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Tom Lee is a multidisciplinary artist whose work uniquely bridges traditional Japanese puppetry with cutting-edge technology and modern themes, often exploring the deeply emotional intersection of the fantastical and the familiar. Splitting his time between New York and Chicago, Lee has forged a distinctive career that has taken him from experimental off-off-Broadway spaces to the Metropolitan Opera. Real-Time, Cross-Continental Performance Lee’s experimental approach was exe

Award-winning Black and Filipinx playwright Roger Q. Mason is finally receiving well-deserved widespread recognition, marked by three major regional productions rolling out across the American theater landscape. Mason’s work uses a revisionist historicist lens, transforming complex histories into vivid, site-specific theatrical experiences that dialogue between the past, present, and future. Mason’s three current productions, each a site-specific activation, include: The Prid

Run Time: 2 hours and 20 minutes, including intermission Ages: 12+ Broadway Schedule: Tuesdays at 7pm Wednesdays at 7pm Thursdays at 2pm and 8pm Fridays at 7pm Saturdays at 2pm & 8pm Sundays at 3pm *performance schedule varies Through Early Sept 2026 About: Experience the dazzling spectacle and heartbreak of the Jazz Age in this new Broadway musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. Set amidst the opulent mansions and intoxicating parties

When Stephen Sondheim began writing Sweeney Todd, his stated goal was to "scare the hell out of the audience." For the actors who tackle the macabre musical, the feeling is often mutual. The complexity of Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's score—which The New York Times once hailed as perhaps "the closest we’ve yet come to a genuine popular American opera"—makes the titular role one of Broadway’s most daunting challenges. Aaron Tveit, the star of the current revival at the Lunt-Font