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Stories Home » News » What’s New at New 42 – October 2025 Posted October 20, 2025 What’s New at New 42 – October 2025 Welcome to New 42’s birthday season! In 1990, New 42 (then called The New 42nd Street) was founded to breathe new life into 42nd Street and its historic theaters, transforming the block into a vibrant and youthful theater district. The New Victory Theater opened five years later in 1995, followed by New 42 Studios in 2000. This year we’re celebrating all of these milestones, and we started the year out with the silver anniversary of New 42 Studios with a starry luncheon for some of the actors, directors, choreographers, playwrights, composers and lyricists who have made New 42 Studios their home for incubating new work. Co-chaired by Jonathan Groff and Sarah Jessica Parker, the event was a unique opportunity to reflect on what it means to be part of a creative community and why rehearsal is what we call “the best part.” Here’s a glimpse of what it was like to be there. Photo by Bruce Glikas @bruglikas @broadwaybruce_ It was a truly exciting way to launch a season of celebration. Read on for other ways that we’re achieving our mission of making extraordinary performing arts a vital part of everyone’s life from the earliest years onward. We’re so glad you’re part of it. All the best, Russell Granet President & CEO New 42 Broadway Beginnings: Celebrating 35 Years of New 42 On November 11 at 92NY, Russell Granet hosts Broadway headliners J. Harrison Ghee, Mandy Gonzalez, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Jim Parsons for an intimate conversation of stories and memories of early arts experiences and how engaging as young people shaped their lives and careers. Get Tickets NIE’s Snow White opens the New Victory birthday season November 1 There are a few companies who we love so much that they just keep getting invited back. Snow White will be NIE’s fifth show at the New Victory! You may have seen them before with Grand Soft Day (2024), Beauty and the Beast (2018), Museum of Memories (2016) and Past Half Remembered (2008). The artists of NIE devise work collaboratively and bring new, creative ideas to well-known works. Meet Snow White Help us share live performances with students A new season of New Victory shows means a new season of School Partnerships! Over the upcoming school year, we will welcome 17,000+ students to see the performances on our stage. Our Partner Schools pay just $2 per ticket for students and get to work with our Teaching Artists, who bring live arts engagement into their classrooms with pre- and post-show workshops. Donations of any amount to Give a Kid a Seat help underwrite the cost of our arts education programs and, for our 30th Birthday Season, we will be decorating our birthday cake with one sticker for every donation we receive. Join the Fun! Check out the 2024-2025 New 42 Year in Review for a look back at all we’ve accomplished together. CategoriesNews Share: Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Browse All Posts by Tag: Arts Break Arts Break: Air Play Arts Break: Jabari Dreams of Freedom Arts Break: Leonardo! Arts Break: Stono Arts in Education Creating with LabWorks Artists Dance Discover Art Forms Explore a World of Arts Family Activity LabWorks New Victory Dance Puppetry Russell Granet Teaching Artists Theater for Young Audiences Ushers Usher Spotlight Youth Corps
