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9 to 5
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Don’t miss this new musical comedy based on the classic hit movie! 9 to 5: THE MUSICAL features a brand-new score by seven-time Grammy Award® winner Dolly Parton. Violet Newstead, the super-efficient office manager, joins her fellow co-workers – frazzled divorcée Judy Bernly and sexy secretary Doralee Rhodes – to turn the tables on their “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” of a boss, Franklin Hart, Jr. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she? |
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Performance Begins: April 7, 2009
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Avenue Q
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The singing puppets who live on Avenue Q and their human neighbors have to face life’s most vexing issues – including love, sex, money, race, the many uses of the internet, and, most importantly, finding a purpose in life. But beware – this hilarious and heartfelt Tony Award-winning musical is strictly for grown-ups! |
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Billy Elliot
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Based on the enormously popular film, this powerful new musical is the story of a boy who discovers he has a special talent for dance, while the boys all around him are more interested in boxing. An unprecedented smash in the West End, where it has won 8 Best Musical awards, broken UK box office records and continues to sell out nightly. The creators of the show are joined by music legend Elton John, one of the most celebrated pop songwriters of the last 30 years. |
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Chicago
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Ten years into the run, the girls are still knockin’ ‘em dead…. Fosse-style! Chicago is the kiss-and-tell tale of Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who kills her lover as a career move; Billy Flynn, a sharp lawyer who turns Roxie into a celebrity; and Velma Kelly, a dancing jailbird with an ear for headlines and an eye for talent. Chicago, winner of six 1997 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival, is a loving look back at vaudeville, a timely satire of the justice system, and a reminder of what great theater can be. |
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Grease
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The latest revival of this Broadway favorite will feature the full original score as well as additional songs written for the 1978 film. The roles of Sandy and Danny have been chosen in the television reality show “Grease: You’re the One That I Want”. |
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Closing: January 4th
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Guys and Dolls
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Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham star in the revival of this classic musical! Telling the story of a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives, Guys and Dolls features a classic score by Frank Loesser, including the songs "Luck Be a Lady," "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" and "A Bushel and a Peck." |
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Performances begin : February 3rd, 2009
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Gypsy
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Stage legend Patti LuPone stars in a flashy new production of this classic musical. Set during the vaudeville era, Gypsy is about a relentless stage mother, Rose, traveling the country with her two daughters, June and Louise, and their manager, Herbie. While June and Louise wish their mother would settle down and marry Herbie, Rose continues to pursue dreams of stardom for her girls. When June deserts the act, Rose turns her attention to the shy Louise, whom she hopes to fashion into a star. When the act is booked into a burlesque house by mistake, Louise is forced into the spotlight and Gypsy Rose Lee is born. This staging of Gypsy was first seen as part of New York City Center's new Encores! Summer Stars series. |
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Closing: March 1, 2009
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Hairspray
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Can a big girl with a big heart, big dreams—and even bigger hair—turn the whole town around and still have time to win the boy she loves? Don’t miss this dancing, romancing musical comedy hit based on John Waters’ 1988 film classic set in 1962 Baltimore. |
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Closing: January 4, 2009
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In the Heights
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A quintessential NY 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 neighborhood on the brink of transition. |
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Jersey Boys
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This is the musical about the rise and fall of Jersey natives, The Four Seasons. The story follows a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who become the biggest doo-wop sensation of all time, writing their own songs, inventing their own sounds and selling 175 million records worldwide — all before they were thirty. |
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Lion King, The
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The Lion King is the story of a young lion cub named Simba who struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king. To bring the classic 1994 film to life, Disney turned to the story's roots, its rich mythology, powerful human drama and primal African rhythms to create a fantastic new musical unlike anything Broadway has ever seen. Winner of 6 Tony Awards, The Lion King is an adventure into another world not to be missed. |
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Little Mermaid, The
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In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father-the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she’s the girl with the perfect voice. |
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Mamma Mia
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MAMMA MIA inter-weaves 22 of super-group ABBA’s songs into a funny and infectious tale of a mother and soon-to-be-wed daughter. Set in the present day on a tiny, mythical Greek Island, MAMMA MIA is a musical love story that crosses continents and generations.
1 comp for every 20 paid (4 max) Wed & Thu eves.
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Mary Poppins
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Based on P.L. Travers' cherished stories and the classic 1964 Walt Disney film, Mary Poppins - also currently one of London's biggest sensations - features the Sherman brothers' original Academy Award-winning songs, and Oliver Award-winning director Richard Eyre leads a dream team of vision and stagecraft, bringing to life the story of the Banks family and their magical nanny. |
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Pal Joey
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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. |
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Limited run ends February 15, 2009
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Phantom of the Opera, The
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Based on the detective novel by Gaston Leroux, it tells the story of the hideously deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera, exercising a reign of terror over its occupants. The phantom falls in love with a young soprano, devoting himself to creating a new star for the opera by nurturing her extraordinary talents and employing all the skills at his disposal. |
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Shrek The Musical
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This fall, the most beloved swamp-dwelling ogre of all time will make his Broadway debut in SHREK THE MUSICAL. This all-new production is based on Shrek's adventures in the classic William Steig book and Oscar-winning film. Joining Shrek on his journey from the swamp to the stage will be his wisecracking sidekick Donkey, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad and a chorus of everybody's favorite fractured fairytale creatures. With more layers than ever and a completely original new score, SHREK THE MUSICAL proves that there's more to the story than meets the ears. |
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Spamalot
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Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and the quest for the Holy Grail in song, Monty Python's Spamalot features "a chorus line of legless knights, men in tights (with legs), killer rabbits and sexy dancing divas." The production also promises "some of the most unforgettable musical numbers you will ever see in the theater on this evening!" If you haven't figured it out already, Spamalot is an adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the 1975 film that is the best loved and most successful of the Monty Python screen ventures. |
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Closing: January 11, 2009
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Spring Awakening
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Based on Franz Wedekind's play of the same name, Spring Awakening boldly depicts how a dozen young people make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual awakening.
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Closing: January 18, 2009
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Stomp
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The “smash” hit British percussion ensemble melds music, theatre and fun into wonderful and wacky performance art. Features buckets, brooms, trashcan lids and yes, even the kitchen sink. |
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West Side Story
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The story of Romeo and Juliet is transported to the turbulent streets of New York City in the 1950s. Star-crossed lovers are caught between rival street gangs. Directed by librettist Arthur Laurents, the show features Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's legendary score. |
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Previews Begin: February 23, 2009
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White Christmas
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White Christmas tells the story of two showbiz buddies who put on a show in a picturesque Vermont inn and end up finding their perfect mates. The score features beloved songs "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," "Sisters," "How Deep is the Ocean" and the ageless title tune.
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Limited run ends January 4th, 2009
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Wicked
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The Wicked Witch of the West finally has her say as her own musical heads to Broadway. Learn "the true story of the Wicked Witch of the West", from her perspective in Stephen Schwatrz's Oz-flavored new musical based on Gregory Maguire's best selling novel.
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Young Frankenstein
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Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks' hotly-anticipated follow-up to The Producers, will arrive on Broadway in the fall. The new musical will begin rehearsals in June and open out of town this summer prior to its Broadway bow. As with The Producers, music and lyrics are by Brooks, the book is by Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and Susan Stroman directs and choreographs.
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Closing: January 4, 2009
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All My Sons
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Arthur Miller's first successful play returns to Broadway this fall. In writing All My Sons, Miller took his inspiration from a true story about a successful businessman who knowingly sold the government defective airplane parts during World War II with tragic consequences. The truth comes out and his life unravels when his son marries his business partner's daughter.
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Performances run September 8, 2008 through January 11, 2009
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August: Osage County
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When the patriarch vanishes, all of the Westons must return to the family home in rural Oklahoma to care for their afflicted (and mistress-of-manipulation) mother. With rich insight and brilliant humor, Letts paints a vivid portrait of a Midwestern family at a turning point.
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Blithe Spirit
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This comedy centers on author Charles Condomine, who hires an eccentric medium to perform a seance at his house party in order to find material for an expose he's writing. Unbeknownest to him, she winds up summoning the spirit of his first wife, Elvira, who is out to seek revenge on her former husband. |
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Performance Begins: February 26, 2009
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Boeing-Boeing
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An architect living in Paris has been successfully juggling three flight attendant fiancées—as they fly in and out of his swank bachelor pad—with his housekeeper reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller. But when plane schedules change, this fast-paced comedy really takes off!
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Closing: January 4, 2009
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Equus
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Daniel Radcliffe makes his Broadway debut as Alan Strang, a seemingly normal, obedient 17 year old with a passion for horses. Then one night he blinds six of the beasts with a hoof pick. What drove him to it? His life seems routine, his family loving, his pursuits harmless. And yet he has been placed under psychiatric surveillance—an unresponsive patient who is woken each night by terrible nightmares. Only psychiatrist Martin Dysart seems able to grasp the answer to this psychological puzzle.
Note: contains nudity and other mature content. |
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Performances run September 5, 2008 until Feburary 4, 2009
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Seagull, The
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Chekhov's beautifully observed play about the tensions between mothers, sons, lovers, friends, relatives and servants. Famous actress Irina Arkadina is obsessed with a callous lover; dismissive of her frustrated son, her brother and her former lovers; and suspicious of an admiring young woman.
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Closing: December 21, 2008
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South Pacific
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Set on a tropical island in the Pacific during World War II, a U.S. Navy nurse falls in love with a local plantation owner. This classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, the winner of seven 2008 Tony Awards, features one of the most romantic scores of all time.
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Speed-the-Plow
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Sex and money battle for blood in this skewering of Hollywood power brokers. Two film producers are hungry to impress the studio head with the next blockbuster, until a sexy new secretary gets involved. |
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Blue Man Group Tubes |
Performance art with a special kind of nonsense. These three men with extraterrestrial imaginations perform a new-vaudeville type show that is smart and ridiculous at the same time.
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