Nobody was struck by the gunfire.
New Year's Eve in Times Square, with its significant attendance and media coverage, makes an "attractive target for foreign terrorist organizations, homegrown violent extremists, domestic violent extremists, lone offenders, and targeted violence" but "no specific reporting regarding any threats," according to a threat assessment obtained by ABC News.
The show stars Rosario Dawson, who reprises her live-action portrayal of former Jedi Ahsoka Tano.
After 35 years and nearly 14,000 performances, Sunday will be the finale of Broadway's longest-running production, The Phantom of the Opera.
The suspect told police he shouted "Allahu Akbar" before attacking the NYPD officers with a knife, sources said.
"Unprovoked, a 19-year-old male approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete," the NYPD commissioner said. "The male then struck two additional officers in the head with the machete."