What's Happening New Year's Eve Around the Broadway World? Celebrations on Stage, on Screen & More!

Another year has come and gone, but Broadway's there to help you ring in the new year with style!

With New Year's Eve festivities kicking off this Wednesday from coast-to-cast, BWW brings you a look at what's happening around the Broadway World this week, from what's on stage, what's on television, and what's playing throughout New York City's hottest cabaret venues.

What's Happening on Broadway This Week

Show	Weds. 12/31	Thurs. 1/1	Fri. 1/2	Sat. 1/3	Sun. 1/4
Aladdin	1:00PM		8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Beautiful		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Book of Mormon	2:00PM		8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 7:00PM
Cabaret	2:00PM		2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM
Chicago		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:30PM 8:00PM	7:00PM
Cinderella		3:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM
Constellations		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 7:00PM
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
A Delicate Balance	2:00PM		2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM
Disgraced			2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Elephant Man		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder	2:00PM		8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Hedwig and the Angry Inch			8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	7:00PM
Honeymoon in Vegas		7:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
If/Then		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Illusionists	2:00PM		3:00PM 8:00PM	11:00AM 3:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM 7:30PM
It's Only a Play	2:00PM		2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Jersey Boys	2:00PM	7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Kinky Boots		7:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Last Ship		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Les Miserables		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Lion King			2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Mamma Mia!		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	7:00PM
Matilda	2:00PM	7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Motown		7:30PM	7:30PM	2:00PM 7:30PM	3:00PM
Once		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
On the Town		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Phantom of the Opera		8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Pippin		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:30PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Real Thing		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM
The River		7:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
Rock of Ages		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	7:30PM
Side Show		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
The Temptations & The Four Tops		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM
This Is Our Youth	2:00PM		8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	2:00PM 7:00PM
Wicked		8:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM
You Can't Take It With You		7:00PM	8:00PM	2:00PM 8:00PM	3:00PM

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Who's Coming to the Cabaret?

54 Below

Charles Busch on New Years Eve
Show at 7:00 PM; Doors open at 5:15 PM

The acclaimed actor/Tony-nominated playwright and drag legend returns to 54 Below for a special one-night-only New Years Eve show, chock full of outrageous personal stories, original characters, classic songs and music that are sure to put you in the New Years spirit, all performed with his own unique form of glamour. Charles Busch continues to delight and re-define his craft as a master humorist, entertainer and camp icon. The author of dozens of hit plays (Tale of the Allergists Wife, Die! Mommie! Die!, Psycho Beach Party, The Divine Sister, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom to name but a few), Busch is joined by his longtime Musical Director Tom Judson. Expect laughter, music, tears, champagne, party hats and plenty of sequins.

Laura Benanti on New Years Eve
Show at 11:00 PM; Doors open at 9:15 PM

What better way to ring in the New Year than with music, laughter, friends and the spectacularly gifted, beautiful and very funny Laura Benanti at 54 Below? Celebrate a never-to-be-forgotten New Year's Eve as Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti (Gypsy, The Sound of Music Live!, Nashville) and critically acclaimed composer and music director Todd Almondopen a brand new year with their brand new show.

Laura has graced the 54 stage numerous times with her wildly successful solo endeavor, In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention, which was recorded Live at 54 Below by Broadway Records and won multiple awards and critical acclaim.

This New Year's Eve enjoy new songs, lots of laughs and one of most spectacular voices Broadway has to offer as Laura Benanti, gorgeous in every way, makes this a very Happy New Year for all of us at 54 Below.

Tickets include cover charge, a four-course dinner, a champagne toast, tax and gratuity.

The Metropolitan Room

THE BIGGEST PARTY EVER!
Shows at 7:30 and 10:30 PM

Ring In 2015 with Marilyn Maye at the The Metropolitan Room on New Year's Eve! A ticket includes an open par, party hats and noise makers, and more!

Joe's Pub

Garland Jeffreys: New Year's Eve
Show at 7:00 PM

Garland Jeffreys returns to Joe's Pub for his legendary New Year's Eve Performance. He's been called an edgy urban poet, the sound of New York, a confessional singer-songwriter, and an explorer of the links between rock, race and rebellion whose work should be taught in schools. With songs covered by artists as diverse as punk pioneers The Circle Jerks ("Wild in the Streets") and the neo-folk band Vetiver ("Lon Chaney"), Jeffreys is truly unclassifiable. After a hiatus from recording during which he helped raise his daughter, Jeffreys released The King Of In Between on his own Luna Park label. Co-produced with Larry Campbell (Grammy-winning producer with Levon Helm) the album marks a return to the more rootsy sounds of his earlier work, especially the acclaimed 1977 Ghost Writer.

Sandra Bernhard is #blessed
Shows at 9:00 and 11:00 PM

Sandra Bernhard's new live show Sandra Bernhard is #blessed will spotlight her own unique, sharp blend of hysterical insight and outspoken views, with rock-n-roll, cabaret, stand-up and a little burlesque.

"Sandra Bernhard is #blessed" also features Bernhard's band The Flawless Zircons, who perform with her at sold out venues in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and all points in between.

Murray Hill's New Year's Eve Late Show
Show at 1:00 AM

New York's beloved entertainer and comedian MR. MURRAY HILL rings in the New Year with his annual laugh-tastic, boozy, bodacious variety show and dance party with New York's finest, wildest, and wackiest performers. Murray, Mr. Showbiz himself, plays the comic ringleader to this circus of burlesque bombshells, ballsy and bawdy singers, legendary performance artists, and many more surprises! Murray and the gang will dazzle you, maybe frighten you, but will definitely entertain you and get your mind off your troubles so you can enter the new year in full denial and intoxicated! That's Showbiz!

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And Elsewhere Around the Broadway World...

Cast of Broadway's ALADDIN to Ring in New Year in Times Square

Each year people from around the globe include their wishes for the new year on pieces of official Times Square New Year's Eve confetti. Whether it's a personal goal, a dream for the future or doing something for the very first time, these wishes are added to the one ton of confetti that flutters down at midnight onto the crowd gathered in Times Square in celebration of the new year.

Be a part of this most magical night by sharing your New Year's wish with us below and we will add it to the thousands of others dropped in Times Square at midnight on New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve Wishes 2015 is sponsored by Broadway's biggest new hit, ALADDIN.

Julie Andrews Hosts "From Vienna: The New Year's Eve Celebration of 2014"
Airs at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM on PBS

Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the sixth time to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Zubin Mehta,from Vienna's Musikverein.

From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2015, featuring the infectious melodies of the Strauss Family and their contemporaries, airs on Great Performances,Thursday, January 1 at 2:30 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) with an encore performance that evening at 8 p.m.

Live From Lincoln Center Presents "New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Gershwin Celebration" with Norm Lewis
Airs at at 8:00 p.m. EST on PBS

Live From Lincoln Center-now in its 40th anniversary season-continues an annual tradition with the New York Philharmonic's New Year's Eve Celebration, ringing in 2015 with an all-Gershwin program as jazz great Dianne Reeves, Broadway leading man Norm Lewis, and conductor Bramwell Tovey join the New York Philharmonic. The broadcast, coming from the Philharmonic's New Year's Eve concert at Avery Fisher Hall, will include Gershwin's Cuban Overture, his own suite of music from Porgy and Bess, and selections from the Gershwin songbook, such as "Strike Up the Band." This special LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER40th anniversary season broadcast of "New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Gershwin Celebration" will air as part of PBS's New Year's Eve line-up on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. (*check local listings), with special guest host Willie Geist of TODAY on NBC andMORNING JOE on MSNBC.

"Michael Feinstein New Year's Eve at The Rainbow Room" Featuring Kelli O'Hara, Aaron Tveit & More
Airs at 10:00 PM EST on PBS

Ring in the New Year with two-time Emmy® and five-time Grammy®-nominated entertainer, Michael Feinstein. Known as "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," this energetic performer captures the heyday of the glamorous New York nightclubs as he hosts this celebration from high atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the glittering, newly restored Rainbow Room!

Michael's guests include Darren Criss, star of the hit showGlee; Aaron Tveit from the new series Graceland; Leslie Odom from Smash; Broadway star Kelli O'Hara; nightclub legend Marilyn Maye; 2-time Tony Winner Christine Ebersole; and Michael's newest discovery - 17-year-old Julia Goodwin, plus many more brilliant, entertaining moments!

Nick Jonas and More Perform on ABC's NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE
Airs at 8:00 PM EST on ABC

Brantley Gilbert, Ella Henderson, Nick Jonas, Taylor Swift, Nico & Vinz and Train join the biggest music celebration of the year with special performances from the Billboard Hollywood PARTY ON "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2015." Fergie hosts the Billboard Hollywood Party and also performs along with previously announced performers Iggy Azalea, Bastille, Charli XCX, Jason Derulo, One Direction, Pentatonix, Rixton and Meghan Trainor.

Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga and More Perform on NBC's NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH CARSON DALY 2014
Airs at 10:00 PM on NBC

Live from Time Square in New York City, this annual celebration will feature performances from musical superstars Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Seth MacFarlane, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams together and more. Carson Daly will host.

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