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The press room of Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building is buzzing with reporters covering the story of an escaped prisoner. When star reporter Hildy Johnson accidentally discovers the runaway convict, he and his editor Walter Burns conspire to hide the man from the other reporters, while they chase the biggest scoop of their careers.

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Performances ended on Jan. 29, 2017.

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About The Front Page on Broadway

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Previews: Sep 20, 2016 • Opening: Oct 20, 2016 • Closing: Jan 29, 2017
Broadway Plays Stars on Stage Comedy

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Broadhurst Theatre Broadhurst Theatre
235 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
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The press room of Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building is buzzing with reporters covering the story of an escaped prisoner. When star reporter Hildy Johnson accidentally discovers the runaway convict, he and his editor Walter Burns conspire to hide the man from the other reporters, while they chase the biggest scoop of their careers.

The New York Times cheers The Front Page is a hyped-up, four letter hymn to the obsessiveness of the ink-stained muckraker, a marvel of intricate locomotive parts. Nathan Lane is spectacular. He is all but setting fire to the stage.” New York Magazine raves “The Front Page knocks ‘em dead! A top-notch production of a blistering newsroom classic. Nathan Lane is a time bomb onstage, with no fuse and an infinite payload.” Time Out New York calls it “a summit of American screwball comedy.” And The Huffington Post writes “That’s not the sound of a fleet of flivvers backfiring that you hear on West 44th Street these nights. It’s laughter, cascading and echoing like bullets from tommy guns. The Front Page is back on Broadway, as rip-roaring as ever, and played by the best comic actors in captivity.”

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Time Out New York

"A summit of American screwball comedy!"

Time Out New York

David Cote

Variety

"Jack O'Brien directs an impeccable revival that delights in the tasteless vulgarity of that fabled era."

Variety

Marilyn Stasio

The New York Times

"Nathan Lane all but sets fire to the stage."

The New York Times

Ben Brantley

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Cast & Creative

Cast

Sheriff Hartman
Walter Burns
Hildy Johnson
Mollie Malloy
Mrs. Grant
Robert Morse
Mr. Pincus
Halley Feiffer
Peggy Grant
Dann Florek
The Mayor
Joe Frobrich
Frank
Richard Gallagher
A Boy Scout
John Magaro
Earl Williams
Danny Mastrogiorgio
Diamond Louie
Drew McVety
A Sailor
Schwartz
Joey Slotnick
Wilson
Jonathan Spivey
Second Policeman
Micah Stock
Woodenshoes Eichom
Clarke Thorell
Kruger
Tony Ward
Carl

Creative

Written by
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Director
Jack O'Brien
Set Designer
Douglas W. Schmidt
Costume Designer
Ann Roth
Lighting Designer
Brian MacDevitt
Sound Designer
Scott Lehrer
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