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The Addams Family
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Previews Start March 8, 2010
Show Opens April 8, 2010
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre


Two-time Tony Award winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth star as Gomez and Morticia in The Addams Family, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. The musical features an original book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, direction and design by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, and choreography by Sergio Trujillo.

Tickets $51.50-$136.50 212-307-4100
http://www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com
ticketmaster.com


Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | 205 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036


 

Anything Goes
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Through April 29, 2012
Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new Broadway production of Anything Goes, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney and Joel Grey as Moonface Martin. Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs.

Anything Goes features music & lyrics by Cole Porter; original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; and a new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman.

Tickets $87.00-$142.00 | 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250
telecharge.com

anythinggoesonbroadway.com

Stephen Sondheim Theatre | 124 West 43rd Street


 

Billy Elliot: The Musical
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Closes January 8, 2012
Imperial Theatre

Billy Elliot is a funny, heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one young boy's dream in a gripping tale of triumph over adversity. Based on the enormously popular film, this powerful new musical is the story of a boy who discovers he has a special talent for dance, while the boys all around him are more interested in boxing. An unprecedented smash in the West End, where it has won 9 Best Musical awards, broken UK box office records and continues to sell out nightly, Billy Elliot has been created by the film's director (Stephen Daldry), writer (Lee Hall) and choreographer (Peter Darling), who are joined by music legend Elton John, one of the most celebrated pop songwriters of the last 30 years.

Tickets $41.50-$136.50 $301.50 Premium - 212-239-6200 &
800-432-7250 www.telecharge.com

Imperial Theatre |249 West 45th Street


Book of Mormon
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 7:00pm
Thursday 7:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Opened March 24, 2011
Eugene O'Neill Theatre

From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of South Park comes this hilarious Broadway musical about 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. The Book of Mormon is written in collaboration with Robert Lopez, the Tony Award-winning writer of Avenue Q, and co-directed by Mr. Parker and three-time Tony nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone).

Tickets $59.00 - $147.00 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250
www.telecharge.com

Eugene O'Neill Theatre | 230 West 49th Street
New York, NY 10036

 


 

Chicago
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday - Friday @ 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 7:00pm
Ambassador Theater


This Tony Award-winning revival of Kander and Ebb's sizzling 1975 musical features some of Broadway's hottest choreography. Chicago is about two showgirls who kill their lovers and how their savvy lawyer propels them to celebrity status. With great style and music, the show satirizes the justice system, celebrity, and "all that jazz."

Tickets$58.75- $111.25 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Ambassador Theatre | 219 West 49th Street


Chinglish
Now in Previews
Show Opens:
October 27, 2011
Open Run
Longacre Theatre

David Henry Hwang's Chinglish is about an American businessman who arrives in a bustling Chinese province looking to score a lucrative contact for his family's sign-making firm. He soon finds that the complexities of such a venture far outstrip the expected differences in language, customs and manners - and calls into questions even the most basic assumptions of human conduct.

Ticket Price: $31.50 - $126.50
Tickets by Phone: 212-239-6200
800-432-7250
http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/discount-tickets/chinglish_184386/
http://chinglishbroadway.com

Longacre Theatre | 220 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036




Godspell
Now In Previews
November 7, 2011
Open Run
Circle in the Square Theatre

Conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelakwith music and new lyrics by Academy and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin), Godspell has continued to electrify audiences throughout the country since its original New York premiere in May 1971.


Ticket Price: $125.00; $135.00 Saturdays Tickets by Phone: 212-239-6200
800-432-7250 http://www.Godspell.com
telecharge.com

Circle in the Square Theatre | W. 50th St. Between Broadway and 8th Ave
New York, NY 10019



 

Jersey Boys
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Open Run
August Wilson Theater


Jersey Boys is the new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. The musical chronicles the lives of a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide -- all before they were thirty. Jersey Boys features their hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll," "Oh What a Night," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," among others.

STUDENT RUSH POLICY - Subject to availability, rush tickets are sold at the box office on the day of the performance to any student who holds a valid ID as well as a valid government issue ID. Tickets are $26.25 and 2 are available per person, per calendar month. Tickets go on sale when the box office opens. Effective beginning Tuesday, August 15.

Tickets $80.00-$110.00 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

August Wilson Theatre |245 West 52nd Street



How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Following the advice of a book entitled "How to Succeed in Business" a young window-cleaner, J. Pierrepont Finch (Daniel Radcliffe), begins a meteoric rise from the mail-room to Vice President of Advertising at the World-Wide Wicket Company. Finch's unorthodox and morally-questionable business practices jeopardize not only his career but also his romance with secretary Rosemary Pilkington. With a beloved score by Frank Loesser, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is packed with hit standards such as "I Believe in You," "Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm," "The Company Way," "Been a Long Day," "Rosemary," and "Brotherhood of Man."

Tickets $52.00 - $132.00 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250 http://www.telecharge.com/behindTheCurtain.aspx

Al Hirschfeld Theatre | 302 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036


 

The Lion King
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Minskoff Theatre

With wildly inventive life-size puppets, exotic masks, and costumes, Disney's adaptation of its popular animated movie is a visual stunner. The 1998 Tony Award-winning Best Musical is directed by the visionary Julie Taymor and features terrific music by Elton John and Tim Rice. The show follows the adventures of the royal lion cub Simba, and his quest to grow up and learn what it means to be a king.

Tickets $50.00-$121.25 Buy tickets online ticketmaster.com

disney.go.com/theatre/index.html


Minskoff Theatre|200 West 45th Street


Mamma Mia!
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Winter Garden Theatre
1634 Broadway

The musical Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of ABBA, follows the story of a forty-something mother planning her daughter's wedding. Incorporating 22 of the famous band's songs, the show portrays the contrast of values between mother and daughter. Set in the present day on a tiny, mythical Greek island, it is a musical love story that crosses continents and generations. "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Take a Chance on Me" and, of course, "Dancing Queen" are all included.
$30.00 Student Rush tickets are available for the mezzanine section (2 per ID).

Tickets $57.00-$111.25 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250 telecharge.com

Winter Garden Theatre | 1634 Broadway


 


Mary Poppins
Tuesday 8:00PM
Wednesday 2:00PM & 8:00PM
Thursday 8:00PM
Friday 8:00PM
Saturday 2:00PM & 8:00PM
Sunday 3:00PM
New Amsterdam Theatre

Mary Poppins, the musical based on the stories by P.L. Travers and the Oscar-winning 1964 Walt Disney film, comes to Broadway! Richard Eyre directs with co-direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne and additional choreography by Stephen Mear. The show features a book by Julian Fellows, and uses both the original film score by Robert and Richard Sherman and new songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

Tickets $20.00 - $110.00 at ticketmaster.com.

New Amsterdam Theatre | 214 West 42nd Street


Memphis
Tuesday 8:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Shubert Theatre

From the rockin' dance halls of Memphis, Tennessee comes this hot and bothered new Broadway musical with heart, soul and energy to burn. Set in the turbulent south in the 1950s, it is the story of Huey Calhoun, a white radio DJ whose love of good music transcends race lines and airwaves. Get ready to experience all the exuberance and the emotion... the beauty and the controversy... of a wondrous, defining time in our history. You're tuning in to Memphis, so turn up that dial!

Tickets $41.50 - $121.50 212-239-6200 800-432-7250
memphisthemusical.com


Shubert Theatre | 225 West 44th Street


 

The Mountaintop
Closes January 22, 2012
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

Taking place on April 3, 1968, The Mountaintop is a gripping reimagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Samuel L. Jackson), as he retires to Room 306 in the now famous Lorraine Motel in Memphis, after delivering his legendary 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech to a massive church congregation. When room-service is delivered by a young woman, whose identity we puzzle over, King is forced to confront his past, as well as his legacy to his people.

Ticket Price: $75.00 - $130.00; $34.50 Tickets by Phone: 212-239-6200 telecharge.com


Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | 242 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036




The Phantom of the Opera
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Majestic Theatre

Based on the Gaston Leroux novel, this story of seduction and despair is told through a lush and romantic score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart. Gorgeously directed by theater veteran Harold Prince, The Phantom of the Opera is a haunting show that has enchanted audiences across the globe and has been responsible for igniting a lifelong passion for the musical theater in many of them.

Tickets $20.00-$100.00 212-239-6200 or 800-432-7250
telecharge.com

Majestic Theatre| 245 West 44th Street

 


Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 7:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Palace Theatre

Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon ("Bernadette"), Tony Award® nominee Will Swenson ("Tick"/ "Mitzi") and Nick Adams ("Adam"/"Felicia") star as the trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting adventure who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed. With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and featuring a score of dance-floor classics, Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical is a sensational journey to the heart of fabulous.

Tickets by Phone 877-250-2929
ticketmaster.com

www.priscillaonbroadway.com

Palace Theatre | 1554 Broadway
New York, NY 10036



Relatively Speaking
Now in Previews
Show Opens:
October 20, 2011
Open Run
Brooks Atkinson

Relatively Speaking is comprised of three one-act comedies springing from a different branch of the family tree. In Talking Cure, Ethan Coen uncovers the sort of insanity than 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.

Ticket Price: $55.00 - $135.00

Tickets by Phone: 877-250-2929
http://www.relativelyspeakingbroadway.com previews
www.ticketmaster.com

Brooks Atkinson Theatre | 256 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036


 

Rock of Ages
Monday 8:00pm
Tuesday 7:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm & 7:00pm
Now in Previews
Opens April 7, 2009
Open Run
Brooks Atkinson Theatre

American Idol's Constantine Maroulis, who starred as Drew in the Off-Broadway of Rock of Ages, reprises his role in the Broadway production, joined by James Carpinello as Stacee Jaxx and Amy Spanger as Sherrie.

It's 1987 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?


Ticket Price: $26.50-$99.00 Tickets by Phone: 212-307-4100 ticketmaster.com
For more information on Rock of Ages: www.rockofagesmusical.com previews

Brooks Atkinson Theatre |256 West 47th Street

 


 

Sister Act
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Open Run
Broadway Theatre

Based on the smash-hit film, Sister Act features an original score by 8-time Oscar® and 10-time Grammy Award® winner Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Enchanted) and direction by 4-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks (La Cage aux Folles, A Funny Thing..., Guys and Dolls.)

Disco diva Deloris Van Cartier (Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller) has dreams of hitting the big time. But when she walks in on a "hit" of a different kind, the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look - a convent! At first, Deloris - disguised as "Sister Mary Clarence" - has trouble adjusting to life under the strict rule of Mother Superior. But when she transforms the convent's choir into the most glorious new musical act in town, Deloris forms a lasting bond with her newfound friends... and the gang that's chasing her finds itself up against an unstoppable team of soulful sisters.

Tickets $51.50 - $126.50; $26.50 Rush Tickets | 212-239-6200 &
800-432-7250
telecharge.com

sisteractbroadway.com



Broadway Theatre | 1681 Broadway




Spider Man, Turn Off the Dark
Opens June 14, 2011
Open Run
Foxwoods Theater

Drawing from over forty years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark spins a new take on the mythic tale of a young man propelled from a modest rowhouse in Queens to the sky-scraping spire of the Chrysler Building, the bustling offices of the Daily Bugle, through the dizzying canyons of Manhattan, to new vistas never before seen.
The musical follows 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.

ticketmaster.com

www.SpidermanOnBroadway.com

Foxwoods Theatre | 213 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036

 


 

War Horse
Open Run
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Vivian Beaumont Theater

At the outbreak of World War One, 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, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a mission to find him and bring him home.

Tickets $75.00 - $125.00 | 212-239-6200 & 800-432-7250
telecharge.com

WarHorseOnBroadway.com

Vivian Beaumont Theater | 150 West 65th Street

 


 

Wicked
Tuesday 7:00pm
Wednesday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Thursday 8:00pm
Friday 8:00pm
Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm
Gershwin Theatre

Stephen Schwartz's new musical Wicked tells the story of two girls in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire, the spellbinding musical takes a look at how these unlikely friends end up as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Joe Mantello directs Winner of 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical.

Tickets $50.00 - $110.00 212-307-4100 www.ticketmaster.com

Gershwin Theatre | 222 West 51st Street


 

 

Coming Soon



Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Wed 7:30pm
Thu-Fri 8pm
Sat 2 & 8pm
Sun 2 & 7pm
May 9-13, 2012
New York City Center

Set in the Roaring Twenties, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes follows the
madcap adventures of the original "dumb blonde," Lorelei Lee, as she
sets sail for Europe with her best friend Dorothy Shaw. With a score
filled with hits like "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" and "Bye,
Bye, Baby," Gentlemen Prefer Blondes made a star of Carol Channing on
Broadway and later cemented Marilyn Monroe's status as an American
film icon and sex symbol in the 1953 screen version. The original
production, directed by John C. Wilson and choreographed by Agnes de
Mille, opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 8, 1949, and played
a total of 740 performances.

Tickets start at $25
212.581.1212
citytix@nycitycenter.org

New York City Center | 131 West 55th St
New York, NY 10019
www.nycitycenter.org


 

 

 

 

 

 
   

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