The Real “Must See” Shows
Don’t let the name New York Off Broadway Shows fool you! I’m going to let you in on a New York Insider Broadway Tip… a real New Yorker knows never to underestimate the entertainment value of an Off Broadway Show!
Famous Broadway Shows that got their start Off Broadway include Hamilton, RENT, A Chorus Line, HAIR, Avenue Q, In the Heights and Little Shop of Horrors. Which would you rather do? Pay $200 per ticket to see it on Broadway after the rave reviews or pay $20 to see the show on it’s true opening night…
Another trick to Off Broadway shows is catching some great shows after they’ve come off Broadway – and they only bring the best ones back. Right now, you can check out Jersey Boys and Rock of Ages, both of which were huge Broadway hits!
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- Blue Man Group
- Gazillion Bubble Show
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Perfect Crime
- The Play that Goes Wrong
- Stomp
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Bald and blue characters take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theater, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville into a form of entertainment that is like nothing else either on or off-Broadway. (Ages 5+)
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The Gazillion Bubble Show will amaze your whole family with mind blowing bubble magic. Step into an interactive bubble world and be dazzled by spellbinding lasers, spectacular lighting effects, and jaw-dropping masterpieces of bubble artistry. (All Ages)
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CLOSED. Jersey Boys closed January 2017, and has now reopened Off Broadway as of November 2017. Jersey Boys tells the story of how Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons went from being unknown New Jersey kids to international pop superstars.
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Amazing interactive musical show and great for kids! The cast performs an eclectic way of making music with everyday household objects – brooms, garbage cans, newspapers and even the kitchen sink. (Ages 5+)
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My Off Broadway Show Story
One of the very first Off Broadway Shows I attended was to support two high school friends of mine, Adam Pascal and Idina Menzel, both of whom I’d heard sing all through our school years. The musical, a rock opera, got rave reviews and went on to become the famous New York Broadway Show, RENT.
Idina then went on to star in Aida, won a Tony Award for Elphaba in the Broadway musical Wicked, starred in the If/Then Broadway Musical, and of course, played Elsa in Frozen. Adam has since performed in Aida, Cabaret, Memphis, Chicago, Something Rotten and Pretty Woman in 2019.
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Avenue Q Off Broadway Musical
Closed May 2019. Definitely not for kids (maybe teenagers), Avenue Q has puppets singing songs such as, "I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today," "The Money Song," "Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist," and "It Sucks To Be Me."
Synopsis: AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. Avenue Q offers a fresh take on a story we’ve all lived, as we look for a new beginning in an unknown city. Written by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty, the show features such inspired songs as "It Sucks to be Me," "Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist," "The Internet is for Porn" and "I Wish I Could Go Back to College."
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The original Broadway smash-hit production is back to celebrate its 10th anniversary in an open Off Broadway run. It’s ROCK OF AGES, an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey, Night Ranger, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia, Whitesnake and many more. Don’t miss this awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on!
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Wayra Fuerza Bruta
80 minutes on your feet with NO SEATS! Flood your senses with heart-thrashing fun, pulse-pumping live music and breathtaking aerial acrobatics at the show Time Out New York calls “A BONA FIDE THRILL RIDE!” (Recommended Ages 7+)
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RENT Off Broadway Musical Rock Opera
Closed. Loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished friends struggling to survive and create in New York’s gritty Alphabet City in 1991. Over the course of one year, Rent follows these starving artists as they strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness, impending gentrification and the AIDS epidemic.
Synopsis: With its single industrial set and a score that shifts easily between pounding rock numbers and pop-style ballads, Rent remains the quintessential rock musical. The show’s narrator (filmmaker Mark) leads the audience through the emotional rollercoaster of its plot. While the day-to-day struggles of scraping by make up the show’s narrative, the heart of Rent remains the multiple love stories that run throughout.
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Zarkana by Cirque du Soleil
Closed June 6 – September 2, 2012
Radio City Music Hall
Back for its second year, Zarkana takes place in an abandoned theatre and follows a magician who has lost his love and with her, his magic has disappeared. As he cries and begs the Gods for her return he is plunged into a world inhabited by surreal creatures.
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Million Dollar Quartet – Off Broadway Musical
Closed June 24, 2012
Smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session with rock ‘n’ roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley.
Synopsis: On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever, featuring a score of rock hits including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “That’s All Right,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Walk the Line,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Matchbox,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Hound Dog” and more.
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New World Stages – Stage Four, 340 West 50th Street
Opening Night: April 11, 2010, Moved to Off Broadway June 2011
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