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Welcome to the Russian countryside! Here's your first look at [*Uncle Vanya*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/33211-uncle-vanya) on Broadway, with [Steve Carell](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/steve-carell) making his Broadway debut in the title role. The starry cast, directed by Lila Neugebauer, also includes [Anika Noni Rose](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/anika-noni-rose) (*Caroline, or Change*), [Alfred...

See photos of Steve Carell and the cast of 'Uncle Vanya' on Broadway

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The star of *The Office* makes his Broadway debut in the latest revival of the classic play, which also stars Anika Noni Rose, Alfred Molina, and more.

You're gonna hear her roar! Maya Boyd will be the next Juliet in [*& Juliet*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/25598-and-juliet-tickets) on Broadway, beginning performances on May 14 at the [Stephen Sondheim Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/stephen-sondheim-theatre).

Boyd made her Broadway debut earlier this year in the cast of *Merrily We Roll Along*. In *& Juliet*, she will now replace [Lorna...

Maya Boyd to join '& Juliet' Broadway cast

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After making her Broadway debut earlier this year, the actor will now replace Tony Award nominee Lorna Courtney in the title role of the acclaimed musical.

See two stars, alike in dignity! [Rachel Zegler](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/rachel-zegler) and [Kit Connor](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/kit-connor) will lead a new revival of [*Romeo + Juliet*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/40696-romeo-and-juliet-on-broadway) on Broadway. The Shakespeare production, directed by Sam Gold, will run this fall, with a theatre and dates to be announced.

Zegler is best known for starring as Maria in Steven...

Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor to star in ‘Romeo + Juliet’ on Broadway

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The *West Side Story* and *Heartstopper* stars will play Shakespeare’s tragic young lovers in the production, which features music by Jack Antonoff.

As the star of *The Office*, [Steve Carell](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/steve-carell) may be known for his comedic chops, but the roles he's played since that show’s Emmy Award-winning run have shown he can do so much more. He earned an Oscar nomination for playing a maniacal wrestling coach in *Foxcatcher*, played the father of a drug addict (played by Timothée Chalamet) in *Beautiful Boy*, and now makes his Broadway debut in the title role in Anton Chekhov’s [*Uncle...

All the celebrities who have starred in 'Uncle Vanya,' including Steve Carell

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The award-winning actor, best known for starring in *The Office*, is the latest person to tackle the coveted title role of Chekhov's classic family drama.

Family trees are in bloom on Broadway this spring. Beginning with Joshua Harmon’s *Prayer for the French Republic* at the top of the year, numerous family dramas have proved the staying power of the fertile, timeless genre. Not to mention, these shows' families include the likes of actors Steve Carell, Jessica Lange, and Sarah Paulson.

Playing right now are Paula Vogel’s [*Mother Play*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31354-mother-play-on-broadway) at the [Hayes...

Learn about all the family dramas on Broadway this season

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Each play in the genre is just as unique as any given family, as evidenced by this spring's star-studded shows *Mother Play*, *Appropriate*, and *Uncle Vanya*.

Great news for Huey Lewis fans: You can hear his music live again. For the first time since Meniere's disease impaired the '80s rock star's ability to hear music, forcing him to stop performing with his band The News, his songs are back on not one stage, but two.

Lewis isn't singing them, but those familiar with the Huey Lewis and The News hits "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time" will thrill to hear them nonetheless. Both those songs appear in this season's Broadway musical adaptation of...

How Huey Lewis shaped 'The Heart of Rock and Roll' on Broadway

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The new musical is set to nearly 30 hits by Huey Lewis and The News, and the band's frontman was a crucial and active collaborator throughout its journey.

And they were roommates! Per an April 11 [report from the New York Post](https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/entertainment/patti-lupone-mia-farrow-to-star-in-broadways-the-roommate/), three-time Tony Award winner [Patti LuPone](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/patti-lupone) and seven-time Golden Globe nominee Mia Farrow will co-star in the new Broadway play *The Roommate* this fall. According to the report, performances will run at the [Booth...

Patti LuPone, Mia Farrow reported to star in 'The Roommate' on Broadway

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According to a report in the New York Post, the actresses will perform in the 2015 play by Jen Silverman for a limited engagement beginning in August.

Photos have been released of [*Patriots*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/38891-patriots) on Broadway, starring *Boardwalk Empire* and *Dopesick*'s [Michael Stuhlbarg](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/michael-stuhlbarg). Russia meets New York at the [Barrymore Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/barrymore-theatre), where this new play by Peter Morgan is in performances through June 23.

The playwright, who created Netflix's Emmy Award-winning show...

See photos of Michael Stuhlbarg and the cast of 'Patriots' on Broadway

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The Emmy and Tony Award-nominated actor stars as the late Russian politician Boris Berezovsky in the newest play from the creator of Netflix's *The Crown*.

Home to historic rock bands like The Velvet Underground and The Ramones, New York City is a rock and roll lover’s paradise. Even though many of the popular venues that used to host rock and punk artists in the ‘60s and ‘70s have since closed, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy the history of rock and roll while visiting New York City. 

Take your own rock-and-roll tour of NYC with these classic rock attractions, with something for every rock fan. Pick up some records; pay homage to late,...

Check out these classic rock musicals and attractions in NYC

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Make a day out of seeing a rock show on Broadway, including *The Who's Tommy*, Huey Lewis's *The Heart of Rock and Roll*, or the '70s rock-inspired *Stereophonic*.

Everybody rejoice! The latest arrival of [*The Wiz*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/27115-the-wiz-tickets) on Broadway at the [Marquis Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/marquis-theatre) carries a stirring reminder that this exuberant musical has eased on down the road for 50 years. 

An all-Black retelling of L. Frank Baum’s *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*, the show by Charlie Smalls (music and lyrics) and William F. Brown (book) blew onto Broadway in December 1974. As...

How the Broadway musical ‘The Wiz’ evolved in 50 years

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Writer Amber Ruffin, director Schele Williams, and choreographer JaQuel Knight share how they reimagined the story, steps, and stakes of this modern classic.

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;

'Freestyle Love Supreme' announces digital lottery

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From the creators of "Hamilton" and "In the Heights", comes this improv hip-hop musical sensation where every moment is fueled by ingeniously improvised music, laughs, sick beats, and joyful surprises. (14+) 

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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>

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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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