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She’s a three-time Tony Award winner who moves seamlessly between plays and musicals and always speaks her mind — often to tell you to turn off your phone in the theatre. She’s [Patti LuPone](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/patti-lupone), and she’s back on Broadway opposite [Mia Farrow](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/mia-farrow) in [*The Roommate*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/40630-the-roommate-on-broadway), a comedy about two women sharing a...

Our favorite Patti LuPone theatre roles

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The three-time Tony Award-winning actress, a living Broadway legend, returns to the stage in fall 2024 opposite Mia Farrow in the comedy play *The Roommate*.

Wilkommen! Musician Adam Lambert and film actress Auli’i Cravalho will join the cast of [*Cabaret*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/32847-cabaret-tickets) on Broadway, beginning September 16 at the [August Wilson Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/august-wilson-theatre).

Lambert is best known as the runner-up on season 8 of *American Idol*, and he has collaborated with Queen as the rock band’s lead vocalist since 2011. He also performed twice in the national tour of...

Adam Lambert, Auli’i Cravalho to join ‘Cabaret’ Broadway cast

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The *American Idol* runner-up and *Moana* star will replace Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin as the Emcee and Sally Bowles in the Tony Award-winning musical revival.

Molly Osborne has joined the cast of [*Othello*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/40030-othello-on-broadway) on Broadway, starring opposite the [previously announced](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/denzel-washington-jake-gyllenhaal-to-lead-othello-on-broadway) [Denzel Washington](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/all-the-times-denzel-washington-did-theatre) and [Jake...

Molly Osborne to star opposite Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Othello'

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The English actress will make her Broadway debut in the latest revival of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, which will begin performances in spring 2025.

It's getting another term! [*Oh, Mary!*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/37743-oh-mary) has extended on Broadway, with tickets now available through November 10. Get *Oh, Mary!* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

*Oh, Mary!* dives into the life of Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks before Abraham Lincoln's assassination. In playwright [Cole Escola](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/cole-escola)'s comedic version of events, she's consumed by desire, booze, and an...

'Oh, Mary!' tickets now available through November

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Cole Escola's critically acclaimed historical comedy play played an extended run off Broadway this spring before transferring to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre.

Their love still goes on! [*The Notebook*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/33744-the-notebook-the-musical) on Broadway has released a new ticket block, with seats now available for performances at the [Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/gerald-schoenfeld-theatre) through December 29. Get *The Notebook* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

*The Notebook* [began as the debut...

'The Notebook' tickets now available through December

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The Tony Award-nominated musical, adapted from the 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel and the 2004 romance movie, opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre this spring.

August is the prime time to soak up some last sun rays on the beach or get away with your family before school starts back up again. But it's also a great time to go to the theatre! The Broadway season kick offs in earnest in the fall, so it's a great time to catch a bucket-list show you've been meaning to see or venture off Broadway to discover something entirely new.

Below, we've rounded up the new Off-Broadway shows premiering in August and the hit Broadway shows playing their final...

Top theatre to see in New York in August

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

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Here are our top picks of New York plays and musicals to check out in August 2024, including the first new shows to kick off the 2024-25 fall Broadway season.

Talk about a Rocketman. Pop superstar Elton John first blasted onto Broadway  in 1975 and almost never left. One of his best-known musical works, the 1997 Disney dynamo [*The Lion King*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42-the-lion-king-tickets), is, well, still standing. Audiences can feel the love tonight.

This fall, [*Tammy Faye*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/37219-tammy-faye), a musical about real-life televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, marks Sir John’s fifth...

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The Tony Award-winning composer's latest New York premiere is the new musical *Tammy Faye*, but he's been represented on Broadway for over 25 years and counting.

She's ready for her close-up! Mandy Gonzalez has joined the cast of *Sunset Boulevard* on Broadway, starring [Nicole Scherzinger](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/nicole-scherzinger). Performances begin September 28 ahead of an October 20 opening at the [St. James Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/st-james-theatre).

Scherzinger stars in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical as Norma Desmond, and Gonzalez will serve as her alternate, playing Norma once a week...

Mandy Gonzalez to star in select 'Sunset Boulevard' Broadway performances

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Grammy Award nominee and Olivier winner Nicole Scherzinger will primarily star in the musical as Norma Desmond, and Gonzalez will play the role once a week.

__UPDATE: As of July 11, additional performers have joined the cast of *Once Upon a Mattress* on Broadway. The article has been updated to reflect the full cast list.__

We have a royal proclamation! [*Once Upon a Mattress*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31936-encores-once-upon-a-mattress) has completed its main Broadway cast ahead of its first performance at the [Hudson Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/hudson-theatre) later this month. The limited-run musical...

'Once Upon a Mattress' completes principal Broadway cast

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Four new actors and two returning cast members from the show's Off-Broadway run earlier this year join the previously announced Sutton Foster and Michael Urie.

Prepare to drop your jaws in awe — and perhaps terror — at the mother of all stage mothers that is Rose in the musical [*Gypsy*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41161-gypsy-on-broadway). After all, the real-life burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee once called her mom “in her own words, a jungle mother.” To navigate showbiz is like walking through the wild.

The musical classic *Gypsy*, about the fraught relationship between Rose and her daughters, now returns to the Broadway stage for...

Guide to 'Gypsy' on Broadway starring Audra McDonald

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The six-time Tony Award-winning actress plays the iconic role of Mama Rose in the latest revival of the classic musical at the Majestic Theatre from November.

Hey, little songbird! Maia Reficco will make her Broadway debut in [*Hadestown*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets), beginning performances on July 2 at the [Walter Kerr Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/walter-kerr-theatre).

Reficco is best known for starring in the HBO Max series *Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin* and its second season, *Pretty Little Liars: Summer School*. Her other screen credits include the Netflix film *Do Revenge* and the Amazon Prime Video movie *One Fast Move*.

In *Hadestown*, she will star as Eurydice, replacing current actress Isa Briones. The show's Broadway cast also includes [Ani DiFranco](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/ani-difranco) as Persephone, [Jordan Fisher](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jordan-fisher) as Orpheus, Jon Jon Briones as Hermes, Phillip Boykin as Hades, and Jessie Shelton, Kay Trinidad, and Brit West as the Fates. 

Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, *Hadestown* retells the classic Greek myths of Orpheus, Eurydice, Hades, and Persephone on a dangerous trip to the underworld. Anaïs Mitchell wrote the show, and Rachel Chavkin directs.

Get [*Hadestown* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets) now.

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The titular Hadestown isn’t hell itself, but Hades's soulless factory, which is close enough. When Orpheus descends there, he comes face to face with the ruler of the underworld, who has tricked his underlings into building a wall to keep the world out, and his servants — and Persephone — in. Guiding him along with advice, warnings of danger, and haunting vocals are the messenger god Hermes and the three Fates.

*Hadestown* has gone on a long and winding journey of its own. The show began in writer Anaïs Mitchell’s home state of Vermont, where she staged the first two productions in 2006 and launched a Vermont-Massachusetts tour of the show in 2007. A concept album followed in 2010, preserving the music when the show’s future was unknown.

Enter Rachel Chavkin, who Mitchell reached out to in 2012 after seeing an early production of the musical *Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812* directed by Chavkin. Chavkin helped Mitchell rework and refine *Hadestown*’s songs and book for the stage, and went on to direct the subsequent productions. 

*Hadestown* premiered in 2016 at New York Theatre Workshop, and the show went on to play in Edmonton, Canada in 2017 and at the National Theatre in London in 2019.

Finally, *Hadestown* was ready to heat up Broadway, led again by Chavkin, premiering in 2019 and earning 14 Tony nominations that year. *Hadestown* won eight, including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical for Chavkin, and Best Original Score for Mitchell.

## What to watch for

- Since the *Hadestown* concept album, Mitchell has doubled the show’s amount of music. The concept album has 20 songs, and the Broadway cast album has 40.
- *Hadestown* is one of many popular musicals to start as a concept album — others include *The Who's Tommy*, *American Idiot*, and *Jesus Christ Superstar*.
- *Hadestown* has since added to its collection of albums: there’s a Broadway cast recording, a live Off-Broadway cast recording, and an EP titled *Why We Build The Wall*, with selections from the Off-Broadway album. Two songs that would eventually appear in *Hadestown* — "Hades & Persephone" and an early version of "How Long?" — are also included in Mitchell’s 2007 folk album *The Brightness*.
- Mitchell is also a prolific songwriter with nine total albums to her name, including an eponymous album, the folksy *Hymns for the Exiled*, and *Young Man in America*, which has a similar New Orleans jazz sound as *Hadestown*’s music.
- Since its Off-Broadway production, the setting of the show has been changed from an outdoor setting — the sacred ground near an old tree — to an indoor one, an old Southern communion hall.
- Greek mythology isn’t the only spiritual influence seen in *Hadestown* on Broadway. The character of Hermes is based in part on the Greek god, but also on Hoodoo and other African spiritual traditions.
- There are lots of small references to characters and events from Greek mythology in the show’s lyrics. For example, the lyric “See how the vipers and vultures surround you / And they’ll take you down” is a reference to how, in the original myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, she is killed by a snake.

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Greek mythology gets a folksy, jazzy twist at this eight-time Tony-winning Best Musical. The story of the musician Orpheus's journey to the underworld to rescue his lover, Eurydice, takes on new depths of life and emotion in Anaïs Mitchell's show.

Hell has never looked or sounded so heavenly as at Hadestown on Broadway, the eight-time Tony-winning Best Musical that puts a fresh spin on classic folklore. A starry cast is currently in the underworld: *Pretty Little Liars*'s Maia Reficco and Grammy Award nominee Yola make their Broadway debuts alongside Grammy winner Stephanie Mills and Broadway veteran Jordan Fisher. Get Hadestown tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

The show has journeyed far and wide and, since 2019, Hadestown on Broadway has transformed the Walter Kerr Theatre into the jazzy, seductive underworld. The stage musical began its life in the mind of celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, who turned her idea into a 2010 folk opera concept album. However, songs from the album were performed in her native state of Vermont several times back in 2006 and 2007 as a kind of "D.I.Y. theatre project," as the singer herself described it.

Its current form began to take shape after Mitchell approached Tony Award-nominated director Rachel Chavkin in 2012 following a visit to Chavkin's groundbreaking production of the immersive musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Together, the pair developed the stage musical, with Mitchell adding 15 new songs and additional dialogue to fill the gaps in the story line and allow deeper characterizations.

Finally, Hadestown was ready to stage its world premiere in May 2016 at New York Theatre Workshop off Broadway, and huge critical acclaim and audience reactions got the run extended to the end of July 2016. The production was also rewarded with a Drama Desk nomination in the category of Outstanding Musical in 2017, along with seven Lucille Lortel Award nominations.

Hadestown made two more stops on its journey to Broadway, with a Canadian premiere at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre in November 2017 and a U.K. premiere at London's National Theatre the following year. The Broadway transfer was officially confirmed during that run, and Hadestown in New York won eight Tony Awards out of 14 nominations, including Best Musical.

This "Road to Hell" may have been a long and winding one that has taken Mitchell and Chavkin over a decade to walk, but the theatrical outcome is heavenly.

## What is *Hadestown* about?

The Hadestown musical is a genre-defying adaptation of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, now in a Depression-era-inspired setting and set to jazz and folk music. The pair's romance gets thwarted when Eurydice, seeing no other options for survival, agrees to work for underworld god Hades in his soulless factory. Orpheus undertakes a dangerous journey to rescue her. Their story is intertwined with the myth of Hades and his own wife, Persephone, and other mythic figures, like the god Hermes and the Fates, also make appearances.

## How long is *Hadestown*?

*Hadestown* runs 2 hours and 30 minutes, including an intermission.

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This eight-time Tony-winning Best Musical puts a fresh spin on Greek myths, infusing them with jazz and folk music. Struggling to survive, Eurydice agrees to work at Hades's soulless factory, and Orpheus embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue her. Get tickets to the genre-defying *Hadestown*, which combines disparate histories and music styles into a groundbreaking story.

Going to hell has never been as much fun as seeing a performance of Anaïs Mitchell's musical <a href="/show/hadestown">Hadestown</a>, now playing at the <a href="/theatres/walter-kerr-theatre">Walter Kerr Theatre</a>.&nbsp;And don't let its origins in Greek mythology scare you off because there's a built-in narrator in the form of the god Hermes (André De Shields) whose job was to guide souls into the afterlife.&nbsp;In Hadestown, his first task is to introduce all the characters in a rollicking number "Road to Hell."Mitchell, the talented singer/songwriter who is responsible for the whole shebang, music, lyrics and book, has intertwined the myth of Orpheus (Reeve Carney), son of the God Apollo and muse Calliope and Eurydice (Eva Noblezada), wood nymph; with that of Hades (Patrick Page), god of the underworld and Persephone (Amber Gray), daughter of the god Zeus and goddess of the harvest Demeter.&nbsp;The story that unfolds in Hadestown is that Hades falls in lust with Persephone and abducts her to the underworld where they fall in love and marry.&nbsp;Demeter is so distraught she declares that there will be no more growth or harvest until Persephone returns.&nbsp;Zeus brokers a deal whereby Persephone spends 6 months out of the year above ground and 6 months out of the year below, thus creating the seasons. So, Persephone rides a train back and forth between the underworld known as Hadestown where she's the only living soul, and the world above.&nbsp;But Hades keeps shortening her time up above because he misses her.&nbsp;And the earth gets colder.Meanwhile, Orpheus is trying to write a song that will restore order to the seasons when he runs across Eurydice, with a little help from Hermes and The Fates (Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad), who is wandering around cold and hungry.&nbsp;She's initially unimpressed until he starts singing.&nbsp;In the only off note in the production, they fall in love (unfortunately no chemistry between the two - Reeve Carney is a little too much of a hesitant milquetoast to be a believable love interest for the determined and charming Eva Noblezada) and marry.&nbsp;Whereupon Orpheus immediately goes back to songwriting and neglects Eurydice.So, what's a poor, once again cold and hungry girl to do?&nbsp;Where does she go to get warm?&nbsp;You guessed it, Hadestown.&nbsp;Where Eurydice becomes one of the poor lost souls in the underworld, trapped behind the wall Hades has erected. And explains in the Act One finale "Why We Build The Wall" that brings down the house.&nbsp;If I didn't know that Mitchell wrote the score in 2010, I'd swear she wrote it within the last two years.I won't spoil the second act except to say that it's about Orpheus' trip to Hadestown to find Eurydice to try to rescue her.&nbsp;And that Michael Krass' costumes for the Chorus in the underworld are outstanding, as is the visually stunning dance number choreographed by David Neumann done with headlamps and swinging lights.&nbsp;And if the love story between Orpheus and Eurydice didn't smolder, Patrick Page and Amber Gray set the house on fire as Orpheus and Persephone. Their song "How Long?" and the dance that went with it had me melting in my second row seat when I saw both of them crying.&nbsp;Be still my heart.(Photo by Matthew Murphy)<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>"All your favorite Greeks are heading somewhere in&nbsp;Hadestown,&nbsp;the sumptuous, hypnotic and somewhat hyperactive musical that opened on Wednesday night after its own twisty 13-year road to Broadway." Jesse Green for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/theater/hadestown-review-broadway-anais-mitchell.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>"It looks spectacular—thanks to Rachel Hauck's set, which features three turntables in concentric circles, and Bradley King's lighting—but it has a human scale; it feels less like a standard Broadway musical than a concert, a gathering, a happening. (The seven members of the excellent onstage band are called out by name for applause.) And, most important, it has Mitchell's score: a joyful combination of folk, pop, Dixieland and blues that will make you want to rehear it as soon as the lights come up. You'll be singing it again in your head for days." Adam Feldman for <a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/hadestown-review-broadway" target="_blank">Time Out New York</a>"Yes, composer Anaïs Mitchell's musical retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, which opened Wednesday on Broadway, sounds pleasant and looks more expensive than it did in 2016 at New York Theatre Workshop. But this classic tale of love — he looks back, she gets trapped in the underworld for all eternity — is still too slick and sterile for us to give a damn about her damnation." Johnny Oleksinski&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://nypost.com/2019/04/17/hadestown-review-broadway-douses-the-fires-of-hell-with-folk-music/" target="_blank">New York Post</a>"In "Road to Hell," the exhilarating opening number of the utterly fabulous&nbsp;Hadestown, Hermes, the conductor of souls into the afterlife, invites us to "Ride that train to the end of the line." He's played with seductive authority and knowing humor by the eternally elegant Andre De Shields, outfitted like a superfly pimp in a flashy silver suit, and it's hard to imagine anyone resisting his call. He sells a ticket to a bewitching journey that pays off at every turn." David Rooney for <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hadestown-theater-review-1202512" target="_blank">Hollywood Reporter</a>"Hadestown&nbsp;triggered a lot of buzz&nbsp;when this wholly American show (which came to the stage by way of a concept album) premiered at Off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop in 2016. Arriving on Broadway&nbsp;with its earthly delights more or less intact, this perfectly heavenly musical — with book, music and lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell — should stick around for a while." Marilyn Stasio&nbsp;for <a href="https://variety.com/2019/legit/reviews/hadestown-review-musical-broadway-1203191646/" target="_blank">Variety</a>

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Jordan Fisher currently stars as Orpheus in [*Hadestown*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets) on Broadway at the [Walter Kerr Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/walter-kerr-theatre).

Jordan Fisher gained early recognition for his roles in Broadway productions like [*Hamilton*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/384-hamilton-tickets), where he played John Laurens/Philip Hamilton. Transitioning to screen acting, Fisher appeared in *Teen Beach Movie*, *Liv and Maddie*, *Rent: Live*, and *To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You*.

He returned to Broadway to play the title role in *Dear Evan Hansen*, and he next originated the role of Anthony in the 2023 Broadway revival of [*Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/26216-sweeney-todd-on-broadway-tickets), opposite [Josh Groban](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/josh-groban) and [Annaleigh Ashford](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/annaleigh-ashford).

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Maia Reficco makes her Broadway debut as Eurydice in [*Hadestown*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets) on Broadway at the [Walter Kerr Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/walter-kerr-theatre) beginning July 2, 2024.

Reficco is best known for starring as Noa Olivar in the HBO Max series *Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin* and its second season, *Pretty Little Liars: Summer School*. She also appeared as Montana Ruiz in the Netflix film *Do Revenge*.

Before coming to Broadway, Reficco starred as Eva Perón in *Evita* off Broadway, splitting the role with Solea Pfeiffer, who also previously played Eurydice in *Hadestown*. Reficco also played Natalie in *Next to Normal* at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Yola stars as Persephone in [*Hadestown*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets) on Broadway at the [Walter Kerr Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/walter-kerr-theatre) beginning July 2, 2024.

Yola is a six-time Grammy Award-nominated musician, whose style encompasses country, soul, Americana, and R&B. Her best-known albums include *Walk Through Fire* — which earned her four Grammy nods including Best New Artist — and *Stand for Myself*, accounting for the other two nominations.

She is also known for playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "the godmother of rock n roll," in Baz Luhrman’s 2022 film *Elvis*.

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Stephanie Mills stars as Hermes in [*Hadestown*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/14748-hadestown-tickets) on Broadway at the [Walter Kerr Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/walter-kerr-theatre) beginning July 2, 2024.

Mills is best known for originating the role of Dorothy in *The Wiz* on Broadway in 1974 and reprising the role in the musical's 1984 revival. She later played Aunt Em in *The Wiz Live!* on NBC in 2015.

Her other stage credits include her Broadway-debut production, 1968's *Maggie Flynn*, and an eight-performance theatrical concert, *Stephanie Mills Comes "Home" to Broadway*, in 1989.

Mills is also a Grammy Award-winning R&B musician, winning for the song "Never Knew Love Like This Before." Her other hits include "Home" (from *The Wiz*), "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love," "I Feel Good All Over," "(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me," and "Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)."

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The Walter Kerr Theatre is a Broadway theatre located in the heart of New York City. Originally named the Ritz Theatre, it was built in 1921 and renamed in 1990 to honour the Pulitzer Prize-winning American critic Walter Kerr. With a seating capacity of just 975 across Orchestra, Mezzanine and Balcony sections, it's one of the city's smaller and more intimate venues. Notorious for its world-renowned, critically acclaimed productions, the Walter Kerr Theatre has staged hits such as 'Angels in America', 'A Little Night Music', and 'Hadestown', making it a quintessential part of New York's theatre landscape. The theatre is famously known as the home of 'Springsteen on Broadway', Bruce Springsteen’s one-man show that ran for 14 months in 2017 and 2018. The show was an unequivocal success and re-affirmed Walter Kerr Theatre as a must-visit for any theatre aficionado.

**Getting to the Walter Kerr Theatre:** The theatre is conveniently located at 219 West 48th Street, easily accessible by public transportation. The closest subway stations are 50th Street, served by the C and E lines and 49th Street served by the N, R, and W lines. Buses that stop near the theatre include the M104, M10, M27/M50, and M6.

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Designed by Herbert J. Krapp for the Shubert Brothers, the Walter Kerr Theatre opened as the The Ritz Theatre in 1921. The venue functioned as a radio and television studio for ABC from 1943 to 1965. Ownership changed hands multiple times between the 1950s and 1970s, during which time the building operated as a traditional theatre and an adult movie cinema. The Ritz then housed the Robert F. Kennedy Theater for Children from 1973-76.

Jujamcyn Theaters took ownership in 1980 and, after renovations, reopened the theatre on March 5, 1990 under its new name in honor of the theatre critic Walter Kerr. The first production was August Wilson's *The Piano Lesson*. In 2021, Jujamcyn celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Walter Kerr Theatre.

## How to get to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway

The Walter Kerr Theatre is closest to the 50th Street subway stop on the C, E, and 1 lines. The nearest bus stops are 7th Ave/W 50th St. on the M7, M20, and M104 lines; 8th Ave./W 49th St. on the M20 and M104 lines; and 7th Ave/W 49th St. on the M50 line.

## Restaurants near the Walter Kerr Theatre

Popular restaurants near the Walter Kerr Theatre include P.S. Kitchen (vegan), La Masseria (Italian), Serafina (Italian), Lillie's Victorian Establishment (English/pub fare), and Junior's (American).

## Where is *Hadestown* on Broadway playing?

*Hadestown* on Broadway plays at the Walter Kerr Theatre at 219 W 48th St. The eight-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, which updates classic Greek mythology with jazz and folk music, has played the venue since 2019. *Hadestown* is the longest-running show in the history of the Kerr.

Walter Kerr Theatre  - New York Theatre Guide

The Walter Kerr Theatre, designed by Herbert J. Krapp and opened in 1921, has served various purposes over the years, including as a radio and TV studio, traditional theatre, and adult cinema. Now owned by Jujamcyn Theaters, it currently hosts *Hadestown*.

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The Walter Kerr Theatre is an intimate, historic Broadway venue in New York, known for critically acclaimed productions and easy public transport access.

The actress, best known for starring in the TV show *Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin*, will make her Broadway debut in the multi-award-winning musical.

Maia Reficco to star in 'Hadestown' on Broadway

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