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The Front Page

First Preview: Aug 8, 2016
Opening Date: Sep 20, 2016
Closing Date: Jan 29, 2017
Running Time: 02:20
The Front Page
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Broadhurst Theatre
235 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036
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Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s classic 1928 comedy, The Front Page, arrives on Broadway this fall.

The press room of Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building is buzzing with reporters covering the story of an escaped prisoner. When star reporter Hildy Johnson (John Slattery) accidentally discovers the runaway convict, he and his editor Walter Burns (Nathan Lane) conspire to hide the man from the other reporters, while they chase the biggest scoop of their careers. Directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien.

The Front Page premiered on August 14, 1928 at the Times Square Theatre, in a production staged by George S. Kaufman. The play was heralded for its rapid-fire dialogue written by former newspapermen Hecht and MacArthur, and was one of four stunning and unprecedented hits in a row in the early career of its producer, the legendary Jed Harris. 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
BroadwayPlay - Comedy
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

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  • Look, we’re all depressed this election year. We’re sick of seeing know-nothing politicians; of hearing obscene language insulting women and minorities; and we’re disgusted by the media’s bottomless appetite for sensationalism. The only antidote I can suggest for this national malaise is a visit to the Broadhurst Theatre to see the 5,000-volt revival of The Front Page.

    --TimeOutNY
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  • All those stars for a hard-nose comedy that set a new bar for gruff, vulgar humor on Broadway and which remains a testament to casual racism (including a jarring reference to a “coon story” in one paper) and misogyny that makes me feel like a party pooper even to mention. Yet there it is in what’s essentially a wheezy plot whose main reason for continued life is the opportunity for two actors [Lane & Slattery] to strut and snap, crackle and pop, surrounded by a gang of experts in their craft.

    --Deadline Hollywood
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  • So I left the theater feeling the rush of some exhilarating teamwork still coursing freshly through my brain. Floating up there most buoyantly is the impression of Lane’s priceless turn as Walter Burns — an editor so voraciously news hungry he could survive purely on a diet of scoops. In boxy pin-striped suit and bushy black mustache, Lane hurls Burns’s blunt-force insults and bolts of impotent rage in all directions, with the timing and élan that have made him one of the great comic actors of our age. Slattery, playing the roguish Hildy Johnson, Burns’s restive star reporter at the Chicago Examiner, reveals again the gift for the kind of swaggering masculinity he displayed as Roger Sterling on “Mad Men.” 

    --Washington Post
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  • Look, we’re all depressed this election year. We’re sick of seeing know-nothing politicians; of hearing obscene language insulting women and minorities; and we’re disgusted by the media’s bottomless appetite for sensationalism. The only antidote I can suggest for this national malaise is a visit to the Broadhurst Theatre to see the 5,000-volt revival of The Front Page.

    --TimeOutNY
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Accessibility

  • Curb Ramps

    Theatre is not completely wheelchair accessible. There are no steps into the theatre from the sidewalk. Please be advised that where there are steps either into or within the theatre, we are unable to provide assistance.

  • Restroom

    Wheelchair accessible (unisex) restroom is located on the main level. Additional restrooms (not wheelchair accessible) are located down 1 flight of stairs (20 steps).

  • Seating

    Seats 1156

  • Elevator/Escalator

    None.

  • Assisted Listening System

    Reservations are not necessary. Drivers license or ID with printed address required as a deposit. Please call: (212) 582-7678 to reserve in advance.

  • Wheelchair Info

    Theatre is not completely wheelchair accessible. There are no steps to the designated wheelchair seating location.

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