Curtain Up Broadway Festival

Start: Friday, September 8, 2023 2:30PM
End: Sunday, September 10, 2023 3:00PM

From Friday September 8 - Sunday September 10, 2023, Curtain Up Broadway Festival brings Broadway to the streets, in the heart of New York City: Times Square. Stretching between 45th and 47th Streets, the festival will include interactive events and performances that are all live, free, and open to the public. 

The three-day celebration will include the following headlining events:

The Curtain Up Broadway Festival will kick off on Friday September 8 at 2:30PM.  The Curtain Up Broadway Festival kicks off with guest speakers from Playbill, The Broadway League, Times Square Alliance, & Prudential Financial, with Broadway guest hosts, special performances, and special and special guests from The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), Hotel Edison, Open Jar Studios, The Entertainment Community Fund, and more. The event will ignite excitement on the main stage and include a celebratory countdown to the official event start!

The Prudential Stages on Broadway Brought to You by Playbill contest hosted by Brittney Johnson, an acclaimed Broadway star who made history playing the title role of “Glinda” in the smash-hit musical “Wicked,” will take place on September 9^th and gives aspiring and emerging artists across the country the opportunity to capitalize on their “Now What?” moment. The winning artists will have the opportunity to network with theatre professionals – like host Brittney Johnson and contest judges Tara Rubin and Allen René Louis – and could walk away with a monetary prize of up to $10,000 plus an opportunity for financial advice from a Prudential Advisor.

All will culminate in The Curtain Up! LIVE from Broadway finale concert, a grand, outdoor event taking place rain or shine on Sunday, September 10 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM in Duffy Square.  This FREE outdoor concert spotlights marquee talent and showcases current Broadway musicals and plays and will be aired live on WABC.  More details and a list of participating shows will be announced at a later date. 

Additional events include: Broadway Sing-Alongs throughout the festival on the ‘Belt It Out On Broadway’ stage, Curtain Up After Dark events featuring Broadway Sings and Rockers On Broadway, Ailey’s Revelations dance workshop, multiple Dueling Piano events at the ‘Belt It Out on Broadway’ stage, Broadway Block Parties presented by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), and more to be announced. 

Visit Playbill.com/CurtainUp for Curtain Up Broadway Festival details (as they are announced)