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Roundabout Theatre Company has named the complete cast for its production of [*English*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/24265-english-play-tickets) on Broadway, running for 66 performances only at the [Todd Haimes Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/todd-haimes-theatre). Performances begin January 3 ahead of a January 23 opening.

The cast, all of whom reprise their roles from the show's 2022 world premiere with Atlantic Theatre Company, includes Tala Ashe as Elham, Ava...

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The Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play will be presented by Roundabout Theatre Company for a limited time starting in January 2025.

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A ticket to a show is a great way not only to gift someone — or yourself — something they'll enjoy, but also an experience you can enjoy together. Between plays, musicals, holiday specials, and more, there's a lot of theatre in New York to...

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With most of [Broadway's 41 theatres](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/broadway) packed into one square mile of Midtown Manhattan, you can leave one and be mere steps away from a dozen more containing entirely different stories. But sometimes, shows are close both in proximity and in themes, which makes for a unique kind of magic — and a great double-feature option.

Such is the case for Tony Award winner Jez Butterworth's new play [*The Hills of...

'The Hills of California' and 'Gypsy' are sister shows in more ways than one

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For one month, the new play and the Audra McDonald-led musical, both about a mother who dreams of stardom for her daughters, are playing in adjacent Broadway theatres.

It's the greatest time of year: the time when Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals let you save on everything on your must-buy list, whether it's for holiday gifts, plans for special occasions, or just for yourself. And tickets to theatre and attractions in New York are no exception. During our limited-time Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, you can save up to 60% on tickets to over 70 arts and cultural experiences in the city.

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Welcome back to the Moulin Rouge! Boy George will return to the cast of [*Moulin Rouge! The Musical*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/15911-moulin-rouge-the-musical-on-broadway-tickets) on Broadway, playing a limited engagement at the [Al Hirschfeld Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/al-hirschfeld-theatre) from March 18 to May 25, 2025.

Boy George is best known as the lead singer of Culture Club, the Grammy Award-winning '80s band known for songs like "Karma...

Boy George to return to 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' on Broadway

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The Grammy Award-winning artist will play a limited engagement in the Tony Award-winning Broadway show at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginning in March 2025.

Extra, extra! Lincoln Center Theater has named the full cast for the spring 2025 Broadway premiere of [*Floyd Collins*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41242-floyd-collins-on-broadway), including [Jeremy Jordan](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jeremy-jordan), Lizzy McAlpine, and more. Performances begin on March 27 ahead of an April 21 opening at the [Vivian Beaumont Theater](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/vivian-beaumont-theater).

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Jeremy Jordan, Lizzy McAlpine to star in ‘Floyd Collins’ on Broadway

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The two-time Tony Award nominee and the singer-songwriter will lead Adam Guettel and Tina Landau’s musical, presented by Lincoln Center Theater in March 2025.

[*Redwood*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41270-redwood-on-broadway) on Broadway has named the complete cast joining [previously announced](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/idina-menzel-to-star-in-redwood-on-broadway) star [Idina Menzel](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/idina-menzel). Performances begin at the [Nederlander Theatre](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/nederlander-theatre) January 24 ahead of a February 13...

'Redwood,' starring Idina Menzel, completes Broadway cast

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The new musical, which premiered at California's La Jolla Playhouse earlier this year, will come to New York in January with multiple actors returning.

The year is drawing to a close, but plenty of New York shows are opening in December before 2024 is up. The last shows of the fall season make their debuts just in time for the holiday season, when tons of visitors flood New York to see the decorations and, of course, see not only new shows, but fan favorites from the last year.

And with the holidays in full swing, December is filled with Broadway and Off-Broadway shows that celebrate the magic of the winter season. <a...

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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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[*A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical*](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/39810-a-wonderful-world-the-louis-armstrong-musical-studio-54) traces the legendary life and career of the famous jazz vocalist and trumpeter through the eyes of his four wives across as many cities: New Orleans, Chicago, Hollywood, and New York.

Now at [Studio 54](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/venues/studio-54), the jukebox musical stars...

All the songs in 'A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical' on Broadway

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The show about the music legend's life features a score of jazz standards, blues and pop songs, and even showtunes Armstrong popularized throughout his career.

<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/golden-shield" target="_blank">Golden Shield</a>, the next show in Manhattan Theatre Club's season at <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatres/new-york-city-center" target="_blank">New York City Center Stage I</a>, has announced its full Off-Broadway cast.&nbsp;Anchuli Felicia King's play starts performances April 26 ahead of a May 17 opening night, and the show runs through June 12.The ensemble cast includes&nbsp;Cindy Cheung, Fang Du, Kristen Hung, Daniel Jenkins, Michael C. Liu, Max Gordon Moore, Ruibo Qian and Gillian Saker. The creative team has also been named, including set designer dots, costume designer Sara Ryung Clement, lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, and sound designers and original music composers Charles Coes and Nathan A. Roberts.May Adrales directs the American premiere of&nbsp;Golden Shield, a play that originated in Australia.&nbsp;The&nbsp;show centers on an American lawyer, Julie Chen, and her sister Eva. Julie files a class-action lawsuit involving a global tech company and the Chinese government, and Eva acts as Julie's translator for the legal proceedings. They have to put aside past differences and make compromises, though, to speak the same language — in more ways than one — and win the case.Check back for information on&nbsp;Golden Shield tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

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Anchuli Felicia King's fast-paced play Golden Shield premieres at New York City Center in April with Manhattan Theatre Club. Get Golden Shield tickets on New York Theatre Guide now.

Golden Shield is a play that fuses a family drama with a legal drama. It centers on two sisters: Julie Chen, an American lawyer who files a class-action lawsuit involving the Chinese government and an international tech company; and Eva, who Julie hires as her translator for the legal proceedings. Julie has gotten a Chinese dissident to testify in American court against the tech company and needs Eva's translation skills, but the women don't see eye-to-eye, as they haven't been in each other's lives for a while. As the two work to speak the same language — literally and figuratively — and win the case, they must make compromises and move beyond their past differences.

Golden Shield takes its name from the Chinese government’s internet firewall, and King based her play loosely on a real 2016 class-action lawsuit that Chinese dissenters brought against a U.S. company accused of colluding with China.

May Adrales directs the American premiere of Golden Shield in New York. The show was originally commissioned by Melbourne Theatre Company's NEXT STAGE Writers' Program, and it made its world premiere in Australia with Melbourne Theatre Company in August 2019. King's play was a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, alongside works including Aleshea Harris's What to Send Up When It Goes Down (which has had multiple Off-Broadway runs between 2019 and 2021) and Dominique Morisseau's Confederates, whose world premiere with Signature Theatre in March 2022 coincides with Golden Shield off Broadway.

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Anchuli Felicia King's *Golden Shield*, a play about family, language, and government conspiracy, makes its American premiere with Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center. Get *Golden Shield* tickets on TodayTix.

The *Golden Shield* play is half legal drama, half family drama, focusing on an international political issue through the lens of two sisters embroiled in it. Julie Chen is an American lawyer who files a class-action lawsuit against an American tech company for alleged collusion with the Chinese government. She's gotten a Chinese dissident to testify in court, but she doesn't speak Mandarin, so she hires her sister Eva as her translator.

Julie and Eva haven't seen each other in a long time, and they've never seen eye to eye, thus growing apart over the years. Before they can worry about literally speaking and understanding the same language to win the case, they have to figuratively discover how to speak the same language and move on from their past differences.

King is a Thai-Australian playwright with an international career. Her plays have been performed in London, D.C., and multiple Australian cities including Melbourne and Sydney. *Golden Shield* had its 2019 world premiere in Melbourne, having been commissioned by Melbourne Theatre Company's NEXT STAGE Writers' Program. Now, the show makes its American and Off-Broadway debut, with May Adrales directing *Golden Shield* in New York.

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## What to Watch For

- *Golden Shield* takes its name from the Golden Shield Project, the sweeping internet security operation of the Chinese government. This project operates the internet firewall that keeps Chinese internet users from accessing sites the government sees as a threat; it's colloquially called The Great Firewall of China as well as the Golden Shield.
- Besides the name, *Golden Shield* is also loosely based on a real-life event: a 2016 class-action lawsuit against a U.S. company. Chinese dissenters accused the company of colluding with China's government to increase censorship.
- *Golden Shield* was a finalist for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for playwriting. Among the other finalists are Aleshea Harris's *What to Send Up When It Goes Down* and Dominique Morisseau's *Confederates*, both of which also appeared off Broadway in the 2021-2022 season.
- The dialogue in *Golden Shield* includes Mandarin and English, and a translator is actually a character in the play with a character arc of their own, on hand to translate the different languages (and legal jargon) for the audience.
- The Australian premiere of *Golden Shield* was a multimedia production, incorporating video projections into the play. Cameras sometimes even filmed the actors as they performed and broadcasted the footage in real time, allowing the audience to see the action from multiple angles.

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In Act II of <a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/golden-shield" target="_blank">Golden Shield</a>, the ambitious new drama by Anchuli Felicia King, the narrator takes us through the English proverb "too many cooks in the kitchen." What that proverb means, says the narrator (played with energetic charm by Fang Du), is "misguided benevolence. Too many people trying to help at once." It's a popular adage, and it can also be used to describe King's play: compelling but overstuffed with ideas.Golden Shield is named after the firewall in China that enables the country to censor the internet, blocking its citizens from accessing sites such as Google and YouTube and enabling the government to crack down on dissident networks, which has led to human rights abuses. The play was also inspired by the real-life phenomenon of Chinese citizens suing American tech companies for their part in helping construct the Golden Shield (in real life, a lawsuit against Cisco was dismissed in American court). The play follows Julie (Cindy Cheung), a Chinese American lawyer, representing eight Chinese dissidents in suing ONYS Systems. But Julie does not speak Mandarin, so she hires her sister Eva (Ruibo Qian) to be her translator.&nbsp;You would think Golden Shield would be a linear courtroom drama, but King structures her play atypically. It goes back and forth in time, from when the case is first being put together in 2012 to the trial in 2016. The play is staged in a sleek and stylish way by director May Adrales, where the time jumps are clearly rendered — furniture pieces smoothly slide in and out of the puzzle-box-like set by the scenic design collective dots (the walls are also an endless array of differently shaded dots, which brings to mind the zeros in binary code).&nbsp;Golden Shield touches on a number of topical issues: how morality gives way to capitalism, censorship in the internet age, how America is culpable even as it criticizes China, and the deficiencies in human communication. The play also asks whether it's even possible to truly translate from one language to another, the nuances that get lost in translation, how language can be weaponized to misdirect or obfuscate, and whether it's truly possible to communicate with another person (even if you speak the same language).&nbsp;That last point is particularly relevant to Julie and Eva, whose relationship is strained because they were both raised by a mother who was a "violently unstable petty tyrant. She is the source of Eva's suicidal ideation and dysmorphia, as well as Julie's overwhelming emotional paralysis." This piece of information is given by the narrator, on whom the play over-relies to comment upon the proceedings. The device is clever initially but becomes a cop-out as the play progresses, a way to tell the audience what is happening instead of showing them.&nbsp;Unfortunately, Julie and Eva are much less interesting than the play's supporting characters, which includes a quietly affecting Michael C. Liu as a Chinese professor who is imprisoned and tortured for trying to find a way to bypass the Golden Shield, and Max Gordon Moore as the pompous and amoral ONYS president who places money above human rights.&nbsp;That is because Julie and Eva's damage — trauma from abuse and an identity crisis of being Asian American in between two different cultures — is enough to power its own play. And as recent films like Everything Everywhere All At Once or Turning Red showcase, there's an ample well of storytelling in the fraught relationship between Asian women and their families. Unfortunately, the sisters' story is shoehorned inside of a play already filled to the brim with themes.Even though the sisters are positioned as the lead characters, even on the show's posters, they are the most one-dimensional. Though Cheung and Qian valiantly try to round out their characters through body language, the script does not give them adequate motivation for why they're even taking on the case, putting them at an emotional remove from the central tension of the play. And the slip of the reason Golden Shield gives seems like self-hatred at being Asian, which, to its detriment, the play does not explore.&nbsp;The trial and its buildup are the focus here, so much so that every time the narrative goes back to Julie and Eva having the same circuitous non-conversation about their family, it stops the play cold and robs it of energy. Their conflict seems merely a plot device to inject unnecessary drama into the proceedings, as if taking a foreign nation to court isn't interesting enough.It's unfortunate because Golden Shield has the ingredients to be an important and prescient piece of theatre, and King is a formidable new voice to watch. After all, despite the seeming freedom of the internet, censorship and propaganda is proliferating — not just in China but in America as well. And from ethnic cleansing to hate crimes, there have been deadly consequences in both countries. Golden Shield touches on these issues without adequate space to substantively comment on them.At the end of Golden Shield, there is a beautiful scene between Li Dao and his wife Huang Mei (Kristen Hung, who disappears into her two roles with skill). Not a single word is spoken, and yet you learn all you need to know about the characters and their relationship. There, you get a sense of what Golden Shield could have been, if only King had narrowed the focus of her play — not to a wide, sprawling network of loud voices drowning each other out, but to a quiet story about people trying to maintain their humanity in an increasingly dehumanizing, digital world.<a href="https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/golden-shield" target="_blank">Golden Shield&nbsp;is at New York City Center through June 12. Get&nbsp;Golden Shield&nbsp;tickets on New York Theatre Guide.</a>Photo credit:&nbsp;Ruibo Qian and Cindy Cheung in&nbsp;Golden Shield. (Photo by Julieta Cervantes)

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Golden Shield is at New York City Center through June 12. Get Golden Shield tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

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The **New York City Center** is one of the most influential performing arts venues in New York City. Located at 131 West 55th Street in Manhattan, it serves as a beacon for enthusiasts of dance, music, and theater. The Center was established in 1943 and has since played host to numerous notable productions, resonating with the key artistic transitions that have marked the evolution of performance art in the heartland of the greatest city in the world.

Emerging from its humble beginnings as an alternative center for artists who couldn't afford Broadway, the Center has turned into a reputable institution that neither compromises on its values nor its commitment to delivering the highest quality of artistic productions. Special mention goes to their yearly Fall for Dance festival, an exciting event that showcases the arts performances from international dance companies and uniquely affordable tickets.

The architecture of the theater itself is striking, boasting a distinctive neo-Moorish design and luxurious interiors that enhance the overall experience of the performances. With a seating capacity of 2,257, the Center is the perfect midpoint between intimacy and scale.

**Getting There**

The New York City Center is easily accessible by public transportation. The closest subway stops are 57th Street - 7th Avenue (N/Q/R/W), 57th Street (F), and 55th Street - 7th Avenue (B/D/E). Alternatively, if you're driving, there are several parking garages located nearby, although be aware that parking in Midtown Manhattan can be challenging and expensive. Those wishing to bike will find numerous Citi Bike docking stations in the vicinity.

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Architect Harry P. Knowles designed New York City Center, which was built by Clinton and Russell in 1923 for the Shriners under the name of The Mecca Temple. Amid the financial crash of 1929, the building became city property after the Shriners were unable to keep up with tax payments.

Former Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and New York City Council President Newbold Morris decided to convert the temple into Manhattan’s first performing arts center. The building opened as a theatre in December 1943.

New York City Center is known for its annual Encores! productions since 1994, which restage seldom revived American musicals in concert or semi-staged incarnations. The venue received a Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre in 2000.

Since its launch, New York City Center has become one of the city’s prime venues for dance.

In addition to the 2,557-seat mainstage, the facility houses two smaller theatres — Stage I and Stage II, where Manhattan Theatre Club has hosted its Off-Broadway productions since 1984 — and four studios.

## How to get to New York City Center

New York City Center is closest to the 57th Street station on the N, Q, R, and W lines and the 7th Avenue station on the E, B, and D lines. The nearest bus stops are 6 Av./W 55 St. on the Q2, Q3, Q4, and Q20 lines; and 6 Av./56 St. on the Q10, Q12, and Q24 lines.

## Restaurants near New York City Center

Popular restaurants near New York City Center include Redeye Grill (American), Pazza Notte (Italian), Estiatorio Milos (Greek), Rue 57 (French), and Benihana (Japanese).

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The New York City Center is a landmark Manhattan theater known for dance, music, and theater performances, featuring grand neo-Moorish architecture.

Golden Shield, the next show in Manhattan Theatre Club's season at New York City Center Stage I, has announced its full Off-Broadway cast. Anchuli Felicia King's play starts performances April 26 ahead of a May 17 opening night, and the show runs...

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