The Public Theater News

Dive into 2024 with Marga Gomez’ “Swimming With Lesbians” at The Marsh Berkeley. Hilarious highwater hit at The Marsh.

Join Daphne Always and pianist James Sheppard for their annual holiday show, ON AN OPEN FIRE, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Get ready for a bizarre cabaret filled with deranged cheer and a seething roast of the most wonderful time of the year. Don't miss this unique holiday experience!

Appropriate officially begins previews tonight, November 29, and will officially open on Monday, December 18th for a limited engagement at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater. Meet the cast of Appropriate here!

Experience Copeland's heartwarming play 'The Jewelry Box' at The Marsh for a limited time. Don't miss this engaging and emotional production.

Single tickets for HAMILTON at BBMann will go on sale to the public on Tuesday, December 5 at 10AM. Tickets will be available for performances April 23 – May 5, 2024. 

Here Lies Love played its final Broadway performance yesterday, November 26, 2023, after 33 previews and 149 regular performances at the Broadway Theatre. Check out video of the cast taking their final bows here!

According to various reports, police were called to the Palace Theatre in Manchester after a fight broke out during a performance of Hamilton on Friday, November 24th.

Here Lies Love will play its final Broadway performance November 26, 2023, after 33 previews and 149 regular performances at the Broadway Theatre.

Get ready for a heartwarming evening of original songs, dance performances, and burlesque at The Corn Mo & Love Show Holiday Show. Join troubadour Corn Mo and The Love Show at The Slipper Room in December for an unforgettable night of entertainment. Check out ticket details and venue information here.

Keys kicks off the celebration of this milestone with the digital release of The Diary of Alicia Keys 20. Out on Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, the album features nine bonus tracks including 'Golden Child,' a previously unreleased rarity from Alicia's personal vault, available in 360RA and Dolby Atmos. 

Check out photos from the opening night of the UK and Ireland tour of HAMILTON at the Manchester Palace Theatre on Tuesday 21 November 2023!

Shoshana Bean will be joined by Tony Award-winner and recent Grammy Award-nominee Alex Newell for Bean’s highly anticipated one-night-only holiday concert at Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theater. Previously announced special guests include Kristin Chenoweth and Betty Who. Get tickets to the concert now!

15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys will take to The Public’s Newman Stage for a one-night-only concert, ALICIA KEYS: AN EVENING WITH THE COMPOSER, on Monday, December 4 at 8:00 p.m.

Theatre for a New Audience, responding to demand, will present a two-week extension of its production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Arin Arbus. Learn how to purchase tickets!

All new production photos have been released for the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning HAMILTON, which currently plays at the Manchester Palace until 24 February 2024.  Check out the photos here!

The National Theatre Conference announces its 2023 award recipients, including Jacob G. Padrón as Person of the Year, Deaf West Theatre for Outstanding Theater, a.k. payne for Stavis Playwriting, Isabel Pask for The Paul Green, and Joshua Castille for Emerging Professional.

Broadway star Daniel Reichard presents 'Mr. Christmas!' at The Cutting Room in New York City. Don't miss this extraordinary holiday show as Reichard brings the magic of the season to The Cutting Room in 2023.

The world premiere of HELL’S KITCHEN is now playing at The Public. The musical features music & lyrics by 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys and a book by Pulitzer finalist Kristoffer Diaz.  The musical officially opened on November 19. Read the reviews for Hell's Kitchen here!

Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping has established a permanent creative home at 36 Avenue C (Loisaida Ave., corner of E. 3rd Street), where the troupe will evolve new works and perform weekly on Sundays at 3:00 PM. The location, renamed Earthchxrch, is a former bank branch (first North Fork, then Capital One). 

The Utah Symphony has a long history of bringing its community together through music at the holidays—and this year is no different! This winter season, the Utah Symphony presents a variety of festive concert performances which begins with the return of the community-favorite Messiah Sing-In tradition with the Utah Opera Chorus—a celebratory event that invites audience members to sing along with Handel's beloved oratorio.