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Comedy

Book by Dan Elish, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown

About two days in the life of Washington Heights, a vibrant immigrant neighborhood at the top of Manhattan. From the vantage point of Usnavi's corner bodega, we experience the joys, heartbreaks and bonds of a Latino community struggling to redefine home.

(from ?? ?? 2008 to )

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Musical Comedy

book, music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello, based on Charles Dickens' Novel

Set against the epic backdrop of the French Revolution and based on the classic Dickens novel, the show is a musical about injustice, vengeance and the redemptive power of love.

(from 19 Aug 2008 to )

AVENUE Q

John Golden Theatre

Musical

Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty, based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx.

A charming yet rundown outer-borough neighborhood, where the residents - both puppets and humans - deal with everyday New York challenges

(from 11 Jul 2003 to 05 Oct 2008)

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL Expected on Broadway in Fall 2008

Imperial Theatre

Musical

Book & Lyrics by Lee Hall, Music by Elton John

Set in England's North East against the background of the miners' strike - Billy Elliot is the tale of a motherless boy whose father wants him to take up boxing. Instead, the boy discovers a love for ballet that leads him from secret lessons to a place at the Royal Ballet School .

(from 01 Oct 2008 to 05 Jul 2009)

BRIGADOON

tba

Musical Comedy

Music by Frederick Loewe, original book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, with revised book by John Guare

The story of two disillusioned Americans on vacation in Scotland who wander into a village that comes alive every 100 years for only one day.

(from ?? ?? 2009 to )

BUSKER ALLEY

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Musical

Score by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, book by AJ Carothers

Captures the life and spirit of street performers (buskers) who earn their living in the shadow of London's West End glamour just before and during World War II. A devil-may-care busker, Charlie, no longer 'as young as he was,' takes a gutsy, young sneak thief under his wing. He discovers her gift for music and performing and, with his tutelage, her talent blossoms along with his growing infatuation for her.

(from ?? ?? ?? to ?? ?? ??)

CATERED AFFAIR, A

Walter Kerr Theatre

Musical Comedy

Book by Harvey Fierstein, music and lyrics by John Bucchino based on Paddy Chayefsky's original teleplay and the 1956 Turner Entertainment film that was written by Gore Vidal.

This musical play reveals relationships strained to their limits when a couple must decide whether to spend their life savings on a family business or to launch their only daughter's marriage with a lavish catered affair.

(from 25 Mar 2008 to 12 Oct 2008)

CHICAGO

Ambassador Theatre

Musical Comedy

Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Book by Bob Fosse & Fred Ebb

Follows not your usual housewife, Roxie Hart, who gains dubious notoriety when she kills her boyfriend, invents her defense and manipulates everyone from her trustworthy husband to the fickle media and the unsuspecting public

(from 23 Oct 1996 to 04 Jan 2009)

CHORUS LINE, A

Schoenfeld Theatre

Musical Revue

conceived by Michael Bennett, book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban

Dancers audition for a Broadway musical, during the audition we learn of their dreams and disappointments Eventually eight are choosen and the show closes with a glitzy song and dance routine.

(from 18 Sep 2006 to 07 Sep 2008)

CRY-BABY

Marquis Theatre

Musical Comedy

book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, lyrics and music by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger

Baltimore 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes Communism and Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker is the baddest boy in town. He's a rebel with a cause ð truth, justice and the pursuit of rock 'n' roll ð and when he falls for a good girl, his square little suburb rocks around the clock.

(from 15 Mar 2008 to 14 Sep 2008)

CURTAINS

Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Musical Comedy

Book by Rupert Holmes, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb

Curtains is set in 1959 in Boston during the pre-Broadway tryout of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously dies onstage during the applause at the end of the show, the entire company and creative team are possible suspects; their various motives must be sorted out by a local detective (Pierce) who happens to be a musical theater fan.

(from 27 Feb 2007 to 29 Jun 2008)

DANCIN'

Studio 54

Musical / Dance

created by Bob Fosse

An evening of dance set to hit songs from the pop music cannon.

(from 17 Apr 2009 to )

GLORY DAYS

Circle in the Square

Musical

music and lyrics by Nick Blamiere, with book by James Gardiner

Four high school friends reunite one year after graduation to discover how dramatically their lives have grown apart. While they attempt to reconnect and understand each other's differences, nothing can compare to the glory days of high school when life was simpler and all appeared right with the world.

(from 22 Apr 2008 to 06 May 2008)

GREASE

Brooks Atkinson Theatre

Musical Comedy

Book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Based on the sub-cultures of high school life in the 1950's. The show takes place at the hyperactive Rydell High School, where Danny Zuko fronts his gang - the raucous T-Birds - who romance their sassy female equivalents - the Pink Ladies. When 'good-girl' Sandy Dumbrowski arrives in town, the Pink Ladies take her under their collective wing.

(from 24 Jul 2007 to 07 Sep 2008)

GYPSY

St. James Theatre

Musical

Score by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents

Gypsy tells the story of Rose, an overbearing stage mother who is determined to break into the big time by pushing the vaudeville career of her younger daughter June. However, unwilling to tolerate her mother's manipulations, June elopes with a dancer. Rose then turns all of her attention on her older and less talented daughter Louise.

(from 03 Mar 2008 to 04 Jan 2009)

HAIRSPRAY

Neil Simon Theatre

Musical

Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Book by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell.

Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion -- to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance programme and overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity

(from 18 Jul 2002 to 04 Jan 2009)

IN THE HEIGHTS

Richard Rodgers Theatre

Musical

music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, bookby Quiara Alegria Hudes.

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.

(from 14 Feb 2008 to 31 Aug 2008)

JERSEY BOYS

August Wilson Theatre (formerly Virginia Theatre)

Musical

Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, composer by Bob Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe.

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.

(from 04 Oct 2005 to 26 Apr 2009)

LEGALLY BLONDE

Palace Theatre

Musical Comedy

Music and Lyrics by Nell Benjamin & Laurence O'Keefe, with book by Heather Hach

Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take 'no' for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone more 'serious,' Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law.

(from 03 Apr 2007 to 05 Oct 2008)

LION KING, THE

Minskoff Theatre

Musical

Music by Elton John, Additional Music by Hans Zimmer, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, and Jay Rifkin, Lyrics by Tim Rice, Book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi.

Story of the epic adventures of a young lion cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king.

(from 13 Jun 1997 to 04 Oct 2008)

LITTLE MERMAID, THE

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Musical

Music by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, Lyrics by Glenn Slater, Book by Doug Wright

Loosely based upon the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Ariel, youngest daughter of King Triton, is dissatisfied with life in the sea. She longs to be with the humans above the surface, and is often caught in arguments with her father over those 'barbaric fish-eaters'. She goes to meet Ursula, the Sea Witch, to strike a deal, but Ursula has bigger plans for this mermaid and her father.

(from 07 Nov 2007 to 24 Aug 2008)

MAMMA MIA!

Winter Garden

Musical

Music & Lyrics by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, Book by Catherine Johnson

Inspired by the songs of ABBA. This original musical is a story of family and friendship as it unfolds on a tiny Greek island. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited twenty years ago.

(from 05 Oct 2001 to 26 Oct 2008)

MARY POPPINS

New Amsterdam

Musical

Based on the stories by P.L. Travers and the 1964 Walt Disney film with music and lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman; Additional new songs, music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe; Book by Julian Fellowes.

London 1910, The Bank's Children need a nanny, and advertise for one on the Times. The Nanny who applies is the endearing but enigmatic Mary Poppins.

(from 14 Oct 2006 to 17 Aug 2008)

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

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Musical Comedy

Music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin, and book by Joe DiPietro.

A musical about a a Long Island playboy, filled with bootleggers, golddiggers, and some of the greatest songs from the legendary Gershwin hit list.

(from ?? Feb 2009 to )

PAL JOEY

Studio 54

Musical

Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, with a new book by Richard Greenberg based on the original book by John O'hara.

Set in Chicago in the late 1930s, the musical tells 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.

(from 21 Nov 2008 to )

PASSING STRANGE

Belasco Theatre

Musical

book and lyrics by Stew Rodewald, music & lyrics by Stew & Heidi Rodewald, created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen

A young black bohemian in search of self and home, charts a course for 'the real' through sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

(from 08 Feb 2008 to 21 Sep 2008)

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE

Majestic

Musical

Book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ,Lyrics by Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe

Hideously deformed Phantom lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera, exercising a reign of terror over its occupants. The phantom falls in love with the young Soprano...

(from 09 Jan 1988 to 04 Oct 2008)

PORGY AND BESS

tba

Musical

Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin and a book by Dubose Heyward, based on 'Porgy' by Dubose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward.

A bittersweet love story set in South Carolina during the Great Depression.

(from ?? ?? ?? to )

RENT

Nederlander Theatre

Musical

Music, Lyrics & Book by Jonathan Larson

Story of Le Boheme retold about poor New Yorkers on Lower East Side with a different ending.

(from 16 Apr 1996 to 04 Sep 2008)

SHREK: THE MUSICAL Expected on Broadway in 2008

Broadway Theatre

Musical Comedy

music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire

(from 08 Nov 2008 to )

SOUTH PACIFIC

Lincoln Center / Vivian Beaumont

Musical

music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, based on 'Tales of the South Pacific' by James A. Michener.

During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart.

(from 01 Mar 2008 to 04 Jan 2009)

SPAMALOT

Shubert Theatre

Musical

book by Eric Idle, with music and lyrics by John Du Prez and Eric Idle

Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail, - Monty Python style.

(from 14 Feb 2005 to 02 Nov 2008)

SPIDER-MAN (Name of musical to be confirmed)

tba

Musical

Music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge from U2, book by Glen Berger andJ ulie Taymor

A musical about Marvel comics suoer hero Spider-Man

(from to )

SPRING AWAKENING

Eugene O'Neill Theatre

Musical

Music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater based on the play by Frank Wedekind

Adapted from Frank Wedekind's controversial masterpiece about a dozen young people and how they make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual awakening.

(from 16 Nov 2006 to 30 Aug 2008)

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

Studio 54

Musical

book by James Lapin, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

The musical celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art. In the first half, set in 1884, the people - and the animals - in the painting come to life in a world where, for artist Georges, art comes before love, before everything. In the second half, set a century later, Seurat's great-grandson is searching for inspiration amidst the unforgiving world of contemporary art in New York.

(from 25 Jan 2008 to 29 Jun 2008)

TITLE OF SHOW

Lyceum Theatre

Musical Comedy

Music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, book by Hunter Bell

tells the tale of two struggling writers named Jeff and Hunter who race to write and submit a show to the theatre festival - with the deadline just weeks away.

(from 05 Jul 2008 to 04 Jan 2009)

WICKED The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz

Gershwin Theatre

Musical

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire.

Story of how two school roommates from Oz , Elphaba who grows up to become the Wicked Witch of the West, and of her school roommate Glinda, who grows up to become the Good Witch

(from 08 Oct 2003 to 15 Feb 2009)

XANADU

Helen Hayes Theatre

Musical Comedy

book by Douglas Carter Beane and Marc Reid Rubel, music by John Farrar and Jeff Lynne

The Greek muses incarnate themselves on Earth to inspire men to achieve. One of them, incarnated as a girl named Kira, encounters an artist named Sonny Malone.

(from 23 May 2007 to 07 Sep 2008)

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Hilton Theatre

Musical Comedy

Music & lyrics by Mel Brooks Book by Mel Brooks & Tom Meehan

Young Frankenstein does not believe in the work of his grandfather, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind...

(from 11 Oct 2007 to 28 Sep 2008)