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What the Constitution Means to Me

First Preview: Mar 14, 2019
Opening Date: Mar 14, 2019
Closing Date: Aug 24, 2019
Running Time: 01:35
What the Constitution Means to Me

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Playing @
Hayes Theater
240 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036
Moves to Broadway this spring for a limited engagement!

Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck earned enough money for her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. Now, the Obie Award winner resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women in her own family and the founding document that dictated their rights and citizenship.

This boundary-breaking new play has been included in more than a dozen Top Ten lists and named the Number One Play of the Year by The New Yorker and New York Magazine
BroadwayPlay - ComedyPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

SUNDAY, TUESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM


Written By
  • Heidi Schreck

Director
  • Oliver Butler

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Full-price tickets:

$49.00 - $159.00

Lottery & Rush

$42 - a limited number of general rush tickets will be available daily at the box office when it opens for that day’s performance only. There will be a maximum of two tickets per person. Tickets can be paid for via cash or credit card and are subject to availability. Seating locations will be determined at the discretion of the box office

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Reviews

  • NYT Critic's Pick -

    "It is a tragedy told as a comedy, a work of inspired protest, a slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks. It is not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important." 
  • "The text itself doesn’t seem to have changed since its Off Broadway run last year, yet the show has deepened, sweetened and strengthened in its move to Broadway." 
  • 1. “What the Constitution Means to Me” - Best Show of 2018

    In different ways, “What the Constitution Means to Me” and “Oklahoma!” both explore how America’s sunny origin myths aren’t so sunny after all. Part memoir, part town hall, the writer-performer Heidi Schreck’s show begins as a retread of her teen-age experience travelling Legion Halls and giving speeches on the U.S. Constitution for prize money. It evolves into an open-hearted yet shrewd look at the document’s tragic blind spots, and then into a hard-nosed but hopeful attempt to press onward. Like Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette,” Schreck lures the audience with self-effacing charm—she’s like a middle-school history teacher who can’t wait to tell us interesting facts—and then pulls us deeper, to where the real damage lies. I saw the show, at New York Theatre Workshop, the week of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, and it felt like both a balm and a road map. 
  • NYT Critic's Pick -

    "It is a tragedy told as a comedy, a work of inspired protest, a slyly crafted piece of persuasion and a tangible contribution to the change it seeks. It is not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important." 

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Located in the outer lobby at the ground level. ADA access via the stage door.
  • Curb Ramps

    (2.5" lip) NW corner of 44th & Broadway; (2.5" lip) SE corner of 44th St. & Broadway; SW corner of 44th St. & Broadway.
  • Restroom

    Accessible/unisex bathrooms/stalls in the lower lobby and at the mezzanine level.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Full-service/accessible elevator available
  • Entrance

    ADA-accessible building entrance at stage door. Handicap ramps are located in the lower lobby.
  • Water Fountain

    Water fountain is located in lower level directly across from the elevator.
  • Assisted Listening System

    LOOP system in the auditorium, headsets available. Driver’s license or ID with printed address required as a deposit. Not available in the first 3 rows of the orchestra.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Accessible seating in both orchestra & mezzanine

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