Broadway

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: Broadway’s Longest Running Musical

February 22, 2017

By Anja Pollozi, Assistant Editor If anyone wishes to have time traveling experience, “The Phantom of the Opera” will transport you to the glamorous 1900s. With its glittering gowns, surrealistic masquerade ball and the impossible love of a [...]

Lamps, Genie, Action Aladdin on Broadway

February 15, 2017

Coming out of the subway station on 42nd Street and 7th Avenue, you’re welcomed by the magnificent purple and gold marquee of “Aladdin” with its bright lights calling you into the New Amsterdam theater. In comparison to the melting, dripping [...]

Broadway Businesses Stand With Muslim Community

February 14, 2017

Signs of Solidarity on Shop Windows Several off-campus businesses are fostering a sense of unity with the Muslim population of Riverdale as clear as their storefront windows. These stores, often frequented by Manhattan College students, have placed [...]

Student Engagement Gets Tickets to Two Major Broadway Shows

September 7, 2016

The Office of Student Engagement has two shows lined up for the fall semester and they’ll be ones you won’t want to miss out on: “Wicked” on September 17 and “School of Rock” on September 24. Tickets for “Wicked” go on sale September [...]

Review: Chicago

February 19, 2016

Broadway marquees aren’t hard to miss, but the “Chicago” marquee above the Ambassador Theatre catches your eye as soon as you turn down 49th Street. This also says a lot about the show, with its catchy jazz tunes and excellent choreography, [...]

The Name Above the Title: A-List Stars on Broadway

April 23, 2014

The meth-making Walter White, the voices of a Disney princess and prince, a ‘Gossip Girl’ and a one hit wonder. This isn’t exactly the list that comes to mind when one thinks “Broadway Star,” but it is the reality of the Broadway [...]

Rappers and Rebels on Broadway

January 28, 2014

New musicals are coming to Broadway. No, not the block right outside Manhattan College’s campus, but the street downtown that is otherwise known as the Great White Way. Along with the continuation of longstanding productions such as “The Phantom [...]