Here's a list of all "Broadway Plays" currently running in New York City.
With millions of websites out there,
it
makes me wonder why I can't ever find a singular site that has all this
information so I decided I'll stop
complaining
and get those fingers working. For those of you that know me well,
you know Broadway isn't a big part
of
my life nowadays. Well actually a couple of years back, I didn't
think I'd still be involved this much...but I'm
currently
directing a "Broadway Review" that is soon to open, (sorry...couldn't resist
the temptation to plug
that...heh
he) Most of the theatres didn't want me to give out their phone number,
so I atleast published
the
phone number of the ticket agency for reservation and sales. Anyway,
click on the show's name with a link (underlined) and it should connect
you to their site...given they have one. I
tried to keep all this information accurate, but forgive me if I screwed
up. Enjoy!
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ART
- 1998 Tony, Best Play (Comedy)
This play arrived on Broadway right after it's celebrated run in London.
It's a story
Royale
Theatre
of three friends whose friendship is challenged when one of them buys a
piece of
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modern art, which, I might add....turns out to be an all white painting!
Translated
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by Christopher Hampton, it's a funny story by Yasmina Reza.
(opened
3/18/98)
Tues.-Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 (90 min., no intermission)
Beauty and the Beast - Musical
This is the theatre version of Disney's animated fairy tale. I figured
most of you Palace
Theatre
have already seen the movie so I won't go into this one too much.
Alan Menken
1564
Broadway
composed the music for this play. He also wrote the music for some
of Disney's big
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hits such as The little Mermaid and Alladin. Currently playing Belle
is pop singer
(opened
2/18/93)
Tony Braxton, but rumor has it that her contract expires on Jan 28,1999
and
doesn't plan to stay after it's done.
Tues.-Sat.,8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 (2 hrs., 40 mins.)
The
Beauty Queen of Leenane - 1998 Winner of Four Tonys
- Play
This is an award winning play that revoloves around a lonely, plain woman
in her early
Walter
Kerr Theatre forties.
It has it's own comical moments that won it four Tonys last year.
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Tues.-Sat.,8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 (2 hrs., 40 mins.)
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Bring
in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk - 1996 Winner of Four
Tonys - Musical
This remarkable tap show finds it's place on Broadway after a successful
start at
Ambassador
Theatre
the Public Theatre. The choreograpy is not only ground breaking,
but is full of
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energy. This play is known for it's upbeat music that won it four
Tonys in 1996.
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Tues.-Sat.,8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 (1 hrs., 45 mins.)
Cabaret
- 1998 Tony, Best Rivival of a Musical - Musical
This musical is about a singer, Sally Bowles' romance with an american
writer.
Roundabout
Theatre's This story
takes place in Germany at the start of the Third Reich. This
Kit
Kat Club
outstanding revival won a Tony
last year.
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Tues.-Sat.,7:30; Wed, Sat. Sun., 2 (2 hrs., 30 mins.)
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(opened
3/19/98)
Cats
-1983 Tony, Best Musical - Musical
What can I say about the longest running show in Broadway history.
This play is
Winter
Garden Theatre based
on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The music
is
Broadway/51st
St.
written by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. It features 23 characters in
it's cast,
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and a well known song "Memory." Try getting a seat in the middle-front
for this
(opened
10/7/82)
one. This year, they will celebrate sixteen years of performing!
Mon.-Wed. & Fri.-Sat.,8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 ( 2 hrs., 40 mins.)
Chicago
- 1997 Tony, Best Revival of a Musical - Musical
This story is about a character named Roxie Hart who kills her boyfriend
and
Shubert
Theatre
gains notoriety. It's still playing with original cast members, though
not for long,
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which
includes one of TV's hit (Cheers) character.
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Tues.-Sat.,
8; Sun.,7; Sat. & Sun.,2 (2 hrs., 30 mins.)
Footloose - Musical
This is the stage version of the 1984's hit movie about a kid who finds
himself in
Richard
Roger's Theatre a small town
that strictly prohibited dancing and decides to change the rule.
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The cast sings momentous songs from the movie such as "Almost Paradise"
and
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"Footlose." Composer Tom Snow and Lyricist Dean Pitchford decided
to also
(opened
10-22-98)
write nine new songs for this musical.
Tues.-Sat., 8; Wed.& Sat., 2; Sun., 3 (2 hrs., 15 mins.)
Getting
& Spending - Comedy
Helen
Hayes Theatre
In this intriguing new comedy, a wealthy female investment banker nailed
for
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insider trading
discovers that the only attorney savvy enough to get her off has
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secluded himself inside a monastery.
(opened
10/20/98
Tues.-Sat., 8.; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 ( 2 hrs., 10 mins.)
I'm
Still Here ...Damn It! - One Woman Show with Music
Sandra Bernhard brings her witty one-woman show to a great white way.
Call for
Booth
Theatre
performance schedule.
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Jekyll
& Hyde - Musical
An advocative tale of romance and the epic battle between good and evil,
Jekyll
Plymouth
Theatre
and Hyde
brings new life to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story. A whirlwind
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odyssey pitting man against himself is set into motion when the brillant
Dr.
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Jekyll's medical experiment backfires, giving life to Edward Hyde, his
evil alter
(opened
4/28/97)
ego. Brillantly staged acted and sung.
Tue. - Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun. 3 ( 2 hrs., 30 min.)
Les
Miserables - 1987 Tony, Best Musical - Musical
Now in it's thirteenth glorious season on Broadway, Les Miserables is a
theatrical
Emperial
Theatre
masterpiece that makes three-plus hours seem like no time at all.
Based on
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Victor Hugo's moving novel set in 19th-century France, this opera-inspired
work
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unfolds a tale good vs. evil, man agaist man. An epic evening of
theatre in
(opened
3/12/87)
every way!
Tues. - Sat., 8; Wed & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 (3 hrs., 15 mins.)
Lion King - 1998 Tony, Best Musical - Musical
The stage version of Disney's animated mega-hit has arrived! As in
the film,
New
Amsterdam Theatre
this breathtaking production follows of the advetures of the young lion
cub,
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Simba, as he strugles to accept the responsibities of adult-hood and his
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destined role of king of the jungle. Filled with colorful characters
and
(opened
11/13/97)
Grammy-winning musical numbers by Elton John and Tim Rice (who
have
written three new songs for The Lion King's Broadway
debut), This is a
family-friendly show you won't want to miss.
Wed. - Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 1 & 6:30. (2 hrs.,
45 mins.)
Little
Me - Musical
"Little Me: The Intimate Memoirs of the Great Star of Stage, Screen and
Roundabout
Theatre
Television, Belle
Poitrine, as told to Patrick Dennis." Tues.
- Sat., 8; Wed,
1530
Broadway
Sat, Sun., 2; (Call for variations in schedule)
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(opened
10/28/98)
Miss Saigon - 1991 Winner of 3 Tonys - Musical
Though still in it's first decade on Broadway, the show that swept the
1991
Broadway
Theatre
Tonys is
being hailed as "a classic." The plot of this breathtaking musical
Broadway/53rd
St.
centers around a young Vietnamese girl and a U.S. soldier at the time of
the
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fall of Saigon in 1975. This moving production shows how people in
a war-
(opened
4/11/91)
torn society looked upon the American Dream as a symbol of salvation. The
original Miss Saigon, Lea Salonga went back for a couple of weeks so
you
better hurry if you want to catch her. This is a great play. . . a real
close
freind of mine used to play in it. (wink, wink)
Mon. - Sat,. 8; Wed. & Sat., 2 ( 2 hrs., 30 mins.)
On
the Town - Musical
This classic musical resulting from the legendary 1944 collaboration of
Gershin
Theatre
Leonard Bernstein,
Betty Comden and Adolph Green, follows the adventures
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of three young sailors
on 24-hour shore leave in the Big Apple. Racing
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from the Brooklyn Navy Yard
to Times Square to Coney Island, the trio
hook up with two unique NYC babes - a brassy cabbie and a tipsy
anthropologist - who joined them in their search for the
elusive subway
poster girl, "Miss Turnstiles."
Tues. - Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun. 3; (2 hrs. - 30 mins.)
The Phantom of The Opera - 1988 Tony, Best Musical - Musical
After a myriad of film versions, Gaston Leroux's famous period thriller
is
now one of Broadway's
greatest attractions. Featuring the music of Andrew
LLoyd Webber and direction by Harold Prince, Phantom has achieved the
kind of reputation and following most shows only dream of. The acting,
singing, the costumes, the sets. . . Everything
adds up to an unparalleled
theatrical experience.
Mon. - Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2 ( 2 hrs., - 30 mins.)
Ragtime
- 1998 Winner of 4 Tonys - Musical
One of the most talked about events in musical theatre is sharing in its
Broadway debut
with the breathtaking new Ford Center for the Performing
Arts, giving E.
L. Doctorow's classic story a historic foothold at both ends
of the 20th century! Ragtime,
set in the early 1900's follows three
families-one upper-middle class, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant; one
socialist immigrant Jewish; and one Harlem black: whose
lives become
dramatically intertwined as they are caught up in a quickly- changing
America.
Tues. - Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 ( 2 hrs., 45 mins.)
Rent
- 1996 Tony, Best Musical - Musical
Following an enormously successful off -Broadway run at the New York
Theatre Workshop, Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize -winning musical has
taken up residence on
the Great White Way. Inspired by Puccini's La
Boheme, the story line follows a community of young East Villagers as
they struggle with the soaring hopes and tough realities
of today's New
York.
Tues. - Sat., 8; Sun., 7; Sat. & Sun., 2 ( 2 hrs., 40 mins.)
The
Scarlet Pimpernel - Musical
Based on the popular novels by Baroness Orczy, this new musical adventure
tale follows
one of literature's original super-heroes as he rescues innocent
victims and crusades for justice during the French Revolution. Set
against
such historic backdrops
as the guillotines of Paris and London's Royal
Palace, the plot insists that
elusive "Scarlet Pumpernel" maintain a hidden
identity, even to his love, the worldly Marguerite, who may have a secret
or two of her own.
Wed.- Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 ( 2 hrs., 40 mins.)
Side
Man - Play
Warren Leight's compelling play about a journeyman musician's obsesion
with jazz.
Tues. - Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 ( 2 hrs.)
Swan
Lake- Dance
This production literally shatters the traditional concept of swans in
tutus
in order
to create a passionate and provacative performance experience.
Tues. - Sat., 8; Wed. &
Sat., 2; Sun., 3 ( 2 hrs., 30 mins. )
Smokey
Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller -
Musical
Described as "...a world of first kisses and last dances... blue-light
dinners and hot rock 'n roll," this show is a nostalgic celebration of
music
of song writing team
Leiber & Stoller, the duo who penned such '50s and
'60s rock classics as "Hound
Dog," "Love Potion # 9," "Kansas City," and
"Stand By Me." One of the most uplifting shows on B'way- a must see!
Tues.- Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 ( 2 hrs. 10 mins.)
The
Sound of Music - Musical
Filled with romance, comedy and suspense, Rodgers and Hammerstein's
beloved The Sound of Music has returned to Broadway for the first time
since it premiered here in 1959. Based on a true story, the book
follows
Maria through her transition from nun to governess, her romance and
marriage to Baron von Trapp, her loving influence on his seven children-
and climaxes when the Nazi invasion of Austria forces the family to flee
their beloved
homeland.
Wed.- Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 1 & 6:30 ( 2 hrs.
30 mins.)
Titanic
- 1997 Tony, Best Musical - Musical
The British luxury liner that made history in April 1912 when it struck
an iceberg in the North Atlantic has surfaced on Broadway.
Directed
by Richard Jones with book and lyrics are by Peter Stone (1776, woman
of the Year) and music by Mary Yeston ( Nine, Grand Hotel), the story
of the legendary
maiden voyage of "the ship that couldn't sink" comes
to vibrant musical
life nightly.
Tues.- Sat., 8; Wed. & Sat., 2; Sun., 3 (2 hrs., 45 mins.)