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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has announced its lineup of 2024 Broadway performances, with eight shows taking part between two different broadcasts — on NBC and CBS — alongside multiple other special performances.

The Broadway shows performing in the NBC broadcast of the 2024 Macy's parade are *Death Becomes Her*, *Hell’s Kitchen*, and *The Outsiders*, which won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Other theatrical performers at the parade, appearing separately, include:

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade sets 2024 Broadway performances

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The casts of five Broadway shows are set to perform musical numbers during the live broadcast, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. on November 23 this year.

Praise be! [*The Book of Mormon*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/127-the-book-of-mormon-tickets) will celebrate its 5,000th Broadway performance at the [Eugene O'Neill Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/eugene-o-neill-theatre) tonight, November 4, 2024.

The satirical, R-rated musical follows two young Mormons who get sent on a mission to a remote Ugandan village. Converting the locals quickly proves challenging — so they have to get a little creative.

The show is...

'The Book of Mormon' to play 5,000th Broadway performance

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The nine-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy is only the 12th Broadway show to ever reach this milestone, having run at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre since 2011.

She's not going away, there's no way! Adrianna Hicks, an original cast member of [*Six*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/20737-six-musical-tickets) on Broadway, will return to the show at the [Lena Horne Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/lena-horne-theatre) from November 25 to February 17 only.

The Grammy and Emmy Award-winning Hicks, also known for originating the role of Sugar in *Some Like It Hot* on Broadway, will reprise the role of Catherine of Aragon in...

Adrianna Hicks to return to 'Six' on Broadway

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The Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actress originated the role of Catherine of Aragon in the hit pop musical about the six wives of Henry VIII on Broadway.

Do you copy? [*Operation Mincemeat*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42735-operation-mincemeat-on-broadway) on Broadway has named its cast, with the original actors from the show's award-winning London premiere reprising their roles. Performances begin at the [Golden Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/golden-theatre) on February 15 ahead of a March 20 opening.

The production will star David Cumming as Charles Cholmondeley, Claire-Marie Hall as Jean Leslie, Natasha...

Original London cast of 'Operation Mincemeat' to lead Broadway transfer

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All five actors will make their Broadway debuts in the musical comedy inspired by a real-life World War II mission, which plays the Golden Theatre this spring.

Additional casting has been announced for [*Othello*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/40030-othello-on-broadway) on Broadway, starring [Denzel Washington](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/denzel-washington) and [Jake Gyllenhaal](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jake-gyllenhaal). Performances run at the [Barrymore Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/barrymore-theatre) from February 24 to June 8 only, with opening night on March...

'Othello' starring Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal sets additional casting

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The latest Broadway revival of Shakespeare's tragedy, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, will play for 15 weeks only beginning in February 2025.

Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan has set his departure from [*The Great Gatsby*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/38749-the-great-gatsby-on-broadway) on Broadway, playing his final performance at the [Broadway Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/broadway-theatre) on January 19, 2025.

Jordan originated the role of Jay Gatsby in the musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, before transferring with the...

Jeremy Jordan to depart 'The Great Gatsby' on Broadway; new tickets released

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The Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel now has tickets available for performances at the Broadway Theatre until September 2025.

For some people, seeing [Jessica Hecht](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jessica-hecht) summons the sitcom megahit *Friends*, in which she played Ross’s ex-wife’s girlfriend, Susan. While gaining primetime exposure on that show and other TV and film projects (like *Breaking Bad*), Hecht built a career in theatre. 

Since making her stage debut more than three decades ago, the Tony Award-nominated and Obie-winning actress, who earned her undergraduate degree from NYU’s Tisch...

Jessica Hecht theatre roles we love

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Ahead of the Tony Award-nominated actress's return to Broadway in *Eureka Day*, look back on all the highlights from her prolific, decades-long stage career.

In the air there’s a feeling of Christmas, and in New York, gleaming theatre marquees reflect that joyful sensation. Seasonal productions typically run from late November through right after New Year’s Day, with tons more holiday attractions and dazzling displays of decorations within walking distance. Altogether, these spectacles make NYC one of the best places to spend the holidays.

Holiday events in NYC are a beloved part of Christmas, just like gazing into elaborately decorated store...

What to do in New York for the holidays

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Discover holiday shows playing in New York, plus other festive attractions and restaurants to visit around the Theatre District.

With the cold weather setting in across New York, you can warm up by donning a sweater, drinking hot cocoa — or cozying up in a theatre. The shows on offer in New York are sure to warm your heart, too.

It's the season of giving, after all, and the city's theatres are giving audiences plenty of funny, poignant, and classic shows to see. Christmas shows are opening on and off Broadway this month to get you in the holiday spirit, and there are plenty non-holiday shows to discover, too, including...

Top theatre to see in New York in November

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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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Check out our picks for must-see Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre in November, including new musicals, award-winning plays, and Off-Broadway premieres.

Its future is short. [*Back to the Future*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/26018-back-to-the-future-tickets) will close on Broadway, playing its final performance at the [Winter Garden Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/winter-garden-theatre) on January 5. At the time of closing, the show will have played 632 total Broadway performances.

*Back to the Future* premiered on Broadway in 2023 following a world premiere in London, where it won the Olivier Award for Best...

'Back to the Future' sets Broadway closing date

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The award-winning musical adaptation of the hit 1985 sci-fi film about a time-traveling teenager has played at the Winter Garden Theatre since 2023.

A digital lottery will be available for&nbsp;David Byrne's American Utopia&nbsp;beginning with its&nbsp;September 18 performances. The theatrical concert, which originally ran on Broadway for a limited engagement in 2019, will play another limited run at the St. James Theatre from September 17 to March 6, 2022.The digital lottery offers entrants a chance to win one or two $44 tickets to a performance of&nbsp;American Utopia. The lottery will open at 10 a.m. each Monday for the following week's performances. For weekday performances, entries close at 9:59 a.m. the day before each performance, and for weekend performances, entries close at 9:59 a.m.&nbsp;Friday. Winners will be notified by email once the lottery closes, and they must purchase&nbsp;tickets online with a credit card&nbsp;by 3 p.m. the day they are notified. Winners will receive their tickets by email the day of&nbsp;their performance.Talking Heads frontman David Byrne achieved great success with his 2018 solo album,&nbsp;American Utopia, and now brings that album to the stage in a theatrical concert. Backed by 11 band members, Byrne performs the Grammy-nominated album plus hits from throughout his career.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/david-byrnes-american-utopia">American Utopia&nbsp;tickets</a> are on sale now.

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In what easily qualifies as one of the flat-out coolest things to ever happen on Broadway, David Bryne brings his *American Utopia* back to Broadway, the same as it ever was. Get *American Utopia* tickets now.

Byrne, who established himself firmly in the coolness mainstream as the lead singer of the Talking Heads, gets the show’s title from his recent album of the same name. However, *American Utopia* on Broadway is not be a mere concert but rather a full-blown theatrical spectacle. 

With the help of production consultant Alex Timbers (who certainly knows a thing or two about spectacle since he directed Broadway’s [*Moulin Rouge! The Musical*](https://www.todaytix.com/nyc/shows/15911-moulin-rouge--the-musical)) as well as choreographer and musical stager Annie-B Parson, this form-bending experience features a dozen onstage musicians, and tunes from Byrne’s vast songbook — as well as some surprises from outside of it. Beyond that, details are scarce and the visionary performer would like to keep it that way. “I’m not going to tell you what I think it’s about,” Byrne tells The New York Times. “That’s for you to see.”

Get tickets to *American Utopia* in New York on TodayTix.

## What to Watch For

- Although *American Utopia* marks Byrne’s Broadway debut, it’s far from his first time dipping his toes into theatrical waters. He previously authored both *Joan of Arc: Into the Fire* and *Here Lies Love*. Both of those shows are marked by more characteristically “Broadway” traits, while *American Utopia* is neither play nor musical, according to Byrne.
- *American Utopia* also reunites the “Byrne dream team.” For both of his previous theatrical outings, *Joan of Arc: Into the Fire* and *Here Lies Love*, he collaborated with Alex Timbers and Annie-B Parson. However Timbers, here, serves as the production consultant, while Parson is heading up both staging and choreography.
- It's hard to put a precise finger on *American Utopia* for another reason: It’s a confluence of mediums. The show was first an album before that album became a touring concert production (which traveled to a whopping 27 countries in 2018), before finally making its way to a proscenium stage for yet another new configuration suited for Broadway.
- *American Utopia* has universal appeal, and not just because of its universal source material. The 12 musicians onstage hail from all corners of the world, across countries and continents. Fortunately, rhythm is the same in every language.

The show is recommended for all ages.


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David Byrne's American Utopia&nbsp;is at St. James Theatre from September 17.&nbsp;David Byrne's American Utopia&nbsp;tickets are on sale soon.David Byrne's American Utopia&nbsp;originally landed&nbsp;on Broadway for a strictly limited engagement at the Hudson Theatre from&nbsp;October 4, 2019.&nbsp;American Utopia is the seventh solo studio album by celebrated singer-songwriter David Byrne, which was released on March 9, 2018, hitting #3 in the US Billboard charts and featuring the single "Everybody's Coming to My House." Since the album's release, Byrne has been touring internationally with a show that NME describes as "the most ambitious and impressive live show of all time." The production, which blurs the lines "between gig and theatre, poetry and dance," has now found a home on Broadway in the heart of New York City, offering fans a unique evening at the theatre in celebration of not only American Utopia, but also of Byrne's extensive back catalogue of hits.He is, of course, perhaps best known for his days as the frontman and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads, who were active from 1975 through 1991 and spawned such hits as "Psycho Killer," "Life During Wartime," and "Once in a Lifetime." To theatre fans, however, Byrne is probably most admired for his work on Here Lies Love - a disco opera charting the life of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, that played to great acclaim at New York's Public Theater (winning five Lucille Lortel Awards) and London's National Theatre (earning three Olivier Award nominations, including "Best New Musical").Byrne's other work in theatre includes Secret Life of Humans at 59E59 Theaters, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire at the Public Theater, and The Catherine Wheel on Broadway, among others. And aside from his Drama Desk, Obie, and Outer Critics Circle Awards in theatre, his long list of accolades also includes an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award for the 1987 film "The Last Emperor."David Byrne's American Utopia is a must-see for all Talking Heads and new wave fans and for all those who embrace innovative ways of fusing together the pulsating worlds of theatre and music.David Byrne's American Utopia&nbsp;has won a special Tony Award, honoring outstanding productions.&nbsp;<a href="/news-features/american-utopia-freestyle-love-supreme-bac-special-tony-awards">Find out more here.</a>&nbsp;David Byrne's American Utopia&nbsp;is also nominated for six 2021 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Music Direction.(Photos by Matthew Murphy)

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Pricking up your ears —&nbsp;and your peepers —&nbsp;in a state of streaming delight goes with the territory at <a href="/show/david-byrnes-american-utopia">American Utopia</a>, David Byrne's dazzling concert production back on Broadway for an encore joy jolt.The show returns with triumphant signs of its success, including a shiny special Tony Award for its four-month sold-out run that wrapped in February 2020. There's also a filmed live-capture performance directed by Spike Lee, who was in the audience (doing research, perhaps?) when I sat rapt at the production for the first time in October 2019.Two years down the road, the world has changed in dramatic ways. American Utopia, based on the former Talking Head frontman's 2018 album and tour of the same name, remains essentially unchanged.&nbsp;But, as it's said, it's all in the timing. Byrne acknowledges that the script, though the same as before, may land a bit differently now than in the pre-pandemic "old world." Case in point: his exuberant welcome to the audience in the opening moments.&nbsp;"Thank you for coming ... Thank you for leaving your homes," he says. The bit got giggles before, and still sparks laughs, but for different reasons. After all, masked theatergoers leaving home still grapple with an ongoing global health crisis that plunged them into lockdown.&nbsp;Unrestricted movement, or the opposite of lockdown, underpins this theatrical experience. "We don't have any cable or wires attached to us in these shows, attaching to gear or equipment or any of those kinds of things," Byrne says. "We're completely untethered ... It's very liberating." &nbsp;And completely captivating.&nbsp;"Here" gets the show up and running. Unspooling over 100 unbroken minutes the set list covers new and old songs and fan favorites and lesser-known music from Byrne's career. Listen up for "Every Day Is a Miracle," "Slippery People," "Once in a Lifetime," and "Burning Down the House." A rendition of Janelle Monae's protest song "Hell You Talmbout," along with brief allusions to local elections, lends a bit of political heft.The soundscape is gorgeous, lyrics landing with bell-like clarity —&nbsp;even "I Zimbra"'s "bim blassa galassasa zimbrabim," drawn from a nonsense poem. Of course, you expect a concert staging to be an earful. This one is, and then some. You can feel the insistent throbbing drumbeats in a way that only emanates from a live performance.The fact that the show is visually thrilling is all the more remarkable considering its stripped-back, monochromatic production design. The stage is naked, just like the feet of the shoeless cast uniformly dressed in grey suits. Countless grey-silver dangling chains create walls on three sides of the stage.Grey matter figures into the show's loose narrative, too. Early on Byrne strikes a Hamlet-y pose, holding a prop brain and pondering why babies "have hundreds of millions more neural connections than we do as adults."&nbsp;Where do those connections go? He eventually reveals his theory, if not his hope. Perhaps they "somehow get kind of reestablished, only now instead of being in our heads," he says, "they're between us and other people."Byrne's essential onstage connections are 11 other ace performers who handle vocals, drums, strings, keyboard and movement so polished, tight and precise it could make a marching band or a rhythmic gymnastics squad each swoon.&nbsp;The choreography and musical staging are by Annie-B Parson. Moulin Rouge! The Musical Tony winner Alex Timbers, who knows his way around moving parts and kinetic spectacle, is a production consultant.In a happy and hummable final thought, this Broadway trip concludes with "Road to Nowhere." Byrne and company offer a journey that's not to be missed.&nbsp;<a href="/show/david-byrnes-american-utopia">American Utopia is playing the&nbsp;St. James Theatre. Get American Utopia tickets on New York Theatre Guide.</a>Photo credit: David Byrne's American Utopia (Photo by Matthew Murphy)

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Read our review of the 2022 encore run of David Byrne's American Utopia on Broadway at New York Theatre Guide.

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Located in the heart of New York City, the iconic St. James Theatre is a testament to the magical allure of Broadway. Since its inception in 1927, the St. James Theatre has hosted many unforgettable Broadway hits, featuring stars from Ethel Merman to Hugh Jackman. The interior is a marvel in itself, punctuated by a royal color scheme, gold-leaf accents, and stunning chandeliers that encapsulate the golden age of Broadway. The theatre has a seating capacity of 1,710, allowing for a wide audience range without compromising the intimate, immersive theatrical experience. In its near-century history, the St. James Theatre has seen the debut of many Broadway classics, including Oklahoma!, The King and I, and The Producers, thereby solidifying its milestone status in Broadway history.

**How to Get to the Venue**
St. James Theatre is located at 246 W. 44th Street. It's easily accessible via public transport. If you're traveling by subway, you can take the 1, 2, 3, 7, N, Q, R, W, or S trains to Times Square. Alternatively, buses M7, M20, M42, and M104 also stop nearby. For those who prefer driving, numerous paid parking lots are available in the vicinity.

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Designed by Warren and Wetmore, the St. James Theatre was built by producer Abraham L. Erlanger on the site of the original Sardi's restaurant (which is now located down the block). The theatre opened in 1927 as The Erlanger with the inaugural production *Merry Malones*.

The Astor family took over the venue in 1930 after Erlanger's death and renamed it the St. James Theatre in 1932.

The Shubert Organization took control in 1941 before relinquishing the building to William L. McKnight in 1957. In 1970, he passed it on to his daughter Virginia and her husband James H. Binger, the founders of theatre-ownership company Jujamcyn Theaters. The organization still operates the St. James today.

## How to get to the St. James Theatre on Broadway

The St. James Theatre is nearest to the 42nd Street - Port Authority subway stop on the A, C, and E lines. The nearest bus stops are 7th Ave/W 44th St. on the M4, M20, and M014 line; and W 43rd St./8th Ave on the M20, M104, and M34A-SBS line.

## Restaurants near the St. James Theatre

Popular restaurants that share a block with the St. James Theatre include Sardi's (American), John's (pizza/Italian), and Carmine's (Italian). Other nearby American diners and restaurants include Peachy Keen, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., and Hard Rock Cafe.

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The St. James Theatre, originally opened as The Erlanger in 1927, is a historic Broadway venue operated by Jujamcyn Theaters, and surrounded by popular restaurants.

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The historic St. James Theatre, located in New York City, has hosted iconic Broadway shows since 1927 and is easily accessible via various modes of transport.

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