Broadway Listings

A Streetcar Named Desire

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:24:21 +0000

A talented multi-racial cast tackles Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the clash between an aging and delusional Southern belle and her brutish brother-in-law. Starring Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris.

Anything Goes

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:53:34 +0000

All aboard for this saucy and splendid new production of Cole Porter’s musical romp across the Atlantic. When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love… proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, an exotic disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Peppering this hilariously bumpy ride are some of musical theater’s most memorable standards, including “You're the Top,” “Blow, Gabriel, Blow,” “It’s De-Lovely,” “I Get A Kick Out of You,” and “Anything Goes.”

Directed by Kathleen Marshall. Starring Sutton Foster and Joel Grey.

Book of Mormon, The

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:12:37 +0000

The Book of Mormon tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries sent off to spread the word in a dangerous part of Uganda. Their tale is told alongside the story of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Latter-day Saints. It features book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone are the four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of Comedy Central’s landmark animated series, “South Park”. Tony Award-winner Lopez is composer and co-creator of the long-running hit musical comedy, Avenue Q.

Chicago

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:27:19 +0000

Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago's slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids.

Clybourne Park

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:31:36 +0000

The winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and London’s Olivier Award for Best Play, Clybourne Park is a split-level comedy built upon a foundation of changing times and racial mistrust that explodes in two outrageous acts set 50 years apart. Hailed by the critics and honored from London to Los Angeles, this wickedly funny, brutally honest play about race and real estate is now set to become Broadway’s hottest property.

Columnist, The

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:17:05 +0000

Columnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph Alsop (Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow) wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the ’60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well. David Auburn, whose Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning Proof dazzled audiences and critics alike, returns to MTC with this fascinating new work to be directed by his Proof collaborator Daniel Sullivan.

Starring: John Lithgow, Margaret Colin and Boyd Gaines

Death of a Salesman

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:05:54 +0000

One man and his family are caught up in the pressures and delusions of living the American Dream. Miller's play is the story of a traveling salesman whose illusions of picture-perfect business and family life cave in on him.

Playwright: Arthur Miller
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Linda Emond, and Andrew Garfield

Don't Dress for Dinner

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:30:13 +0000

Marc Camoletti's Don’t Dress for Dinner is the wildly funny sequel to the Broadway hit Boeing-Boeing. Bernard’s plans for a romantic rendezvous with his mistress are complete with a gourmet caterer and an alibi courtesy of his friend, Robert. But when Bernard’s wife learns that Robert will be visiting for the weekend, she decides to stay in town for a surprise tryst of her own… setting the stage for a collision course of hidden identities and outrageous infidelities. The cook is Suzette, the lover is Suzanne, the friend is bewildered, the wife is suspicious, the husband is losing his mind and everyone is guaranteed a good time at this hilarious romp through the French countryside.

Don’t Dress For Dinner opened in Paris in 1987, under the original title Pajamas Pour Six, and ran for over two years. Robin Hawdon’s adaptation of the original French play premiered in London at the Apollo Theatre in 1991 and ran for six years.

End of the Rainbow

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:26:05 +0000

Starring Olivier® Award-winner Tracie Bennett in a bravura performance as Judy Garland, End of the Rainbow received rave reviews and four Olivier® Award nominations in London. The setting is December 1968, and Judy Garland is about to make her comeback… again. In a London hotel room preparing for a series of concerts, with both her new young fiancé and her adoring accompanist, Garland struggles to get “beyond the rainbow” with her signature cocktail of talent, tenacity, and razor-sharp wit. This savagely funny drama offers unique insight into the inner conflict that inspired and consumed one of the most beloved figures in American popular culture. End of the Rainbow features some of Garland’s most memorable songs, performed with the show-stopping gusto for which she will always be remembered.

Starring: Tracie Bennett, Michael Cumpsty, Tom Pelphrey and Jay Russell

Evita

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:54:52 +0000

Eva Perón used her beauty and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. She won international acclaim and adoration from her own people as a champion of the poor, while glamour, power and greed made her the world’s first major political celebrity.

Ghost

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:53:14 +0000

Set in modern day New York City, Ghost The Musical is a timeless fantasy about the power of love. Walking back to their apartment one night, Sam and Molly are mugged, leaving Sam murdered on a dark street. Sam is trapped as a ghost between this world and the next and unable to leave Molly, who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic, Oda Mae Brown, Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting her.

Music: Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard
Book: Bruce Joel Rubin
Director: Matthew Warchus
Starring: Siobhan Dillon, Mark Evans and Sharon D. Clarke

Godspell

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:39:06 +0000

Gore Vidal's The Best Man

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:15:05 +0000

There are two front-runners at this political convention, and the one who gets the nomination will almost certainly be President. Each candidate has some serious mud to sling. How dirty will it get?

Starring: Candice Bergen, Angela Lansbury, John Larroquette, Michael McKean, Eric McCormack and Kerry Butler

Harvey

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:57:50 +0000

Jim Parsons stars as one of modern theatre’s most lovable characters, Elwood P. Dowd. Charming and kind, Elwood has only one character flaw: an unwavering friendship with a 6-foot-tall, invisible white rabbit named Harvey. In order to save the family’s social reputation, Elwood’s sister Veta (Jessica Hecht) takes Elwood to the local sanatorium. But when the doctors mistakenly commit his anxiety-ridden sister, Elwood — and Harvey—slip out of the hospital unbothered, setting off a hilarious whirlwind of confusion and chaos as everyone in town tries to catch a man and his invisible rabbit.

Harvey was first brought to the Broadway stage in 1944 and was directed by Antoinette Perry. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1944, and its initial run lasted for four years—1,775 performances. James Stewart assumed the role of “Elwood” from Frank Fay in the 1944 production and originated the role in the 1970 production as well as the film adaptation in 1950. Helen Hayes played “Veta” opposite Mr. Stewart in the 1970 production.

Jersey Boys

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:43:48 +0000

Jersey Boys tells the rags-to-riches story of one of the greatest successes in pop music history. Go behind the music of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, and meet four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom.

Jesus Christ Superstar

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:52:09 +0000

This ground-breaking rock opera, which reinvented musical theatre for the modern age, tells the story of the last week of Christ’s life. The score includes such chart-topping songs as “I Don’t Know How To Love Him,” “Everything’s Alright” and “Superstar.”

Lion King

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:26:47 +0000

Julie Taymor's acclaimed staging of the Disney animated film has been hailed as a Broadway landmark. The story focuses on a young lion cub's personal journey toward his destiny as king.

Lyons, The

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:40:42 +0000

The Lyons is a funny and edgy work starring Linda Lavin as Rita Lyons, the indomitable matriarch of a family at a major crossroads: her husband is dying, her son's in a dubious relationship, her daughter's struggling to stay sober and on top of it all, she can't settle on a new design for the living room.

Mamma Mia!

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:07:02 +0000

The infectious music of ABBA provides the framework for a romp through the preparations of an unusual wedding.

Mary Poppins

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:32:36 +0000

Mary Poppins brings to life the story of the Banks family and their magical nanny.

Memphis, A New Musical

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:46:03 +0000

A music-loving mixed-race couple struggles to survive during the early Civil Rights era in Memphis.

Newsies

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:01:57 +0000

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenaged ‘newsies,’ who dreams only of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for and rallies newsies from across the city to strike for what’s right.

Newsies is inspired by the real-life ‘Newsboy Strike of 1899,’ when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst and other powerful newspaper publishers.

Nice Work if You Can Get It

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:30:43 +0000

This new musical features a veritable hit parade of iconic George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin songs as well as some unknown gems in their catalog, and a book by Joe DiPietro. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix (Kelli O'Hara), a tough-as-nails bootlegger who meets wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Mayhem ensues.

Once

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:34:38 +0000

On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician (Guy) and a Czech immigrant (Girl) are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story, underscored by the emotionally charged music that has made ONCE an international sensation.

ONCE features the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, a book by award-winning Irish playwright & screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom), direction by the acclaimed Scottish director of Black Watch, John Tiffany, movement by Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, American Idiot) and musical direction by Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia!). The set and costume design are by five time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins), lighting design is by Tony winner Natasha Katz (Aida, The Coast of Utopia), and sound design is by Clive Goodwin.

The cast of ONCE features Steve Kazee as 'Guy' and Cristin Milioti as 'Girl.' Also in the company are David Abeles, Claire Candela, Will Connolly, Elizabeth Davis, David Patrick Kelly, Anne L. Nathan, Lucas Papaelias, Andy Taylor, Erikka Walsh , Paul Whitty, and J. Michael Zygo.

One Man, Two Guvnors

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:21:12 +0000

In One Man, Two Guvnors, James Corden stars as “Francis Henshall” (“ONE MAN”). Always-famished and easily-confused, Henshall agrees to work for a local gangster as well as a criminal in hiding (“TWO GUVNORS”), both of whom are linked in a tangled web of schemes and romantic associations... none of which Francis can keep straight. So he has to do everything in his power to keep his two guvnors from meeting while trying to eat anything in sight along the way. Simple.

Falling trousers, flying fish heads, star-crossed lovers, cross-dressing mobsters and a fabulous on-stage band are just some of what awaits at the most “deliriously funny” (The Daily Telegraph) new play to cross the pond in decades.

Other Desert Cities

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:35:32 +0000

In Other Desert Cities, Brooke Wyeth (to be played by Rachel Griffiths who is making her Broadway debut), a once promising novelist, returns home after a six year absence to celebrate Christmas in Palm Springs with her parents, former members of the Reagan inner-circle (Stockard Channing and Stacy Keach), her brother (Thomas Sadoski) and her aunt (to be played by Judith Light). When Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir focusing on an explosive chapter in the family’s history, the holiday reunion is thrown into turmoil and the Wyeths are both bound together and torn apart as they struggle to come to terms with their past. LCT gratefully acknowledges that Ms. Griffiths will appear in Other Desert Cities with the permission of Actors Equity Association.

Peter and the Starcatcher

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:08:57 +0000

In this innovative and imaginative new play, a company of twelve actors plays some 50 characters, all on a journey to answer the century-old question: How did Peter Pan become The Boy Who Refused To Grow Up? This epic origin story of one of popular culture’s most enduring and beloved characters proves that an audience’s imagination can be the most captivating place in the world.

Phantom of the Opera, The

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:18:00 +0000

Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash musicalization of the Gaston Leroux novel won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical and is now the longest-running show in Broadway history.

Porgy and Bess, The Gershwin's

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:39:47 +0000

THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS is the classic American tale is set in the 1930s in Catfish Row, a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. Bess, beautiful and troubled, turns to Porgy, the crippled beggar, in search of safety after her possessive lover Crown commits murder. As Porgy and Bess’s love grows, their future is threatened by Crown and the conniving Sporting Life. This heartbreaking love story boasts some of the most famous and beloved works from the Great American Songbook, including: “Summertime,” “Bess, You Is My Woman,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So" and “I Loves You, Porgy.”

THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS is based on DuBose Heyward's novel “Porgy” and the play of the same name, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward. All three works deal with African American life in the fictitious Catfish Row (based on the real-life Rainbow Row) in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1920s. George Gershwin worked on Porgy and Bess in Charleston, SC and drew inspiration from the James Island Gullah community, which he felt had preserved some African musical traditions. The music itself reflects his New York jazz roots, but also draws on southern black traditions. Gershwin modeled the pieces after each type of folk song which the composer knew about; jubilees, blues, praying songs, street cries, work songs, and spirituals are blended with traditional arias and recitatives.

Starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:43:36 +0000

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical stars Olivier Award nominee Tony Sheldon ("Bernadette"), Tony Award(r) nominee Will Swenson ("Tick"/ "Mitzi") and Nick Adams ("Adam"/"Felicia") 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.

Rock of Ages (at Helen Hayes)

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:30:53 +0000

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. Recommended for ages 14 and up.

Sister Act

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:02:57 +0000

SISTER ACT features an original score with music by multi-Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award-winning composer Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Enchanted), lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid), and a book by multi-Emmy Award winners Cheri and Bill Steinkellner (“Cheers”). Directed on Broadway by four-time Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks (Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing…Forum, Smokey Joe’s Café), the production features choreography by Tony and Olivier Award nominee Anthony Van Laast (Mamma Mia, Bombay Dreams) and is based on the Touchstone Pictures motion picture Sister Act written by Joseph Howard.

Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:55:47 +0000

Drawing from more than 40 years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark spins a new take on the mythic tale of Peter Parker, a teenager whose unremarkable life in Queens is turned upside-down—literally—when he’s bitten by a genetically-altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to the ceiling. Bullied by his classmates and tortured by an unrelenting crush on next-door-neighbor Mary Jane Watson, this science geek discovers he has suddenly been endowed with astonishing powers. He soon learns, however, that “with great power comes great responsibility.” Maligned by the media, buffeted by financial woes, and stretched thin by the expectations of the world-at-large, Peter now must struggle to navigate the perilous and peculiar demands of being a web-slinging superhero. With the characters in Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark ranging from old familiar favorites to supervillains never-before imagined, Spider-Man’s battles will hurtle the audience through a story both recognizable and unexpected, culminating in an eye-popping, ultimate test for this iconic figure.

Venus in Fur

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:54:48 +0000

Tony Award nominee Nina Arianda in her phenomenal breakout performance as ‘Vanda,’ is a preternaturally talented young actress determined to land the lead in a new play based on the classic erotic novel, Venus in Fur. Her emotionally charged audition for Thomas, the play’s adapter/director, becomes an electrifying game of cat and mouse blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. This dazzling new play is written by theatrical mastermind David Ives, and directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie. Casting for the role of Thomas will be announced in the coming weeks.

PERFORMANCES RESUME AT THE LYCEUM THEATRE FEBRUARY 7, 2012

War Horse

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:31:50 +0000

War Horse travels from the verdant English countryside to the fields of France and Germany at the outbreak of World War I. A boy's beloved horse has been sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. Caught up in enemy fire, the horse serves on both sides of the war, and survives an odyssey that leaves him alone in no-man's land. The boy, now a young man, cannot forget his horse, and embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.

Wicked

theandy@theandygram.com (Andrew C. McGibbon) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:45:51 +0000

Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely friendship between two girls who first meet as Sorcery Students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl, Elphaba.