre with his performances in Yasmina Reza's Art in 1998, Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll in 2007, and Jason Miller's That Championship Season in 2011. A native of Dundee, Scotland, he also boasts a formidable résumé, when it comes to the UK stage. A two-time Olivier Award winner in his own right, he has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, alongside other esteemed establishments around the UK. He is one of the true veterans of the theatre with an intimidating stage presence more than capable of living up to the powerful figure of LBJ.The Great Society depicts a crucial era in American history - including the rise of the Civil Rights Movement and the atrocities committed in Vietnam - and promises great writing, great acting and great drama.(Photos by&nbsp;Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)

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Designed by Eero Saarinen with the collaboration of Jo Mielziner, the Vivian Beaumont Theater opened on October 21, 1965, with a revival of *Georg Büchner's Danton's Death* starring James Earl Jones and Stacy Keach.

The venue was named after heiress Vivian Beaumont Allen, who donated $3 million for its construction but died in 1962 before its completion. The theatre shares a building with the Off-Broadway venue the [Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/lincoln-center-mitzi-e-newhouse-theater). Lincoln Center Theater has operated both since 1985. LCT's intimate [Clare Tow Theater](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/lincoln-center-claire-tow-theater), situated on the roof of the Vivian Beaumont, was added in 2012.

The Vivian Beaumont Theater is the only Broadway theatre not in the theatre district around Times Square. Located within Lincoln Center near 65th Street and 10th Avenue, it is the northernmost and westernmost Broadway house. The venue is also one of five Broadway theatres named for a woman.

## How to get to the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway

The Vivian Beaumont Theater is nearest to the 66th St. - Lincoln Center subway stop on the 1 line. The nearest bus stop is W 66th St./Columbus Avenue on the M66 line.

## Restaurants near the Vivian Beaumont Theater

Popular restaurants near the Vivian Beaumont Theater include P.J. Clark's (American), The Smith (American), Boulud Sud (Mediterranean), Cafe Fiorello (Italian), Joanne Trattoria (Italian), and La Boite en Bois (French).

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