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High Button Shoes

First Preview: May 2, 2019
Opening Date: May 8, 2019
Closing Date: May 12, 2019
Running Time: 02:20
High Button Shoes

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Playing @
New York City Center - Mainstage
131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019
Follow the misad­ventures of two charismatic conmen—Harrison Floy (Michael Urie) and Mr. Pontdue (Kevin Chamberlin)—as they proceed to bamboozle Sara Longstreet (Betsy Wolfe) and her family—inciting a chase from New Brunswick, down the Jersey Shore, to Atlantic City.

High Button Shoes was Jule Styne’s first Broadway hit and won Jerome Robbins his first Tony Award for choreography years before West Side Story and Gypsy (another Styne-Robbins collaboration). 

The rarely-seen High Button Shoes, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, blazed a path for them all and you don’t want to miss the final Encores! production of City Center’s 75th Anniversary Season.
Off BroadwayMusical
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 7 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM


Music
  • Jule Styne

Lyrics
  • Sammy Cahn

Book
  • Stephen Longstreet

Director
  • John Rando

Choreography
  • Sarah O’Gleby - Original Choreography by Jerome Robbins

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Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    Wireless FM assistive listening devices are available free of charge with the presentation of either a driver's license or credit card. Assistive listening devices are available on the table next to the House Manager's lectern on the right side of the Orchestra lobby.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Wheelchair accessible; located near the House Manager's lectern on the right side of the Orchestra lobby.
  • Parking

    1345 Garage: 126 West 55th Street (212.710.8230, 212.977.7636); GMC Parking: 211 West 56th Street (800.836.6666)
  • Wheelchair Info

    New York City Center’s Mainstage, Stage I, Stage II and Studio 5 spaces are all wheelchair accessible. Seats for patrons with disabilities are available online, by phone, and at the box office. Please advise us at the time of ticket purchase of your particular needs. Locations are available on the left and right side of the Orchestra and in row G of the Mezzanine.
  • Box Office

    The box office is in the lobby. It is wheelchair accessible.
  • Restroom

    New York City Center's mainstage restrooms are located on all seating levels. Restrooms for persons in wheelchairs are located on the left side of the lobby of the Orchestra level. On the Grand Tier/Mezzanine level they are to the left of the concessions and coat check area.
  • Water Fountain

    Orchestra & Mezzanine levels. Both are wheelchair accessible.
  • Seating

    The seats in our theater range from 19”-22” wide and are 18” deep. There are armrests on all. They are all joined together, no space between. Some ends have armrests that can fold up for ADA access when wheelchair or walker patrons want to transfer or slide in. Please contact info@nycitycenter.org in advance of your visit if you require accommodations to your seats.

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