Now Playing: New This Week
November 16 - November 22
WHAT'S HERE: This page lists New York plays, musicals, and other shows that begin their runs this week. Click on show titles to find out more about that show, including performance dates & times, ticket prices & ordering information, and cast & other credits. Starred shows are considered to be noteworthy or of special interest by NYTE's editor. Want your show listed on nytheatre.com? Read our listings guidelines.
"What Say You?": A new play by Anthony Laura set in kangaroo court. Performances are this week only.
3 Mo' Divas : A theatrically staged concert that showcases the extraordinary versatility of African American female performers spanning some four hundred years of music. In previews; opens on November 21, 2009.
7 Santas / The Eight: Reindeer Monologues: A double bill of satirical holiday shows by Jeff Goode. Performances are this week only.
A Christmas Carol: A musical adaptation of the famous Dickens story, suitable for kids ages 3 and older. Closes December 30, 2009.
A Christmas Wizard of Oz: A short theatrical version of the famous story, featuring 22 students from tri-state middle schools. Performances are this week only.
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur: A staged reading of Tennessee Williams's play about four middle-aged women struggling for a sense of identity and independence. Performances are this week only.
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. Closes December 19, 2009.
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. In previews; opens on November 29, 2009.
Biography: A revival of S.N. Behrman's comedy about a woman artist who is approached about writing a memoir about her racy life. In previews; opens on November 24, 2009.
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. Closes December 12, 2009.
Do Not Go Gentle: A one-man play about poet Dylan Thomas. In previews; opens on December 6, 2009.
Exposition: A non-narrative theatrical collision, created by Matthew Freeman and Michael Gardner. Performances are this week only.
Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage: A play by Jane Martin that tells the story of Big 8, a feisty rodeo competitor, who is facing foreclosure on the Wyoming ranch where she rehabilitates injured rodeo cowboys...with "sexual healing." Closes November 23, 2009.
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. Performances are this week only.
Girl Crazy: Encores! presents a concert-style revival of the 1930 musical with songs by George & Ira Gershwin. Performances are this week only.
Gormanzee and Other Stories: Three new one acts from anna&meredith, featuring live actors and life-size puppets. Performances are this week only.
Happy Birthday Kids & Yiddish!: The National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene presents this show for kids and families that combines Jewish folk traditions with popular culture. Closes December 13, 2009.
Hetty Pepper's Stew: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Performances are this week only.
Il Furioso: The Birth of Modern Justice with Drums: A dual language adaptation of Aeschylus's Eumenides with drums. Performances are this week only.
Kepler: A new opera by Philip Glass, inspired by the discoveries of 17th century astronomer Johannes Kepler. Performances are this week only.
No Exit: Nutshell Productions presents a revival of the famous play by Jean-Paul Sartre. Closes December 6, 2009.
Prima: A new dance piece by LeeSaar The Company. Performances are this week only.
REVIEWED BY DAVID IAN LEE
Race: A new play by David Mamet. James Spader and Richard Thomas star. In previews; opens on December 6, 2009.
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. Performances are this week only.
Savion Glover: Jammin' with the Masters: Tap dancer Savion Glover performs with geust jazz musicians at the famous Greenwich Village club. Performances are this week only.
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. In previews; opens on December 7, 2009.
SPLICE: Panic Journals: A program of dance pieces by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Dan Safer. Performances are this week only.
The Great Recession: An evening of short plays that explore the impact of the current economic crisis on the younger generation. In previews; opens on December 10, 2009.
The Mystery Play: This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. Performances are this week only.
Under the Gaslight: A revival of the 1867 melodrama by Augustin Daly. In previews; opens on November 28, 2009.
