IT'S
A NEW DECADE ON BROADWAY!
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Look
below to see what's around as you make plans for your group.
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| A FEW GOOD MEN: |
| A
revival of Aaron Sorkin's 1989 play, which was later made into a
hit film of the same name. |
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A LIFE IN THE THEATRE:
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David Mamet's 1977 comedy about the relationship between two
thespians: the experienced performer and the relative newcomer.
Starring Parick Stewart.
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A FREE MAN OF COLOR:
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Jacques Cornet is a new world Don Juan and the wealthiest inhabitant
of this sexually charged and racially progressive New Orleans of
1802. All is well in his paradise until history
intervenes, setting off a chain of events which no one, much less
this free man of color, realizes is about to splinter the world.
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AMERICAN IDIOT:
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A new musical which follows working-class characters from the
suburbs to the city to the Middle East, as they seek redemption in a
world filled with frustration. Featuring the music of Green Day.
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| ANGELS: |
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new musical based on Milton's epic poem, "Paradise
Lost." Featuring aerial choreography, this show tells the
story of the ancient war between the Angels and Lucifer's fallen
minions. |
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ANNIE:
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A revival of the 1977 musical based on the newspaper character
Little Orphan Annie.
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ANYTHING GOES:
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A revival of the 1934 musical. When the S.S. American heads out to
sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely
pairs set off on a course to true love...proving that sometimes
destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, an
exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail.
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BEAUTY:
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A new musical which uses the "Sleeping
Beauty" fairy tale as a jumping off point for a contemporary
and provocative story of beauty lost and beauty found.
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BETTY BOOP:
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A new musical based on the curvaceous cartoon character.
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BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL:
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The Tony-winning smash hit musical, telling the story of a boy
with a dream, celebrating his triumph against the odds.
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BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON:
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A mix of historical fact and invention which uses the story of
America's controversial seventh president-- the man who invented the
Democratic Party, doubled the size of our nation and signed the
Indian Removal Acts that started the Trail of Tears-- to investigate
the attraction and terrors of American populism.
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER:
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This new work combines Noël Coward's beloved screenplay, and
one-act play on which it was based, with "song, dance and
Technicolor displays of emotion."
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| BRIGADOON: |
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revival of the classic Lerner and Lowe musical, which tells
the story of two disillusioned Americans on vacation in Scotland
who wander into a village that comes alive every one hundred years
for only one day. |
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| BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE
WEST: |
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new show that tells of the martial arts legend's difficult road to
success, as figures from Chinese mythology follow his quest and
the Monkey King, a beloved warrior god, becomes his heavenly ally.
In a show fusing sources as diverse as martial arts, Chinese
Opera, modern dance, and pop music, Bruce struggles to master his
skills, purify his spirit and forge a link to unite East and West. |
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CARMEN:
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A new musical based on the classic novel by Prosper Merimee. Set
against the background of war-torn Spain, Gypsy music is used to
tell the story, along with original contemporary music.
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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN:
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A new musical based on the film about a young con man and the FBI
agent who pursued him for years.
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CHICAGO:
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The smash-hit, razzle-dazzle musical that is the longest-running
revival in the history of Broadway!
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DANCIN':
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A new production of Bob Fosse's 1978 show, drawing inspiration from
popular culture and various types of music and movement.
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DRIVING MISS DAISY:
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James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave star in this revival. When
Daisy Werthan, a Jewish widow in mid-century Atlanta, is deemed too
old to drive, her son hires Hoke Colburn, an African-American man,
to serve as her chauffer. What begins as a hostile pairing soon
blossoms into a profound friendship.
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ELF:
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A musical based on the 2003 Will Ferrell movie.
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EVITA:
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A revival of the 1978 musical starring Ricky Martin and Elena Roger.
Eva Peron used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the
slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. She
won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a
champion of the poor, while glamour, power and greed made her the
world's first major political celebrity.
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FUNNY GIRL:
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A revival of the 1964 musical about the life and career of Fanny
Brice.
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GODSPELL:
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A revival of the musical based on The Gospel of St. Matthew.
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GOOD PEOPLE:
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Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an
old fling who has made it out of Boston's Southie might be her
ticket to a fresh start. She is about to risk what little she has
left to find out.
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GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER:
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Joey Drayton brings her fiancé, Dr. John Prentice, home to meet her
affluent parents. Their liberal persuasions are put to the test when
they find out her ideal choice- wealthy, handsome, and brilliant- is
also African-American.
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HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH:
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The Broadway premiere of the 1998 punk-rock musical about a
transgender, East German singer.
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HOUDINI:
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A new musical about Harry Houdini which will deal with the human
yearning for astonishment; miracles, both manmade and supernatural;
and the quest to defy death.
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HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING:
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Daniel Radcliffe stars in this revival as J. Pierrepont Finch, whose
unorthodox and morally-questionable business practices jeopardize
not only his career, but also his romance with Secretary Rosemary
Pilkington.
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IN THE HEIGHTS:
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A musical 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. Tony winner for Best Musical!
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JERSEY BOYS:
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The smash-hit musical that takes you up the charts, across the country,
and behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.
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LA BÊTE:
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Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce star in a revival of the 1991
comedy about Elmoire, a high-minded classical dramatist who loves
only the theater, and Valere, a low-brow street clown who loves only
himself.
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LA CAGE AUX FOLLES:
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Kelsey Grammar stars in this Tony-winning revival!
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LEAP OF FAITH:
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A new musical based on the film of the same name, telling the story
of Jonas Nightingale, a rock star in evangelist's clothing, who cons
his way across the draught stricken farm belt.
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LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART:
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A brother, sister, and their respective spouses attempt to celebrate
the Fourth of July with a gnawing uncertainty that makes their
affluent habits and petty prejudices sizzle in the summer sun.
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LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE:
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A new musical based on the series of "Little House on the Prairie" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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LOMBARDI:
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A new play about the life and times of one of America's most
inspirational and mercurial personalities, Hall of Fame NFL coach
Vince Lombardi.
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LOVE AND MERCY:
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A new play that explores the limits of parental love and filial
duty, our myth-making culture, and the claim we have to our own
biography when it involves the invasion of others' privacy.
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LOVE NEVER DIES:
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The sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Set
ten years later, the show follows the story of The Phantom, who has
moved from his lair in the Paris Opera house to haunt the
fairgrounds of Coney Island, far across the Atlantic.
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| MAMMA MIA!: |
| Set in the present day
on a small mythical Greek island, interweaving 22 ABBA songs into
a tale of a mother and her soon-to-be-wed daughter. Now a hit
motion picture! |
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| MEMPHIS: |
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new musical following the life story of a young, white radio disc
jockey, Huey Calhoon, growing up in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1950s.
An unlikely hero with a great love of the music he hears on Beale
Street, Huey's on-air antics and unstoppable enthusiasm for 'race
records' creates a new white audience for African-American music.
His personal life transcends the race line as well, when he falls in
love with a beautiful black singer - with dramatic consequences. |
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MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET:
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A new musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session
that brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins,
and Elvis Presley.
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MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION:
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A revival of the George Bernard Shaw play which tells the story of
Kitty Warren, a mother who makes a terrible sacrifice for her
daughter Vivie's independence. Starring Cherry Jones.
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| NEXT TO NORMAL: |
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new musical which explores how one suburban household copes with
crisis and shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves
sane and their family's world intact. |
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| ONCE: |
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the streets of Dublin, a street musician and a Czech immigrant
meet, begin writing songs together, and then rehearse and record
their songs to take to London in hopes of landing a music
contract. |
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PICNIC:
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A revival of William Inge's 1953 play.
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PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT:
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A new musical based on the film which tells the story of Tick,
Bernadette and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who
agree to take their show to the middle of the Australian
outback.
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PROMISES, PROMISES:
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Sean Hayes stars in a revival of the 1968 musical
by Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach, and Hal David. Promises, Promises tells
the story of Chuck Baxter, who in an effort to advance at the
Consolidated Life Insurance Company, lends executives his apartment
for their extramarital romantic trysts.
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PURE COUNTRY:
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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 on an overblown concert tour, his
search to find himself- and the love he left behind- begins.
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ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS:
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This musical comedy re-thinking of the classic
1964 Warner Brothers film will shine a Broadway light on that sexy
era in pop culture that ushered in the 1960s and whose hold remains
firm on the American psyche - where James Bond reigned supreme,
martinis flowed freely, and Sinatra and Martin ruled the night.
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| ROCK OF AGES: |
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new 80s-rock musical featuring the music of Journey, Bon Jovi,
Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Asia,
Whitesnake, and many more. Fresh from a successful
Off-Broadway run! |
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SISTER ACT:
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A new musical based on the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg. When
a disco diva witnesses a murder, she hides out in the one place
where no one will think to look- a convent!
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SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE:
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A new musical based on the 1993 film of the same
name.
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SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK:
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A new musical based on the Marvel comic hero,
directed by Julie Taymor, with music by Bono & The Edge.
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TALES OF THE CITY:
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Both a deeply-felt portrait of the sexually and politically-charged
1970s and a wry comedy of manners, Tales of the City follows
the comic adventures of a young Midwestern woman who moves to 28
Barbary Lane and encounters a host of eccentric characters whose
lives intertwine in surprising ways.
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| TALLEY'S FOLLY: |
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revival of the Pulitzer Prize winner, Talley's Folly is a
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 ADDAMS FAMILY:
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A new musical based on the characters, cartoons, and sketches by the
legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. With a unique style that
combined the ghoulish, macabre, and just plain weird with charm,
wit, and enchantment, Addams' drawings of Gomez, Morticia, Fester,
Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandmama, Lurch, and Thing served as the
inspiration for multiple television series and motion pictures.
Starring Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth!
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THE BOOK OF MORMON:
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A new musical by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST:
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A revival of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of mistaken identity,
which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette.
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| THE LION KING: |
| Julie
Taymor's acclaimed staging of the Disney animated film has been
hailed as a Broadway landmark. The story of a young lion cub's
personal journey toward his destiny as king is enhanced by the
lyrics of Tim Rice and the music of Elton John. |
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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE:
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The Public's Shakespeare-in-the-Park production moves to Broadway,
along with its legendary star: Al Pacino!
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THE MOUNTAINTOP:
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This play is a re-imagining of events on the night before the assassination
of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
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THE NUTTY PROFESSOR:
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A new musical based on the 1963 film. Professor Julius Kelp is a
dull geek with a bright idea. Privately experimenting in his
laboratory to the cure for his social failures, he creates a potion
that transforms him into a smooth-talking party animal named Buddy
Love.
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| THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW: |
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This new stage play reunites Pee-wee with the beloved Playhouse gang
- Miss Yvonne, Mailman Mike, Cowboy Curtis, Jambi the Genie, Pterri,
Conky, Chairry and many more. This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to see Pee-wee's Playhouse come to wacky, unpredictable
life!
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| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: |
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Lloyd Webber's smash musical version of the Gaston Leroux novel,
which won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical. Now the
longest-running musical on Broadway. |
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| THE PITMEN PAINTERS: |
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new play that tells the story of the Ashington Group - miners from
Northumberland who became celebrated painters. |
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THE ROTHSCHILDS:
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This musical tells of the rise of the Rothschild family from humble
beginnings in Germany to the founding of their financial empire and
growing political influence under the guidance of patriarch Mayer
Rothschild, to their assistance in funding Napoleon's defeat, and
how they secure a declaration of rights for European Jews.
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| TRIP OF LOVE: |
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new musical that follows a young girl's trip through the 1960s,
told through dance as well as the iconic hit songs of the
decade. |
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UNCHAIN MY HEART:
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Set in his last live recording session, this new musical reveals Ray
Charles' remarkable life story through his music.
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VIVA FOREVER:
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A new musical based on the songs of The Spice Girls.
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WAR HORSE:
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At the outbreak of World War I, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse,
embarks on an extraordinary odyssey after being sold to the cavalry
and shipped to France. Though too young to enlist, Albert embarks on
a mission to find him and bring him home.
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| WEST SIDE STORY: |
| The
hit revival of the classic musical including a new, bilingual
book. |
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| WICKED: |
| This is the smash-hit musical,
based
on the novel by Gregory Maguire, that takes place in the land of Oz. |
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WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN:
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A new musical based on the film, which tells of a group of women
whose relationships with men lead to a tumultuous 48 hours of love,
confusion and passion.
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WONDERLAND:
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A new musical about Alice, who has lost her joy in life. Estranged
from her husband, alienated from her daughter and in danger of
losing her career, Alice finds herself in Wonderland. While there,
she encounters strange, though familiar characters that help her
rediscover the wonder in her life while searching for her
daughter.
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YANK! A WWII LOVE STORY:
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Set 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.
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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU:
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This classic comedy tells the story of the colorful, free-thinking
Sycamore family and the mayhem that ensues when their daughter's
fiancé brings his conservative, straight-laced parents to the
Sycamore residence for dinner on the wrong night. Literal and
figurative fireworks erupt in what appears to be a madhouse,
but proves to be the opposite: a sanctuary from the lunacies of the
outside world.
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Carol Ostrow Productions and
Group Sales
1776 Broadway, Suite 1400
New York, New York 10019
Phone: (212) 265-8500 Fax: (212) 262-1672
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