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Current Shows

13, A New Musical

Evan Goldman has it all: He's popular, has the “perfect” family and lives in the world’s greatest city — New York. When his parents get divorced, he's forced to move with his Mom…to Indiana. Uprooted from his old life, he must maneuver his way through the minefield of high school to become part of the in crowd. 13 is a high-energy musical about growing up, dealing with change and learning that becoming who you want to be starts with discovering who you are.

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American Ballet Theater (ABT)

Various shows and performances

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American Idiot

American Idiot tells the exhilarating story of a new generation of young Americans as they struggle to find meaning in a post-9/11 world, borne along by Green Day's electrifying score. With an 8 member onstage band and a cast of 19 led by Tony Award-winner John Gallagher, Jr., this high-octane musical includes every song from the acclaimed album American Idiot, as well as several songs from the band's Grammy Award-winning new release, 21st Century Breakdown.

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Arcadia

Romance and intrigue meet in Stoppard's award-winning comedy of landscape architecture, higher mathematics, Byron and love affairs. Events from 1809 and the present day overlap as two modern-day scholars attempt to unravel history at an English manor home.

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Baby It's You!

The new musical tells the story of the groundbreaking girl group, the Shirelles, and Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered them. With the help of African-American songwriter/producer Luther Dixon, who became her lover, Florence took on a male-dominated industry and revolutionized pop music.

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Boeing Boeing

Bernard is an English playboy in Paris with three girlfriends, who are all flight attendants. With the help of his housekeeper, Berthe, Bernard has organized a schedule to allow his three loves to each spend a night at his apartment whenever they are in Paris. This all works perfectly until the new double-speed Super Boeing arrives and changes the flight schedules.

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Born Yesterday

Billie, an ex-chorus girl considered a dumb blonde by her crooked boyfriend, gets tutored by a handsome writer in the ways of Washington, DC — and the world.

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Brother/ Sister Plays

Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Tina Landau How far will fast, beautiful Oya go to make a mark in the world? IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER is the intoxicating story that charts a young girl’s thrust into womanhood and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life. Part 2: The Brothers Size and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet By Tarell Alvin McCraney Directed by Robert O’Hara Reconceived since it premiered as part of The Public’s 2007-2008 season, THE BROTHERS SIZE is a taut, rhythmic and playful drama that follows two brothers as they walk the line between law and liberty. MARCUS; OR THE SECRET OF SWEET is a beautiful and touching tale of a young man’s awakening to his tenuous connections with his history, his friends, his sexuality and himself. Part 1: In the Red and Brown Water

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County of Kings

One man show.

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Dance Gotham

This annual dance festival finds a new home for its fourth year presenting a thrilling range of aesthetics and artistry. From post-modern athleticism to seasoned theatricality, the artists offer choreographic works that are sophisticated, witty, wonderfully intelligent and revealing.

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Desire Under the Elms

A crusty old farmer brings home a young bride. Initially his grown son abhors the new stepmother, but soon the hatred turns to lust.

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Dreamgirls

The triumph and torment of show business is examined in this musical about a Supremes-like female singing group that fights its way to the top, losing its moral bearings in the process, then finding them again. Score includes "Steppin' to the Bad Side" "Cadillac Car" and "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going."

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Fela!

Fela! explores the extravagant, decadent and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), the musical reveals Kuti's controversial life as an artist and political activist.

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Fraulein Maria

Fraulein Maria lovingly deconstructs The Sound of Music through dance. It transcends parody to become a giddy, wondrous celebration. With its hip-hop moves, tinsel trees, and cross-gender casting, Fraulein Maria is a fun, fresh spin on the family holiday show. Doug Elkins, the principal choreographer, began his career as a "B boy," touring the world with breakdance groups. This unconventional background gives Fraulein Maria its urban edge. Elkins and the company, who choreographed the show collaboratively, pay homage to The Sound of Music movie while infusing the movement with a streetwise flair. Some memorable movie moments have been recreated, such as the Von Trapp children—now played by adult dancers—hopping gleefully in time to the descending musical scale. Many more scenes have been completely re-imagined. The somber nuns who wonder "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?," for example, now wear tight black hoodies and track shorts as they snake sinuously yet angelically across the stage.

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Fuerza Bruta

From the creators of De La Guarda, Fuerza Bruta: Look Up floods the senses in an environment of breathtaking visuals and dynamic music. Performers run through moving walls, race across a whirling sail overhead and frolic in a watery world suspended just above the audience. The non-stop action and kinetic aerial imagery is set to a captivating soundtrack of percussive beats, engaging melodies and ambient music.

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Gazillion Bubble Show

Over the past two decades, Fan Yang has explored the fragile and mysterious world of soap bubbles and emerged with a completely new medium, blending art and science to dazzle audiences around the globe. Hailed by David Letterman of The Late Show, as "The Greatest Bubble Artist in the World", Fan Yang's gorgeous and unique creations defy gravity and logic as we know it. He holds (and has broken his own) Guinness World records for the biggest bubble ever blown, the largest bubble wall ever created (a staggering 156 feet!), most bubbles within a bubble, and in May 2006, was able to encapsulate 22 people inside a single soap bubble on live television in Madrid. Gazillion Bubble Show is the first and only interactive stage production of its kind, complete with fantastic light effects, lasers, and jaw-dropping masterpieces of bubble artistry. Children and adults of all ages are sure to be amazed, mystified and enchanted!

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Hair

The musical that created history by bringing rock 'n' roll to the theatrical stage, Hair defines the '60's generation by examining a group of young adults struggling for generational and personal identity, dealing with the Vietnam War, drugs and teenage pregnancy. Dynamic score includes "Let the Sunshine In," "Aquarius" and "Good Morning Starshine."

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Hairspray

Can an overweight girl from Baltimore snag the cutest guy in town as well as win a coveted spot on a hit TV dance show - and integrate it, too? Harvey Fierstein returns to his Tony-winning role of Edna to close out the run.

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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is as story about the triumph of the common man. The hero is a window washer named J. Pierrepont Finch. After Finch happens upon a book entitled 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying', he decides to begin his rise up the corporate ladder. Following the instructions of the book, Finch lands a job in the mailroom at the World Wide Wicket Company. With the help of his handy book, Finch quickly gains promotions and outsmarts his rival, Frump - who also happens to be the boss's nephew. Finch then gains the love of Rosemary, a secretary at the company. In the end, however, after Finch's ad campaign goes awry, the book can no longer help him. He is forced to rely on his own wits and performs so admirably that he is promoted to Chairman of the Board.

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ImaginOcean

A one-of-a-kind live black-light puppet show, John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean is a magical undersea adventure for kids of all ages. Tank, Bubbles and Dorsel and three best friends who just happen to be fish, and they're about to set out on a remarkable journey of discovery. And it all starts with a treasure map. As they swim off in search of clues, they'll sing, they'll dance, and they'll make new friends, including everyone in the audience. Ultimately they discover the greatest treasure of all: friendship.

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In the Heights

It's the July 4th weekend in Washington Heights, a vibrant and tight-knit neighborhood at the top of Manhattan. The musical explores the joys, heartbreaks and bonds of a Latino community struggling to redefine home.

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La Bete

A fast-paced contemporary comedy in the classic style of Moliere, satirizing the modern stage and the state of the arts. The royal patron of an elegant playwright insists that a vulgar street performer become a member of the playwright's theatre troupe.

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Legally Blonde

After a pair of hit movies, beloved blonde Elle Woods has stepped into the spotlight at Broadway's Palace Theatre. Since making her Broadway debut in Spring 2007, everyone's talking about how this overachieving fashionista is working her magic on the stage. After all, when you've been president of Delta Nu sorority and a Hawaiian Tropic girl, conquering Harvard Law—and the Great White Way—should be a cinch.

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Lincoln Center Chamber Society



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Lombardi

The play looks at the ideas and people who made the great Packers football coach Vince Lombardi the complex, charismatic and extraordinary icon he was.

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Lysistrata Jones

Lysistrata Jones gives Aristophanes’ classic Greek comedy a 21st century twist showcasing an ingenious mix of hilarity, heart and hoops. Lyssie J. and her girl-power posse won’t “give it up” to their basketball playing boyfriends until they win a game—and ultimately find that abstinence truly does make the heart grow fonder!

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Madama Butterfly

An opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini. “Never trust a sailor who’s about to ship out” seems to be the message behind the tragic Madama Butterfly, an opera that has enchanted audiences for years. This story about a Japanese geisha desperate for a normal, stable life always elicits tears when audiences learn that the American sailor who has promised to marry her has gone home to his actual wife.

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Mary Poppins

Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, this is the story of the Banks family and how their lives change after the arrival of nanny Mary Poppins at their home at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London.Two hours and 40 minutes, with an intermission.

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Mary Stuart

For a Queen to stand, a Queen must fall. Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter recreate their acclaimed performances in Friedrich Schiller's account of the relationship between Elizabeth I and her rival and cousin, Mary Queen of Scots.

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Memphis

What happens when a 1950's Memphis DJ with white listeners decides to play African-American music? Is Memphis ready for it? Is America? The story was inspired by the legendary DJ Dewey Phillips and the music that became known as “rock ’n' roll.”

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Million Dollar Quartet

When four fledgling rock and rollers — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins — gather in Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio, there's a whole lotta shakin' going on.

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New York Choral Society

Holiday Concert

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Next to Normal

Next to Normal is a contemporary musical that explores how one suburban household copes with crisis. With provocative lyrics and a score featuring more than 30 original songs, the musical shows how far two parents will go to keep themselves sane and their family’s world intact.

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No, No Nannette

a musical comedy by Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach is a light-hearted, knee slappin’, toe tappin’ romp back to the Roaring Twenties. Included in the score are two of the most famous show tunes ever written: Tea for Two and I Want to Be Happy.

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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Three-time Grammy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr. returns to Broadway in this romantic musical. He plays Dr. Mark Bruckner, a down-to-earth psychiatrist who finds himself suddenly swept off his feet by a beautiful woman—and swept into a world he never dreamed possible. Hopelessly and helplessly head over heels, the dashing doctor must find a way to make the love of a lifetime last forever.

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Private Lives

Glamorous, rich and reckless, Elyot and Amanda have been divorced from each other for five years. Now both are honeymooning with their new spouses in the South of France when by chance they meet again across adjoining hotel balconies.

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Rain

A tribute to the Fab Four that utilizes video and sound projections, Rain follows the Beatles from their first visit to the States till their 1970 breakup. The show features original Beatles songs performed live!

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reasons to be pretty

Playwright Neil LaBute confronts America’s obsession with physical beauty head on. Greg’s tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker’s pretty face (and his girlfriend’s lack thereof) get back to said girlfriend.

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RED

Red considers 20th century abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko's struggle to deal with his growing riches and fame. He wins a commission to create murals for an elite client, which, with the aid of his assistant cum sounding board, causes him to question the very nature of art.

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Rock of Ages

In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small-town girl met a big-city rocker, and in L.A.’s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the ‘80s. This arena-rock love story is told through the mind-blowing hits of Journey, Bon Jovi, Poison and many more.

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Shrek The Musical

In order to regain his peaceful neighborhood, a fearsome ogre makes a deal with the wanna-be king to rescue his intended, a damsel in distress. But surprises are in store in this funny, fractured fairy tale.

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Signs of Life

Signs of Life explores the story of Lorelei Schumann, an art student living in Prague in 1938. Lorelei’s life changes in an instant when she is sent with her friends and family to Theresienstadt, Hitler’s “City for the Jews,” where her survival depends upon her participation in the Nazi propaganda effort. She risks her life to tell the truth and discovers who she is as a woman, a Jew, and an artist.

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Slava's Snowshow

Russian's greatest clown strings together a series of breathtaking images performed to popular music. A giant cobweb stretches over the entire audience; a raging blizzard coats the audience in snow; giant helium-filled beach balls are kept afloat by the viewers. Lyrical, hilarious, poignant and brilliant. (Clown Show)

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Spring Awakening

Singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik and playwright Steven Sater team up with acclaimed director Michael Mayer (Sideman, Thoroughly Modern Millie), innovative choreographer Bill T. Jones and a dynamic young cast to create this exhilarating and provocative new alt rock musical about first loves, hidden passions and lasting regrets. Spring Awakening arrives on Broadway after a sold-out run at off-Broadway's Atlantic Theatre Company. Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial 19-century play, which was banned for 71 years, Spring Awakening boldly depicts how young people navigate the thrilling, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual awakening. Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's songs illuminate the volatile urgency of adolescent self-discovery, the burning intensity of early friendships and the turbulent relationship to an uncomprehending adult world. The story centers around a brilliant young student named Melchior, his troubled friend Moritz and Wendla, a beautiful young girl on the verge of womanhood. Although the musical is set in the distant past, the score is fresh, modern and exciting—and so is the multitalented cast.

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Stam-pede

Featuring eight dance companies spanning Irish Step, Flamenco, Tap, Clogging, etc. Prepare to be amazed by their virtuosic displays of lightning fast footwork, intoxicating rhythms, and high energy musical accompaniment. Expect a rollicking good time as the audience is treated to a sensory feast for sight and sound.

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Stick Fly

It was a relaxing weekend on Martha’s Vineyard … until the baggage got unpacked. Meet the LeVays. When two adult sons independently choose to introduce their girlfriends to the parents on the same weekend, sibling rivalries flare, opinions clash, class distinctions divide and family secrets unravel.

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Superior Donuts

Arthur Przybyszewski owns a decrepit donut shop in the uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Franco Wicks, a black teenager who is his only employee, wants to change the shop for the better. This comedy-drama, set in the heart of one of Chicago’s most diverse communities, explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship.

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That Championship Season

Four starters from a state champion basketball team (Catholic schools) arrive on the twentieth anniversary of their triumph to reminisce and look for guidance from their ailing coach. Instead, secrets and long-ignored truths are revealed. Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Brian Cox, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Noth and Jason Patric.

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The Miracle Worker

Set in the American South in the 1880s, THE MIRACLE WORKER tells the story of real-life Medal of Freedom winner Helen Keller, who suddenly lost her sight and hearing at the age of 19 months, and the extraordinary teacher who taught her to communicate with the world, Annie Sullivan.

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The Pee-Wee Herman Show

A day in the life of Pee-wee Herman finds him reunited with many of the original character's from "Pee-wee's Playhouse," including Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis and Chairry. I know you are, but what am I? (Hint: a big new adventure in the Playhouse with the gang.)

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The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash musicalization of the Gaston Leroux novel won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical. Now in its seventeenth year on Broadway. A disfigured musical genius haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera and exerts strange control over a lovely young soprano. Based on "Le Fantome de L'Opera" by Gaston Leroux. Score includes: "Music of the Night," "Angel of Music," "Think of Me" and the title song.

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Through the Night

Obie Award Winner Daniel Beaty shines as writer and performer of a range of characters from hopeful, wide-eyed child to admired, elder preacher, spinning a tale where lives collide to show how hope, faith and love have the ability to pull anyone Through the Night.

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Traces

Traces takes place in a make-shift shelter, an unknown catastrophe waiting outside the doors of tarp and gaffer tape. The seven characters constructed this clubhouse to live to the fullest what they believe could be their last moments, hoping to leave nothing unsaid or undone. In the face of this impending disaster they have determined that creation is the only antidote to destruction, and their brand of creation is the fleeting impulses and desires that extend through their bodies and unfurl onto stage - the story is told through music, song, dance, speech, illustration, and high-risk acrobatics. The characters use every mode of expression available to them, hoping to leave a lasting mark… to leave their traces as best they can.

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West Side Story

West Side Story transposes Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to the gang-ridden streets of Manhattan in the 1950s. Instead of the Capulets and Montagues, we have the Puerto Rican Sharks versus the Anglo Jets. In place of Romeo and Juliet are Tony and Maria, two teens torn between ethnic loyalty and their intense, abrupt love for one another. The Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim score includes "Tonight," "Somewhere," "Maria," "I Have a Love" and "Something's Coming."

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Wicked

If you think you know the two iconic Witches from Oz – the Wicked Witch (Elphaba) and the Good Witch (Glenda) – think again. Wicked takes a revisionist look at an American icon of evil and discovers how the young Alphaba, a passionate, committed young woman from Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Her character is contrasted with that of her school roommate Glenda, who grows up to be the Good Witch. The new musical stars Idina Menzel, Krisitn Chenoweth and Joel Grey.

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