Theater News
New Theater in NYC
It’s not every day that New York City gets a new theater, so the mere opening of Midnight Theatre on September 21, a new 160-seat destination in the heart of Manhattan West, is reason enough to celebrate. Add to it the fact that the venue is also home to a bar, a top-notch restaurant and a cafe, and you’ve got yourself a new cultural must-visit. Expect a variety theater! Midnight Theatre will feature a first-of-its-kind, permanently installed 270-degree immersive projection system to digitally change the decor of the room. Its built-in animated digital scenery and real-time animated environments also react to music. Brookfield Properties Manhattan West
TDF Reopens TKTS Lincoln Center
TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, will reopen its TKTS Lincoln Center discount booth on Tuesday, September 6 at 11 a.m. Located indoors in Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium (61 West 62nd Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue), TKTS Lincoln Center originally opened on August 2, 2016 but has been closed since March 13, 2020 due to the pandemic. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, TKTS Lincoln Center will offer discount tickets up to 50% off to same-day matinee and evening performances as well as next-day matinee performances to Broadway, Off-Broadway and Lincoln Center productions.
The hours of operation for TKTS Lincoln Center will be Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
TDF’s main TKTS Times Square discount booth (Broadway and 47th Street) is currently open seven days a week. Its hours of operation are Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For real-time show availability and ticket price information, download the TKTS app or visit www.tdf.org/tktslive. For locations, operating hours, TKTS tips and TKTS Gift Certificates, go to www.tdf.org/tkts. TKTS’s small service charge (currently $7 per ticket) is used to operate the booths and to help fund TDF’s many education, accessibility and service programs which serve to eliminate barriers to attendance.
Sandi Durell is Publisher/Editor of www.theaterpizzazz.com/
and has been writing, reviewing, producing, having a voice in the theater, cabaret and entertainment communities for over 25+ years. She is a Voting Member of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards; member of the American Theatre Critics Association.
Sandi is a producer of Broadway & Hollywood Live! Revues (www.ShaRellProductions.com); has produced numerous Songwriter Events for the American Popular Song Society (APSS – formerly New York Sheet Music Society on which she is a Board member); the benefit CD “Our Heart Sings;” is a producer on the Award winning film “Broadway the Golden Age” (with Rick McKay) and has produced a variety of entertainment events for most of her career.
She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU – Advisory Board),100+ year old Dutch Treat Club, The Lambs; an occasional theater “angel” and has had a career as a vocalist-performer.
Her column can also be found at www.theaterlife.com
