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Off Broadway Musicals that are now open or due to open!
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A MINISTER'S WIFE
adapted from George Bernard Shaw's Candida by Austin Pendleton, music by Joshua Schmidt and lyrics by Jan Tranen.
Musical Comedy
at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Explores the fires burning beneath the surface of a seemingly ordinary marriage: The Revered James Morrell and his wife, Candida, are happily married - or at least they think - until a romantic young poet enters their life, turning their world upside-down.
(from 07 Apr 2011 - Booking to tba)
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AVENUE Q
Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro & Music & Lyrics by David Bryan
Musical Comedy
at New World Stages / Stage 3
The musical is about a rundown outer-borough neighbourhood, where the residents - both puppets and humans - deal with everyday New York challenges like getting a job, falling in love and discovering their purpose in life.
(from 09 Oct 2009 - Booking to 16 Jan 2011)
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DANNY AND SYLVIA: THE DANNY KAYE MUSICAL
Book and lyrics by Robert McElwaine and additional music by Bob Bain
Musical Comedy
at St. Luke's Theatre
Follows the rise of Danny Kaye from an undisciplined improvisational comic to an international film star under the guidance of Sylvia Fine, who served as mentor, wife, and manager. Many of Danny's hit songs are featured including 'Tchaikovsky', 'Anatole of Paris', 'Minnie the Moocher' and 'Deena.'
(from 06 May 2009 - Booking to 30 Aug 2010)
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FALLING FOR EVE
book by Joe DiPietro, music by Bret Simmons and lyrics by David Howard
Musical Comedy
at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's
Creation is going perfectly. Eve, curious about what lies beyond the Garden of Eden, and obsessed with the notion that something is forbidden, bites the infamous apple. Then Adam doesn't. How exactly they'll get together to create the human race is anybody's guess.
(from 06 Jul 2010 - Booking to 08 Aug 2010)
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FANTASTICKS, THE
Book and lyrics by Tom Jones. Music by Harvey Schmidt
Romantic Musical Comedy
at The Snapple Theater Center
A romantic comedy about a boy, a girl, two fathers and a wall. 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.
(from 16 Jun 2008 - Booking to 21 Nov 2010)
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GIBBY STONE AND HER PROBLEM
Part of East To Edinburgh festival
Book by Paul Andrew Perez, with music and lyrics by George Griggs
Musical Comedy
at 59E59's Theater C
Gibby is a regular teenaged girl until her acne strikes. Gibby's face is either a dermatological wonder or the spawn of hell. Will she ever find a normal life? Teen angst at its worst!
(from 15 Jul 2010 - Closing on 01 Aug 2010)
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IN TRANSIT
book, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth
Musical
at 59E59's Theater A
Inspired by the rhythms and sounds of life on the subway, In Transit follows an aspiring actress, a fledgling financier, a street-savvy beatboxer, a cab driver, and others as they find their way in New York City.
(from 21 Sep 2010 - Closing on 30 Oct 2010)
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LOVERS
Book, music and lyrics by Christopher Massimine
Musical
at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre
Chip and Jolie thought they found an unlikely love. In a relationship spanned over 8 years from carefree impulses to increasing uncertainties, their story is set against human rhythms, harmonies and ultimately, the discords of Manhattan dreams versus Brooklyn realities.where dreams go deferred and sacrifices are made...or not...with tragic results.
(from 15 Jul 2010 - Closing on 01 Aug 2010)
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SEE ROCK CITY & OTHER DESTINATIONS
Music by Brad Alexander, book and lyrics by Adam Mathias
Pop-Rock Musical
at Duke On 42nd Street
A contemporary pop-rock musical road trip that ventures to tourist destinations across America, mapping out stories of sightseers in search of fellow travelers
(from 17 Jul 2010 - Closing on 08 Aug 2010)
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THE CAPEMAN
Concert version
Music by Paul Simon, book and lyrics by Paul Simon and Derek Walcott
Musical / concert version
at Delacorte Theater
Tells the true story of a Nuyorican street gang member whose story exploded on to the front pages of the tabloids in 1959, ultimately revealing the cultural and racial tensions beneath the surface of New York in that era.
(from 14 Aug 2010 - Closing on 16 Aug 2010)
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THE MORNING AFTER / THE NIGHT BEFORE
by Jeff Bienstock
Musical Comedy
at Lucille Lortel Theatre
a young man wakes up after a wild party to discover his best friend-an actress on the verge of getting married to an older man-lying asleep beside him. With the help of his friends, including a flaky attorney/drug dealer, a beautiful (but frigid) doctor, and a hot-to-trot guitarist with mother issues, our protagonist must overcome a whopping hangover to uncover the truth behind his fuzzy memories of the previous evening.
(from 18 Aug 2010 - Closing on 28 Aug 2010)
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THE PUNISHING BLOW
by Randy Cohen
Musical
at Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre
After being arrested for drunk driving followed by an anti-Semitic rant, college professor Leslie can avoid jail time if he enters rehab, attends anger management classes, and gives a lecture on a figure from a list of The 100 Most Influential Jews of All Time.
(from 13 Aug 2010 - Closing on 28 Aug 2010)
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THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD
book by Joy Gregory, music by Gunnar Madse, with lyrics by Joy Gregory and Gunnar Madse
Musical
at Playwrights Horizons / Mainstage Theater
Set in Fremont, New Hampshire in the early '70s, the musical is based on the true story of a working class dad who has a vision of rock n' roll destiny for his three talentless daughters, convinced they're his family's one-way ticket out of hardship and obscurity.
(from expected in Spring 2011 - )
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THREE PIANOS
Written and arranged by Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy, and Dave Malloy
Experimental theatre / Musical
at New York Theatre Workshop
An imaginative evening of chaos that explores Schubert's music, life, and times
(from tba - Closing on )
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WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS!
book by Joe Iconis, songs by various artists
Musical
at Lucille Lortel Theatre
Rock out with America's original 'boy band' - The Founding Fathers! Join George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as they trade in their powdered wigs for power chords to help an ambitious teen.
(from 08 Jul 2010 - Closing on 13 Aug 2010)
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