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Getting there. As you exit, turn left past the orchestra and take the stairs up to the box office. Walk past the box office, turn left, and take another flight of stairs to street level. Walk past a bank of glass doors — the stage door is on the left, with a ramp.
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.
Why “still confirming”. The theatre details above are solid. What we haven’t nailed down is whether this particular production does a stage door — that changes with the cast, and no source publishes it. We’d rather say so than guess.
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E.L. Doctorow’s portrait of turn-of-the-century America is heavy, but Lear deBessonet handles the material with a welcome restraint. Joshua Henry commands the stage as Coalhouse Walker Jr., bringing a necessary gravity to a score that often threatens to drown in its own earnestness. The revival avoids the bloated spectacle that usually plagues these transfers, keeping the focus on the friction between the three families at the center of the story. It is a long night at the theater, and the pacing occasionally drags, but the performances justify the trek up to 65th Street. Go for the cast; stay because it is a rare piece of theater that actually has something to say.
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Lincoln Center's revival of the great American megamusical lands like a gut-punch and a hymn at once — a New York Times Critic's Pick with 11 Tony nominations and a 96% audience score to match. Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz lead a flawless cast through a score that still interrogates the American soul. Stirring, timely, and close to perfect. The revival of the season.
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