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Anything Goes Broadway Musical

ALL ABOARD for this saucy and splendid new production of Cole Porter's musical romp across the Atlantic, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster and Joel Grey!

Reviews and Tickets: Anything Goes

Categories: Musical

Synopsis: When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love… proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, an exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Peppering this hilariously bumpy ride are some of musical theater's most memorable standards, including “I Get a Kick out of You,” “You're the Top,” “It's De-lovely,” and, of course, “Anything Goes.”

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2011 Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actress, Best Choreography
Stephen Sondheim Theatre, 124 W 43rd St (Broadway/ 6th Aves)
Previews: March 10, 2011, Opening Night: April 7, 2011

The Book of Mormon Broadway Musical Comedy

Written by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone together with Avenue Q’s Robert Lopez, The Book of Mormon takes the hit TV series’ trademark satirical, intelligent humor and translates it into an adult-only traditional Broadway Musical Comedy.

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Categories: Musical, Comedy, Adults

Synopsis: The Book of Mormon centers on two young Mormon missionaries sent off to spread the word in a dangerous part of Uganda. Their tale is told alongside the founder Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The musical follows two young Mormon teens, Elder Price (Andrew Rannells) and Elder Cunningham (Josh Gad,) as they head to Africa for two years of missionary work. Once they arrive in Uganda, the Mormons are robbed at gunpoint, a guy walks by dragging a dead donkey, a woman staggers under the weight of water in plastic buckets, and then their local contact arrives to lead them in a cheery “Hakuna Matata”-style song: “Vas adiga illahay.” “Does it mean ‘No worries for the rest of our days,’” one of the Mormons asks hopefully. “Kind of,” the Ugandan replies with an exaggerated smile as he begins the next verse — about female circumcision, AIDS and a few other plagues. He translates each word individually and then, still smiling, “I guess it means, “F*** you, God.’” There's more, but you'll just have to see Book of Mormon to laugh out loud.

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2011 Best Musical + 8 Other Tony Awards
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 230 West 49th St,
Previews February 24, 2011, Opens March 24, 2011

Death of a Salesman Broadway Play

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield star in the revival of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about Willy Loman, an aging traveling salesman, coming to terms with the emptiness of his life.

Reviews and Tickets: Death of a Salesman Broadway Play

Categories: Plays, Celebrities, Drama

Limited 16-week engagement through June 2, 2012

Synopsis: Willy had great dreams for his oldest son, Biff, a former high school football star who has not lived up to his father's expectations. He finds himself struggling with his sons and long-suffering wife Linda, as dreams of the past collide with those that might have been. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Arthur Miller explores the tragic, conflicted story of the love between husband and wife, and father and sons.

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Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th St (Broadway/8th Ave)
Preview: February 13, 2012, Opening Night: March 15, 2012
May be inappropriate for ages 10 and under.

Evita Broadway Musical

Ricky Martin and Elena Roger star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic story of the charismatic and glamorous first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron. EVITA tells Eva's passionate and unforgettable true story, and features some of theater's most beautiful songs, including "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" and "High Flying Adored," together with "You Must Love Me," the haunting, Oscar®-winning hit from the film EVITA.

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Categories: Musical, Classics, Celebrities

Synopsis: Eva Perón used her smarts and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Adored by her people as a champion for the poor, she became one of the most powerful women in the world — while her greed, outsized ambition and fragile health made her one of the most tragic.

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Marquis Theatre, 1535 Broadway
Previews: March 12, 2012, Opening: April 5, 2012
Recommended for ages 10 and up. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.

Ghost Broadway Musical

Just in case you haven't seen the movie, Ghost follows a young couple, Sam and Molly, who are mugged while walking home to their New York apartment one night. Sam is murdered and trapped between two worlds as a ghost, Sam refuses to leave Molly when he learns she is in grave danger. Desperate to communicate with her, he turns to a storefront psychic, Oda Mae, who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death.

Reviews and Tickets: Ghost on Broadway Musical (on sale Feb 14, 2012)

Categories: Musical,

Synopsis: GHOST is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. The original score is by multiple Grammy® Award winners Dave Stewart (the Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard, and includes the emblematic “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers.

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Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street
Previews: March 15, 2012, Opening: April 23, 2012
Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes including an intermission

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Godspell Broadway Musical

Prepare ye for Godspell, composed of various musical parables from The Gospel According to Matthew, a Broadway classic from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer of Wicked and Pippin. The two-act musical is performed in the round with the musicians placed throughout the audience.

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Godspell Broadway Musical

Categories:  Musical, Comedy

Synopsis: Jesus Christ recruits a group of followers and teaches them various lessons through song and dance. Raise your spirit with the Tony-nominated score filled with the popular hits “Day By Day,” “Learn Your Lessons Well” and “Turn Back, O Man.” Toward the end of the second act, the show begins to follow a more linear narrative as Jesus is betrayed by Judas and eventually crucified.This timeless tale of friendship, loyalty and love has touched the hearts of countless theatergoers all over the world—and now you can join the celebration as a spectacular ensemble of Broadway’s best performs the greatest story ever told.

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Circle In The Square Theatre, 235 West 50th Street
Opens November 7, 2011

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Closing May 20, 2012

Nick Jonas and Beau Bridges headline a spectacular new production of the Tony Award®- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, about a wily window-washer’s riotous rise to the top of the corporate ladder.

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Categories: Celebrities, Musical

Synopsis: Following the advice of a book entitled "How to Succeed in Business" a young window-cleaner, J. Pierrepont Finch, begins a meteoric rise from the mail-room to Vice President of Advertising at the World-Wide Wicket Company. Finch’s unorthodox and morally-questionable business practices jeopardize not only his career but also his romance with secretary Rosemary Pilkington. With a beloved score by Frank Loesser, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is packed with hit standards such as “I Believe in You,” “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm,” “The Company Way,” “Been a Long Day,” “Rosemary,” and “Brotherhood of Man.”

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Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th St (8th and 9th Avenues)
Previews begin February 26, 2011, Opens March 27, 2011

Jersey Boys Broadway Musical

Jersey Boys tells the story of how Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons went from being unknown New Jersey kids to international pop superstars.

The show features over 30 tunes, including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” Far from a mere tribute concert, Jersey Boys has a great storyline.

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Jersey Boys Broadway Musical

Categories: Classics, Musical, Award Winners, Must See

Synopsis: Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. In addition to following the quartet’s coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through challenges such as, gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters.

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2006 Best Musical, 8 total nominations and 4 wins
August Wilson Theatre, 245 W 52nd. St
2hrs, 30mins
Opening Night: November 6, 2005

Jesus Christ Superstar Broadway Musical

Jesus Christ Superstar is famous for being the first rock opera, and has since been followed by others in the same genre, such as Rent, The Who’s Tommy, Spring Awakening and American Idiot. The story follows the last seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Categories: Musical, Classics, Drama

Synopsis: Jesus Christ Superstar, by Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award-winners Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, has thrilled millions of theatregoers worldwide since its original Broadway debut in the 1970s. This spectacular musical phenomenon mesmerizes its audience with its passion, captivating them with its story and entrancing them with its anthemic title song.

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Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd Street
Previews: March 1st, 2012, Opening: March 22nd, 2012

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Lion King Broadway Musical

The classic story of young royal heir, Simba, and the animals of the African Pride Lands brought to vivid life. The Lion King has some of Broadway's music, costumes and set design and is a true classic Broadway musical in every sense.

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Synopsis: A lively stage adaptation of the Academy Award-winning 1994 Disney film, The Lion King is the story of a young lion prince, Simba, living in the flourishing African Pride Lands. Born into the royal family, Simba spends his days exploring the sprawling savanna grasslands and idolizing his father, Mufasa. When an unthinkable tragedy, orchestrated by Simba’s wicked uncle, Scar, takes Mufasa's life, Simba flees the Pride Lands and meets two hilarious friends. Check out the Lion King to watch some of Broadway's best costumes and set design while Simba fulfills his destiny to be king.

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1998 Best Musical + 6 other Tony Awards
Minskoff Theater, 1515 Broadway
Opening Night: November 13, 1997

Mary Poppins Broadway Musical

Based on the movie, Mary Poppins, the Broadway musical features all the classic songs (“A Spoonful of Sugar,” “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Spercalifragilisticexpialidocious”) plus some catchy new tunes. With elaborate sets, light displays and show-stopping numbers, this Disney-rific production will transport you to the Banks’ household on Cherry Lane as well as the rooftops of London.

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Categories: Kids, Musical

Synopsis: Mary Poppins is the story of the Banks family livingin London on Cherry Lane. The children, Jane and Michael, are out of control and are in need of a new nanny, but have their own ideas about what sort of caretaker they should have, while their parents—and in particular Mr. Banks—are insistent on someone strict for the job. When a mysterious young woman named Mary Poppins appears at their doorstep, the family finds that she’s the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she has a profound effect upon. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “anything can happen if you let it.”

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New Amsterdam Theatre, 214 West 42nd Street (@7th Ave)
Opening Night: November 16, 2006

Memphis Broadway Musical

TURN UP THAT DIAL...From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot new Broadway musical that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love.

Reviews and Tickets: Memphis Broadway Musical

Categories: Musical, Award Winners

Synopsis: Inspired by actual events, MEMPHIS is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break. Come along on their incredible journey to the ends of the airwaves -- filled with laughter, soaring emotion and roof-raising rock 'n' roll. Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, MEMPHIS features a Tony-winning book by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) and a Tony-winning original score with music by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan.

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2010 Best Musical, Best Original Score, Nominated for 8 Awards, Won 4
Shubert Theatre 225 W 44th Street (Broadway and 8th Aves)
Opening Night: October 19, 2009

Million Dollar Quartet - Off Broadway Musical

Smash-hit musical inspired by the famed recording session with rock 'n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley.

Categories: Musical, Off Broadway

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Synopsis: On December 4, 1956, these four young musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever, featuring a score of rock 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," "Hound Dog" and more.

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New World Stages - Stage Four, 340 West 50th Street
Opening Night: April 11, 2010, Moved to Off Broadway June 2011

Newsies Broadway Musical

Disney's newest musical is set in New York City at the turn of the century. Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teen aged "newsies," who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets.

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Newsies Broadway Musical

Categories:  Kids, Musical, Limited Engagement

Synopsis: EXTRA EXTRA, read all about it!  The cherished 1992 Disney movie, Newsies, which starred Christian Bale and Bill Pullman, becomes all new Disney musical on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre.  Based on the events of the New York City newsboy strike in 1899, this toe-tapping musical adventure follows the perseverance of a group of tattered orphans when newspaper tycoons decide to raise their distribution costs.  The newsies band together to form a union of all the newspaper boys throughout New York City to thwart the profit-increasing plan and save their hardworking livelihood.  It’s a classic David and Goliath tale with all the memorable music of the original film like “Seize the Day” and “King of New York.”

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Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st Street
Previews: March 15, Opening: March 29, Closing: Aug 19, 2012
Limited Engagement
Children should be at least six years old to attend Newsies.
Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes with intermission

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Nice Work If You Can Get It Broadway Musical

Matthew Broderick (The Producers) and Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific) star in this sparkling tale of playboys, politicians, bootleggers and leggy chorus girls, all running loose in a glorious Long Island mansion in the rip-roaring 1920s.

If you like big Broadway musicals with gorgeous, hummable music, funny plots and fresh, new-fashioned madcap romance, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is for you.

Reviews and Tickets: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Categories: Musical, Celebrities, Comedy

Synopsis: Overflowing with 15 great songs, including “But Not For Me,” “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” “I’ve Got a Crush on You” and “Someone to Watch Over Me,” this brand-new Gershwin musical comedy combines laughter, romance and high-stepping musical magic.

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Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street
Previews: March 29, 2012, Opening: April 24, 2012
Approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes including an intermission

Once Broadway Musical

Once has something of the feel of a pub concert, and every effort is made to give the audience an intimate evening with the characters. Before the show, the actors, who are also the show’s musicians, play Irish standards in the Dublin pub set, and audience members are invited to join them for a drink from the onstage bar.

Reviews: Once Broadway Musical

Categories: Musical

Synopsis: Nominated for 11 Tony Awards in 2012! Since Once is about musicians, the show feels like a play with music, because the songs are a natural part of the storyline and there is no spontaneous bursting into song. While the bittersweet love story between Guy and Girl is the show’s central plotline, there is plenty of humor from colorful characters like Girl’s Czech roommates, an Irish bank manager and surly music store owner.

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Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street
Opened March 18, 2012
Running Time: 2hrs, 15mins with intermission

Porgy and Bess Broadway Musical

Porgy and Bess tells the story of Porgy, who lives in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina, and his attempts to rescue Bess from the clutches of Crown, her pimp, and Sportin' Life, a drug dealer. The musical features the classics "Summertime," "Bess, You Is My Woman Now," "I Got Plenty of Nothing," and "It Ain't Necessarily So."

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Porgy and Bess Broadway Musical

Categories: Musical, Drama

Synopsis: The classic story by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward is set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater’s most exhilarating love stories.

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Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036
Recommended for ages 12 and up
Opens January 12, 2012, Through July 8th (?)

Priscilla Queen of the Desert Broadway Musical

Priscilla Queen of the Desert tells the story of Tick, Bernadette and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing drag trio who take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. They hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship and end up finding more than they ever could have dreamed.

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Categories: Musical, Comedy

Synopsis: Just like the film that inspired it, the show is a whirlwind of over-the-top costumes, industrial-strength makeup and riotous musical numbers as Priscilla and the “girls” travel across Australia on a tour bus with a towering heel topper.

For you fashionistas out there, don't forget to check the all new exclusive Manolo Blahnik stilettos designed for the show. The Priscilla, a patent leather Mary Jane high heel embellished with a Swarovski crystal button, will also be available for purchase from March 21 at the Manolo Blahnik flagship on 54th Street. ($745, with a portion of the proceeds going to the New York Restoration Project, the pet charity of the show’s producer, Bette Midler.)

Even better, the show has launched the "It Gets Better Project," an online video campaign to support gay teenagers who have been victims of bullies, with the stars of the new Broadway musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” to produce the project’s first public service announcement.

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Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway; 2hrs. 15mins
Previews February 28, 2011, Opens March 20, 2011

Rock of Ages Broadway Musical

In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the 80s.

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Rock of Ages Broadway Musical

Synopsis: It’s ROCK OF AGES, an arena-rock love story told through the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of JOURNEY, NIGHT RANGER, STYX, REO SPEEDWAGON, PAT BENATAR, TWISTED SISTER, POISON, ASIA, WHITESNAKE and many more. Don’t miss this awesomely good time about dreaming big, playing loud and partying on!

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Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street
2hrs, 20mins
Opening Night: April 7, 2009

Sister Act Broadway Musical

When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier (Raven-Symone) witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place cops are sure she won't be found: a convent. Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. A sparkling tribute to the power of friendship, Sister Act is reason for Broadway to rejoice!

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Synopsis: Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with the with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but in doing so, blows her cover. Soon, the gang is giving chase only to find them up against Deloris and the power of her newly found sisterhood. Sister Act, much like it's namesake movie, is produced by Whoopi Goldberg.

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Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway
Previews begin March 24, 2011, Opens April 20th, Tickets on Sale

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Spider-Man Turn off the Dark, Broadway Premiere

Relaunches May 12, Opens June 14, 2011

Music by Bono and The Edge of U2. Flying, stunts and breathtaking designs from an international team of artists from Broadway, Cirque du Soleil, the Beijing Olympics and the Spider-Man films. 

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Synopsis: Drawing from over 40 years of Marvel comic books, this show spins a new take on the mythic tale of a young man propelled from a modest rowhouse in Queens to the sky-scraping spire of the Chrysler Building, the bustling offices of the Daily Bugle, through the dizzying canyons of Manhattan, to new vistas never before seen.

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Foxwoods Theater (formerly Hilton Theatre), 213 W 42nd St
PREVIEWS BEGIN MAY 12 • OPENS JUNE 14, 2011

A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway

Streetcar tells the tragic story of fragile former schoolteacher Blanche, who leaves the family plantation house and moves to New Orleans to live with her sister Stella and Stella’s animalistic husband, Stanley. She quickly gets a gritty life lesson in the seamy, steamy underbelly of 1940s life in the French Quarter.

Reviews and Tickets: A Streetcar Named Desire (on sale Mar 15, 2012)

Categories: Plays, Celebrities, Drama, Limited Engagement

Synopsis: Leading the cast is 2-time Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, in his Broadway debut as Stanley, Nicole Ari Parker ("Soul Food") as Blanche DuBois, Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent) as Stella and Wood Harris ("The Wire") as Mitch. Directed by Emily Mann (Artistic Director of Princeton's esteemed McCarter Theatre) and featuring an original score by 5-time Grammy Award winner Terence Blanchard, this scintillating Streetcar brings a whole new rhythm to Williams's enduring portrait of sex, class and secrets in one of America's most fascinating and diverse cities. Come and feel the heat.

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Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street
Previews: Apr 03, 2012, Opening: Apr 22, 2012.
Limited 16 week engagement

War Horse Broadway Play

War Horse uses puppetry to tell the story of young Albert and his beloved horse, Joey. At the outbreak of World War I, Joey is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France, but Albert cannot forget him and embarks on a mission to find him and bring him home.

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Categories: Plays, Kids

Synopsis: War Horse centers on the relationship between Albert, a teenager growing up on a farm in Devon, England, just before World War I, and his beloved half-thoroughbred horse, Joey. Albert’s family is poor, and his father raises cash by selling Joey to the cavalry as the war begins in 1914. Too young to enlist, Albert craves news of his horse, which was shipped to the battlefield in France. Three years later, Albert runs away to join the army, determined to find Joey and bring him home. Meanwhile, this smart and brave horse is pulled into service on both sides of the conflict before being left on his own in no-man’s-land, surrounded by trenches and barbed wire.

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Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 150 West 65th Street
Opens April 14, 2011

Wicked Broadway Musical

The untold musical story of The Wizard of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good... before Dorothy dropped in.

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Synopsis: Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the Land of Oz. Elphaba – born with emerald green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. Glinda is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. The show follows Glinda and Elphaba through childhood, college and after. You'll have to see Wicked to understand why Elphaba wanted Dorothy's Red Shoes so badly. I bet you'll be surprised and thrilled at the answer.

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2004: Best Actress Idina Menzel, Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Nominated for 10 Tony Awards
Gershwin Theatre 222 West 51st Street
Opening Night: October 30, 2003

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Stick Fly Broadway Comedy Play

CLOSED February 26, 2012

Produced by Alica Keys and starring Dulé Hill and Tracie Thomas, Stick Fly follows the LeVays, an affluent African American family who come together to spend a weekend at their stately Martha's Vineyard mansion. It is a relaxing weekend at the beach, until the baggage gets unpacked...

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Categories: Plays, Comedy

Synopsis: The LeVay family is gathering at their Martha’s Vineyard home for the weekend, and brothers Kent and Flip have each brought their respective ladies home to meet the parents for the first time. Kent’s fiancée Taylor, an academic whose absent father was a prominent author, struggles to fit into the LeVay's upper-crust lifestyle. Kimber, on the other hand, is a self-described WASP who works with inner-city school children, fits in more easily with the family. Joining these two couples are the demanding LeVay patriarch Joe and Cheryl, the daughter of the family’s longtime housekeeper. As the two newcomers butt heads over issues of race and privilege, longstanding family tensions bubble under the surface and reach a boiling point when secrets are revealed.

Check out Alicia Keys leading post-performance discussions:
Saturday, January 7 at 8pm
Monday, February 6 at 7pm
Thursday, February 16 at 7pm
Sunday, February 26 at 7:30pm

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Cort Theatre, 138 West 48th St (Between 7th and 6th Avenues)
Opened December 8, 2011 - Closed February 26, 2012

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Broadway

CLOSED January 29, 2012

Harry Connick, Jr. returns to Broadway in this romantic musical playing Dr. Mark Bruckner, a down-to-earth psychiatrist who finds himself suddenly swept off his feet by a beautiful woman, Melinda, the alter personality of a male patient, becoming locked in a doomed love triangle that transcends time, space and gender.

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Categories:  Musical, Celebrities

Synopsis: Three-time Grammy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr. stars in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, a lighthearted and supernatural musical comedy based on the original 1965 Lerner and Lane classic. This updated revival spans two eras: the jazzy 1940s and the bellbottomed 1970s. Dr. Mark Bruckner, experimenting with hypnosis, takes on a new patient: David Gamble, a chain-smoking gay florist with a fear of commitment. Dr. Bruckner is shocked to discover that, when hypnotized, David transforms into Melinda Wells, a magnetic 1940s jazz singer. Bruckner, still grieving the death of his wife, believes Melinda is David’s former self. The doctor is mesmerized by the aspiring songstress and finds more and more opportunities to hypnotize David.

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St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street
Opens December 11, 2011 - Closed January 29, 2012

Billy Elliot Broadway Musical

CLOSED JANURARY 8, 2012

BILLY ELLIOT is the spectacular show with the heart, humor and passion to be named Broadway’s 2009 Tony-winning Best Musical and TIME Magazine’s “Best Musical of the Decade!”

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Categories:  Kids, Musical, Award Winners

Synopsis: Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising talent that inspires his family and his whole community, and changes his life forever. Experience the joyous celebration of one boy's journey against the odds to make his dreams come true…at BILLY ELLIOT!

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2009 Best Musical
Imperial Theatre, W. 45th Street( Broadway and 8th Aves)
Opening Night: November 14, 2008

The Addams Family Broadway Musical

CLOSED DECEMBER 31, 2011
Starring Roger Rees and Brooke Shields, the weird and wonderful family created by The New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams comes to devilishly delightful life in a Broadway musical.

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Categories: Celebrities, Kids, Musical

Synopsis: This magnificently macabre new show is created by Jersey Boys authors Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice. It's an Addams Family portrait you've never seen before. Gomez, all mad impetuosity; Morticia, equal parts fire and ice; Fester, restless and romantic; Pugsley and Wednesday, eighteen years old and finally feeling what it means to be a woman. A family that's quite shockingly, and endearingly, just like yours.

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The Lunt Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street (7th/8th Aves)
Opening Night: March 4, 2010

Fat Pig Broadway Play

Opening Postponed due to the last-minute fallout of a key investment. Stay tuned for 2011-12 season announcements.

Julia Stiles, Dane Cook and Josh Hamilton star in in Fat Pig on Broadway. Fat Pig tells us the story of Tom, a thirty-something, in shape, stereotypical professional in a large city, who falls for a very plus-size librarian named Helen.

Reviews and Tickets: Fat Pig on Broadway

Categories: Coming Soon, Celebrities, Plays, Comedy, Limited Engagement

Synopsis: Fat Pig tells the story of Tom (Hamilton), an eligible bachelor who falls for the beautiful, bright and plus-sized Helen. Tom is overjoyed with his new relationship, but his shallow co-workers are less enthusiastic. Tom shrugs off their objections but eventually the cruel jabs of his acerbic friend Carter (Cook) and Jeannie (Stiles), a former flame, force him to question his own values and the importance of conventional good looks.

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Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44th Street
Previews April 12, 2011, Opens April 26, 2011 (16 Week Engagement)

Catch Me If You Can Broadway Musical

Closed September 4, 2011

Catch Me If You Can tells the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr., a world-class con artist who passed himself off as a doctor, a lawyer and a jet pilot all before the age of 21. With straight-arrow FBI agent Carl Hanratty on Frank's trail, we're off on a jet-setting, cat-and-mouse chase as a jazzy, swinging-sixties score keeps this adventure in constant motion.

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Synopsis: Fast-rising Broadway headliner AARON TVEIT (Next to Normal, Wicked) stars as Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., a teenager who runs away from home in search of the glamorous life. With nothing more than a boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged checks, Frank successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer - living the high life and winning the girl of his dreams (played by Tony® nominee KERRY BUTLER (Xanadu, Hairspray). Tony winner and Broadway fave NORBERT LEO BUTZ (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked) plays Carl Hanratty, the dogged FBI agent who chases Frank to the end and finds something he never expected - he and Frank aren't so different after all.

Tony nominee TOM WOPAT (Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago) returns to Broadway as Frank, Sr., who sees his dreams of making it big lived out in his son's fantastic adventures. CATCH ME features a Tony Award-winning "dream team," with a book by TERRENCE McNALLY (The Full Monty, Ragtime), an irresistible score by MARC SHAIMAN & SCOTT WITTMAN (Hairspray), choreography by JERRY MITCHELL (Hairspray, Legally Blonde) and direction by JACK O'BRIEN (Hairspray, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels).

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Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd Street
Previews begin March 11, 2011, Opens April 10, 2011
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Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles

Closed July 31, 2011

Rain performs the music of the Beatles live, and is more like “a concert experience than a traditional Broadway show.”

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The show covers songs ranging from the early days of The Ed Sullivan Show through the Abbey Road years, including historical film footage and television commercials, plus live cameras zooming in for close-ups of the band. The show presents the kind of show fans didn't get to see in real life, as the Beatles' final concert tour in 1966 pre-dated such iconic releases at Sgt. Pepper, The White Album and Abbey Road.

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Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 West 47th Street (7th and 8th Aves)
Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd Street
Opens October 26, 2010

The Motherfu**er With the Hat Broadway Play

Closed July 17, 2011

The Motherfu**er With the Hat, a new high-octane, verbal cage match about love, fidelity, and misplaced haberdashery, examines the relationship of a longtime couple put to the test when one becomes sober and the other remains hooked on drugs and alcohol. Strictly limited 14-week engagement starring Bobby Cannavale, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Annabella Sciorra and Yul Vázquez.

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Categories: Celebrities, Plays, Limited Engagement, Best for Adults

Synopsis: Jackie and Veronica have been in love since the 8th grade. But now, Jackie is on parole and living clean and sober under the guidance of his sponsor, Ralph D, while still living and loving with his volatile soul mate Veronica who is fiercely loving, but far from sober. Still, their love is pure. And true. Nothing can come between them- except a hat. Guirgis, as always, provides an eclectic and lively cast of characters seeking to "put away their childish things," and their collective quest- and missteps-result in his most open-hearted, laugh-out-loud and poignant plays to date.

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Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street
Previews begin March 15, 2011, Opens April 11, 2011, Extended to July 17, 2011
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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

CLOSED July 3, 2011

See Oscar and Emmy Award winner Robin Williams make his Broadway debut in the ferocious new comedy, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, by Rajiv Joseph, follows the intertwined lives of a tiger, portrayed by Mr. Williams, two American marines and an Iraqi gardener as they roam the streets of Baghdad in search of friendship, redemption and a toilet seat made of gold. Read Reviews and Buy Tickets

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Synopsis: In Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, a tiger haunts the streets of present day Baghdad seeking the meaning of life. As he witnesses the puzzling absurdities of war, the tiger encounters Americans and Iraqis who are searching for friendship, redemption and a toilet seat made of gold. The New York Times says, "This boldly imagined, harrowing and surprisingly funny drama is wonderfully daring." A finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, this groundbreaking play comes to Broadway for a strictly limited, sixteen-week engagement directed by Tony Award® nominee Moisés Kaufman.

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Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036
Previews March 11, 2011, Opens March 31, Closing July 3, 2011

The House of Blue Leaves

CLOSED JUNE 25, 2011

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Stiller and Edie Falco star in this revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves about a zookeeper and his crazy wife.

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Synopsis: Ben Stiller plays Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper who dreams of being a songwriter, and Falco his schizophrenic wife named 'Bananas'. In 1965, when the Pope visits New York, and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens, thinks its time for his life to be blessed, too. He desperately wants to escape his lower middle-class existence and become a popular singer and songwriter, but his life is complicated by an ambitious mistress, a crazy wife and a bomb-making son.

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Walter Kerr Theater, 218 West 48th St
Previews April 4, 2011, Opens April 25, 2011

That Championship Season Broadway Play

Closed May 2011

Starring Chris Noth, Keifer Sutherland and Jason Patric, That Championship Season follows a group of four former high school basketball stars who return home for a reunion 20 years after they win the state championship.

NYC Insider Info: The playwright, Jason Miller, is Jason Patric's father and also Father Damien in the "The Exorcist." Patric recruited Sutherland for the play as the two met during the 1986 film, "The Lost Boys," the last time they worked together. Read Reviews and Buy Tickets

Categories: Celebrities, Plays, Limited Engagement, Revival

Synopsis: George (Jim Gaffigan), a small-town mayor, is desperate for re-election. Phil (Noth) is a powerful businessman, but his marriage is a joke. James (Sutherland), an assistant principal, worries that his life is going nowhere. His brother Tom (Patric) is a professional drunk. Tonight, they gather at the home of their Coach (Brian Cox), the relentless leader who has steered them since their high school days, to revel in that one glorious night over twenty years ago when they became champions. But this year, their wisecracks and reminiscing turn to unexpected honesty about their wives, careers and relationships, and the celebration turns treacherous. As the truths spill out, a long-buried secret rises to the surface... with the potential to destroy the best moment of their lives.

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1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street
Previews begin February 9, Opens March 6, Through May 29, 2011
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Lombardi Broadway Play

CLOSING May 22, 2011

LOMBARDI is based on the best-selling biography When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, about one of America’s most inspirational and mercurial personalities, Hall of Fame football coach, Vince Lombardi. It is directed by Tony® nominee Thomas Kail (In the Heights), Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and two-time Emmy Award-winner Judith Light (Wit) head the cast.

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Synopsis: Sport produces great human drama and there is no greater sports icon to bring to theatrical life than Hall of Fame football coach Vince Lombardi, unquestionably one of the most inspirational and quotable personalities of all time. Though football’s Super Bowl trophy is named for him, few know the real story of Lombardi the man—his inspirations, his passions and ability to drive people to achieve what they never thought possible.

Be sure to visit Circle in the Square lobby! In collaboration with the National Football League, it has been transformed into a museum-quality installation featuring Vince Lombardi and Green Bay Packer memorabilia.

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The Circle in the Square Theatre, 235 W 50th St (W of Broadway)
Previews: September 23, 2010, Opens: October 21, 2010
1 hour, 30 minutes

Wonderland Broadway Musical

CLOSED May 15, 2011

A an exciting new spin on the classic Alice in Wonderland and her Looking-Glass World, WONDERLAND is about a modern-day woman who goes on a life-changing adventure far below the streets of New York City.

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Categories: Kids, Musical, Comedy

Synopsis: Janet Dacal stars in this take on the classic Alice in Wonderland story, as a modern-day woman who goes on a life-changing adventure below the streets of New York City. This new Alice is estranged from her husband, alienated from her daughter and in danger of losing her career. When she finds herself in Wonderland, she encounters strange yet familiar characters that help her rediscover the wonder in her life. Dacal is joined by Broadway favorites like Darren Ritchie as the White Knight, Kate Shindle as the Mad Hatter, Karen Mason as the Queen of Hearts and Jose Llana as El Gato.

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Marquis Theatre, 1535 Broadway
Previews March 21, 2011, Opens April 17, 2011
Appropriate for all ages

Green Day's American Idiot

CLOSING April 24, 2011
The musical American Idiot expands on the Green Day lyrics. The story revolves around the central character, Johnny an alienated youth, who flees suburbia for the city in order to find himself. The show includes every song from Green Day's acclaimed album, American Idiot, and several songs from their new album. Green Day won two Grammy Awards for the groundbreaking rock opera American Idiot, which sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.

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Categories: Musical, Newest

Synopsis: American Idiot follows the exhilarating journey of a new generation of young Americans as they struggle to find meaning in a post 9/11 world, borne along by Green Day's electrifying score. Now Billie Joe Armstrong and the band collaborate with one of the theatre's most acclaimed creative teams, led by the Tony Award-winning director of Spring Awakening, Michael Mayer, two-time Tony Award-winning composer and orchestrator Tom Kitt, and Olivier Award-winning choreographer Steven Hoggett, to bring this explosive, iconic album to the stage.

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2010 Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Nominated for Best Musical
St. James Theater, 246 W 44th Street
Opening Night: April 20, 2010

Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway - Play

EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 9, 2011
Two of the world's greatest living actors—two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award® nominee James Earl Jones, and Tony Award and Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave—are coming together on Broadway in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.

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Synopsis: A timeless American play, which inspired the beloved Academy Award-winning film, Driving Miss Daisy tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. Their iconic tale of pride, changing times and the transformative power of friendship has warmed the hearts of millions, and is being performed for the first time on a Broadway stage. It is a strictly limited, sixteen-week engagement premiering on October 7, 2010.

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Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th Street
Previews Begin: October 7, 2010, Extended Through April 9, 2011

La Cage Aux Folles Broadway Musical

CLOSED May 1, 2011

Starting February 2010, LA CAGE gets a sprinkling of stardust as 4-time Tony winner HARVEY FIERSTEIN (Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof) - who co-wrote the show with JERRY HERMAN almost 30 years ago - stars as Zaza for the first time EVER! And the hilarious JEFFREY TAMBOR ("Arrested Development," "The Larry Sanders Show," The Hangover) is Georges!

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Synopsis: Winner of the 2010 Tony Award® for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, LA CAGE is a tuneful and touching tale of one family's struggle to stay together... stay fabulous... and above all else, stay true to themselves! When Georges' son brings his fiancée's conservative parents home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds of family are put to the test as the feather boas fly! With a glorious score of hummable melodies and a dynamite cast featuring the "notorious and dangerous Cagelles," LA CAGE is an indisputable musical comedy classic...

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2010 Best Revival of a Musical, Won 3 Tony Awards
The Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th Street (Broadway and 8th Aves)
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The Merchant of Venice Starring Al Pacino

Credit: Joan Marcus/Associated Press

EXTENDED to February 20, 2011
October 19, 2010 to January 9, 2011

Following the wildly successful reviews of the eight-week Shakespeare in the Park show in Central Park, Mr. Pacino is taking the show to Broadway, starring as Shylock, the Jewish merchant. Tickets 78 Shows Only!

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Synopsis: Antonio, a young man, pledges a pound of his own flesh to a moneylender, Shylock (Pacino), so a friend can woo his lady-love in style. Antonio learns a hard lesson in loyalty, humanity, friendship and prejudice when the revenge-seeking Shylock comes to collect and he is unable to pay.

Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street (Bway/8th Aves), New York, NY 10036

Promises, Promises Broadway Musical

CLOSED JANUARY 2, 2011

Starring Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) and Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked). It's Manhattan. It's the '60s. And the city is back in full swing...based on the Oscar®-winning Billy Wilder film, The Apartment. 

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Synopsis: It's Manhattan. It's the '60s. And the city is back in full swing in Broadway's first-ever revival of Promises, Promise - starring Emmy® Award winner Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) as the enterprising associate on the way up, and Tony® and Emmy® Award winner Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked) as the cafeteria waitress whose romantic troubles have got her down. Don't miss this smart and sexy musical based on the Oscar®-winning Billy Wilder film, The Apartment. 

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Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway (W 52nd & 53rd Streets)
Opening Night: March 27, 2010

West Side Story Broadway Musical

CLOSED JANUARY 2, 2011

From the first notes to the final breath, West Side Story is one of the most memorable musicals and greatest love stories of all time.

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Categories: Musical, Must See, Classics

Synopsis: Arthur Laurents’ book remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — a collection of standards that includes “Tonight,” “America,” “Maria,” “I Feel Pretty” and “Somewhere” — is widely regarded as one of the best ever written. And the extraordinary, Tony®-winning choreography by Jerome Robbins completely changed the language of Broadway dance. This groundbreaking new production, directed by the legendary Mr. Laurents, offers a bold new design that builds on the show’s raw power and emotion to create a fresh experience unlike any that came before it. Don’t miss this thrilling presentation of a matchless work of art.

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Best Featured Actress, 3 other nominations
Palace Theatre New York, 1564 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Opening Night: March 19, 2009

In The Heights Broadway Musical

CLOSED JANUARY 9, 2011

In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in Manhattan's Washington Heights – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music.

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Categories: Musical, Award Winners

Synopsis: In the Heights takes place on street corner, in Washington Heights, an area the characters refer to as "the Bario." It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. It is a musical about the importance of home, family and finding where you belong. In terms of dancing, singing, stage design and costumes, this is definitely on par with other famous Broadway musicals. The songs had a great beat and the show was definitely different than the typical Broadway Musical.

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2008: Best Musical, Best Score, 13 total Nominations
Richard Rodgers Theater, 226 W 46th Street
Opening Night: March 9, 2008

Brief Encounter Broadway Play

CLOSED January 2, 2011

The compelling story of a suburban housewife who, over a series of stolen afternoons, falls madly in love with a married doctor.

Previews start September 10, 2010 so get your Half Price Tickets ($64.50) at GoldStar

Categories: Plays, Limited Engagement, Best for Adults

Synopsis: Brief Encounter is the breakout hit from London that transforms Noël Coward’s classic tale of forbidden passion into a jaw-dropping fusion of whimsical humor, dreamy romance and stunning multimedia effects. The shows uses elements of the beloved film and the play on which it was based, along with song and dance. Don’t miss the groundbreaking theatrical event London’s Daily Telegraph calls “A first-class return to romance!”

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Studio 54 Theater, 254 W 54th Street (Broadway & 8th Aves)
Previews begin September 10

La Bête Broadway Show

CLOSED JANUARY 9, 2011
La Bête, is a comic tour de force about Elomire (David Hyde Pierce), a high-minded classical dramatist who loves only the theatre, and Valere (Mark Rylance), a low-brow street clown who loves only himself. The show sinks its teeth into the debate over high art versus popular entertainment, and asks the age-old question, “For a play to sell out, does it have to be 'a sell-out?'”

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Synopsis: Every Broadway season, there is one ticket that you simply have to get. This season, that ticket is La Bête. Coming direct from a sold-out run in London, La Bête is already being hailed as an absolute must-see, with a once-in-a-lifetime cast giving performances to die for. American playwright David Hirson's Olivier Award-winning Best Comedy stars Mark Rylance (Boeing-Boeing, Jerusalem), David Hyde Pierce (Curtains, Niles in the hit sitcom Frasier) and Joanna Lumley (the iconic Patsy Stone in the BBC’s Absolutely Fabulous).

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Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street (Broadway and 8th Aves)
Previews: September 23, 2010, Opening Night: October 14, 2010

Next To Normal

CLOSED JANUARY 16, 2011

NEXT TO NORMAL is a groundbreaking, emotional powerhouse of a musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other.

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Synopsis: Next to Normal is the 8th musical ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Not since Rent, 14 years ago, has a musical been awarded this prestigious honor. And now, this acclaimed three-time Tony Award-winning musical welcomes three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley to the NEXT TO NORMAL family.

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2009: Won 3 Tony Awards
Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street (Broadway & 8th Aves)
Opening Night: April 2009

Elf Broadway Musical

November 2 - January 2, 2011

Much like the popular film of the same name, Elf follows the adventure of a young man named Buddy who grew up at the North Pole believing he is one of Santa's Christmas elves. When his adoptive father reveals he is actually human, Buddy heads to New York City to find his real family.

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Categories: Newest, Kids, Musical, Limited Engagement

Synopsis: ELF is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. Buddy is raised unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh reality that his father is on the naughty list and his step-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.

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Al Hirschfeld Theatre. 302 West 45th Street New York, NY
November 2, 2010 to January 2, 2011

Mrs. Warren's Profession Broadway Play

Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones (Doubt) returns to Broadway in George Bernard Shaw's scorching tour de force! Mrs. Warren's Profession tells the story of Kitty Warren, a mother who makes a terrible sacrifice for her daughter Vivie's independence. But when Vivie learns the truth, will she forgive her mother or condemn her?

Previews start September 3, 2010 so get your Half Price Tickets ($59.50) at GoldStar

Categories: Plays, Limited Engagement, Best for Adults

Synopsis: The clash of these two strong-willed but culturally constrained women is the spark that ignites the ironic wit of one of Shaw's greatest plays. The play was originally banned by Britain's official theatre censor because of its frank discussion and portrayal of prostitution, but finally premiered in 1902 at London's New Lyric Club. Shaw said he wrote the play "to draw attention to the truth that prostitution is caused, not by female depravity and male licentiousness, but simply by underpaying, undervaluing, and overworking women so shamefully that the poorest of them are forced to resort to prostitution to keep body and soul together."

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American Airlines Theatre, 227 W 42nd St, (North side, W of 7th Ave.)
Previews: September 3, 2010,
Opens October 3, 2010 through November 28, 2010

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Broadway Musical

CLOSING JANUARY X, 2011

An audacious mix of historical fact and fiction, redefines America’s controversial seventh president -- the man who invented the Democratic Party, drove the Indians west, and ultimately doubled the size of our nation -- with a raucous blend of outrageous comedy, anarchic theatricality and an infectious emo rock score.

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Categories: Musical, Newest

Synopsis: Rising star BENJAMIN WALKER reprises his role as America's first political maverick. A.J. kicked British butt, shafted the Indians and smacked down the Spaniards all in the name of these United States—who cares if he didn’t have permission? An exhilarating and white-knuckled look at one of our nation’s founding rock stars, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson recreates and reinvents the life of “Old Hickory,” from his humble beginnings on the Tennessee frontier to his days as our seventh Commander-in-Chief. It also asks the question, is wanting to have a beer with someone reason enough to elect him? What if he’s really, really hot?

The New York Times and Rolling Stone called it "the season's best musical.”

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Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th St (Broadway and 8th Aves)
Previews: September 20, 2010

South Pacific Broadway Musical

Closed August 22, 2010

Fences on Broadway, Starring Denzel Washington

Previews - April 14, 2010
Opening Night - April 26, 2010

Strictly limited 13-week engagement

Cort Theater, 138 W 48th Street
(7th and 6th Aves)

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Two-time Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington returns to Broadway, alongside Academy Award nominee and Tony Award® winner Viola Davis, in August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

The story is about Troy Maxson, a Pittsburgh sanitation worker, who once dreamed of a baseball career, but was too old when the major leagues finally admitted black players. As he faces off against the racial barrier at work and his own disappointments, Troy also grapples with his son, Cory, over the teenager’s hope for a football scholarship and with his wife, Rose, who confronts Troy over a child he has fathered with another woman. Denzel talks about Fences on YouTube

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