Women of Will

Tina Packer’s Women of Will focuses on something with which Packer is exceptionally well versed, William Shakespeare’s female characters. The show, which is directed by Eric Tucker, is written by Packer, the founding artistic director of Massachusetts’ Shakespeare & Company

Synopsis

Women of Will stars Tina Packer and Nigel Gore in a play about Shakespeare’s leading ladies. Well some are ladies but most, one finds, are not. Women of Will is described as “the masterful summation of Tina Packer’s 40-plus years spent investigating all things Shakespeare; it is an engrossing exploration of the Bard’s art and psyche through his female characters, and portrayed by two of Shakespeare’s greatest modern interpreters – Ms. Packer and Nigel Gore.”

The evening includes jests, jaunts and jousts with a variety of women, including Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Viola in Twelfth Night and that dark woman from the Scottish Play. If you love Shakespeare, great acting and amazing language, then Women of Will is an excellent choice. Women of Will is being offered for a limited run.

Show Facts

Cast

Performer Tina Packer
Performer Nigel Gore

Creative

Written by Tina Packer
Director Eric Tucker
Set and Costume Designer Valerie Bart
Lighting Designer Les Dickert
Sound Designer Daniel Kluger

Venue

The Gym At Judson Memorial Church
243 Thompson Street
New York, NY 10034

Preview: Jan. 27, 2013 Open: Jan. 27, 2013 Status: Closed Jun. 2, 2013

Old Hats

Tony Award winners Bill Irwin and David Shiner join forces oncer again to create a new theatre piece that goes by the name Old Hats. This world premiere production will utilize a wide range of techniques including slapstick, magic and movement.

The Revisionist

In The Revisionist an American writer travels to Poland to be alone and deal with a crushing case of writer’s block. Upon arriving, he’s greeted by his elder second cousin, a woman named Maria who desperately needs to bond with her American family. The visit results in revelations that are painful, stunning, and enigmatic. The Revisionist stars Academy and Tony winning actress Vanessa Redgrave as Maria and playwright Jesse Eisenberg interprets the role of David.

Synopsis

The Revisionist is a drama focusing on how the past can bring both light and darkness to the present. Maria (Vanessa Redgrave) welcomes her younger second cousin David (Jesse Eisenberg) to Poland. What starts as a visit devoted to David freeing himself from an oppressive bout with writer’s block turns into a dialogue about Maria’s complicated post-war past. What she tells David will test their familial relationship and change him forever.

Playwright Jesse Eisenberg, who many know from his Oscar-nominated role in the movie Social Network, starred last season in his play Asuncion. Vanessa Redgrave has been seen on Broadway in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Driving Miss Daisy, and The Year of Magical Thinking. The Revisionist is being produced by Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre.

Show Facts

Cast

David Jesse Eisenberg
Maria Vanessa Redgrave

Creative

Written by Jesse Eisenberg
Director Kip Fagan
Set Designer John McDermott
Costume Designer Jessica Pabst
Lighting Designer Matt Frey
Sound Designer Bart Fasbender

Venue

Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce St.
New York, NY 10014

Preview: Feb. 15, 2013 Open: Feb. 28, 2013 Status: Open, limited run closing Apr. 27, 2013

Clive

The world premiere of Jonathan Marc Sherman’s Clive will be directed by and star Ethan Hawke. Clive, which is inspired the Bertolt Brecht’s powerful play Baal, is a tale of excess as the title character focuses on delineating the life of a songwriter who lives a dissolute life in 1990s New York City.

Synopsis

Clive is the journey of a man hell-bent on his own destruction. Fascinating, deplorable and enlightening, Clive offers us a dark and simultaneously celebratory vision of a life focused on experiencing pleasure. What are the hedonistic extremes that one person will embrace and how far will one go to experience pleasure? Clive offers an eclectic selection of classic American songs performed live.

Show Facts

Cast

Performer Ethan Hawke
Performer Zoe Kazan
Performer Vincent d’Onofrio
Performer Brooks Ashmanska

Creative

Written by Jonathan Marc Sherman
Director Ethan Hawke

Venue

Theatre Row/Acorn Theatre
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 1003619

Preview: Jan. 17, 2013 Open: Feb. 7, 2013 Status: Future, limited run, closing Mar. 9, 2013

Forever Dusty

Utilizing some of the most popular songs from the 60s, Forever Dusty tells the story of Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien, an ill-at-ease Catholic schoolgirl who became Dusty Springfield, a rock star. This is a moving and fascinating story about the British rock legend who dealt with issues related to sexual identity, addiction and the ever encompassing and smothering forces of fame.

Synopsis

Forever Dusty, with Kirsten Holly Smith as Dusty Springfield, offers us insights into a woman who rose to stardom and then had to conquer drug addiction, alcoholism and self-mutilation. This is the full story told as part biography, part conjecture and all Dusty. The show, which was also co-written by Smith, offers numerous hit pop songs including “Son of a Preacher Man,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” “The Look of Love.” Go back in time and meet a legend.

Show Facts

Cast

Dusty Springfield Kirsten Holly Smith
Claire Christina Sajous
Becky/Gini Coleen Sexton
Jerry Wexler/Bob Thackeray Benim Foster
Tom Springfield Sean Patrick Hopkins

Creative

Written by Kirsten Holly Smith and Jonathan Vankin
Director Randal Myler
Set Designer Wilson Chin
Costume Designer Nancy Palmatier
Lighting Designer Richard DiBella
Sound Designer Matt Kraus

Venue

New World Stages Stage 5
340 West 50th Street
New York, NY 10019

Preview: Nov. 11, 2012 Open: Nov. 18, 2012 Status: Open run

The Testament of Mary

The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin takes as its focus Mary, the mother of Jesus. Set after the Crucifixion of Jesus in the city of Ephsesus, the play offers insights into the human side of Mary, one that is filled with doubt, independence and free thought.

Synopsis

After her son, Jesus, has been crucified, Mary, his mother, lives under guarded protection in Ephsesus. In The Testament of Mary, she must contend with two of Jesus’ followers who desire to write about her son’s life. But Mary won’t cooperate with these writers of the gospel under whose protection she lives. She does not believe Jesus was the Son of God. Mary has her own story to tell, and it’s one that has never before been heard.

Starring Fiona Shaw as Mary, The Testament of Mary boldly sets forth a new vision of the mother of Jesus. She is her own person who knows Jesus in ways no other person has or ever will. We see Mary as a mother who has suffered a great loss and who must contend with men who would weave a tale of him that she finds to be inaccurate at best. The Testament of Mary, which is an adaptation of the playwright’s short novel publish in 2012, is a truly unique vision of the mother of Jesus, raising questions regarding faith, history and power.

FIONA SHAW READS FROM T.S. ELIOT’S THE WASTELAND

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Cast

Mary Fiona Shaws

Creative

Written by Colm Toibin
Director Deborah Warner
Set Designer Tom Pye
Lighting Designer Jennifer Tipton

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The Walter Kerr Theatre
219 West 48th Street
New York, NY

Preview: Mar. 26, 2013 Open: Apr. 22, 2013 Status: Previews, limited run closing Jun. 16, 2013

The Big Knife

Clifford Odets The Big Knife is as much an indictment of 1940s Hollywood and what it can do to one’s soul, as it is a play of suspense, mystery and intrigue. Actor Charlie Castle used to be an accomplished artist on the stage, but he’s turned into a schlock actor willing to do the studio’s bidding. He’s played the Hollywood game, cheated on his wife and made his family his second-choice in life. Marion, his wife, says she will forgive everything if he’ll turn his back on Tinsel Town. But can he?

Synopsis

Can Charlie Castle give up the Hollywood scene in The Big Knife? The studio doesn’t want to let Charlie go. He’s worth too much. His wife demands that he does. Will studio executive Marcus Hoff get his way and will his blackmailing force the actor to sign a 14-year studio deal? Charlie wants to do the right thing but finds himself caught in the middle of forces he can’t control. The outcome is dark and tragic.

The Big Knife offers a compelling story about the demise of man who once possessed amazing potential, brilliant talent and a moral center. But in Odets’ play all of those attributes, which had defined Charlie Castle, are gone and what is left may not be able to be saved or to survive.

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Cast

Charlie Castle Bobby Cannavale
Dixie Evans Rachel Brosnahan
Marcus Hoff Richard Kind
Connie Bliss Ana Reeder
Buddy Bliss Joey Slotnick
Nat Danziger Chip Zien
Hank Teagle Adam Rapp
Smiley Coy Reg Rogers
Patty Benedict Brenda Wehle
Russell Billy Eugene Jones

Creative

Written by Clifford Odets
Director Doug Hughes
Set Designer John Lee Beatty
Costume Designer Catherine Zuber
Lighting Designer James L. Ingalls
Original Music and Sound Design David Van Tieghem

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The American Airlines Theatre
227 West 42nd Street
New York, NY

Preview: Mar. 22, 2013 Open: Apr. 16, 2013 Status: Previews, limited run closing Jun. 2, 2013

The Trip To Bountiful

Horton Foote’s The Trip to Bountiful is the story of one woman’s journey from the obscurity of old age to true dignity and self-understanding. The Trip to Bountiful is a haunting, beautifully poetic and ennobling play that offers insight into the human soul. The all-star cast includes Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad in a limited Broadway run.

Synopsis

Broadway welcomes a new production of the Horton Foote play The Trip to Bountiful. In 1985, actress Geraldine Page won an Oscar for her portrayal of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who desires to take one more trip back to her hometown, which is named Bountiful. This production offers a star-studded cast that includes Cicely Tyson in the lead role.

In The Trip to Bountiful, an elderly Carrie Watts is living in Houston with her daughter-in-law and overprotective son. Although she deeply desires to go back home to her hometown of Bountiful, her son and his wife hinder her efforts. She tries to take a train to the town, but finds that the railroad no longer runs there. Although there is no direct transportation to Bountiful, eventually Carrie is able to travel near to the town via a bus. On her bus trip she meets a new friend, a young woman named Thelma.

Her son and daughter-in-law, who are in a panic over Carrie being missing, track her down before she gets to Bountiful. But she’s determined to see her hometown. When she does get there she discovers it’s abandoned and derelict.

Tyson, who returns to the Broadway stage after a 30-year absence, will be joined by Cuba Gooding, Jr., who will play her son Ludie Watts, and Vanessa Williams, who will play her daughter-in-law Jessie Mae Watts. Condola Rashad will play the young woman Thelma, who becomes a newfound friend of Carrie.

CICELY TYSON PERFORMS SOJOURNER TRUTH’S “AIN’T THAT A WOMAN?“

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Cast

Carrie Watts Cicely Tyson
Ludie Watts Cuba Gooding Jr.
Thelma Condola Rashad
Jessie Mae Watts Vanessa Williams

Creative

Written by Horton Foote
Director Michael Wilson

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The Stephen Sondheim Theatre
124 West 43rd Street
New York, NY

Preview: Mar. 30, 2013 Open: Apr. 23, 2013 Status: Closed, Oct. 9, 2013

Pippin

Pippin is back on Broadway for its first major revival ever. The Stephen Schwartz musical focuses on King Charlemagne’s son Pippin and his quest to find his “corner of the sky.” Part history, part existential quest and part musical comedy, Pippin offers theatregoers razzmatazz, social commentary and a winning score. See Pippin and find out what’s it like to be a relatively normal, everyday Medieval royal family.

Detroit

Lisa D’Amour’s new comedy Detroit will make its Broadway premiere this spring. An iconic American event, the backyard barbecue, is the backdrop for this suburban comedy about a married couple, Ben and Mary, who invites their new neighbors to an informal afternoon soiree.

Synopsis

Austin Pendelton will direct Lisa D’Amour’s comedy Detroit, which is about a couple that decides to invite the new neighbors over for a cookout. As new friendships start to form, the informal meeting also begins to veer into unexpected places. causing tensions, misunderstandings and outright mayhem.

Detroit was first produced at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre and starred Tony nominees Laurie Metcalf (November) and Kevin Anderson (Death of a Salesman, Come Back Little Sheba), along with Ian Barford (August: Osage County) and Kate Arrington (Happy Now?). This is D’Amour’s first Broadway show.

Playwright Lisa D’Amour

Director Austin Pendelton

Blood and Gifts

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Blood and Gifts takes audiences to the recesses of regions only a few ever see or experience—the world of espionage. In this gripping drama, you’ll get insights into the Soviet-Afghan war and the measures undertaken by the U.S. to stop the Soviet Union from overtaking that country.

Synopsis

In the 1980s the Soviets attempted to conquer Afghanistan. The Soviet-Afghan War is said to have permanently cripple the Soviet Union, weakening it to near collapse. Blood and Gifts is a riveting tale that takes you behind the scenes as CIA operative Jim Warnock works to derail the Soviet Army’s defeat of Afghanistan.

Written by J.T. Rogers

Director Bartlett Sher

Yank! A WWII Love Story

Yank! A WWII Love Story is a musical unlike any other focusing on romance during the last Great War. It’s the story of a love affair between two American servicemen: Stu and Mitch. At first the two Privates become close friends. But then despite being expressly forbidden, the two men start to secretly fall in love. But it’s not as clear cut as a typical straight relationship as Stu fearfully recoils from the attraction that he has for Mitch. That’s just the start of what is an emotionally revealing tale that’s connected to what is one of the world’s most tumultuous periods.

Synopsis

Yank! A WWII Love Story, which is scheduled to open in spring 2013, is musical by Joseph and David Zellnik. Set prior to the Battle of Iwo Jima, the musical focuses on Stu, a guy from the Midwest who’s worried that he may not be man enough to fight the enemy. After being frightened by his feelings for fellow serviceman Mitch, Stu manages to get assigned to Yank Magazine, which is a publication written for those in service to their country.

Stu works for Artie, an openly queer reporter for Yank Magazine, who reveals the unseen gay world of the US Army. Finally, 10 months after first meeting Mitch and kissing him, Stu is reunited with his friend as the two prepare for the Battle of Iwo Jima. It is at this time that Stu finds what it is to fight for things in which he believes. Yank! A WWII Love Story is about what it takes to persevere in love and life when others see you as being different.

Show Facts

Music Joseph and David Zellnik

Lyrics Joseph and David Zellnik

Book Joseph and David Zellnik

Cast

Opening Date Spring 2013

White Noise

White Noise, which is called “a cautionary musical,” is a dynamic piece of theatre. The musical follows a big time, chart topping musical producer who creates talent packages that invoke controversy, shock audiences and sell tickets like crazy. The focus of White Noise is on two musical groups that are diametrically opposed and about to collide on the charts.

Synopsis

White Noise examines the power of pop culture, our ideas regarding free speech and ultimate ambition through two extremely different music groups, a pop band that turns out catchy tunes with coded messges and a hip-hop-turned-gangsta rap duo. Both look to be headed to number one on the charts when they collide with stunning consequences. Talent, ambition and art are at loggerheads in this uncompromising musical. White Noise premieres on Broadway in spring 2013.

Show Facts

Conceived by Ryan J. Davis

Book & Score Joe Drymala

Additional Songs Ben Cohn and Sean McDaniel, Rick Crom, Glen Kelly, Laurence O’Keefe, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and Eric Svejcar

Unchain My Heart

With music by the inimitable Ray Charles and book by the innovative Suzan-Lori Parks, Unchain My Heart recounts the story of the mega composer and entertainer Ray Charles. Using Charles’ final live recording session as the pivotal point for this production, the musical includes numerous hits such as “Georgia on My Mind” and the title song “Unchain My Heart” to tell the story of this immensely talented singer-songwriter. Soulful, heartfelt and revelatory, Unchain My Heart celebrates the man and the artist. It is scheduled to open Spring 2013.

Synopsis

Set during Ray Charles’ final recording session, Unchain My Heart is much more than a tribute show. With insight, compassion and intensity, it explores the man behind the music. Exuberant, troubled, passionate and talented, Charles, who was blind by the age of seven, would become a legend in the music business.

But despite his success, Charles had numerous problems, including a 20-year addiction to heroine. He beat the addiction in 1966 after being arrested a third time for possession. After he kicked his drug habit, he continued to produce hits and perform. Rolling Stone ranked him tenth on their roster of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and he was rated second in their ranking of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

The much-anticipated show stars Brandon Victor Dixon as Ray Charles, Nikki Renee Daniels as Della, Harrison White as Jeff Brown and Tasha Taylor as Margie Hendricks. Unchain My Heart will feature various songs by Charles such as “Georgia on My Mind,” “I Got a Woman,” and “Hallelujah, I Love Her So.” Director Sheldon Epps, who is the Artistic Director of the famed Pasadena Playhouse, is known as a highly successful television director and for his conception and direction of the Duke Ellington musical Play On!, which received three Tony nominations.

Show Facts

Music and Lyrics Ray Charles

Book Suzan-Lori Parks

Director Sheldon Epps

Cast

Ray Charles Brandon Victor Dixon

Della Nikki Renee Daniels

Jeff Brown Harrison White

Margie Hendricks Tasha Taylo

Love Never Dies

The Phantom of the Opera continues its amazing run on Broadway and at the same the the sequel, Love Never Dies, is preparing for a spring 2012 Broadway premiere. Set a decade after the events of The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies focuses on Christine as she travels to New York City’s Coney Island. She’s in for a surprise as the Phantom has decided to make it his newest haunt.

Synopsis

Obsession is an uncontrollable and intense desire. In Love Never Dies, the sequel to Phantom of the Opera, the intense story of desire that joins Christine and the Phantom continues. The sequel includes music by Andrew Lloyd, lyrics by Glenn Slater and book by Ben Elton. Love Never Dies is scheduled to open on Broadway this spring.

Show Facts

Music Adrew Lloyd Webber

Lyrics Glen Slater

Book Ben Elton

Sweet Bird of Youth

Broadway is abuzz with the news that Tennessee Williams’ drama Sweet Bird of Youth, which premiered on Broadway in 1959 with Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in the lead roles, will be revived in 2011. The revival, which is said to be directed by David Cromer, is set to feature film stars James Franco and Nicole Kidman.

Synopsis

For gigolo, drifter and Hollywood wannabe Chance Wayne life is looking promising. He’s become close pals with aging film actress Alexandra Del Lago (aka Princess Kosmonopolis), who he hopes will help him break into the movies. Plus, he’s returned home to St. Cloud, Mississippi, to rekindle his romance with his former love, Heavenly Finley, whose father, Tom Boss Finely, ran Chance out of town years ago.

Sweet Bird of Youth is about reviving dreams, making amends and capturing true love. It is about rediscovering those youthful energies that once gave us hope and made us whole. But it is also about corruption, unbridled sex and desperation. Lyrical, brutal, frank and passionate, the play intertwines an amalgam of energies that lead in irretrievable loss.

Bold, poetic and openly honest, Sweet Bird of Youth exposes both the tender soul and corrupt mind.

Written by Tennessee Williams

Picnic

William Inge’s hit play Picnic, which premiered in 1953 with then unknown actor Paul Newman in the cast, returns to Broadway this season. Set in a small Kansas town during Labor Day, Picnic starts out with everything about as All-American and fine as it can be. But as the day progresses into night and the next morning, people’s lives are changed by passion and love.

Synopsis

In Picnic, William Inge created a play focusing on characters who are driven to find and be loved but are also afraid of the passions and truths that define that state. Simultaneously troubling, blissful, frightening and passionate, the play focuses on widow Flo Owens and her daughters Madge and Millie. Mille, the younger of the two, is about to embark for college on a scholarship, while the beautiful Madge is married to a handsome and athletic college boy name Alan.

Life would be simple if the handsome drifter Hal, an old friend of Alan’s, didn’t show up. But Hal has arrived and his presence brings complications as Alan’s friend finds a soulful and intimate connection with Madge. At the same time, Millie starts to fall for Hal. By the end of the play entire worlds are destroyed and created as Alan leaves Madge and Madge, who has had a romantic encounter with Hal, runs off in pursuit of the handsome drifter.

Simply poetic, painfully honest and deeply moving, Picnic takes audiences on a tour of the heart and a voyage via the soul.

Written by William Inge

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Manuel Puig’s novel Kiss of the Spider Woman, which is directed by Peter DuBois, is coming to Broadway in a new adaptation by Academy Award nominee Jose Rivera and Allan Baker. The novel, which has been adapted five times for film and has been a successful Broadway musical, focuses on the relationship between two prisoners in a Buenos Aires prison.

Synopsis

Kiss of The Spider Woman will be back on Broadway once again in spring 2012. This is the riveting story of two men who are prisoners in a brutal Buenos Aires prison. Luis Molina is an effeminate homosexual cross-dresser serving time for the corruption of a minor. Valentín Arregui is a political prisoner who is involved in a revolutionary group devoted to over throwing the government. He longs to get out of prison, free of torture and to his compatriots and to the love of his live, Marta.

The two men are total opposites. But over time, they begin to form a close friendship. However, Molina is secretly getting information from Arregui regarding his covert activities. During the course of the story, the two men develop a romance and Molina decides to help Arregui.

Paroled for helping the government, Molina carries a message from Arregui to his compatriots. However, the government is following the unsuspecting Molina and he is killed in a shoot out. Arregui remains in prison, being tortured and dreaming of being reunited with his beloved Marta.

Show Facts

Adapted by Jose Rivera and Allan Baker
Director Peter DuBois
Preview Date Spring 2012
Opening Date Spring 2012
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Fat Pig

When Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig premiered Off-Broadway in 2004 it was acclaimed, winning the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play. It will once again be featured on the New York stage; this time finding a home at the Belasco Theatre.

Synopsis

In the weighty play Fat Pig, a thin man named Tom falls in love an overweight woman named Helen. Although Tom’s love is blind when it comes to his girlfriend’s heavy frame, he runs into trouble when his friends react negatively to her physical stature.

But Tom is resolute in his love despite the fact that coworkers Carter and Jeannie offer offensive barbs and cruel jokes. Tom’s situation is complicated by his relationship with Jeanine, a former girlfriend. It’s true that Tom’s love, Helen, is a tad larger than life but she is also exceedingly bright, quite lovely and very loving.

But in Fat Pig as time goes on and his friend’s perceptions start to invade his reality, making him question his values, the road of love becomes a true test for the young man. What kind of person is he and what are his real values? Fat Pig is a probingly truthful and stirringly insightful play.

Show Facts

Written by Neil LaBute
Director Neil LaBute

Cast

Tom Josh Hamilton
Helen Heather Jane Rolff
Carter Dane Cook
Jeanine Julia Stiles
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Flashdance

Flashdance, the story of Alex Owens, a steel worker in Pittsburgh who dreams of making it into a prestigious ballet academy, was a major hit movie that helped launch the career of Jennifer Beals and made the songs Maniac, Gloria and Flashdance….What a Feeling chartbusters. Now Flashdance is a major, upbeat Broadway musical.

Synopsis

With amazing energy, splash and intensity, Flashdance tells the story of a young working class woman who has a dream of becoming a professional dancer. She works daily in the steel mill and at night performs at a hot dance club. But her quest is to audition for and make it into a prominent ballet academy. Along the way, she falls in love and discovers that she must put herself on the line to attain a chance at getting what she wants more than anything else. Inspiring, sexy, romantic and thoroughly entertaining, Flashdance has it all.

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Cast

To be announced

Creative

Music by Robbie Roth
Lyrics by Robbie Roth and Robert Cary
Book by Tom Hedley
Director and Choreographer Sergio Trujillo

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Theatre To Be Determined

Preview: TBA Open: TBA Status: Future

Pump Boys and Dinettes

In 1982, Pump Boys and Dinettes captured Broadway and numerous Tony nominations with its homespun tunes and small town charm. Developed by a performance group of the same name, Pump Boys and Dinettes ran for 573 performances on Broadway. It’s back and this time will star Bo Bice, the runner-up on the fourth season of American Idol.

Synopsis

Pump Boys and Dinettes is more of a concept show than a plot-driven piece. Starring Bo Bice and a group of talented actors/musicians, this is the story of hard working folks who occupy a filling station and next door eatery on Highway 57. Local folk include Jim, Eddie, Jackson and L.M. and The Cupp sisters, Prudie and Rhetta. The two sisters run the Double Cupp Diner and serve up hot coffee and great songs while the pump boys offer accompanying high-octane vocals and instrumentals. Pump Boys and Dinettes is a great evening of local color, songs from the heart and downhome comedy as the cast utilizes a range of musical instruments, including guitar, piano, bass, fiddle, banjo, ukulele, harmonica and even kitchen utensils.

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Cast

Performer Bo Bice
Performer Alexander Gemignani
Performer Erik Hayden
Performer Justin Hosek
Performer Leenya Rideout
Performer Jane Pfitsch

Creative

Book, Music and Lyrics
Debra Monk, John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann
Director John Doyle

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Circle In The Square Theatre
235 West 50th Street
New York, NY 10019

Preview: Mar. 19, 2013 Open: Apr. 8, 2013 Status: Open run

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, a new adaptation of Truman Capote’s novella, premieres on Broadway. Written by Richard Greenberg (Tony Award for Take Me Out), the play stars Emilia Clarke as Holly Golightly, Cory Michael Smith as Fred and George Wendt as Joe Bell. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a romantic story about a young woman who is struggling to find the courage to love.

Synopsis

Holly Golightly, a young, beautiful, vivacious woman with a past and possessing ambition for the finer things in life, wants something—but she’s unsure of what exactly that is. She loves being the center of attention and she embraces the high life as exemplified by the prestigious Tiffany jewelry store.

When a young writer named Fred walks into her life, Holly finds a new type of bond developing that begins to make her doubt the feelings she has for her more prestigious suitors that include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil. This new adaptation by Tony-winner Richard Greenberg is smart, witty and romantic, capturing Breakfast at Tiffany’s heart and charm.

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Cast

Holly Golightly Emilia Clarke
Fred Cory Michael Smith
Joe Bell George Wendt

Creative

Written by Richard Greenberg
Based on the novel by Truman Capote
Director Sean Mathias
Set Designer Derek McLane
Costume Designer Colleen Atwood
Lighting Designer Peter Kaczorowski
Original Music and Sound Designer Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen
Projection Designer Wendall K. Harrington

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The Cort Theatre
138 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10019

Preview: Mar. 4, 2013 Open: Mar. 20, 2013 Status: Closed

Orphans

Alec Baldwin returns to Broadway in the revival of Orphans. Orphans played to critical acclaim in New York and London in the mid-1980s. This is an intense, funny and violent play that will stir your innermost feelings about family and parenting.

Synopsis

Orphans is the story of two brothers, Treat and Phillip, who are older and whose mother has died and father has abandoned them. The play offers insights into family, fatherhood and growing up. Set in a dilapidated row house on North Philly, the brothers live on Treat’s petty crimes and toughness while Phillip, who is intensely innocent and naïve, stays inside the row house frightened of the world outside.

The brothers’ lives change drastically when Treat kidnaps a Chicago gangster, Harold. Although the boys are first in control, Harold manages to free himself and at gunpoint takes over the boy’s lives, becoming their mentor, teacher and surrogate father. Orphans is an intense, revelatory theatrical experience.

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Cast

Harold Alec Baldwin
Treat Ben Foster
Phillip Tom Sturridge

Creative

Written by Lyle Kessler
Directed by Daniel Sullivan

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The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
236 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036

Preview: Mar. 19, 2013 Open: Apr. 18, 2013 Status: Closed May 19, 2013

Zelda at the Oasis

Zelda at the Oasis, which is set in the 1930s, provides insight into the balancing act that one artistic spouse must maintain when the other half is considered to be a genius. Zelda in this play is Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, wife of legendary American novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald. In Zelda at the Oasis, she attempts to escape from the gigantic shadow of her husband and be recognized as an artist in her own right.

Synopsis

Zelda Fitzgerald is in a New York watering hole, the Club Oasis, where she hopes to dilute the tumultuous feelings that swirl around in her regarding her relationship with her husband, the eminently famous novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Defined by a less-than-stellar artistic reputation, Zelda attempts to deal with her relationship with her husband and his legendary literary status. During the course of the evening, the bartender at the Club Oasis befriends Zelda.

The bartender, who is called Bar Man, is an aspiring musician who plays the piano. As Zelda attempts to deal with her dwindling sanity and the growing overbearing nature of her husband, she finds solace in the unexpected friendship with the bartender. Zelda tells her stories to Bar Man, and he transforms into the characters she relates to him. Can her burgeoning friendship offer her solace, hope and a new beginning?

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Creative

Written by P.H. Lin

Director Andy Sandberg

Set Designer Colin McGurk

Costume Designer Dustin Cross

Lighting Designer Grant Yeager

Sound Designer David Melnick

Cast

Bar Man Edwin Cahill

Zelda Gardner Reed

Venue

St. Luke’s Theatre

308 46th St.

New York, NY 10019

Preview: Nov. 16, 2012 Open: Dec. 4, 2012 Status: Open Run

Water by the Spoonful

Water by the Spoonful, which is written by In the Heights writer Quiara Alegría Hudes, sees its first New York production after winning of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize. Water by the Spoonful is about a Puerto Rican war veteran who served in Iraq and his attempt to adapt to civilian life.

Synopsis

After a successful premiere at the Hartford Stage Company in October 2011, Water by the Spoonful comes to Off-Broadway. With the center of the play being a vet from the war in Iraq who returns home and tries to adjust to being home again, Water by the Spoonful offers a parallel story of four individuals who link together in an online chatroom that is devoted to recovering drug addicts. The vet must somehow live in his new world while he grapples with demons and horrors from the war in Iraq. Water by the Spoonful is immensely dramatic, deeply moving and brutally honest.

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Creative

Written by Quiara Alegria Hudes

Director Davis McCallum

Set Designer Neil Patel

Costume Designer ESosa

Lighting Designer Russell Champa

Sound Designer Joshua Schmidt

Cast

Odessa Ortiz Liza Colon-Zayas

Chutes & Ladders Frankie Faison

Elliot Ortiz Armando Reisco

Fountainhead Bill Heck

Yazmin Ortiz Zabryna Guevara

Orangutan Sue Jean Kim

Venue

SECOND STAGE THEATRE

307 West 43rd Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Dec. 11, 2012 Open: Jan. 8, 2013 Status: Closing Feb 10, 2013

The Piano Lesson

August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, which is set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District circa 1936, is a story about family and history. In what is the fourth play in August Wilson’s epic Century Cycle, The Piano Lesson provides insights into how each of us sees and connects with our history and those around us.

Synopsis

The Piano Lesson tells the story of the Charles family and investigates what they prize in life, their hopes and ambitions and their strengths and foibles. The piano in this play represents the Charles family itself—its rich history, each member’s individual priorities and the connections they must maintain with the past in order to move with confidence into the future.

Boy Willie comes home after serving time in a Mississippi prison. He has with him his friend Lymon and a truck loaded with watermelons. Lymon wants to buy the land that was worked by his ancestors when they were slaves. But he requires the cash to buy it and he’s sure he can get it by selling the family piano. However his sister Berniece is determined that the piano stay in the family, even though she doesn’t play it. As tension builds, the ghost of Sutter, the man who once owned Charles family when they were slaves, returns to haunt them.

Humor, drama, hardship and truth and are all rolled into this Pulitzer Prize winning play with the ornately carved piano being the central metaphor for the Charles family. The Piano Lesson tells a beautiful tale of hope, family and the ability to endure.

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Creative

Written by August Wilson

Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Set Designer Michael Carnahan

Costume Designer Karen Perry

Lighting Designer Rui Rita

Sound Designer David Van Tieghem

Cast

Wining Boy Chuck Cooper

Avery Eric Lenox Abrams

Boy Willie Brandon J. Dirden

Lymon Jason Dirden

Maretha Alexis Holt

Grace Mandi Masden

Berniece Roslyn Ruff

Doaker James A. Williams

Venue

The Pershing Square Signature Center/The Irene Diamond Stage

480 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Preview: Oct. 31, 2012 Open: Nov. 18, 2012 Status: Limited run, closing Jan 20, 2013

The Old Man and the Old Moon

The Old Man and the Old Moon is a highly inventive yarn that takes audiences on a magnificent adventure that is defined, enacted and narrated by a talented ensemble. This is a highly theatrical piece that is unique stylistically and creative a a tale told. Enjoy The Old Man and the Old Moon, a story about love, duty and the unpredictable nature of life.

Synopsis

The Old Man and the Old Moon is the story of an old man whose job it is to fill up the moon every month. He finds himself in a dilemma, as he must now abandon his job in order to search for his missing wife. She was taken away from their home when she searched for a mysterious and mesmerizing melody that lilted through the sea’s breeze. The Old Man’s adventure takes him to exotic and surreal locations where he experiences tumultuous tempests, magnificent leviathans from the deep, combative ghosts, explosive civil wars and various other mystical creatures and outlandish experiences.

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Creative

Created by PigPen Theatre Company

Cast

Performer Arya Shahi

Performer Ryan Melia

Performer Curtis Gillen

Performer Ben Ferguson

Performer Dan Weschler

Performer Matt Nuernberger

Performer Alex Falberg

Venue

The Gym At Judson Memorial Church

243 Thompson Street

New York, NY 10034

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Preview: Sep. 26, 2012 Open: Oct. 7, 2012 Status: Limited run, closing Jan. 6, 2013

Talley’s Folly

In the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson, Matt Friedman is still interested in being romantically involved with Sally Talley. In post-World War II America, Matt returns to his hometown and he and Sally meet in the family boathouse, which serves as the perfect setting for their sometimes contentious, often comical and always genuine meeting. Together they discover whether or not they are meant for one another.

Synopsis

Talley’s Folly focuses on the relationship between a Jewish immigrant named Matt Friedman and Sally Talley, a nurse. Set just after World War II, Talley’s Folly focuses on Matt’s attempt to court Sally and her ill-feelings about the future. Set in small-town middle-America, Talley’s Folly offers playgoers two amazingly complex and genuine characters. Matt, who has always kept people at a distance, has decided to try to convince Sally that they are meant for each other and that they can make a life together in what is an unpredictable world. Sally must wrestle with a deep secret that she feels will surely negate Matt’s love for her. The two-character play takes us on an unpredictable journey through a labyrinth to the heart of love, caring and family.

Lanford Wilson is known for writing plays that are character driven, offering a style that is both realistic and poetic. Talley’s Folly, which is directed by Michael Wilson (The Best Man), features a man and a woman in a courting dance that is revelatory, funny, dramatic and always interesting. This is a beautifully written play that warms the heart.

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Creative

Written by Lanford Wilson

Director Michael Wilson

Set Designer Jeff Cowie

Lighting Designer David C. Woolard

Cast

Matt Friedman Danny Burstein

Sally Talley Sarah Paulson

Venue

Laura Pels Theatre

111 West 46th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Feb. 8, 2013 Open: Mar. 5, 2013 Status: Open. Limited run, closing May 12, 2013

My Name is Asher Lev

My Name is Asher Lev is based on Chaim Potok’s best-selling novel about a young boy who desires to be a painter. Adapted by Aaron Posner, My Name is Asher Lev focuses on a prodigy who will pursue his dream at any cost. This is a stirring drama of determination, hope and will power.

Synopsis

Set in post-World War II Brooklyn, My Name is Asher Lev is a beautiful story of a young man who attempts to serve two masters– his love of art and his religious and cultural Hasidic roots. This is a coming-of-age drama in which the energy, enthusiasm and passion of a young man drive him to seek his dreams even though such a pursuit may have terrible consequences on his relationships with those he loves. My Name is Asher Lev is about family, understanding and reaching for one’s dream no matter how difficult it may be to attain.

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Creative

Adapted by Aaron Posner

Based on the novel by Chaim Potok

Director Gordon Edelstein

Cast

Asher Lev Ari Brand

Ari Lev Mark Nelson

Riv Lev Jenny Bacon

Venue

Westside Theatre

407 West 43rd Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Nov. 8, 2012 Open: Nov. 28, 2012 Status: Closed May 26, 2013

The Assembled Parties

The Assembled Parties, which will star Tony nominee Jessica Hecht and Tony winner Judith Light, takes us to the home of former movie star Julie Bascov (Hecht) and her sister-in-law Faye (Light). The occasion is a traditional family holiday dinner. Tonight’s dinner includes a house guest who brings a new energy to the proceedings.

Synopsis

Set in the large, rambling apartment of the Bascov family in New York’s Upper East Side, The Assembled Parties offers us a glimpse of a Jewish family with secrets to hide. We meet that family in 1980 as they hold their holiday dinner with a guest in attendance. The play, which spans 20 years, offers a complication that intensifies the family drama. It’s a guest who will turn things upside down as he accidentally or perhaps purposefully insinuate himself into the family drama. Will the apparently accomplished and happy Bascov family see its world crumble apart?

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Cast

Julie Bascov Jessica Hecht

Faye Judith Light

Jeff Jeremy Shamo

Mort Mark Blum

Ben Sam Robards

Creative

Written by Richard Greenberg

Director Lynne Meadow

Settings Santo Loquasto

Costumes Jane Greenwood

Lighting Peter Kaczorowski

Sound & Original Music Obadiah Eaves

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The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

261 W 47th St

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Mar. 21, 2013 Open: Apr. 17, 2013 Status: Closed July 28, 2013

The Nance

Tony-winner Nathan Lane appears on Broadway in The Nance by Douglas Carter Beane. Lane, who won a Tony for his portrayal of Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and a Tony and Olivier for the role of Max Bialystock in The Producers, will play Chauncey Miles, a gay man who is a top nance performer. What’s a “nance?” Read more to find out.

Synopsis

In The Nance, Nathan Lane plays an actor, Chauncey Miles, specializing in “nance” roles. A nance is a stock stage character of a campy homosexual man. Straight actors often played this type of character. What makes this nance different from others is that he is being played by a homosexual. According to the production company, The Nance is “the portrait of a homosexual man, living and working in the secretive and dangerous gay world of 1930s New York, whose outrageous antics on the burlesque stage stand in marked contrast to his messy offstage life.”

Written by Douglas Carter Beane (writer of the book for the musicals “Lysistrata Jones” and “Xanadu” and the play “The Little Dog Laughed”) and directed by three-time Tony-winner Jack O’Brien, who has directed the Broadway musicals The Full Monty and Hairspray, contemporary dramas such as The Piano Lesson, The Invention of Love and The Coast of Utopia, and a range of Shakespeare, The Nance offers keen insights through a dynamic stage performer.

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Cast

Chauncey Miles Nathan Lane

Creative

Written by Douglas Carter Beane

Director Jack O’Brien

Settings John Lee Beatty

Costumes Ann Roth

Lighting Japhy Weideman

Sound Leon Rothenberg

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THE LYCEUM THEATRE

149 West 45th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Mar. 21, 2013 Open: Apr. 15, 2013 Status: Closed August 11, 2013

Diner The Musical

Diner, the popular movie by Academy Award and Emmy Award winner Barry Levinson that brought seven future stars to the screen in featured roles, will premiere on Broadway as a musical with book by Levinson and music and lyrics by Sheryl Crow. This nostalgic look at 1959 Baltimore focuses on six high school buddies in their twenties, as each finds their way in the world. Funny, touching and beautifully human, Diner is a beautiful story about friendship and the transition to adulthood.

Synopsis

The musical Diner, which is based on the movie of the same name, takes us back to what in some ways was a simpler age. It’s Christmas in 1959 Baltimore and six high school friends now in their early twenties are facing adult responsibilities with uncertainty and trepidation. They still have their anchor, their old hangout the Fells Point Diner, and they still have each other. But for how long? Feeling the slow creep of time, the six stalwart friends cling to one another as they simultaneously prepare to let go and follow their individual paths.

The film Diner, which premiered in 1982, was written and directed by the musical’s book writer Barry Levinson. The movie, which was part of Levinson’s Baltimore Trilogy which also included Avalon and Tin Men, had a young cast that included Steve Guttenberg as Edward “Eddie” Simmons, Daniel Stern as Laurence “Shrevie” Schreiber, Mickey Rourke as Robert “Boogie” Sheftell, Kevin Bacon as Timothy “Fen” Fenwick Jr., Tim Daly as William “Billy” Howard, Ellen Barkin as Beth Schreiber and Paul Reiser as Modell. All of whom would go on to have significant careers in show business.

The musical Diner will be directed by Kathleen Marshall and will preview on Broadway in spring 2012.

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Cast

To Be Determined

Creative

Music by Sheryl Crow
Lyrics by Sheryl Crow
Book by Barry Levinson
Director Kathleen Marshall
Musical Director Lon Hoyt

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To Be Determined

Preview: Spring 2013 Open: Spring 2013 Status: Future, open run

Jekyll & Hyde

The thrilling, passionate and violant musical Jekyll and Hyde is back on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. When first produced on Broadway in 1997 it ran for more than three years offering 44 previews and 1,543 performances. The musical comes to Broadway for a limited run after traveling the U.S. on a 25-city tour.

Synopsis

In the musical Jekyll and Hyde, Dr. Henry Jekyll is desperate to find a cure for his father’s mental illness. That desperation sends him on an unbelievable journey where the deepest of evils in the doctor are released in his alter-ego Mr. Edward Hyde. Jekyll and Hyde offers audiences intense passions, sensual romance and contrasting views of the underside and the elegant and beautiful of life. With a big score, grand and intense scenes and uncompromising honesty Jekyll and Hyde offers Broadway audiences a unique and entertaining evening in the theatre.

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Cast

Lucy Deborah Cox

Jekyll/Hyde Constantine Maroulis

Creative

Book & Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

Music by Frank Wildhorn

Conceived by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden

Director & Choreographer Jeff Calhoun

Musical Supervisor Jason Howland

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THE MARQUIS THEATRE

200 West 45th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Apr. 5, 2013 Open: Apr. 18, 2013 Status: Limited run, closed May 12, 2013.

Ann

Ann is a new one-woman show by writer/actress Holland Taylor. Get to know Ann Richards, the larger-than-life governor of the biggest-of-all states Texas. Insightful, funny and moving, Ann is a wondrous historical and personal piece of theatre.

Synopsis

Ann Richards was know for being many things- witty, tough, smart and wry. She became known by the entire country as she rose to prominence in the Democratic ranks and in 1988 delivered the keynote speech at the party’s national convention. It was a speech that revealed down-home humor and cutting wit. Richards served as the Texas State Treasurer from 1982-1990. In 1990, Richards was elected governor. Four years later, she was unseated by George W. Bush. Richards was a colorful, controversial figure who battled the bottle, dealt with a broken marriage and told it like it was. Holland Taylor, who has performed Ann at numerous venues including a month-long run at the Kennedy Center, offers a resonant performance.

HOLLAND TAYLOR AS ANN RICHARDS

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Cast

Ann Richards Holland Taylor

Creative

Author Holland Taylor

Director Benjamin Endsley Klein

Settings Michael Fagin

Costumes Julie Weiss

Lighting Matthew Richards

Sound Ken Huncovsky

Projections Zachary Borovay

Wig Designer Paul Huntley

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THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATRE

150 W 65th St

New York, NY 10023

Preview: Feb. 18, 2013 Open: Mar. 7, 2013 Status: Closing Sept. 1, 2013

The Other Place

The Other Place is a gripping play filled with uncertainty and mystery. Set on Cape Cod, the play moves from time and place with fluidity and offers viewers insights through a fragmented story masterfully told. The Other Place stars Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry and John Schiappa.

Synopsis

The Other Place is the story of Juliana Smithton, a leading neurologist who is on the brink of making a major breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s patients. Everything seems to be perfectly in place for Smithton as she stands to deliver a lecture on her findings to colleagues at an exclusive gathering.

But then something goes wrong as Smithton, who is giving her talk at an upscale beach resort on Cape Cod, catches a quick glimpse of a young woman in the crowd. She is enigmatic and striking as she appears in a yellow bikini amidst a group in business suits. What is the truth, what is happening and what will the outcome be? Slips of memories collide, truths become blurred and contradictions accumulate in Smithton’s Cape Cod cottage. The Other Place is an intriguing and powerful tale.

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Cast

Juliana Smithton Laurie Metcalf

Ian Daniel Stern

The Woman Zoe Perry

The Man John Schiappa

Creative

Written by Sharr White

Director Joe Mantello

Set Designer Eugene Lee

Costume Designer David Zinn

Lighting Designer Justin Townsend

Projection Design William Cusick

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THE SAMUEL J FRIEDMAN THEATRE

261 West 47th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Dec. 11, 2012 Open: Jan. 10, 2013 Status: Closed Mar. 3, 2013

Lucky Guy

The late Nora Ephron takes us on an amazing journey in her play Lucky Guy, starring Tom Hanks. Lucky Guy explores graft-filled New York in the 1980s. It’s the story of tabloid journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Mike McAlary. McAlary opened the lid on police corruption in the city and continued to find himself in the middle of controversy throughout his career. Lucky Guy sees Hanks make his Broadway debut in the lead role of McAlary and is directed by Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe.

Synopsis

In Lucky Guy, reporter Mike McAlary is on the ride of his life as he takes on the cops in New York City and exposes the underside of corruption on the force. McAlary, who almost saw his career evaporate when he was sued for libel, had a noteworthy career and life, winning the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting of the Abner Louima case. Louima was a Haitian living in NYC who was arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub in 1997and abused and forcibly sodomized with the handle of a toilet plunger by New York City police officers.

Lucky Guy offers an insightful portrait of the driven McAlary whose career was a rollercoaster ride that ended with his untimely death from colon cancer on Christmas Day, 1998. Tom Hanks makes his first ever Broadway stage appearance.

Hanks has had a long film career that includes Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan and Sleepless in Seattle. Ephron is primarily known for her screenplays, including Sleepless in Seattle, Heartburn and When Harry Met Sally. Wolfe directed Angels In America: The Millennium Approaches (Tony Award) and Jelly’s Last Jam (11 Tony nominations).

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Cast

Mike McAlary Tom Hanks

Michael Daly Peter Scolari
Eddie Hayes Christopher McDonald

John Cotter Peter Gerety

Creative

Written by Nora Ephron

Director George C. Wolfe

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THE BROADHURST THEATRE

235 West 44th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Mar. 1, 2013 Open: Apr 1, 2013 Status: Closed July 3, 2013

Hands on a Hard Body

In the new musical Hands on Hard Body, things aren’t getting any better for ten Texans each of whom needs something positive to occur in his/her life. Each is given a chance in a contest to turn their lives around. But there will be only one winner. Will it be fate, strength, smarts or trickery that finally pays off in Hands on Hard Body?

Synopsis

In the musical Hands on Hard Body, ten Texans who are down on their luck have the opportunity to win a brand new truck. The competition involves keeping one hand on the truck at all times. Each one desperately needs to win this vehicle that can change their lives.

Told with humor, wit and warmth Hands on Hard Body is a musical focusing on hope and ambition. Who will you root for and who will finally take home the grand prize after days of baking under the high, simmering Texas sun?

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Cast

J D Drew Keith Carradine

Kelli Mangrum Allison Case

Benny Perkins Hunter Foster

Greg Wilhote Jay Armstrong Johnson

Chris Alvaro David Larsen

Ronald McGowan Jacob Ming Trent

Heather Stovall Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone

Virginia Drew Mary Gordon Murray

Mike Ferris Jim Newman

Cindy Barnes Connie Ray

Jesus Pena John Rua

Norma Valverde Keala Seattle

Janis Curtis Dale Soules

Frank Nugent Scott Wakefield

Don Curtis/Dr. Stokes William Youmans

Creative

Music Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green

Lyrics Amanda Green

Book Doug Wright

Director Neil Pepe

Choreographer Sergio Trujillo

Set Designer Christine Jones

Costume Designer Susan Hilferty
Lighting Designer Kevin Adams
Sound Designer Steve Canyon Kennedy

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THE BROOKS ATKINSON THEATRE

256 West 47th Street New
York, NY 10036

Preview: Feb 23, 2013 Open: Mar. 21, 2013 Status: Closed Apr. 13, 2013

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

This revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, an American classic by Tennessee Williams, stars Tony Award-winner Scarlett Johansson as the Maggie and is directed by Tony Award-winner Rob Ashford. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is about lust, greed, longing and love. Set in the South, Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof offers two of his most enigmatic characters and one of his most enigmatic couples in Brick and Maggie. This production’s run is strictly limited.

Synopsis

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof delves deeply into the passions stirred by a loveless marriage, the loneliness of the heart and the power of old money in the Deep South. Maggie desperately desires the affections of her husband Brick, while Brick, a former football hero who has turned to the solace of the bottle, seems to desire nothing. Overseeing this relationship and all family business is Brick’s overbearing, aging and terminally ill father Big Daddy. Set in the genteel South, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof slowly reveals the dark truths that guide these individuals on their respective paths as it erupts with stinging, suppressed emotions.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof stars Tony Award-winner Scarlett Johansson who returns to Broadway to star as Maggie and includes Ciarán Hinds as Big Daddy, Benjamin Walker as Brick and Tony and Emmy Award-winner Debra Monk as Big Mama. This limited run of Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning classic is directed by Tony and Emmy Award-winner Rob Ashford.

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CastMaggie Scarlett Johansson
Brick Benjamin Walker
Big Daddy Ciaran Hinds
Big Mama Debra Monk

Creative

Written by Tennessee Williams

Director Rob Ashford

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The Richard Rodgers Theatre
226 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036

Preview: Dec. 18, 2012 Open: Jan. 17, 2013 Status: Limited run, closed Mar. 30, 2013

Naked Boys Singing

Naked Boys Singing is a popular revue that is certainly defined and aptly described by its title. It is tuneful, campy and hilarious. Featuring songs about gay life and brimming with nudity, Naked Boys Singing is a great show for the right group.

Giant

Giant was a big book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber and now it’s a big musical. Giant reveals the underside of the big State of Texas, revealing its bigotry, greed and power broking. This is a musical filled with huge characters, explosive situations and major insights.

Synopsis

Giant is the story of a formidable cattleman, his new bride transplanted from the East Coast and those who surround them. Friends, family, workers and enemies mix, mingle and conspire in this story of power, loss and triumph. It’s a chronicle of the state as seen through the lives of these characters who encounter joy, sorrow, love, hate and much more in this new musical with a book by Sybille Pearson, music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and direction by Michael Greif. The production of Giant includes 22 actors and a 17-piece orchestra. This is not to be missed!

Show Facts

Music and Lyrics Michael John LaChuisa

Book Sybille Pearson

Based on the novel by Edna Ferber

Director Michael Greif

Set Designer Allen Moyer

Choreographer Alex Sanchez

Costume Designer Jeff Mahshie

Lighting Designer Kenneth Posner

Sound Designer Brian Ronan

Venue

Joseph Papp Public Theatre/Newman Theatre

425 Lafayette Street

New York, NY 10003

Preview: Oct. 26, 2012 Open: Status: Limited run; Closing Dec. 2, 2012

Ivanov

This new translation of Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov by Carol Rocamora stars Ethan Hawke and Joely Richardson in a production directed by Austin Pendleton. Chekhov’s play focuses on a declining bureaucrat and his attempt to renew his life. But life and its intricacies, nuances and unpredictable occurrences seem to be against Ivanov. Will he be able to cope?

Synopsis

Ivanov is a bureaucratic official who is being crushed by debt, responsibilities and regrets. He wants to find his energy for living once again but is beleaguered by an ill wife, unsettling relationships and ongoing pressures. Can he survive and flourish? This Chekhov drama first resonates with hope but suddenly ends in despair and futility. Ivanov is a study of what it is to be human, fragile and imperfect.

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Cast

Ivanov Ethan Hawke

Anna Joely Richardson

Creative

Written by Anton Chekhov

Translated by Carol Rocamora

Director Austin Pendleton

Set Designer Santo Loquasto

Costume Designer Marco Piemontese

Lighting Designer Keith Parham

Original Music and Sound Designer Ryan Rumery

Venue

Classic Stage Company

136 East 13th Street

New York, NY 10003

Preview: Oct. 17, 2012 Open: Nov. 4, 2012 Status: Limited run; Closing Dec. 9, 2012

Modern Terrorism

It is terrorism with a twist—a romantic twist, that is. In the drama Modern Terrorism we find that hate does not always dominate the mind of a terrorist as doubt and love cause major problems.

Synopsis

A terrorist bomber has one mission in mind. But in Modern Terrorism the beautiful woman who is his conspirator distracts the bomber. His mission becomes an affair of the heart and then highly complicated when a neighbor becomes involved in the situation. It all reels out of control in Modern Terrorism.

Show Facts

Written by Jon Kern

Director Peter DuBois

Set Designer Alexander Dodge

Costume Designer Mimi O’Donnell

Lighting Designer Russell Champa

Sound Designer M.L. Dogg

Venue

Second Stage Theatre

307 West 43rd Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Sep. 21, 2012 Open: Oct. 15, 2012 Status: Open run

Bare

Bare is a very different sort of high school musical. The focus is on teens dealing with their senior year at a co-ed Catholic boarding school. It’s about preparing for the future as an adult while still being a child. This is a musical that connects on many different levels and it has become a hit.

Synopsis

The story of Bare is one that most of us can identify with—coming of age in our senior year of high school. It’s not an easy journey, as the teens in this musical must confront who they are by defining and understanding their identities, sexuality and religion. Set at a co-ed Catholic boarding school, Bare is about choices, consequences, growing up and moving forward.

Show Facts

Music Damon Intrabartolo

Book and Lyrics Jon Hartmere

Additional Songs Jon Hartmere and Lynne Shankel

Director Stafford Arima

Choreographer Travis Wall

Venue

New World Stages—Stage Four

340 West 50th Street

New York, NY 10019

Preview: Nov. 19, 2012 Open: Dec. 9, 2012 Status: Closing Feb. 3, 2013

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a combination of Chekov and Greek mythology via the outrageous comedic mind of playwright Christopher Durang. Life is filled with misery, regret and depression in an oddly defined world comprised of classical references, pop culture and hedonism. It’s a Durang comedy, what do you expect?

Synopsis

In Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the story focuses on Vanya and his stepsister Sonia as the two struggle to exist on the family farm. They have sacrificed to care for their aging parents while sister Masha has been living the highlife as a movie star. Vanya and Sonia toil away, barely existing, whole being buffeted by the multitudinous warnings of Cassandra, their cleaning woman who doubles as a soothsayer. Cassandra foretells terrible things to come, including a visit by the miscreant Masha with her 20-ish boy toy Spike. The farm will never be the same after the arrival of the libidinous couple as Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike takes us down roads rarely travelled.

Show Facts

Cast

Masha Sigourney Weaver

Vanya David Hyde Pierce

Sonia Kristine Nielsen

Spike Billy Magnussen

Cassandra Shalita Grant

Creative

Written by Christopher Durang

Director Nicholas Martin

Set Designer David Korins

Costume Designer Emily Rebholz

Lighting Designer Justin Townsend

Original Music and Sound Designer Mark Bennett

Venue

The John Golden Theatre
252 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036

Preview: Mar. 05, 2013 Open: Mar. 14, 2013 Status: Closed, Aug 25, 2013

Silence! The Musical?

What if someone created a musical spoof of Silence of the Lambs? Would it be a hilarious hit? The answer is “yes.” It is the 1991 Oscar-winning movie The Silence of the Lambs parodied to the limit, featuring the characters FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster in the movie) and Dr. Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins). It’s funny beyond belief.

Synopsis

This over-the-top musical-parody of the movie The Silence of the Lambs focuses on Clarice Starling, who is striving to be a FBI agent, and the notorious Hannibal the Cannibal Lecture. Lecture will help Starling track a serial killer if she’ll tell him about her troubled childhood. The spoof takes off from there and features an evening of songs, scenes and hilarity. If you know the movie, you’ll love the musical.

Show Facts

Music and Lyrics Jon Kaplan and Alan Kaplan

Book Hunter Bell

Director and Choreographer Christopher Gattelli

Venue

Elektra Theatre

673 8th Avenue

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Jul. 24, 2011 Open: Status: Closed May 26, 2013

Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking

Yes, the hit show Forbidden Broadway is back—revitalized, re-energized and renewed as Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking. There’s no plot but there is a whole lot of comedy as Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking spoofs the most popular shows and biggest stars.

Synopsis

It is one of the cleverest sendups around. Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking offers 27 side splitting musical numbers and sketches that lampoon the Great White Way’s best-known performers and shows. It is hilarious, irreverent, smart, wry, witty and more. The talented cast burlesques stars such as Steve Kazee, Audra McDonald, Matthew Broderick, Idina Menzel and Patti LuPone and shows like Evita, Newsies, Annie, The Book of Mormon and Nice Work If You Can Get It. You don’t have to be a Broadway aficionado to get the laughs. It’s a brilliantly fun night in the theatre.

Show Facts

Written by Gerard Alessandrini

Directors Gerard Alessandrini and Phillip George

Venue

47th Street Theatre

304 West 47th Street

New York, NY

Preview: Jul. 24, 2012 Open: Sep. 06, 2012 Status: Closing April 28, 2013

Tribes

In the comedy-drama Tribes, Billy, who is deaf, struggles to keep up with his family’s insane dinner table debates but he’s frustrated by his inability to understand the intricacies of the outlandish and loud conversation. Then he meets a woman who teaches him sign language and his entire world changes. Tribes offers a glimpse of a politically incorrect and raucous family.

Synopsis

Tribes gives audiences an interesting and entertaining view of a British family comprised of a mom, dad and their three adult children—Daniel, Billy and Ruth. With the three kids still at home, the dinner table is crowded, loud and out of control. Everyone has an opinion about everything but Billy, who is deaf, finds it difficult to communicate with the others in his clan. The Billy connects with Sylvia, a deaf woman who teaches him sign language. The two fall in love and when Billy uses his new method of communication with his family he upsets the status quo and creates mayhem and turmoil.

Show Facts

Written by Nina Raine

Director David Cromer

Set Designer Scott Pask

Lighting Designer Keith Parham

Costume Designer Tristan Raines

Sound Designer Daniel Kluger

Projection Designer Jeff Sugg

Venue

Barrow Street Theatre

27 Barrow Street

New York, NY 10014

Preview: Feb. 16, 2012 Open: Mar. 04, 2012 Status: Closing Jan 20, 2013

If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet

Life’s struggles are revealed in the play If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet. The drama focuses on a fifteen-year-old girl named Anna who must fight a weight problem and eal with her mother’s concern. On a sparse, enigmatic set the play’s short scenes shift from dark and insightful to lightly silly, showing that there is no easy solution to problems that trouble us.

Synopsis

If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet is an in-your-face drama that includes expletives, simulated drug use, violent acts and fighting. This play, which focuses on a mother and teen daughter, is defined by very dark subject matter that takes audiences to troubling places. If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet is a drama that takes audiences on an uncompromising, tough journey that’s well worth the effort.

Show Facts

Written by Nick Payne

Director Michael Longhurst

Set Designer Beowulf Boritt

Costume Designer Susan Hilferty

Lighting Designer Natasha Katz

Original Music and Sound Designer Obadiah Eaves

Venue

Laura Pels Theatre

111 West 46th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Aug. 24, 2012 Open: Sep. 20, 2012 Status: Limited run, closing Nov 25, 2012

Falling

The play Falling focuses on an 18-year-old autistic boy, his family and a newly arrived relative. Life for the family was already quite complicated before the relative arrived. Now it has become even more complex for a family that already has enough with which to deal. How much more can they take?

Synopsis

In the play Falling, a relative comes into a home and turns it upside down. It’s a stressful time as the family tries to find its balance in constantly shifting sands. How far will they fall in Falling?Show Facts

Written by Deanna Jent
Director Lori Adams
Set Designer John C. Stark
Costume Designer Tristan Raines
Lighting Designer Julie Mack
Sound Designer Raymond Schilke

Venue

Minetta Lane Theatre
18 Minetta Lane
New York, NY 10014

Preview: Sep.. 27, 2012 Open: Oct. 15, 2012 Status: Open run

Cougar The Musical

Cougar The Musical is about that hot topic—hot older woman looking to prey on boy toys. The cast features three amazingly sexy women, all of whom are over forty and looking for lust and perhaps even love. Cougar The Musical is about three women finding themselves and discovering new lives.

Old Jews Telling Jokes

Old Jews Telling Jokes offers great standup and it may be hard to believe but some of the comedians are actually old. Five Jews, three of whom are getting long in the tooth, tell tales about love, marriage, money, divorce and more. This is a fun, R-rated night in the theatre.

Synopsis

Sit back and get ready to laugh for 90 minutes as you thoroughly enjoy the show Old Jews Telling Jokes, It’s sexual and raunchy, self-deprecating and completely hilarious. Life, death, parenthood and religion are just a few of the topics treated in this engaging show. Every performance of Old Jews Telling Jokes at Broadway’s Westside Theatre is a laugh riot.

Show Facts

Creators Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent

Director Marc Bruni

Set and Video Designer David Gallo

Costume Designer Alejo Vietti

Lighting Designer Jeff Croiter

Sound Designer Peter Fitzgerald

Venue

Westside Theatre

407 West 43rd Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: May. 1, 2012 Open: May 20, 2012 Status: Closed Sept 15, 2013

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

In Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which is set at a New England college, new professor Nick and his wife Honey have been invited back to George and Martha’s for drinks. George is a history professor who has a deep, dark past with his wife Martha, who is the college president’s daughter. Comical, cutting and deeply disturbing, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? touches taut nerves and unleashes turbulent emotions. This new acclaimed production premieres on Broadway this fall 50 years to the date of when it was first seen on Broadway.

Synopsis

The critically acclaimed production of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? that was seen this past year at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and Arena Stage in Washington, DC, comes to Broadway in October 2012. Directed by Pam MacKinnon and featuring Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, Carrie Coon and Madison Dirks the story of one night in the life of two couples explodes on the stage. This riveting, witty drama is laced with comedy, filled with passion and defined by startling revelations. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is an American classic that after 50 years continues to enthrall audiences.

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Cast

George Tracy Letts

Martha Amy Morton

Honey Carrie Coon

Nick Madison Dirks

Creative

Written by Edward Albee

Director Pam MacKinnon

Set Designer Todd Rosenthal

Costume Designer Nan Cibula

Lighting Designer Allen Lee Hughes

Sound Designer Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen

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THE BOOTH THEATRE

222 West 45th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Sep. 27, 2012 Open: Oct. 13, 2012 Status: Closed Mar. 3, 2013

Avenue Q

After a run Off-Broadway and a long run on Broadway (2,534 performances), the musical Avenue Q moved back to Off-Broadway in 2009 where it continues to entertain audiences with its unique highly theatrical style, outrageous form of humor and coming of age story. Using three human cast members and a host of puppets that are manipulated by and feature the voices of those three cast members, Avenue Q is a delight. But don’t be fooled by the puppets as the humor and story are geared towards adults.

NEWsical the Musical

NEWiscal the Musical, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, continues its hilarious open run at the Kirk Theatre. It’s a ripe time for political and social satire and NEWiscal spares no one. Get ready to have one belly laugh after another.

Sistas

Sistas is an epic tale of Black women in America told through the songs of artists such as Ma Rainey, Billie Holiday, Lena Horn, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and Beyoncé. Offering stories that focus on the struggles, triumphs and passions of such women, this moving narrative starts with the days of Jim Crow and takes us to the present.

The Fantasticks

The Fantasticks original New York run lasted more than 40 years and cumulated in 17,162 performances, which made it the world’s longest running musical. This new production, which is directed by book and lyric writer Tom Jones, still embraces the same simple production elements that made the original show so striking when it first premiered. Replete with all of the wonderful songs, including “Soon it’s Gonna Rain” and “Try to Remember,” the prototypical characters and the boy meets girl, boy loses girl and boy finds girl again love story, this show is still a major winner.

STOMP

STOMP is movement and percussion. It’s a celebration of creative dance, sound and life expressed through complex rhythms and innovative music. This isn’t your typical tap or modern dance show, not with a name like STOMP. STOMP is big, expressive and in your face.
Closing January 8, 2023

Sleep No More

In Sleep No More, the story of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is set in and unfolds in a chic 1920s hotel. This is an amazing environmental production that keeps the audience moving as it utilizes five floors of the McKittrick Hotel to tell the story.

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular

Always a stunning show, this extravaganza will prove to be a unique and entertaining experience for the entire family. Perfect for any group that wants to celebrate and enjoy the festive holiday season, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular will take you to a thrilling and enchanted world. The show includes a vivid reenactment of the initial Christmas through the “Living Nativity” and a visit to the North Pole and Santa’s animated workshop. Stunning, beautiful and moving, your family and friends will long cherish the memories created by this magical show.

Synopsis

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a New York City tradition for more than 75 years, has it all—the precisely coordinated Radio City Rockettes, a dozen magnificent scenes and a full slate of entertainers, including singers, dancers, ice skaters and more. Of course, there’s a full orchestra, live animals, including a camel, and the breathtaking “Living Nativity.” As you know, this show has a limited run. Don’t be left out in the cold this holiday season. Get your group discount tickets now for The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Show Facts

Creative

Director Linda Haberman
Set Designer Michael Hotopp
Costume Designer Gregg Barnes
Lighting Designer Ken Billington

Cast

Performers The Radio City Rockettes

Venue

Radio City Music Hall

1260 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Preview: Nov. 9, 2013 Open: Nov. 9, 2013 Status: Closed Dec 30, 2013

The Devil’s Music: The Life And Blues Of Bessie Smith

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Bessie Smith was a unique performer who was sassy, sexy and passionate in her performance. In the Devil’s Music, we meet the legendary blues singer as she bears the end of her career and life.

Synopsis

The Devil’s Music: The Life And Blues Of Bessie Smith focuses on discovering the essence of sexy, racy blues singer Bessie Smith. It’s not easy to capture a legend but The Devil’s Music does so with exacting detail, deep emotion and wry humor.

Laced with the songs that made Smith an icon of the blues, this show reveals the songstress on the eve of her death in 1937. With her friends by her side, she relates the amazing events that made her life replete with love, loss and success. She was one of the most recognized and successful entertainers of her time. Meet her in what is an amazing evening of entertainment.

Cast

Bessie Smith Miche Braden

The Voca People

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Cosmic a cappella crooning that is comic, creative and constantly charming defines the internationally renowned group The Voca People. This is an intergalactic musical experience that you won’t forget. The Voca People, who have travelled to NYC from somewhere behind the sun, will take you on a harmonious interplanetary excursion that rivals any trip taken by an astronaut.

Synopsis

Amazing music, comic moments and beautiful artistry are all part of The Voca People experience. They have travelled hundreds of thousands of miles to entertain us earthlings with their enchantingly unearthly sound. The Voca People first became a major hit on YouTube and then saw their fortunes take off like a meteor as they performed worldwide in Spain, Italy, Israel, Brazil and many more prime locations across the globe. Now they’ve landed at the Westside Theatre where you’ll be amazed by their innovative vocal techniques, music mastery and interpretations of 70 songs. The Voca People will create one of the most unique theatre events of the season.

Show Facts

Concieved & Created by Lior Kalfo and Shai Fishman

Rent

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When Rent premiered in 1996, it changed the landscape of musical theatre. The Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical is back for another run in New York City and the issues and characters are still as vibrant and fresh as they were 15 years ago.

Synopsis

Who Jonathan Larson’s musical Rent captured the imaginations of theatregoers and critics when it premiered in 1996. It also brought a whole new genration of young people into the theatre for the first time. Well now those “young people” are in their 30s and Larson’s award winning musical is back. Treating issues of AIDS, sexuality and drug addiction with honesty and weaving a magical musical score through his story, Larson created a musical time capsule that has spanned a generation.

Show Facts

Book, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Director Michael Greif

My Sinatra

My Sinatra is an intimate and personal portrait of Ol’ Blue Eyes. Actor Cary Hoffman utilizes his acclaimed PBS special, creating a tender and often comical vision of Sinatra in this one-man show. This is a wonderful show in a long run. If you love Sinatra, you’re going to want to see My Sinatra.

Synopsis

In My Sinatra, actor Cary Hoffman takes his affection and obsession for the leader of the Rat Pack and turns in into a wonderful one-man musical. Using more than 20 classic Sinatra tunes, he jingles and jangles his way along memory lane as he tells his own story of growing up fatherless with three musician uncles who played on some of Sinatra’s most memorable records. My Sinatra, which includes audience interaction, is a memorable theatrical experience.

Show Facts

Creative

Creator and Writer Cary Hoffman
Director Cary Hoffman

Cast

Performer Cary Hoffman

Venue

HA! Midtown Manhattan

232 West 44th Street

New York, NY 10019

Preview: Jun, 4, 2011 Open: Jun, 4, 2011 Status: Open run

Million Dollar Quartet

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It was a dream quartet composed of four of the most important and dynamic stars of their era. In this show, which is based on an actual jam session that occurred on December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins play through the night. Brought together by record producer and manager Sam Phillips, this show spins through highlights of each man’s career as they perform some of their definitive, chart-busting singles.

Synopsis

More concert than story, Million Dollar Quartet celebrates the energy and talent of four of America’s most popular music pioneers. On this December night when the four gather to play at the legendary Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley has just become a major hit, Johnny Cash is on his way up through the charts, Jerry Lee Lewis has not come close to making his mark and Carl Perkins is trying to jumpstart his sputtering career. These four personalities shout and roll out myriad hits, including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “That’s All Right,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Walk the Line,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Matchbox,” “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Hound Dog.”

Million Dollar Quartet is a night of 50’s nostalgia, rhythms and good times. This play captures the amazing talents of four men who would inspire a generation of young musicians, while entertaining millions.

Show Facts

Book Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Music & Lyrics Various
Director Eric Schaeffer

Danny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical

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Danny Kaye was one of the most popular entertainers of his time. How did he become a huge, worldwide star? See Danny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical and find out. For some this will be a trip down memory lane and for others a wonderful introduction to a brilliant talent and caring humanitarian.

Synopsis

Comedian, actor and benefactor Danny Kaye became an international film star. How? He had talent, drive and a wife by the name of Sylvia who was his mentor, manager and chief fan. You’ll find the story of Kaye’s rise to fame fascinating as you revel in his hit songs, including ‘Tchaikovsky’, ‘Anatole of Paris’, ‘Minnie the Moocher’ and ‘Deena.’

Show Facts

Music Bob Bain
Book & Lyrics Robert McElwaine
Director Pamela Hall
Choreographer Gene Castle
Music Director David Fiorello

The City Club

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This music laced show is set in the U.S after Prohibition and focuses on a corrupt family and the son who want to head in a different direction.

Synopsis

There’s a jazz feel to The City Club as Charles “Chaz” Davenport, the son of a corrupt city family, is obsessed with music. So much so that he’s less interested in the power his family wields through corruption and more focused on creating a club in the city that features the music that he loves.

Show Facts

Music and Lyrics James Compton, Tony DeMeur and Tim Brown
Book   Glenn M. Stewart
Director   Mitchell Maxwell
Choreographer    LorinLatarro
Set Designer Rob Bissinger
Costume Designer   David C. Woolard
Lighting Designer   David F. Segal
Sound Designer    Carl Casella

Cast

Crystal Labelle Kristen Martin
Chaz Davenport Andrew Pandaleon
Maddy Ana Hoffman
The Lieutenant Peter Bradbury
Parker Brown Kenny Brawner
Rose Autumn Guzzardi

Preview Date apr 01, 2012
Opening Date apr 23, 2012

Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage

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What is it like to be a modern-day relationship guru? Miss Abigail knows first-hand as she takes phone calls from around the world giving advice to the rich and famous and the neurotic and infamous. With her personal assistant and confidant, Paco, she is always ready to offer insight into people’s immensely complex personal lives.

Synopsis

Based on the advice book by Abigail Grotke, Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage is a charming play about a woman who is always ready to dispense invaluable insights into a person’s most intimate affairs. With her personal assistant and aid, Paco, always prepared to help her, Miss Abigail offers advice that is culled from her personal experience and from books about romance and love from the Medieval period on.

Funny, insightful and always with an opinion, the self-made expert on dating, mating and marriage is a joy to watch. Her telephone hotline handles calls from celebrities needing to make peace, jettison their domestic partner or discover their soul mate. No matter what a caller’s dilemma may entail—falling in or out of love, desiring another or wanting to mend a broken heart, Miss Abigail has an answer.

Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage is a relaxed, 90-minute evening in the theatre. This is a fine play for those who want to have fun, engage in some audience participation and laugh about love and life. If you don’t want to participate in the show, you won’t have to as long as you don’t sit in the ab aisle seat. Those who do actively engage Miss Abigail may get the opportunity to play the truly unique game show entitled Love, Lust or Stalking?

If you are looking for answers then you’ve come to the right place– Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage. You’ll laugh the night away.

Show Facts

Written by Ken Davenport and Sarah Saltzberg
Ditector Ken Davenport

Cast

Miss Abigail Eve Plumb
Paco Manuel Herrera

Lonely I’m Not

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Eventually, you have to face yourself and your life. But when does that happen? In the comedy Lonely I’m Not, Porter finds himself challenged by life and failing at it. Can the new woman he has met change that?

Synopsis

In Lonely I’m Not, Porter has been a wunderkind of sorts, having lived a fast life at a young age that includes marriage and divorce, a six-figure corporate income and a nervous breakdown. We find him four years later, still jobless and dateless but ready to once again lurch into the fray of life. And he just may make it by connecting with a driven businesswoman who is attempting to conquer her personal obstacles to emotional health and success.Lonely I’m Not is funny, touching and hopeful.

Cast

Porter           Topher Grace
Performer      Olivia Thirlby
Performer      Christopher Jackson
Performer      Mark Blum
Performer      Lisa Emery

Preview Date apr 10, 2012
Opening Date may 07, 2012

Channeling Kevin Spacey

In Channeling Kevin Spacey, Charlie decides to change his life after an especially terrible day. The result is a channeling of film icons and hilarity beyond the realms of reality. This is an off the wall comedy that has proven to be an Off-Broadway favorite. This is a fine piece of theatre.

Synopsis

In Channeling Kevin Spacey, Charlie has had a horribly devastating, soul-wrenching day. It’s the type of day that makes people want to transform their lives. But unlike most people, Charlie, who has seen a new light, works towards creating a new him. Charlie begins channeling the personas of Al Pacino and Kevin Spacey and is off on an imaginative, hilarious and crazy adventure. Confrontations, complications and conflicts abound.

Show Facts

Creative

Written by Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry
Director Elan Wolf Farbiarz

Cast

Charlie Tim Intravia

Venue

Roy Arias Theatre Center @ the Times Square Art Center

300 West 43rd St, 5th Fl

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Open: Apr. 17, 2011 Status: Open run

Fuerza Bruta Wayra

This is a theatre experience that you won’t soon forget. Fuerza Bruta Wayra is not a play in the regular sense of the word. It is more of an event. The theatre space is not your typical venue. It has been recreated to hold this amazingly creative show. Be warned, you will need to be relatively nimble to see this show. You’ll receive a general admission ticket and during the evening the audience stands for the entire time. The show will occur around, under and above you, and you’ll have to make way for rising platforms and moving scenery.

Black Angels Over Tuskegee

This insightful and moving historical drama, which focuses on six men fighting against racial prejudice to become pilots in the United States Army Air Force, continues its long run at St. Luke’s Theatre. Based on true events, Black Angels Over Tuskegee is an inspirational story of hope, fortitude and bravery.

The Performers

Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson star in The Performers, a new comedy centered on the adult film industry. Winkler plays Chuck Wood, an aging porn star, and Jackson is Mandrew, an aspiring porn actor. Things get complicated when Lee, a high school friend of Mandrew’s and a reporter for a New York newspaper, shows up.

Synopsis

Do porn actors really have a love life, do they feel in the same way the rest of the world does and is their life really one anyone should envy? The Performers, the new comedy by David West Read (The Dream of the Burning Boy), looks at porn performers as real people, as Lee, a newspaper reporter, catches up with his former high school friend at the Adult Film Awards in Las Vegas. Lee envies Mandrew’s position in the porn industry. The injection of Lee’s energy into the situation turns the night of the awards upside down, threatens relationships and exposes new emotions.

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Cast

Mandrew Cheyenne Jackson

Chuck Wood Henry Winkler

Lee Daniel Breaker

Peeps Ari Graynor

Sundown Jenni Barber

Sara Alicia Silverstone

Creative

Written by David West Read

Director Evan Cabnet

Set Designer Anna Louizos

Lighting Designer Jeff Croiter

Costume Designer Jessica Wegener Shay

Sound Designer Nevin Steinberg

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THE LONGACRE THEATRE

220 West 48th Street

New York, NY 1003

Preview: Oct 23, 2012 Open: Nov. 14, 2012 Status: Closed Nov. 18, 2013

Dead Accounts

In her offbeat comedy Dead Accounts, playwright Theresa Rebeck offers insights into family, greed and small town values. Jack has come back home without notice and his sister, Lorna, is confused and upset by the situation. Can she get to the bottom of what’s going on with her prodigal brother? Dead Accounts offers a wild ride to find the answer.

Synopsis

In Dead Accounts, Lorna’s brother Jack has returned to Cincinnati unexpectedly leaving New York City and his wife, who everybody hates, behind. Lorna knows something is definitely wrong as upon his arrival Jack consumes tons of comfort foods and offers very few answers to his sister’s questions. Has he simply returned home or is he running away from something?

Dead Accounts is a new comedy offering insights into corporate greed, small town life and the importance of family. With Dead Accounts Rebeck has created a timely, engaging play that’s perfect for adult audiences.

A LOOK AT DEAD ACCOUNTS

SHOW FACTS

Cast

Jack Norbert Leo Butz

Lorna Katie Holmes

Barbara Jayne Houdyshell

Jenny Judy Greer

Phil Josh Hamilton

Creative

Written by Theresa Rebeck
Director Jack O’Brien

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THE MUSIC BOX THEATRE
239 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036

Preview: NOV. 3, 2012 Open: Nov. 29, 2012 Status: Closed Jan. 6, 2013

The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs

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On the even of Steve Jobs’ death comes a play that puts into focus our obsession with the amazing devices the Apple founder created and our disconnect from those who labor in terrible conditions to build them. Mike Daisey takes us on a journey that he knows intimately.

Synopsis

The world of industry has always been a glamorous, treacherous and powerful highway. Under Steve Jobs it became a super highway powered by vision, computer chips and obsession. In The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs, writer/performer Mike Daisey takes us with him as he travels to China, investigating the shops where millions of workers drone away to create iPods, iPads and iPhones. Daisey’s journey offers insights into Jobs, the devices that we cherish and the exploited lives we care little about.

Show Facts

Written by Mike Daisey

Cast

Performer Mike Daisey

Love, Loss and What I Wore

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In this fragmented tale, five women find that their clothing and closets can transport them to other times that hold sometimes wonderful, sometimes dramatic, sometimes comedic and always important moments from their lives. The cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore is comprised of five stars who sit on stools, dressed in formal black. That simple costume statement says that we are about to witness something important, sophisticated and different.

Synopsis

Gingy—an older woman who has wisdom born from years of experiences, narrates Love, Loss and What I Wore. We discover what she was wearing during specific important moments of her life and are enlightened by her life and the lives of the other characters. This show is like an intimated, totally engaging conversation with your best friend. The memories are various and include dismaying moments, dramatic occurrences, bittersweet remembrances and more.

With Nora Ephron, who has written numerous “chick flicks,” as one of the creators, Love, Loss and What I Wore is bound to be a perfect evening out for female friends, a mother and older daughter or that special date night with that very special guy. With a nostalgic look at personal milestones, fashion trends and friends and family, this is a show that will make you feel a range of emotions. Funny, touching and lovingly acted.

Written by Delia Ephron and Nora Ephron

King Lear

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Sam Waterston takes on the role of King Lear, which is one of the true proving grounds for actors. King Lear is about power, love and family. A misguided Lear mistakes flattery for love and truthfulness for disrespect. He goes mad, loses his kingdom and eventually all that he loves.

Synopsis

In King Lear, Shakespeare presents the portrait of a father who makes a terrible mistake when he allows his ego to guide his choices. In what is simultaneously a tale about family and national unity, Shakespeare offers a vision of a life in every way.

After Lear divides his kingdom, he sets in motion powerful universal forces that will destroy his nation and family. As chaos ensues and Lear is haunted by the taunting of his Fool, the king’s loyal subject Kent attempts to save his beloved monarch only to see all that is dear destroyed. Sam Waterston offers a telling and powerful interpretation Shakespeare’s Lear in a tragedy that reveals the essence of heartfelt love and the importance of truth.s.

Show Facts

Written by William Shakespeare

Director James Macdonald

Set Designer Miriam Buether

Costume Designer Gabriel Berry

Lighting Designer Christopher Akerlind

Sound Designer Darron L West

Cast

King Lear Sam Waterston

Gloucester Michael McKean

Regan Kelli O’Hara

Edgar Arian Moayed

Goneril Enid Graham

Cordelia Kristen Connolly

Kent John Douglas Thompson

Albany Richard Topol

Oswald Michael Crane

Edmund Seth Gilliam

The Fool Bill Irwin

King of France Michael Izquierdo

Cornwall Frank Wood

Freud’s Last Session

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Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session is a witty and astute tale in which the Father of Modern Psychiatry, Sigmund Freud, and a very young C.S. Lewis, meet and debate sex, God, love and the meaning of life. This play, which is the Off-Broadway hit of the season, is wondrously produced and a must-see for theatergoers.

Synopsis

As Great Britain enters World War II, Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis meet in the psychiatrist’s study. Lewis, then a young author, has been summoned by the great thinker and modern innovator. Lewis thinks Freud is about to skewer him for his recent satire of the psychiatrist. But to the contrary, this meeting ends up being a humorous, poignant debate about what life is and what life is not. Riveting, insightful and enormously entertaining, Freud’s Last Session is a play that you don’t want to miss.

Show Facts

Written Mark St. Germain

Director Tyler Marchant

Cast

C.S. Lewis Mark H.Dold

Sigmund Freud Martin Rayner

The Awesome 80s Prom

If you’re a fan of movies from the 1980s and enjoy improvisation and audience interaction, then welcome to The Awesome 80s Prom. In the play, various high school students compete for to win the titles of prom king and queen. The play, which won the Improvisational Theater Association’s first ever Improv Theater Award for Best Interactive Show, includes an array of hit songs that define the 80s, including “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.”

Synopsis

Remember those great 80s teen movies with characters like the hunk Captain of the Football Team, the confused Asian Exchange Student, the nerdy Geek and the sensual Head Cheerleader? They and more are all in the hit audience participation, improvisational comedy The Awesome 80s Prom. Set at the fictional Wanaget High School, the evening is a little bit of American Idol, a little bit retro and whole lot of fun.

The Awesome 80s Prom, which has become very popular with bachelorette parties, birthday celebrations and other such group events, is one hysterical ride. The show has been playing on Fridays and Saturdays Off-Broadway for six years and looks to simply keep on going as audiences can’t seem to get enough of those teen types that defined the 1980s. Dress up in your finest retro prom attire and enjoy every nostalgic moment of the time when “awesome” defined just about every part of a teen’s existence.

Show Facts

Written and Directed by Ken Davenport

Choreography Drew Geraci

Venue

Webster Hall

125 East 11th Street

(between 3rd and 4th Ave.)

New York, NY 10003

Preview: Open: Jan. 23, 2004 Status: Closed Nov 2, 2013

Miracle on South Division Street

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Was there a miracle on South Division Street or not in 1942? Clara, the matriarch of the Nowak family, certainly believes so but today her faith in the family miracle is shaken.

Synopsis

In Miracle on South Division Street, Clara, who lives in the urban decay of the neighborhood and runs a soup kitchen, continues to carry with her the day when the Blessed Virgin Mary materialized in her father’s local barber shop. The secret vision is about to be made public in a play written by Ruth, Clara’s daughter, but that decision go public is in doubt when a deathbed confession causes doubt about that day in 1942 when the Miracle on South Division Street occurred.

Written by Tom Dudzick

Cast

Performer Peggy Cosgrave

Performer Andrea Maulella

Performer Rusty Ross

Performer Liz Zazzi

Preview Date apr 25, 2012

The Phantom of the Opera

Now it’s YOUR turn to surrender to the magic, the majesty and “The Music of the Night.” For over 25 years, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has been the Broadway musical all others are measured against. Broadway’s longest-running musical of all-time. The timeless story, the unforgettable score, the stunning spectacle – all magically combine to bring this unforgettable tragic love story to life each night. And now – whether it’s your first time or tenth time – it’s the BEST TIME to see PHANTOM!

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Chita Rivera is back on Broadway in the revival of Rupert Holmes’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel, which bears the same name, this highly theatrical musical utilizes the magnificent world of the English music hall and pantomime. It is filled with twists and complications, a murder (possibly) and some key audience participation. A great mystery and great fun!

Synopsis

The musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which is also known as Drood, is a cunning mystery replete with comic moments, revelations and a happy ending voted on by the audience. What has happened to Drood. Is he dead? The answer is perhaps, yes, no (you have to see it to really know)! The audience gets to vote on the resolution and also participates in a sing-along.

Drood is a highly imaginative adaptation of Charles Dickens final and unfinished novel. Dickens died from a sudden stroke, leaving the world a final literary work whose ending they could debate forever. Book writer, composer and lyricist Rupert Holmes is one of the few to write all three elements of a smash hit Broadway musical. The Mystery of Edwin Drood won five Tonys when it premiered in 1985, including Best Musical, Book and Score. This is its first Broadway revival and it looks to be an exciting event.

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Cast

Princess Puffer Chita Rivera

Edwin Drood Stephanie J. Block

John Jasper Will Chase

Reverend Mr. Crisparkle Gregg Edelman

Neville Landless Andy Karl

Helena Landless Jessie Mueller

Chairman Jim Norton

Rosa Bud Erin Davie

Creative

Music, Lyrics and Book Rupert Holmes

Director Scott Ellis

Choreographer Warren Carlyle

Set Designer Anna Louizos

Costume Designer William Ivey Long

Lighting Designer Brian Nason

Sound Designer Tony Meola

Orchestrations Rupert Holmes

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THE STUDIO 54

254 West 54th Street

New York, NY 10019

Preview: Oct 19, 2012 Open: Nov. 13, 2012 Status: Closing Mar. 10, 2013

Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark

Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, with music by Bono and The Edge, is a big musical. This stunning and powerful show features one of Marvel Comics most enigmatic and popular superheros: Spider-Man. The gargantuan musical offers magnificent special effects, major production numbers and music that is at times haunting and other times driving and passionate. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark is overwhemling, engrossing and deliberately theatrical, This is a “must see” show.

Synopsis

Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark is the thrilling, comical and dramatic story of Peter Parker, a geeky guy who becomes a superhero after being bitten by a genetically altered spider. When transformed into Spider-Man, Parker becomes one of the finest fighters of bad guys and villians you’ll ever see. His physical abilties are overwhemlingly inspiring as Spider-Man ably defends the innocent from the wicked.

And although there are human elements in Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark that make Parker endearing, there are impressive arachnid-like characteristics that turn him into a spellbinding hero who utilizes amazing special talents, such as the ability to cast his web and use his tendrils amongst skyscrapers, maximizing his superior strength in ways he’d never before imagined and refining his newly upgraded senses to dominate others. Innovation, technical virtuosity and a penchant to create the spectacular are all key in making this musical come alive on the Broadway stage.

But it’s not all big effects and production numbers in Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. Spider-Man carries major mental baggage. As it is with those who find themselves transformed into superior beings, Spider-Man realizes that his new superpowers can destroy at will and that means that he has a responsibility to society. The unremarkable Peter Parker is now the very remarkable Spider-Man, and he must be mindful of that.

Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark is a major Broadway event. Get your tickets today!

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Cast

Peter Parker Reeve Carney

Mary Jane Watson Rebecca Faulkenberry

Green Goblin/Norman Osborn Robert Cuccioli

Arachne Katrina Lenk

J. Jonah Jameson Michael Mulheren

Uncle Ben Ken Marks

Aunt May Isabel Keating

Emily Osborn Laura Beth Wells

Flash Matt Caplan

Boyle/Busker Dwayne Clark

Kong Luther Creek

Creatives

Book Julie Taymor, Glen Berger and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Music and Lyrics Bono and The Edge

Original Direction by Julie Taymor

Director Phillip William McKinley

Additional Choreography Chase Brock

Choreographer Daniel Ezralow

Set Designer George Tsypin

Costume Designer Eiko Ishioka

Lighting Designer Donald Holder

Sound Designer Jonathan Deans

Orchestrations David Campbell

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THE FOXWOODS THEATRE

213 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Nov. 28, 2010 Open: Jun. 14, 2011 Status: Closed Jan 4, 2014

Scandalous

Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson offers the real-life story of Sister Aimee who was a religious pioneer, hotshot celebrity and eventually a fallen angel, as her scandalous love affairs resulted in her demise. With music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman and book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford, the musical Scandalous provides audiences with a soulful journey through one woman’s heaven and hell.

Synopsis

The musical Scandalous focuses on the life of 1920s superstar evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who was the first preacher to use groundbreaking media techniques to spread the word about her conservative beliefs and deep religious views. The Los Angeles based Sister Aimee, as she was known, rose to the highest heights of popularity, only to be brought down be her lust for love affairs.

Scandalous is an interesting character study of a woman who was driven to save souls, loved the spotlight and the crowds and was immensely human in her need for affection. The musical offers insights into McPherson, our society and the media.

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Cast

Aimee Semple McPherson Carolee Carmello

James Kennedy/Brother Bob George Hearn

Robert Semple/David Hutton Edward Watts

Emma Jo Schaeffer Roz Ryan

Harold McPherson/Kenneth Ormiston Andrew Samonsky

Creative

Music David Pomeranz and David Friedman

Book and Lyrics Kathie Lee Gifford

Director David Armstrong

Choreographer Lorin Latarro

Set Designer Walt Spangler

Costume Designer Gregory A. Poplyk

Lighting Designer Natasha Katz

Sound Designer Ken Travis

Orchestrations Bruce Coughlin

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THE NEIL SIMON THEATRE

250 West 52nd Street

New York, NY

Preview: Oct. 13, 2012 Open: Nov. 15, 2012 Status: Closed Jan 9, 2012

Rock of Ages

Set in the Hollywood of the 1980s, when the rock bands featured bad boys, stinging guitar riffs and hammering drums, Rock of Ages is a fast-paced, drug-laced, sex-maze of frivolity set to the hits of the time. It’s true that there is a story, but it’s fairly light, which helps to emphasize, as does the fact that drinks are served at your seat during the show, that this is about a time when designer drugs and groups of groupies were the hallmarks of a rock band’s success.

Rebecca

It was a haunting novel and then an enigmatic Hitchcock film, and now it comes to the stage as a musical. Rebecca is a show of haunting mystery, romance and a past that simply will not disappear into the fog. Can impassioned desire, a beautiful and enigmatic woman and a perfect love ever be forgotten?

Synopsis

“Last night, I dreamed of Manderley,” may be the most famous line from the hauntingly romantic mystery Rebecca. This is the intense story of Maxim de Winter and his new wife and the memory of de Winter’s deceased first wife, Rebecca. Although the new Mrs. De Winters desperately wants to feel at home and be accepted, she is constantly intimidated by Mrs. Danvers, the controlling and manipulative housekeeper of Maxim’s West Country estate of Manderley, and by memories of Rebecca.

It is the magnificent Manderley where the memory of de Winter’s first wife, the glamorous and mysterious Rebecca, is kept alive. Her beauty and enigmatic energy haunts everyone who tries to live in the present. The new musical Rebecca will be on Broadway in October 2012.

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Cast

I Jill Paice

Maxim de Winter Ryan Silverman

Jack Favel James Barbour

Mrs. Danvers Karen Mason

Frank Crowley Howard McGillin

Beatrice de Winter Donna English

Giles Nick Wyman

Creative

Music Sylvester Levay

Book and Lyrics Michael Kunze

Adaptation Christopher Hampton

English Lyrics Christopher Hampton and Michael Kunze

Directors Michael Blakemore and Francesca Zambello

Choreographer Graciela Daniele

Set Designer Peter J. Davidson

Costume Designer Jane Greenwood

Lighting Designer Mark McCullough

Sound Designer Peter Fitzgerald

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THE BROADHURST THEATRE

West 44th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: TBA Open: TBA Status: Upcoming open run

Once

The hit 2006 indie film Once is now a hit musical featuring the music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova and a book by Enda Walsh. Once won the Audience Award at Sundance and then became an indie hit. This story of two songwriters who team up to create amazing music together is now a multi-Tony winning Broadway show.

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Nice Work If You Can Get It is a new musical comedy with songs by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Memphis scribe Joe DiPietro. This upbeat musical comedy stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara.

Synopsis

Nice Work If You Can Get It offers songs by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Memphis writer Joe DiPietro. The show focuses on Billie Bendix (O’Hara), a hardcore bootlegger who becomes quick friends with rich playboy Jimmy Winter (Broderick) on the weekend he’s to be married. That meeting creates great comic situations and a plot that includes fantastic twists and turns.

The Tony Award winning Kathleen Marshall directed and choreographed this slick, light musical comedy. Nice Work If You Can Get It sees two-time Tony winner Broderick play in his first musical since .The Producers. He and O’Hara are fantastic together. This comic romp, with music and lyrics by two of Broadway’s greatest, is a great experience.

A NEW GERSCHWIN MUSICAL

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Cast

Jimmy Winter Matthew Broderick

Billie Bendix Kelli O’Hara

Estonia Dulworth Judy Kaye

Cookie McGee Brad Oscar

Eileen Jennifer Laura Thompson

Senator Max Evergreen Terry Beaver

Jeannie Muldoon Robyn Hurder

Millicent Winter Blythe Danner

Chief Berry Stanley Wayne Mathis

Duke Mahoney Chris Sullivan

Creative

Book Joe DiPietro

Music George Gershwin

Lyrics Ira Gerschwin

Director Kathleen Marshall

Choreographer Kathleen Marshall

Set Designer Derek McLane

Costume Designer Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting Designer Peter Kaczorowski

Sound Designer Brian Ronan

Music Supervisor David Chase

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The Imperial Theatre

249 West 45th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Mar. 29, 2012 Open: Apr. 24, 2012 Status: Closed June 15, 2013

Newsies

The live-action Disney filmNewsies has been adapted for the stage and is filling the Nederlander Theatre stage with its cast of newsboys. The 1992 movie musical focuses on the Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. Newsies is a great family show with lots of entertaining songs, an uplifting story and important themes.

Motown The Musical

Motown the Musical is the story of the rise of record mogul and songwriter Berry Gordy and the company he created and the amazing talents he discovered. Motown tells the story behind the hits and the record label’s various stars, including Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and so many more. It is an amazing journey.

Matilda

Winner of 7 Olivier Awards (more than any show in history) and of every Best Musical award in London, including the Critic’s Circle Theatre Award, Theatre Awards UK, Evening Standard Award, Whatsonstage.com Award and the Olivier Award, Matilda The Musical is due on Broadway starting April 23, 2013. This Royal Shakespeare Company production is winning in every way. Matilda The Musical is the uplifting story of a young girl who although she is treated cruelly by others uses her unique gifts to find happiness and love.

Mary Poppins

Children find something thoroughly enchanting about Mary Poppins, this musical’s lead character. There is also something equally enchanting to adults about her. Mary Poppins is not your normal nanny—part magician, part songstress and part child, she is an amazingly bright, inventive and caring adult. This is her story, complete with mesmerizing special effects, precision dance numbers and thoroughly enjoyable music. If you loved the movie Mary Poppins, you will love the stage show

Synopsis

Bert sings, “Oh, it’s a jolly holiday with Mary…” and so it is. Mary Poppins may bemuse some adults who are stuffed shirts, but for those who have a sense of humor and adventure and for all children, she is simply a kind and warming ray of sunshine.

When Mary Poppins comes to the Banks’ household to try to reign in the children, Jane and Michael, no one is willing to give her a chance in a million that she’ll succeed. She finds it hard going at first, but her talent, kind but stern manner and ability to put song, dance and flighty magic into what for many is a dull life, wins over the children and eventually even the adults .

Mary Poppins on stage is a total joy for children and adults.

MARY POPPINS BROADWAY

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Cast

Mary Poppins Steffanie Leigh

Bert Nicolas Dromard

Mrs. Banks Blythe Wilson

Mrs. Brill Valerie Boyle

Robertson Ay Dennis Moench

Michael Banks (alternating performances) Noah Marlowe

Michael Banks (alternating performances) Tyler Merna

Michael Banks (alternating performances) Lewis Grosso

Jane Banks (alternating performances) Rachel Resheff

Jane Banks (alternating performances) Kara Oates

Jane Banks (alternating performances) Camille Mancuso

Miss Andrew Ruth Gottschall

Mr. Banks Karl Kenzler

Bird Woman Ann Arvia

Creative

Based on the Stories by P.L. Travers

Featuring Songs from the Film by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

Directors Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne

New Songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe

Book Julian Fellowes

Choreographer Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear

Set and Costume Design Bob Crowley

Lighting Design Howard Harrison

Sound Design Steven Canyon Kennedy

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THE NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE

214 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Oct. 5, 2001 Open: Oct. 18, 2001 Status: Closed Mar. 3, 2013

Mamma Mia!

With a palindrome as its name, the 1970s-80s Swedish pop group ABBA seemed to constantly have a song or two at the top of the charts. Their tunes made them internationally famous, as they became the anthem for millions who loved to dance, sing along with their music and simply have a good time. Mamma Mia uses some of the group’s biggest hits, weaving them through a story that is buoyantly funny, sincerely touching and outlandishly theatrical. This is one of the true feel-good musicals on the Broadway stage.

Kinky Boots

Winner of six Tony Awards® including BEST MUSICAL, KINKY BOOTS features a joyous, Tony-winning score by CYNDI LAUPER, direction and Tony-winning choreography by JERRY MITCHELL and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner HARVEY FIERSTEIN. Come join the sold-out audiences who’ve discovered why – sometimes – the best way to fit in is to stand out!

Update: After 6 years of fantastic performances, Kinky Boots will be closing on April 7th, 2019.

Jersey Boys (Off B’Way)

How can you not love the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons? Jersey Boys, which won the 2006 Tony for Best Musical, is their story. Featuring over 30 songs that the group made famous as they went from being four guys in Jersey to international stars, this is one upbeat story. Directed by Des McAnuff, who brought you Tommy and Big River, Jersey Boys is a must see play.

Evita

Evita is a big show about a big personality. Eva Peron was a glamorous actress with a bold and vibrant character who created a new energy that totally captivated the nation of Argentina. The original production of this musical, with its dynamic score, incisive lyrics and expansive story, ran on Broadway for close to five years, thrilling audiences with over 1,500 performances.

Synopsis

The much anticipated Broadway revival of Evita stars Ricky Martin as Che and Elena Roger as Eva. The two intriguing characters come to life in a gripping production directed by Michael Grandage and choreographed by Rob Ashford.

Eva Peron intrigued and captivated Argentina with her glamorous and engaging personality. This musical, with its expansive and ecelctic score, offers audiences an insightful interpretation of history and the clash between two forces as represented by Eva Peron and Che. Evita is back on Broadway and it’s thrilling audiences again.

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Cast

Eva Peron Elena Roger

Che Ricky Martin

Juan Peron Michael CerverisCreative

Music Andrew Lloyd Webber

Book & Lyrics Tim Rice

Director Michael Grandage

Choreography Rob Ashford

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THE MARQUIS THEATRE
1535 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

Preview: Jan. 30, 2012 Open: Mar. 12, 2012 Status: Closed Jan. 26, 2013.

Elf

If you’re looking for some holiday cheer, then you’ll want to get your tickets for one of the latest offerings on Broadway—the musical Elf. Based on the popular movie that starred Will Ferrell as Buddy, a man who was raised as an elf at Santa’s North Pole workshop, the story is comical, touching and appropriate for all ages. The creative team includes an array of experienced Broadway folks and the cast is loaded with great talent.

Synopsis

In the musical Elf, Buddy, who lives at the North Pole as one of Santa’s elves, is definitely out of place. When he was a young child, he accidently crawled into Santa’s bag one Christmas Eve. After Santa discovered what had happened, it was decided that Buddy would be raised as an elf at the North Pole since there was no telling exactly to whom he belonged.

Now as a young man, he longs to find his roots and Santa gives him permission to take his elf ways to New York City, his land of origin. Buddy’s attempt to reconnect with his birth father, who is on the naughty list, proves to be a very harsh lesson for the naïve man. And despite his best efforts and sincerest intentions, he’s unable to get his wish, which is to know his real father. That is until one very special Christmas Eve.

This is a heartwarming and hilarious story that is bound to put you in the holiday spirit. Elf is for the entire family.

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Cast

Santa Wayne Knight
Emily Beth Leavel
Walter Mark Jacoby
Store Manager Michael Mandell
Deb Valerie Wright
Mr. Greenway Adam Heller

Creative

Music Matthew Sklar
Lyrics Chad Beguelin
Book Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin
Director and Choreographer Casey Nicholaw
Set Designer David Rockwell
Costume Designer Gregg Barnes
Lighting Designer Natasha Katz
Sound Designer Peter Hylenski

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THE AL HIRSCHFELD THEATRE
302 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036

Preview: Nov. 6, 2012 Open: Nov. 6, 2012 Status: Limited run, closed Jan 6, 2013

Cinderella

For the first time ever, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is playing on Broadway. Playwright Douglas Carter Beane provides a new book for this rags to riches fairy tale, as Cinderella gets a “you go girl” attitude that’s just right for the new modern day setting. This is a great show for the whole family!

Chaplin

The long anticipated musical Chaplin is now on Broadway and you don’t want to miss it. With the inimitable Charlie Chaplin as the subject, this musical rediscovers and uncovers a life that started in the slums of London and took Chaplin to Hollywood where he created a career that made him most recognized man in the world.

Synopsis

Uneducated, undernourished and unwanted, Chaplin spent seven years of his childhood in a workhouse. He became a young vaudevillian and eventually found his way to America where he would become the most influential star of the silent film age, setting the standard for comic performance and creating the character of the loveable and often unloved Tramp, who was recognized throughout the world.

The musical Chaplin reveals the genius and the common man who created numerous classic films, including The Gold Rush, City Lights, The Kid and Modern Times, as well as writing the beautifully haunting song “Smile.” Chaplin is a unique, moving and entertaining journey.

CHAPLIN: THE MAGIC

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Cast

Charlie ChaplinRob McClure
Alf ReevesJim Borstelmann
Hedda Hopper Jenn Colella
Oona O’NeillErin Mackey
Sennett McGranery Michael McCormick
Hannah Chaplin Christiane Noll
Young Charlie/Jackie Zachary Unge
Sydney Chaplin Wayne Alan Wilcox
Creative

Music Christopher Curtis
Lyrics Christopher Curtis
Book Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan
Director Warren Carlyle
Choreography Warren Carlyle

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THE ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE

243 West 47th Street

New York, NY 10036

Preview: Aug. 21, 2012 Open: Sept. 10, 2012 Status: Closed Jan. 6, 2013

War Horse

The hit London production of War Horse, which won the Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle Awards, transferred to Broadway in 2011. Based on the celebrated novel by Michael Morpurgo, this creative production of War Horse is exciting and spectacular. The story focuses on a young man, Alan, and his horse, Joey, who is recruited into the cavalry during World War I. First Joey embarks on a journey that is thrilling and mesmerizing. Soon, the boy who cherishes him and who has decided that he cannot live without him follows his horse into the war zone. This is a play about loyalty, love and honor.

Synopsis

Alan has become very attached to his horse, Joey. But there’s a war in Europe and the cavalry needs horses like Joey to fill their ranks. Alan’s horse is taken to France and first starts his adventure in service to the Allies. Soon, Joey is in the midst of the war, galloping into battle and bravely taking on enemy fire.

However, as his great adventure continues, Joey eventually finds himself on the side of the Axis, and then, after some time in their service, he is in the middle of no man’s land. Completely alone, Joey must somehow survive.

Although Alan is too young to enlist, he cannot forget Joey. With unbridled determination, he decides to journey to Europe to find his beloved horse and bring him home. This is a tale of bravery, friendship and a bond that is so strong that even one of the bloodiest wars on this earth cannot break it.

The effects utilized in War Horse are truly extraordinary as actors, working with magnificent life-sized puppets created by the internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company, propel audiences on an astounding adventure through history. This is a unique production that will thrill and move you.

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Cast

Albert Andrew Durand

Billy Narracott Stephen James Anthony

Arthur Narracott David Manis

Lt. James Nicholls Sanjit DeSilva

Rose Narracott Alyssa Bresnahan

Friedrich Muller David Lansbury

Creative

Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo

Adapted by Nick Stafford

Director Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris

Movement and Horse Choreography Toby Sedgwick

Set and Costume Designer Rae Smith

Lighting Designer Paule Constable

Sound Designer Christopher Shutt

Puppet Designers Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler

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THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATRE

150 West 65th Street

New York, NY 10023

Preview: Mar. 15, 2011 Open: Apr. 14, 2011 Status: Closed Jan 6, 2013

The Heiress

The Heiress, based on Henry James’ novel Washington Square and set in the 1850s, focuses on the plain, shy and potentially wealthy Catherine Sloper, as she is courted for her family fortune by Morris Townsend. The Heiress, which first performed on Broadway in 1947, is about the abuse of trust, loss of innocence and manipulation of emotions. It is also very much about love and its illusions and realities.

Synopsis

A wonderful cast, including Jessica Chastain (Catherine Sloper), David Strathairn (Dr. Austin Sloper), Dan Stevens (Morris Townsend) and Judith Ivey (Aunt Penniman), has been assembled for the revival of The Heiress. This will be its fourth revival on Broadway with the 1995 production, the most recent, running for 340 performances. The play focuses on Dr. Austin Sloper’s daughter, Catherine, a plain girl who is wooed by a handsome beau, Morris Townsend.

Catherine falls passionately in love with Morris, but her father claims the young man only seeks her money and forbids a proposed marriage. When Catherine suggests to Morris that they elope, he leaves her, realizing that he won’t see a penny. But Morris returns to see Catherine only to find that she understands the true nature of his intentions as she refuses to see him again..

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