Hollywood Heavyweights ~ Spring Edition

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How often do you get to sit 20, 40 or 100 feet from Hollywood royalty?  

Well, here we go – Spring 2025 on Broadway!  

Denzel Washington, George Clooney, Jake Gyllenhaal, Nick Jonas and Bernadette Peters are coming our way and you can too!

Join us for your New York City Hollywood Heavyweights ~ Spring Edition experience when the brightest stars light up Broadway.

With our theatre excursions, our patrons have come to expect an elegant level of service and precise attention to detail. Your trip begins with flights from your home airport to one of three major New York airports where one of our drivers will meet you.

From there its door-to-door service by luxury sedan to the 4-diamond accommodation in one of our distinctive properties located in the heart of the theatre district.

Projected as groups of about 20 guests, you can look forward to excellent seats to some great new productions with exclusive experiences and an elegant level of service throughout your stay

After the weekend gets underway with great conversation and a delicious welcome dinner with your fellow guests, we kick things off with your choice from among a wonderful set of Tony-award winning musicals and intimate, star-driven Broadway plays.

Leave your stresses and worries behind and come join us for a memorable excursion to New York City. 

This just may be the trip you have been waiting for.

Here’s a capsule look at some of our featured shows on the weekend:

– Gypsy: starring inimitable 6-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald

– Othello:  Tony/Oscar/Golden Globe winner Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal star in a new production of Shakespeare’s classic.

– Good Night and Good Luck:    2-time Oscar and 4-time Golden Globe winner George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of the 2005 film of the same name.

– The Outsiders:  12-time Tony Award nominee and reigning Best New Musical, a landmark new stage adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s famed novel

– The Last Five Years:  Superstar singer Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren star in the first-ever Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown’s musical.

– Stephen’s Sondheim’s Old Friends:   2-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Olivier and Tony Award Best Actress Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) star in a revue of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s work.

Show Overviews:

Gypsy

Audra McDonald returns to Broadway as Rose in the classic musical from Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim.  Gypsy is the landmark Broadway musical about a domineering mother in the early 20th Century who will do anything to make her young daughters Vaudeville stars. Inspired by the early life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, this new production is directed by George C. Wolfe and choreographed by Camille A. Brown, and is the musical that introduced the hit songs “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Let Me Entertain You,“ and “You Gotta Get a Gimmick.”

& Juliet

Created by the Emmy ® -winning writer from Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & JULIET asks: what would happen if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as she ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning a second chance at life and life – her way.

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends

Celebrate one of Broadway’s true icons with this legendary theatrical event! Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends is an irresistible celebration of the master himself, with a company headlined by none other than Tony Award® winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends comes to Broadway from London’s West End, where it earned a bevy of 5-star raves and was hailed by The Times as “unmissable musical theatre.” 

Othello

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a new production of Shakespeare’s classic. Academy Award winner Denzel Washington stars as the jealousy-prone Othello with Jake Gyllenhaal taking on cunning villain Iago in the Broadway return of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy.

Good Night and Good Luck

George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of the 2005 film of the same name.  A historical drama about 1950s American television news, Good Night, and Good Luck depicts the conflict between broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy, particularly related the senator’s corrupt anti-communist actions.

A Wonderful World:  The Louis Armstrong Musical

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart stars as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in this new musical. Louis Armstrong’s innovative musicianship and incredible charisma as trumpeter and vocalist would lead him from the early days of jazz in his native New Orleans to five decades of international stardom. A Wonderful World tells the story of Armstrong’s blazing musical career from the perspective of his four wives, who each had a unique impact on his life.

Sunset Boulevard

Nicole Scherzinger makes her Broadway debut in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s thrilling musical.  Haunted by her memories and dreams, movie star Norma Desmond yearns to return to the big screen. A struggling screenwriter who can’t sell his scripts to the Hollywood studios may be her only hope, until their dangerous and compelling relationship leads to disastrous circumstances. Drenched in champagne and cynicism, Sunset Boulevard scrutinizes the ambitions and frustrations of its characters and their intoxicating need for fame and adoration.

The Outsiders

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, the hardened hearts and aching souls of Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and their chosen family of ‘outsiders’ are in a fight for survival and a quest for purpose in a world that may never accept them. A story of the bonds that brothers share and the hopes we all hold on to, this gripping new musical reinvigorates the timeless tale of ‘haves and have nots’, of protecting what’s yours and fighting for what could be.

The Last Five Years

Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren star in the first-ever Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown’s musical. The Last Five Years follows two New Yorkers, rising author Jamie and aspiring actress Cathy, as they fall in and out of love over the course of five years. With an “extraordinary and jubilant” (Chicago Tribune) score, the musical explores whether a couple, once united by their

MJ

Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry sets Broadway ablaze in this 4x Tony Award-winning hit.  He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson’s unique and unparalleled artistry has finally arrived on Broadway in a brand-new musical. Centered around the making of his 1992 Dangerous World Tour, and created by Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, MJ goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star, offering a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Jackson into legendary status.

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