Shows Playing Today
Friday, November 20, 2009
WHAT'S HERE: This page lists shows in New York City theatres that have performances scheduled for today. Click on show titles for more information about that show. Listings are accurate as of publication, but are subject to change. Note that tickets may not be available for all shows listed here.
| Time | Show | Price | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
11:00am | |||
| 11:00am | Pilar Rioja "The Queen of Flamenco" returns to New York with a show featuring two NYC premieres. | $30 | Repertorio Espanol Gramercy Park |
2:00pm | |||
| 2:00pm | They Call Me Mister Fry A one-man show starring Jack Freiberger as a white boy from Indiana who ends up teaching fifth graders in South Central Los Angeles. | $12 - $25 | |
5:00pm | |||
| 5:00pm | They Call Me Mister Fry A one-man show starring Jack Freiberger as a white boy from Indiana who ends up teaching fifth graders in South Central Los Angeles. | $12 - $25 | |
6:30pm | |||
| 6:30pm | The Lily's Revenge A new epic theatre work by Taylor Mac about a flower that wants to become a man in order to be able to wed its bride. | $35 | HERE Arts Center - Mainstage Soho |
6:45pm | |||
| 6:45pm | The Mystery Play This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. | $20 | Manhattan Repertory Theatre Midtown |
7:00pm | |||
| 7:00pm | Blue Man Group A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper. | $68 - $78 | Astor Place Theatre East Village |
| 7:00pm | Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? A musical revue of songs and stories from the Great Depression. | $45 | Triad Upper West Side |
| 7:00pm | 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." | ||
| 7:00pm | How to Be a Good Italian Daughter A new one-woman play written and performed by Antoinette LaVecchia, described as "a funny and touching portrait of mothers and daughters." | $28 | Cherry Lane Theatre - Studio West Village |
| 7:00pm | My First Time A new play written and directed by Ken Davenport featuring true accounts of first sexual experiences. | $25 - $59.99 | New World Stages Midtown |
| 7:00pm | Ordinary Days Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new musical by Adam Gwon about four young New Yorkers whose lives are unexpectedly interconnected by circumstance. This is part of their Underground series. | $20 | |
| 7:00pm | Passing Ceremonies A gay, black love story based on an imagined meeting between Harlem Renaissance poet Bruce Nugent and '60s era poet-journalist Essex Hemphill. | $15 - $20 | Nuyorican Poets Cafe East Village |
| 7:00pm | The Arrangement A play by Rick Eisenberg about an unfairly dismissed executive at a Wall Street public relations firm. | $15 | Algonquin Theater Gramercy Park |
| 7:00pm | The Gazillion Bubble Show A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist. | $41.50 - $86.50 | New World Stages Midtown |
| 7:00pm | The Importance of Being Earnest A revival of the famous comedy by Oscar Wilde, set in contemporary New York City. | $15 - $18 | Under St. Marks East Village |
| 7:00pm | The Orphans' Home Cycle The world premiere of a three-part play by Horton Foote that follows characters in the fictional town of Harrison, Texas over three decades. | $20 - $65 | Signature at Peter Norton Space Midtown |
| 7:00pm | Tony 'n Tina's Wedding The long-running interactive comedy, featuring a wedding and dinner/reception. At Sofia's Restaurant on 46th Street. | $87 - $125 | Sofia's Restaurant Midtown |
7:30pm | |||
| 7:30pm | 7 Santas / The Eight: Reindeer Monologues A double bill of satirical holiday shows by Jeff Goode. | $15 | Roy Arias Studios & Theatres Midtown |
| 7:30pm | Agamemnon A new translation of Aeschylus's famous play by Alexander Harrington, presented by Eleventh Hour Theatre Company. | $18 | Ellen Stewart Theater East Village |
| 7:30pm | 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. | $25 | Metropolitan Room Chelsea |
| 7:30pm | Biography A revival of S.N. Behrman's comedy about a woman artist who is approached about writing a memoir about her racy life. | $45 | Theater Three Midtown |
| 7:30pm | Circle Mirror Transformation Four lost New Englanders enroll in a community center drama class experiment in this new play by Annie Baker. | $50 | Playwrights Horizons Peter J Sharp Midtown |
| 7:30pm | Flanagan's Wake An interactive Irish wake. This show has been running in Chicago for more than 15 years. | $49.95 - $74.95 | @Seaport! South Street Seaport |
| 7:30pm | Gormanzee and Other Stories Three new one acts from anna&meredith, featuring live actors and life-size puppets. | $15 | |
| 7:30pm | Hamlet Jude Law stars in Shakespeare's famous play; this production comes to NYC direct from Donmar Warehouse in London. | $25 - $251.50 | Broadhurst Theatre Theatre District |
| 7:30pm | Kepler A new opera by Philip Glass, inspired by the discoveries of 17th century astronomer Johannes Kepler. | $20 - $65 | BAM Opera House Brooklyn |
| 7:30pm | 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. | $18 | Sanford Meisner Theatre Chelsea |
| 7:30pm | Our Town A revival of the famous play by Thornton Wilder, directed by David Cromer. | $49.50 - $69 | Barrow Street Theatre West Village |
| 7:30pm | 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. | $20 - $40 | BAM Harvey Theatre Brooklyn |
| 7:30pm | Savannah Black & Blue A new play by Raymond Jones about an African-American woman's efforts to become a New York City police officer in the face of many obstacles. Presented by The Negro Ensemble Company. | $18 | Theatre 54 @ Shetler Midtown |
| 7:30pm | The Late Christopher Bean The Actors Company Theatre presents Sidney Howard's play from the 1930s about what happens when a celebrated painter's early works are traced to the humble home of a country doctor. | $27.50 - $55 | Beckett Theatre Midtown |
| 7:30pm | The Lesser Seductions of History A new play by August Schulenberg that follows ten characters through each year of the 1960s. | $18 | Cherry Pit West Village |
| 7:30pm | The Playboy of the Western World Pearl Theatre Company presents a new production of J.M. Synge's famous play. | $30 - $50 | Manhattan Theatre Club Midtown |
| 7:30pm | The Understudy Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new play by Theresa Rebeck about understudies. Julie White stars. | $70 - $80 | Laura Pels Theatre Midtown |
8:00pm | |||
| 8:00pm | "What Say You?" A new play by Anthony Laura set in kangaroo court. | $20 | Producers Club Midtown |
| 8:00pm | 3 Mo' Divas A theatrically staged concert that showcases the extraordinary versatility of African American female performers spanning some four hundred years of music. | $40 - $65 | |
| 8:00pm | A Steady Rain A new play by Keith Huff. Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman star as two Chicago cops who are lifelong friends who give differing accounts of a few harrowing days that changed their lives forever. | $66.50 - $140 | Schoenfeld Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Acting Alone A new play by David M. Korn, billed as "the true story of Lee Harvey Oswald." | $18 | Arclight Theatre Upper West Side |
| 8:00pm | After Miss Julie Roundabout Theatre Company presents the U.S. premiere of a play by Patrick Marber that transposes Strindberg's famous play to England in 1945. | $66.50 - $111.50 | American Airlines Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Altar Boyz A new musical comedy by Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila about a Christian boy band. | $25 - $75 | New World Stages Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Are You There, Zeus? It's Me, Electra A new farce by Aliza Shane, based on the famous play by Sophocles. | $18 | Roy Arias Studios & Theatres Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Avenue Q The hit musical moves to a smaller Broadway theatre. It's about the denizens of a Brooklyn neighborhood, some of whom are puppets. | $69.50 - $126.50 | New World Stages Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Billy Elliot the Musical A new musical by Elton John and Lee Hall, based on the film of the same name about a young boy who dreams of becoming a dancer. | $41.50 - $301.50 | Imperial Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Brecht on Brecht Accidental Repertory Theater presents a revival of this compilation of the work of playwright Bertolt Brecht. | $15 | John Strasberg Studios Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Broke-ology A new play by Nathan Louis Jackson about two brothers who are called home to care for their ailing father. Presented by Lincoln Center Theater. | $80 - $85 | Mitzi Newhouse Theater Lincoln Center |
| 8:00pm | Burn the Floor A ballroom dance revue, created, directed, and choreographed by Jason Gilkison. | $39.50 - $111.50 | Longacre Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Bye Bye Birdie Roundabout Theatre Company presents a revival of the 1960 musical comedy about a rock 'n' roll star who is drafted into the army. | $86.50 - $136.50 | Henry Miller's Theatre Theatre district |
| 8:00pm | Chicago A revival of the musical about a pair of murderesses and the razzle-dazzle lawyer who gets them off. Featuring terrific dancing in the style of Bob Fosse. | $64 - $186.50 | Ambassador Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Chicago City Limits A new sketch comedy and improvisation show from the long-running comedy troupe. | $15 | Broadway Comedy Club Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Children at Play A new play by Jordan Seavey, described as a tragic farce following five friends as they [hopefully] survive the average high school experience. | $18 | The Living Theatre Lower East Side |
| 8:00pm | Creature A new play by Heidi Schreck set in medeival England about a woman who goes mad and has a visitation from Jesus. Produced by Page 73 Productions and New Georges. | $25 - $35 | Ohio Theatre Soho |
| 8:00pm | Cycatrix Adaptitude Taking place in four exclusive Chelsea and Williamsburg lofts, this is a performance event within a party experience. Presented by Inverse Theater Company. | ||
| 8:00pm | Cyrano de Bergerac A new production of Rostand's romantic classic about a heroic man with a poetic soul and an oversized nose. | $15 | |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $22 - $25 | Queens Theatre in the Park Flushing |
| 8:00pm | Do Not Go Gentle A one-man play about poet Dylan Thomas. | $31.25 - $51.25 | Clurman Theatre Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Dreamgirls A revival of the musical about the rise and fall of various singers in the Motown era. This engagement is at the Apollo Theatre, prior to a national tour. | $36 - $106 | |
| 8:00pm | Euripides' Phoenician Women Columbia Stages presents the Acting class of 2010 in the play by Euripides, as adapted and directed by Karin Coonrod. | $15 | |
| 8:00pm | Exposition A non-narrative theatrical collision, created by Matthew Freeman and Michael Gardner. | $15 | Brick Theatre Williamsburg |
| 8:00pm | Fela! A musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer, and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. This played off-Broadway last season. | $27 - $227 | Eugene O'Neill Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Finian's Rainbow A revival of the classic musical fantasy about an Irishman, his daughter, a leprechaun, and their adventures in the Southern state of Missitucky. | $25 - $250 | St. James Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Five Women Wearing the Same Dress A revival of Alan Ball's play about the five bridesmaids in a Tennessee wedding. | $18 - $25 | Duo Multicultural Arts Center East Village |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $18 | |
| 8:00pm | Fuerza Bruta: Look Up A new physical theater event from the creators of De La Guarda. | $75 | Daryl Roth Theatre Union Square |
| 8:00pm | Girls Night: The Musical This musical from the UK is about five friends in their 30s and 40s during a wild and outrageous girls night out at a karaoke bar. | $55 | Sofia's Restaurant Midtown |
| 8:00pm | God of Carnage A new play by Yasmina Reza, described as "a comedy of manners without the manners." | $66.50 - $116.50 | Jacobs Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Granada A new play by Avi Glickstein about a young woman who has been invited by the King of Spain in 1992 to stand in for all the Jews exiled from that country during the Inquisition. | $17 | Access Theatre Tribeca |
| 8:00pm | Hair A revival of the The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical; this production premiered last summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. | $37 - $122 | Al Hirschfeld Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Holy Days Retro Productions presents Sally Nemeth's play, set during the Great Depression. | $18 | Spoon Theatre Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Hot Babes in Toyland A new sex comedy by Elias Stimac that centers around the holiday season. Presented by 1-800-Weirdos. | $20 | Players Loft West Village |
| 8:00pm | Idiot Savant A new philosophical comedy by Richard Foreman described as "a fresh, bracing and hilarious exploration of the boundaries of the legitimate." Willem Dafoe stars. | $60 - $70 | Public Theater East Village |
| 8:00pm | Il Furioso: The Birth of Modern Justice with Drums A dual language adaptation of Aeschylus's Eumenides with drums. | $10 | Gerald W. Lynch at John Jay College Midtown |
| 8:00pm | In the Heights A new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes about two days in the life of a Washington Heights neighborhood. | $41.50 - $121.50 | Richard Rodgers Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play A new play by Sarah Ruhl; presented by Lincoln Center Theater. | $46.50 - $91.50 | Lyceum Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Irving Berlin's White Christmas The holiday musical, based on the classic film, returns to Broadway. | $66.50 - $126.50 | Marquis Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Jersey Boys A new musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. | $62 - $352 | August Wilson Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Kiss Me on the Mouth A new play by Melanie Angelina Maras about two friends who each inadvertently meet the man who could be "Mr. Right." | $18 | Center Stage Chelsea |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $15 | Theater for the New City East Village |
| 8:00pm | Let Me Down Easy A new solo performance by Anna Deavere Smith that explores the power of the body and the resilience of the human spirit. | $70 | Second Stage Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Loaded A new play by Elliot Ramon Potts about a relationship between two gay men, one middle-aged and one much younger. | $49 | Lion Theatre Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Lord Buckley & Marilyn A double-bill of solo plays about Lord Buckley and Marilyn Monroe. | $18 | Richmond Shepard Theatre Gramercy Park |
| 8:00pm | Love Child Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton portray everyone in a theatre--on stage, backstage, and even in the audience--in this two-man comedy of their own devising. | $29.50 - $69.50 | New World Stages Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Love, Loss, and What I Wore A program of vignettes and monologues by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman. | $75 | Westside Downstairs Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Made in Heaven A comedy by Jay Bernzweig about a pair of conjoined Siamese twins who share a penis. | $59 | Soho Playhouse Soho |
| 8:00pm | Mamma Mia A musical comedy about a woman who invites three men who may be her father to her wedding, with lots of songs by ABBA. | $62.75 - $201.50 | Winter Garden Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Mary Poppins A musical based on the 1964 Walt Disney film and the stories of P.L. Travers. | $20 - $120 | New Amsterdam Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Memphis A new musical set in Memphis in the 1950s about a white DJ whose love of music transcends racial barriers. | $41.50 - $126.50 | Shubert Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $45 - $60 | 59E59 Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Neptune Superhero Clubhouse presents a physical theater adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." | ||
| 8:00pm | Next to Normal A musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey described as a contemporary musical that explores how one suburban household copes with crisis. | $36.50 - $116.50 | Booth Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Nightingale A new play written and performed by Lynn Redgrave, inspired by her need to discover memories of her grandmother--a woman she barely knew. | $75 | Manhattan Theatre Club Midtown |
| 8:00pm | No Exit Nutshell Productions presents a revival of the famous play by Jean-Paul Sartre. | $20 | Times Square Arts Center Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Oleanna A revival of David Mamet's play about a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students. Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles co-star. | $76.50 - $116.50 | John Golden Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | On the Town A revival of the musical about three sailors on one-day leave in New York City. | $25 - $92 | Paper Mill Playhouse New Jersey |
| 8:00pm | Or, A new play by Liz Duffy Adams about the life of playwright/spy Aphra Behn. | $52 | Julia Miles (WPP) Theatre Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Over The Line A new play by P. Seth Bauer about six middle class teens just before graduation who are caught in a vortex of lust and violence. | $18 | 78th Street Theatre Lab Upper West Side |
| 8:00pm | Penang A revival of James Larocca's play about two American soldiers in Vietnam. This play premiered in the Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2008. | $18 | WorkShop Theater Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Perfect Crime Convoluted murder mystery involving a dangerous psychiatrist, her patient, a detective, and a man who may or may not be her husband. Implausible, but entertaining; this is the longest-running straight play in New York history. | $41 - $51 | Snapple Theater Center Midtown |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $45 | Rattlestick Theatre West Village |
| 8:00pm | Prima A new dance piece by LeeSaar The Company. | $20 | P.S. 122 East Village |
| 8:00pm | Rabbit Hole A revival of David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize play, presented by Hudson Stage Company. | $30 | |
| 8:00pm | Race A new play by David Mamet. James Spader and Richard Thomas star. | $59.50 - $251.50 | Ethel Barrymore Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Ragtime A revival of the musical, based on E.L. Doctorow's novel, about America at the beginning of the 20th century. | $46.50 - $126.50 | Neil Simon Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Rock of Ages A new musical set in a Hollywood rock club in the late 1980s, featuring hit songs from Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, REO Speedwago, Pat Benatar, and more. This show played off-Broadway earlier this season. | $26.50 - $175 | Brooks Atkinson Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead T. Schreiber Studio presents a revival of Tom Stoppard's famous play about the minor characters of Hamlet and their existential crisis. | $25 | Gloria Maddox Theater Chelsea |
| 8:00pm | SPLICE: Panic Journals A program of dance pieces by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Dan Safer. | $17 | |
| 8:00pm | Savion Glover: Jammin' with the Masters Tap dancer Savion Glover performs with geust jazz musicians at the famous Greenwich Village club. | $30 - $45 | |
| 8:00pm | Sessions A new production of Al Tapper's musical about a psychiatrist who is having trouble with his patients and his love life. | $50 | Algonquin Theater Gramercy Park |
| 8:00pm | Shrek The Musical A musical by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori based on story and characters from William Steig's book as well as the popular animated film. | $41.50 - $301.50 | Broadway Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $55 | Mint Theater Midtown |
| 8:00pm | South Pacific A revival of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, set during World War II on an island in the South Pacific. Presented by Lincoln Center Theater. | $65 - $110 | Vivian Beaumont Theater Lincoln Center |
| 8:00pm | Stomp Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its sixteenth year off-Broadway. | $40 - $72.50 | Orpheum East Village |
| 8:00pm | Superior Donuts A play by Tracy Letts about the owner and sole employee of a decrepit donut shop in uptown Chicago. | $76.50 - $251.50 | Music Box Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | The 39 Steps A comic parody of the famous Hitchcock thriller, with four actors playing all the roles. | $99.50 | Helen Hayes Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | The Age of Iron A retelling of the story of the Trojan War, drawn from works by William Shakespeare and Thomas Heywood; adapted and directed by Brian Kulick. | $65 | Classic Stage Union Square |
| 8:00pm | The Children's Hour A revival of Lillian Hellman's play about two schoolteachers who are accused by a student of being lovers. | $12 | Poppenhusen Institute College Point |
| 8:00pm | The Common Air A one-man play performed by Alex Lyras about six people thrown together during an airport delay. | $35 | Bleecker Street Theatre East Village |
| 8:00pm | The Credeaux Canvas A new revival of Keith Bunin's play about two East Village artists who attempt to scam a wealthy art collector into purchasing a falsified classic painting. Presented by Aeternalis Theatre. | $20 | Gene Frankel Theatre East Village |
| 8:00pm | The Emperor Jones A revival of Eugene O'Neill's play about an African American man who sets himself up as monarch of a Caribbean island following a prison break in the United States. | $55 - $65 | Irish Repertory Theatre Chelsea |
| 8:00pm | The Fantasticks A revival of the musical by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt. | $51 - $76 | Snapple Theater Center Midtown |
| 8:00pm | The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever! A comedy by Joe Marshall about a small gay community theatre struggling to pull together their annual holiday pageant. | $45 | Actors Playhouse West Village |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $65 | New York Theatre Workshop East Village |
| 8:00pm | The Hypochondriac A new production of a contemporary re-imagining of Moliere's farce The Imaginary Invalid. | $18 | Cell Theatre Chelsea |
| 8:00pm | The Lady with All the Answers A play by David Rambo about advice columnist Ann Landers. Judith Ivey stars. | $41 - $51 | Cherry Lane Theatre West Village |
| 8:00pm | The Lion King The long-running Broadway musical, based on the animated film. Featuring a score by Elton John and others, with Julie Taymor's remarkable puppets and masks. | $51.25 - $121.25 | Minskoff Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | The Marvelous Wonderettes A new musical set at a high school prom in the 1950s. | $79 - $125 | Westside Upstairs Midtown |
| 8:00pm | The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber's romantic musical about the strange relationship between a hideously deformed musician and his young, beautiful protegee is as lush and gorgeous as ever. Phantom is now the longest-running show in Broadway history. | $26.50 - $201.50 | Majestic Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | The Pillowman A new production of Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about the interrogation of a fiction writer; presented by Astoria Performing Arts Center. | $15 - $18 | Good Shepherd United Methodist Church Astoria |
| 8:00pm | The Royal Family Manhattan Theatre Club presents a revival of the George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber comedy about a theatrical dynasty. | $47 - $97 | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | The Starry Messenger The New Group presents this new play by Kenneth Lonergan about an astronomy teacher whose life is transformed by a young single mother. | $61.25 | Acorn Theatre Midtown |
| 8:00pm | The Supper Club of Lost Causes Nightmares and vaudeville in a mildewed, long-forgotten nightspot in Northeastern Pennsylvania. | $15 | Theater for the New City East Village |
| 8:00pm | The Toxic Avenger A new musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro based on the 1985 cult sci-fi film. | $51.50 - $71.50 | New World Stages Midtown |
| 8:00pm | The Verge Performance Lab 115 strips Susan Glaspell's proto-feminist behemoth of a play in order to reveal its dark, dangerous soul. | $17 | Ontological Theatre East Village |
| 8:00pm | This A new play by Melissa James Gibson about a single mother who is trying to become a poet. | $65 | Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Midtown |
| 8:00pm | Twelfth Night (or What You Will) Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater presents a puppet theatre adaptation of Shakespeare's play. | $18 | La MaMa East Village |
| 8:00pm | Under the Gaslight A revival of the 1867 melodrama by Augustin Daly. | $20 | Metropolitan Playhouse East Village |
| 8:00pm | 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. | $18 | |
| 8:00pm | West Side Story A revival of the classic musical, directed by Arthur Laurents (who wrote the book). | $46.50 - $121.50 | Palace Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Wicked A new musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman in which we learn the story of the early life of Elphaba, who later becomes the Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. | $50 - $250 | Gershwin Theatre Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher recounts the true and intoxicating tale of her life as a Hollywood legend in this new solo show. Presented by Roundabout Theatre Company. | $31.50 - $111.50 | Studio 54 Theatre District |
| 8:00pm | Zero Hour A solo play written and performed by Jim Brochu about Zero Mostel. | $35 - $55 | Theatre at St. Clement's Midtown |
| 8:00pm | bauhaus the bauhaus Modernism! Utopia! Architecture! Sit-upons! The Nerve Tank explores the Bauhaus, the seminal German school of design that operated from 1919 until 1933, when the Nazi regime shut it down. | $18 | Brooklyn Lyceum Park Slope |
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| 8:15pm | 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. | $35 | 59E59 Midtown |
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| 8:30pm | Red Sea Fish A new play by Matt Wilkinson about a retired thief and his son. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. | $25 | 59E59 Midtown |
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| 9:00pm | Hetty Pepper's Stew This is part of Manhattan Rep's Gay and Lesbian Play Series. | $20 | Manhattan Repertory Theatre Midtown |
| 9:00pm | The Misunderstanding Horizon Theatre Rep presents a revival of Albert Camus's play about a man who returns home to his family after a 20 year absence. | $18 | Flea Tribeca |
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| 9:30pm | Line Israel Horovitz's one-act dark comedy about a group of people who are waiting on line, though they don't know for what. Now in its 32nd year. | $18 | 13th Street Repertory West Village |
| 9:30pm | This Is Burlesque A revue of burlesque, comedy, and improv, hosted by Murray Hill. | $30 | |
| 9:30pm | 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. | $20 | TADA! Youth Theater Chelsea |
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| 10:00pm | Blue Man Group A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper. | $68 - $78 | Astor Place Theatre East Village |
| 10:00pm | 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. | $15 | La MaMa East Village |
| 10:00pm | The Folly of Crowds A late-night comedy by Mat Smart that takes place at a small private university. | $12 | Sanford Meisner Theatre Chelsea |
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| 10:30pm | Naked Boys Singing The title pretty much says it all: eight attractive and unclothed young men perform a variety of sketches and songs in this amusing but tame revue. Weekends only. | $69 | New World Stages Midtown |
| 10:30pm | Savion Glover: Jammin' with the Masters Tap dancer Savion Glover performs with geust jazz musicians at the famous Greenwich Village club. | $30 - $45 | |
| 10:30pm | Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind A program of 30 plays in 60 minutes, presented by the Neo-Futurists. | $10 | Kraine Theatre East Village |
