119-462: Vera Ann Farmiga ( / f ɑːr ˈ m iː ɡ ə / far- MEE -gə ; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress and singer. Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996). After expanding to television and film, her breakthrough came with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone (2004). She then had roles in
238-418: A 2011 interview with Christianity Today , Farmiga said: I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith. My father instilled in me ... to define God, to define holiness for myself. That was my parents' number one lesson for us. I don't belong to any particular church, but I'm someone who will be able to walk into any place of worship, any house of worship, and have
357-472: A 7:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. "curtain". The afternoon " matinée " performances are at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays and at 3:00 p.m. on Sundays. This makes for an eight-performance week. On this schedule, most shows do not play on Monday and the shows and theatres are said to be "dark" on that day. The actors and the crew in these shows tend to regard Sunday evening through Monday evening as their weekend. The Tony award presentation ceremony
476-551: A Drama Series (2013–2015), as well as nominations for the 2013 Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama , the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series , and the 2013 TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama . Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter called Farmiga's performance "superb" and Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times identified her as "the main reason [the series]
595-498: A Supporting Role . Farmiga received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in Bates Motel (2013–2017). For her performance in the miniseries When They See Us (2019), Farmiga received her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination, in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . Broadway theatre Broadway theatre , or Broadway ,
714-827: A Theater Advisory Council, which included Papp. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City , Broadway theaters closed on March 12, 2020, shuttering 16 shows that were playing or were in the process of opening. The Broadway League shutdown was extended first to April, then to May, then June, then September 2020 and January 2021, and later to June 1, 2021. Then-governor Andrew Cuomo announced that most sectors of New York would have their restrictions lifted on May 19, 2021, but he stated that Broadway theatres would not be able to immediately resume performances on this date due to logistical reasons. In May 2021, Cuomo announced that Broadway theaters would be allowed to reopen on September 14, and
833-449: A booming economy and abundant creative talent kept Broadway hopping. To this day, the shows of the 1950s form the core of the musical theatre repertory." Kenrick notes that "the late 1960s marked a time of cultural upheaval. All those changes would prove painful for many, including those behind the scenes, as well as those in the audience." Of the 1970s, Kenrick writes: "Just when it seemed that traditional book musicals were back in style,
952-663: A cast. There are still, however, performers who are primarily stage actors, spending most of their time "on the boards", and appearing in screen roles only secondarily. As Patrick Healy of The New York Times noted: Broadway once had many homegrown stars who committed to working on a show for a year, as Nathan Lane has for The Addams Family . In 2010, some theater heavyweights like Mr. Lane were not even nominated; instead, several Tony Awards were given for productions that were always intended to be short-timers on Broadway, given that many of their film-star performers had to move on to other commitments. According to Mark Shenton, "One of
1071-434: A challenge to the stage. At first, films were silent and presented only limited competition. By the end of the 1920s, films like The Jazz Singer were presented with synchronized sound, and critics wondered if cinema would replace live theatre altogether. While live vaudeville could not compete with these inexpensive films that featured vaudeville stars and major comedians of the day, other theatres survived. The musicals of
1190-526: A company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia , and opened with The Merchant of Venice and The Anatomist . The company moved to New York in 1753, performing ballad operas and ballad-farces like Damon and Phillida . During the Revolutionary War , theatre was suspended in New York City. But after
1309-506: A daughter, Gytta, in November 2010. The family owns homes in Hudson Valley , New York and Vancouver , British Columbia . Farmiga's sister-in-law is actress and photographer Molly Hawkey . She is close friends with her Bates Motel co-star Freddie Highmore , who is godfather to her son, and with her Conjuring co-star Patrick Wilson . Farmiga is a nondenominational Christian ; in
SECTION 10
#17329419136401428-625: A direct correspondence. According to the review-aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes and the box office site Box Office Mojo , Farmiga's highest-grossing and most critically acclaimed films include Down to the Bone (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), The Departed (2006), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), Orphan (2009), Up in the Air (2009), Source Code (2011), Safe House (2012), The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), The Commuter (2018), Godzilla: King of
1547-552: A discount of 20 to 50%. The TKTS booths are located in Times Square , in Lower Manhattan , and at Lincoln Center . This service is run by Theatre Development Fund . Many Broadway theatres also offer special student rates, same-day "rush" or "lottery" tickets, or standing-room tickets to help ensure that their theatres are as full—and their grosses as high—as possible. According to The Broadway League , total Broadway attendance
1666-896: A few exceptions, compared with London runs, until World War I . A few very successful British musicals continued to achieve great success in New York, including Florodora in 1900–01. In the early years of the twentieth century, translations of popular late-nineteenth century continental operettas were joined by the "Princess Theatre" shows of the 1910s, by writers such as P. G. Wodehouse , Guy Bolton , and Harry B. Smith . Victor Herbert , whose work included some intimate musical plays with modern settings as well as his string of famous operettas ( The Fortune Teller (1898), Babes in Toyland (1903), Mlle. Modiste (1905), The Red Mill (1906), and Naughty Marietta (1910)). Beginning with The Red Mill , Broadway shows installed electric signs outside
1785-527: A larger theatre. Other productions are first developed through workshops and then out-of-town tryouts before transferring to Broadway. Merrily We Roll Along famously skipped an out-of-town tryout and attempted to do an in-town tryout—actually preview performances —on Broadway before its official opening, with disastrous results. After, or even during, successful runs in Broadway theatres, producers often remount their productions with new casts and crew for
1904-521: A more experimental, challenging, and intimate performance than is possible in the larger Broadway theatres. Some Broadway shows, however, such as the musicals Hair , Little Shop of Horrors , Spring Awakening , Next to Normal , Rent , Avenue Q , In the Heights , Fun Home , A Chorus Line , Dear Evan Hansen , and Hamilton , began their runs Off-Broadway and later transferred to Broadway, seeking to replicate their intimate experience in
2023-539: A negative COVID-19 test (PCR within 72 hours or antigen within six hours of the performance start time). Beginning November 8, those ages 5–11 also had the option to provide proof of at least one vaccination shot. Effective December 14, in accordance with NYC's vaccination mandate, guests ages 5–11 were required to have at least one vaccination shot until January 29, 2022, where they had to be fully vaccinated. The vaccine mandate lasted until April 30, and attendees were also required to wear face masks until July 1. During
2142-1128: A new age of American playwright with the emergence of Eugene O'Neill , whose plays Beyond the Horizon , Anna Christie , The Hairy Ape , Strange Interlude , and Mourning Becomes Electra proved that there was an audience for serious drama on Broadway, and O'Neill's success paved the way for major dramatists like Elmer Rice , Maxwell Anderson , Robert E. Sherwood , Clifford Odets , Tennessee Williams , and Arthur Miller , as well as writers of comedy like George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart . Classical revivals also proved popular with Broadway theatre-goers, notably John Barrymore in Hamlet and Richard III , John Gielgud in Hamlet , The Importance of Being Earnest and Much Ado About Nothing , Walter Hampden and José Ferrer in Cyrano de Bergerac , Paul Robeson and Ferrer in Othello , Maurice Evans in Richard II and
2261-500: A rate acceptable to the producers, they may continue to run in the expectation that, eventually, they will pay back their initial costs and become profitable. In some borderline situations, producers may ask that royalties be temporarily reduced or waived, or even that performers—with the permission of their unions—take reduced salaries, to prevent a show from closing. Theatre owners, who are not generally profit participants in most productions, may waive or reduce rents, or even lend money to
2380-431: A run of 253 performances. The first theatre piece that conforms to the modern conception of a musical, adding dance and original music that helped to tell the story, is considered to be The Black Crook , which premiered in New York on September 12, 1866. The production was five-and-a-half hours long, but despite its length, it ran for a record-breaking 474 performances. The same year, The Black Domino/Between You, Me and
2499-481: A show to keep it running. Some Broadway shows are produced by non-commercial organizations as part of a regular subscription season— Lincoln Center Theatre , Roundabout Theatre Company , Manhattan Theatre Club , and Second Stage Theater are the four non-profit theatre companies that currently have permanent Broadway venues. Some other productions are produced on Broadway with "limited engagement runs" for several reasons, including financial issues, prior engagements of
SECTION 20
#17329419136402618-521: A supporting role in the 2004 film Mind The Gap , in which she portrayed a woman who left her fiancé at the altar. She then starred as Detective Susan Branca in the short-lived USA Network adaptation of the British crime drama series Touching Evil . Also in 2004, she had a supporting role as Jocelyne Jordan in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate , which also starred Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep . The following year, she co-starred in
2737-814: A teenager, her husband Renn Hawkey served as a producer and musical director, and her cousin Adriana Farmiga served as an art curator. She received nominations in both acting and directing for the film, including the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director , and the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture . In his film review, critic Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter noted: "Directing debuts by actors don't come any better than this". Of her performance, Leonard Maltin of IndieWire remarked that Farmiga "gives an honest, empathetic performance should come as no surprise; she
2856-549: A varsity soccer game; her friend convinced her to audition for the school production of The Vampire , and she won the lead role of Lady Margaret. Farmiga went on to study Theatre at Syracuse University , and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1995. In her final year at Syracuse, she portrayed Nina Zarechnaya in The Seagull at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival , and
2975-565: A venue for plays under the name Burton's Theatre. The Astor Opera House opened in 1847. A riot broke out in 1849 when the lower-class patrons of the Bowery Theatre objected to what they perceived as snobbery by the upper-class audiences at Astor Place: "After the Astor Place Riot of 1849, entertainment in New York City was divided along class lines: opera was chiefly for the upper-middle and upper classes, minstrel shows and melodramas for
3094-636: Is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional theaters , each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway , in Midtown Manhattan , New York City . Broadway and London 's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world . While the Broadway thoroughfare
3213-649: Is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Readington Township , in Hunterdon County, New Jersey . At the 2010 United States Census , the CDP's population was 2,089. Whitehouse Station takes its name from Whitehouse and Abraham Van Horne's 18th century tavern. New Jersey Transit offers service on the Raritan Valley Line at White House Station . The area, which
3332-470: Is an internationally prominent tourist attraction in New York City . According to The Broadway League , shows on Broadway sold approximately US$ 1.54 billion worth of tickets in both the 2022-2023 and the 2023–2024 seasons. Both seasons featured theater attendance of approximately 12.3 million each. Most Broadway shows are musicals . Historian Martin Shefter argues that "Broadway musicals, culminating in
3451-553: Is eponymous with the district, it is closely identified with Times Square . Only three theaters are located on Broadway itself: Broadway Theatre , Palace Theatre , and Winter Garden Theatre . The rest are located on the numbered cross streets, extending from the Nederlander Theatre one block south of Times Square on West 41st Street, north along either side of Broadway to 53rd Street , and Vivian Beaumont Theater , at Lincoln Center on West 65th Street. While exceptions exist,
3570-466: Is now served only by New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line, used to be a railroad junction, serving as the endpoint of the ill-fated Rockaway Valley Railroad , which ceased operation in 1913. Whitehouse Station was home to the global headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Merck , which was housed in the modernist Merck Headquarters Building for more than two decades. Merck has shifted its base of operations to Rahway . On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 AM,
3689-563: Is one of the most gifted and daring actresses of our time". Her next role was the flaky New Age mother Wendy Whitman in the independent comedy-drama Goats , which opened at the 2012 Sundance . That same year, she portrayed CIA operative Catherine Linklater in Daniel Espinosa 's action thriller Safe House (2012). Farmiga starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and, for the second time, Denzel Washington. Farmiga's return to television came in 2013, when she began portraying Norma Louise Bates ,
Vera Farmiga - Misplaced Pages Continue
3808-573: Is surprisingly good". In addition to starring, she served as a producer and later executive producer from the second season to its fifth and final season, which aired in 2017. She next appeared in James Wan 's horror film The Conjuring (2013), which was met with critical and commercial success. The film became the second highest-grossing horror film of all time up to that date. Farmiga portrayed paranormal investigator and self-professed clairvoyant Lorraine Warren , alongside Patrick Wilson , for which she
3927-567: Is usually held on a Sunday evening in June to fit this schedule. In recent years, some shows have moved their Tuesday show time an hour earlier to 7:00 pm. The rationale for this move was that since fewer tourists take in shows midweek, Tuesday attendance depends more on local patrons. The earlier curtain makes it possible for suburban patrons to get home by a reasonable hour after the show. Some shows, especially those produced by Disney , change their performance schedules fairly frequently depending on
4046-425: The 2008 Sundance . David Edelstein of New York magazine stated that Farmiga's performance on the latter film was "scarily good", and added: "She's always visibly calculating, thinking better of something reckless she's about to do – then doing it anyway". In September 2008, the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas , in which she portrayed Elsa Hoess, was released worldwide. Farmiga won
4165-513: The 2009 Toronto International Film Festival . Also in 2009, she co-starred as frequent flyer Alex Goran, opposite George Clooney , in Jason Reitman 's comedy-drama Up in the Air . Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised Farmiga's performance, stating that she "is one of the warmest and most attractive women in the movies, or at least she plays one". She received nominations for
4284-610: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role , BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role , Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress , and her second nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress . On June 25, 2010, she was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Farmiga then starred in
4403-597: The American Theatre Wing , a service organization. While the League and the theatrical unions are sometimes at loggerheads during those periods when new contracts are being negotiated, they also cooperate on many projects and events designed to promote professional theatre in New York. Of the four non-profit theatre companies with Broadway theatres, all four ( Lincoln Center Theater , Manhattan Theatre Club , Roundabout Theatre Company , and Second Stage Theatre ) belong to
4522-550: The British Independent Film Award for Best Actress for her performance. That same year, she starred in the war drama film In Transit alongside John Malkovich , and portrayed Central Intelligence Agency operative Erica Van Doren in the political thriller Nothing But the Truth . The latter role earned Farmiga a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 2009, Farmiga portrayed
4641-673: The Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye (2021) set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and the Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial (2022). Farmiga was born on August 6, 1973, in Clifton, New Jersey . Her parents are Ukrainians : Mykhailo Farmiga, a systems analyst -turned-landscaper, and his wife Lubomyra "Luba" (née Spas), a schoolteacher. She has an older brother, Victor, and five younger siblings: Stephan, Nadia, Alexander, Laryssa (who
4760-567: The League of Resident Theatres and have contracts with the theatrical unions which are negotiated separately from the other Broadway theatre and producers. ( Disney also negotiates apart from the League, as did Livent before it closed down its operations.) The majority of Broadway theatres are owned or managed by three organizations: the Shubert Organization , a for-profit arm of the non-profit Shubert Foundation, which owns seventeen theatres;
4879-1049: The Mill Valley Film Festival in October 2017. Farmiga co-starred with Liam Neeson in Jaume Collet-Serra's action thriller The Commuter , which was released in January 2018. Also in January 2018, she appeared as a politician in Amazon 's sci-fi anthology series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams , in an episode directed by Dee Rees . Farmiga then portrayed Laura Jaconi in Shana Feste 's comedy-drama film Boundaries , which premiered in March 2018 at South by Southwest . Next in 2018, Farmiga starred as neo-Nazi group leader Shareen Krager in Guy Nattiv's racial drama Skin , which premiered at
Vera Farmiga - Misplaced Pages Continue
4998-798: The MonsterVerse film franchise, Godzilla: King of the Monsters , directed by Michael Dougherty . Also in May 2019, Farmiga portrayed prosecutor Elizabeth Lederer in Ava DuVernay 's Netflix crime drama miniseries When They See Us , based on the Central Park jogger case . For her performance, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . In June 2019, she reprised her role as Lorraine Warren in
5117-493: The Nederlander Organization , which controls nine theatres; and ATG Entertainment , which owns seven Broadway houses. Both musicals and straight plays on Broadway often rely on casting well-known performers in leading roles to draw larger audiences or bring in new audience members to the theatre. Actors from film and television are frequently cast for the revivals of Broadway shows or are used to replace actors leaving
5236-468: The Roaring Twenties , borrowing from vaudeville, music hall , and other light entertainment, tended to ignore plot in favor of emphasizing star actors and actresses, big dance routines, and popular songs. Florenz Ziegfeld produced annual spectacular song-and-dance revues on Broadway featuring extravagant sets and elaborate costumes, but there was little to tie the various numbers together. Typical of
5355-841: The Seattle International Film Festival in May 2013. Also in 2013, she starred as Alice Bercovich in Nae Caranfil 's Romanian-American comedy-drama Closer to the Moon , based on the events of the Ioanid Gang . Farmiga next co-starred in David Dobkin 's drama film The Judge (2014) as Samantha Powell, the love interest and high school girlfriend of Robert Downey Jr. 's character. She then starred as Eleanor Finch in Ricky Gervais ' comedy Special Correspondents , which premiered at
5474-650: The Toronto International Film Festival in September, and portrayed Oletha "Lee" Hart in Jason Reitman's Gary Hart biopic The Front Runner , opposite Hugh Jackman , which was released in November 2018. In March 2019, she starred as Jane Doe alongside John Goodman in Rupert Wyatt 's science fiction thriller Captive State . In May 2019, she portrayed Dr. Emma Russell in the third installment of
5593-411: The book of the same name by Sheri Fink . In 2023, she made a cameo appearance as Lorraine Warren in a mid-credits scene of the horror sequel The Nun II , using a scene cut from The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It . That same year, Farmiga had roles in Ava DuVernay 's drama film Origin , an adaptation of the non-fiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson , and
5712-538: The surrealist romantic comedy Henry's Crime as stage actress Julie Ivanova, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival . She next played Capt. Colleen Goodwin in Duncan Jones ' science fiction thriller film Source Code , which premiered at the 2011 South by Southwest . In 2010, Farmiga was offered a lead role in Marc Forster 's action biopic Machine Gun Preacher , but declined because she
5831-409: The 1920s were lighthearted productions such as Sally ; Lady Be Good ; Sunny ; No, No, Nanette ; Harlem ; Oh, Kay! ; and Funny Face . Their books may have been forgettable, but they produced enduring standards from George Gershwin , Cole Porter , Jerome Kern , Vincent Youmans , and Rodgers and Hart , among others, and Noël Coward , Sigmund Romberg , and Rudolf Friml continued in
5950-551: The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival . She next appeared as Alise Firth in Jordan Roberts ' adventure comedy-drama Burn Your Maps , which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival . Farmiga co-starred as Dr. Nora Phillips in Neill Blomkamp 's BMW short film The Escape (2016), alongside Dakota Fanning and Clive Owen . The following year, she executive produced the documentary film Unspoken , which premiered at
6069-654: The Blue Sky at the Williamstown Theatre Festival . Farmiga next appeared as Lorena Fanchetti in the comedy-drama Dummy (2003), alongside Adrien Brody . The following year, Farmiga had her breakthrough role as a drug-addicted mother, Irene Morrison, in the independent drama film Down to the Bone , which premiered at Sundance in January 2004. Praising her performance, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote: "If there were an ounce of taste left in Hollywood,
SECTION 50
#17329419136406188-536: The Broadway national tour, which travels to theatres in major cities across the country. Sometimes when a show closes on Broadway, the entire production, with most if not all of the original cast intact, is relaunched as a touring company, hence the name "Broadway national tour". Some shows may even have several touring companies out at a time, whether the show is still running in New York or not, with many companies "sitting down" in other major cities for their own extended runs. For Broadway national tours of top-tier cities,
6307-603: The Broadway orchestra is governed by an agreement with the musicians' union (Local 802, American Federation of Musicians) and The Broadway League. For example, the agreement specifies the minimum size of the orchestra at the Minskoff Theatre to be eighteen, while at the Music Box Theatre it is nine. Most Broadway shows are commercial productions intended to make a profit for the producers and investors ("backers" or "angels"), and therefore have open-ended runs (duration that
6426-487: The CDP. The population density was 1,602.7 people per square mile (618.8 people/km ). There were 989 housing units at an average density of 758.8 units per square mile (293.0 units/km ). The racial makeup was 91.53% (1,912) White , 2.82% (59) Black or African American , 0.05% (1) Native American , 3.06% (64) Asian , 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander , 1.15% (24) from other races , and 1.39% (29) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.27% (110) of
6545-454: The CDP. The population density was 583.9 people/km (1,512 people/sq mi). There were 905 housing units at an average density of 270.9 units/km (702 units/sq mi). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.05% White , 0.87% African American , 0.97% Asian , 0.56% from other races , and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.56% of the population. There were 878 households, of which 24.9% had children under
6664-656: The COVID-19 shutdown, the Shubert Organization, the Nederlander Organization, and Jujamcyn had pledged to increase racial and cultural diversity in their theaters, including naming at least one theater for a Black theatrical personality. The August Wilson Theatre , owned by Jujamcyn, had been renamed after Black playwright August Wilson in 2005. The Shuberts announced in March 2022 that the Cort Theatre , which
6783-564: The Cakewalk (1898), and the highly successful In Dahomey (1902). Hundreds of musical comedies were staged on Broadway in the 1890s and early 1900s made up of songs written in New York's Tin Pan Alley involving composers such as Gus Edwards , John Walter Bratton , and George M. Cohan ( Little Johnny Jones (1904), 45 Minutes From Broadway (1906), and George Washington Jr. (1906)). Still, New York runs continued to be relatively short, with
6902-400: The Erlanger syndicate. During this time, the play Lightnin' by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon became the first Broadway show to reach 700 performances. From then, it would go on to become the first show to reach 1,000 performances. Lightnin' was the longest-running Broadway show until being overtaken in performance totals by Abie's Irish Rose in 1925. The motion picture mounted
7021-410: The League confirmed that performances would begin to resume in the fall season. Springsteen on Broadway became the first full-length show to resume performances, opening on June 26, 2021, to 1,721 vaccinated patrons at the St. James Theatre . Pass Over then had its first preview on August 4, and opened on August 22, 2021, becoming the first new play to open. Hadestown and Waitress were
7140-402: The Monsters (2019), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). For her role in Up in the Air (2009) Farmiga gained nominations for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress , a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role , and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Female Actor in
7259-486: The Opera at the Majestic Theatre became the longest-running Broadway musical, with 7,486 performances, overtaking Cats . The Phantom of the Opera closed on Broadway on April 16, 2023, soon after celebrating its 35th anniversary, after a total of 13,981 performances. Attending a Broadway show is a common tourist activity in New York. The TKTS booths sell same-day tickets (and in certain cases, next-day matinee tickets) for many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows at
SECTION 60
#17329419136407378-484: The Post was the first show to call itself a "musical comedy". Tony Pastor opened the first vaudeville theatre one block east of Union Square in 1881, where Lillian Russell performed. Comedians Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart produced and starred in musicals on Broadway between 1878 ( The Mulligan Guard Picnic ) and 1890, with book and lyrics by Harrigan and music by his father-in-law David Braham . These musical comedies featured characters and situations taken from
7497-531: The age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.86. Age distribution was 19.9% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
7616-441: The authors and also in numerous unlicensed productions). They were imitated in New York by American productions such as Reginald Dekoven 's Robin Hood (1891) and John Philip Sousa 's El Capitan (1896), along with operas, ballets, and other British and European hits. Charles H. Hoyt 's A Trip to Chinatown (1891) became Broadway's long-run champion when it surpassed Adonis and its 603 total performances in 1893, holding
7735-435: The beginning of the nineteenth century, the area that now comprises the Theater District was owned by a handful of families and comprised a few farms. In 1836, Mayor Cornelius Lawrence opened 42nd Street and invited Manhattanites to "enjoy the pure clean air." Close to 60 years later, theatrical entrepreneur Oscar Hammerstein I built the iconic Victoria Theater on West 42nd Street. Broadway's first "long-run" musical
7854-420: The biggest changes to the commercial theatrical landscape—on both sides of the Atlantic—over the past decade or so is that sightings of big star names turning out to do plays has [sic] gone up; but the runs they are prepared to commit to has gone down. Time was that a producer would require a minimum commitment from his star of six months, and perhaps a year; now, the 13-week run is the norm." The minimum size of
7973-427: The bill was not passed. The Save the Theatres campaign then turned their efforts to supporting the establishment of the Theater District as a registered historic district . In December 1983, Save the Theatres prepared "The Broadway Theater District, a Preservation Development and Management Plan", and demanded that each theater in the district receive landmark designation. Mayor Ed Koch ultimately reacted by creating
8092-490: The comedy-drama film Ezra , directed by Tony Goldwyn . She is set to star in the Heaven's Gate Cult biopic The Leader , in which she will portray group founder Bonnie Nettles . She will also voice a character in the upcoming animated series Gossamer , based on the novel of the same name by Lois Lowry . In October 2024, Farmiga debuted as a singer in the band The Yagas with a single titled "The Crying Room". Farmiga met actor Sebastian Roché while starring together in
8211-555: The community was struck by a magnitude 4.8 earthquake . The quake saw no major damage and no injuries. At 5:59 PM, on the same day, a second earthquake recorded at magnitude 3.8 struck east of the community in Gladstone, New Jersey . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP had a total area of 1.346 square miles (3.49 km ), including 1.303 square miles (3.37 km ) of land and 0.043 square miles (0.11 km ) of water (3.20%). The 2010 United States census counted 2,089 people, 963 households, and 553 families in
8330-406: The daughter of Christopher Walken 's character. She also had a supporting role as Lisa Tyler in the romantic drama Autumn in New York (2000). The following year, Farmiga had a supporting role as Daphne Handlova in the action thriller 15 Minutes , alongside Robert De Niro , and co-starred in the drama film Dust , which premiered at the 2001 Venice Film Festival . Farmiga subsequently joined
8449-441: The daughter of a convicted murderer who goes on her own killing spree. She made her feature film debut playing a supporting role alongside Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise (1998). Also that year, she had a guest appearance in the NBC drama series Trinity , portraying Allison. Farmiga's next film was the crime drama The Opportunists (2000), in which she co-starred as Miriam Kelly,
8568-422: The decade ended with critics and audiences giving mixed signals." Ken Bloom observed that "The 1960s and 1970s saw a worsening of the area [Times Square] and a drop in the number of legitimate shows produced on Broadway." By way of comparison, in the 1950 to 1951 season (May to May) 94 productions opened on Broadway; in the 1969 to 1970 season (June to May) there were 59 productions (fifteen were revivals). In
8687-509: The drama film Higher Ground (2011), in which she had the leading role. She starred in the thrillers Source Code (2011) and Safe House (2012), before furthering her scream queen status by portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). She also starred in
8806-656: The effort. At Papp's behest, in July 1982, a bill was introduced in the 97th Congress , entitled "H.R.6885, A bill to designate the Broadway/Times Square Theatre District in the City of New York as a national historic site". The legislation would have provided certain U.S. government resources and assistance to help the city preserve the district. Faced with strong opposition and lobbying by Mayor Ed Koch's Administration and corporate Manhattan development interests,
8925-539: The entire Broadway production is transplanted almost entirely intact and may run for many months (or years) at each stop. For example, the first U.S. tour of The Phantom of the Opera required 26 53-foot-long (16.1 m) semi-trailers to transport all its sets, equipment, and costumes, and it took almost 10 days to properly unload all those trucks and install everything into a theater. Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Whitehouse Station , also spelled White House Station ,
9044-456: The everyday life of New York's lower classes and represented a significant step forward from vaudeville and burlesque, towards a more literate form. They starred high-quality professional singers ( Lillian Russell , Vivienne Segal , and Fay Templeton ), instead of the amateurs, often sex workers, who had starred in earlier musical forms. As transportation improved, poverty in New York diminished, and street lighting made for safer travel at night,
9163-542: The fantasy adventure television series Roar ; they eloped to the Bahamas after it ended in 1997, and were divorced in 2004. She began dating Deadsy musician Renn Hawkey , after being introduced by mutual friend Allen Hughes on the set of Touching Evil . They married on September 13, 2008, when Farmiga was five months pregnant with their first child. She gave birth to a son, Fynn, in January 2009 in Rhinebeck, New York and
9282-545: The fantasy drama Neverwas with Aaron Eckhart and Ian McKellen , which premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival . Farmiga then appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon as police psychiatrist Dr. Madolyn Madden in Martin Scorsese 's crime drama The Departed (2006). For her performance as Madolyn, Farmiga was nominated for the Empire Award for Best Newcomer , and shared with her co-stars
9401-477: The film prequel to The Sopranos , titled The Many Saints of Newark , directed by Alan Taylor . Following this, she starred as Eleanor Bishop, the mother of Hailee Steinfeld 's character, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero miniseries Hawkeye , which premiered on Disney+ in November 2021. In August 2022, Farmiga starred in the lead role of Dr. Anna Pou in the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ limited series Five Days at Memorial , an adaptation of
9520-463: The first musicals to resume performances on September 2, 2021. The 74th Tony Awards were also postponed; the Tony nominations were announced on October 15, 2020, and took place on September 26, 2021. On July 30, 2021, it was announced that all Broadway theaters required attendees to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination . The rule applied to guests ages 12+. Those under age 12 were required to provide
9639-560: The horror sequel film Annabelle Comes Home . In May 2021, Farmiga made a special guest appearance in Netflix 's drama limited series Halston , based on the life of the fashion designer of the same name , opposite Ewan McGregor in the title role. She then reprised her role as Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It , released in June 2021. In September 2021, Farmiga appeared as Livia Soprano in
9758-643: The lead role of Kate Coleman in Jaume Collet-Serra 's psychological thriller Orphan . The film was co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio , who had starred with Farmiga in The Departed. Her performance was praised, with Toby Young of The Times writing that she "becomes more convincing as the story unfolds. By the end, she has you in the palm of her hand". She then appeared as Aurora de Valday in Niki Caro 's romantic drama The Vintner's Luck , which premiered at
9877-539: The lead role of Sophie Lee in Gina Kim 's romantic drama Never Forever , which premiered at the 2007 Sundance . G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle praised her as "the best American actress you've never heard of". She next starred as Abby Cairn in the psychological thriller film Joshua (2007), with Sam Rockwell , and portrayed Fiona Ankany in the drama film Quid Pro Quo , which premiered at
9996-511: The legal drama The Judge (2014), the biographical drama The Front Runner (2018), the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and the crime drama The Many Saints of Newark (2021). On television, Farmiga received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Norma Louise Bates in the A&;E drama horror series Bates Motel (2013–2017) and starring in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019). She also appears in
10115-752: The magnificent Vera Farmiga would be a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar". She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress , and earned a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead . Farmiga next appeared alongside Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston in the HBO drama film Iron Jawed Angels (2004), as the Polish-American suffragette Ruza Wenclawska . Soon after, she had
10234-623: The main cast of NBC's short-lived procedural drama series UC: Undercover , as Alex Cross. The series premiered in September 2001, and was cancelled after one season. She then appeared in the Hallmark fantasy television film Snow White: The Fairest of Them All . Farmiga had her first starring role in the romantic drama Love in the Time of Money , which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival . In June 2002, she starred in David Eldridge 's Under
10353-544: The middle-class, variety shows in concert saloons for men of the working class and the slumming middle-class." The plays of William Shakespeare were frequently performed on the Broadway stage during the period, most notably by American actor Edwin Booth who was internationally known for his performance as Hamlet . Booth played the role for a famous 100 consecutive performances at the Winter Garden Theatre in 1865 (with
10472-479: The mother of Norman Bates , in A&;E's drama-thriller series Bates Motel . The series is a contemporary reboot of Alfred Hitchcock 's classic horror film Psycho (1960). For her performance, she won the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television , and the 2016 People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Actress . She also received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in
10591-420: The next sixteen years. However, smaller vaudeville and variety houses proliferated, and Off-Broadway was well established by the end of the nineteenth century. A Trip to Coontown (1898) was the first musical comedy entirely produced and performed by African Americans in a Broadway theatre (inspired largely by the routines of the minstrel shows ), followed by the ragtime -tinged Clorindy: The Origin of
10710-676: The nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . Soon after, she portrayed Dr. Charlie Brooks in the 2006 indie thriller, The Hard Easy . She next starred as Teresa Gazelle in Wayne Kramer 's crime thriller Running Scared , and as the Romanian prostitute Oana in Anthony Minghella 's romantic crime drama Breaking and Entering (both in 2006). Farmiga subsequently landed
10829-552: The number of potential patrons for the growing number of theatres increased enormously. Plays could run longer and still draw in the audiences, leading to better profits and improved production values. As in England, during the latter half of the century, the theatre began to be cleaned up, with less prostitution hindering the attendance of the theatre by women. Gilbert and Sullivan 's family-friendly comic opera hits, beginning with H.M.S. Pinafore in 1878, were imported to New York (by
10948-556: The performers, or temporary availability of a theatre between the end of one production and the beginning of another. However, some shows with planned limited engagement runs may, after critical acclaim or box office success, extend their engagements or convert to open-ended runs. This was the case with 2007's August: Osage County , 2009's God of Carnage , 2012's Newsies , and 2022's Take Me Out . Historically, musicals on Broadway tend to have longer runs than "straight" (i.e., non-musical) plays. On January 9, 2006, The Phantom of
11067-464: The plays of George Bernard Shaw , and Katharine Cornell in such plays as Romeo and Juliet , Antony and Cleopatra , and Candida . In 1930, Theatre Guild 's production of Roar, China! was Broadway's first play with a majority Asian cast. As World War II approached, a dozen Broadway dramas addressed the rise of Nazism in Europe and the issue of American non-intervention. The most successful
11186-473: The political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). She was also established as a scream queen for her performances in the horror films Joshua (2007) and Orphan (2009). For her performance in the comedy-drama Up in the Air (2009), Farmiga was nominated for an Academy Award and other accolades . She then made her directorial debut with
11305-401: The population were under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 31.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.6 years. For every 100 females, the population had 82.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 77.3 males. At the 2000 United States Census there were 1,951 people, 878 households and 531 families living in
11424-416: The population. Of the 963 households, 23.2% had children under the age of 18; 46.0% were married couples living together; 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 42.6% were non-families. Of all households, 37.1% were made up of individuals and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.87. 19.6% of
11543-423: The production plays), meaning that the length of their presentation is not set beforehand, but depends on critical response, word of mouth, and the effectiveness of the show's advertising, all of which determine ticket sales. Investing in a commercial production carries a varied degree of financial risk. Shows need not make a profit immediately; should they make their "nut" (weekly operating expenses), or lose money at
11662-567: The production won the top prize. Her drama professor, Gerardine Clark, stated: "We'd never have won had she not nailed the fourth act. A number of the judges told me that." In February 1996, Farmiga starred as Miranda in the American Conservatory Theater 's production of The Tempest . That same year, she portrayed Anne Hartman in a production of Good at The Barrow Group . Farmiga made her Broadway debut alongside Ed Harris and Daniel Massey in October 1996, understudying
11781-640: The productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein , became enormously influential forms of American popular culture " and contributed to making New York City the cultural capital of the world . New York City's first significant theatre was established in the mid-18th century, around 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan , which held about 280 people. They presented William Shakespeare 's plays and ballad operas such as The Beggar's Opera . In 1752, William Hallam sent
11900-702: The role of Emmi Straube in Ronald Harwood 's play Taking Sides . Following these stage roles, she co-starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame western television film Rose Hill in April 1997, portraying Emily Elliot. Farmiga had a main role in Fox 's short-lived fantasy adventure series Roar (1997), alongside Heath Ledger and Sebastian Roché . The following year, she guest-starred in an episode of NBC 's procedural drama series Law & Order , portraying Lindsay Carson,
12019-531: The run ending just a few months before Booth's brother John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln ), and would later revive the role at his own Booth's Theatre (which was managed for a time by his brother Junius Brutus Booth Jr. ). Other renowned Shakespeareans who appeared in New York in this era were Henry Irving , Tommaso Salvini , Fanny Davenport , and Charles Fechter . Theatre in New York moved from Downtown gradually to Midtown Manhattan , beginning around 1850, seeking less expensive real estate. At
12138-467: The season. This is done in order to maximize access to their target audience. Most Broadway producers and theatre owners are members of The Broadway League (formerly "The League of American Theatres and Producers"), a trade organization that promotes Broadway theatre as a whole, negotiates contracts with the various theatrical unions and agreements with the guilds, and co-administers the Tony Awards with
12257-461: The stage for 657 performances. Chinatown itself was surpassed by the musical Irene (1919) in 1921 as the longest-running Broadway musical, and even earlier, in March 1920, by Lightnin' (1918) as the longest-running Broadway show. In 1896, theatre owners Marc Klaw and A. L. Erlanger formed the Theatrical Syndicate , which controlled almost every legitimate theatre in the U.S. for
12376-434: The term "Broadway theatre" is used predominantly to describe venues with seating capacities of at least 500 people. Smaller theaters in New York City are referred to as off-Broadway , regardless of location, while very small venues with fewer than 100 seats are called off-off-Broadway , a term that can also apply to non-commercial, avant-garde , or productions held outside of traditional theater venues. The Theater District
12495-522: The theatres. Since colored bulbs burned out too quickly, white lights were used, and Broadway was nicknamed "The Great White Way". In August 1919, the Actors' Equity Association demanded a standard contract for all professional productions. After a strike shut down all the theatres, the producers were forced to agree. By the 1920s, the Shubert Brothers had risen to take over the majority of the theatres from
12614-525: The theatrical producer and director who established The Public Theater , led the "Save the Theatres" campaign. It was a not-for-profit group supported by the Actors Equity union to save the theater buildings in the neighborhood from demolition by monied Manhattan development interests. Papp provided resources, recruited a publicist and celebrated actors, and provided audio, lighting, and technical crews for
12733-520: The time, the average age of theatergoers was 40.4; nearly two-thirds of the audience were women; and 29% identified as a racial minority. The classification of theatres is governed by language in Actors' Equity Association contracts. To be eligible for a Tony, a production must be in a house with 500 seats or more and in the Theater District, which are the criteria that define Broadway theatre. Off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway shows often provide
12852-558: The twenties, there were 70–80 theaters, but by 1969, there were 36 left. During this time, many Broadway productions struggled due to low attendance rates, which resulted in perceived mediocrity among such plays. For this reason, the Theatre Development Fund was created with the purpose of assisting productions with high cultural value that likely would struggle without subsidization, by offering tickets to those plays to consumers at reduced prices. In early 1982, Joe Papp ,
12971-560: The vein of Victor Herbert. Live theatre has survived the invention of cinema. Leaving these comparatively frivolous entertainments behind and taking the drama a step forward, Show Boat premiered on December 27, 1927, at the Ziegfeld Theatre . It represented a complete integration of book and score, with dramatic themes, as told through the music, dialogue, setting, and movement, woven together more seamlessly than in previous musicals. It ran for 572 performances. The 1920s also spawned
13090-685: The war's end, theatre resumed in 1798, when the 2,000-seat Park Theatre was built on Chatham Street on present-day Park Row . A second major theatre, Bowery Theatre , opened in 1826, followed by others. By the 1840s, P.T. Barnum was operating an entertainment complex in Lower Manhattan. In 1829, at Broadway and Prince Street, Niblo's Garden opened and soon became one of New York's premier nightspots. The 3,000-seat theatre presented all sorts of musical and non-musical entertainments. In 1844, Palmo's Opera House opened and presented opera for only four seasons before bankruptcy led to its rebranding as
13209-507: Was Lillian Hellman 's Watch on the Rhine , which opened in April 1941. After the lean years of the Great Depression , Broadway theatre had entered a golden age with the blockbuster hit Oklahoma! , in 1943, which ran for 2,212 performances. According to John Kenrick 's writings on Broadway musicals, "Every season saw new stage musicals send songs to the top of the charts. Public demand,
13328-650: Was 12, the family moved from Irvington to Whitehouse Station, New Jersey . She attended St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic School in Newark, New Jersey , and toured with a Ukrainian folk-dancing ensemble , Syzokryli, during her teen years. In addition to being a semi-professional folk dancer, she is also a classically trained pianist. Farmiga was a member of Plast . In 1991, she graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School . During her junior year there, she found acting after being benched during
13447-539: Was 14.77 million in 2018–2019, compared to 13.79 million in 2017–2018. The average age of the Broadway audience in the 2017–18 theater season was 40, the lowest it had been in nearly two decades. By 2018, about 20% of Broadway tickets were sold to international visitors, although many visitors reported not being able to use their tickets. In 2022–2023, the first full season since the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway theaters sold 12.3 million tickets, of which 35% were to local residents and 17% to international visitors. At
13566-634: Was a 50-performance hit called The Elves in 1857. In 1870, the heart of Broadway was in Union Square , and by the end of the century, many theatres were near Madison Square . Theatres arrived in the Times Square area in the early 1900s, and the Broadway theatres consolidated there after a large number were built around the square in the 1920s and 1930s. New York runs continued to lag far behind those in London, but Laura Keene 's "musical burletta" The Seven Sisters (1860) shattered previous New York records with
13685-528: Was also directed by Wan. The film was the second released in the main series, but the third released within The Conjuring Universe . Like its predecessor, The Conjuring 2 was met with a positive critical reception and commercial success, surpassing The Conjuring as the second highest-grossing horror film of all time. Farmiga appeared as Edith Martin in the romantic comedy At Middleton , with Andy García and her sister Taissa. The film premiered at
13804-759: Was born with spina bifida ), and Taissa . Her maternal grandparents, Nadia (née Pletenciw; 1925–2014) and Theodor Spas (1921–1990), met at a displaced persons camp in Karlsfeld during World War II . As a child, Farmiga converted with her family from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to Pentecostalism . Farmiga considers herself to be "100% Ukrainian American ". She was raised in an insular Ukrainian American community in Irvington, New Jersey , with Ukrainian being her first language. She did not learn English until she started kindergarten at age six. When she
13923-505: Was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance . Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "Farmiga resonates an extraordinary sensitivity" in the role, while Justin Chang of Variety called her performance "moving" and highlighted her chemistry with Wilson as a "rock-solid rapport". She reprised her role in the sequel, The Conjuring 2 (2016), which
14042-437: Was pregnant. During her second pregnancy, Farmiga made her directorial debut with the micro-budget, Christian-themed drama Higher Ground , in which she starred as the protagonist, Corinne Walker. The film received "generally favorable reviews" on review aggregator site Metacritic and premiered at the 2011 Sundance . Many of her family members were involved in the production: Farmiga's sister Taissa portrayed Corinne as
14161-639: Was under renovation at the time, would be renamed after actor James Earl Jones . In June 2022, the Nederlanders announced that the Brooks Atkinson Theatre would be renamed after Lena Horne , The James Earl Jones Theatre was rededicated in September 2022, while the Lena Horne Theatre was rededicated that November. Although there are some exceptions, shows with open-ended runs generally have evening performances Tuesday through Saturday, with
#639360