Eureka Day on Broadway Tickets
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About Eureka Day
Get Eureka Day tickets and see this “incredibly funny” (London Theatre) new comedy directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Featuring a starry cast including Amber Gray (Tony Award nominee for Hadestown), Jessica Hecht (Tony Award nominated for A View from the Bridge and Summer, 1976), Bill Irwin (Old Hats), and Thomas Middleditch (Emmy Award nominee for Silicon Valley), Jonathan Spector’s new play enjoyed multiple four-star reviews in London.
In Eureka Day on Broadway, a vaccine policy for little kids brings big drama as a California private elementary school board tries to decide how to shift medical policies as a case of mumps outbreaks at the school.
Run time
1hr 40min. No intermission.
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Start date
November 25th, 2024
End date
February 2nd, 2025
Stars on stage
Jessica Hecht
Thomas Middleditch
Bill Irwin
Amber Gray
Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz
Eureka Day cast and creative team
By: Jonathan Spector
Director: Anna D. Shapiro
Producer: Manhattan Theatre Club
Cast list: Jessica Hecht (as Suzanne), Thomas Middleditch (as Eli), Amber Gray (as Carina), Bill Irwin (as Don), Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz (as Meiko)
Sets: Todd Rosenthal
Costumes: Clint Ramos
Lighting: Jen Schriever
Sound: Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen
Other info: Original music by Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, projection design by David Bengali, intimacy and sensitivity coordination by Ann C. James, vocal coaching by Gigi Buffington
Venue
Accessibility
Elevator access, wheelchair access, assisted listening devices, on-demand closed captioning, open captioning, audio description, Braille and large print Playbills
More information about Eureka Day
A liberal school trying to make sense of its progressive vaccine policies may sound all too familiar in our post-pandemic world. However, that’s the brilliance of Jonathan Spector’s new play. Eureka Day was written in 2018, before COVID, lending it a timeless and universal appeal. Following successful runs in the Bay Area, where it won the Glickman Award and Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award, it then traveled to London, earning rave reviews, before coming back to the United States for its Broadway bow.
The political gets personal in Spector’s play, which also lends it a sharp, biting humor. Private schools can have an air of taking themselves too seriously, which Spector wittily satirizes as he depicts the big wigs at small schools who won’t give an inch in the face of evolving events and a changing culture. Fans of cringe-comedy sit-coms and intellectual new plays will find lots to love in this dynamo hit.
What to watch for
- Anna D. Shapiro is known for staging August: Osage County, for which she won a Tony; a marvel director with a knack for new plays, she was also artistic director of Steppenwolf in Chicago.
- Manhattan Theatre Club has a track record for producing intelligent new plays that help audiences confront modern issues, as seen in Proof, Doubt, and The Children.
- Many plays are developed in New York, and sometimes in Chicago, but plays about and coming out of California are rarer, making this an auspicious debut for Jonathan Spector.
- Enjoying rave reviews for its London run, London Theatre praised the amazing humor in Eureka Day but also commended how the play “gets to the root of a deeper issue: our increasingly polarised world, in which arguments are based on feeling, not fact, and we become ever-more entrenched in our culture-wars tribes.”
Additional Information
Children under 5 are not permitted in the theatre.
No weapons permitted on the premises. No outside food or beverages, electric scooters, e-bikes, or battery-powered transportation devices, except when medically necessary.
All items are subject to inspection. Anything brought into the theatre must fit on your lap or completely under your seat without blocking any aisles.
The use of cameras, cell phones, and other recording devices during the show is strictly prohibited by law, except when used for accessibility services.
Frequently asked questions
Which theatre is Eureka Day at?
Eureka Day is at New York's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, which is located at 261 West 47th Street, New York, 10036.
What is the running time of Eureka Day?
Eureka Day runs for 1hr 40min. No intermission.
How do you get tickets for Eureka Day?
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How much are tickets for Eureka Day?
Eureka Day tickets start at $52.
What is Eureka Day about?
Get Eureka Day tickets to see the crowd-pleasing, smart comedy that’s wowed international audiences. See Eureka Day play on Broadway in a new production from Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro.
Who wrote Eureka Day?
A Bay Area playwright, Jonathan Spector, wrote this show, for which he received multiple awards and is now making his Broadway debut.
Who directed Eureka Day?
Tony winner Anna D. Shaprio, a champion of new plays, stages this Broadway premiere.
Is Eureka Day appropriate for kids?
An age recommendation has yet to be finalized, but all Broadway audiences regardless of show must be four and over.
Is Eureka Day good?
Past reviews all say yes: “Staggeringly well done,” Evening Standard wrote in a four-star review, and the show is “a hit,” per The Telegraph.
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