Coming Attractions

November 2009

• My Wonderful Day: A new play by Alan Ayckbourn about a girl who has to write a school essay about her day, and the adults who provide her with material for it. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. 59E59; starts November 10.
• Wolves at the Window: Enter the offbeat world of Saki--one of the twentieth century's greatest satirists. This play by Toby Davies is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. 59E59; starts November 10.
• Joe & Me: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts November 11.
• Numbers: A new drama by Scarlett Ridgway Savage that explores the emotional turmoil of rape through the eyes of a victim's loving brother. This is a work-in-progress staged reading. Dionysus Theater's L'il Peach; starts November 11.
• On the Town: A revival of the musical about three sailors on one-day leave in New York City. Paper Mill Playhouse; starts November 11.
• Post No Bills: A new play by Mando Alvarado about a young woman from a Texas bordertown who comes to the big city with dreams of becoming a singer. Rattlestick Theatre; starts November 11.
• The Arrangement: A play by Rick Eisenberg about an unfairly dismissed executive at a Wall Street public relations firm. Algonquin Theater; starts November 11.
• When I'm 64: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts November 11.
• Wintuk: Cirque du Soleil's winter adventure about a boy's quest for snow returns to Madison Square Garden for the holidays. WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden; starts November 11.
• Wormwood: A rare revival of the Polish revolutionary company Theatre of the Eighth Day's landmark 1985 production, performed by the original cast. Henry Street Settlement; starts November 11.
• "DE NOVO" - Part 1: Lil' Silent: A new play by Jeffrey Solomon that tells true story of 14-year-old Edgar Chocoy, who fled Guatemala to escape the largest gang in Central America, only to be sentenced to death by a flawed U.S. immigration system. Gerald W. Lynch at John Jay College; starts November 12.
• Agamemnon: A new translation of Aeschylus's famous play by Alexander Harrington, presented by Eleventh Hour Theatre Company. Ellen Stewart Theater; starts November 12.
• Cyrano de Bergerac: A new production of Rostand's romantic classic about a heroic man with a poetic soul and an oversized nose. Starts November 12.
• Euripides' Phoenician Women: Columbia Stages presents the Acting class of 2010 in the play by Euripides, as adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod. Starts November 12.
• Inside Out: A new work from Sweden's Cirkus Cirkor that celebrates a culture of physical and emotional risk-taking. BAM Opera House; starts November 12.
• Kitsch, or Two for the Price of One: Trav S.D.'s new show is a retelling of The Comedy of Errors with four sets of twins, set in Berlin when the Wall fell. Theater for the New City; starts November 12.
• Memory In Night: A piece for 6 electric guitars bowed with metal files, created by Geoff Gersh. LMCC Swing Space; starts November 12.
• Mine: A new play by Bekah Brunstetter about a poet with no time for poems who is caught between her wonderful, successful boyfriend and her magnetic, brokeass, aspiring musician, coffee shop co-worker. Sanford Meisner Theatre; starts November 12.
• Pilar Rioja: "The Queen of Flamenco" returns to New York with a show featuring two NYC premieres. Repertorio Espanol; starts November 12.
• Quiet Come Dawn: An aerial choreopoem about the power of self-love and how struggle and survival can separate one from this most fundamental and necessary bond. Starts November 12.
• SoloShow: Part II of Solo Show, a diptych by Maria Hassabi of two autonomous evening-long solos that play between opposing orientations. P.S. 122; starts November 12.
• Twelfth Night (or What You Will): Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater presents a puppet theatre adaptation of Shakespeare's play. La MaMa; starts November 12.
• Wonder Woman! A Cabaret of Heroic Proportions: A one-woman show by Elizabeth Whitney in which Wonder Woman makes a comeback as a lounge singer. This is part of Emerging Artists' EATFest. TADA! Youth Theater; starts November 12.
• You Better Sit Down: Tales from My Parents' Divorce: A new interactive theatre piece by The Civilians about the creators' parents' marriages and subsequent divorces. Galapagos Art Space; starts November 12.
• Dead Man's Cell Phone: Outrageous Fortune Company presents Sarah Ruhl's play about a woman who picks up a dead man's cell phone. Queens Theatre in the Park; starts November 13.
• Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The holiday musical, based on the classic film, returns to Broadway. Marquis Theatre; starts November 13.
• Peter and the Wolf: Prokofiev's beloved masterpiece takes a fresh turn in this new production with live narration by British film and stage actor Brian Blessed. New Victory Theatre; starts November 13.
• She Turned on the Light: An interdisciplinary work written, directed and choreographed by Wendy Woodson that explores how lines of fantasy, memory, and reality loop around and merge when one is a stranger in a strange land. La MaMa; starts November 13.
• The Children's Hour: A revival of Lillian Hellman's play about two schoolteachers who are accused by a student of being lovers. Poppenhusen Institute; starts November 13.
• The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever!: A comedy by Joe Marshall about a small gay community theatre struggling to pull together their annual holiday pageant. Actors Playhouse; starts November 13.
• The Heart is a Lonely Hunter: A new play by Rebecca Gilman, based on the novel by Carson McCullers, about a deaf man and his best friend who has been committed to an insane asylum. New York Theatre Workshop; starts November 13.
• Verbatim Verboten: An ever-changing revue of word-for-word transcripts of noted people (and some ordinary folk) saying things they never meant for the public to hear. Hosted by Jonathan Pereira. WorkShop Theater; starts November 13.
• The Snow Queen: A new musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale. Manhattan Children's Theatre; starts November 14.
• Welcome to the Woods: The U.S. premiere of a play by Dutch author Alex van Warmerdam, described as Revolutionary Road meets Little Red Riding Hood. Starts November 14.
• Zero Hour: A solo play written and performed by Jim Brochu about Zero Mostel. Theatre at St. Clement's; starts November 14.
• Neptune: Superhero Clubhouse presents a physical theater adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." Starts November 15.
• First Look Festival: Classic Stage presents staged readings of plays by Luigi Pirandello: Six Characters in Search of An Author, Right You Are if You Think So, and John Turturro starring in Henry IV. Tickets are $30 per reading. Performances are on successive Monday nights (extra performance on Nov 29 of Henry IV). Classic Stage; starts November 16.
• 7 Santas / The Eight: Reindeer Monologues: A double bill of satirical holiday shows by Jeff Goode. Roy Arias Studios & Theatres; starts November 17.
• Four Dogs and a Bone: A revival of John Patrick Shanley's satire on the Hollywood film industry that dives into the lives of four people trying to make a movie. Starts November 17.
• Race: A new play by David Mamet. James Spader and Richard Thomas star. Ethel Barrymore Theatre; starts November 17.
• Really Real: This new work by choreographer Wally Cardona reflects on love, loss, desire, youth, beauty, and power using simple means to expose the intricate relationships and meanings that exist between people in a complex world. BAM Harvey Theatre; starts November 17.
• Savion Glover: Jammin' with the Masters: Tap dancer Savion Glover performs with geust jazz musicians at the famous Greenwich Village club. Starts November 17.
• "What Say You?": A new play by Anthony Laura set in kangaroo court. Producers Club; starts November 18.
• All About Love: Baby Jane Dexter performs a new cabaret act, exploring the quixotic aspects of love, from woulda, coulda, shoulda, and a few mountains in between. Metropolitan Room; starts November 18.
• Hetty Pepper's Stew: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts November 18.
• Il Furioso: The Birth of Modern Justice with Drums: A dual language adaptation of Aeschylus's Eumenides with drums. Gerald W. Lynch at John Jay College; starts November 18.
• Kepler: A new opera by Philip Glass, inspired by the discoveries of 17th century astronomer Johannes Kepler. BAM Opera House; starts November 18.
• Prima: A new dance piece by LeeSaar The Company. P.S. 122; starts November 18.
• So Help Me God!: A new production of a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins that never made it to Broadway; it's about a fabulous dramatic diva who must fend off a challenge from her ambitious but naive understudy (and was written two decades before All About Eve. Kristen Johnston stars. Mint Theater; starts November 18.
• The Mystery Play: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts November 18.
• 3 Mo' Divas : A theatrically staged concert that showcases the extraordinary versatility of African American female performers spanning some four hundred years of music. Starts November 19.
• Assisted Living: A futuristic Martha Stewart-style T.V. show focused on coping with the health and environmental challenges of living a life prolonged and polluted by technology. Created by Marisa Olson. P.S. 122; starts November 19.
• Exposition: A non-narrative theatrical collision, created by Matthew Freeman and Michael Gardner. Brick Theatre; starts November 19.
• Girl Crazy: Encores! presents a concert-style revival of the 1930 musical with songs by George & Ira Gershwin. City Center; starts November 19.
• No Exit: Nutshell Productions presents a revival of the famous play by Jean-Paul Sartre. Times Square Arts Center; starts November 19.
• Biography: A revival of S.N. Behrman's comedy about a woman artist who is approached about writing a memoir about her racy life. Theater Three; starts November 20.
• Gormanzee and Other Stories: Three new one acts from anna&meredith, featuring live actors and life-size puppets. Starts November 20.
• Under the Gaslight: A revival of the 1867 melodrama by Augustin Daly. Metropolitan Playhouse; starts November 20.
• A Christmas Carol: A musical adaptation of the famous Dickens story, suitable for kids ages 3 and older. Players Theatre; starts November 21.
• A Christmas Wizard of Oz: A short theatrical version of the famous story, featuring 22 students from tri-state middle schools. Roy Arias Studios & Theatres; starts November 21.
• American Treasure: 13P presents a new play by Julia Jarcho in which a Real History Detective meets a gumptious young vagabond with a harrowing past. Paradise Factory Theatre; starts November 21.
• Damaged Care: A revival of the musical about the health care system, written and performed by Greg LaGana, M.D., and Barry Levy, M.D. Don't Tell Mama; starts November 21.
• Happy Birthday Kids & Yiddish!: The National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene presents this show for kids and families that combines Jewish folk traditions with popular culture. Baruch Performing Arts Center; starts November 22.
• ...the Itsy Bitsy Spider...: Studio Six Theater Co. presents a work-in-progress preview of an adaptation of Dostoevksy's The Possessed. Baryshnikov Arts Center; starts November 24.
• A Little Night Music: A revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical, which is based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night. Walter Kerr Theatre; starts November 24.
• Merrick, The Elephant Man: Fusing burlesque, new circus, and physical theater, this play by Mary Swan and Saul Jaffe is a highly physical, one-man tour-de-force version of this classic story. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. 59E59; starts November 24.
• A Streetcar Named Desire: A revival of the play by Tennessee Williams, directed by Liv Ullmann and starring Cate Blanchett. BAM Harvey Theatre; starts November 27.
• Meg's New Friend: A new play by Blair Singer about a woman in New York City who realizes that she has no African American friends. Manhattan Theatre Source; starts November 27.
• Sister's Christmas Catechism: A new holiday comedy from the creators of Late Night Catechism. Sofia's Restaurant; starts November 27.
• The Merchant of Venice / The Jew of Malta: York Shakespeare Company presents these two plays with wronged Jewish protagonists in repertory. Starts November 28.
• Santa Claus Is Coming Out: A new production of Jeffrey Solomon's solo play about the outing of Santa Claus. Kirk Theatre; starts November 29.

December 2009

• Groovaloo: Based on the troupe's true-to-life experiences as told by the dancers who lived them, this work features displays of physicality, a vibrant musical score and powerful spoken word poetry. Union Square Theatre; starts December 1.
• Juan and John: A new one-man show written and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith, inspired by ancient themes: rage, retribution, and redemption. Public Theater; starts December 1.
• Light in the Dark: Chekhov Shorts: Theatre HAN presents two short plays by Anton Chekhov, Swan Song and The Bear, and two unique entr'actes. Theatre 54 @ Shetler; starts December 1.
• Sex Crimes Cabaret: A sonic and visual adventure based on amazing but true sexual legislation past and present. Walkerspace; starts December 1.
• She Like Girls: A new play by Chisa Hutchinson about two inner-city high school girls who fall in love and dare to challenge their world by choosing freedom over silence. Ohio Theatre; starts December 1.
• The Dream Express: A "profane and uplifting" nightclub act created by Len Jenkin. Chocolate Factory; starts December 1.
• A Freckled Heart: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts December 2.
• Bread and Puppet Theater: The annual presentation of politically themed puppet theatre for adults and kids, from the Vermont-based politically active company. Theater for the New City; starts December 2.
• Brief Encounter: An adaptation of Noel Coward's film. St. Ann's Warehouse; starts December 2.
• Filthy Lucre: A Burlesque Christmas Carol: Just what it sounds like: a burlesque version of the famous Dickens story, from Pinchbottom. Walkerspace; starts December 2.
• Orpheus X: Theatre for a New Audience presents a new music-theatre piece by Rinde Eckart inspired by the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Duke on 42nd Street; starts December 2.
• Rift: A new play by Caridad Svich about lives torn by war and its aftermath, by abuse and damage, profit and trade, and the intimate search for beauty and grace. Presented by New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program and the Department of Design for Stage and Film. Starts December 2.
• Surviving Billyboy: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts December 2.
• Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica: The New York premiere of a multimedia performance work by DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid/Paul D. Miller inspired by the acoustic properties of ice. This is part of BAM's Next Wave Festival. BAM Opera House; starts December 2.
• A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Queens Players present a new staging of Shakespeare's comedy. The Secret Theatre; starts December 3.
• Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues: A revival of Matt Morillo's comedy about the psychology of nervous urban goddesses. Theater for the New City; starts December 3.
• Diagnosis of a Faun: Tamar Rogoff Performance Projects presents a new dance theater piece inspired by the famous ballet Afternoon of a Faun. Ellen Stewart Theater; starts December 3.
• Mr. Shakespeare & Mr. Porter: A revival of Barbara Vann's clever program of short musicals blending the plays of Shakespeare with the songs of Cole Porter. Medicine Show; starts December 3.
• Swimming to Spalding: Performer Lian Amaris recounts her pilgrimage to the sites in Thailand evoked by Spalding Gray in his account of the filming of the movie The Killing Fields. HERE Arts Center - Mainstage; starts December 3.
• The Last Cargo Cult: A new monologue by Mike Daisey about his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. Public Theater; starts December 3.
• there is no end to more: A new dance piece created by Jeremy Wade, described as a bold juxtaposition of movement, text, animation and video of manga (Japanese comics). Starts December 3.
• Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival : A festival of dynamic puppet theater, curated by Jane Catherine Shaw and Sarah Provost. Theater for the New City; starts December 3.
• wonder: an American hymn to the shimmer of television and the end of history: A new play by Steve Yockey. Presented by New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program and the Department of Design for Stage and Film. Starts December 3.
• Callous Cad: A new show by Tom X. Chao. Dixon Place; starts December 4.
• Chestnuts Roasting on The Flaming Idiots: Neo-vaudevillians Gyro, Pyro, and Walter return to the New Victory with some of their signature acts, including bean-bag chair juggling, sword swallowing, and flaming torch juggling, along with some zany new antics. New Victory Theatre; starts December 4.
• Crime or Emergency: Two iconoclastic downtown performers threaten our Aristotelian/Stanislavskian conceptions of contemporary American theatre and identity as we safely understand them in a new play by Sibyl Kempson. P.S. 122; starts December 4.
• Fight Fest: The first ever festival of fight theater, curated by Timothy Haskell and Vampire Cowboys' Qui Nguyen & Abby Marcus. Brick Theatre; starts December 4.
• Hee-Haw: It's a Wonderful Li e: A new play by Daniel F. Levin that tells the story of the iconic film It's a Wonderful Life from the point of view of one of its minor characters. Nuyorican Poets Cafe; starts December 4.
• Misalliance: Pearl Theatre Company presents a revival of Shaw's loquacious comedy. Manhattan Theatre Club; starts December 4.
• Rosa Loses Her Face: In this play by Kitty Chen, unmarried New Yorker Amy Loo visits her mother in LA after a long absence. Queens Theatre in the Park; starts December 4.
• Seven in One Blow, or the Brave Little Kid: The perennial holiday show from Axis Company. Axis Theatre; starts December 4.
• Sweet Karma: A new play about Cambodian doctor/actor Haing S. Ngor. Presented by Immigrants Theatre Project. Queens Theatre in the Park; starts December 4.
• Terrible Things: This new theatre piece by Lisa D'Amour and Katie Pearl takes audiences on a hallucinogenic T-R-I-P inside the many lives and countless break-ups of Katie Pearl. P.S. 122; starts December 4.
• The Lost Lounge: A new play by Peggy Shaw & Lois Weaver described as a tribute to the people who hold out and to the places people gather to sift through what is lost and found when delicate memory is confronted with hard progress. Dixon Place; starts December 4.
• Adventure Theater!: An interactive theatrical experience designed for family audiences, and especially for children age 5 -13. Metropolitan Playhouse; starts December 5.
• Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge: Christopher Durang's version of the beloved Dickens holiday classic. Gallery Players; starts December 5.
• The Klezmer Nutcracker: A holiday show based on Ellen Kushner's book The Golden Dreydl, with a score by Tchaikovsky. McGinn Cazale Theatre; starts December 5.
• Homo-Erotics: A gay porn choreopoem with music, conceived and directed by Chuck Cannon. Producers Club; starts December 6.
• 8 Reindeer Monologues: Dysfunctional Theatre Company presents their perennial mounting of Jeff Goode's comical holiday show about Santa's reindeer. Starts December 9.
• A British Subject: A play by Nichola McAuliffe about a British man who was arrested and convicted for murder during a visit to Pakistan. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. 59E59; starts December 9.
• Fault Lines: A new play by Rebecca Louise Miller about three women who gather together to remember a friend of theirs who was kidnapped and murdered 20 years earlier. Dorothy Strelsin Theatre; starts December 9.
• Love's Labour's Lost: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre makes its first American tour in a production of the famous early comedy. Starts December 9.
• Mortal Engine: A new multimedia performance work from the Australian company Chunky Move. BAM Opera House; starts December 9.
• One Woman's Fog: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts December 9.
• the 3 irish widows versus the rest of the world: A solo show performed by Ed Malone, "a manic deranged Irish storyteller," about what it takes to be an Irish Catholic feminist. Stage Left Studio; starts December 9.
• Bail Out: The Musical: Wreckio Ensemble presents a new musical based on the felicitous (but fictional!) idea that the federal government is bailing out the American Theatre. Under St. Marks; starts December 10.
• Fraulein Maria: Doug Elkins's dance-based reinvention of the musical The Sound of Music returns for its annual holiday-season engagement. Dance Theater Workshop; starts December 10.
• Scrooge & Marley: Barefoot Theatre Company continues their celebration of Israel Horovitz with a revival of his adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Kraine Theatre; starts December 10.
• Shipwreck: A movement/shadow spectacle inspired by the tragic Celtic legend of Tristan & Iseult. Starts December 10.
• The Yorkville Nutcracker: Dance Patrelle presents its 11th annual showing of this Christmas classic, reconfigured with a New York City locale. Starts December 10.
• Dear Edwina: A return engagement of the family musical about a girl who loves to give advice. DR2; starts December 11.
• In Fields Where They Lay: A new play by A play by Ricardo Perez Gonzalez about the Christmas Truce between the English and Germans during World War I. Presented by Dreamscape Theatre. Hudson Guild; starts December 11.
• Pucelandia: A tongue-in-cheek family musical about a king who bans all colors except puce. Turtle Shell Theater; starts December 11.
• Nut/Cracked: A contemporary dance version of The Nutcracker, created by David Parker and The Bang Group. Dance Theater Workshop; starts December 13.
• Simon Green: Traveling Light: A sophisticated evening of cabaret, featuring classic music from both classic and contemporary British lyricists and composers. 59E59; starts December 15.
• Fascinating Aida is Absolutely Miraculous: A new show from the British comedy/music trio. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. 59E59; starts December 16.
• Finality: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts December 16.
• The Good Dance--dakar/brooklyn: A dance theatre work that investigates the historic, metaphoric, and real world parallels of the Mississippi River and the Congo River and their cultures. BAM Opera House; starts December 16.
• To Seek A Newer World : A new play by Ken Terrell about Robert F. Kennedy, set on the day he was assassinated. Presented by Curan Rep. 440 Studios; starts December 16.
• Romeo and Juliet: This one-of-a-kind performance is the result of a series of phone calls to people who were asked to tell, in their own words, the story of Romeo and Juliet from beginning to end. From Nature Theatre of Oklahoma. The Kitchen; starts December 17.
• Banquet of the Wondrous Starr: A new seasonal production from Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant. The Bushwick Starr; starts December 18.
• Flahooley: Harlem Repertory Theatre presents a revival of the anti-capitalist satirical musical by E.Y. Harburg. Theater for the New City; starts December 18.
• That Time of the Year: A holiday musical revue, presented in a concert-style staging. York Theatre; starts December 18.
• The Exchange!: A new musical by Nickolas Long, III about a rich family in the 1920s. Presented by Josiah Theatre Works. Starts December 20.
• A View from the Bridge: A revival of Arthur Miller's play about a Brooklyn longshoreman who becomes obsessed with his niece. Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson co-star. Cort Theatre; starts December 28.

January 2010

• Present Laughter: Roundabout Theatre Company presents a revival of Noel Coward's play about an aging matinee idol whose life becomes chaotic. VIctor Garber stars. American Airlines Theatre; starts January 2.
• Smudge: The world premiere of a dark comedy about the changing face of the American family and the limits of love and cheesecake, as a hopeful young couple gives birth to a smudge. Julia Miles (WPP) Theatre; starts January 3.
• Auto Da Fe: International WOW Company presents Matsuda Masataka's play. Baruch Performing Arts Center; starts January 5.
• Time Stands Still: A new play by Donald Margulies about a war journalist and photographer who have returned home and seek to map out a more conventional life in New York. Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre; starts January 5.
• A Play in Fireworks: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Manhattan Repertory Theatre; starts January 6.
• Aunt Leaf: An original performance for children ages 9+ by Barbara Wiechmann that explores the creative and destructive nature of imagination. HERE Arts Center - Dorothy B. Williams Theater; starts January 7.
• Lear: Young Jean Lee's response to Shakespeare's King Lear. Soho Rep; starts January 7.
• New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, and Ruddigore are all in the repertory this year for the long-running operetta company. City Center; starts January 8.
• Once and For All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen: A look at adolescence through the eyes of 13 astoundingly talented teenagers. Presented by Ontroerend Goed, KOPERGIETERY and Richard Jordan Productions, Ltd. of Ghent, Belgium. Duke on 42nd Street; starts January 8.
• Rumplestilskin: A new play for kids based on the classic fairy tale. Spoon Theatre; starts January 9.
• Ages of the Moon: The U.S. premiere of a Sam Shepard play. Atlantic Theatre; starts January 12.
• As You Like It: The Bridge Project presents a revival of Shakespeare's famous comedy. BAM Harvey Theatre; starts January 12.
• Culturemart: HERE's resident artists present excerpts and workshops of their work in short runs as the culmination of a year-long residency. HERE Arts Center - Mainstage; starts January 12.
• Venus in Fur: A new play by David Ives based on one of literature's most infamous erotic novels. Classic Stage; starts January 13.
• Search and Destroy: A revival of the play by Howard Korder, which is a portrait of nefarious business practices and moral degradation in the Reagan era. Kraine Theatre; starts January 14.
• Il mondo della luna (The World on the Moon): A new production of the opera by Joseph Haydn, staged by Diane Paulus at the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Starts January 19.
• Happy Now?: Primary Stages presents a dark comedy by Lucinda Coxon about a woman who struggles to balance personal freedom with family life, fidelity and a demanding job. 59E59; starts January 26.
• Mr. & Mrs. Fitch: A new play by Douglas Carter Beane about a pair of married gossip columnists. John Lithgow and Jennifer Ehle star. Second Stage; starts January 26.
• The Pride: MCC Theater presents a play by Alexi Kaye Campbell about three people caught up in an erotic time warp. Lucille Lortel Theatre; starts January 27.
• Duet for Solo Voice: A revival of the dark comedy by David Scott Milton about a night clerk in a hotel who thinks he is being pursued by the KGB. Theater for the New City; starts January 28.
• Clybourne Park: A new play by Bruce Norris described as a pitch-black comedy about gentrification in city neighborhoods. Playwrights Horizons Mainstage; starts January 29.
• Thunderbird American Indian Dancers 35th Annual Dance Concert and Pow-Wow: A celebration of the Native American community, with proceeds benefitting college funds for needy Native American students. Theater for the New City; starts January 29.
• Caroline, or Change: A new production of the musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori. Gallery Players; starts January 30.

February 2010

• Banana Shpeel: A new show written and directed by David Shiner for Cirque du Soleil, that blends comedy with tap, hip hop, eccentric dance, and slapstick, all linked by a narrative that ignites a succession of wacky adventures. Starts February 4.
• Fanny: Encores! presents a concert-style revival of the 1954 Harold Rome-S.N. Behrman-Joshua Logan musical about a young woman who falls in love with a man who runs off to the sea. City Center; starts February 4.
• Hard Times: Pearl Theatre Company presents a revival of Stephen Jeffreys's dramatization of the Dickens novel. Manhattan Theatre Club; starts February 5.
• The Enchanted Pig: The Opera Group, ROH2 at the Royal Opera House and the Young Vic present this new opera for children. New Victory Theatre; starts February 5.
• Measure for Measure: Theatre for a New Audience presents a new production of Shakespeare's famous play. Duke on 42nd Street; starts February 6.
• Equivocation: A new play by Bill Cain set in 1605 England begins when King James's right hand man commissions Shakespeare to write a play about the Gunpowder Plot. Manhattan Theatre Club; starts February 9.
• Through the Night: A new solo show written and performed by Daniel Beaty that explores how the lives of African American males intersect when the stakes are high Starts February 11.
• When the Rain Stops Falling: A new play by Australian author Andrew Bovell, described as an epic drama, set in England and Australia, that traces a family's history spanning 80 years. Mitzi Newhouse Theater; starts February 11.
• The Miracle Worker: A revival of William Gibson's famous play about Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Circle in the Square; starts February 12.
• The Tempest: The Bridge Project presents a new production of Shakespeare's famous play, with Stephen Dillane as Prospero. BAM Harvey Theatre; starts February 14.
• Neighbors: A new play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins about a man who is not happy when a family of black actors moves in next door. Public Theater; starts February 16.
• Next Fall: A play by Geoffrey Nauffts about the relationship between a gay atheist and his boyfriend, who is a fundamentalist Christian. Helen Hayes Theatre; starts February 16.
• Lost in Yonkers: A revival of Neil Simon's play about two boys who are sent to live with their stern grandmother and dotty aunt. Paper Mill Playhouse; starts February 17.
• Sounding: A cross-disciplinary piece by Jennifer Gibbs and Kristin Marting, loosely inspired by Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea. HERE Arts Center - Mainstage; starts February 17.
• Blind: A new play by Craig Wright that is a contemporary re-telling of the story of Oedipus. Rattlestick Theatre; starts February 18.
• The Temperamentals: A play by Jon Marans about Harry Hay and the founding of the first gay civil rights organization in America. New World Stages; starts February 18.
• Stop the World...I Want to Get Off: Musicals Tonight! presents a concert-style revival of the Anthony Newley-Leslie Bricusse musical about a fellow named Littlechap and his rise and fall. McGinn Cazale Theatre; starts February 23.
• SPIDER-MAN, Turn Off the Dark: A new musical by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger, with a score by Bono and The Edge, based on the classic comic book character. Hilton Theatre; starts February 25.
• The Cherry Orchard: A new production of Chekhov's famous play, in an adaptation by Carol Rocamora. Terry Schreiber directs. Gloria Maddox Theater; starts February 25.
• VELVETY - R/Evolution: A dance theater work that utilizes an interactive set of panels that chronicle events of the Velvet Revolution, and draws on influences from Hasek, Kafka, Kundera, and others. Performed by Hana Kalouskova. The Tank; starts February 25.

March 2010

• The Book of Grace: A new play by Suzan-Lori Parks described as a portrait of a family shattered by issues of rage, revenge, power, and betrayal. Public Theater; starts March 2.
• A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick: A new play by Kia Corthron about an African preacher-in-training who is taken in by a family in the American South. Playwrights Horizons Peter J Sharp; starts March 4.
• Revolution!: Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre examines revolutions throughout the history of mankind as a backdrop for the extraordinary peaceful 1989 Velvet Revolution in former Czechoslovakia. Theater for the New City; starts March 4.
• The Addams Family: A new musical by Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, and Andrew Lippa, based on the famous cartoons of Charles Addams. Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth will star. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre; starts March 4.
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged): Reduced Shakespeare Company presents their trademark production, featuring all of the Bard's works in less than 90 minutes. New Victory Theatre; starts March 5.
• The Glass Menagerie: A revival of the play by Tennessee Williams, starring Judith Ivey. This is described as a "fresh interpretation" of the play, in which Tom recalls the events of the story from a hotel room. Laura Pels Theatre; starts March 5.
• The Cocktail Party: The Actors Company Theatre presents a revival of T.S. Eliot's play, described as "a profound exploration of self-deception and redemption." Beckett Theatre; starts March 7.
• The Rink: Musicals Tonight! presents a concert-style revival of the Kander-Ebb-McNally musical about the unexpected reunion of an estranged mother and daughter. McGinn Cazale Theatre; starts March 9.
• Orange, Hat & Grace: A new play by Gregory Moss, described as a darkly comic exploration of language and ecology in a world that is falling apart. Soho Rep; starts March 11.
• Million Dollar Quartet: A new musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together four of the most legendary figures in the history of rock 'n' roll: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley. Nederlander Theatre; starts March 13.
• 46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes: A new show from Circa of Queensland, Australia. The name says it all. New Victory Theatre; starts March 19.
• Sondheim on Sondheim: A new musical that looks at the life and career of Stephen Sondheim. Presented by Roundabout Theatre Company. Studio 54; starts March 19.
• The Crucible: A revival of Arthur Miller's famous play about the Salem Witch trials. Gallery Players; starts March 20.
• Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: A rock musical about our 7th president. Public Theater; starts March 23.
• Velvety - R/Evolution: This dance theater work utilizes an interactive set of panels that chronicle the events of the Velvet Revolution, and draws on influences from Hasek, Kafka, Kundera, and others. The Tank; starts March 25.
• Love Is My Sin : A theatre piece created by Peter Brook, based on 29 sonnets of Shakespeare. Presented by Theatre for a New Audience. Duke on 42nd Street; starts March 27.
• Promises, Promises: A revival of the 1968 musical, which is based on Billy Wilder's classic film The Apartment. Broadway Theatre; starts March 28.

April 2010

• Collected Stories: Manhattan Theatre Club presents a revival of Donald Margulies's play about a writer and her protegee. Linda Lavin stars. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre; starts April 6.
• La Cage Aux Folles: A revival of the Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical about a gay couple whose son is getting married to the daughter of a conservative politican. Longacre Theatre; starts April 6.
• The 101 Dalmatians Musical: A musical based on the children's book by Dodie Smith, featuring an original score by BT McNicholl and Dennis DeYoung. WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden; starts April 6.
• Family Week: A new version of Beth Henley's play about a woman who checks into a recovery center to try to cope with the death of her son. Presented by MCC Theater. Lucille Lortel Theatre; starts April 7.
• Smokey Joe's Cafe: A revival of the jukebox musical revue celebrating the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Paper Mill Playhouse; starts April 7.
• Anyone Can Whistle: Encores! presents a concert-style revival of the cult musical from 1964 by Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. City Center; starts April 8.
• The Subject Was Roses: Pearl Theatre Company presents a revival of Frank Gilroy's play about a son returning home from World War II to find his parents' dysfunctional relationship still unchanged. Manhattan Theatre Club; starts April 9.
• Time Step: The story of three high-stepping hoofers known back in the day as the Dapper Tap Trio, told entirely in tap dance. From Parallel Exit. New Victory Theatre; starts April 9.
• Sail Away: Musicals Tonight! presents a concert-style revival of the musical by Noel Coward about a ship's cruise director. McGinn Cazale Theatre; starts April 13.
• The Forest: A new adaptation of Alexander Ostrovsky's famous comedy, by Kathleen Tolan. Dianne Wiest stars. Classic Stage; starts April 14.
• The Aliens: A new play by Annie Baker about two angry young men who decide to teach a student everything they know. Rattlestick Theatre; starts April 15.
• The Last Fall: A new play by Stephanie Berry that follows the romantic relationships of two fiftysomethings. Starts April 15.
• Synesthesia 2010: Electric Pear Productions presents their annual showcase of "artistic telephone across the genres." Wild Project; starts April 19.
• bobrauschenbergamerica: A revival of SITI Company's production of Charles L. Mee's collage play inspired by the life and work of artist Robert Rauschenberg. Dance Theater Workshop; starts April 22.
• Elephant: Multi-talented performers from the UK and South Africa come together to present a powerful tale of family, redemption and "Ubuntu" (humanity). New Victory Theatre; starts April 23.
• That Face: A new dark comedy/drama by British playwright Polly Stenham about a family at the breaking point. Manhattan Theatre Club; starts April 29.

May 2010

• City of Angels: A revival of the Larry Gelbart-Cy Coleman-David Zippel musical about Hollywood in the '40s. Gallery Players; starts May 1.
• Lascivious Something : A new play by Sheila Callaghan about an American and his young Greek bride, who escape to an island and plant a small vineyard. Presented by Women's Project. Julia Miles (WPP) Theatre; starts May 2.
• Graceland: LCT3 presents this comedic drama by Ellen Fairey about two estranged siblings who are reunited when they try to make sense of their father’s recent suicide. Duke on 42nd Street; starts May 3.
• The Truth: A Tragedy: A new solo show written and performed by Cynthia Hopkins, described as a multi-dimensional museum "homage" to her dying father. Soho Rep; starts May 6.
• PaGAGnini: Armenian virtuoso Ara Malikian and a wacky trio of gifted artists make musical mockery of Mozart, Chopin, Pachebel, and even U2. New Victory Theatre; starts May 7.
• The Desk Set: Retro Productions presents a revival of William Marchant's comedy about a librarian who goes head-to-head with a government efficiency expert. Spoon Theatre; starts May 7.
• Farfalle: The Butterfly Garden: Italian theater company T.P.O. experiments with computer graphics and digital technologies to create a thrilling new experience in participatory theater. Starts May 14.
• Joking Apart: A play by Alan Ayckbourn about a "perfect" couple and the troubles they cause their friends and nieghbors. Presented by T. Schreiber Studio. Gloria Maddox Theater; starts May 20.
• The Grand Manner: Lincoln Center Theater presents a new play by A.R. Gurney described as a love letter to actress Katharine Cornell and a heartfelt look back at the glorious heyday of the Broadway theatre. Mitzi Newhouse Theater; starts May 27.
• Paris Syndrome: A new dance theatre piece by Ex.Pgirl about a group of Japanese tourists who experience a psychological meltdown when they realize that Paris does not meet their idealized expectations. HERE Arts Center - Mainstage; starts May 29.

June 2010

• Peter Pan: A revival of the musical comedy based on J.M. Barrie's play about a boy who never grows up. Paper Mill Playhouse; starts June 2.
• On the Levee: LCT3 presents a new musical based on a true story, set in 1927 in Greenville, Mississippi on a levee during an almost forgotten flood. Duke on 42nd Street; starts June 14.