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Full guide →When to go. Head straight out at curtain call. Two-show days are the worst bet at both performances — the cast rests through the matinee and is spent by the evening. A Sunday matinee is the best single bet, because it is a one-show day. In bad weather the barricades sometimes never go up at all.
Who comes out. Anywhere from nobody to most of the cast. Nobody can tell you in advance which three — not us, not the theatre. Treat any list that claims otherwise with suspicion.
What to bring. Tonight’s Playbill and a fine-tip Sharpie, held open to the page you want signed. Ask before you photograph anyone, and keep the pavement clear — it is a working door, not a red carpet.
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Here is a deep cut for the musical theatre nerds, and we say that with love. Hallelujah, Baby! won the Tony for Best Musical in 1968 and then more or less vanished. Encores!, whose whole reason for existing is pulling shows like this out of the drawer, has it lined up for New York City Center.
The credits are stacked. Jule Styne wrote the music (Gypsy, Funny Girl). Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote the lyrics (On the Town, Singin' in the Rain). Arthur Laurents wrote the book (West Side Story, Gypsy again). The story follows Georgina, a young Black woman chasing a career in show business, across several decades of American history while she somehow never ages a day. Leslie Uggams won a Tony playing her in the original.
Update: City Center has moved Hallelujah, Baby! out of the 2027 Encores! season and says it will play a future season, to allow more time for creative development. Its March 2027 slot went to the Gershwins' Let 'Em Eat Cake. New dates are TBA, and we'll update this page the minute they land.
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