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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
by Tennessee Williams

TheatreBroadhurst Theatre
Address235 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) New York NY 10036
LocationBroadway
GenreDrama
Previews from03 Apr 2012
Opens22 Apr 2012
Booking to22 Jul 2012
Closes22 Jul 2012
TimeTue 7pm, Wed 8pm, Thu 7pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed & Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm
Extra Perf: Sun 22 Apr 6pm, Mon 2 Jul 7pm, Sun 8 Jul 8pm
Time Change: Sun 8 Jul 2pm
No Perf: Wed 4 Jul 2pm & 8pm, Sun 22 Apr 3pm
Performance schedule may vary.
Price $Ticket prices range from $131.50 - $49.50
Tickets go on sale on to the general public on 18 Feb 2012.
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PerformersNicole Ari Parker (Blanche DuBois), Blair Underwood (Stanley), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Stella), Wood Harris (Mitch)
DirectorEmily Mann
DesignEugene Lee
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CostumePaul Tazewell
SoundTerence Blanchard
ProducerFront Row Productions
SynopsisSet against the backdrop of New Orleans' gritty French Quarter. The play tells the tale of former school teacher and socialite Blanche DuBois, as she's forced to move in with her sister Stella and her animalistic husband Stanley. But the fragile, Blanche quickly gets a gritty life lesson in the seamy, steamy underbelly of 1940's New Orleans.
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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by Rick Elice

TheatreBrooks Atkinson Theatre
Address256 W. 47th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) New York, NY
LocationBroadway
GenreDrama
Previews from28 Mar 2012
Opens15 Apr 2012
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DirectorRoger Rees and Alex Timbers
DesignDonyale Werle
LightingJeff Croiter
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CostumePaloma Young
SoundDarron L. West
ProducerNancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert
SynopsisA company of twelve actors plays some 50 characters - all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter become The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up?
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE
Book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe

TheatreMajestic Theatre
Address245 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036 (between Broadway & 8th Avenue)
LocationBroadway
GenreMusical
Previews from09 Jan 1988
Opens26 Jan 1988
Booking to31 Mar 2012
Closes
TimeMon 8pm, Tue 7pm, Wed - Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed & Sat 2pm
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Price $Ticket prices range from $141.50 - $26.50
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PerformersHugh Panaro (The Phantom), Trista Moldovan (Christine Daae), Kyle Barisich (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagn), Aaron Galligan-Stierle (Monsieur Andre), Kevin Ligon (Monsieur Firmin), Michele McConnell (Carlotta Giudicelli), Cristin J. Hubbard (Madame Giry), Christian Sebek (Ubaldo Piangi), Heather McFadden (Meg Gir).
The role of Christine Daae is played by Marni Raab at some performances
DirectorHarold Prince
DesignMaria Bjornso
LightingAndrew Bridge
ChoreographyGillian Lynne
CostumeMaria Bjornso
SoundMick Potter
Martin Levan (original sound designer)
ProducerThe Cameron Mackintosh/Really Useful Theatre Company, Inc
SynopsisA 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 devoting himself to creating a new star for the Opera by nurturing her extraordinary talents and employing all the skills at his disposal.
Length2hrs 30mins
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PRINCE OF BROADWAY
Book by David Thompson, will contain words and music from the naby Tony Award winning shows that Hal Prince as either producedoand/ordirected.

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GenreMusical
Previews fromExpected Fall 2012
OpensExpected Nov 2012
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DirectorHarold Prince, with co-direction by Susan Stroman
DesignJerome Sirlin
LightingHowell Binkley
ChoreographySusan Stroman
CostumeWilliam Ivey Long
SoundPeter Hylenski
ProducerAubrey Dan, Martyn Hayes and Peter W. Lamb for Dancap Productions Inc.,
SynopsisA new musical celebrating legendary Broadway director and producer Harold 'Hal' Prince.
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PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL
by Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott

TheatrePalace Theatre
Address1564 Broadway
(corner of 7th Avenue and 47th Street)
New York
LocationBroadway
GenreMusical
Previews from28 Feb 2011
Opens20 Mar 2011
Booking to02 Sep 2012
Closes
TimeMon 8pm, Tue 7pm, Thu - Sat 8pm, Sun 7:30pm, Mat: Sat & Sun 2pm
Performance times may very
Price $Ticket prices range from $52 - $137
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PerformersTony Sheldon (Bernadette), Will Swenson (Tick/Mitzi), Nick Adams (Adam/Felicia)
C. David Johnson (Bob)
Adam LeFevre (Bob from 6 Feb)
James Brown III (Jimmy), Mike McGowan (Frank), Nathan Lee Graham (Miss Understanding), J. Elaine Marcos (Cynthia)
Jessica Phillips (Marion)
Julie Reiber (Marion from 6 Feb)
Steve Schepis (Farrah), Keala Settle (Shirley), 'Divas' Jacqueline B. Arnold , Anastacia McCleskey and Ashley Spencer, as well as Thom Allison, Kyle Brown, Joshua Buscher, Susan Dunstan, Christopher Gurr, David Lopez, Ellyn Marie Marsh, Jeff Metzler, Eric Sciotto, Bryan West, and Tad Wilson.
DirectorSimon Phillips
DesignBrian Thomson
LightingNick Schlieper
ChoreographyRoss Coleman
CostumeTim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner
SoundJonathan Deans and Peter Fitzgerald
ProducerBette Midler; James L. Nederlander; Liz Koops and Garry McQuinn; Specific Films; Allan Scott Productions; Roy Furman; Terry Allen Kramer; Terri and Timothy Childs, Ken Greiner, Chip Meyrelles; Robert G. Bartner; Chugg Entertainment; Michael Buckley; Stewart F. Lane / Bonnie Comley; Bruce Davey; Thierry Suc/TS3; The Volcano Project; Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment / Spirtas-Mauro Productions/MAS Music Arts & Show; and David Mirvish.
SynopsisDrag queen Mitzi, and friends Felicia and Bernadette make their own personal journeys of discovery as they go across Australia from Sydney to the outback, in a battered old bus named Priscilla, to perform their show - singing their way through disco songs.
Length2hrs 30mins
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PURE COUNTRY
book by Rex McGee & Peter Masterson, music by Steve Dorff and lyrics by John Bettis

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PerformersJoe Nichols (Rusty), Lorrie Morgan (Lula)
DirectorPeter Masterson
DesignDerek McLane
LightingKevin Adams
ChoreographyWarren Carlyle
CostumeAnn Roth
SoundAcme Sound Partners
ProducerRandall L. Wreghitt, Chris Presley and Ellen Rusconi
SynopsisSometimes fame and fortune aren't enough. Rusty is a country music superstar at the height of his career with all the high stakes pressures that come with it. When they start to take their toll and he walks out of an overblown concert tour, his search begins to find himself - and the love he left behind.
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RICHARD III
(Bridge Project)

by William Shakespeare

TheatreBAM Harvey Theatre
Address651 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY 11217
LocationBroadway
GenreDrama
Previews from10 Jan 2012
Opens18 Jan 2012
Booking to04 Mar 2012
Closes04 Mar 2012
TimeTue - Sat 7:30pm, Mat: Sat 2pm & Sun 3pm
Performance schedule may vary
Price $Ticket prices range from $130 - $30
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PerformersMaureen Anderman (Duchess of York), Stephen Lee Anderson (Sir Richard Ratcliffe), Jeremy Bobb (Catesby / 2nd Murderer / 2nd Citizen ), Nathan Darrow (Lord Grey / Richmond), Jack Ellis (Lord Hastings), Haydn Gwynne (Queen Elizabeth), Chuk Iwuji (Buckingham), Isaiah Johnson (Rivers / Lord Mayor), Gemma Jones (Queen Margaret), Andrew Long (King Edward IV / Bishop of Ely), Katherine Manners (Young Prince Richard), Howard Overshown (Brackenbury / Keeper & Sir Thomas Vaughan ), Simon Lee Phillips (Tyrell / 3rd Citizen & Norfolk), Gary Powell (Lord Lovel / 1st Murderer / 1st Citizen), Michael Rudko (Lord Stanley), Annabel Scholey (Lady Anne), Kevin Spacey (Richard, Duke of Gloucester), Gavin Stenhouse (Dorset / Urswick), Hannah Stokely (Edward) and Chandler Williams (George, Duke of Clarence).
DirectorSam Mandes
DesignTom Piper
LightingPaul Pyant
Choreography
CostumeCatherine Zuber
SoundGareth Fry
ProducerThe Old Vic, BAM and Neal Street
SynopsisThe Duke of Gloucester who plots and butchers his way to the throne, murdering his own young nephews in the Tower.
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ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS
book by Rupert Holmes, a score by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen

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DirectorCasey Nicholaw
DesignGregg Barnes
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ChoreographyCasey Nicholaw
CostumeGregg Barnes
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ProducerBruce Charet, Dennis Mastro, Dennis Farina, Billy Campbell; Barry Brown, executive producer
SynopsisTransplants the Robin Hood legend to prohibition 1930's Chicago. Currupt sherrif Guy Gisborne kills the underworld boss Big Jim and seeks to take control himself. All fall in line behind the new crime boss accept Robbo, who controls the north-side. When Robbo gives some money to an orphanage, he finds himself inheriting the mantle of Robin Hood and gains unexpected friends. The sherrif schemes to destroy Robbo, while Mariam, Big Jim's daughter, tries to manipulate both men in her efforts to inherit her dead father's position, and become Chicago's new underworld boss.
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ROCK OF AGES
book by Chris D'Arienzo, with a score featuring 80's rock music

TheatreHelen Hayes Theatre
Address240 West 44th Street (Between Broadway and 8th Avenue) New York NY 10036
LocationBroadway
GenreMusical
Previews from24 Mar 2011
Opens24 Mar 2011
Booking to27 May 2012
Closes
TimeMon 8pm, Tue 7pm, Thu - Sat 8pm, Sun 7:30pm, Mat: Sat 2pm & Sun 3pm
Performance schedule may vary
Price $$140 - $70
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Performers Adam Dannheisser (Dennis)
Genson Blimline (Lonny until 19 Feb)
Genson Blimline (Lonny from 20 Feb)
Michele Mais (Justice), Paul Schoeffler(Hertz),Emily Padgett (Sherrie), Jeremy Woodard (Stacee Jaxx), Cody Scott Lancaster (Franz), Josephine Rose Roberts (Regina) and Dan Domenech (Drew).
DirectorKristin Hanggi
DesignBeowulf Boritt
LightingJason Lyons
ChoreographyKelly Devine
CostumeGregory Gale
SoundWalter Trarbach
ProducerMatthew Weaver, Carl Levin and Corner Store Entertainment in association with Scott Prisand, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Jeff Davis, Charles Rolecek, Susanne Brook, Jennifer Maloney and Prospect Pictures.
SynopsisIt's the late 1980s and the final countdown is on for a legendary Hollywood rock club facing its demise at the hands of eager developers. When a young rocker hungry for his big break and a small town girl chasing her dreams land on the scene at this infamous venue, how far will ambition drive them? And will it be lights out for the club and all the regulars and rockers who have made it their home?
Length2hrs 20mins
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Other InfoNote: Rock of Ages opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on 7 Apr 2009, following previews from 17 Mar, where it played until 9 Jan 2011.


SEMINAR
by Theresa Rebeck

TheatreJohn Golden Theatre
Address252 West. 45th Street
(between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
New York, NY
LocationBroadway
GenreComedy
Previews from27 Oct 2011
Opens20 Nov 2011
Booking to18 Mar 2012
Closes
Time Tue - Thu 7pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Wed & Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm
Extra Perf: Mon 20 Feb 8pm
No Perf: Sun 26 Feb 3pm
Performance schedule may vary
Price $Prices range from: $51.50 - $126.50
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PerformersAlan Rickman (Leonard), Jerry O'Connell (Douglas), Lily Rabe (Kate), Hamish Linklater (Martin) and Hettienne Park (Izzy).
DirectorSam Gold
DesignDavid Zinn
LightingBen Stanton
Choreography
CostumeDavid Zinn
SoundJohn Gromada
ProducerJeffrey Finn, Jill Furman, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith and Roy Furman
SynopsisFour young writers are thrilled to be participating in a private seminar taught by the brilliant but unpredictable Leonard , an international literary legend. But as Leonard deems some students more promising than others, tensions arise. Sex is used as a weapon, alliances are made and broken, and it's not just the wordplay that turns vicious.
Length1hr 30mins
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SISTER ACT
Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner, and Douglas Carter Beane.

TheatreBroadway Theatre
Address1681 Broadway
(between West 52nd & 53rd Streets)
New York, NY
LocationBroadway
GenreMusical Comedy
Previews from24 Mar 2011
Opens20 Apr 2011
Booking to17 Jun 2012
Closes
TimeTue 7pm, Wed 8pm, Thu 7pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed & Sat 2pm & Sun 3pm
From 27 Feb 2012: Tue 7pm, Wed - Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed & Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm
Schedule will vary
Price $$129 to $51.50
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PerformersPatina Miller (Deloris Van Cartier), Carolee Carmello (Mother Superior), Carolee Carmello (Mother Superior), Fred Applegate (Monsignor), Sarah Bolt (Sister Mary Patrick), John Treacy Egan (Joey), Demond Green (TJ), Chester Gregory (Eddie), Kingsley Leggs (Curtis), Marla Mindelle (Sister Mary Robert), Audrie Neenan (Sister Mary Lazarus) and Caesar Samayoa (Pablo).
DirectorJerry Zaks
DesignKlara Zieglerova
LightingNatasha Katz
ChoreographyAnthony Van Laast
CostumeLez Brotherston
SoundMick Potter
ProducerWhoopi Goldberg and Stage Entertainment UK
SynopsisWhen disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place cops are sure she won't be found - a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and an uptight Mother Superior. Using her fabulous disco-ness and killer voice to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community, but in doing so blows her cover. Soon it's nun-on-the-run time but she finds salvation in the heavenly power of her newly found sisterhood.
Length2hrs 30mins
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SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK
Music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge from U2, book by Julie Taymor, Glen Berger and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

TheatreFoxwoods Theatre
Address213 West 42nd Street
(between 7th and 8th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036
LocationBroadway
GenreMusical
Previews from28 Nov 2010
Opens14 Jun 2011
Booking to02 Sep 2012
Closes
TimeTue - Thu 7:30pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed 1:30pm, Sat 2pm & Sun 3pm
Performance schedule may vary
Price $Ticket prices range from $140 to $67.50
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PerformersReeve Carney (Peter Parker/Spider-Man), Rebecca Faulkenberry (Mary Jane Watson), Patrick Page (Norman Osborn/Green Goblin), Christina Sajous (Arachne), Michael Mulheren (J. Jonah Jameson), Ken Marks (Uncle Ben), Isabel Keating (Aunt May), Laura Beth Wells (Emily Osborn), Matt Caplan (Flash), Dwayne Clark (Boyle/Busker), Luther Creek (Kong), Jeb Brown, Mat Devine, Gideon Glick, Jonathan Schwartz, Matthew James Thomas, Gerald Avery, Collin Baja, Marcus Bellamy, Emmanuel Brown, Erin Elliott, Dana Marie Ingraham, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Heather Lang, Ari Loeb, Natalie Lomonte, Kevin Loomis, Kristin Martin, Jodi McFadden, Kristen Oei, America Olivo, Jennifer Perry, Kyle Post, Brandon Rubendall, Sean Samuels and Dollar Tan.
DirectorJulie Taymor (original Director) & Philip Wm. McKinley (Creative Consultant).
DesignGeorge Tsypin
LightingDonald Holder
ChoreographyDaniel Ezralow , with additional choreography from Chase Brock
CostumeEiko Ishioka
SoundJonathan Deans
ProducerMichael Cohl, Jeremiah J. Harris, Land Line Productions, Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Billy and Fernando Rovzar Diez Barroso, Jeffrey B. Hecktman, Omneity Entertainment/Richard G. Weinberg, Nederlander Organization/James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, S2BN Entertainment, Jam Theatricals, the Mayerson/Gould/Hauser/Tysoe Group, and Patricia Lambrecht, by association with Marvel Entertainment.
SynopsisFollows 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. Spider-Man's battles will hurtle the audience through an origin story both recognizable and unexpected--yielding new characters as well as familiar faces--until a final surprising confrontation casts a startling new light on this hero's journey.
Length2hrs 45mins
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STICK FLY
by Lydia R. Diamond

TheatreCort Theatre
Address138 West 48th Street
(Between Broadway and 6th Avenue)
New York NY 10036
LocationBroadway
GenreComic-Drama
Previews from18 Nov 2011
Opens08 Dec 2011
Booking to27 May 2012
Closes
TimeMon, Tue & Thu 7pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 7:30pm, Mat: Sat 2pm & Sun 3pm
Week beginning 5 Mar: Tue, Wed & Thu 7pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed & Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm
Performance schedule may vary
Price $$131.50 - $35
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PerformersDule Hill (Kent 'Spoon' LeVay), Mekhi Phifer (Flip LeVay), Tracie Thoms (Taylor), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Joe LeVay), Condola Rashad (Cheryl) and Rosie Benton (Kimber).
DirectorKenny Leon
DesignDavid Gallo
LightingBeverly Emmons
Choreography
CostumeReggie Ray
SoundRichard Fitzgerald / Sound Associates
ProducerNelle Nugent, Alicia Keys, Samuel Nappi, Reuben Cannon, Sharon A. Carr/Patricia Klausner, Huntington Theatre Company, Dan Frishwasser, Charles Salameno in association with Joseph Sirola & Eric Falkenstein.
SynopsisLeVays, an affluent African American family come together to spend a summer weekend at their Martha's Vineyard home. The adult sons, aspiring novelist Kent and golden boy plastic surgeon Flip, have each brought their respective ladies (one Black and one White) to meet the parents. Food, drink and Trivial Pursuit tangle with class, race and identity politics in this contemporary comedy of manners.
Length2hrs 15mins
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TALLEY'S FOLLY
by Lanford Wilson

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PerformersRichard Schiff (Matt Friedman)
DirectorMarshall W. Mason
DesignJohn Lee Beatty
LightingPhil Monat
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CostumeJennifer von Mayrhauser
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ProducerPhil Monat, T. Richard Fitzgerald and Randall L. Wreghitt
SynopsisA two-character comedy that unfolds on the 4th of July near the end of World War II in the romantic setting of a moonlit boat house in rural Missouri. Sally Talley is the daughter of a prominent local family who is being courted by an unlikely suitor, Matt Friedman, a Jewish accountant from St. Louis. Both are rebels against the conventions of the turbulent times, and finding each other may be their only chance for happiness.
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THE GERSHWINS' PORGY AND BESS
Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, book by DuBose Heyward, re-imagined by Diane Paulus, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Diedre Murray.

TheatreRichard Rodgers Theatre
Address226 W. 46th Street (Between Broadway & 8th Ave) New York 10036
LocationBroadway
GenreMusical
Previews from17 Dec 2011
Opens12 Jan 2012
Booking to08 Jul 2012
Closes08 Jul 2012
TimeTue7pm, Wed - Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed & Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm
Price $Prices range from: $144.75 - $74.75
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PerformersAudra McDonald (Bess), Norm Lewis (Porgy) and David Alan Grier (Sportin' Life), Phillip Boykin (Crown), Nikki Renee Daniels (Clara), Joshua Henry (Jake), Christopher Innvar (Detective), Bryonha Marie Parham (Serena), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Mariah) as well as Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt Andre Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson.
DirectorDiane Paulus
DesignRiccardo Hernandez
LightingChristopher Akerlind
ChoreographyRonald K. Brown
CostumeEmilio Sosa
SoundAcme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers
ProducerJeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel in association with the American Repertory Theatre
SynopsisThis classic American tale is set in the 1930s in Catfish Row, a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. Bess, beautiful and troubled, turns to Porgy, the crippled beggar, in search of safety after her possessive lover Crown commits murder. As Porgy and Bess's love grows, their future is threatened by Crown and the conniving Sporting Life.
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THE ROAD TO MECCA
by Athol Fugard

TheatreAmerican Airlines Theatre
Address227 W. 42nd Street
(Between 7th & 8th Aves)
New York
LocationBroadway
GenreDrama
Previews from16 Dec 2011
Opens17 Jan 2012
Booking to04 Mar 2012
Closes04 Mar 2012
TimeTue - Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed, Sat and Sun 2pm
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PerformersRosemary Harris (Miss Helen), Carla Gugino (Elsa Barlow) and Jim Dale (Marius Byleveld).
DirectorGordon Edelstein
DesignMichael Yeargan
LightingKevin Adams
Choreography
CostumeMartin Pakledinaz
SoundJohn Gromada
ProducerRoundabout Theatre Company
SynopsisSet in the region of South Africa known as the Karoo, The Road to Mecca tells the story of an elderly woman who has spent the years since her husband's death transforming her home into an intricate and dazzling work of art. The reclusive Miss Helen has become depressed and appears increasingly unable to care for herself. Pastor Marius Byleveld, who embodies the village's conservative values, is determined to get Miss Helen into an old-age home. Her friend Elsa, a young teacher from Cape Town who is deeply suspicious of the patriarchal traditions Byleveld represents, is just as determined that Miss Helen remain free.
Length2hrs 25mins
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VENUS IN FUR
by David Ives

TheatreLyceum Theatre
Address149 W. 45th Street
(between Broadway & 6th Avenue)
New York NY 10036
LocationBroadway
GenreComic-Drama
Previews from07 Feb 2012
Opens07 Feb 2012
Booking to17 Jun 2012
Closes17 Jun 2012
TimeTue & Wed 7pm, Thu - Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm
Price $Prices range from: $57 - $121
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PerformersNina Arianda (Vanda) and Hugh Dancy (Thomas).
DirectorWalter Bobbie
DesignJohn Lee Beatty
LightingPeter Kaczorowski
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CostumeAnita Yavich
SoundAcme Sound Partners
ProducerManhattan Theatre Club by special arrangement with Jon B. Platt and Scott Landis
SynopsisInspired by the infamous erotic novel of the same name, Venus in Fur takes us behind the scenes of an audition, where a man and a woman blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex.
Length1hr 45mins
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WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
by Edward Albee

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GenreDrama
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PerformersTracy Letts (George), Amy Morton (Martha), Carrie Coon and Madison Dirks.
DirectorPam MacKinnon
DesignTodd Rosenthal
LightingAllen Lee Hughes
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CostumeNan Cibula-Jenkins
SoundRob Milburn and Michael Bodeen
ProducerJeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Susan Quint Gallin and Mary Lu Roffe in association with Steppenwolf Theatre Company
SynopsisOn the campus of a small New England college, George and Martha invite a new professor and his wife home for a nightcap. As the cocktails flow, the young couple finds themselves caught in the crossfire of a savage marital war where the combatants attack the self-deceptions they forged for their own survival.
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WICKED: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire.

TheatreGeorge Gershwin Theatre
Address222 West 51st Street, New York, NY 10019 (between Broadway & 8th Avenue)
LocationBroadway
GenreMusical
Previews from08 Oct 2003
Opens30 Oct 2003
Booking to18 Nov 2012
Closes
TimeTue & Wed 7pm,Thu - Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed, Sat & Sun & 2pm
Performance times can vary
Price $Ticket prices range from $141.25 to $56;25
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PerformersJackie Burns (Elphaba), Chandra Lee Schwartz (Glinda), Tom McGowan (The Wizard), Kathy Fitzgerald (Madame Morrible), Richard H. Blake (Fiyero), Cristy Cand (Nessarose), Tom Flynn (Doctor Dillamond) and Etai Benshlomo (Boq).
DirectorJoe Mantello
DesignEugene Lee
LightingKenneth Posner
ChoreographyJames Lynn Abbott
CostumeSusan Hilferty
SoundTony Meola
ProducerMarc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, David Stone
SynopsisTells the 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
Length2hrs 45mins
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WIT
by Margaret Edson

TheatreSamuel J. Friedman Theatre
Address261 West 47th Street
(Between Broadway & 8th Avenue)
New York, NY 10036
LocationBroadway
GenreDrama
Previews from05 Jan 2012
Opens26 Jan 2012
Booking to11 Mar 2012
Closes11 Mar 2012
TimeTue & Wed 7pm, Thu - Sat 8pm, Mat: Wed 2pm, Sat & Sun 2pm
Time Change: Wed 7 Mar 1pm, No Perf: Sat 7 Jan 2pm
Performance times may vary
Price $Tickets range in price from $115 - $57
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PerformersCynthia Nixon (Vivian Bearing), Pun Bandhu (Technician), Suzanne Bertish (E.M. Ashford), Michael Countryman (Harvey Kelekian/Mr. Bearing), Jessica Dickey (Technician), Chik‚ Johnson (Technician), Greg Keller (Jason Posner), Carra Patterson (Susie Monahan) and Zachary Spicer (Technician).
DirectorLynne Meadow
DesignSanto Loquasto
LightingPeter Kaczorowski
Choreography
CostumeJennifer von Mayrhauser
SoundJill BC Du Boff
ProducerManhattan Theatre Club
SynopsisFollows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to academia, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research.
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YANK ! A WWII LOVE STORY
music by Joseph Zellnik and book and lyrics by David Zellnik

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ProducerMaren Berthelsen, Pamela Koslow, Stuart Wilk, Matt Schicker, Hugh Hayes, Jim Kierstead, Sondra Healy, Shidan Majidi and Karl Held and Craig Haffner of Held-Haffner Productions.
SynopsisSet during World War II, Yank! chronicles the relationship between two servicemen long before 'Don't-ask-don't-tell' was part of the national discussion. With a lively score inspired by the pop sounds of the 1940's, Yank! captures the spirit and exuberance of the era as it explores questions of prejudice, courage and survival.
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