Broadhurst Theatre New York
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What’s On at Broadhurst Theatre
The Broadhurst Theatre is currently home to The Hills of California play, a dark comedy by award-winning playwright and director, Jez Butterworth. Set during a sweltering 1970s summer heatwave, the play follows the Webb sisters as they return to their childhood home in Blackpool. With their mother on her deathbed, they hope for the return of their long-lost sister, who hasn't been heard from in twenty years. This gripping and suspenseful production, filled with Butterworth’s signature wit and tension, captures the complexities of family dynamics and the haunting echoes of the past. Don’t miss this compelling drama before it makes way for the upcoming Boop! The Betty Boop Musical.
About the Broadhurst Theatre
The Broadhurst Theatre opened in 1917 as a collaboration between playwright George H. Broadhurst and the prolific Shubert brothers (now the Shubert Organization, which owns around 24 venues on Broadway). It has remained a steadily booked theater over the years, with actors including Leslie Howard, Katherine Hepburn and Diane Keaton performing at the venue.
The Broadhurst Theatre was built as an unofficial twin for the Plymouth Theatre (now Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre) which opened around the same time. Regular Broadway architect Herbert J. Krapp designed them identically on the outside – with plain brick and simple terracotta trimmings – and the interior of the Broadhurst is clean and subtle, with Greek-inspired decorative friezes and columns.
Many hit plays have been staged at the Broadhurst Theatre, which has seen work from Neil Simon with The Sunshine Boys (1972) and Rumors (1988). Other notable productions include The Petrified Forest (starring Humphrey Bogart and Leslie Howard, 1935), Amadeus (starring Ian McKellen, 1980) and The History Boys (2006). In recent years, Jude Law starred in Hamlet (2009), Al Pacino gave his Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (2011) and Tom Hanks made his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy (2013).
Know Before You Go
• Restrooms are in the basement; avoid intermission queues by going before the show
• There is no coat check; keep belongings as light as possible
Map and Address
235 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
