New 42 is a leading performing arts nonprofit connecting people to extraordinary performances, creative communities and life-shaping education and employment programs.

Staff Meet the dedicated staff behind the New 42, New Victory and New 42 Studios. Executive President & CEO, Russell Granet Artistic Director, Mary Rose Lloyd Vice President, Education & School Engagement, Courtney J. Boddie Vice President, Development, Kristen Barrett Vice President, Marketing & Communications,

The 2025 New 42 Gala will feature stellar performances and tributes that will evoke the joy and wonder of attending a show at the New Victory Theater.

At New 42, we are committed to providing equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We aspire to be an organization that embraces, cultivates and sustains the values of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout all our levels, all our projects and all our spaces.

Jun 3, 2024 · Join us for this fun and festive night featuring moving performances and tributes that remind us why exposure to the performing arts for young people is essential to Times Square and New York City’s cultural and economic vibrancy.

New 42 was originally established in 1990 by New York City and State (as The New 42nd Street) to revive what Rolling Stone called “the sleaziest block in America” – West 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.

New 42 signature projects, the New Victory and New 42 Studios, open new perspectives, incubate new works and create new opportunities for the peforming arts to move us all.

New 42 is a leading performing arts nonprofit whose mission is to make extraordinary performing arts a vital part of everyone's life from the earliest years onward.

Your donation to New 42 helps us share transformative performances and arts education experiences with over 40,000 kids annually, inspiring creativity, curiosity and hope in a new generation of theatergoers.

Evaluates the accessibility of New 42’s processes and programs to ensure that all people—with apparent or non-apparent disabilities and/or with socioeconomic, systemic and historic barriers to participation—have equitable and independent access to our …