Billy Crystal Turns His Burned-Down Home Into 860 on Broadway
Billy Crystal wrote and performs 860, a solo play named for the street address of the Pacific Palisades house he lost to fire. Scott Ellis directs it at Broadway's Imperial Theatre through February 14, 2027.
860 was the street address of the house where Billy Crystal and his family lived for decades, until the Palisades fire destroyed it. He wrote a solo play about that house and performs it alone on the stage of Broadway's Imperial Theatre, directed by Scott Ellis.
The run has been extended by six weeks and now ends on February 14, 2027. It opened on October 21, 2026.
Ticketmaster sells seats for the Broadway run. The card below opens Billy Crystal's Ticketmaster page, which lists every performance through February 14 with its curtain time and current seat prices.
Billy Crystal: 860Imperial Theatre, 249 W 45th St, New York. 1 hr 40 min, no intermission.ticketmaster.evyy.netFrom Jodie Dallas on Soap to a Second Solo Show
Crystal's breakout came in 1977, playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap. Stand-up, films like When Harry Met Sally and nine turns hosting the Academy Awards followed.
860 is his second solo show on Broadway: the first, 700 Sundays, won a special Tony Award in 2005. This one is built around the house where much of that career was lived, and around his family and friends there.
A Kennedy Center Honoree Back on 45th Street
In December 2023 Crystal was one of the Kennedy Center honorees, alongside Renée Fleming, Dionne Warwick, Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb.
The New York Times made 860 a Critic's Pick, and the Los Angeles Times called it "brilliantly conceived and tremendously moving." In recent weeks the Imperial has been close to selling out, and demand is why the run was extended past its original January 3 closing.
Inside the 1923 Imperial Theatre
The Imperial opened in 1923 on West 45th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. It has 1,445 seats across the Orchestra, Front Mezzanine and Rear Mezzanine.
There are no elevators or escalators, and the Mezzanine is up two flights of stairs, 23 steps in all. The Orchestra has no steps from the sidewalk, including the wheelchair locations, and a unisex wheelchair-accessible restroom is on the main level. With a single performer on stage, a centered seat keeps him in front of you all night.
Before You Take Your Seat
The show runs 1 hour 40 minutes with no intermission. It is recommended for ages 12 and up, and the Imperial does not admit children under 4.
Curtain times change from week to week: evening shows start at 7 or 8 p.m. and matinees at 1, 2 or 3 p.m., so check the time for your date before you go.
- No outside food or drink
- No cameras or recording during the performance
📍 Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10036.
Take your seat with time to spare, then spend 100 minutes inside the house that gave the show its name.