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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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Meet Jen, a third-grade teacher running on about four hours of sleep and the fumes of a classroom coffee pot. Meet Arthur, who designs playgrounds for a living and is still haunted by a loss he never got over. And meet Clara, his teenage daughter, who is writing songs she isn't quite ready to sing out loud. That is Pretend It's Pretend, a new play by Emma Watkins at Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3.
Watkins writes about the teachers who learn every kid's name, the dads who mix up protecting someone with loving them, and the kids who end up carrying more than they should. Annie Tippe directs. Casting hasn't been announced yet.
It plays the Claire Tow Theater, the small rooftop house above the Vivian Beaumont, with previews from January 26, 2027, opening night February 11, and a final performance March 14. LCT3 tickets are famously cheap, so this is the rare Lincoln Center outing where you can afford the pre-show dinner too.
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