Broadway Up Close

Broadway Up Close walking tours depart from various Broadway theatres. Tour guides are often stage performers who are passionate about Broadway, and tour stops include many of the theatres. Broadway Beginnings covers the southern end of the district and topics range from Broadway’s early history and the process of creating a play from casting to opening night. On the Shubert Brothers & Beyond tour, guides take tour-goers through the mid-section of the district and talk about the Shubert Brothers and how the Tony Awards began.

Tour-goers on the Hippies, Discos & Dogs! tour make their way through the northern part of the theater district and learn about the dogs of Broadway and backstage stories of long running shows such as “Annie,” “Hair” and “Wicked.” Others tours include a haunted ghost tour and a tour of Hudson Theatre.