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Contact (North Shore Music Theatre) Contact was the hit of the 2000 Broadway season and a big feather in director/choreographer Susan Stroman's cap. It's a haunting, moving, 'dance play' that's divided into three parts. The first is inspired by the 18th-century painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard depicting a sexy romp in the French countryside. The second takes place in an Italian restaurant in 1954, where a woman escapes from her troubled marriage into fantasies. And the third centers on a lonely middle-aged man who tries to connect... |
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Bob's Holiday Office Party (Hudson Mainstage) Every year, insurance agent Bob Finhead's whacked out friends and clients stop by his small-town Iowa office for their annual holiday bash. The town mayor, the sheriff, the twin farmer sisters, the stoner, the town floozy and the pastor’s wife have already RSVPed for this year’s event. But Bob has dreams of a bigger life and wants to escape their narrow-minded thinking. Will he be able to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional inventor and move to the big city, or will he come to realize... |
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Frost/Nixon (James Bridges Theater at UCLA) David Frost in this look at his interviews with the recently disgraced U.S. president. Richard Nixon (Tom Virtue, "Star Trek: Voyager"), . Over a one-week period, the former president's desperate attempt to withstand Frost's de facto trial of his legacy degenerates into a personal struggle with Nixon's inner demons. You won't want to miss this one! |
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Contact (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - Vivian Beaumont Theatre) Contact was the hit of the 2000 Broadway season and a big feather in director/choreographer Susan Stroman's cap. It's a haunting, moving, 'dance play' that's divided into three parts. The first is inspired by the 18th-century painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard depicting a sexy romp in the French countryside. The second takes place in an Italian restaurant in 1954, where a woman escapes from her troubled marriage into fantasies. And the third centers on a lonely middle-aged man who tries to connect... |
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Venus in Fur (Lyceum Theatre) Vanda (Tony Award® nominee Nina Arianda) is a preternaturally talented young actress determined to land the lead in Thomas’ (Emmy® Award nominee Hugh Dancy) new play based on the classic erotic novel, Venus in Fur. Her emotionally charged audition for the gifted but demanding playwright/director becomes an electrifying game of cat and mouse that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. |
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NOW. HERE. THIS. (Vineyard Theatre) NOW. HERE. THIS. marks the return to The Vineyard of the ultra-talented team behind the Obie Award-winning musical [title of show] which premiered at The Vineyard in 2006, and went on to an acclaimed, Tony-nominated Broadway run in 2008. The six original collaborators are back and all delving into life's big questions with inimitable humor and humanity. The show explores birds, bees, reptiles, early man, ancient civilizations and outer space. Also, loneliness, friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing,... |
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Footloose (Richard Rodgers Theatre) Inspired by the wildly popular 1984 movie, FOOTLOOSE! It’s a story of American spirit — a carefree city kid transplanted to a conservative rural town where rock ’n roll and dancing are forbidden. He takes on the authorities, makes all the right moves, and, of course, wins the girl in the end. FOOTLOOSE! features all of the chart-topping music from the film including “Almost Paradise,” “Holding Out For A Hero,” "Let’s Hear It For The Boy,” and also features material written specifically... |
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Wit (Samuel J. Friedman Theatre) Tony Award® and two-time Emmy® Award winner Cynthia Nixon returns to MTC’s Friedman Theatre in Margaret Edson’s modern masterpiece Wit, helmed by MTC’s award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama makes its Broadway premiere at MTC and marks Nixon’s return to Broadway following her Tony-winning turn in MTC’s Rabbit Hole. Exquisitely written, affecting and often humorous, Wit follows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor as she undergoes experimental... |
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Magic/Bird (Longacre Theatre) From the producers and creators of Lombardi comes an extraordinary theatrical event about the legendary athletes Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, and the amazing true story of their rivalry and friendship. Based on exclusive conversations with the legendary players, this original Broadway play will transport you into the heart of their matchup. |
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Bye Bye Birdie (North Shore Music Theatre) Return to a simpler time in the ultimate feel-good musical, winner of four 1961 Tony® Awards, including Best Musical. The plot revolves around rock 'n' roll superstar Conrad Birdie (loosely based on Elvis Presley), who, to the dismay of his adoring fans, is about to be drafted into the army. But, comic complications ensue when, as part of a publicity stunt cooked up by his agent, he promises to give a good-bye kiss to one lucky girl from Sweet Apple, Ohio on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The upbeat score... |
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Regrets (New York City Center - Stage I) Matt Charman, Britain's fastest-rising young playwright, makes his New York debut at MTC with this world-premiere play. Caleb Farley is the youngest man ever to show up at Mrs. Duke's cabins, a ramshackle retreat in the Nevada desert and one of the few places men can go to secure a quick divorce in 1950s America. Caleb claims he fled his Hollywood home for the same reason as the other men in camp - to shed the lives and wives they've known, and loved, to begin anew. But in an era of heightened fears... |
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4000 Miles (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater) It's the middle of the night. Leo (Gabriel Ebert), age 21, has just arrived on the doorstep of the West Village apartment where his feisty 91 year old grandmother Vera (Mary Louise Wilson) lives. He's been traveling on a bike for months, and now he's looking for a place to hunker down. Their evolving relationship, spanning a 70 year age gap, is at the heart of 4000 MILES. |
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30 Days in September (EXIT on Taylor) A dark exploration of the legacies that family secrets leave on the human mind. 30 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER takes an intricate and in-depth look into at the journey of Mala, who years after being abused meets Deepak, a man who refuses to stop loving her. But with his love comes a shattering reckoning and unearthing of darker, deeper secrets no one is ready for. With sharp characterizations and an ending that will draw you in completely, 30 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER promises an experience that will stay with you... |
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Some Lovers (Old Globe Arena - Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre) Tony and Grammy Award winner Steven Sater (Spring Awakening) joins forces with Academy and Grammy Award-winning music legend Burt Bacharach for a world premiere musical inspired by the classic O. Henry tale "The Gift of the Magi." On Christmas Eve, estranged lovers Molly and Ben are haunted by visions from long ago. Over the course of one unforgettable night, past and present collide, as the ghosts of their former selves help them find forgiveness and fall in love again. Featuring a new score by... |
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The Monster in the Hall (City Theatre - Mainstage) Rev your engines for a high-octane, comic joyride. Meet Duck, a sassy 16-year-old whose mom died years ago in a motorcycle crash. Her father, nearly blind from MS, cares more for his vintage bike than he does for maintaining a stable home environment. It’s up to Duck to hold her dysfunctional world together. The Guardian praises David Greig’s work as “raucous…delivering comedy, pathos, and romance.” |
