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A Little Night Music
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Based on Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, A Little Night Music is set in a weekend country house in turn of the century Sweden, bringing together surprising liaisons, long simmering passions and a taste of love’s endless possibilities. Hailed as witty and wildly romantic, the story centers on the elegant actress Desirée Armfeldt and the spider’s web of sensuality, intrigue and desire that surrounds her. |
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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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Fela!
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Fela! explores Fela Anikulapo Kuti's controversial life as an artist, political activist and revolutionary musician as well as his pioneering blend of jazz, funk and traditional African rhythms that launched the Afrobeat community. |
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Green Day's American Idiot
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Based on Green Day's Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, American Idiot follows working-class characters from the suburbs to the city to the Middle East as they seek redemption in a world filled with frustration. The production songs from Green Day's American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown studio releases. |
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Opening April 20, 2010
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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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La Cage Aux Folles
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Georges is the suave owner of a glitzy drag club on the French Riviera. Partnered romantically with his high-strung star performer, Albin (who goes by the stage name Zaza), the pair live a charmed life—until Georges’ son, Jean-Michel, turns up engaged to the daughter of a conservative right-wing politician who’s coming to dinner. |
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Opening April 18, 2010
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Lend Me a Tenor
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Set in the 1930s, "Lend Me a Tenor" is a madcap screwball comedy that takes place when Tito Merelli, the fiery-tempered and world famous Italian superstar, arrives in Cleveland, Ohio to make his debut with the local opera and promptly goes missing. As Saunders, the show's presenter, conspires to cover for Tito’s absence, placate his hot-blooded wife, and distract his most passionate fans, chaos on a truly operatic level ensues. Directed by Stanley Tucci, and starring Brooke Adams. |
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Opening April , 2010
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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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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.
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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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Memphis
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Set in the turbulent south in the 1950s, Memphis is the story of Huey Calhoun, a white radio DJ whose love of good music transcends race lines and airwaves. Thanks in part to his passionate persistence, "race" music reaches the center of the radio dial, quickly exploding throughout mainstream America. But when Huey falls for a beautiful black singer he has set on the path to stardom, whether the world is really ready for this music, and their love, is put to the test. |
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Million Dollar Quartet
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On December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life, featuring a score of rock hits that includes "Blue Suede Shoes," "Fever," "That's All Right," "Sixteen Tons," "Great Balls of Fire," "Walk the Line," "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Who Do You Love?," "Matchbox," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Hound Dog." The musical captures the singular moment when four major talents came together to become a red-hot rock 'n' roll band. |
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Opening April 11, 2010
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Next to Normal
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This contemporary musical explores how one suburban household copes with crisis. With provocative lyrics and an electrifying score of more than 30 original songs, Next to Normal shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family’s world intact. |
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Promises, Promises
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Promises, Promises tells the story of Chuck Baxter, a charming young employee at the Consolidated Life Insurance Company. In an effort to advance at the company, Chuck lends executives his apartment for their extramarital romantic trysts. But things become slightly complicated when Fran Kubelik, the object of Chuck’s affection, becomes the mistress of one of his executives.
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Opening April 25, 2010
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Rock of Ages
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A rock musical set in Hollywood in 1986, when it was all about big chords, big dreams and big hair! The show explores the pursuit of dreams and tells its story through hits from iconic groups and rockers of the 1980s. |
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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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Spider-Man, Turn off the Dark
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Drawing from over 40 years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark spins a new take on the mythic tale of a young man propelled from a modest rowhouse in Queens to the sky-scraping spire of the Chrysler Building, the bustling offices of the Daily Bugle, through the dizzying canyons of Manhattan, to new vistas never before seen. The musical follows the story of teenager Peter Parker, whose unremarkable life is turned upside-down—literally—when he’s bitten by a genetically altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to his bedroom ceiling. This bullied science-geek—suddenly endowed with astonishing powers—soon learns, however, that with great power comes great responsibility as villains test not only his physical strength but also his strength of character. |
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Previews begin late 2010
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The Addams Family
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Based on the bizarre and beloved characters created by Charles Addams, this original story finds the famously macabre Addams Family put to the test when outsiders come to dinner, hurling Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Fester, Grandmama and Lurch headlong into a night that will change the family forever. |
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Opens April 8, 2010
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The Phantom of the Opera
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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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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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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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Fences
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Troy Maxson is a Pittsburgh sanitation worker who once dreamed of a baseball career, but was too old when the major leagues finally admitted black players. As he faces off against the racial barrier at work and his own disappointments, Troy also grapples with his son, Cory, over the teenager’s hope for a football scholarship and with his wife, Rose, who confronts Troy over a child he has fathered with another woman. Starring Denzel Washington and VIola Davis. |
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Opens April 26 , 2010
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God Of Carnage
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What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime? Starring Christine Lahti, Annie Potts, Jimmy Smits and Ken Stott. |
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The Miracle Worker
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Set in Alabama in the 1880s, The Miracle Worker tells the story of real-life Medal of Freedom winner Helen Keller, born blind and deaf, and Annie Sullivan, the extraordinary teacher who taught her to communicate with the world. Starring Abigail Breslin and Alison Pill. |
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Opening March 3, 2010
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39 Steps |
A hilarious whodunit based on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic original film. A beautiful woman. An unsuspecting victim. A whole lot of fun! One part epic spy-tale, one part madcap comedy extravaganza. The 39 Steps follows innocent bystander Richard Hannay as he races cross-country to solve a mysterious crime–before it's blamed on him! |
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Avenue Q |
Tony-winning musical Avenue Q is the hilarious and heartfelt story of a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York with big dreams and little money. He can only afford to live on Avenue Q but—good news!—his neighbors turn out to be a remarkably funny bunch of characters. |
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The New World Stages - Stage Three |
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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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Stomp |
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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