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| 13 The Musical Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Jacobs Theatre, 242 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission Geek. Poser. Jock. Beauty Queen. Wannabe. These are the labels that can last a lifetime -- and this new musical from Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown is already being labeled as the most original show of the season. 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 Open Ended Run Added Performance: Wednesday - October 15 @ 2pm, Tuesday - November 26 @ 2pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 7pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Tuesday - December 30 @ 2pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm Time Change: Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 8pm No Performance: Wednesday - October 15 @ 7pm, Sunday - November 3- @ 7pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 7pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 7pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 7pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 7pm RUSH SR 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 Accent on Youth Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Samuel J. Friedman Theatre / Biltmore Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue David Hyde Pierce heads the cast in this rollicking salute to love's possibilities, both on stage and off. Successful playwright Stephen Gaye (Pierce) is about to abandon his latest script, when his young secretary offers him new inspiration. With her as his muse, he stages the show on Broadway, only to learn, to his dismay, that the show's young leading man is being inspired by her too. In this fresh look at Samson Raphaelson’s brilliantly clever comedy, the Tony Award-winning actor of Curtains and Monty Python’s Spamalot returns to MTC under the direction of Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan (MTC’s Proof and Rabbit Hole). 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 Previews begin 04/07/09, Opening 04/29/09, Closes 06/28/09 Beginning May 4: Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday @ 2pm & 8pm, Thursday & Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 2pm Dates & Times Exceptions Time Change: Wednesday - April 29 @ 6:45pm (opening night), Wednesday - May 20 @ 1pm No Performance: Saturday - April 11 @ 2pm Aliens with Extraordinary Skills Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Julia Miles Theater, 424 West 55th Street between 9th & 10 Avenues Running Time: 2 hours, with one intermission Internationally acclaimed Romanian-American playwright, poet, and journalist Saviana Stanescu brings us a dark comedy about a clown from the unhappiest country in the world, Moldova, who pins her hopes on a US work visa by creating balloon animals. Chased by Homeland Security, a deportation letter deflates her enthusiasm, and a pair of spike heels might be all it takes to burst her American Dream. This world premiere production will be directed by award-winning theater artist and Bosnian emigre Tea Alagic. Performances: Mon 7:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 10/26/08 Added Performance: Sunday - October 12 @ 7pm, Saturday - October 25 @ 3pm RUSH All My Sons Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Joe and Kate Keller lost their eldest son three years ago in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their only surviving son, has fallen in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann, and brings her to the Keller home to tell his parents of their new relationship and their plans to marry. In the confrontation that follows, cracks begin to appear in everyone's stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all. Don’t miss this strictly limited engagement of Arthur Miller's thought-provoking play about the American dream, and the price we pay to keep it alive. 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 In Previews, Opening 10/16/08 Added Performance: Monday - November 24 @ 8pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Sunday - December 28 @ 7:30pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm Time Change: Thursday - October 16 @ 6:45pm (opening night), Sunday - December 28 @ 2pm No Performance: Wednesday - November 26 @ 8pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm RUSH SR 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 American Buffalo Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 6th Avenue) Running Time: Approximately 2 hours 15 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission In David Mamet's classic American comedic drama American Buffalo, three small-time crooks, fancying themselves businessmen, wax philosophically about society while conspiring to steal a rare and valuable coin from a neighborhood collector. 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 Previews begin 10/31/08, Opening 11/17/08 Added Performance: Monday - November 17 @ 6:30pm, Friday - November 28 @ 3pm No Performance: Tuesday - November 18 @ 7pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm The American Plan Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Samuel J. Friedman Theatre / Biltmore Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue A tentative courtship unfolds at a Catskills summer resort in the 1960's. This exciting new look at an acclaimed play is from the Tony Award® winning author of Take Me Out. 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 Previews begin 01/02/09, Opening 01/22/09, Closes 03/15/09 Beginning January 19: Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday @ 2pm & 8pm, Thursday & Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 2pm Time Change: Thursday - January 22 @ 6:45pm, Wednesday - March 4 @ 1pm No Performance: Saturday - January 3 @ 2pm 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 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 Babalu-cy! Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street This award-winning tribute to the great Latin-American entertainer, Desi Arnaz, received unanimous raves when it opened in July 2007. Both entertaining and informative, the show focuses on Arnaz's early career and touches on his relationship with America's Favorite Redhead in a special segment saluting “I Love Lucy.” Performances: Wed 3:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run Back Back Back Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues Does greatness always come with a price? Can only someone with nothing to lose tell the whole truth? Back Back Back follows the turbulent careers of three very different teammates in baseball’s steroid era whose clubhouse secrets bring them under federal scrutiny. Performances: Tues 7:30 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, Sun 7:30 pm Previews begin 10/30/08, Opening 11/18/08, Closes 01/25/09 Ballerina Who Loves B-boy Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster 37 Arts, 450 West 37th Street A super-charged dance piece featuring the 2007 B-boy World Champions EXTREME CREW, Ballerina Who Loves B-boy follows a snobbish ballerina practicing safely inside her studio until she is interrupted by a loud band of street dancers who have set up their “studio” right outside. The two worlds collide creating a high-energy, heart pounding, gravity- defying display of technical skill that will leave the audience in awe. The British paper The List called Ballerina Who Loves B-boy a “Frenzied, free styling displays of technical skill. A heightened hyper-real experience, from the tribal, Technicolor street fashions and joyous soundtrack to the beat-perfect moves.” Ballerina Who Loves B-boy continues to performs in Korea and has toured Asia for the past three years. A highlight of the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ballerina Who Loves B-boy garnered 5 star-ratings from both the Scotsman and The List. Performances: Mon 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 6:00 pm In Previews, Opening 10/22/08, Closes 12/21/08 Added shows Tuesday Oct 14 & 21; No performances on Monday October 6 & 20 Bedroom Farce Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Beckett Theater, 410 West 42nd between 9th & 10th Avenues Trevor and Susannah are on the verge of a break-up - and they're determined to take their friends and family down with them! Stay up 'til dawn with BEDROOM FARCE as four hysterically dysfunctional couples in this scathingly hilarious look at modern marriage. Performances: Mon 7:30 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 Closes 11/05/08 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 In Previews, 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: 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 Blasted Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania Soho Rep, 46 Walker Street A middle-aged journalist, Ian, and young woman, Cate, enter a hotel room. As private and public violation collide, their world fragments around them. Acknowledged as the most provocative and influential British playwright of her generation, in her landmark play BLASTED, Sarah Kane, with startling imagery and bleak humor, forges a potent theatrical vision of destruction, collapse, and ultimately, redemption and love. Performances: Tues 7:30 pm, Wed 7:30 pm, Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 7:30 pm Closes 11/09/08 Blue Before Morning Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15th Street (At 20 Union Square East) Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission At dawn, a New York cabbie picks up a teenage girl headed for the bus station. Before long, they're driving to South Carolina, accompanied by a very pregnant, foul-mouthed hitchhiker. The three strangers hit I-95and find themselves on a journey of unusual coincidences and second chances that straddle past and present while leading them toward an unlikely future. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 8:00 pm Previews begin 10/17/08, Opening 10/19/08, Closes 11/08/08 Blue Man Group: Tubes Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Astor Place Theatre, 434 Lafayette Street Running Time: 2 hours Open Ended Run A Body of Water Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison. Who are we without our memories? A Body of Water by Lee Blessing is a haunting drama that explores the slippery nature of reality and conviction. Avis and Moss awake one morning in a house set in the forested hills above a picturesque body of water. The weather’s great, the view’s magnificent. However, neither of them seems to know whose house this is or who they are. Will the stranger at their doorstep be able to help? 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 2:00 pm In Previews, Opening 10/14/08, Closes 11/09/08 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 Capture Now Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Green Room at 45 Bleecker Street, 45 Bleecker Street just East of Lafayette Street Running Time: 85 minutes, with no intermission Capture Now is a unique coming-of-age story about a teenager Elijah and little brother Ace, who learn from each other what it means to be cool, who they would die for, and how rock ‘n’ roll can humanize even the youngest of souls. 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 In Previews, Opening 10/22/08, Closes 11/23/08 Added Performance: Friday - November 28 @ 3pm, Friday - December 26 @ 3pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 3pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 7pm Capture the Flag: A Festival of New American Plays Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor at the corner of White Street, just below Canal Street CAPTURE THE FLAG: A FESTIVAL OF NEW AMERICAN PLAYS Featuring World Premiere Work by Robert Attenweiler, Juan Castro, Nathan Dame, George Cameron Grant, Terence Patrick Hughes, Daniel Kelley, Victor Lesniewski, Vincent Madero, Dan Monaco, and Rebecca Ortese. Opening 11/06/08, Closes 11/16/08 Cato Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Flea Theater, 41 White Street between Broadway and Church Street CATO is based on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (95-46 B.C.), a Roman Statesman who took sides with Pompey in an unsuccessful civil war against Julius Caesar. The play takes place in the city of Utica, where Cato (played by De Sheilds) and a small Roman Senate stand ready to defend the last vestige of the Roman Republic against Caesar. The play delves into such themes as individual liberty vs. government tyranny, Republicanism vs. Monarchism, logic vs. emotion and Cato's personal struggle to cleave to his beliefs in the face of death. Performances: Wed 7:00 pm, Th 7:00 pm, Fri 7:00 pm, Sat 7:00 pm In Previews, Opening 10/18/08, Closes 11/01/08 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 Added Performance: Wednesday - November 5 @ 8pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 29 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 3pm No Performance: Tuesday - November 4 @ 7pm, Sunday - November 30 @ 2:30pm, Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 2:30pm RUSH SR Dear Edwina Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15th Street (At 20 Union Square East) Running Time: 70 minutes, with no intermission Thirteen year-old Edwina Spoonapple would do just about anything to be a part of the Kalamazoo Advice-a-palooza Festival. While her siblings both have proof “up on the fridge” of their accomplishments, poor Edwina has nothing. When a talent scout from the festival visits her hometown of Paw Paw, Michigan, she trots out her musical advice giving shows live from the family garage in hopes of finding her place in the spotlight. She is assisted by her older siblings (on piano and drums) and a host of quirky friends and neighbors, including Kelli, the cool, sophisticated ballerina; Annie, the girl-scout cookie-selling champion; Billy, one-third of the Vanderploonk triplets; Bobby, the befuddled new kid on the block; and Scott, who is helplessly and hopelessly in love with Edwina. Together they set out to tackle the world’s problems, in number after hysterical number about everything from birthday party etiquette to the proper way to set a table (“salad fork, fork, plate, knife, spoon”). Sweet, smart and tuneful, it appeals to audiences of all ages, as Edwina doles out advice, and finally learns to listen to some of it herself. Dates & Times Friday - November 14 @ 7pm Saturday - November 15 @ 4pm & 7pm Sunday, November 16 @ 4pm & 7pm Friday - November 21 @ 7pm Saturday - November 22 @ 4pm & 7pm Sunday - November 23 @ 4pm Tuesday - November 25 @ 7pm Wednesday - November 26 @ 1pm & 4pm Friday - November 28 @ 11am, 1pm & 4pm Saturday - November 29 @ 4pm & 7pm Sunday - November 30 @ 4 PM Friday - December 5 @ 5pm & 7pm Saturday - December 6 @ 4pm & 7pm Sunday - December 7 @ 4pm Friday - December 12 @ 5pm & 7pm Saturday - December 13 @ 1pm, 4pm & 7pm Sunday - December 14 @ 1pm & 4pm Friday - December 19 @ 5pm & 7pm Saturday - December 20 @ 1pm, 4pm & 7pm Sunday - December 21 @ 1pm & 4pm Monday - December 22 @ 1pm & 4pm Tuesday - December 23 @ 1pm & 4pm Wednesday - December 24 @ 1pm & 4pm Friday - December 26 @ 11am, 1pm & 4pm Saturday - December 27 @ 11am, 1pm, 4pm & 7pm Sunday - December 28 @ 11am, 1pm, & 4pm Monday - December 29 @ 1pm & 4pm Tuesday - December 30 @ 1pm & 4pm Wednesday - December 31 @ 1pm Friday - January 2 @ 11am, 1pm & 4pm Saturday - January 3 @ 11am, 1pm, 4pm & 7pm Sunday - January 4 @ 11am, 1pm & 4pm Monday - January 5 @ 7pm Friday - January 9 @ 5pm & 7pm Saturday - January 10 @ 11am, 1pm, 4pm & 7pm Sunday - January 11 @ 11am, 1pm & 4pm Monday - January 12 @ 7pm Friday - January 16 @ 5pm & 7pm Saturday - January 17 @ 11am, 1pm, 4pm & 7pm Sunday - January 18 @ 11am, 1pm & 4pm Monday - January 19 @ 11am, 1pm, & 4pm Friday - January 23 @ 5pm & 7pm Saturday - January 24 @ 11am, 1pm, 4pm & 7pm Sunday - January 25 @ 11am, 1pm & 4pm Previews begin 11/14/08, Opening 11/16/08, Closes 01/25/09 Dividing the Estate Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Lincoln Center Theater will produce Dividing the Estate by arrangement with Primary Stages. Dividing the Estate, a human comedy about a family that must confront its past as it prepares for its future, opened to critical acclaim last fall at Primary Stages. Dividing the Estate's accolades include winning the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play, and Horton Foote's 2008 Obie Award for Playwriting. 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 Previews begin 10/23/08, Opening 11/20/08, Closes 01/04/09 Added Performance: Friday - December 26 @ 2pm Time Change: Thursday - November 20 @ 6:45pm (opening night) No Performance: Saturday - October 25 @ 2pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm The Doll Sisters Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater La MaMa E.T.C. Annex, 66 East 4th Street In October, 1978 Setsu Asakura, already the most noted stage designer of contemporary Japan, made her La MaMa directing debut with "The Doll Sisters" (Ningyo Shimai) by Taeko Tomioka. The play, roughly based on the story of the classic Kabuki play "Modoribashi" by Kawatake Mokuami, ran for only five days but became legendary at La MaMa. Ellen Stewart, Artistic Director of La MaMa, has long sought a return engagement to share this formative work with a larger audience. Her dream will now be fulfilled October 23 to November 2, 2008 thanks to the support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan. Performances: Th 7:30 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm, Sun 7:30 pm Opening 10/23/08, Closes 11/02/08 East 10th Street: Self Portrait with Empty House Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Axis Theatre, One Sheridan Square just off 7th Avenue In EAST 10TH STREET: SELF PORTRAIT WITH EMPTY HOUSE, long-standing, downtown theatre icon Edgar Oliver takes the audience on a fantastic voyage through the strange rooms of the apartment house where he has lived since his first years in New York. Inhabiting the dark, mysterious halls of an East Village tenement building are a dwarf Cabalist, a possible Nazi, the landlord's former wet nurse who apparently lives in a nest of rags, and many other memorable persons. Edgar leads the audience up to the final room, his own, at the top of the derelict stairs, wherein lie the secrets of his own family and the unbelievable odyssey that brought him there. This incredible cast of characters illuminate the sad, funny, brilliant and deeply personal story. TICKETS: 212.352.3101 or www.AxisCompany.org Performances: Sat 8:00 pm Previews begin 11/06/08, Opening 11/08/08, Closes 11/22/08 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: 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 Added Performance: Friday - November 29 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Friday - December 26 @ 2pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm No Performance: Saturday - Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm SR The Fantasticks Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Snapple Theater, 210 West 50th Street The Fantasticks, the world’s longest-running musical, is a captivating and simple romantic comedy about a boy and girl who fall in and out of love at the hands of their meddling fathers. The audience uses its imagination to follow the narrator, El Gallo, as he creates a world of moonlight and magic, and then pain and disillusionment, until the boy and girl find their way back to one other. The score, which includes “Try To Remember,” “They Were You” and “Soon It’s Gonna Rain,” is as timeless as the story itself. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:15 pm Open Ended Run Fault Lines Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Cherry Lane Theatre, 8 Commerce Street (Off 7th Avenue, 1 block south of Bleecker) Running Time: 85 minutes, with no intermission A seemingly ordinary "boys night out" turns sour for two friends when a stranger forces them to delineate between loyalty, conviction and betrayal. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 7:00 pm, Fri 10:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Closes 11/02/08 Added Performance: Sunday - November 2 @ 3pm, Sunday - November 2 @ 7pm No Performance: Monday - October 20 @ 8pm, Wednesday - October 29 @ 8pm Fifty Words Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street (Between Bleecker and Bedford Streets) 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 Closes 11/08/08 RUSH The First Breeze of Summer Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street (Between 10th & 11th Avenue) Closes 10/19/08 Flip Side Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Connelly Theatre, 220 East 4th Street, between Avenues A and B FLIP SIDE is a comedy of longing, misperceptions, and mismatches. Two sets of characters – played by the same six actors –occupy two different worlds. The inhabitants of Drizzle Plaza -- a bleak and empty place, like a city where everyone has gone on vacation –- are drowning in the seductive power of infatuation, yearning, and regret. Meanwhile, on the flip side, is the Waterfall family in a world of constant motion and relentless cheerfulness with a dose of claustrophobia. And then the worlds begin to mingle. 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 10/19/08 The Footage Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Flea Theater, 41 White Street between Broadway and Church Street THE FOOTAGE exposes the dark underbelly of the YouTube generation and the insidious encroachment of online behavior in our everyday lives. This multi-media story roves between three groups of twenty-something friends whose lives intersect in the world of an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). The friends must race against the clock to decipher the on-line clues of a young woman's surreal abduction before the cameras stop rolling. THE FOOTAGE includes sexual content; not appropriate for children. Performance times vary. Previews begin 10/23/08, Opening 11/08/08, Closes 11/30/08 Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab 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 The latest edition of New York's favorite musical comedy pokes fun at South Pacific, In The Heights, August: Osage County, Gypsy, Young Frankenstein - and more - all in one evening! Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli and Kristin Chenoweth all come under fire as well. Featuring jaw-dropping costumes by legendary designer Alvin Colt, hilarious spoofs of Broadway's best songs, and madcap impressions by a stellar cast, Forbidden Broadway is more uproarious than ever before! Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 4:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:30 pm Open Ended Run Added Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm Time Change: Saturday - November 29 @ 2pm, Sunday - November 30 @ 7pm No Performance: Tuesday - November 25 @ 8pm, Sunday - November 30 @ 3pm RUSH Force Majeure Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix Abington Theatre Arts Complex, 312 West 36th Street Force Majeure is an ensemble dramady that explores our perception of fate & good vs. evil. During the course of a week, employees of a consulting firm find themselves confronted with events that test their courage, morality, friendships & lunch breaks. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 10/26/08 The Grand Inquisitor Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street (Between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) Running Time: 55 minutes, with no intermission Renowned director Peter Brook (Marat/Sade, The Mahabharata) continues his long time collaboration with the renowned actor Bruce Myers (The Mahabharata, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) in Marie-Hélène Estienne’s (French version of Far Away) adaptation of the Inquisitor section of The Brothers Karamazov. Together, they bring Dostoyevsky’s chilling parable about the perversion of religious faith to life. The Grand Inquisitor is a co-presentation with Theatre for a New Audience and New York Theatre Workshop. AfterWords (post-performance) discussions will take place on Tuesday, November 11 and Tuesday, November 19. TFANA Talks (free post-performance panel discussions with notable artists and scholars sponsored by Theatre For A New Audience) will take place on Saturday, November 1 after the 2pm performance, and Saturday, November 8 after the 2pm performance. Please visit www.nytw.org for participant list and more information. 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 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Previews begin 10/22/08, Opening 10/29/08, Closes 11/23/08 Added Performance: Thursday - November 13 @ 1pm Time Change: Wednesday - October 29 @ 7pm (opening night) No Performance: Sunday - November 16 @ 7pm RUSH 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 Added Performance: Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Friday - December 26 @ 2pm, Friday - January 1 @ 2pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm RUSH 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 Home Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Signature Theatre Company's Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street (Between 10th & 11th Avenue) HOME is a wonderfully theatrical tale of one man’s struggle to stay true to himself amidst a rapidly changing and turbulent America. Leaving behind his family’s farm in North Carolina, Cephus Miles seeks refuge and prosperity in the North. Three actors portray more than twenty-five characters over the course of Cephus’s epic journey from adolescence to adulthood, spanning the 1950’s through the Vietnam War and Civil Rights eras. Previews begin 11/11/08, Opening 12/07/08, Closes 01/04/09 Illyria 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 Peter Mills and Cara Reichel's musical adaptation of Twelfth Night. Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Previews begin 10/18/08, Opening 10/23/08, Closes 11/16/08 Added previews: 10/19, 10/20, 10/22 In the Heights Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) IN THE HEIGHTS the new Broadway musical nominated for 13 Tony Awards. A quintessential New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition. 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 2:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Open Ended Run RUSH 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. 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 Judy and Me! Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th Street Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission Judy & Me! recounts the true story of the 16-year old Anthony, trapped in the narrow-minded suburb of Elmont, Long Island. The play addresses issues of domestic abuse and homophobia. The teen finds his only escape in the music and entertainment of the iconic Judy Garland, who comes to life before his very eyes and counsels him through his daily struggles. An outcast at Sewankawa High School in Floral Park, Anthony is the daily target of verbal and physical torment from his classmates. His life at home is equally tenuous, as his volatile, violent father is a constant source of pain to both Anthony and his mother in this 7 character dramedy. 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 In Previews, Opening 10/19/08, Closes 11/23/08 Kindness Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 West 42nd Street In KINDNESS, an ailing mother and her teenaged son flee Illinois and a crumbling marriage for the relative calm and safety of a midtown Manhattan hotel. Mom holds tickets to a popular musical about love among bohemians. Her son isn’t interested. So Mom takes the kindly cabdriver instead, while the boy entertains an enigmatic, potentially dangerous young woman from down the hall. Adam Rapp’s KINDNESS is a play about the possibility for sympathy in a harsh world, and the meaning of mercy in the face of devastating circumstances. Performances: Tues 7:30 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, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 11/02/08 The Language of Trees Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Roundabout Roundabout Theatre Company Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th Street (Between 6th and 7th Avenue) When an American translator is sent into a war zone in the Middle East, a friendly neighbor back home volunteers to help out his wife and son. But as the situation abroad deteriorates, their uncertainty grows. Will his wife be able to build a new life without him? Will the neighbor, still frozen from the loss of her own son, warm up to a new family right next door? And will seven-year old Eben ever see his father again? Previews begin 12/04/08, Opening 10/29/08, Closes 12/14/08 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 Closes 10/19/08 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 Love Child Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral 59E59 Theaters - Theater A, 59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison. Running Time: 90 minutes, no intermission It's opening night. The cast is unruly, the crowd is restless, and the play is obscure, but Joel has a larger worry: his mother is in the front row. Real and theatrical worlds collide in Love Child, the new comedy about the night a classic play spoke so loudly to its audience that its audience felt compelled to talk back. Performances: Tues 10:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 5:00 pm, Sun 7:00 pm Closes 11/19/08 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 Added Performance: Monday - October 13 @ 8pm, Monday - October 27 @ 8pm, Tuesday - November 25 @ 8pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Tuesday - December 23 @ 8pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Tuesday - December 30 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm Time Change: Sunday - November 30 @ 3pm No Performance: Wednesday - October 15 @ 8pm, Friday - October 31 @ 8pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Sunday - November 30 @ 7pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 7pm RUSH SR A Man for All Seasons 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 12/14/08 The Marvelous Wonderettes Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Westside Theatre Upstairs, 407 West 43rd Street (Between 9th and 10th Avenues) Running Time: 2 hours, with one intermission The Marvelous Wonderettes is a cotton-candy colored, non-stop musical blast from the past! Featuring your favorite songs from the ‘50s and ‘60s ("Mr. Sandman," "Stupid Cupid," "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me," "Heatwave," and many, many more!), The Marvelous Wonderettes takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes – Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match! You’ve never had this much fun at a prom and you will never forget The Marvelous Wonderettes! Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 3:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Open Ended Run 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 The Master Builder Play, Off-Broadway Irish Repertory Theater, 132 West 22nd Street Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with one Intermission THE MASTER BUILDER (1892): Halvard Solness, a successful architect and builder in a small Norwegian town has mercilessly dominated his employees and his wife, Aline. Hilde Wangel, a vivacious young woman arrives unannounced. Hilde has idolized Solness for ten years, since in the early stages of his career, he built a large church in her hometown and heroically climbed to the top of the tower to celebrate its dedication. The architect’s presence had a profound effect on the young girl of twelve when he promised to return and, ”build her a kingdom.” Today, the ten years are up and Hilde has come to reap what he has sown. TICKETS: 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 In Previews, Opening 10/19/08, Closes 11/30/08 Missa Solemnis or The Play About Henry Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix TBG Arts Center, 312 West 36th Street, on the Fourth floor, west of Eighth Avenue On the morning of February 25, 2000, a young gay Mormon named Henry Stuart Matis drove to the Mormon Ward House in Los Altos, California, placed a gun to his head, and ended his life. This provocative drama is based on the actual events of his life in which he faced a tragic, false dilemma; either one is gay or one is Christian. Since he believed he was Christian, he thought he could not be gay. Trapped between his same sex attraction and the power of his LDS faith, Henry made the ultimate sacrifice, removing the chains of his mortality. Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Previews begin 10/30/08, Opening 11/01/08, Closes 11/22/08 Added performance on Sunday Nov 2 at 3pm. MoonLight & Love Songs Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theatermania WorkShop Theater, 312 West 36th Street, 4th floor, just west of 8th Avenue Running Time: 90 minutes without intermission When Harry Wallace, a lonely 45 year old architect meets and falls for Jim Bennett, a sexy young college student, he sees his dreams come true until a shocking revelation about Jim causes their seemingly perfect motion picture romance to implode. As the ensuing public outrage leaves Harry a pariah within his community and his family, Jim attempts to repair the damage caused by his betrayal. Performances: Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Opening 11/06/08, Closes 11/22/08 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 Nowadays Play, 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 Performances: Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 3:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Closes 10/26/08 The Oedipus Cycle Play, Off-Broadway Pearl Theatre Company, 80 St Marks Place (eastern extension of 8th Street) between First and Second Avenues THE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY is pleased to announce the inaugural production of its 2008/2009 Silver Anniversary Season, a world premiere translation of Sophocles’ The Oedipus Cycle by two time PEN Literary Award finalist Peter Constantine. This groundbreaking production offers a once in a lifetime chance to experience the complete story of Oedipus and his family in a single sweeping production that explores the legend and legacy of one family’s struggle for grace and wisdom through suffering and loss. Peter Constantine’s raw, bold translation of Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone has been specially adapted for this unique three hour Pearl event, directed by The Pearl Theatre Company’s founder and artistic director Shepard Sobel. TICKETS: 212.598.9802 Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Box Office Hours: 12PM - 6PM Monday thru Saturday and 12PM - 3PM on Sunday Previews begin 10/14/08, Opening 10/27/08, Closes 11/16/08 There is no performance on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 and there is an added performance on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 8PM. RUSH Pal Joey Musical, Broadway Tickets at Roundabout Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Set in Chicago in the late 1930s, PAL JOEY is the story of Joey Evans, a brash, scheming song and dance man with dreams of owning his own nightclub. Joey abandons his wholesome girlfriend Linda English, to charm a rich, married older woman, Vera Simpson, in the hope that she’ll set him up in business. 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 Box Office Hours: Hours: 10am - 8pm Tues. - Sat., 10am - 6pm Sun. & Mon The Box Office closes at 6pm on any evening with no performance. Previews begin 11/14/08, Opening 12/11/08, Closes 02/15/09 No matinee performance Nov. 16 at 2pm Special Sunday Eve Nov. 16 at 7:30pm No matinee performance Nov. 19 at 2pm Special Monday Eve Nov. 24 at 8pm No matinee performance Nov. 26 at 2pm No evening performance Nov. 27 at 8pm Special Sunday Eve Nov. 30 at 7pm Special Monday Eve Dec. 22 at 8pm No performances Dec. 24 No evening performance Dec. 25 at 8pm Special matinee perf. Dec. 26 at 2pm Special Sunday Eve Dec. 28 at 7:30pm Special 7pm curtains Dec. 30, 2008 - Jan. 9, 2009 Perdita Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Lion Theatre, Theatre Row Studios, 410 West 42nd Street between 9th & 10th Avenues Running Time: 2 hours, with one intermission What is it like to be the son of a feminist hero? What is it like to be his mother? “Perdita” is the compelling story of two generations, two genders, two experiences of the same pioneering life. Perdita and her son travel to the four corners of the world and to the very edge of life to find out what it costs to be an inspiration. “Perdita” exposes the good works as well as the lovers, heartbreaks and the difficult balance of family life and career. The play is about the private side of a proud woman’s public life and about what it cost her child to be with her while she lived it. 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 Previews begin 11/13/08, Opening 11/18/08 There is no performance on Thanksgiving 11/27 and there will be a special performance at 2:00 pm on Friday 11/28. Perfect Crime Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Snapple Theater, 210 West 50th Street A secluded mansion. A would-be murderess. The perfect crime. Margaret Brent is an accomplished Connecticut psychiatrist—and potential cold-blooded killer. When her wealthy husband turns up dead, she gets caught in the middle of a terrifying game of cat and mouse with a deranged patient and the handsome but duplicitous investigator assigned to the case. Perfect Crime is the longest-running play in the history of New York City theater. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Wed 2:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm, Sun 7:15 pm Open Ended Run 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 Added Performance: Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Friday - December 26 @ 2pm, Sunday - December 28 @ 3pm, Tuesday - December 30 @ 2pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm Time Change: Tuesday - December 30 @ 8pm No Performance: Wednesday - November 26 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm SR Road Show Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street Running Time: 2 hours with no intermission Spanning 40 years from the Alaskan Gold Rush to the Florida real estate boom in the ‘30s, ROAD SHOW is the story of two brothers whose quest for the American dream turns into a test of morality and judgment that changes their lives in unexpected ways. 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 Previews begin 10/28/08, Opening 11/18/08, Closes 12/28/08 Added Performance: Wed 11/12 at 2, Wed 11/26 at 2, Wed 12/10 at 2, Wed 12/17 at 2, Mon 12/22 at 8 No Performance/Unavailable: Sat 11/1 at 2, Tues 11/11, Sun 11/16 at 7, Tues 11/18, Thurs 11/27, Thurs 12/4, Sun 12/14 at 7, Wed 12/24, Thurs 12/25 Post-show Discussions: Tues 12/2 at 7, Tues 12/9 at 7 RUSH Rock of Ages Theatrical Event, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New World Stages / Stage 1, 340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues Running Time: 1 hour 50 minutes, including one 15 miinute intermission The timeless rock of the 1980s and the classic "hair bands" that filled the airwaves for more than a decade have inspired a theatrical experience depicting the rock scene in Hollywood circa 1987. Rock of Ages features big chords, big dreams and big hair - telling its story through hits from iconic groups such as Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Foreigner, Poison, Night Ranger, Twisted Sister, Asia, Whitesnake and rockers like Pat Benetar. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 7:00 pm, Fri 10:00 pm, Sat 2:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm In Previews, Opening 10/16/08 Romantic Poetry Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues Connie of Woodmere has just married Fred of Newark, but her exes are back in the picture and not sure they approve of the union. Mary of Greenpoint climbs Frankie of Little Italy’s fire escape with amorous erotic intent - but things go awry as she reaches for her dream. 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 Closes 12/28/08 Ruined Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues Set in a small mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, this powerful play follows Mama Nadi (Tony Award-winner Adriane Lenox), a shrewd businesswoman in a land torn apart by civil war. But is she protecting or profiting by the women she shelters? How far will she go to survive? Can a price be placed on a human life? 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 Previews begin 01/21/09, Opening 02/10/09, Closes 03/19/09 Added Performance: Friday - November 28 @ 2pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm The Seagull Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 West 48th Street (Between Broadway & 8th Avenue) Anton Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL, written in 1895 and the first of the playwright’s masterworks, concerns the romantic entanglements and regrets of a group of actors, writers and artists gathered on a Russian estate. One of the theatre’s great plays about writing, THE SEAGULL conveys the struggle for new forms and the frustrations and fulfillment of putting words on a page. 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 12/21/08 RUSH SR Shogun Macbeth Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Julia Miles Theater, 424 West 55th Street between 9th & 10 Avenues Shogun Macbeth is an adaptation which retains Shakespeare’s language and historical period but transposes it to medieval Japan where warring rival clans vie to supplant the Shogunate. The New York Times has said, “It is …a Kurosawa film on stage…At its bloody heart, the play is still Macbeth with a universality transcending time, place and performance style.” Performances: Tues 7:30 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 Previews begin 11/04/08, Opening 11/12/08, Closes 12/07/08 Added Performance: Wednesday - November 5 @ 11am, Thursday - November 6 @ 11am, Monday - November 10 @ 7:30pm, Wednesday - November 12 @ 11am, Wednesday - November 19 @ 11am No Performance: Thursday - November 13 @ 7:30pm, Tuesday - November 18 @ 7:30pm, Thursdy - November 27 @ 7:30pm 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. 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 Previews begin 11/08/08, Opening 12/14/08 Beginning December 15: Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday - Saturday @ 8pm, Wednesday & Saturday @ 2pm, Sunday @ 3pm Dates & Times Exceptions Added Performance: Monday - November 10 @ 8pm, Monday - November 17 @ 8pm, Monday - November 24 @ 8pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Sunday - December 28 @ 8pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Tuesday - December 30 @ 2pm, Monday - June 1 @ 8pm, Friday - July 3 @ 2pm No Performance: Saturday - November 8 @ 2pm, Sunday - November 9 @ 3pm, Wednesday - November 12 @ 2pm, Sunday - November 16 @ 3pm, Wednesday - November 19 @ 2pm, Sunday - November 23 @ 3pm, Wednesday - November 26 @ 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 Slava's Snowshow Theatrical Event, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 90 minutes, including one intermission The award-winning, internationally acclaimed Slava's Snowshow melds unbridled hilarity -- and unexpected poignancy -- with stunning spectacle and awe-inspiring visuals. It culminates in a stunning coup de theatre – a joyous, swirling snowstorm that sweeps across the stage, filling the theatre and engulfing the audience. London's Sunday Express said "This is the single most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a theatre in my life." Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 4:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm, Sun 6:00 pm Opening 11/11/08, Closes 01/04/09 Added Performance: Sunday - November 16 @ 6:30pm, Monday - November 17 @ 7pm, Monday - November 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - November 26 @ Noon, Friday - November 28 @ Noon, Saturday - November 29 @ Noon, Friday - December 26 @ 2pm, Tuesday - December 30 @ 2pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm Time Change: Sunday - November 30 @ 3pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 7pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 7pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 7pm No Performance: Tuesday - November 18 @ 7pm, Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm 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 Added Performance: Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Friday - December 26 @ 2pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm 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 Added Performance: Wednesday - November 26 @ 2pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Sunday - November 30 @ 7pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 7pm SR Speed-the-Plow Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Speed-the-Plow is David Mamet’s scathing portrait of the film industry and the people who are willing to sell their souls for sex, fame and fortune. 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 In Previews, Opening 10/23/08 Added Performance: Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Sunday - December 28 @ 7:30pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm Time Change: Thursday - October 23 @ 7pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Thursday - December 25 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Thursday - January 1 @ 8pm RUSH Spin Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Cherry Lane Theatre, 8 Commerce Street (Off 7th Avenue, 1 block south of Bleecker) Performances: Tues 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Th 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm Closes 11/08/08 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 Box Office Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm Sunday: Noon - 7pm Open Ended Run Added Performance: Monday - November 3 @ 8pm, Monday - November 24 @ 8pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Tuesday - December 30 @ 2pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 2pm, Friday - January 1 ! 1pm No Performance: Tuesday - November 4 @ 7pm. Wednesday - November 26 @ 8pm, Tuesday - December 23 @ 7pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 2pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 7pm RUSH SR 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 Streamers 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) Four young soldiers fresh from boot camp wait anxiously in 1965 Virginia, watching the Vietnam conflict escalate. Streamers is an unflinching exploration of the turmoil and confusion facing young men threatened by forces beyond their control. 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 Box Office Hours: Hours: 12pm - 7:30pm Tues. - Sat., 12pm - 6pm Sun. & Mon The Box Office closes at 6pm on any evening with no performance. Previews begin 10/17/08, Opening 11/11/08, Closes 01/11/09 Special Sunday Eve Oct. 19 at 7:30PM Special Monday Eve Nov. 24 at 7:30PM No performance Thursday, Nov. 27 Special Monday Eve Dec. 22 at 7:30PM No performances Wednesday, Dec. 24 No performance Thursday, Dec. 25 Special Friday Matinee Dec. 26 at 2PM Special Sunday Eve Dec. 28 at 7:30PM No Eve performance Wednesday, Dec. 31 Special Sunday Eve Jan. 4 at 7:30PM Striking 12 Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Zipper Factory Theater, 336 West 37th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues Once again the indie pop-rock band GrooveLily returns for the holiday season to spread some holiday warmth on cold winter nights performing their critically acclaimed musical, STRIKING 12. Combining pop-rock, musical comedy and old-fashioned uplift with a healthy dose of 21st-century skepticism, STRIKING 12 is the story of a Grumpy Guy who decides to avoid the hectic, loveless world on New Year's Eve, until he’s visited by an incandescent salesgirl with the promise to chase away his winter doldrums. STRIKING 12 will be performed at The Zipper Factory Theater on: Friday, December 26 at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 27 at 3 p.m. Saturday, December 27 at 8 p.m. Monday, December 29 at 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 30 at 3 p.m. Tuesday, December 30 at 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 31 at 8 p.m. Opening 12/26/08, Closes 12/31/08 Taboos Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street (6th Ave & Varick / 7th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours, with one intermission When a lesbian couple and an infertile fundamentalist Christian couple each look to have a child, more then biology gets in the way of the idea of the “perfect family.” TABOOS explores the unexpected, and often messy, results that arise when emotions and science collide. 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 10/19/08 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 Open Ended Run 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 RUSH The Tender Trap Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Spoon Theater, 38 West 38th St. 5th Floor Unlikely ladies’ man and pharmaceutical sales rep Charlie Reader has found the secret to having lots of eligible women at his beck and call, as he explains to visiting married friend Joe McCall who's just arrived from the home office: just let it be known that you're single. Once word gets out, dozens of women appear out of nowhere - doing everything from cleaning his apartment to picking up groceries - all in the hope they might end up with his ring on their finger. After all, it wasn’t so long ago that if a lady wasn’t married by the time she turns 30, her chances of finding a man were rather slim! But Charlie's life is about to take a dramatic turn. His friend Joe has come to New York not onlyto tell him about his amazing scientific breakthrough (it seems he's discovered the cure for the common cold), but also because he's grown tired of married life back in Indianapolis. Pretty soon,Joe’s eye wanders toward the lovely Sylvia Crewes, one of Charlie's hopeful "ladies in waiting," a fact that makes Charlie begin to really appreciate her for the first time. But Charlie, Joe and Sylvia are all completely unprepared for the "take-no-prisoners" approach of one Julie Gillis, a young woman with her own designs on Charlie, and who is determined to march him down the aisle, even if she has to use the dreaded "L" word (love!) to do it. With Joe contemplating leaving his wife, Charlie trying to find happiness with the right girl and a discovery that might make Charlie and Joe rich beyond their wildest dreams, things will never be the same again. Performances: Mon 8:00 pm, Wed 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 2:00 pm Opening 11/06/08, Closes 11/22/08 Three Movements Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Studio Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street between 9th & 10th Avenues Based on the life of ballet legend George Balanchine, THREE MOVEMENTS follows a fictional choreographer, Alex, as he nurses polio-stricken Sonia, his wife and his greatest dancer. Unable to face the reality that she will never dance again, he convinces himself that he can save his muse. When he becomes frustrated with her lack of progress, though, he leaves her to pursue a promising young dancer, Lindsay. The play examines the complex relationship between choreographer and dancer, the power of eroticism in art, and how people choose (or refuse) to confront illness and the aging process. Performances: Mon 7:00 pm, Tues 7:00 pm, Fri 8:00 pm, Sat 8:00 pm, Sun 3:00 pm Opening 10/17/08, Closes 10/26/08 To Be or Not to Be Play, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge Samuel J. Friedman Theatre / Biltmore Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue Based on Ernst Lubitsch's classic 1942 film, this hilarious black comedy is an ingenious commentary on World War II and an inspired tribute to the joys of theatre. 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 In Previews, Opening 10/14/08, Closes 11/23/08 Tuesday @ 7pm, Wednesday @ 2pm & 8pm, Thursday & Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 2pm Time Change: Wednesday - November 12 @ 1pm RUSH The Who's TOMMY 15th Anniversary Benefit Concert Musical, Broadway Tickets at Telecharge August Wilson Theatre, 245 West 52nd Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) Running Time: 2 hours 25 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission 15th Anniversary Benefit Concert of The Who’s Tommy. This is a reunion of the original cast and band. The proceeds from the concert will go to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids and Broadway Dreams Foundation. The production will be presented concert style with the cast and band on stage during the entire performance. Projections and photographs from the original production will be used to express the design elements and feel of the show. Opening 12/15/08, Closes 12/15/08 Two Rooms Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at TicketCentral Lion Theatre, Theatre Row Studios, 410 West 42nd Street between 9th & 10th Avenues Running Time: 2 hours and 10 minutes with one intermission Two Rooms tells the tale of one man's captivity by kidnappers and the roller-coaster ride of hope and frustration his wife endures half a world away. Performances: Mon 7:00 pm, Tues 7:00 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 10/19/08 What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling Musical, Off-Broadway Tickets at Telecharge New World Stages / Stage 5, 340 West 50th Street Between 8th and 9th Avenues Running Time: 75 minutes, with no intermission What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling is an absurd musical satire that charts the career of eternally up-and-coming (and fictitious) musical theater composer Jacob Sterling (Pittu). A rare, up close and personal visit with an artist of questionable gifts who performs from his songbook and shares his human struggle to keep musical theater alive and well in the 21st century. Performances: Mon 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 Opening 11/01/08 Added Performance: Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Friday - December 26 @ 2pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm RUSH Irving Berlin's White Christmas Musical, Broadway Tickets at Ticketmaster Marquis Theatre, 211 West 45th Street (Between Broadway and 46th Street) Every holiday season, audiences of all ages enjoy the uplifting story of White Christmas. Now, a new generation will be able to experience this holiday tradition in a completely new way – live on stage. With the Broadway arrival of IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the show is poised to become New York’s newest holiday tradition. The musical tells the story of two showbiz buddies who put on a show in a picturesque Vermont inn, and find their perfect mates in the bargain. Full of dancing, laughter and some of the greatest songs ever written, IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS promises to be a merry and bright theatrical experience for the entire family. PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: Beginning Friday, November 14th, 2008, IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS will play the following unique performance schedule per week: Week of November 10th, 2008: Friday & Saturday at 8p, Sunday evening at 7p, Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2p. Week of November 17th, 2008: Wednesday – Saturday at 8p, Tuesday at 7p, Sunday evening at 6p (Opening Night). Wednesday & Saturday matinees at 2p. Week of November 24th, 2008: Wednesday – Saturday at 8p, Tuesday at 7p. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2p. Weeks of December 1st and December 8th, 2008: Wednesday – Saturday at 8p, Tuesday & Sunday evening at 7p. Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2p. Week of December 15th, 2008: Wednesday – Saturday at 8p, Tuesday & Sunday evening at 7p. Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2p. Week of December 22nd, 2008: Monday, Friday & Saturday at 8p, Tuesday & Sunday evening at 7p. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2p. Dark on Christmas Day, December 25. Week of December 29th, 2008: Monday, Friday & Saturday at 8p, Tuesday at 7p. Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2:00p. DARK - New Year’s Eve & Day on December 31 & January 1, 2009. FINAL PERFORMANCE - Sunday, January 4, 2009. Previews begin 11/14/08, Opening 11/23/08, Closes 01/04/09 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 Wig Out! Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Theater Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15 Street Set nearly twenty years after Madonna's "Vogue" topped music charts and "Paris Is Burning" filled movie theaters, WIG OUT! is a fierce and intoxicating new play which tells of two competing drag houses, and the loves, loyalties, and dreams within each that draw their members together and apart. 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 10/19/08 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 Woyzeck Play, Off-Broadway Tickets at Smarttix UNDER St. Marks, 94 St Marks Place In this new and gripping adaptation, set in the present day south, we will take a poignant look at the effects of wartime on young men. After seeing war and bloodshed, Franz Woyzeck returns home to his lover and child. Unable to reintegrate into society, perform sexually, or relate to those around, he is thrust into a world of confusion and chaos. Incorporating Andrews Sisters style music throughout, this production is both timely and entertaining. Performances: Tues 7:00 pm, Wed 7:00 pm Closes 10/29/08 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 Biltmore Theatre Circle in the Square Lyceum Theatre Nederlander Theatre |
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