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The 39 Steps
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Opened May 8, 2008
Open Run
Cort Theatre

After a critically acclaimed limited engagement at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre, The 39 Steps transfers to the Cort. . This Olivier Award winning comedy is adapted from the Alfred Hitchcock film by Patrick Barlow, based on an original concept by Simon Corble & Nobby Dimon, based on the book by John Buchan. Maria Aitken directs.

The 'unstageable' thriller is staged, with four cast members playing a minimum of 150 roles. The story revolves around an innocent man who learns too much about a dangerous spy ring and is then pursued across Scotland, before returning...

Ticket $98.50 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Cort Theatre| 138 West 48th Street


Tracy Lett's
August: Osage County
Schedule Varies
Previews Start October 30, 2007
Opens November 20, 2007
Closes April 20, 2008 (see note below about reopening)
Imperial Theatre


The highly anticipated new American play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tracy Letts makes its Broadway premiere direct from a sold-out engagement at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Anna D. Shapiro directs. When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter.

August will play its final performance at the Imperial on April 20, and then reopen at the Music Box Theater on April 29, 2008. The Music Box Theater is located at 239 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036. For more information, log onto augustonbroadway.com

Tickets $26.50-$99.50 -
212-239-6200 & telecharge.com

Imperial Theatre | 249 West 45th Street


 

Avenue Q
Tuesday - Friday @ 8:00PM
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Golden Theater

Avenue Q is set in NYC on a street which is described as the only place you can afford to live when you're just out of college, out of a job, or just plain broke. The musical features a cast of 20-something live actors and singing puppets. Jason Moore directs this new musical for grown-ups written by Jeff Whitty, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Avenue Q is a co-production by the Vineyard Theatre and The New Group, and is also the recipient of Tony Awards for Best Original Score (music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx), Best Book of a Musical (Jeff Whitty), and the 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical for its Off-Broadway run.

"Popular" tickets are sold by lottery the day of the performance for $21.25. Lottery cards are available beginning at 5:30pm for 8:00pm shows and 11:30am for 2:00pm shows. Each winner can purchase up to 2 tickets.

Tickets $21.25-$101.25 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 www.telecharge.com

Golden Theatre |252 W. 45th Street


Boeing-Boeing
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Previews Start April 19, 2008
Opens May 4, 2008
Open Run
Longacre Theatre


Christine Baranski, Mark Rylance and Bradley Whitford star in the Broadway production of Boeing-Boeing, Marc Camoletti's classic sixties comedy of errors opening at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Matthew Warchus directs.
In the play, an architect living in Paris (Whitford) has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées with his housekeeper (Baranski) reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad.

Tickets $26.50-$99.50 212-239-6200 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Longacre Theatre |220 West 48th Street


 

Harvey Fierstein's
A Catered Affair
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Show Opens April 17, 2008
Previews Star March 25, 2008
Open Run
Walter Kerr Theater

A Catered Affair is set in The Bronx, 1953. Funny, heartbreaking and oh so human, the musical reveals relationships strained to their limits when a couple must decide whether to spend their life savings on a family business or to launch their only daughter's marriage with a lavish catered affair. Harvey Fierstein's book and John Bucchino's score seize the opportunity to explore the meaning of family and the need for love, both new and reawakened.

Tickets $29.50-$119.50 212-239-6200 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Walter Kerr Theater | 219 West 48th Street


Chicago
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday - Friday @ 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 7:00pm
Ambassador Theater


This Tony Award-winning revival of Kander and Ebb's sizzling 1975 musical features some of Broadway's hottest choreography. Chicago is about two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their savvy lawyer propels them to celebrity status. With great style and music, the show satirizes the justice system, celebrity, and "all that jazz."

Tickets$58.75- $111.25 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Ambassador Theatre| 219 West 49th Street


A Chorus Line
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Closes August 17, 2008
Schoenfeld Theatre

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A Chorus Line is directed by its original Tony Award winning co-choreographer Bob Avian. Conceived and originally choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett, the show features a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban.

Tickets $86.25-$111.25 $20.00 Lottery 212-239-6200
800-432-7250 telecharge.com

20 tickets for every performance of A Chorus Line will be made available to the general public on the day of the performance for $20.00 at the Gerald Schoenfeld box office (236 W 45th St), through a ticket lottery (limit two tickets per person).

Schoenfeld Theatre | 236 West 45th Street




The Color Purple
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Broadway Theatre

Oprah Winfrey presents this new musical based on Alice Walker's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the landmark film by Steven Spielberg. The Color Purple is an inspiring family saga that tells the unforgettable story of a woman, who, through love, finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world. With a moving book and a score featuring gospel, jazz, ragtime and the blues, The Color Purple is ultimately a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life.

Tickets: $26.25-$111.25 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250
www.telecharge.com

Broadway Theatre | 1681 Broadway



The Country Girl
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Previews StartApril 3, 2008
Opens April 27, 2008
Open Run
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Morgan Freeman, Frances McDormand, and Peter Gallagher star in the Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' drama The Country Girl, to be directed by Tony Award and Academy Award winner Mike Nichols. The play, which premiered on Broadway in 1950, is about a down-on-his luck alcoholic actor and his unhappy wife, whose fortunes look to change when he is offered a role by a hot-shot director.

Tickets $76.50-$100.00 212-239-6200 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre |242 West 45th Street


 

Cry Baby
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Now in Previews
Opens April 24, 2008
Open Run
Marquis Theatre

The new musical, Cry-Baby, based upon the Universal Pictures film written and directed by John Waters, features songs by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan. Mark Brokaw directs, with choreography by Rob Ashford. John Waters serves as creative consultant.

Tickets $35.00-$120.00 $54.00 previews 212-307-4100 ticketmaster.com

Marquis Theatre |1535 Broadway


Curtains
Open Run
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Closes June 29, 2008
Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Curtains unfolds backstage at Boston's Colonial Theatre in 1959, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for the presence of its talent-free leading lady. When the hapless star dies on opening night during her curtain call, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi (David Hyde Pierce) arrives on the scene to conduct an investigation. But the lure of the theatre proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit, as he is in solving the murder.

Tickets $61.50-$111.50 Buy tickets online telecharge.com Order Tickets By Phone: 212-239-6200 800-432-7250

Al Hirschfeld Theatre | 302 West 45th Street

 

 



Glory Days
Schedule Varies

Previews Start April 22, 2008
Opens May 6, 2008
Open Run
Circle in the Square Theatre

Glory Days, a new musical by Nick Blaemire (music and lyrics) and James Gardiner (book) is directed by Eric Schaeffer, who previously helmed the production's world premiere at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA.
Glory Days is the story of four best friends who reunite a year after high school graduation, only to find how much they have grown apart. As they attempt to understand each other's differences, they soon realize that nothing can compare to the glory days of high school when life was simpler.


Tickets $97.50 $26.50 student rush 212-239-6200 telecharge.com

Circle in the Square Theatre | W. 50th St. Between Broadway and 8th Ave


 

Grease
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Open Run
Brooks Atkinson Theatre

A new revival of the musical Grease will hit Broadway this summer, directed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall, starring newcomers Max Crumm and Laura Osnes, who were voted by the viewers of the NBC reality series Grease: You're the One That I Want to play the leading roles of Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko.

Grease was written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical tells the story of Sandy and Danny; they have a summer romance and then end up at the same high school, where Sandy's good girl ways don't fit in with the attitude of Danny and his too-cool-for-school friends.
nbc.com/Grease/

Tickets Grease Tickets: $71.50-$111.50 www.ticketmaster.com

Brooks Atkinson Theatre | 256 West 47th Street


Gypsy
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Opens March 27, 2008
Open Run
St. James Theater

Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines, and Laura Benanti star in Gypsy, directed by multiple Tony Award winner and author of the musical Arthur Laurents.
The new production is based on the critically acclaimed New York City Center Encores! production which enjoyed a triumphant three-week run in July. LuPone will lead the cast in the role of "Rose," the quintessential stage mother, joined by Gaines as "Herbie" and Benanti as "Louise," the daughter who transforms into the title character of "Gypsy" in this musical fable suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.

Tickets $42.00-$117.00 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

St. James Theater |246 West 44th Street


Hairspray
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 7:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Open Run
Neil Simon Theater


It's 1962, and Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad wants to dance. When she wins a spot on the local TV dance program The Corny Collins Show, this big girl with big hair becomes a teen celebrity overnight. Soon Tracy finds herself pitted against the show's reigning princess for the title Miss Teenage Hairspray 1962. Based on the John Waters film, Hairspray is the winner of the 2003 Tony Award for Best Musical, the 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical, and the 2003 Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Musical!
25 rush tickets are distributed by lottery for seats in the first row of the orchestra. Sign-up begins 3 hours prior to each show and the drawing is two and a half hours before the performance. Tickets are $25, limit 2 person, cash only, and valid ID is required for all winners.


Tickets $20.00-$110.00 at 212-307-4100 or
www.ticketmaster.com

Neil Simon Theater| 250 West 52nd Street



 

In The Heights
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Previews Start February 14, 2008
Opens March 9, 2008
Open Run
Richard Rodgers Theatre

The award winning, critically acclaimed new musical In the Heights arrives on Broadway! With music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegria Hudes, the show is directed by Thomas Kail and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler. Miranda also stars in the role of Usnavi.

In the Heights is a quintessential New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition.

Tickets $21.50-$111.50 & ticketmaster.com

intheheightsthemusical.com

Richard Rodgers Theatre |226 West 46th Street

 


Jersey Boys
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Open Run
August Wilson Theater


Jersey Boys is the new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. The musical chronicles the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide -- all before they were thirty. Jersey Boys features their hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What a Night," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," among others.

STUDENT RUSH POLICY - Subject to availability, rush tickets are sold at the box office on the day of the performance to any student who holds a valid ID as well as a valid government issue ID. Tickets are $26.25 and 2 are available per person, per calendar month. Tickets go on sale when the box office opens. Effective beginning Tuesday, August 15.

Tickets $80.00-$110.00 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

August Wilson Theatre |245 West 52nd Street



 

Legally Blonde
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Open Run
Palace Theater


See Katharine Heller's Review

Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell directs and choreographs Legally Blonde, the musical based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Music and lyrics are by both Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe, and the book is by Heather Hach.
Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more "serious," Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

Tickets $40.00-$110.00 Buy tickets online www.ticketmaster.com

Order Tickets By Phone: 212-307-4100 800-755-4000

Palace Theatre | 1554 Broadway


Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Previews Start April 12, 2008
Opens May 1, 2008
Show Closes July 6, 2008
American Airlines Theatre

Laura Linney and Ben Daniels star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses, directed by Rufus Norris. The definitive battle of the sexes springs to life in this Tony Award-nominated classic, adapted from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos. For long-time friends and occasional lovers Vicomte de Valmont and Marquise de Merteuil, love is simply a game of chess.

Tickets $56.25-$101.25 212-719-1300 roundabouttheatre.org

American Airlines Theatre |227 West 42nd Street




The Lion King
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Minskoff Theatre

With wildly inventive life-size puppets, exotic masks, and costumes, Disney's adaptation of its popular animated movie is a visual stunner. The 1998 Tony Award-winning Best Musical is directed by the visionary Julie Taymor and features terrific music by Elton John and Tim Rice. The show follows the adventures of the royal lion cub Simba, and his quest to grow up and learn what it means to be a king.

Tickets $50.00-$121.25 Buy tickets online ticketmaster.com

http://disney.go.com/theatre/index.html


Minskoff Theatre|200 West 45th Street


The Little Mermaid
Schedule Varies
Open Run
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre


The Little Mermaid is based on the Academy Award-winning film and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch, and convince a prince that she's the girl with the perfect voice.
With a score composed by eight-time Academy Award-winner Alan Menken and his late partner Howard Ashman, The Little Mermaid will feature the classic songs "Part of Your World," "Kiss the Girl" and the Academy Award-winning Best Original Song, "Under the Sea," as well as nine new songs by Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater. The book for the new musical is by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Doug Wright.

Tickets $41.50-$111.50 212-307-4747 ticketmaster.com

disney.go.com/theatre/thelittlemermaid/index.html


Lunt-Fontanne Theatre |205 West 46th Street




Mamma Mia!
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Winter Garden Theatre
1634 Broadway

The musical Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of ABBA, follows the story of a forty-something mother planning her daughter's wedding. Incorporating 22 of the famous band's songs, the show portrays the contrast of values between mother and daughter. Set in the present day on a tiny, mythical Greek island, it is a musical love story that crosses continents and generations. "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Take a Chance on Me" and, of course, "Dancing Queen" are all included.
$30.00 Student Rush tickets are available for the mezzanine section (2 per ID).

Tickets $57.00-$111.25 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Winter Garden Theatre | 1634 Broadway


 


Mary Poppins
Tuesday 8:00PM
Wednesday 2:00PM & 8:00PM
Thursday 8:00PM
Friday 8:00PM
Saturday 2:00PM & 8:00PM
Sunday 3:00PM
New Amsterdam Theatre

Mary Poppins, the musical based on the stories by P.L. Travers and the Oscar-winning 1964 Walt Disney film, comes to Broadway! Richard Eyre directs with co-direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne and additional choreography by Stephen Mear. The show features a book by Julian Fellows, and uses both the original film score by Robert and Richard Sherman and new songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

Tickets $20.00 - $110.00 at ticketmaster.com.

New Amsterdam Theatre | 214 West 42nd Street


 

November
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Opens January 17, 2008
Open Run
Ethel Barrymore Theater

Nathan Lane stars as President Charles Smith in David Mamet's new play November. Tony Award winner Joe Mantello directs.
Set just days before a major presidential election, November involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions.

Tickets 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Ethel Barrymore Theater | 243 West 47th


 

Passing Strange
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Previews Start February 8, 2008
Opens February 29, 2008
Belasco Theatre

Passing Strange, a new musical written by Stew, Heidi Rodewald, and Annie Dorsen, transfers to Broadway, directed by Dorsen, with movement coordination by Karole Armitage. Developed at the Stanford Institute for Creativity the Arts, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and the Public Theater, the show takes audiences on an international journey from L.A. to Amsterdam, Berlin, and beyond as a young man from California searches for his identity. It features blues, rock and roll, gospel, and pop music written by Stew and Rodewald, who head the band The Negro Problem.

Tickets $26.50-$111.50 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250 & telecharge.com

Belasco Theatre |111 West 44th Street



 

The Phantom of the Opera
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Majestic Theatre

Based on the Gaston Leroux novel, this story of seduction and despair is told through a lush and romantic score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart. Gorgeously directed by theater veteran Harold Prince, The Phantom of the Opera is a haunting show that has enchanted audiences across the globe and has been responsible for igniting a lifelong passion for the musical theater in many of them.

Tickets $20.00-$100.00 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250
telecharge.com

Majestic Theatre| 245 West 44th Street

 


 

Rent
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Closes September 7, 2008
Nederlander Theatre


Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about being young and learning to survive in NYC. It's about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award® for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize, Rent has made a lasting mark on Broadway with songs that rock and a story that really resonates. Whether it's your 1st time or your 100th time, the time is now for Rent!

Two hours prior to each performance, there is a lottery drawing for $20 tickets in the first two rows of the theater. Winners can receive up to 2 tickets each, and tickets must be paid for in cash.

Tickets $20.00-$95.00 212-307-4100 ticketmaster.com

Nederlander Theatre | 208 West 41st Street

 


 

South Pacific
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Starts March 1, 2008
Open April 3, 2008
Vivian Beaumont Theater

Bartlett Sher directs a revival of South Pacific, starring Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot. The musical is based on James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific, and features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, and a book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. It received the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Tickets $65.00-$110.00 212-239-6200 telecharge.com

Vivian Beaumont Theater |150 West 65th Street


 


Monty Python's
Spamalot
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Shubert Theatre

Harry Groener stars as King Arthur in the Tony Award-winning musical Monty Python's Spamalot. Directed by Mike Nichols, the winner of the 2005 Tony for Best Direction of a Musical, the show features a book by Eric Idle, winner of the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, based on the screenplay of Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, with an entirely new score featuring music and lyrics by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, along with three songs from the 1975 film.
Tickets $36.25-$111.25 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Shubert Theatre |225 West 44th Street


 

Spring Awakening
Monday 8:00pm
Wednesday 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Eugene O'Neill Theatre


See Frank J. Avella's Review

Atlantic Theater Company in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman, presents the world premiere production of the new musical Spring Awakening, featuring music by Grammy Award nominee Duncan Sheik ("Barely Breathing"), book and lyrics by Steven Sater (Carbondale Dreams), choreography by Bill T. Jones (The Seven) and direction by Tony Award nominee Michael Mayer (Thoroughly Modern Millie).

Based on Frank Wedekind's masterpiece The Awakening of Spring, Spring Awakening is the contemporary musical adaptation of one of literature's most controversial plays. Spring Awakening boldly depicts a dozen young people and how they make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing, and mysterious time of their sexual awakening. Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's score feature songs that illuminate the urgency of adolescent self-discovery, the burning intensity of teen friendships and the innate suspicion of the uncomprehending adult world. The story centers around a brilliant young student named Melchior, his troubled friend Moritz, and Wendla, a beautiful young girl on the verge of womanhood.


Tickets $66.25-$111.25 at telecharge.com


Eugene O'Neill Theatre | 230 West 49th Street | New York, NY 10036


 

 

Sunday in the Park with George
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Closes June 29, 2008
Studio 54


Roundabout Theatre Company presents The Menier Chocolate Factory's Olivier Award winning production of Stephen Sondheim & James Lapines Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, directed by Sam Buntrock.
The Georges Seurat painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jette," is the inspiration for this compelling musical fantasy which celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art.

Tickets $36.25-$121.25 212-719-1300 http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/0207_splash.htm

roundabouttheatre.org

Studio 54| 254 West 54th Street

 


 

Thurgood
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Previews Start April 12, 2008
Show Opens April 30, 2008
Show Closes July 20, 2008
Booth Theater

The one-man show tells the remarkable and triumphant story of Thurgood Marshall, who rose from a childhood in the backstreets of Baltimore to the Supreme Court of the United States. Along the way, Mr. Marshall overcame many adversities but through them all, remained focused and positive to maintain the great country he wanted to serve. And did. Thurgood brings to the stage the words, the wit, the tenacity and the wisdom of one of American's greatest heroes. Starring Laurence Fishburne.

Tickets $71.50-$96.50 212-239-6200 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Booth Theater| 222 West 45th Street


Top Girls
Show Opens May 7, 2008
Previews Start April 15, 2008
Show Closes June 22, 2008
Biltmore Theatre

Manhattan Theatre Club presents the Broadway debut of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls. Set at the Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, this groundbreaking, theatrical play tells the story of Marlene, an ambitious career woman who has just been appointed head of the firm. But as she celebrates her achievements, can we applaud her values? James Macdonald directs.

Order Tickets By Phone 212-399-3030 telecharge.com


Biltmore Theatre |261 West 47th Street




Wicked
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Gershwin Theatre

Stephen Schwartz's new musical Wicked tells the story of two girls in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the spellbinding musical takes a look at how these unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Joe Mantello directs Winner of 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical.

Tickets $50.00 - $110.00 212-307-4100 www.ticketmaster.com

Gershwin Theatre | 222 West 51st Street


Mel Brook's
Young Frankenstein
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Open Run
Hilton Theatre

The musical Young Frankenstein, which features music by Mel Brooks, book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan based on Brooks' 1974 film, and direction and choreography by Susan Stroman, comes to Broadway.
Young Frankenstein is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks. When Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma. Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad experiments reanimating the dead and, in the process, fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga?

Tickets $50 to $350 at youngfrankensteinthemusical.com
ticketmaster.com

Hilton Theatre|213 West 42nd Street


Xanadu
Tuesday @ 8PM
Wednesday @ 2PM & 8PM
Thursday @ 8PM
Friday @ 8PM
Saturday @ 2PM & 8PM
Sunday @ 3PM
Opened July 10, 2007
Helen Hayes Theater

See Frank J. Avella's Review

Kerry Butler stars as Kira in the new production of the musical Xanadu. Douglas Carter Beane has written the book with all of the music coming from the film version including the hit songs "Magic", "Xanadu", "Party All Over the World" and "I'm Alive" -- all top 20 Billboard hits. The score was written by John Farrar and Jeff Lynne. Christopher Ashley directs.

Xanadu Tickets $51.25-$111.25 Buy tickets online telecharge.com - Phone 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250

Helen Hayes | 249 West 45th Street



 

Coming Soon


The American Plan
Opens January 22, 2009
Open Run
Biltmore Theatre




Billy Elliot: The Musical
Previews Start October 1, 2008
Opens November 13, 2008
Open Run
Imperial Theatre


 

Dancin'
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Previews Start April 17, 2009
Opens May 5, 2009
Open Run
Studio 54

Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new Broadway production of Bob Fosse's Dancin', directed by Graciela Daniele.
Fosse's original choreography will be recreated by his career-long assistant and dancer Kathryn Doby. In addition, creative consultation will be provided by Nicole Fosse (Bob Fosse's daughter) and Ann Reinking (original cast member).

Tickets 212-719-1300

Studio 54 | 254 West 54th Street

 



Dividing the Estate
Opens November 20, 2008
Open Run
Theater To Be Announced


 


Equus
Runs September 28, 2008 through February 8, 2009
Broadhurst Theatre


Finian's Rainbow
Runs March 26, 2009 - March 29, 2009
New York City Center


A Man for All Seasons
Opens October 7, 2008
Open Run
American Airlines Theatre


 

Pal Joey
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Previews Start November 21, 2008
Opens December 11, 2008
Open Run
Studio 54


Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new Broadway production of Pal Joey, featuring music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. This production features a new book by Richard Greenberg, based on the original book by John O'Hara, with music direction by Paul Gemignani, and choreography by Graciela Daniele. Joe Mantello directs.

Tickets 212-719-1300 http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/0207_splash.htm

Studio 54| 254 West 54th Street


 

Shrek The Musical
Opens December 14, 2008
Open Run
Broadway Theatre
For information: shrekthemusical.com/


A Tale of Two Cities
Opens September 19, 2008
Open Run
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
For information: ataleof2cities.com





To Be Or Not to Be
Opens October 2, 2008
Open Run
Biltmore Theatre



 

 

 

 

 

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