IT'S
AN EXCITING TIME ON BROADWAY!
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below to see what's around as you make plans for your group.
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Featured Choice
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| GHOST: |
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on the popular film, Ghost:
The Musical is a
timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking
back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged,
leaving Sam murdered on a dark street. Sam is trapped as a
ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave
Molly, who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a
phony storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, Sam tries to
communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting
her. |
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| A FEW GOOD MEN: |
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revival of Aaron Sorkin's 1989 play, which was later made into a
hit film of the same name. |
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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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BIG FISH:
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A new musical based on book and film of the same name. A rollicking
fantasy set in the American South, the musical centers on the
charismatic Edward Bloom, whose impossible stories of his life's
epic adventures frustrate his son Will. Now, with Edward on his
deathbed, Will must embark on his own journey to find out who is his
father really is, unraveling the truth from the tall tales.
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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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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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DETROIT:
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In a "first-ring" suburb outside a
mid-sized American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome
the new neighbors who've moved into the long-empty house next door.
The fledgling friendship soon veers out of control - with unexpected
consequences. Shining a light on the middle class American Dream, Detroit
looks at what happens when we open ourselves up to something new.
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DEATH OF A SALESMAN:
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Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in the revival of Arthur Miller's 1949
classic play.
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END OF THE RAINBOW:
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This new play with music is set in December 1968. Judy Garland is
about to make her comeback...again. In a London hotel room preparing
for a series of concerts, Garland struggles to get "beyond the
rainbow" with her signature cocktail of talent, tenacity, and
razor-sharp wit.
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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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FAT PIG:
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This Neil LaBute comedy tells the story of Tom, a very eligible
bachelor who falls for the beautiful, bright and plus-sized Helen.
Tom is overjoyed with his new relationship, but others in his life
are less enthusiastic.
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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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HARVEY:
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Charming and kind, Elwood has only one character flaw: un unwavering
friendship with a 6-foot-tall, invisible white rabbit named Harvey.
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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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Nick Jonas 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. Finch enjoys a riotous rise-to-stardom up the
corporate ladder as he struggles to juggle the promotion, the corner
office and—yes—the girl.
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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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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR:
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Since its Broadway debut, this spectacular musical phenomenon has
thrilled millions of theatre-goers worldwide; mesmerizing them with
its passion, captivating them with its story and entrancing them
with its anthems. And now, two-time Tony Award-winning director Des
McAnuff brings a bold, new vision to the classic rock opera by Tony,
Grammy, and Academy Award-winners Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
The Toronto Star gave this sold-out Stratford Shakespeare Festival
hit four stars, calling it “an absolute knockout!”
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KINKY BOOTS:
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A new musical based on the film about a drag queen cabaret performer
who revitalizes a British show company by introducing a line of
fetish wear.
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KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN:
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This play is a new translation of the 1976 Argentinean novel.
It is the story of Molina and Valentin, two men of very different
backgrounds imprisoned together in Buenos Aires. The play focuses on
the intimate relationship that forms during their captivity.
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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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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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LYSISTRATA JONES:
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A hit fresh from Off-Broadway! Athens University basketball team
hasn't won a game in 30 years. But when spunky transfer student
Lysistrata Jones dares the squad's fed-up girlfriends to stop
'giving it up' to their boyfriends until they win a game, their
legendary losing streak could be coming to an end.
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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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MAGIC/BIRD:
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A new play which chronicles the intertwined life stories of two of
the most influential figures in sports and pop culture of the past
25 years, basketball Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Earvin 'Magic'
Johnson.
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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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NEWSIES:
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Set in New York City at
the turn of the century, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack
Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teen
aged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the
hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer
and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the
newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies
newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right.
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NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT:
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Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara star in a new musical featuring the music of
George and Ira Gershwin. This screwball romantic comedy takes place
in the 1920s and centers around a wealthy playboy who gets mixed up
with a hilarious trio of bootleggers.
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| ONCE: |
| On
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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ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS:
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Francis Henshall, always-famished and easily-confused, agrees to
work for a local gangster as well as a criminal in hiding, both of
whom are linked in a tangled web of schemes and romantic
associations...none of which Francis can keep straight. So he has to
do everything in his power to keep his two guvnors from meeting
while trying to eat anything in sight along the way.
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OTHER DESERT CITIES:
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Brooke Wyeth, a once-promising novelist, returns home after a
six-year absence to celebrate Christmas in Palm Springs with her
parents, former members of the Reagan inner-circle, her brother, and
her aunt. When Brooke announces that she is about to publish a
memoir focusing on an explosive chapter in the family's history, the
holiday reunion is thrown into turmoil and the Wyeths struggle to
come to terms with their past.
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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER:
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A company of twelve actors plays some 50 characters, all on a
journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become
The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up? This epic origin story of one of
popular culture's most enduring and beloved characters proves that
an audience's imagination can be the most captivating place in the
world.
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PICNIC:
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A revival of William Inge's 1953 play, which is set in a quaint
American town when a young drifter arrives on the eve of a Labor Day
picnic. The play chronicles the hopes and despairs that lie between
the realization of adulthood and the eternal optimism of youth.
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The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS:
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A re-imagined version of this classic musical which deals with life
on Catfish Row in Charleston, South Carolina.
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PRINCE OF BROADWAY:
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Featuring words and music from his productions, Prince of
Broadway will look at the circumstances and fortune, both good
and bad, that led to Hal Prince creating some of the most enduring
and beloved theatre of all time, from 1954's The Pajama Game to
The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in
Broadway history.
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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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REBECCA:
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A coming-of-age musical about a young woman who marries an older
man, Maxim de Winter, The story takes place in the late 1930s and
begins when the two characters meet, fall in love, and get married
while in Monte Carlo.
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RELATIVELY SPEAKING:
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In this night of three one-act comedies, each
play springs from a different branch of the family tree. In Talking
Cure, Ethan Coen uncovers the sort of insanity that can only
come from family. In George is Dead, Elaine May explores the
hilarity of death. And in Honeymoon Motel, Woody Allen
invites you to the sort of wedding day you won't forget.
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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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SEMINAR:
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In this new comedy, four young writers are thrilled to be
participating in a private seminar taught by the brilliant but
unpredictable Leonard (Alan Rickman), 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.
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SHATNER'S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT:
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A new two-hour show which will take audiences on a voyage through
William Shatner's life and career, from Shakespearean actor to
internationally known icon and raconteur, known as much for his
unique persona as for his expansive body of work.
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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. It
follows the story of Peter Parker, whose life is literally turned
upside-down when he's bitten by a genetically altered spider. This
bullied science-geek, suddenly endowed with astonishing powers, soon
learns that with great power comes great responsibility.
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STICK FLY:
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Food, drink and Trivial Pursuit tangle with class, race and identity
politics in this contemporary comedy of manners presented by Alicia
Keys.
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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 BEST MAN:
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James Earl Jones stars in this 1960 play by Gore
Vidal about power, ambition, political secrets, ruthlessness and the
race for the presidency.
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THE BOOK OF MORMON:
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A new musical by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt
Stone, which follows a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a
mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you
can get.
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THE COLUMNIST:
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Columnists are kings in mid-century America and Joseph Alsop wears
the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by
the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the
60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense
political drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well.
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THE GREAT GAME:
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For George Hayward and Safia Das, 1870 is rife with danger,
espionage, and unexpected love. Their cultures collide as they each
find themselves in the other's territory: he in the snow-swept
mountains of Central Asia, she in the cobbled jungle of London.
Their journeys could forever change the map of England's prized
jewel and alter a family fixed in the fading traditions of changing
times.
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THE HEIRESS:
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A revival of the 1947 play, based on Washington
Square, the classic Henry James novel.
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| THE LION KING: |
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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 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 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 ROAD TO MECCA:
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A new play by Athol Fugard. Set 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.
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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,
is sold to the cavalry
and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate
takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, as he serves on both sides
before finding himself alone in no man's land. Albert cannot forget
Joey and, though too young to enlist, he embarks on
a mission to find him and bring him home.
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WHITE NOISE:
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Eva and Eden Siller have established a small following as folk
singers promoting messages of white power when they are discovered
by a successful New York music producer who convinces them that they
can penetrate the mainstream, dramatically increasing their power,
by simply coding the lyrics to their hate songs.
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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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WIT:
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A revival of the 1998 play which follows a brilliant and exacting
poetry professor as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer.
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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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