AIDA
Set in the time of Ancient Egypt, Aida is the exciting and passionate tale of a captured Nubian princess who falls in love with her conqueror, the Egyptian captain, Radames. Aida becomes the handmaiden to the daughter of the Pharaoh, Princess Amneris, who is betrothed to Radames. Aida is a story of love, devotion and betrayal spanning lifetimes, featuring a score by two of music's most extraordinary and revered artists, composer Elton John and lyricist Tim Rice.
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ALL SHOOK UP
A new musical comedy set in 1955, All Shook Up is not a biographical revue. Somewhere in middle America -- one girl's dream and a surprise visit from a mysterious leather-jacketed, guitar-playing stranger will lead a small town to discover the magic of romance and the power of rock & roll. This irresistible new musical features 24 legendary Elvis classics including "Heartbreak Hotel," "Love Me Tender," "Don't Be Cruel," "Can't Help Falling in Love," and "All Shook Up."
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ASSASSINS
The Roundabout Theatre Company presents the Broadway premiere of the legendary Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman musical. A darkly comic musical exploring the minds of Presidential assassins and attemptors, among them John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinkley, and the lesser known Charles Guiteau, Samuel Byck and Squeaky Fromme. Some had very specific motivations, others' intentions were muddled. All changed the course of U.S. history, and, this musical suggests, added to our unsettling national obsession with celebrity. (excerpt credited to www.broadwayworld.com)
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD
A new musical based on the the award-winning books by Arnold Lobel, A Year with Frog and Toad transfers to Broadway's Cort Theater following a sold-out run at New York's New Victory theater. Conceived by Adrianne Lobel (Arnold Lobel's daughter), A Year with Frog and Toad is directed by David Petrarca and choreographed by Daniel Pelzig, with music by Robert Reale and book and lyrics by Willie Reale. Mark Linn-Baker (Toad) and Jay Goede (Frog) star. Tried and true friends Frog and Toad navigate through an adventure-filled year, joined by some colorful companions along the way. Set to a jazzy score, this charming musical lovingly captures the spirit of Lobel's whimsical stories as this unlikely friendship blossoms and grows.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Disney's lavish musical is the classic love story of Belle, a kind-hearted but misunderstood young woman, and the Beast, a pompous prince who has been turned into an animal by the spell of an enchantress. To break the spell, the Beast must learn to love and be loved. Belle could be his chance, if only the Beast can control his anger and find the heart that he never had as a man. But time is running out and if he does not learn his lesson soon, he will be doomed to live in isolation for all eternity.
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BIG RIVER The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the greatest creations in American fiction. This tale of adventure and self-discovery begins on a raft on the Mississippi River in the 1840s, where Huck, escaping from his drunken father, meets up with Jim, a runaway slave. The story of their journey downstream is an American classic that captures the rhythms, sounds and spirit of life on the big river. The musical numbers include "Do You Want to Go To Heaven," "Waiting for the Light To Shine," "Hand for the Hog," "Muddy Water," "When the Sun Goes Down in the South" and "Worlds Apart." Big River includes deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing actors performing with both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL), interweaving music, voice, sign language, dance and storytelling techniques from both hearing and deaf cultures into a unique theatrical event. (excerpt credited to www.broadwayworld.com)
BOMBAY DREAMS
Bombay Dreams tells the story of a handsome young man and his dream of becoming a Bollywood movie star. Bombay Dreams weaves together the glamour of the movies, heart-aching romance and epic spectacle in a musical the London Sunday Times has called the "best British-originated musical since The Phantom of the Opera."
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BROOKLYN
From the heart of Brooklyn comes a band of soulful street-corner singers and storytellers. With a mix of pop and soul, they set their stage and tell a wondrous sidewalk fairy tale about a young girl searching for fame and the father she never knew. With just one clue to lead her, she lands in the city that bears her name...BROOKLYN.
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CABARET
Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Cabaret is directed by Sam Mendes and co-directed by Rob Marshall with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Winner of four 1998 Tony Awards® including Best Musical Revival, Cabaret is now playing at the world-renowned Studio 54, where the decadent environment of a pre-war Berlin nightclub has been recreated.
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CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
Caroline, or Change takes place in Louisiana 1963, just before President Kennedy's assassination and during the Civil Rights movement. Caroline is the black maid of a Southern family, made up of a father, his new wife and the man's young son. The son's birth mother has recently died, and the stepmother is trying to establish a relationship with the child, who already has a close connection with Caroline. The title has a double meaning, referring to the myriad social changes swirling around the family and a family argument surrounding the spare change perpetually found in the boy's pants pockets.
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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the most fantasmagorical stage musical in the history of everything, arrives on Broadway this spring direct from the West End, where it continues to play to capacity houses at The London Palladium. A new stage adaptation of the internationally known hit film of Ian Fleming's timeless story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang features a beloved score, including such memorable classics as "Truly Scrumptious," "Toot Sweets," "Hushabye Mountain," and the Oscar-nominated title song.
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COMPANY
The musical is a revolutionary, unconventional look at love and commitment in a complex modern world. Company is a remarkably honest, clever and sophisticated portrayal of five married couples as seen through the eyes of their mutual friend Robert, a bachelor weighing the pros and cons of wedded life. A comic and touching tale exploring not only fear and longing but also the simple joys of being alive. This production is a bold reinvention of the show in which the actors sing, dance, and play all of the musical instruments. Sondheim's includes "Being Alive," "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "Another Hundred People" and "The Ladies Who Lunch."
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DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Based on the 1988 film that starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is set in the glamorous French Riviera where two con men meet and decide that the town isn't big enough for both of them. They agree to a contest: the first one to swindle $50,000 from a young female heiress wins and the other man must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues bringing out the best and the worst in both men. It will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the very end.
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Harvey Fierstein stars in the 40th anniversary production of Fiddler on the Roof. Set in the small Russian village of Anatevka on the eve of the Russian revolution, the show tells the humorous and heartbreaking story of the dairyman Tevye, who is trying to maintain the simplicities of his traditional life while his five daughters are quickly growing up. Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's score features such Broadway classics as "If I Were a Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset," "Matchmaker Matchmaker," and "Tradition."
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42ND STREET
This sassy, brassy musical spectacular is the stage remake of the classic 1933 movie. The famous Leading Lady breaks her ankle just before the show's big opening on Broadway. Can the Understudy save the show at the last minute and become a star? This Cinderella story of Broadway is an exhilarating extravaganza of show business at its greatest. Winner of the Tony Award in 1981 and 2001 for Best Musical, 42nd Street's songs include "We're In The Money," "Shuffle Off To Buffalo," and "Lullaby of Broadway."
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GREY GARDENS
Grey Gardens brings to life both the delightfully eccentric aunt and the cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Once among the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social register, these two women became East Hampton's most notorious recluses, living in a dilapidated 28-room mansion. Set in two eras - in 1941 when the estate was in its prime and in 1973 when it was reduced to squalor - the musical tells the alternately hilarious and heartbreaking story of two indomitable women, Edith Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter "Little" Edie.
(excerpt credited to www.broadwayworld.com)GYPSY
Set during the vaudeville era, Gypsy is about a relentless stage mother, Rose (Bernadette Peters), who travels the country with her two daughters, June (Kate Reinders) and Louise (Tammy Blanchard), and their manager, Herbie (John Dossett). While June and Louise wish their mother would settle down and marry Herbie, Rose continues to pursue dreams of stardom for her girls. When June deserts the act, Rose turns her attention to the shy Louise, whom she hopes to fashion into a star. When the act is booked into a burlesque house by mistake, Louise is forced into the spotlight and Gypsy Rose Lee is born.
Suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, this legendary musical features book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Sam Mendes directs.
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HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical features the hit songs "You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch" and "Welcome Christmas" from the original animated series. "Max the Dog narrates this classic holiday tale as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small", decides to steal Christmas away from the Whos, an endlessly cheerful bunch bursting with holiday spirit. The Grinch is a natural at thieving, even lying to little Cindy-Lou Who about his intentions as he stuffs the family tree, up the chimney, as well as the 'roast beast' feast and every last present up the chimney. When the Whos still insist on celebrating Christmas as if the thievery had never occurred, they melt the old miser's heart and, in the end, the Grinch learns that the holidays are not about accumulating presents but about love and togetherness.
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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's ground-breaking "rock opera" "Jesus Christ Superstar" changed the face of musical theater when it debuted on Broadway in 1971. The most recent revival was in 2000 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
Telling the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus, "Superstar" dramatizes Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, the unrest caused by his preaching and popularity, his betrayal by Judas, the trial before Pontius Pilate, and his ultimate crucifixion.
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KIKI & HERB Alive on Broadway
Kiki and Herb are the legendary downtown cabaret artists, who sold out Carnegie Hall in 2004. They are hilarious, perverse and musically amazing. Time Out London called them "Deranged. Hysterical. Confrontational. Unmissable." Time Out New York said "The Statue of Liberty. The Empire State Building. Kiki & Herb. The famous pair has undoubtedly become one of New York's landmarks." The New York Times called them "the most hilariously disturbing show you'll see this season grand, vivacious and sordid."
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LES MISERABLES
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the musical is set in 19th-century France and tells the epic story of Jean Valjean, a man in search of personal redemption, who is pursued by Inspector Javert. The two men are in a constant battle of wits and wills, and soon both find themselves in the middle of a revolution, the aftermath of which will determine all their fates.
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
It's the first-ever Broadway production of everyone's favorite boy-meets-girl, plant-eats-world phenomenon. Meek, mild-mannered, out-of-luck Seymour Krelbourn has just discovered an exotic little plant with a strange and unusual appetite. The plant is growing remarkably fast--and so is Seymour's love for Audrey, his co-worker at the flower shop. But she has a boyfriend...and the plant has a bloodthirsty secret that threatens the entire planet. The feeding-frenzy begins, as Seymour becomes a celebrity and the plant becomes a larger-than-life sensation.
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LITTLE WOMEN
Little Woman, The Musical is the new musical based on the classic book by Louisa May Alcott at Broadway's Virginia Theatre and delighting audiences of all ages. The timeless tale of Jo, a young writer and her three sisters during the Civil War period, stars Tony Award winner, Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and Broadway, recording and concert star Maureen McGovern. Tony nominee Susan H. Schulman directs. It is the story of a family and their love and bond - a universal tale to delight all.
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LOVEMUSIK
An exciting collaboration from some of the theatre's most esteemed artists, this rich, riveting work follows the life of composer Kurt Weill and his famed marriage to Lotte Lenya, who starred in many of his groundbreaking pieces. From their courtship and early collaborations in Europe, through their journey to America and the debut of the landmark musical The Threepenny Opera, LoveMusik gets deep inside this fascinating, complicated partnership. The musical features some of Weill's best-loved songs, including "Speak Low," "Surabaya Johnny," "It Never Was You," "Mack the Knife" and "September Song."
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MAN OF LA MANCHA
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Ernie Sabella lead the cast of this new production of Man of La Mancha. This ever-popular Broadway musical based on Cervantes's Don Quixote won five 1966 Tony Awards?, including Best Musical. The musical's book is by Dale Wasserman, with music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion.
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MOVIN' OUT
A new musical conceived, choreographed, and directed by Twyla Tharp, based on 24 classic songs by Billy Joel. MOVIN' OUT is the story of six lifelong friends told over two turbulent decades. This brand new musical takes us back to a time we all remember, to the days when almost anything could happen, to the nights when almost everything did.
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NINE
The first Broadway revival of the 1982 Tony Award?-winning musical based on the classic film 8 1/2. Antonio Banderas, Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Chita Rivera lead the cast. Nine revolves around one central character, Guido Contini (played by Banderas in his Broadway debut), a film director in the Fellini mold. He is contracted to write and direct a film, but is unable to come up with a suitable plot. After recent box office failures, he finds himself drifting towards a nervous breakdown. Guido finds himself examining his past flawed relationships with the many women who have come through his life and the struggle to act his mature age of 40--as opposed to nine.
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110 IN THE SHADE
In the middle of a heat wave in 1930's Texas, when everyone is longing for rain, or a breeze, Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit, intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she can't find true love. Even the town sheriff, for whom she harbors a secret yen, won't take a chance. However, when a charismatic rainmaker named Starbuck enters the town and her family's life, Lizzie's world is turned upside down.
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SWEENEY TODD
Tony Award-winners Patti LuPone (Evita, Anything Goes) and Michael Cerveris (Tommy, Assassins) co-star in one of the most anticipated events of the theater season. When it premiered in 1979, Sweeney Todd won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. Now, London's "triumphant new production of Stephen Sondheim's musical masterpiece" (London Independent) comes to Broadway. Innovative, intimate and ingenious, this Sweeney "packs a knockout punch" (Daily Telegraph). The legendary barber, hell-bent on revenge, takes up with his enterprising neighbor in a delicious plot to slice their way through London's upper crust. Justice will be served - along with lush melody, audacious humor and bloody good thrills.
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SWEET CHARITY
Meet Charity Hope Valentine. She's a true original, an eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. Emmy Award winner Christina Applegate stars in a dazzling new Broadway production of this smash hit musical. Directed by Walter Bobbie (a Tony Award winner for Broadway's runaway hit Chicago) and choreographed by Wayne Cilento (Wicked, Aida), Sweet Charity has a hilarious book by none other than Neil Simon. And the classic score (by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields) features such hits as "Hey, Big Spender" and "If My Friends Could See Me Now." Swing on by the Fandango ballroom...and let Charity dance her way into your heart!
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TARZAN
Disney Theatrical Productions brings the classic story of a boy raised in the wild by animals to the Broadway stage with Tarzan, landing on Broadway in March 2006. Adapted from the hit 1999 animated film of the same name (with songs by pop star Phil Collins), Tarzan promises to be a high-flying hit!
More than 90 years ago, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced Tarzan to the world in the October 1912 issue of All Story Magazine. The character was an instant sensation. Since then, he has been featured in 26 authorized novels and more than 44 motion pictures. Now Disney brings Tarzan to the Broadway stage.
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THE APPLE TREE
This production of The Apple Tree is based on a 2005 staged concert for the New York City Center Encores! series, which won raves for its petite star. Kristin Chenoweth plays Eve, Princess Barbara and Ella in musicals based on Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve, Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? and Jules Feiffer's Passionella, respectively. With a lovely score and witty book by the legendary Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, The Apple Tree is a must-see revival for lovers of musical theater.
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THE BOY FROM OZ
Movie and stage superstar Hugh Jackman stars in The Boy from Oz, the eagerly anticipated new musical. Directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, The Boy from Oz tells the funny and heart-breaking true story of Australian entertainer Peter Allen from his humble beginnings through meteoric rise to international fame and celebrity. With a book by award-winning playwright Martin Sherman, The Boy from Oz features many of Allen's extraordinary hit songs, including "I Go to Rio," "I Honestly Love You," and the Academy Award-winning "Arthur's Theme."
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THE COLOR PURPLE
Oprah Winfrey presents this new musical based on Alice Walker's classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and the landmark film by Steven Spielberg. The Color Purple is an inspiring family saga that tells the unforgettable story of a woman, who, through love, finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world. With a moving book and a score featuring gospel, jazz, ragtime and the blues, The Color Purple is ultimately a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love and a celebration of life.
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THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
To chase his blues away, a modern day musical theatre addict known simply as "Man in Chair" drops the needle on his favorite LP -- the 1928 musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the uproariously funny musical magically bursts to life on stage, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage the nuptials, her chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs. Man in Chair's infectious love of The Drowsy Chaperone speaks to anyone who has ever been transported by the theater.
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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
The Light in the Piazza, based on the novella by Elizabeth Spencer, is set in the summer of 1953 and tells the story of a mother and daughter traveling through Italy, and the daughter's romance with a handsome, high-spirited Florentine. They fall in love. As their relationship develops, the girl's mother must reveal the truth that will surely test that love.
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THE PIRATE QUEEN
The Pirate Queen is an epic musical adventure celebrating the legendary Irish Chieftain Grace O'Malley. Based on her real-life story, the musical tells of a compelling, inspirational woman; a heroine who led an extraordinary life as a pirate, chieftain, lover and mother in 16th Century Ireland. Commissioned and produced by Moya Doherty and John McColgan, the producers of Riverdance, this new musical combines classic storytelling and a sweeping score, with the powerful, vibrant traditions of Irish dance and song, to create a modern musical event that is both an historic romance and a timeless epic.
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THE PRODUCERS
This runaway hit won more Tony Awards than any show in Broadway history-including Best Musical of the Year. It's the story of a couple of guys who come up with a scheme to produce the most outrageous Broadway musical ever. They think they can take off with all their investors' money-but when the curtain goes up on their gigantic singing, dancing spectacular, they realize their plan has gone ridiculously wrong. This hilarious Mel Brooks musical was directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman.
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THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
Uniquely connecting the worlds of music, theatre and dance, The Times They Are A Changin' is a fresh exploration of the timeless tale of a young man's coming of age told through the classic songs of music icon Bob Dylan and the bold visual imagination of legendary choreographer and theatre icon Twyla Tharp.
The new music is set within a low-rent traveling circus run by Captain A-rab, whose wagon hasn't moved from its location in some time ? though not by lack of effort from his ragtag band of clowns and performers. One such performer is the animal trainer Cleo, a young woman exploited by Capt. A-rab and loved by his son, Coyote. Coyote longs for a world outside the confines of the family business, and as the circus show plays out, he must decide whether to flee or stay, and if he does stay, how to inspire change within the troupe.
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
In The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. A sold-out smash at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, Spelling Bee has been called "irresistible and entirely lovable" by the New York Times.
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THE WEDDING SINGER
In The Wedding Singer it's 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party - until his own fiancee leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of the decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With a brand new score that pays loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980's, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer just might be the coolest guy in the room.
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THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Freely adapted from Wilkie Collins's sensational Victorian thriller, The Woman in White tells the story of a dashing young man, employed as the art tutor to two devoted sisters, who is stranded at a remote railway station. Out of the darkness looms a woman, a mysterious figure dressed in white, desperate to share a chilling secret. He and the sisters soon find themselves trapped in a web of betrayal and greed, the victims of a seemingly flawless crime. Together they will need all their resourcefulness and courage to outwit a hugely charismatic and ingenious villain.
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THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Based on the 1967 Oscar-nominated film, the new Broadway musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie takes audiences back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City when "moderns"?including a flapper named Millie Dillmount were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce, and rewriting the rules of love. This delightful valentine to the longstanding spirit of New York City and the people who seek to discover themselves there features 18 songs, including three from the 1967 film, four standards from the 1920s, and 11 new songs by Jeanine Tesori (music) and Dick Scanlan (lyrics).
Winner - six 2002 Tony Awards including Best Musical!
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URINETOWN
Set in a Gotham-like city overwrought by ecological disaster, Urinetown: The Musical is a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its very weight in gold. A depletion of the earth's water supply has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The privilege to pee is regulated by a single, malevolent corporation, which profits by charging admission for one of mankind's most basic needs. Urinetown is directed by John Rando, with musical staging by John Carrafa, and features book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, and music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann.
Urinetown won 2002 Tony Awards® for Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Direction of a Musical. (excerpt credited to www.broadwayworld.com)
WONDERFUL TOWN
The Leonard Bernstein-Adolph Green-Betty Comden show WONDERFUL TOWN gets a Broadway revival! Brooke Shields stars in the musical, based on Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov's play, My Sister Eileen. Two sisters from Ohio arrive in New York and find life in the big city a lot more complicated than they ever imagined. The score features songs such as songs as "Christopher Street," "My Darlin' Eileen," and "A Little Bit In Love." Kathleen Marshall (who won a 2004 Tony for her choreography here) directs and choreographs.
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