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| 2008 Radio City Christmas Spectacular Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Radio City Music Hall, 50th Street at Avenue of the Americas Announcing the 2008 Radio City Christmas Spectacular! The Christmas Spectacular will continue to amaze patrons both young and old who have made the show America’s #1 Holiday Show. For over 75 years, the Christmas Spectacular has been a holiday tradition for millions, and this year, Radio City will re-affirm its place as the ultimate Christmas destination. With dynamic Rockette performances, breathtaking special effects, gorgeous costumes and astounding scenes, the 2008 Radio City Christmas Spectacular is not to be missed! Tickets to this year’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular are on-sale April 27th. Opening 11/07/08, Closes 12/30/08 The 39 Steps Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Cort Theatre, 138 West 48th Street (Between Broadway and 6th Avenue) Running Time: 1 hour and 47 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated as the smash hit Olivier Award Winning Best New Comedy. This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women. This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH A Catered Affair Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West 48th Street (Between Broadway & 8th Avenue) Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission A Catered Affair, Broadway’s newest musical, is about the question that eventually faces every mother and daughter: Whose wedding is it anyway? One New York family’s dilemma in the early 50’s is now a funny and poignant new show of love and disaffection. Tony Award winner Faith Prince and Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat star as the mother and father of the bride, and four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein is the uncle, outraged to discover he’s not “immediate family.” Written by Harvey Fierstein and songwriter John Bucchino, and directed by Tony Award winner John Doyle, A Catered Affair is the perfect marriage of music and comedy, celebrating Bronx family values: love, guilt and a choice of entrees. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Open Ended Run Beginning May 5: Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @ 8pm, Wednesday & Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday @ 3pm SR A Chorus Line Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours, with no intermission Tickets will go on sale to the general public on June 18. A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, dazzled more than 6 million people during its record-breaking 15-year run on Broadway. A modern classic, A Chorus Line chronicles the joy, despair and triumph of 17 dancers as they audition for an 8-member Broadway chorus. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm, Sunday: Noon - 6pm Open Ended Run RUSH SR A Dangerous Personality Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Julia Miles Theater, 424 West 55th Street between 9th & 10 Avenues Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, including one 10 minute intermission She explored Tibet, fought with Garibaldi, rode across India on the back of an elephant, was friends with Thomas Edison - a terror to the establishment, and a nightmare to the British Raj. Russian-born spiritualist and philosopher Helena Blavatsky lived everywhere from London to India to Hell's Kitchen - and was (and remains) one of the most controversial figures in world religion. With her colleague, Henry Steele Olcott, she created Theosophy - the science of religion, The Secret Doctrine - Christ without the Church. Her ideas are still as timely and thought provoking as then. He life was lived on a colossal scale, and now Sallie Bingham's play brings this extraordinary woman, and her story to the stage. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Previews begin 06/04/08, Opening 06/11/08, Closes 07/20/08 Added Performance: Wednesday - June 4 @ 8pm, Tuesday - June 10 @ 8pm, Wednesday - June 11 @ 7pm No Performance: Saturday - June 7 @ 3pm, Sunday - June 8 @ 2pm, Sunday - July 20 @ 7pm A Grand Night for Singing Revue, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania Theater Ten Ten, 1010 Park Ave, between 84th & 85th Streets Accessible from the 4 & 6 trains at 86th Street Running Time: 2 hours, with one intermission A Grand Night for Singing opened the 1994 Broadway season with flair and distinction, garnering wildly enthusiastic notices and a Tony nomination for Best Musical. With a cast of two men and three women, this revue explores romance and relationships using more than thirty Rogers and Hammerstein songs. Although each of R&H’s musicals are represented, none of those songs’ context or settings is retained: Rodgers & Hammerstein probably never imagined "Shall We Dance?" as a comic pas de deux, nor that one day a lovelorn lad might pose the musical question "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" That's precisely the kind of invention lavished upon this revue, with the innovative musical arrangements including a sultry Andrew Sisteresque "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out'a My Hair," a swinging "Honeybun,” and a jazzy "Kansas City" leaving no question about how terrifically up to date the remarkable songs of R&H remain. Theater Ten Ten’s production is the first New York City professional revival since the original Broadway run. Under the stage direction of David Fuller and the musical direction of Michael Harren (who teamed on the much acclaimed Happy End last season) A Grand Night for Singing will be a whimsical and elegant journey through the stages of romance, from initial infatuation through enduring love. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/25/08 A Tale of Two Cities Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues) Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes including one 15 minute intermission A sold-out-pre-Broadway-smash hit, A Tale of Two Cities is about to revolutionize Broadway. From the prisons of Paris to the pubs of London, experience the passions, corruption, tragedies, triumphs, love and vengeance that changed the lives of millions. This musical is a stunner. Buy tickets to the revolution. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Previews begin 08/19/08, Opening 09/18/08 Added Performance: Monday - October 13 @ 8pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Sunday - December 28 @ 8pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm, Monday - January 19 @ 8pm Time Change: Thursday - September 18 @ 6:30pm (opening night), Sunday - December 28 @ 2pm No Performance: Wednesday - August 20 @ 2pm, Wednesday - August 27 @ 2pm, Tuesday - October 14 @ 7pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm, Tuesday - January 20 @ 7pm Beginning September 22: Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @ 8pm, Wednesday & Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday @ 3pm The Accidental Patriot Play, Off-Broadway Milagro Theater at CSV Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street between Rivington and Delancey The Stolen Chair Theatre Company continues its CineTheatre Tetrology (4 years, 4 productions, 4 classic film styles adapted for the stage) with the World Premiere of Kiran Rikhye's swashbuckling adventure THE ACCIDENTAL PATRIOT: THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF THE PIRATE DESMOND CONNELLY, IRISH BY BIRTH, ENGLISH BY BLOOD, AND AMERICAN BY INCLINATION. TICKETS: 212.868.4444 or www.theaccidentalpatriot.us Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Closes 05/17/08 The Actor's Nightmare & The Real Inspector Hound Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Gloria Maddox Theatre at The T. Schreiber Studio, 151 West 26th Street, 7th Floor, between 6th and 7th Avenues One man's dream is another man's Nightmare....and in The Actor's Nightmare, George Spelvin certainly gets the wrong end of that bargain. Playwright Christopher Durang thrusts his anxious accountant on the stage to replace an ailing actor, but George has no knowledge of the lines or even the name of the play - is it a Noel Coward comedy? Shakespeare's Hamlet? As Sir Thomas More's all-too-real executioner approaches, George hopes against hope that it's only a dream! On the silver side of the dream sit Moon and Birdboot, two theatre critics in The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, who aspire to live out their dreams of fame and sexual prowess. As the hilarious Agatha Christie-style play-within-the play begins, the two critics place their focus on the cliché-sodden country style mystery. Eventually their own personal obsessions take over and they find themselves onstage and deeply involved as the murderer's identity is revealed. As the story takes its hilarious twists and turns, our intrepid critics might find their dream closer to a nightmare than originally thought! Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm In Previews, Opening 05/23/08, Closes 06/15/08 Adding Machine Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane (Off of 6th Avenue between Bleecker and West 3rd Street) Take the A,C,E,B,D,F or V to West 4th, exit at the southern end of the subway platform up the left hand side stairs which brings you up on the NE corner of West 3rd Street and Sixth Avenue. Cross over West 3rd and walk half a block south to Minetta Lane. Turn left and you'll see the theatre. Darkly comic and heartbreakingly beautiful, Adding Machine, a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's incendiary 1923 play, tells the story of Mr. Zero, who after 25 years of service to his company is replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a vengeful rage, he murders his boss. An eclectic score gives passionate and memorable voice to this stylish and stylized production, which follows Zero’s journey to the afterlife in the Elysian Fields where he is met with one last chance for romance and redemption. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 08/31/08 Alice In Wonderland Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Philip Coltoff Center Main Stage, 219 Sullivan Street between West 3rd and Bleecker Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, V to West 4th; 1, 9 to Christopher St. Imagine Alice, 7 years old, born and raised in today’s Greenwich Village, New York City. From the moment she wakes up until she rests her weary head, her parents over schedule and manage her day. With Architecture, Piano, Book Club, French and Ballet classes overwhelming her, Alice has forgotten what it is like to be a child and simply play. Will her journey through Wonderland help her reclaim her childhood or is Alice destined to become an adult way before her time? Ages: Recommended for Ages 4 and up. Performances: Fri 7:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 7:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 05/25/08 Alice: End of Daze Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater La MaMa E.T.C. Annex, 66 East 4th Street ALICE: END OF DAZE explores the nature of time, visual perception and consciousness. Alice finds herself in a fast-paced world, venturing into places where past, present and future seemingly coexist. She encounters ancient Mayan beliefs under attack by Spanish missionaries, modern-day creationism, global warming theories, end-of-days scenarios, and a 19th-century photo shoot that turns into a harrowing wild-west firing squad taking aim directly at her head. ALICE: END OF DAZE is not appropriate for young children. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:30 pm Closes 05/11/08 Almost an Evening Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Bleecker Street Theatre, 45 Bleecker Street just East of Lafayette Street Running Time: 80 minutes with no intermission. Almost an Evening consists of 3 one-act plays: Waiting – Someone waits somewhere for quite some time. Four Benches – His voyage to self-discovery takes a British intelligence agent to steam baths in New York and Texas, and to park benches in the U.S. and U.K. Debate – Cosmic questions are taken up. Not much is learned. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 06/01/08 RUSH Altar Boyz Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New World Stages / Stage 4, 340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH Armor of Wills Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix UNDER St. Marks, 94 St Marks Place Kalib is bleeding to death and on the run from his Maker, but before he dies a few people want to talk to him. ARMOR OF WILLS is a heart-stopping race through a purgatorial landscape of loved ones and lost ones. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Closes 05/17/08 Attorney for the Damned Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues "Attorney for the Damned," a new rock musical, is a dark, biting, tragicomic peek at the criminally insane and the justice system that abuses them. Performances: Wed 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm Closes 06/04/08 August: Osage County Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 3 hours and 20 minutes, including 2 intermissions Performances: Tues 7:30 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Time Change: Sunday - June 15 @ 2pm RUSH SR Avenue Q Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with one intermission Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm, Sunday: Noon - 7pm. No advance sales 1/2 hour prior to curtain. Open Ended Run RUSH Billy Elliot Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission Based on the wildly successful feature film that captured hearts and minds worldwide, Billy Elliot is the funny, heartwarming tale of a young boy with a dream, and a feel-good celebration of his triumph against the odds. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Previews begin 10/01/08, Opening 11/13/08 Added Performance: Monday - October 27 @ 8pm, Monday - November 3 @ 8pm, Wednesday - November 5 @ 2pm, Monday - November 10 @ 8pm, Monday - November 24 @ 8pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Sunday - December 28 @ 8pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Tuesday - December 30 @ 2pm, Monday - June 1 @ 8pm, Friday - July 3 @ 2pm, Monday - November 23 @ 8pm Time Change: Thursday - November 13 @ 6:30pm (opening night), Tuesday - December 30 @ 8pm No Performance: Tuesday - October 7 @ 8pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Sunday - June 7 @ 3pm, Saturday - July 4 @ 8pm, Thursday - November 26 @ 8pm Beginning November 17: Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @ 8pm, Wednesday & Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday @ 3pm Blue Man Group: Tubes Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Astor Place Theatre, 434 Lafayette Street Running Time: 2 hours Open Ended Run Body Awareness Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Atlantic Stage 2, 330 West 16th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues In the world premiere of Annie Baker’s new comedy, it is “Body Awareness Week” at bucolic Shirley State College in Vermont, and all must go according to plan. But when photographer Frank Bonitatibus shows up with his passel of photographs of naked women, things start to go awry. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Previews begin 05/28/08, Opening 06/04/08, Closes 06/22/08 Boeing-Boeing Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Fasten your seatbelts for this new smash-hit production of the classic comedy Boeing-Boeing, which lands on Broadway following a critically-acclaimed run in London's West End! The hilarious story of a bachelor juggling three flight attendant fiancées. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Bordertown Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix 14th Street Theater, 344 East 14th Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues Accessible from the L train at 1st Avenue BORDERTOWN Come for the chaos. Stay for the pie. In a remote and run-down café, Fate brings nine disparate characters together as a tornado thunders in. But appearances are deceiving, and there is always something stranger hidden beneath. Gangsters, gamblers, waitresses, cops, the damnable and the Damned and maybe even God Himself meet in a dusty little diner on the Calexico border to find out the meanings of Fate and redemption. Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Closes 05/11/08 Boxed In: Two New Plays - Cornered & Transit Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Royal Theatre at The Producers Club, 358 West 44th Street A night of two one-acts: Cornered and Transit, two plays fighting against a stagnant country with 88-hour work weeks and $8.00 cups of coffee. It's enough to drive a person insane! Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 Brothers Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater La MaMa E.T.C. Annex, 66 East 4th Street Brothers is a world premiere multimedia theater work, inspired from a poem based on the Old Testament by La MaMa’s founder and artistic force Ellen Stewart. The riveting piece is adapted and directed by internationally acclaimed artist Andrea Paciotto who is partnering with the young independent theater company Jacavaz from Banja Luka, Bosnia. The score and video design are by Jan H. Klug, known for his creative fusing of music with visual imagery. Paciotto and Klug are longtime collaborators who have worked on numerous media arts performances, together exploring innovative ways of using technology in the arts. Performances: Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm, Sun 7:30 pm Closes 05/11/08 The Castle Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New World Stages / Stage 5, 340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission Four formerly incarcerated people tell their stories from childhood to prison to redemption. Performances: Sat 5:00 pm, Sun 5:00 pm Closes 06/29/08 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including two 12 minute intermissions Hyprocisy, greed and secret passions threaten to tear apart a wealthy, but dysfunctional Mississippi family in Tennessee Williams' stunning American masterpiece. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof searingly portrays the larger-than-life characters of Maggie "the Cat", her alcoholic husband, Brick, and the dominating family patriarch, Big Daddy. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH SR The Caucasian Chalk Circle Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker Street at Lafayette Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one 10 minute intermission Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle explores the complexities of wealth and ownership in a cross-cultural parable. In a war-torn village, plans are underway for a peaceful reconstruction. In celebration, a famous singer, with the help of the townspeople, performs an epic folktale that culminates in the story of The Caucasian Chalk Circle. The unlikely heroine of this winding tale is a simple maid who makes countless sacrifices to raise a child that is not her own. Through clever inversions and reversals, broad comedy, and liberal use of music and song, Brecht questions commonly accepted social mores and offers a hopeful alternative for a healthy society. Performances: Wed 7:00 pm, Th 7:00 pm, Fri 7:00 pm, Sat 7:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 05/11/08 Cherry Docs Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania WorkShop Theater, 312 West 36th Street, 4th floor, just west of 8th Avenue A Neo-Nazi Skinhead is on trial for a racially motivated murder and is being defended by a court appointed liberal Jewish lawyer. Over the course of the trial each man finds his belief system challenged as he is forced to delve into his own conscience and to reluctantly examine the limits of his own prejudices. Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 Chicago Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Ambassador Theatre, 215 West 49th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermision Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10AM - 8PM. Sunday: Noon - 6PM (open until curtain when there is a 7PM performance) Open Ended Run RUSH SR Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy Theatrical Event, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway at 53rd Street Running Time: 2 hours, including one 20 minute intermission In the ongoing tradition of extravagant touring shows, Neil Goldberg and Cirque Productions continue to blend European artistry with circus and Broadway theatrics in a dramatic fashion that transcends imagination and leaves its narration to the eyes of the beholder. Cirque Dreams' Jungle Fantasy is an exotic encounter inspired by nature’s unpredictable creations that are brought to life by an international cast of 25 soaring aerialists, spine-bending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians. The astounding feats performed in this action packed Cirque Dream are enhanced with over 150 spectacular costumes and set in a fantastical jungle ignited by striking visual effects. From the breathtaking aerial ballet of butterflies to the balancing giraffes, gigantic flowers and trees, this world-class explosion of athleticism, theatre and imagination is a Broadway first. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Previews begin 06/16/08, Opening 06/26/08, Closes 08/24/08 The Cocktail Hour Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Kirk Theater, Theatre Row Studios, 410 West 42nd Street at 9th Avenue In A.R. Gurney’s delightful play, a writer returns home to ask permission of his parents to produce a show that he has written about them. Over cocktails, the family rehashes old slights and reopens old wounds but, with unflagging humor, they look toward the future. Performances: Wed 7:00 pm, Th 7:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Previews begin 05/24/08, Opening 06/06/08, Closes 06/29/08 Colorful World Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania 78th Street Theatre Lab, 236 West 78th Street, between Amsterdam and Broadway In 1988, the world discovered a man who was indestructible, impervious to pain, and able to destroy a tank with his mind. In the early- to mid-nineties, a craze where vigilantes dressed up in flashy costumes and fought crime took the nation by storm. Now it's 2005. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are still standing. Hurricane Katrina has decimated New Orleans. The Iraq War is coming to a close. And several former costumed crimefighters realize their marks on the world are more akin to those of has-been rock stars. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Closes 05/31/08 The Country Girl Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) The first major New York production in more than thirty years, The Country Girl is a classic backstage story. The title character, Georgie (Frances McDormand), is married to actor Frank Elgin (Morgan Freeman), once a great theatre star, now down on his luck. When Frank is offered a major role by hotshot director Bernie Dodd (Peter Gallagher), he has the chance to make a major comeback. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Cry-Baby Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Marquis Theatre, 211 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 46th Street) Tickets go on sale to the general public Sunday, February 24; the box office opens Monday, February 25. Baltimore, 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker is the coolest boy in town. He's a bad boy with a good cause—truth, justice, and the pursuit of rock ‘n roll—and when he falls for a good girl who wants to be bad, her charm school world of bobby sox and barbershop quartets will never be the same. Wayward youth, juvenile delinquents, sexual repression, cool music, dirty lyrics, bizarre rejects...Finally, the 50’s come to life! For real this time! Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Open Ended Run Beginning the week of April 28, the playing schedule will be Tuesday at 7pm; Wednesday through Saturday at 8pm; with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. RUSH Curtains Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues) Running Time: 2 hours 40 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission 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. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 06/29/08 SR The Devil and Tom Walker Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Metropolitan Playhouse, in the Cornelia Connelly Center at 220 East Fourth Street (easternmost door) between Avenues A & B in the East Village Irving’s tale introduces a misanthropic New Englander to the Devil in 1787. Beelzebub has a bargain: a pirate’s fortune for Tom’s immortal soul. Tom is reluctant, but the Devil finds a demonically persuasive argument in the discrete elimination of Tom’s wife. Soon, our hero finds himself on the road to his riches as a model new American. He becomes a money-lender in Boston, and lives highest on the hog…but there are hidden costs to selling a soul. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 Eccentricities of a Nightingale Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Clurman Theater, 410 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues A sensuous story of longing and rebellion, Tennessee Williams' The Eccentricities of a Nightingale charts the delicate journey of Alma Winemiller, known as “the nightingale of the Delta,” who lives in her stifling parents’ home in a small-minded Southern town. Suppressed by her joyless father and ostracized by the community for her artistic temperament, she finds solace in her music — and in the secret lifelong love she has for the boy-next-door, turned handsome grown-up, Dr. John Buchanan. Driven by her desire for truth and beauty, Miss Alma finally confesses her longing to John and what emerges is one of the theatre’s most startlingly modern and complex love stories. Performances: Mon 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/24/08 Equus Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Written by two-time Tony Award-winning playwright Peter Shaffer, Equus is the powerful and provocative story of a stable boy and the psychiatrist who tries to unravel the religious and sexual mystery that ensues when the troubled teenager blinds six horses in his care. Daniel Radcliffe, the young, international star of the popular Harry Potter films, plays the stable boy and Richard Griffiths, the Tony Award-winning actor who is also a featured character in the Potter films, plays the psychiatrist. This eagerly-anticipated production will be the first Broadway revival of Equus, which won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1975. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Previews begin 09/05/08, Opening 09/25/08 Beginning September 29: Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @ 8pm, Wednesday & Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday @ 3pm Added Performance: Friday - November 29 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Friday - December 26 @ 2pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm Time Change: Thursday - September 25 @ 6:45pm (opening night) No Performance: Saturday - September 6 @ 2pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm F*ck Me, B*at Me, L*ve Me Play, Off-Broadway Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues “F*ck Me, B*at Me, L*ve Me” is the story of Travis and Tommy, a gay couple, and how they confuse their own personal problems with the problems in their relationship. Travis uses Sam, their paperboy, to work out his frustrations. Tommy seeks escape with Max, his outside lover. All four are seeking a connection with another human being, as they use sex to make that connection. This is used as a way to express desire, to gain control, to relinquish responsibility, and even as a way of keeping the person they care for the most at a distance. It examines the differences between sex and intimacy, and what happens when allowing others to define our identities, and how what we want is often very different from what we need. For Information & Reservations 917-224-0071 Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Closes 05/24/08 Fever Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Dionysus Theater's L'il Peach, 270 West 36th Street, 2nd Floor, on the South East corner of 8th Avenue FEVER is about the battle between good and evil for the soul of mankind. Loosely based on a classic by Sophocles, FEVER tells the story of two legendary Generals who clash in a desperate struggle to win the soul and affections of a young man while determining whether the fate of all mankind will continue in light and truth or wither in darkness and deception. "When you hear that an entire nation has mountains of dead men, you know Atrox is walking through their lands with blood dripping from the end of his sword." Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Opening 05/21/08, Closes 07/05/08 The Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle East Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street THE FEVER CHART: THREE VISIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST uses muscular and poetic writing to find beauty in the unimaginable, and explores political tensions by grounding them in the human issues of love, life, and death. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 05/11/08 The Fifth Column Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Mint Theatre, 311 West 43rd Street., between 8th and 9th Avenue The Fifth Column is the dramatic, sexy and surprisingly funny story of the private and political passions of Philip Rawlings, a counter-espionage agent working for the Republic during the Spanish Civil War. At the heart of the play is a romance between Rawlings and Dorothy Bridges, a journalist in over her head professionally and head-over-her-heels personally. Against a backdrop of treachery and danger, Dorothy and Philip take solace in each other’s arms and dream of peace—a dream that threatens Rawlings’s commitment to the cause. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 7:00 pm, Th 7:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening Revue, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge 47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues) Running Time: 97 minutes, with one 15 minute intermission Forbidden Broadway will be on hiatus from March 25 - June 27! Performances: Mon 8:15 pm, Tues 8:15 pm, Wed 2:30 pm, Fri 8:15 pm, Sat 4:00 pm, Sat 8:15 pm, Sun 3:30 pm, Sun 7:30 pm Open Ended Run RUSH Forbidden City West Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th “Forbidden City West” is an original musical on 100 years of Chinese-American Experience through the life and times of legendary entertainer Jadin Wong. In 1940, she was featured in Life Magazine as the exotic star of the night club, The Forbidden City, in San Francisco. And into her 90’s, she still headed her own talent agency for Asian performing artists in upper Manhattan. Married to the Broadway producer, Eddie Dowling, in the 1960s, Wong was dubbed 'the most photographed Chinese girl in the U.S.', her black and white photos with such Hollywood luminaries as Welles, Crosby, Powell, Hope, etc. graced numerous pages. Wong helped to create and popularize the 'dragon lady' image of the Chinese female in a long, tight gown, slits thigh high, and chopsticks in her hair--an image that became a fixation in the public imagination in the West. Wong's colorful life includes: jumping off a small military plane over the Black Forest, being found and brought to safety a few hours later, then going on stage to entertain two thousand American G.I.s in Austria; running away from home at age 14 to take dancing lessons; creating the 'dragon lady' image with the aid of her English dance teacher; and trying to restart her career as a stand-up comic. The fiesty young woman proved to be a peerless survivor, outlasting three husbands and braving the male-orientated Chinese community that condemned and ignored her, continuing to dispense advice today to scores of young Asian actors who are gradually gaining visibility. The musical is intercut with the dramantic changes in China as well as some of the refelctions and dreams of living here in the US. Performances: Wed 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 7:30 pm Previews begin 06/14/08, Opening 06/18/08, Closes 07/02/08 Special performances Sunday 6/15 at 3:00 pm and Tuesday 7/1 at 7:30 pm. There is no Sunday 6/15 7:30 pm performance. The Four of Us Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center Stage II, 131 West 55th Street at NY City Center (Between 6th and 7th Avenue) When Benjamin's (Banner) first novel vaults him into literary stardom, his friend David (Esper), a struggling playwright, is thrilled for his newfound success...or is he? Should Benjamin help David by using his new connections? Can David even expect such favors from his friend? And, most importantly, who should pay for lunch? THE FOUR OF US is a poignant new play about friendship and memory, the gap between our stories and our lives, and what happens when your dreams come true – for your best friend. Performances: Tues 7:30 pm, Wed 2:30 pm, Wed 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 2:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm Closes 05/18/08 RUSH From Up Here Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I at City Center, 131 West 55th Street at NY City Center (Between 6th and 7th Avenue) In FROM UP HERE, Kenny Barrett did something that has his mother and everyone around him worried. He wishes he could just make it through the rest of his senior year unnoticed, but that’s going to be hard since he has to publicly apologize to his entire high school. At home, his family is struggling with second marriages, surprise visits, school dances and forgotten dry cleaning. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Closes 06/08/08 Fuerzabruta Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Daryl Roth Theatre, 101 East 15th Street at 20 Union Square East, between 15th and 16th Streets Running Time: 65 minutes, with no intermission The show is general admission. Patrons will stand for the length of the show. Dress Casual. Strobe Light effects are used. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Fri 10:30 pm, Sat 7:00 pm, Sat 10:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 06/29/08 God's Ear Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15 Street GOD'S EAR -- which The Vineyard will present in association with New Georges -- is a compelling and moving new play about a young couple struggling through their relationship after the loss of their child. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 Grease Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street NO RUSH, NO SRO Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH Gypsy Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission Patti LuPone makes theater history in the quintessential American musical. Curtain up! Light the lights! Be there as Broadway’s leading lady takes on its greatest role, in this new production staged by the show’s author himself: theater legend Arthur Laurents. These two mega-talents join forces, and the result is “as close to perfection as anything you’ll see.” (New York Daily News). Everything’s coming up roses at last, as Broadway’s powerhouse performer takes on the role she was born to play. Tickets are currently on sale to American Express Cardholders only. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on January 26. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run SR Hairspray Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes, with one intermission Hairspray now offers the ShowTrans system for foreign-speaking audience members in the following languages: French, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 1:30 pm, Sun 6:30 pm Box Office Hours: Mon - Sat: 10:00am - 8:00pm Sunday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Open Ended Run RUSH SR Honor Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Hudson Guild Theatre, 441 West 26th Street between 9th and 10th Accessible from the E train at 23rd Street Prospect Theater Company presents a new musical by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, Honor. It's described as Shakespeare's As You Like It transplanted to feudal Japan. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 I Love You, You're Perfect ... Now Change Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Westside Theatre, 407 West 43rd Street Running Time: 2 hours Performances: Mon 7:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:30 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 4:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH ijk Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater New Victory Theater, 209 West 42nd Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Cleverly named for the three vectors of volume -- height, width and depth, or in French, “un instant de jonglage en kit,” ijk takes math and physics and turns them into theatrical alchemy. A balancing act of light and dark, small and large, sound and silence, ijk unites patterns and rhythms to create a mesmerizing landscape that defies linear logic. Playfully mixing surprising situations and fanciful forms, ijk is an unpredictable blend of circus juggling, abstract art, absurdist humor and lighthearted fun. Performance Schedule Friday 5/16 7 pm Saturday 5/17 2 pm and 7 pm Sunday 5/18 12 pm and 5 pm Friday 5/23 7 pm (Talk-back following show; sign-interpreted performance) Saturday 5/24 2 pm and 7 pm Sunday 5/25 12 pm and 5 pm Friday 5/30 7 pm (Talk-back following show) Saturday 5/31 2 pm and 7 pm Sunday 6/1 12 pm and 5 pm Best for ages 6 to adult. Opening 05/16/08, Closes 06/01/08 In the Heights Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Winner of the 2007 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, IN THE HEIGHTS is a new musical about three days in the life of Washington Heights, a vibrant and tight knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. It's 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. Created by a team of New York's freshest young talents, IN THE HEIGHTS is the tale of a community at a crossroads. Find out what it takes to make a living, what it costs to have a dream, and what it means to be home IN THE HEIGHTS. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New World Stages / Stage 1, 340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues Running Time: 2 hours, including one 15 minute intermission No election year would be complete without the irascible, irreplaceable and incomparable Jackie Mason – who brings his 8th and final one-man comedy tour de force, Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew, to New World Stages, for a limited run. Long passionate about politics, Jackie Mason is well known for his tough and outspoken position on a variety of issues. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 06/29/08 Added Performance: Wednesday - March 26 @ 2pm, Wednesday - April 9 @ 2pm, Wednesday - April 23 @ 2pm, Monday - May 5 @ 8pm No Performance: Wednesday - May 7 @ 8pm, Thursday - May 8 @ 8pm, Friday - May 9 @ 8pm Jersey Boys Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge August Wilson Theatre, 245 West 52nd Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with one 15 minute intermission. 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 51; all before they were thirty. Tickets to JERSEY BOYS go on sale beginning September 10. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm, Sunday: Noon - 6pm Open Ended Run RUSH SR John Lithgow: Stories by Heart Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Mitzi E. NewhouseTheatre at Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam) Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes with no intermission In Stories by Heart John Lithgow invokes memories of three generations of his family history while tracing his own life as an actor and storyteller. Mr. Lithgow tells of reading P.G. Wodehouse to his father when he was gravely ill - the same story his father had read to him 50 years before (a jazzy tour-de-force, he plays 9 characters!) It rallied the old man's failing spirits and in the sound of his father's laughter, Mr. Lithgow discovered the healing power of storytelling - and so will audiences through this funny and touching performance. Performances: Mon 7:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm In Previews, Opening 05/12/08, Closes 06/02/08 Legally Blonde Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway (Between 46th and 47th Streets) Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone "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. Performances: Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH Les Liaisons Dangereuses Play, Broadway Tickets at Roundabout American Airlines Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues) Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Closes 07/06/08 Special 7pm curtains June 3 - 13. No Performance on Friday, July 4. Special Sunday Eve July 6 at 7:30PM RUSH The Lion King Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Minskoff Theatre, 200 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes, with one intermission Performances: Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 1:00 pm, Sun 6:30 pm Open Ended Run The Little Mermaid Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run SR Macbeth Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 6th Avenue) Running Time: 3 hours, including one 15 minute intermission Tickets are currently on sale to American Express Cardholders only. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on March 22. In one of Shakespeare’s greatest dramas, Patrick Stewart plays Macbeth—a man utterly determined to obtain the royal crown. Aided by his even more ambitious and ruthless wife, Macbeth murders the king and a comrade only to lose everything by the play’s end. In his New York debut, Rupert Goold takes inspiration from Stalin’s Great Terror and directs this psychological and chilling tragedy in a stark, austere production that places Macbeth in a timeless, nameless, and lawless country. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/24/08 No Performance: Wednesday - April 9 @ 2pm, Wednesday - April 23 @ 2pm, Wednesday - May 7 @ 2pm RUSH Mamma Mia! Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Cadillac Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway (Between West 50th and 51st Streets) Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission Performances: Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Box Office Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm Sunday: Noon - 7pm Open Ended Run RUSH SR Marathon 2008 Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania Ensemble Studio Theatre (E.S.T.), 549 West 52nd Street (Between 10th and 11th Avenue) MARATHON 2008 offers fifteen World Premieres of one-act plays in three separate evenings. The three series will run in rotating repertory (a detailed schedule of the series follows below). SERIES A “An Upset" by David Auburn" Directed by Harris Yulin* "Christmas Present" by Amy Herzog Directed by RJ Tolan* "A Little Soul-Searching" by Willie Reale*, music by Patrick Barnes, Directed by Evan Cabnet "Tostitos" by Michael John Garcés Directed by May Adrales "Wedding Pictures" by Quincy Long* Directed by Kathleen Dimmick Thursday, May 8 at 7pm Friday, May 9 at 7pm Saturday, May 10 at 2pm Saturday, May 10 at 7pm Sunday, May 11 at 7pm Monday, May 12 at 7pm Thursday, May 15 at 7pm Friday, May 16 at 7pm Saturday, May 17 at 2pm Saturday, May 17 at 7pm Sunday, May 18 at 7pm Monday, May 19 at 7pm Sunday, May 25 at 2pm Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm Friday, May 30 at 7pm Saturday, May 31 at 2pm SERIES B "The Great War" by Neil LaBute Directed by Andrew McCarthy* "Okay" by Taylor Mac "Happy Birthday William Abernathy" by Lloyd Suh* "Ideogram" by David Zellnik* Directed by Abigail Zealy Bess* "October/November" by Anne Washburn Friday, May 23 at 7pm Saturday, May 24 at 2pm Saturday, May 24 at 7pm Sunday, May 25 at 7pm Thursday, May 29 at 7pm Saturday, May 31 at 7pm Sunday, June 1 at 7pm Monday, June 2 at 7pm Sunday, June 8 at 2pm Wednesday, June 11 at 7pm Friday, June 13 at 7pm Saturday, June 14 at 7pm Sunday, June 15 at 2pm Monday, June 16 at 7pm Wednesday, June 18 at 7pm Friday, June 20 at 7pm SERIES C: "In Between Songs" by Lewis Black* "Japanoir" by Michael Feingold "Piscary" by Frank D. Gilroy* "Flowers" by José Rivera* "A Very Very Short Play" by Jacquelyn Reingold* Directed by Jonathan Bernstein Friday, June 6 at 7pm Saturday, June 7 at 2pm Saturday, June 7 at 7pm Sunday, June 8 at 7pm Monday, June 9 at 7pm Thursday, June 12 at 7pm Saturday, June 14 at 2pm Sunday, June 15 at 7pm Thursday, June 19 at 7pm Saturday, June 21 at 2pm Saturday. June 21 at 7pm Sunday, June 22 at 2pm Monday, June 23 at 7pm Thursday, June 26 at 7pm Friday, June 27 at 7pm Saturday, June 28 at 7pm * Indicates Ensemble Studio Theatre member artist Closes 06/28/08 Mark Twain's Blues Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15th Street (At 20 Union Square East) Running Time: 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission Mark Twain's Blues is a play with music reimagining a different ending for Huck Finn, with Huck, Jim and Mark Twain himself. Performances: Wed 4:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 4:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 4:00 pm Closes 05/11/08 The Marriage of Bette and Boo Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Roundabout Roundabout Theatre Company Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th Street (Between 6th and 7th Avenue) The Marriage of Bette and Boo is a dark comedy that takes a look at the complex marriage of Bette and Boo. Three decades of marriage, divorce, alcoholism, nervous breakdowns and death - all blended in a unique mix of irony, humor and farce - are played out in 33 quick scenes. Performances: Tues 7:30 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Previews begin 06/12/08, Opening 07/10/08, Closes 09/07/08 Special Sunday Eve performance June 15 at 7:30PM. Special Monday Evening performance June 30 at 7:30PM. No performance Friday, July 4. Mary Poppins Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster New Amsterdam Theatre, 214 West 42nd Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenue) Performances: Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 1:00 pm, Sun 6:30 pm Open Ended Run Me Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street between Spring & Broome Subways: C (Spring Street), R (Prince Street), 6 (Spring Street) and B, D, F ,V (Broadway-Lafayette). Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4 Wed - Sat, May 7 - 10 Tue - Sat, May 13 - 17 Tue - Sat, May 20 - 24 All performances at 8PM Closes 05/24/08 My First Time Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New World Stages / Stage 5, 340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission May be inappropriate for 17 and under. (This play tells true stories of real people and when, where, and why they lost their virginity, therefore parental discretion is advised. However, the Producers would like you to know that the average person’s first sexual experience in the US is 15.8. Minimal graphic language and no nudity.) Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.) Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Open Ended Run Naked Boys Singing! Revue, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge 47th Street Theatre, 304 West 47th Street (Between 8th and 9th Avenues) Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission Performances: Fri 10:30 pm, Sat 6:00 pm, Sat 10:30 pm Open Ended Run The New Century Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Mitzi E. NewhouseTheatre at Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam) Set in NYC in the present day, THE NEW CENTURY is an outrageous comedy that raises provocative questions not easily answered. Starring Peter Bartlett, Mike Doyle, Jayne Houdyshell, Linda Lavin and Christy Pusz as delicious and distraught people colliding under surprising and comical circumstances, Paul Rudnick's newest work provides evidence of just where our new century might be heading. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 06/08/08 November Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours, with one intermission Set just days before a presidential election, November, a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Mamet, involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions. Starring Nathan Lane as President Charles Smith and Laurie Metcalf as presidential aide Clarice Bernstein, November will reunite Mamet with Tony Award-winning director Joe Mantello, with whom Mamet collaborated on the Tony Award-winning revival of Glengarry Glen Ross. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Edward Albee's Occupant Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street (Between 10th & 11th Avenue) Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm In Previews, Opening 06/05/08, Closes 07/06/08 Passing Strange Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 6th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 10 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission With a score that has some of the most tuneful, soulful rock songs, and witty, thought-provoking lyrics in recent memory, Passing Strange is the moving and hilarious tale of a young black bohemian on a journey of escape and exploration: leaving the confines of his middle-class, church-reared youth in south central L.A., the further he travels the more he discovers the journey within is the one that counts. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH SR Past Half Remembered Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Duke On 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues) The New Victory Theater presents the New York premiere of Past Half Remembered, an extraordinary tale in which a band of six madcap actors-cum-musicians put down their instruments long enough to unravel the story of Maria, a 100-year old woman who survived a century of turmoil in Russia. Performance Schedule Friday 5/9 7 pm * Saturday 5/10 2 pm and 7 pm Sunday 5/11 3 pm Friday 5/16 7 pm Saturday 5/17 2 pm * and 7 pm Sunday 5/18 3 pm # Saturday 5/24 3 pm Sunday 5/25 3 pm * = Talk Back with performers # = Sign-interpreted performance Closes 05/25/08 The Phantom of the Opera Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Majestic Theatre, 245 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, with one intermission Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Box Office Hours: Monday-Saturday: 10am - 8pm Sunday: Noon - 6pm Open Ended Run SR Pinkalicious, The Musical Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New World Stages / Stage 5, 340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues Running Time: Approximately 55 minutes, with no intermission Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe - a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can figure out a way to get out of this predicament. Closes 05/25/08 Port Authority Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Atlantic Theater Company at The Linda Gross Theater, 336 West 20th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues Set against the backdrop of contemporary Dublin, PORT AUTHORITY weaves the stories of three generations of Irishmen as they experience loss, failure and the elusiveness of love as Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, Shining City,The Weir) exposes the heart of the common man with his customary wit and compassion. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm In Previews, Opening 05/21/08, Closes 06/22/08 Prisoner of The Crown Play, Off-Broadway Irish Repertory Theater, 132 West 22nd Street PRISONER OF THE CROWN, a broad and bitter indictment of judicial abuse, is the riveting story of the trial of Sir Roger Casement, an Irish patriot and one of the world's great humanitarians. A few short years after being knighted, Casement was sentenced to be hanged for treason in what was called, "The Trial of the Century." The sensational trial was tainted by the presence of the "Black Diaries," --an alleged explicit account of Casement's promiscuous homosexual lifestyle. Were the diaries real? Or, were they, as many believed, forged by the crown forces determined that he pay the ultimate price for his role in the Easter, 1916 uprising? The play, set in the jury room of the Old Bailey and in the minds of the jury, features 49 characters and paints a captivating picture of heroism, passion, and manipulative deception. TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased by calling The Irish Repertory Theatre Box Office at 212.727.2737. Performances: Wed 3:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Previews begin 05/14/08, Opening 05/22/08, Closes 07/06/08 Rafta, Rafta Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Acorn Theatre, 410 West 42nd Street Rafta, Rafta is a humorous tale of close-knit Indian family life in Britain. After their wedding feast, two nervous newlyweds are ready for some privacy, but the groom’s father doesn’t want the party to end and his brother won’t let them be. Before long, the groom and his new bride begin to realize that having a honeymoon in his parents’ house is not the ideal recipe for romance. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Closes 06/07/08 reasons to be pretty Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street (Between Bleecker and Bedford Streets) America’s obsession with physical beauty is confronted headlong in this brutal and exhilarating new play. In reasons to be pretty, Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his off-handed remarks about a female co-worker’s pretty face (and his girlfriend’s lack thereof) get back to said girlfriend. But that’s just the beginning. Greg’s best buddy Kent, and Kent’s wife Carly also enter into the picture and the emotional equation becomes exponentially more complicated. As their relationship crumbles, their friends are pulled into the fray and all are forced to confront a sea of deceit, infidelity and betrayed trust in their journey to answer that oh-so-American question: How much is pretty worth? Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 7:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Previews begin 05/14/08, Opening 06/02/08, Closes 07/05/08 Wed matinees 6/25 and 7/2 at 2pm, Mon 6/30 at 7pm Rent Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st Street (Between 7th and 8th Avenues) Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes, with one intermission Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Box Office Hours: Mon - Sat: 10:00am - 8:00pm Sunday: 12:00pm - 7:00pm Closes 09/07/08 RUSH SR Running Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania Michael Weller Theatre, 311 West 43 Street, 6th Floor Three gay men, a widow, and a funeral set the stage to answer the questions - can we escape our past? What happens when we have to confront the lies we tell ourselves? Running not only tackles the issue of coming out about ones sexuality, but also what everyone must face when confronting the truth about ourselves. Performances: Wed 7:00 pm, Th 7:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sun 6:00 pm Closes 05/17/08 Secrets of a Soccer Mom Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Snapple Theater, 210 West 50th Street In the play, three women leave their traditional spot on the sidelines to play in the annual mother-son soccer game. This ordinary day becomes extraordinary as the competition ignites their fierce desire to recapture their spirit, humor, and passion. Secrets of a Soccer Mom takes a look at a part of life that is rarely explored on stage. It speaks to everyone, no matter age or gender, in attempting to answer that age old question: how in the world did I wind up here? Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Wed 11:00 am, Th 11:00 am, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run The Set Up Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania Arclight Theatre, 152 West 71st Street Terminally single thirty-somethings experience a train wreck of a blind date that suddenly derails their matchmaker/friends’ marriage. Even an auspicious second encounter leaves cupid stymied, so the matchmakers must reunite for one last ‘set up.’ Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/22/08 Shrek Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway at 53rd Street This fall, the most beloved swamp-dwelling ogre of all time will make his Broadway debut in Shrek the Musical. Previews begin 11/08/08, Opening 12/14/08 The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street (Between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 South Pacific Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 150 West 65th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam) Running Time: 3 hours, with one intermission. The landmark musical’s first Broadway revival ever! The curtain rang down on Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific in 1954 after five years of extraordinary acclaim and countless awards including nine Tonys and a Pulitzer. Considered by many the finest musical ever written, the songs include “Some Enchanted Evening,” “Younger than Springtime,” “Bali Ha’ i,” “Nothing like a Dame” and “A Wonderful Guy.” Bartlett Sher directs the new production with two-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara as Nellie Forbush and acclaimed Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot in his Broadway debut as Emile De Becque. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Spamalot Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Shubert Theatre, 225 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes, with one intermission Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm Sunday: Noon - 6pm Open Ended Run SR Spring Awakening Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 230 West 49th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, including one 20 minute intermission. Adapted from Frank Wedekind's play of the same name, with an acclaimed musical score by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, book by Steven Sater and direction by three time Drama Desk Award winner Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening boldly depicts how a dozen young people make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual awakening. On-Stage Seating - Each performance, 26 seats are available which offer an exciting and unique way to experience the performance with the action of the show taking place all around you. On-Stage seats are available for purchase through Telecharge or at the box office at a price of $31.25. Tickets can be purchased day-of or IN ADVANCE. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH SR Steve & Idi Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Rattlestick Theatre, 224 Waverly Place Steve's life is spinning out of control. His work is going nowhere, his lover dumps him, his friendships are strained and, as if that's not enough, the ghost of General Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator, bursts through his window with a very strange demand. Steve & Idi was developed at the Sundance Theatre Lab and is the first play from Rattlestick’s “DirtyWorks” reading series to have a full production. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/24/08 Stomp Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Orpheum Theatre, 126 Second Avenue at 9th Street Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission Schedule and Tickets: 212.477.2477 Open Ended Run Straight Up with a Twist Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, just south of W. 3rd Street Running Time: 75 minutes, with no intermission This award-winning comedy takes a look at one family, as they try to figure out who this straight guy is who says; “Don’t call my house during the football game that’s when I vacuum!” Paul Stroili portrays his Mother, Father, Brother, Grandmother and a host of other characters who struggle to understand a straight guy who can’t work power tools, but can perfectly fold a fitted sheet. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Open Ended Run Street Dreams: The Inner City Musical Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania ATA Theatre, 314 West 54th Street Street Dreams: The Inner City Musical follows life on a block in an un-named American city. It was the brain child of Tom O’Horgan, known for his shows Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Lenny. Performances: Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/18/08 Stretch (a fantasia) Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix The Living Theater, 21 Clinton Street between E. Houston and Stanton Streets "STRETCH" imagines the final days of Rose Mary Woods, Richard M. Nixon's longtime loyal secretary, as she observes the presidential election of 2004 from her Alliance, Ohio nursing home. She connects the past with the present while thinking about power, loyalty, and lying. Closes 05/26/08 Sunday in the Park with George Musical, Broadway Tickets at Roundabout Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 40 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission London's Menier Chocolate Factory's Olivier Award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical now comes to Broadway. Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell will reprise their Olivier Award-winning performances as George and Dot. A timeless love story inspired by the life of painter George Seurat and his masterpiece Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, this stunning production recreates the world of the painting with breathtaking animated design. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Closes 06/29/08 RUSH Sunrise at the Quarry Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania Payan Theater at the Roy Arias Studios and Theatres, 300 West 43rd Street at 8th Avenue Sunrise at the Quarry is an evocative collaborative effort between the members of Black Door Theatre Company and playwright Nick Sanzo. Sunrise at the Quarry was conceived out of a series of improvisations (improvs) created by the members of Black Door Theatre Company . Half-way through the process playwright Nick Sanzo was brought on board to help translate these improvs into a story fit for the stage. The end result of this collaborative effort is a rich and vibrant story. Following the lives of five friends through high school into their late twenties Sunrise at the Quarry represents a unique approach to a traditional medium. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/11/08 Three On A Couch Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street (6th Ave & Varick / 7th Avenue) Running Time: 90 minutes Commedia meets film noir in this comedy about art, ego, obsession ...and sticky fruit. A famous writer obsessed with reputation fakes his death in order to read his own obituaries. His shrink knows what's going on, but can't tell anyone, not even the writer's wife. But she's soon on his trail, as his "death" ignites a chain of outrageous events. Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Previews begin 05/29/08, Opening 06/08/08, Closes 06/22/08 Thurgood Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Time Change: Wednesday - April 30 @ 6:30pm (opening night) No Performance: Wednesday - April 30 @ 2pm SR [title of show] Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 6th Avenue) Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission Entire original cast to star in the musical that The New York Times praised as, "A postmodern homage to the grand tradition of backstage musicals like Babes in Arms, Kiss Me Kate and A Chorus Line.'" [title of show] takes a thoroughly unique and comical look at the pleasures and perils of the artistic process of creating a new musical. Now with Broadway as their destination, the cast face mounting pressures and deadlines, and are nearly thrown off-track by disagreements, day jobs and insecurities as this funny and unforgettable look at how a musical is brought to life itself comes to life on the Great White Way. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Previews begin 07/05/08, Opening 07/17/08 Added Performance: Wednesday - November 5 @ 8pm Time Change: Thursday - November 17 @ 7pm (opening night) No Performance: Saturday - July 5 @ 3pm, Tuesday - November 4 @ 8pm Top Girls Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Biltmore Theatre, 261 West 47th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) 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? This bold and ingenious work from the singularly talented author of Far Away and Cloud Nine offers one of the theatre's most honest portraits of what it means to be a woman in the modern world. Closes 06/22/08 RUSH Two Rooms Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street between Lafayette and Bowery In Lee Blessing's TWO ROOMS, a single playing space serves as window onto the separate lives of captive and spouse in their attempts to reconnect with one another, and as well as a setting for the wife's conversations with an exploitive, ambitious young reporter in search of an exclusive and a emotionally detached representative from the State Department. Eventually, a frustrated and distraught Lainie, exhausted from "keeping hope alive," talks to the press -- with catastrophic results. Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm In Previews, Opening 05/11/08, Closes 05/31/08 Welcome Home, Marian Anderson Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th Street Welcome Home, Marian Anderson, a new three-actor play with music about the famed American singer who overcame racial prejudice. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Previews begin 05/13/08, Opening 05/16/08, Closes 05/25/08 White Widow Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Roy Arias Theatre, 300 West 43rd Street White Widow, A Sicilian Musical Passion opens in a remote village in modern day Sicily. Villagers surround a man, kneeling, begging for his life. The villagers stone him to death. A reporter, Nesti, is sent by his newspaper up "North" to investigate why this barbaric, 'biblical', custom can still take place in modern Sicily. The villagers, ruled by Don Rosario, are silent. The reason for the stoning is finally, and shockingly, uncovered. "White Widow", in marked contrast to the normal expectation of a woman in mourning dressing in black, is also set against an unusual love story. Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 05/25/08 Wicked Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Gershwin Theatre, 222 West 51st Street Running Time: 2 hours 45 minutes, with one intermission Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Box Office Hours: Mon - Sat: 10:00am - 8:00pm Sunday: 12:00pm - 6:00pm Open Ended Run RUSH The Wild, Wild Women of Wakky-Nunu Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Red Room, 85 East 4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, 3rd floor – No Wheelchair access There is a legend spoken of in hushed whispers amongst connoisseurs of mystery, adventure, and fine living… a legend of an island paradise inhabited solely by a tribe of powerful and beautiful women… Amazons! Deep in the forbidden tropics they reside and conquer, their existence a closely guarded secret, their location an inscrutable mystery! It is this legend that spurs an over-the-hill actor-turned-nature-show-host and his beleaguered, put-upon sidekick to their greatest adventure yet! Aided by a sexy young starlet hungry for fame and fortune and a young photographer with a chip on her shoulder and nothing left to lose, their journey begins – only to be cut short by plane trouble and catastrophe! Now, the womanizing Jake Manley is about to learn that you should be careful what you wish for, when he finally encounters… THE WILD, WILD WOMEN OF WAKKY-NUNU! Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Sun 8:00 pm Opening 05/11/08, Closes 06/03/08 Wintuk Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Theater at Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza CIRQUE DU SOLEIL RETURNS TO NEW YORK WITH THE MUST-SEE FAMILY SHOW OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON Performances: Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 7:30 pm, Th 2:00 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 2:00 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 11:00 am, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 7:00 pm, Sun 11:00 am, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Opening 10/30/08, Closes 01/04/09 Xanadu Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission Descending from the heavens is this spoof of the 1980 Olivia Newton-John movie-musical, about Kira, a Greek muse sent to Earth to inspire mortals. NO RUSH, NO SRO Stage Seating: A limited number of stage seats sold at Box Office and online at Telecharge.com only. $41.25 each. General admission. Seating on first come, first serve basis. On-stage seating offers a rear-view of the performance, with the action of the show taking place right in front of you. Please note that some aspects of the action may be obstructed. You must arrive at the theatre early enough to be seated before the performance begins or you will forfeit your on-stage seat. There is NO LATE SEATING for on-stage ticket holders. If you arrive late, you will only be seated at the discretion of management, if there are available seats. Since there is no standing room at the Helen Hayes Theatre, if there are no seats available, you will forfeit your seat and can only return to another performance if you purchase a new ticket. All personal items must be placed in the small (18 x 18 x 18) designated space beneath your seat prior to the start of the performance in order to keep the on-stage seating area and pathways clear. For artistic reasons, you will not receive the complimentary Playbill until the END of the performance. Because you are on-stage with the performers, absolutely NO electronic equipment, cell-phones, cameras, pagers, or PDAs will be allowed in your possession while you are seated. They must be turned off and stowed beneath your seat and you cannot access them until the performance is over and the house lights are on. No exceptions. Patrons must be at least 10 years old. Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Young Frankenstein Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Hilton Theatre, 213 West 42nd Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Dark Broadway Theaters Circle in the Square |
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