OFF-BROADWAY WEEK 2-FOR-1 TICKETS ON SALE TODAY FOR PERFORMANCES SEPTEMBER 21OCTOBER 4

9/8/15


OFF-BROADWAY WEEK 2-FOR-1 TICKETS ON SALE TODAY FOR PERFORMANCES SEPTEMBER 21–OCTOBER 4


—More Than 40 Productions Offering Discounted Tickets—


New York City (September 8, 2015) – NYC & Company, New York City’s official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, encourages theatergoers to purchase Off-Broadway Week tickets, on sale today. As part of the biannual program, two-for-one tickets are available to 41 productions from September 21 to October 4. To purchase tickets and for additional details, visit nycgo.com/offbroadwayweek.


“We are excited to promote some of the best theater the City has to offer, from comedies to interactive performances to musicals on this next iteration of Off-Broadway Week,” said Fred Dixon, president and CEO of NYC & Company. “We encourage visitors and New Yorkers to experience the diversity, energy and intimacy of an Off-Broadway production at half the cost.”


“Off-Broadway Week is the perfect way to be introduced to New York City’s flourishing theatrical landscape,” said Commissioner Cynthia López, Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment. “Through our partnership with NYC & Company, New Yorkers can choose from a diverse and exciting line-up of performances at an array of theatres in the City.”


"The Off-Broadway League is once again excited to partner with our friends at NYC & Company in offering Off-Broadway Week” said Adam Hess, President of The Off-Broadway League. “Off-Broadway continues to flourish, as is evidenced by the more than 40 shows taking part this season, and we are delighted to not only engage Off-Broadway’s regular theatergoers but also reach new audiences with the ease and affordability of this promotion.”


Shows participating in Off-Broadway Week Fall 2015:*





















































  • 39 Steps


  • A Midsummer Night's Dream


  • The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey


  • Avenue Q


  • The Berenstain Bears LIVE!


  • Bésame Mucho


  • Black Angels Over Tuskegee


  • Blue Man Group


  • The Christians


  • Clever Little Lies


  • Cloud Nine


  • Daddy Long Legs


  • Desire: An Evening of Plays Based on Six Stories by Tennessee Williams


  • Drunk Shakespeare


  • En el Tiempo de las Mariposas


  • The Fantasticks


  • Fondly, Collette Richland


  • Fuerza Bruta


  • Gazillion Bubble Show


  • Hell's Belles


  • The Humans


  • In Bed With Roy Cohn


  • Iphigenia in Aulis


  • La Nena Se Casa


  • Laugh It Up, Stare It Down


  • The Legend of Georgia McBride


  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe


  • My Son The Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy


  • Naked Boys Singing!


  • The New Morality


  • NEWSical The Musical


  • Perfect Arrangement


  • Perfect Crime


  • Ruthless! The Musical


  • Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man


  • Sistas: the Musical


  • Sleepy Hollow The Musical


  • STOMP


  • That Bachelorette Show


  • Trip of Love


  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona


*Subject to availability. Blackout dates may apply. 






To encourage visitors and New Yorkers to purchase tickets as part of the theater promotion, NYC & Company will be releasing three Inside Off-Broadway videos featuring Blue Man Group, The Legend of Georgia McBride and STOMP during the next two weeks in the lead up to Off-Broadway Week.



First launched in February 2009, Off-Broadway Week is produced and presented by NYC & Company in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and The Off-Broadway League.



About NYC & Company:
NYC & Company is the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for the City of New York, dedicated to maximizing travel and tourism opportunities throughout the five boroughs, building economic prosperity and spreading the positive image of New York City worldwide. For more information, visit nycgo.com.



 



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