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Full guide →Getting there. To the left of the theatre as you exit.
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 “not confirmed”. The door above is a fact about the theatre and holds for years. Whether THIS production does a stage door is a fact about the company — it changes with the cast, and no source publishes it. We’d rather say so than guess.
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And this isn’t a museum piece. Tom Jones (book and lyrics, not the Welsh one) reconceived his own classic before his passing: now it’s two boys, Matt and Lewis, and their two scheming mothers who build a fake feud — and a wall — to trick their sons into falling in love. Reverse psychology remains New York’s most renewable resource.
Tony winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Schmigadoon!) directs and choreographs, with new orchestrations by Sam Davis and scenic design by Jason Sherwood. Harvey Schmidt’s score still includes “Try to Remember,” which your grandmother can hum on command.
Previews begin October 22, 2026 at the Hayes Theater, with opening night set for November 16. It only took 66 years to move two miles uptown — which, honestly, checks out for crosstown traffic.
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