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Off Broadway Openings
Official opening 'press' night.
(Most shows will have previews before official opening!!)

Opening Show

05 May 2008 CONSEQUENCES
Michael Weller Theatre

by ML Kinney

05 May 2008 STEVE & IDI
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

by David Grimm

05 May 2008 IN THE LABYRINTH: A SPECTACLE WITH STORIES
Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab Reading Series

Soho Rep

by Dan LeFranc

05 May 2008 STRETCH (a fantasia)
The Living Theatre

by Susan Bernfield

05 May 2008 THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE
Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre

by Tennessee Williams

05 May 2008 ALL EYES AND EARS
Theatre Row's Lion Theatre

by Rogelio Martinez

05 May 2008 THE 23rd ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
Union Square Theatre


05 May 2008 STICK TO GLUE
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

by Mike Mathieu & Andrew Connor

06 May 2008 JAILBAIT
Part of Mentor Project 2008

Cherry Lane Theatre

by Deirdre O'Connor

06 May 2008 APPEARANCE - A SUSPENSE IN BEING
Theaterlab

by Carlo Altomare and Orietta Crispino

07 May 2008 THE UNCONQUERED
Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters

by Torben Betts

07 May 2008 MILL FIRE
Spoon Theater

by Sally Nemeth

08 May 2008 COLORFUL WORLD
78th Street Theatre Lab

by James Comtois

08 May 2008 ARCADIA
American Theatre of Actors' Berkmann Theatre

by Tom Stoppard

08 May 2008 MARATHON 2008
Series A

Ensemble Studio Theatre

An Upset by David Auburn
Christmas Present by Amy Herzog
A Little Soul-Searching by Willie Reale, music by Patrick Barnes
Tostitos by Michael John Garc‚s
Wedding Picture by Quincy Long

08 May 2008 THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE and THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND
Gloria Maddox Theater at the T. Schreiber Studio

The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang
The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard

08 May 2008 FUCK ME, BEAT ME, LOVE ME
Kraine Theater

by Kevin Podgorski

08 May 2008 NO, NO, NANETTE
Part of NY City Center's Encore series

NY City Center

Music by Vincent Youmans, with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, and book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel

08 May 2008 DINNER FOR TWO / CENA PARA DOS
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre

by Santiafo Moncada, translated by Charles Philip Thomas

08 May 2008 THE GHOST DANCERS
Sanford Meisner Theater

by Adam Hunault

08 May 2008 EVERYMAN
The Looking Glass Theatre

Author unkown, 15th century morality play

08 May 2008 RAFTA, RAFTA
Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre

by Ayub Khan-Din

09 May 2008 STREET DREAMS: THE INNER CITY MUSICAL
American Theatre of Actors

Written by Eve Merriam, score by Helen Miller

09 May 2008 VAN DRIVER
Cherry Lane Theater

by Jason Schuler

09 May 2008 PAST HALF REMEMBERED
Duke On 42nd Street

by International Encounter Visual Theatre

09 May 2008 EXTINGUISH
EJ Studio Theatre

by Ezra LeBank

09 May 2008 TIGERS, MUSES & JASMINE - The Wild Heroines of Weimar Berlin
Metropolitan Room

by Micaela Leon

09 May 2008 WHITE WIDOW, A Sicilian Musical Passion
Roy Arias Studio

Adaptation, music and lyrics by Paul Dick, based on the play, 'Mafia' by Mario Fratti.

09 May 2008 LEGENDS, MYTHS, AND HIEROGLYPHS
The Sonnet Theatre at the Producer's Club

by Demetrius Wren

09 May 2008 THE SMALL OF HER BACK
Times Square Arts Center

by Russell Leigh Sharman

11 May 2008 DON'T WORRY, BE JEWISH
Promise Theater

Concept & book by Mark Kleyner, music & lyrics by Alexander Butov & Brian Starr, translation by Julia Burke

11 May 2008 PUTTING THE DAYS TO BED
Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab Reading Series

Soho Rep

by Deron Bos

11 May 2008 THE WILD, WILD WOMEN OF WAKKI-NUNU!
The Red Room

by Frank Cwiklik

12 May 2008 John Lithgow: STORIES BY HEART
Lincoln Center / Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater

by John Lithgow

13 May 2008 WELCOME HOME MARIAN ANDERSON
St. Luke's Theatre

by Vanessa Shaw

14 May 2008 ARCHITECTING
3LD Art & Technology Center

by Davey Anderson, Dave Polato, Lucy Kendrick Smith and Nathan Wright

14 May 2008 DAMASCUS
Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters Theater A

by David Greig

14 May 2008 JAMIE deROY AND FRIENDS
Metropolitan Room


15 May 2008 EIGHTBALLS
The Green Room at 45 Bleecker Street

by C. J. Thom

16 May 2008 THE GREAT AMERICAN ALL-STAR TRAVELING WAR MACHINE
Theater for the New City

conceived the by Irondale Ensemble Project, based on selected entries in Lewis Lapham's journal 'Lapham's Quarterly'.

16 May 2008 THE WITLINGS
West End Theatre

by Frances Burney

19 May 2008 THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE
Part of Project Shaw

Players Club

by George Bernard Shaw

19 May 2008 GOOD BOYS AND TRUE
Second Stage Theatre

by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

20 May 2008 EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN
CAP21

by Katie Forgette

20 May 2008 THE ATHEIST
Culture Project-SoHo Theater

by Ronan Noone

20 May 2008 THE GOOD NEGRO
Public's Shiva Theater

by Tracey Scott Wilson

21 May 2008 PORT AUTHORITY
Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater

by Conor McPherson

21 May 2008 FEVER
The Dionysus Theater's L'il Peach

by Dave McCracken

22 May 2008 PRISONER OF THE CROWN
The Irish Repertory Theatre

by Richard F. Stockton

23 May 2008 MARATHON 2008
Series B

Ensemble Studio Theatre

The Great War by Neil LaBute
Okay by Taylor Mac
Happy Birthday William Abernathy by Lloyd Suh
Ideogram by David Zellnik
October/November by Anne Washburn

25 May 2008 ARTEFACTS
Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters / Theatre B

by Mike Bartlett

25 May 2008 BLINK
Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters / Theatre C

by Ian Rowlands

28 May 2008 A POLITICAL PARTY!
Sage Theater


29 May 2008 ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Under St. Marks

by Haberdasher Theatre, adapted from Lewis Carroll

01 Jun 2008 STOMP AND SHOUT (an' Work it All Out)
45th Street Theatre

by James Carmichael

02 Jun 2008 REASONS TO BE PRETTY
Lucille Lortel Theatre

by Neil LaBute

02 Jun 2008 LEN, ASLEEP IN VINYL
McGinn Cazale Theatre

by Carly Mensch

02 Jun 2008 AMERICAN WHUPASS
TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series

Players Theatre

by Justin Warner

03 Jun 2008 KING KONG
Part of Summer Fright Fest

Players Theatre

Adapted by Dan Bianchi

03 Jun 2008 THE ISLAND OF DR.MOREAU!
Part of Summer Fright Fest

Players Theatre

by H.G. Wells, adapted by Dan Bianchi

03 Jun 2008 SAVED
Playwrights Horizons / Main Stage

Music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, book and lyrics by John Dempsey and Rinne Groff
Based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture written by Brian Dannelly and Michael Urban

04 Jun 2008 JOLLYSHIP THE WHIZ-BANG
Ars Nova Theater

Created by writer Nick Jones with music by the band Jollyship the Whiz-Bang

04 jun 2008 BODY AWARENESS
Atlantic Stage Two

by Annie Baker

05 Jun 2008 FREQUENCY HOPPING
3LD Art & Technology Center

by Elyse Singer

05 Jun 2008 THE HIRED MAN
Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters

music and lyrics by Howard Goodall, book by Melvyn Bragg.

05 Jun 2008 THE FRAMER
Michael Weller Theatre

by Edward Allan Baker

05 Jun 2008 OCCUPANT
The Peter Norton Space

by Edward Albee

06 Jun 2008 MARATHON 2008
Series C

Ensemble Studio Theatre

In Between Songs by Lewis Black
Japanoir by Michael Feingold
Piscary by Frank D. Gilroy
Flowers by Jos‚ Rivera
A Very Very Short Play by Jacquelyn Reingold

06 Jun 2008 H.M.S. PINAFORE
Part of G & S FEST 2008 (summer season)

NY City Center

Music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert

06 Jun 2008 THE COCKTAIL HOUR
Theatre Row's Kirk Theatre

by A.R. Gurney

07 Jun 2008 PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE
Part of G & S FEST 2008 (summer season)

NY City Center

Music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert

07 Jun 2008 MIKADO, THE
Part of G & S FEST 2008 (summer season)

NY City Center

Music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert

08 Jun 2008 GENTLEMAN CALLER
Part of Summerworks 2008.

Ohio Theater

by Ann Marie Healy

08 Jun 2008 THREE ON A COUCH
SoHo Playhouse

by Carl Djerassi

09 Jun 2008 FILM CHINOIS
TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series

Players Theatre

by Damon Chua

10 Jun 2008 VINCENT RIVER
Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters

by Philip Ridley

10 Jun 2008 SOME KIND OF BLISS
Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters

by Samuel Adamson

10 Jun 2008 SAFE HOME
CAP21

by Sean Cullen

11 Jun 2008 A DOLL'S HOUSE
Gene Frankel Theatre

by Henrik Ibsen, in a new version by Helene Kvale

11 Jun 2008 A DANGEROUS PERSONALITY
Julia Miles Theater

by Sallie Bingham

12 Jun 2008 GONDOLIERS, THE
Part of G & S FEST 2008 (summer season)

NY City Center

Music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert

15 Jun 2008 VENDETTA CHROME
Part of Summerworks 2008.

Ohio Theater

by Sally Oswald

16 Jun 2008 A CROOKED MAN
TRU Voices New Plays Reading Series

Players Theatre

by Richard Kalinosk

17 Jun 2008 HAMLET
Public Theater at the Delacorte Theater

by William Shakespeare

18 Jun 2008 FORBIDDEN CITY WEST
Theater for the New City

by Ross Anthony Evans and Erin Austin

19 Jun 2008 A PERFECT COUPLE
DR2 Theatre

by Brooke Berman

22 Jun 2008 SLAVEY
Part of Summerworks 2008.

Ohio Theater

by Sigrid Gilmer

23 Jun 2008 PALACE OF THE END
Playwrights Horizons / Peter Jay Sharp Theatre

by Judith Thompson

23 Jun 2008 BASH'D! - gay rap opera
Zipper Factory Theater

Created by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, with music by Aaron Macri

26 Jun 2008 MARKO THE PRINCE
Barrow Group Arts Center

by Jovanka Bach

10 Jun 2008 THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO
Laura Pels Theatre

by Christopher Durang

10 Jul 2008 DAMN YANKEES
NY City Center

Score and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop based on Wallop's novel 'The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.'

22 Jul 2008 HAIR
Public Theater at the Delacorte Theater

with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot

04 Aug 2008 ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER
McGinn Cazale Theatre

by Rajiv Joseph

16 Aug 2008 ELIZABETH REX
Center Stage

by Timothy Findley

10 Sep 2008 FIFTY WORDS
Lucille Lortel Theatre

by Michael Weller

15 Sep 2008 ROCKAE, THE
Hudson Guild Theatre

Music and lyrics by Peter Mills, adapted from Euripides' The Bacchae by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel

14 Oct 2008 IRMA LA DOUCE
McGinn Cazale Theatre

music by Marguerite Monnot; original lyrics by Alexandre Breffort; original book by Alexandre Breffort; english lyrics by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman; english book by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman.

28 Oct 2008 TOVARICH
McGinn Cazale Theatre

Book by David Shaw; lyrics by Anne Croswell; music by Lee Pockriss, based on Tovarich by Jacques Deval.

28 Oct 2008 ROMANTIC POETRY
NY City Center Stage 1

Book & lyrics by John Patrick Shanley, music by Henry Krieger

11 Nov 2008 STREAMERS
Laura Pels Theatre

by David Rabe

14 Jan 2009 THE BREAK OF NOON
Lucille Lortel Theatre

by Neil LaBute

10 Feb 2009 RUINED
NY City Center Stage 1

by Lynn Nottage

03 Mar 2009 CABARET GIRL
McGinn Cazale Theatre

Book by George Grossmith & P.G.Wodehouse, lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse with music by Jerome Kern.

17 Mar 2009 EARLY TO BED
McGinn Cazale Theatre

Book by George Marion, Jr.; lyrics by George Marion, Jr.; music by Thomas 'Fats' Waller.

14 Apr 2009 YOU NEVER KNOW
McGinn Cazale Theatre

Music & lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Rowland Leigh; based on the play 'By Candlelight' by Siegfried Geyer; adapted from the Viennese operetta 'Bei Kerzenleicht' by Robert Katscher and Karl Farkas.

06 May 2009 CORALINE
Lucille Lortel Theatre

Music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt, book by David Greenspan amd based on the Novel by Neil Gaiman.

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