“As queer and trans voices are once again under threat, as anti-LGBTQ+ legislation resurges, as hate crimes climb, and as rhetoric from the far right grows louder and more dangerous, I am reminded that our very existence as a theatre and as a people are, in fact, acts of survival.”
Sean Elias
Producing Artistic Director
MARCH 6 - 15, 2026
A groundbreaking musical that redefined Broadway —
Next to Normal is a Tony & Pulitzer Prize–winning journey through love, loss, and the fierce will to survive. Following our history-making, critically-acclaimed, and record-setting productions of Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Iron Crow Theatre returns to The M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of the historic Hippodrome Theatre, with a bold new production
MAY 29 - JUNE 14, 2026
A bold, glittering new queer musical inspired by one of the deadliest attacks on the queer community in history —
The View Upstairs is a fiercely original new musical and a soul-stirring tribute to queer history, community, and resilience. With a lush, genre-blending score by Max Vernon, this boundary-pushing work transports audiences to 1973 New Orleans and into the Upstairs Lounge—a vibrant gay bar and haven for queer joy, chosen family, and radical self-expression. Inspired by the true story of the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community in U.S. history prior to the Pulse Nightclub tragedy, The View Upstairs reclaims a moment in our collective history many tried to erase, inviting us to gather in solidarity with those we lost and challenging us to confront what allowed the world to look away.
“As queer and trans voices are once again under threat, as anti-LGBTQ+ legislation resurges, as hate crimes climb, and as rhetoric from the far right grows louder and more dangerous, I am reminded that our very existence as a theatre and as a people are, in fact, acts of survival.”
Sean Elias
Producing Artistic Director
MARCH 6 - 15, 2026
A groundbreaking musical that redefined Broadway —
Next to Normal is a Tony & Pulitzer Prize–winning journey through love, loss, and the fierce will to survive. Following our history-making, critically-acclaimed, and record-setting productions of Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Iron Crow Theatre returns to The M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of the historic Hippodrome Theatre, with a bold new production
Performances take place at the:
MAY 29 - JUNE 14, 2026
A bold, glittering musical inspired by one of the deadliest attacks on the LGBTQ+ community in history —
The View Upstairs is a fiercely original new musical and a soul-stirring tribute to queer history, community, and resilience. With a lush, genre-blending score by Max Vernon, this boundary-pushing work transports audiences to 1973 New Orleans and into the Upstairs Lounge—a vibrant gay bar and haven for queer joy, chosen family, and radical self-expression. Inspired by the true story of the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community in U.S. history prior to the Pulse Nightclub tragedy, The View Upstairs reclaims a moment in our collective history many tried to erase, inviting us to gather in solidarity with those we lost and challenging us to confront what allowed the world to look away.
Performances take place at:
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NOW CLOSED
AFTER A HISTORY-MAKING SOLD-OUT RUN
RENT
The sold-out, critically acclaimed, award-winning, and now history-making hit played its final performance on February 18, 2024, to a sold-out house at the new M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center!
EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!
RENT
The critically acclaimed, award-winning hit continues in a daringly re-envisioned production unlike any other. Now at the new M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center!
INTRODUCING
THE ALL-NEW
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