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'Gypsy' tickets now on sale through October 2025

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The acclaimed musical revival, starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald as Momma Rose, has played at the Majestic Theatre since November 2024.

'Dead Outlaw' tickets now on sale through October 2025

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The folk rock musical's critically acclaimed Broadway premiere at the Longacre Theatre follows a multi-award-winning Off-Broadway world premiere in 2024.

'Mamma Mia!' sets full Broadway cast

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The first Broadway revival of the beloved musical, opening this August, will take place at the Winter Garden Theatre, where the show originally premiered.

Wayne Brady, Taye Diggs to star in 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' on Broadway

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The stage and screen stars will play limited engagements the cast of the 10-time Tony Award-winning show at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginning in July.

The real history behind 'Operation Mincemeat' on Broadway

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The award-winning musical comedy from London, now at NYC's Golden Theatre, tells the story of a bizarre deception mission that turned the tide of World War II.

See photos of 'Real Women Have Curves' on Broadway

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The musical adaptation of the 1990 play by Josefina López tells a coming-of-age story about a teenager choosing between her dreams and her family's.

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The two-time Oscar winner makes his Broadway debut in *Good Night, and Good Luck*, an adaptation of his Oscar-nominated 2005 film, through June 8 only. [George Clooney](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/george-clooney) stars as broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, who went toe-to-toe with Senator Joseph McCarthy over ethics and the truth live on air.

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She's got an Emmy for *Succession* and an Olivier for *Dorian Gray* — and now that [Sarah Snook](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/sarah-snook) is on Broadway, she's a contender for a Tony, too. Snook plays every character in this high-tech, cinematic adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel about a man desperate to stay young and beautiful.

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[Nicole Scherzinger](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/nicole-scherzinger) is ready for her close-up as Norma Desmond, a fading film star desperate to claw her way back into the spotlight. She reprises her Olivier Award-winning performance from London in director Jamie Lloyd's thrilling, film noir-esque revival of *Sunset Boulevard*.

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The critically acclaimed, off-the-wall historical comedy *Oh, Mary!* made playwright and actor [Cole Escola](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/cole-escola) a breakout star. They reimagine Mary Todd Lincoln as a wannabe cabaret star dealing with repression, alcoholism, and desire in the weeks leading up to her husband's assassination.

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The most critically acclaimed show of the season, *Maybe Happy Ending* stars [Darren Criss](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/darren-criss) and [Helen J. Shen](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/helen-j-shen) as robots who spark an unexpected love connection just when it looks like their warranty's running out.

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It's [Audra McDonald](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/audra-mcdonald)'s turn as Momma Rose, the iconic musical theatre role played by greats like [Bernadette Peters](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/bernadette-peters), Imelda Staunton, and fellow Actors on Actors participant [Patti LuPone](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/patti-lupone). McDonald, the most Tony-winning performer of all time (6), plays a "stage mother" who will do anything to make her two daughters famous.

Get [*Gypsy* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41161-gypsy-on-broadway) now.

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Fresh off his Oscar win for *A Real Pain*, [Kieran Culkin](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/kieran-culkin) stars opposite [Bob Odenkirk](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/bob-odenkirk) and [Bill Burr](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/bill-burr) in the Pulitzer-winning *Glengarry Glen Ross*, about real estate agents' cutthroat competition to sell the most or lose their jobs.

[Check back for information on *Glengarry Glen Ross* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41986-glengarry-glen-ross-on-broadway)

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[Jake Gyllenhaal](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jake-gyllenhaal) and [Denzel Washington](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/denzel-washington) duke it out in Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy about the titular Othello (Washington), a renowned military general, and his ensign Iago (Gyllenhaal), who schemes and manipulates to ruin him.

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Look out, Johnny's back! [Jonathan Groff](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jonathan-groff), a 2024 Tony Award winner for *Merrily We Roll Along*, returns to Broadway in the Bobby Darin bio-musical *Just in Time*. Groff charms as the iconic singer whose hits include "Splish Splash," "Dream Lover," and "Mack the Knife."

[Check back for information on *Just in Time* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42905-just-in-time-on-broadway)

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Participants like George Clooney, Sarah Snook, Cole Escola, Darren Criss, Nicole Scherzinger, and more are currently headlining major plays and musicals.

Michael Patrick Thornton joins Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter in 'Waiting for Godot' Broadway cast

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Director Jamie Lloyd's revival of Samuel Beckett's classic play will have a strictly limited engagement at the Hudson Theatre beginning in September.

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Winner of four Best Musical prizes for its 2024 Off-Broadway premiere, *Dead Outlaw* tells the story of a bandit whose corpse was embalmed and displayed as a carnival sideshow and museum attraction for decades. It's told with rollicking folk rock music — and it's 100% true.

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A World War II mission — one involving a stolen corpse, no less — doesn't sound like a musical comedy, but this hit British show proves that wrong. With catchy tunes and plenty of laughs, *Operation Mincemeat* tells the story of the real-life operation that turned the tide in the Allies' favor and the mad geniuses behind it. 

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Operation Mincemeat

The [best-reviewed musical](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/maybe-happy-ending-broadway-review-darren-criss-helen-j-shen) of the season, *Maybe Happy Ending* is your typical love story — almost. Boy ([Darren Criss](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/darren-criss)) meets girl ([Helen J. Shen](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/helen-j-shen)), and after a rocky start, they go on an adventure through South Korea and maybe fall in love. Did we mention they're robots?

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Now a warning? *Death Becomes Her* has made audiences die of laughter on Broadway since the fall. The no-holds-barred musical comedy is adapted from the 1992 Meryl Streep/Goldie Hawn film about frenemies who each take an anti-aging potion to remain young and beautiful forever. And ever.

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Death Becomes Her

Let the music move you at this vibrant new musical about the [Grammy Award-winning Cuban music group](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/the-real-history-behind-buena-vista-social-club-on-broadway). Decades after the Cuban Revolution upended their careers, older musicians reunite to make a record that will usher in a renaissance of old-school Latin sounds — and we defy you not to dance in your seat.

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Buena Vista Social Club

This celebratory new musical, adapted from the hit play and film, tells a story of coming-of-age, acceptance, and ambition. Eighteen-year-old Ana must choose between pursuing her dreams of college and a career in NYC and staying in Los Angeles to work at her immigrant family's dress factory.

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Real Women Have Curves

Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her close-up. Now extended through July 13, *Sunset Boulevard* is a thrilling, cinematic Broadway musical about a film star obsessively clinging to the fame she thinks she still has.

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It's six-time Tony Award winner [Audra McDonald](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/audra-mcdonald)'s turn as Momma Rose, one of the most iconic roles in musical theatre. *Gypsy* follows this stage mother's obsessive attempts to make her two daughters into stars, and it features classic songs like "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Together Wherever We Go."

Get [*Gypsy* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41161-gypsy-on-broadway) now.

Gypsy

One of the [best-reviewed new plays](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/john-proctor-is-the-villain-broadway-review-sadie-sink) of the season, *John Proctor Is the Villain* turns a classic story on its head. A group of high school girls studying *The Crucible* start to question what they're being taught in light of shocking scandals in their rural Georgia town.

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John Proctor Is the Villain

Playwright [Cole Escola](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/cole-escola) and the full original cast of this hit comedy have returned! Escola stars as Mary Todd Lincoln, who grapples with desire, alcoholism, and an all-consuming desire to be a cabaret star in the weeks before her husband's assassination.

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Oh, Mary!

*Succession*'s [Sarah Snook](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/sarah-snook) delivers an unmissable solo performance in the first Broadway adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, playing dozens of characters in the story of a man who remains young while his portrait reveals his deteriorating soul.

Get [*The Picture of Dorian Gray* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/15368-the-picture-of-dorian-gray-on-broadway) now.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

*Stranger Things*'s [Maya Hawke](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/maya-hawke) plays the title role in Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of a classic Greek myth. When Eurydice dies shortly after her marriage to Orpheus, she reunites with her father in the underworld, complicating her decision to go back to the world of the living or not when Orpheus comes for her.

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*Bowl EP* features something most plays don't: live skateboarding. As Kelly K Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter try to figure out a name for their rap group, they flirt, skate, rap, open up, and get closer to their goal — and to each other.

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Bowl EP

Inspired by the African myth of Marimba, a deity who made music out of heartbreak, *Goddess* follows a mysterious woman who enchants everyone she meets and upends the future of a young man who visits her Afro-jazz club in Kenya.

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The New York Post once captioned an iconic paparazzi photo of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears "the three bimbos of the apocalypse" — but there's a fourth person in the picture. Who is she? In this pop-fueled musical, a group of young internet sleuths are determined to find out.

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[Hugh Jackman](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/hugh-jackman) and [Ella Beatty](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/ella-beatty) star in this slippery new play about university professor and novelist Jon (Jackman), already nearing the end of his third marriage. He ends up in dangerous territory with the arrival of 19-year-old Annie (Beatty), with whom he shares a dangerous mutual attraction.

[Check back for information on *Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/44026-sexual-misconduct-of-the-middle-classes)

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

Deception, seduction, and revelation arise when struggling painter Adi sparks an intimate connection with Gustav, who in turn becomes interested in Adi's wife, Tekla. [Liev Schreiber](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/liev-schreiber), [Justice Smith](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/justice-smith), and [Maggie Siff](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/maggie-siff) lead August Strindberg's twisted psychological thriller.

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On the day of the final broadcast of Nat King Cole's variety show, he can either exit quietly — or, in the advice of Sammy Davis Jr., "go out with a bang." Emmy Award nominee Dulé Hill and Tony Award nominee Daniel J. Watts star as the two iconic singers in this new musical featuring Cole's hit songs.

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Elizabeth Marvel leads this new play as a visionary fashion photographer whose dream gig — a Vogue cover shoot at a crumbling European estate — turns out to be a nightmare in which she must still find and capture the beauty.

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William Inge's classic play gets a new spin as an all-Asian American cast takes on his Midwestern tale. When bus passengers are forced to stop at a diner on a snowy night, strangers collide and find unexpected warmth in each other. Midori Francis (*Dash & Lily*) stars.

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Discover our top picks for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows to see in May, including new shows premiering and last-chance shows closing this month.

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Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen writing '10 Things I Hate About You' musical for Broadway

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The musician and the actor are among the creative team for this stage adaptation of the romantic comedy film starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.

We can't make this up! The improvisational musical comedy show&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/freestyle-love-supreme">Freestyle Love Supreme</a>&nbsp;will host a digital lottery beginning with its first performance on October 7. The digital lottery will make a limited number of $25 tickets available for each performance.The show will play the <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/booth-theatre">Booth Theatre</a> until January 2, 2022. This is its second run on Broadway, having played the Booth for the first time in 2019 for a limited run through January 2020.&nbsp;Freestyle Love Supreme&nbsp;earned a special 2020 Tony Award for the original run.In&nbsp;Freestyle Love Supreme, seven company members take the stage and create sketches, comedy bits, songs and riffs, and more from audience suggestions, providing a different show every night. Special guests including FLS co-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, James Monroe Iglehart, Wayne Brady, and more also appear at select random performances. Thomas Kail, a co-creator of the improv troupe along with&nbsp;Miranda and Anthony Veneziale, directs the production.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/freestyle-love-supreme">Get&nbsp;Freestyle Love Supreme&nbsp;tickets now.</a>&nbsp;

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Lin-Manuel Miranda is back with his pre-*Hamilton* sensation. *freestyle love supreme*, the hit 85-minute improv piece created in part by the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, is back on Broadway — and Miranda is slated to make occasional surprise appearances. *freestyle love supreme* tickets are on sale now. Get *freestyle love supreme* Broadway tickets. 

For the hip-hop improvised piece, directed by Miranda’s longtime collaborator Thomas Kail, the performers take suggestions from the audience to craft an evening specific to the crowd. And each performance will feature new songs and surprise guests such as frequent *freestyle love supreme* members Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, and James Monroe Iglehart as well as Wayne Brady, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, and more. Give yourself plenty of time to get to *freestyle love supreme* on Broadway at the Booth Theatre because the fun begins before the lights even come down — at “mic check!”

## What to Watch For

- *freestyle love supreme* premiered at the developmental Off-Broadway space Ars Nova in 2004. Miranda, Veneziale, and Kail began to develop the idea when all three were studying at Wesleyan University.
- Collaborators Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail said that, back in 2004, it “seemed completely out of the realm of possibility” that the show would ever come to Broadway. 
- The title *freestyle love supreme* is inspired by the John Coltrane jazz suite “A Love Supreme.” 
- Miranda said that *freestyle love supreme* has shaped his writing “more than any other creative endeavor” he’s been a part of. 
- The documentary *We Are freestyle love supreme* charts the show’s genesis and is available to stream on Hulu.

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After wowing Broadway audiences in 2019, freestyle love supreme&nbsp;is back.&nbsp;freestyle love supreme&nbsp;is at the <a href="/theatres/booth-theatre">Booth Theatre</a> from October 7 - Jan. 2, 2022. freestyle love supreme&nbsp;tickets are on sale now. Get&nbsp;freestyle love supreme Broadway tickets today.freestyle love supreme&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;high-energy show that is a blend of hip-hop, improvisational theater, music, and vocal stylings, all backed by live music from keyboards and beats. The concept began its life at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, as a hip hop comedy troupe. It was&nbsp;originally conceived by <a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a>&nbsp;creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Thomas Kail, alongside Anthony Veneziale.Veneziale (aka Two-Touch)&nbsp;is still a full-time member of the troupe, joined for the 2021 run by Andrew Bancroft AKA "Jelly Donut;" Tarik Davis AKA "Tardis Hardaway;" Aneesa Folds AKA "Young Nees;" Arthur Lewis AKA "Arthur the Geniuses;" Kaila Mullady AKA "Kaiser Rözé" and&nbsp;Chris Sullivan AKA "Shockwave. A&nbsp;plethora of guest appearances have been promised sporadically throughout the Broadway run, including&nbsp;Hamilton&nbsp;favorites such as Tony Award nominee Christopher Jackson, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart,&nbsp;Tony Award winner Daveed Diggs, and even Lin-Manuel Miranda himself.&nbsp;freestyle love supreme&nbsp;might well be the most unique trip to the theatre during the 2021-2022&nbsp;Broadway season, encouraging audience participation and boasting improvisational skills that are second to none. And after all, it's not often you get to hear beatboxing on the Great White Way, so why not drop everything and head down to the Booth Theatre as freestyle love supreme&nbsp;drops the beat?freestyle love supreme&nbsp;has won a special Tony Award, honoring outstanding performances. <a href="/news-features/american-utopia-freestyle-love-supreme-bac-special-tony-awards">Find out more here</a>.&nbsp;(Photos by Joan Marcus)

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Improvisational theatre and comedy are long-standing New York traditions. I've always held in high esteem artists who create performance sequences, let alone entire shows, with little prepped content. The fiendish difficulty of coming up with material spontaneously is exacerbated by the need for a good show to have some semblance of pace and structure.Now imagine adding not only a musical, but also a hip-hop element to it. That's <a href="/show/freestyle-love-supreme">freestyle love supreme</a>, taking the crown for the most ambitious "yes-and" in town, currently running a limited engagement at the <a href="/theatres/booth-theatre">Booth Theatre</a> following a sold-out downtown production raved by audience and critic alike.Co-conceived by the incomparable&nbsp;Lin-Manuel Miranda,&nbsp;<a href="/show/hamilton">Hamilton</a>&nbsp;director&nbsp;Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale,&nbsp;freestyle love supreme follows improvisational theatre custom by drawing material from its audience, which its animated troupe of performers immediately spin into fully-realized rapped and sung numbers. To this effect, all audience members have their phones locked in a Yondr pouch upon entering the theatre, for maximum engagement, and minimum LuPone.&nbsp;What follows is a seamlessly structured sequence of numbers with building complexity. From a few key words sourced for a quick freestyle to audience anecdotes being turned into mini-operas, freestyle love&nbsp;supreme pushes the boundaries of both improv and music.At the heart of this delightful vichyssoise is the troupe. On Mic 1 is ringmaster and co-creator&nbsp;Anthony Veneziale, charismatic and perpetually on the ball. Mic 2's Utkarsh Ambudkar deftly brandishes a bottomless arsenal of rhymes in perfect cadence. Guest performer&nbsp;Christopher Jackson's soulful vocals added a profound color to the rap's outlines., whilst&nbsp;Aneesa Folds's (of the prestigious "Freestyle Academy") impeccable sense of humor is rivaled by her thunderous intensity on a heavy beat. On instruments, Arthur Lewis and Ian Weinberger effortlessly undertake the daunting task of keeping up with the vocalists. And Chris Sullivan is an astonishing beatboxer whose vocal mechanics are capable of carrying a show on their own.The freestyle numbers, though comedic in nature, were often made topical. Words randomly drawn in the beginning like "eradicate" and "veto" inevitably spawned one or two raps about current political events. A sequence I can only call "Second Chance,"&nbsp;intended to give an audience anecdote a happier ending, ends up with a little harmless didacticism based on the audience member's decisions. More profoundly, a later sequence involved the rappers sharing heartfelt personal anecdotes, touching on themes of self-reflection and institutional racism, which were drawn (and digressed), quite amusingly, from the word "Russia".However, though the audience engagement is a key feature of freestyle love supreme, it can also be its liability. There's always the risk of the audience's base material being hopelessly mundane (especially when extensive accounts are required), despite the best efforts of the performers to spin something of it in the segment. Depending on the night, this can make for some less-than-memorable moments, to no fault of any in the cast, but of the genre's inherent quirks.Ultimately, though, freestyle love supreme is here to spread love and positivity&nbsp;and, packed into a healthy 80 minutes, they are a supremely entertaining avenue for it.<a href="/news-features/freestyle-love-supreme-to-return-to-booth-theatre-this-fall">Freestyle Love Supreme&nbsp;returns to the Booth Theatre in 2021. For more information, read here.</a>(Photo&nbsp;by Joan Marcus)<div class="block block-block contextual-links-region " id="block-block-9"><div class="block-inner clearfix"><div class="block-title"><h2>WHAT THE OTHER CRITICS SAID</h2></div></div></div>"And&nbsp;just as you were thinking that life has no rhyme nor reason these days, along comes&nbsp;Freestyle Love Supreme&nbsp;to pump you full of hope. This exultant&nbsp;master course&nbsp;in the fine art of hip-hop, which opened on Wednesday night at the&nbsp;Booth Theater, suggests that there's no feeling, thought or experience so anxious or so random that it can't be translated into infectious, neon-bright rhythms. Confusion, frustration, depression —&nbsp;such emotions are banished by the team assembled on the stage&nbsp;to&nbsp;find the great, sick beat in your past and present woes." Ben Brantley&nbsp;for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/theater/freestyle-love-supreme-review.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>"Freestyle Love Supreme&nbsp;is a dream of a show: the scheme of a team of thespians from Wesleyan who went with their flow, 16 years ago, to improvise a hip-hop musical. Their act is virtuoso.&nbsp;FLS&nbsp;is a phenomenon, uncommon and on-the-fly—a high wire where performers get by without a guide for the words that pour out from their lips and their lungs (as they try not to trip on the tips of their tongues). Their abilities, their skill and ease, are always impressive, but it's less of a show-off than a love-in with a geek streak. There's a reason&nbsp;FLS&nbsp;is so buzzy: It's not just cool, it's also warm and fuzzy." Adam Feldman for <a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/freestyle-love-supreme-review-broadway-lin-manuel-miranda" target="_blank">Time Out New York</a>"With In The Heights&nbsp;and Hamilton,&nbsp;Lin-Manuel Miranda has singlehandedly inspired a youth movement on Broadway. Incorporating rap and hip-hop in shows nowadays is what's poppin, as they say. But you ain't seen nothin' yet. Along comes Freestyle Love Supreme,&nbsp;and Lin-Man is breaking ground yet again." Roma Torre&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/10/02/freestyle-love-supreme-roma-torre-theater-review-broadway-lin-manuel-miranda-show" target="_blank">NY1</a>"Here's how talented the members of the improvisational hip-hop troupe Freestyle Love Supreme are. At a recent preview performance of their debut Broadway run, the special guest was Lin-Manuel Miranda. And he wasn't even the most impressive performer onstage. Miranda, who co-founded the troupe 15 years ago with director Thomas Kail (Hamilton, FX's&nbsp;Fosse/Verdon) and current member Anthony Veneziale, is but one of several "spontaneous guests" promised for select performances during the limited run, including such fellow&nbsp;Hamilton&nbsp;alumni as Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Wayne Brady and James Monroe Iglehart. But even if you don't get to see one of those well-known figures, don't worry. This inventive, fast-paced show doesn't need ringers to be wildly entertaining." Frank Scheck&nbsp;for <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/freestyle-love-supreme-theater-review-1244876" target="_blank">Hollywood Reporter</a>"The M.O. at Broadway's&nbsp;Freestyle Love Supreme&nbsp;may be the same as at any improv show — working from suggestions shouted out from the audience — but the members of this eponymous hip-hop ensemble up the ante by taking those audience cues and elevating them with rapid-fire raps, peppered with spoken-word riffs and wrapped in a musicality that would feel right at home at Hamilton." Frank Rizzo&nbsp;for <a href="https://variety.com/2019/legit/reviews/freestyle-love-supreme-review-lin-manuel-miranda-broadway-1203356352/" target="_blank">Variety</a>

Review of freestyle love supreme on Broadway

Chris Sullivan, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Veneziale, Utkarsh Ambudkar & James Monroe Iglehart in freestyle love supreme

The Booth Theatre, named in honor of the legendary 19th-century actor Edwin Booth, is a historical theater venue in New York City, specifically located in the heart of the theatre district on Broadway. It was first opened on October 16, 1913. This venue loves to exhibit plays and has been home to a string of widely acclaimed productions since its establishment. It is known for its intimate setting, having only 766 seats distributed between the orchestra and mezzanine levels. The interior is beautifully ornamented, showcasing Italian Renaissance detailing and a warm, old-world atmosphere. The Booth Theatre is currently owned by the Shubert Organization. Over the years, it has housed multiple award-winning plays such as 'Sunday in the Park with George', 'Next to Normal', and 'The Elephant Man'. 

**How to get there:** The Booth Theater is located at 222 West 45th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues. It is easily accessible by public transit. For subway riders, it is close to the Times Square-42nd Street station, where the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, and S trains stop. It is possible to park your car in a nearby garage but remember that the theatre district can be quite busy, especially during show hours.

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The Booth Theatre opened on October 16, 1913, as an adjoining venue with the [Shubert Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/shubert-theatre). The building was designed by Henry B. Herts, and the first production there was Arnold Bennett's play *The Great Adventure*.

Named after the actor Edwin Booth, brother to the infamous John Wilkes Booth, the venue was actually the second New York theatre to bear his name. The first was built in 1869 on 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, but it was demolished in 1965.

The facade and parts of the current Booth's interior have been designated New York City landmarks.

## How to get to the Booth Theatre on Broadway

The Booth Theatre is located on 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. It is closest to the 42nd Street stations on the A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, or S lines. The theatre is also accessible by bus, with the closest stops being 8th Ave/W 46th St. on the M20 and M104 lines; 7th Ave/W. 44th St. on the M104 line; and 8th Ave/W 43rd St. on the M20, M104, and M34A-SBS lines.

## Where is *Kimberly Akimbo* playing?

The critically acclaimed musical *Kimberly Akimbo* plays the Booth Theatre on Broadway. The show has performed there since October 2022.

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The Booth Theatre, opened in 1913, was designed by Henry B. Herts. Its first production was Arnold Bennett's 'The Great Adventure'.

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The Booth Theatre is a historically significant venue in New York's theatre district known for showcasing acclaimed plays and having an intimate setting.

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