EditorialTheatergoers pose for photo with signage for the musical “Once Upon a One More Time” at the Marquis Theater in New York, June 12, 2023. (Ye Fan/The New York Times)
EditorialTheatergoers pose for photo with signage for the musical “Once Upon a One More Time” at the Marquis Theater in New York, June 12, 2023. (Ye Fan/The New York Times)
EditorialTheatergoers pose for photo with signage for the musical “Once Upon a One More Time” at the Marquis Theater in New York, June 12, 2023. (Ye Fan/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Green, center, in a “Phantom” mask, joins a sold-out crowd as they file in for the final performance of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theater in New York on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialAttendees wait in line for drinks and snacks during intermission for the musical “Shucked,” at the Nederlander Theater in New York, April 12, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialLilli Cooper, left, and Rachel Dratch in “POTUS,” a new play at the Shubert Theater in Manhattan, April 13, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialThe small office, in the Wild Project’s airy, high-ceilinged lobby, where theatergoers enter to portray a worker in the Dutch Kills production of “Temping,” in New York, Nov. 13, 2020. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialTheatergoers watch “Aria da Capo,” half of the outdoor “Crazy Love!” presentation by Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, in Florham Park, N.J., Aug. 12, 2020. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialTheatergoers are seated more than 25 feet from the lip of the stage as they watch “Crazy Love!” presentation by Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey in Florham Park, N.J. on Aug. 12, 2020. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)