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r/Broadway is a place for fans of all kinds of theater to share their love of the performing arts.

Welcome to /r/broadway!

This subreddit is dedicated to anything related to Broadway, including shows, music, actors, actresses, etc. If you work on or near Broadway, feel free to do an AMA.

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If you are requesting help with finding songs for performance or auditions, please give us as much information as possible, including: age, gender, voice type and range, a list of other songs in your book, and/or links to audio/video of a previous performance of yours if you have it.

PLEASE NOTE

*Please reserve your downvotes for posts and comments that are off-topic or offensive.

*The following posts will be immediately removed: offensive content/hate speech of any kind, deliberately misleading comments, spam, duplicate posts/links, bootleg posts or requests (that includes asking or giving information on how to find bootlegs), ticket/sale (and swap) posts. Violations will be subject to a posting ban.

*Please do not post any for sale posts, we are not Broadway Flea and we will remove any sale posts, including Playbill trades.

*Please do not use this sub for gratuitous self-promotion/advertising. Feel free to share your Broadway related artwork or Broadway related video but do not link to your own [sale] site.

  • Unless a show is filmed for purposes of Lincoln Center archival (which you can view at Lincoln Center with a membership) or for some other commercial purpose (which you would likely hear publicized), there is no way to obtain recordings of Broadway shows.

  • If you would like to host an AMA, we'd love to have you. Before posting, please message the mods to coordinate when you'll be posting and proof.

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Is Jordan Fisher out of Hadestown this week?

I saw he’s on a cruise on instagram… is that old or is he not going to be on tomorrow? If so I bought tickets for my sister just for to see him 😭

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2024/12/02
15:50 UTC

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First Broadway Show

Hey guys!

I want to take my significant other on a date to see our first musical together and I have a few options:

  • Life of PI
  • Potted Potter
  • Parade
  • & Juliet
  • Come From Away
  • Peter Pan
  • Shucked

Which would you recommend for a first show? Thank you in advance!

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2024/12/02
15:36 UTC

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Does Anyone have a picture of a BAM ticket?

Hey everyone, I'm doing a project on the Brooklyn Academy of Music for grad school, and I was trying to find a picture of a ticket from any of the past theater shows there. I was wondering if anyone happens to have a picture of an old ticket, and they could help me out. Thank you!

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2024/12/02
15:11 UTC

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Female characters in musicals (survey)

Hi everyone. I am currently writing a dissertation discussing the ways in which female characters are presented in musicals on Broadway and the West End.

As part of the assignment I have to gather data and conduct my own research and I have chosen to make a survey to gather the opinions of the public. The survey is rather basic and shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to fill out.

If you would like to contribute then please click the link below and fill out the Google form by the 23rd December 2024:

https://forms.gle/Jxz6W5SxxR5tRB13A

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2024/12/02
14:44 UTC

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Lottery for Gypsy $69?

I notice that the lottery prices have surged. Wicked has always been the most costly lottery but the fact that GYPSY is starting out at $69 a seat is a testament to the fact that ticket prices are becoming less and less affordable. If someone has $69 for a ticket, chances are they’re able to afford twice that much, which kind of makes the lottery not seem like such a boon to win. I am still glad that there’s a lottery at all, but it would’ve been nice if they’d made it a little more affordable.

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2024/12/02
14:41 UTC

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Broadway Rush Report 12/2/24 - 4 Mon. Shows

Here is Your Broadway Rush Report for Monday 12/2/24. Thank you so much to everyone contributing your own data.

Today we’re at 4 shows, all with in-person rush.

  • A Wonderful World: 0 at 9am

  • The Great Gatsby:1st&2nd arrived at 7am, 10 in line at 9:05am

  • Chicago: 1 in line at 9:10am

  • Six Student Rush: 0 at 9:15am

PLEASE REFER TO PREVIOUS POST ABOUT RUSH AVAILABILITY TO FIND OUT HOW MANY TICKETS ARE SOLD RUSH/STANDING ROOM FOR EACH SHOW- UPDATED 11/2/24 https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/s/dt8pN3ZN7m

FULL RUSH/LOTTO POLICY LIST Includes clickable links and a weekly schedule. https://bwayrush.com

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2024/12/02
14:18 UTC

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Broadway-Aimed Musical ‘Get Happy’ Starring Corbin Bleu And Stephanie Styles Sets Industry Reading

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2024/12/02
14:05 UTC

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Help planning a Broadway trip?

Hey everyone, I am looking for some help trying to do a Christmas present for my daughter. She is very into musicals and she's attended a lot of touring performances over the last few years.

I know it's a dream of hers to attend an "actual Broadway" production.

What are some good/famous shows that would be out this spring that are worth "seeing in NY"? Are there any good/reliable ways to get cheaper tickets?

What else should I know in planning this?

Edit with some answers:

*She is 18 "She prefers non "jukebox musicals" *Has seen touring versions of: *Book of Mormon *Hamilton *Six *Beetlejuice *Come from away *Moulin rouge *Annie *Wicked *Hairspray

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2024/12/02
13:52 UTC

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The Notebook & Vocal Health

Long time reader, 1st time posting.

I love love Joy Woods - her version of Somewhere That’s Green is my #1, and I’m so mad that I can’t see her in Gypsy. I was listening to some live Notebook performances though, and it sounds like she’s really struggling with the end of My Days in a few of them. I also read on here that she stopped doing matinees before the end of her run? I’m not in the States so I couldn’t see the show, but I’ve been wondering: is Middle Allie overall a role (like Christine Daae or Elphaba) that can cause vocal damage or just isn’t really possible to do 8x a week? Those recordings could have just been taken on rough days for her (we all have them!!), but since I haven’t seen the show, I’m curious about the overall intensity of the role. Thanks!

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2024/12/02
13:40 UTC

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TDF Ticket Availability End Dec

Was looking for Broadway tickets the end of December to something, anything but there don’t seem to be any after Dec. 15 or so. Is that normal? Are there normally no tickets in the Christmas / New Years range?

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2024/12/02
13:04 UTC

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Gypsy Runtime

Can someone who has seen Gypsy let me know the approximate run time? I'm seeing it Saturday night and would like to catch a 10:45 bus from Port Authority.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
12:35 UTC

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Student Rush Tickets for The Great Gatsby

I'm planning a trip to NYC and read the article on playbill.com about rush tickets. For The Great Gatsby, they say the sale starts at 10am at the box office. For a Sat or Sun, what time should I arrive for a 10am sale? Do people wait outside the box office for hours? Never done this before so any experience/advice is appreciated!

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2024/12/02
09:44 UTC

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&Juliet Question- Paper Thrown into Audience

Hi all! I got to see the &Juliet tour this week and during one of the first scenes, Shakespeare threw the epilogue papers for Romeo and Juliet into the audience (and basically right to where I was sitting). I recall from the Broadway production that Anne throws the guest list during Blow into the audience (which did happen), but I don’t recall Shakespeare throwing the epilogue. Does this happen every show and I just have a bad memory?

Picture in case anyone is curious to what the epilogues look like! :)

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2024/12/02
05:49 UTC

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Go see Merchant of Venice!!

This is the Arlekin Players second show at CSC and it deserves to be WAY more sold-out than it was when I saw it. Genuinely one of the most fun, inventive, and harrowing adaptations of Shakespeare I've ever seen. I could write a whole essay about this production, it's that genius. Arlekin Players knows what's up, and while this show is very different tonaly from Our Class, there's still so much to analyze and think about. I sincerely want everyone involved in this play to be getting the accolades they deserve, so if you're a Shakespeare fan, I seriously can't recommend it enough.

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2024/12/02
05:36 UTC

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Joshua henry

Please help me

His imdb page says he played Wilbur on nip/tuck, but he was like 25 when that show came out. Idk if it's cuz its late, but my brain broke and I feel like im having a stroke. Did imdb misplace these credits? Does anyone know who this child actually is? Do they just share a name? How do I alert imdb to the error?

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2024/12/02
05:21 UTC

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Book Tickets as a Tourist

Hi all, I’m a tourist from UAE in New York for the holidays. I’m trying to book the Cursed Child show for 20th eve on Todaytix but it keeps showing the below error and I’ve been unable to book. I’ve tried multiple cards with multiple different pincode and address P&C’s but just not sure what’s up.

Anyone knows any alternate ways of booking or if anyone’s faced this issue and knows how to get past it?

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2024/12/02
05:21 UTC

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Maybe Happy Ending will leave you floating, please go see this show. 5 stars all the way.

For this show to close early would be a true crime. I laughed, I cried. I was blown away by the stagecraft.

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2024/12/02
05:17 UTC

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does it matter what musical theatre program i go to to be pursue a career on broadway, natl tour, etc?

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2024/12/02
05:14 UTC

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Gypsy Question

Odd question sparked by thoughts of the current revival. Does anyone know if the real-life Gypsy Rose Lee attended Gypsy during its original Broadway run? Perhaps on Opening Night? I cannot find any evidence one way or the other, but the musical premiered just two years after she wrote the memoir upon which it’s based, so it’s not far-fetched to wonder if she ever made it to a performance of her own life story. TIA!

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2024/12/02
04:33 UTC

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Returning to NYC after Covid and need 2 suggestions...

BF and I coming back to NYC for a 4-day vacay... We met in NYC before Covid, but left, and now trying to do "NY" stuff that we didn't get to do while there, and broadway was a huge one... TLDR, we're trying to see 3 shows:

  1. Wicked--obviously. I tried to lottery for it twice and never won, but we saw traveling in Austin, loved it, then loved the movie so it's time!

  2. Oh, Mary--BF choosing this one. Heard good things, but don't have a strong opinion myself.

  3. I need help on a third!

What would round out that trio? Also, if you have any other suggestions + tips, would love since Broadway was something I didn't do a ton of when we lived there.

24 Comments
2024/12/02
04:23 UTC

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HIGH SPIRITS: The 60th Anniversary Concert of An Improbable Musical Comedy

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2024/12/02
04:03 UTC

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What was your very first BROADWAY show and how old were you?

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2024/12/02
03:59 UTC

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She Died Alone

Is anyone else obsessed with Ariana Grande's delivery of "She died alone!" in No One Mourns the Wicked?

I've never heard anyone go up on it that way—and with such vocal clarity!—though with the many women who have done the role I'm sure somebody has before. Fun fact, for about a year back when Wicked was new I thought Kristen Chenoweth with singing "Gee, I know!" there. Yet another misheard Glinda lyric for me.

20 Comments
2024/12/02
03:45 UTC

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Bought ticket for wrong day - what now?

So, tonight I decided to treat myself for my upcoming trip to New York and I got a ticket to see the off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors which is great until I noticed I bought them for the wrong damn day. Instead of purchasing a ticket for the 26th, I bought one for the 27th, when I'll be heading back out of town. I immediately went back to the website and purchased a new ticket for the right day, but what do I do now with the other ticket? Am I able to get in touch the box office and have them undo that initial purchase? Is that a thing they can even do? Am I just stuck trying to sell the ticket for the date I won't be able to see? If so, what kinds of places can I do that? I'll be coming in from out of town, so I'm a little out of the loop. Normally I'm great about logistics but I just wasn't paying attention when I hit "buy". Do I have any easy way out of this?

6 Comments
2024/12/02
03:35 UTC

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Has anyone ever purchased from the broadway upclose gift shop.

I wanted to get some broadway themed stocking stuffers for my husband. This store has a lot of cute stuff but wanted to double check that it’s reputable. They have great reviews for the tours and I’ve seen posts about them on here but I haven’t seen anything about their store

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2024/12/02
03:25 UTC

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Gypsy: Audra holiday u/s dates?

Does anyone know if they have announced holiday break dates for any of the main cast, especially Audra? I bought tickets for me and my family for Jan 7 in a frenzy the day they went on sale. Only now am I beginning to get nervous about the cast. I know understudies are wonderful and talented, but this is a once in a lifetime show, I think.

Does anyone know if the cast is planning to take any time off around the holidays? Not that there's anything I can do about it, but would love to know earlier to get over any disappointment i might feel and get excited to see a phenomenal show in any case.

3 Comments
2024/12/02
03:13 UTC

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