Ellen’s Stardust Diner will participate in this year’s Kids’ Night On Broadway in partnership with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
If you visit the restaurant on August 20th, you can show your Broadway tickets and all guests under 18 will receive a free meal with the purchase of an adult entree. Children’s meals must be equal to or less than the value of the adult meal purchased.
About Ellen’s Stardust Diner
Ellen’s Stardust Diner is a retro 1950s-style restaurant located at 1650 Broadway at the southeast corner of 51st Street in the Theater District of Manhattan, New York City.
The restaurant is considered one of the best themed restaurants in New York. It also includes retro-style memorabilia, such as photos of many past Miss Subways on the walls, an indoor train, a 1956 Predicta television, and a “drive-in” screen showing performances from the 1950s. It is popular with children and adults.
Ellen’s Stardust Diner opened in 1987. It was the first 1950s-style restaurant in New York City and featured waitresses in poodle skirts. In the late 1990s, a sister restaurant operated near Times Square under the name Stardust Dine-O-Mat.
Several former Ellen’s Stardust Diner singers have gone on to have successful careers on Broadway and American Idol. Many of the current staff have received critical acclaim in original musicals at the NY Musical Theater Festival. Brandon Ellis, Eric Michael Krop, Stephen Tyler Davis and Alysha Umphress (Shirley) are some of the successful singers who began their careers singing at Ellen’s Stardust Diner. Ellen’s Stardust Diner is considered a breeding ground for singers. Former Ellen’s staff have performed in almost every Broadway and major off-Broadway musical, including Avenue Q, Jersey Boys, The Lion King, South Pacific, In the Heights, On the Town, Wicked and Godspell.
