OBA Awards/Sardi’s – Ben Platt/The Palace – Counting and Cracking/Public Theater – JOB/Hayes Theater
Following two sold-out runs Off-Broadway, JOB, the smash hit play by Max Wolf Friedlich, will open on Broadway this summer starring acclaimed original cast members Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon. Directed by Michael Herwitz, JOB will begin performances on Monday, July 15 and open on Tuesday, July 30 at the Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street) for a limited engagement through Sunday, September 29. Tickets for JOB are on sale now at www.jobtheplay.com, www.telecharge.com, or by calling 800 447 7400. Tickets will be on sale at the Hayes Theatre box office starting on Tuesday, June 4.
Tony®, GRAMMY®, and Emmy® Award winner Ben Platt, directed by Michael Arden. will reopen Broadway’s Palace Theatre (West 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), with a strictly limited 18-performance only concert residency in celebration of the release of his upcoming third album Honeymind. Ben Platt: Live at the Palace announces a digital lottery, powered by Broadway Direct. Entries for the digital lottery open at 9:00 AM ET one day before the performance HERE. Winners are drawn the same day at 4:00 PM ET and will have 60 minutes to pay for their tickets online. Winners may buy up to four tickets at $35 each (inclusive of all fees). Lottery seats may be located anywhere in the theater and may be partial view. Tickets are available now via www.broadwaydirect.com and the Palace Theatre box office.
One of the most highly anticipated premieres of 2024, COUNTING AND CRACKING is a joyous, epic story of family, forgiveness, the ghosts we leave behind, and the power of love. A Belvoir St Theatre & Kurinji Co-Production By S. Shakthidharan with Eamon Flack
In Partnership with NYU Skirball. September 6-22, 2024 www.publictheater.org
The Off Broadway Alliance, an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, today announced the winners of the 13th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway during the 2023-2024 season. In each of the six categories, the winners are: Best New Musical: Dead Outlaw, Best New Play: Oh, Mary!, Best Revival: Tuesdays with Morrie, Best Unique Theatrical Experience: Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern, Best Solo Performance: Wade McCollum in Make Me Gorgeous!, and Best Family Show: El Otro Oz. The 13th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, June 18th at 2:00PM at Sardi’s. www.offbroadwayalliance.com/awards/ In addition to the competitive awards, Legend of Off-Broadway Awards will be presented to Marylouise Burke, Len Cariou, and Suzan-Lori Parks for their extraordinary contributions over many years. Christopher Durang, Michael Feingold, and Edgar Lansbury will be posthumously inducted into the Off Broadway Hall of Fame. The Friend of Off-Broadway Award will be presented to Adam Feldman, National Theater and Dance Editor and Chief Theater Critic at Time Out New York.
