Not Your Ordinary Song and Dance Routine! Insider Access to Learn From Broadway Professionals
Discover New York’s Best Broadway Tours
Explore the Theater District; learn one of the numbers from a Broadway show with a cast member. Then, discuss it with friends, old and new, over lunch or dinner.
| Who: | Theater Lovers, Culture Mavens, and Actors who want to fine-tune their parts! |
| What: | Insider Access to a rehearsal studio, A private one-on-one with a Broadway performer and musical director – to learn one of the songs or dance routines from the very show you’ll be attending that night. |
| Where: | Theater District |
| When: | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Monday – Sunday |
| Why: | Learn what it’s really like to be on Broadway from the professionals. |
OUR, four-hour programs include:
- Expert guide to learn about the history and cultural legacy of the Times Square Neighborhood/Theater District.
- Insider’s Access for a private 1 ½ hour lesson from a Broadway professional actor and musical director to learn a number from the show that you will see.
- Performance Bragging Rights over lunch or dinner at Blue Fin – Who would you cast in the part?
- All taxes and gratuities included
Not included:
- Transportation is additional upon request since all programs are designed for walking rain or shine
- Alcoholic beverages may be paid individually at the end of the meal
- Ticket to the Broadway show of your choice is additional
Neighborhood Background:
Before and after the American Revolution, the area belonged to John Morin Scott, a general of the New York militia where he served under George Washington. Scott’s manor house was at what is now 43rd Street, surrounded by countryside used for farming and breeding horses. In the first half of the 19th century it became one of the prized possessions of John Jacob Astor, who made a second fortune selling off lots to hotels and other real estate concerns as the city rapidly spread uptown.
In 1904, New York Times publisher Adolph S. Ochs moved the newspaper’s operations to a new skyscraper on 42nd Street at Longacre Square. Ochs persuaded Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. to construct a subway station there, and the area was renamed “Times Square” on April 8, 1904. Just three weeks later, the first electrified advertisement appeared on the side of a bank at the corner of 46th Street and Broadway.
The New York Times, according to Nolan, moved to more spacious offices across Broadway in 1913. The old Times Building was later named the Allied Chemical Building. Now known simply as One Times Square, it is famed for the Times Square Ball drop on its roof every New Year’s Eve.
As the growth in New York City continued, Times Square quickly became a cultural hub full of theaters, music halls, and upscale hotels.
Times Square is the only neighborhood with zoning ordinances requiring building owners to display illuminated signs. The density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals that of Las Vegas. Officially, signs in Times Square are called “spectaculars”, and the largest of them are called “jumbotrons.”
1-2 minimum: $1143 per person
3 people $814 per person
4 people $644 per person
5 people $544 per person
6 people $478 per person
7 people $432 per person
8 people $409 per person
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