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Shows Playing Today
Saturday, November 7, 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.

TimeShowPriceVenue

11:00am

11:00amMatthew Takes Mannahatta
A new musical for kids in a brother and sister have a magical adventure back in time, where they discover the Manhattan of the past.
$25McGinn Cazale Theatre
Upper West Side
11:00amThe Gazillion Bubble Show
A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist.
$41.50 - $86.50New World Stages
Midtown

12:00pm

12:00pmClick Clack Moo: Cows That Type
A musical adaptation of the children's book.
$20 - $50Manhattan Children's Theatre
Tribeca
12:00pmReady, Set, Story!
Looking Glass Theatre presents this new children's show exploring international folktales of tricksters.
$15Looking Glass Theatre
Midtown
12:00pmWiseacre Farm
An interactive children's show for kids ages 3 and older.
$1013th Street Repertory
West Village

1:00pm

1:00pmMatthew Takes Mannahatta
A new musical for kids in a brother and sister have a magical adventure back in time, where they discover the Manhattan of the past.
$25McGinn Cazale Theatre
Upper West Side
1:00pmPinkalicious
Vital Children's Theatre presents a musical by Elizabeth and Victoria Kann and John Gregor about a girl who can't stop eating pink cupcakes.
$29.50Bleecker Street Theatre
East Village

1:30pm

1:30pmOrdinary 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
1:30pmRumple Who?
A children's musical (ages 5 and up) based on the fairy tale "Rumpelstilskin."
$1013th Street Repertory
West Village

2:00pm

2:00pmA 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 - $140Schoenfeld Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmActing Alone
A new play by David M. Korn, billed as "the true story of Lee Harvey Oswald."
$18Arclight Theatre
Upper West Side
2:00pmAfter 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 - $111.50American Airlines Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmAvenue 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 - $126.50New World Stages
Midtown
2:00pmBilly 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 - $301.50Imperial Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmBlue Man Group
A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper.
$68 - $78Astor Place Theatre
East Village
2:00pmBrigadoon
Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd., presents the famous musical about a Scottish town that appears only one day every century.
$35 - $45Theatre at St. Clement's
Midtown
2:00pmBroke-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 - $85Mitzi Newhouse Theater
Lincoln Center
2:00pmBurn the Floor
A ballroom dance revue, created, directed, and choreographed by Jason Gilkison.
$39.50 - $111.50Longacre Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmBye 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 - $136.50Henry Miller's Theatre
Theatre district
2:00pmCircle Mirror Transformation
Four lost New Englanders enroll in a community center drama class experiment in this new play by Annie Baker.
$50Playwrights Horizons Peter J Sharp
Midtown
2:00pmClick Clack Moo: Cows That Type
A musical adaptation of the children's book.
$20 - $50Manhattan Children's Theatre
Tribeca
2:00pmDanny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical
A musical by Robert McElwaine about the marriage and careers of Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine.
$31.50 - $75St. Luke's Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmDeath of a Dream
An intimate and reflective play about domestic violence written by Nancy Genova, a survivor of domestic violence.
$30Producers Club
Midtown
2:00pmEmbraceable Me
A play by Victor L. Cahn about the journey of two friends, a man and a woman.
$35Kirk Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmFela!
A musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer, and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. This played off-Broadway last season.
$27 - $227Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmGod of Carnage
A new play by Yasmina Reza, described as "a comedy of manners without the manners."
$66.50 - $116.50Jacobs Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmHamlet
Jude Law stars in Shakespeare's famous play; this production comes to NYC direct from Donmar Warehouse in London.
$25 - $251.50Broadhurst Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmHer Name Is Vincent: An Evening with Edna St. Vincent Millay
This two-part event features a cabaret about the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, followed by a performance of her play Aria da Capo.
$18Dorothy Strelsin Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmHow 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."
$28Cherry Lane Theatre - Studio
West Village
2:00pmI Got Sick Then I Got Better
A one-woman show written and performed by Jenny Allen, described as "a wrenching comic riff on one woman's adventures after falling down the medical rabbit hole."
$45
2:00pmIdiot 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 - $70Public Theater
East Village
2:00pmIn 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 - $121.50Richard Rodgers Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmIn the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
A new play by Sarah Ruhl; presented by Lincoln Center Theater.
$46.50 - $91.50Lyceum Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmJersey Boys
A new musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
$62 - $352August Wilson Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmLet 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.
$70Second Stage
Midtown
2:00pmLittle Tragedies
The world premiere in English verse of four short plays by Alexander Pushkin.
$18Baryshnikov Arts Center
Midtown
2:00pmLoaded
A new play by Elliot Ramon Potts about a relationship between two gay men, one middle-aged and one much younger.
$49Lion Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmLove, 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.
$75Westside Downstairs
Midtown
2:00pmMamma 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 - $201.50Winter Garden Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmMary Poppins
A musical based on the 1964 Walt Disney film and the stories of P.L. Travers.
$20 - $120New Amsterdam Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmMemphis
A new musical set in Memphis in the 1950s about a white DJ whose love of music transcends racial barriers.
$41.50 - $126.50Shubert Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmMuch Ado About Nothing
Queens Shakespeare, Inc. sets Shakespeare's famous romantic comedy in the world of reality television.
$15
2:00pmNext 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 - $116.50Booth Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmNightingale
A new play written and performed by Lynn Redgrave, inspired by her need to discover memories of her grandmother--a woman she barely knew.
$75Manhattan Theatre Club
Midtown
2:00pmOleanna
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 - $116.50John Golden Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmPenang
A revival of James Larocca's play about two American soldiers in Vietnam. This play premiered in the Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2008.
$18WorkShop Theater
Midtown
2:00pmPerfect 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 - $51Snapple Theater Center
Midtown
2:00pmRagtime
A revival of the musical, based on E.L. Doctorow's novel, about America at the beginning of the 20th century.
$46.50 - $126.50Neil Simon Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmReady, Set, Story!
Looking Glass Theatre presents this new children's show exploring international folktales of tricksters.
$15Looking Glass Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmRock 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 - $175Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmShrek 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 - $301.50Broadway Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmSouth 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 - $110Vivian Beaumont Theater
Lincoln Center
2:00pmSuch Things Only Happen in Books
An evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder that have not previously been professionally produced.
$51.25Clurman Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmSuperior Donuts
A play by Tracy Letts about the owner and sole employee of a decrepit donut shop in uptown Chicago.
$76.50 - $251.50Music Box Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmThe 39 Steps
A comic parody of the famous Hitchcock thriller, with four actors playing all the roles.
$99.50Helen Hayes Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmThe 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.
$65Classic Stage
Union Square
2:00pmThe 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.
$20Gene Frankel Theatre
East Village
2:00pmThe Fantasticks
A revival of the musical by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt.
$51 - $76Snapple Theater Center
Midtown
2:00pmThe Gazillion Bubble Show
A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist.
$41.50 - $86.50New World Stages
Midtown
2:00pmThe Lady with All the Answers
A play by David Rambo about advice columnist Ann Landers. Judith Ivey stars.
$41 - $51Cherry Lane Theatre
West Village
2:00pmThe 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 - $55Beckett Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmThe 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 - $121.25Minskoff Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmThe 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 - $65Signature at Peter Norton Space
Midtown
2:00pmThe 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 - $201.50Majestic Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmThe Pillowman
A new production of Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about the interrogation of a fiction writer; presented by Astoria Performing Arts Center.
$15 - $18Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
Astoria
2:00pmThe Royal Family
Manhattan Theatre Club presents a revival of the George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber comedy about a theatrical dynasty.
$47 - $97Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmThe 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.
$61.25Acorn Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmThe Understudy
Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new play by Theresa Rebeck about understudies. Julie White stars.
$70 - $80Laura Pels Theatre
Midtown
2:00pmThey 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
2:00pmTop of the Heap
A new musical by Jeffrey Lodin and William Squier about the year that the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees squared off in the World Series.
$18Gallery Players
Park Slope
2:00pmWest Side Story
A revival of the classic musical, directed by Arthur Laurents (who wrote the book).
$46.50 - $121.50Palace Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmWicked
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 - $250Gershwin Theatre
Theatre District
2:00pmWishful 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 - $111.50Studio 54
Theatre District

2:15pm

2:15pmGood Bobby
A play by Brian Lee Franklin that chronicles the formative and adult lives of Robert F. Kennedy. Presented by Greenway Arts Alliance.
$3559E59
Midtown

2:30pm

2:30pmChicago
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 - $186.50Ambassador Theatre
Theatre District
2:30pmOur Town
A revival of the famous play by Thornton Wilder, directed by David Cromer.
$49.50 - $69Barrow Street Theatre
West Village
2:30pmRed Sea Fish
A new play by Matt Wilkinson about a retired thief and his son. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival.
$2559E59
Midtown
2:30pmThe Playboy of the Western World
Pearl Theatre Company presents a new production of J.M. Synge's famous play.
$30 - $50Manhattan Theatre Club
Midtown
2:30pmThis
A new play by Melissa James Gibson about a single mother who is trying to become a poet.
$65Playwrights Horizons Mainstage
Midtown

3:00pm

3:00pmBritBits 6
A program of new short plays by and/or about the British, presented by Mind the Gap Theatre.
$18Manhattan Theatre Source
West Village
3:00pmBrother, Can You Spare A Dime?
A musical revue of songs and stories from the Great Depression.
$45Triad
Upper West Side
3:00pmCounty of Kings
A one-man play written and performed by slam poet Lemon Andersen about growing up a "good kid" in Brooklyn.
$50 - $60Public Theater
East Village
3:00pmDead Ringer
A play by Gino DiIorio set in Texas in 1885, about a rancher, his sister, and the young stranger who comes to visit them.
$35 - $40New Jersey Repertory Company
New Jersey
3:00pmDon't Leave It All To Your Children
A musical revue that celebrates the occasionally bumpy but always amusing journey as baby boomers become seniors.
$31.50 - $56.50Actors Temple Theatre
Midtown
3:00pmGauguin/Savage Light
A one-man show written and performed by George Fischoff about the painter Paul Gauguin.
$25Nola Studios
Midtown
3:00pmGranada
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.
$17Access Theatre
Tribeca
3:00pmHair
A revival of the The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical; this production premiered last summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.
$37 - $122Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Theatre District
3:00pmLilly's Purple Plastic Purse
A dramatization by Kevin Kling of the children's story by Kevin Henkes. Presented by Mile Square Theatre.
$20Monroe Center for the Arts
Northwest Hoboken
3:00pmPerfect 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 - $51Snapple Theater Center
Midtown
3:00pmPeter-Wendy
A new adaptation of Peter Pan, featuring an ensemble all dressed in pajamas.
$20Walkerspace
Soho
3:00pmSessions
A new production of Al Tapper's musical about a psychiatrist who is having trouble with his patients and his love life.
$50Algonquin Theater
Gramercy Park
3:00pmThe 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 - $65Irish Repertory Theatre
Chelsea
3:00pmThe Marvelous Wonderettes
A new musical set at a high school prom in the 1950s.
$79 - $125Westside Upstairs
Midtown
3:00pmThe Oldsmobiles
A new comedy by Roger Rosenblatt, set on New York City's Manhattan Bridge.
$40 - $45Flea
Tribeca
3:00pmVigil
A play by Canadian author Morris Panych about a selfish bank drudge who is tending to the wealthy dying aunt he hasn't seen in 30 years.
$65DR2
Union Square

4:00pm

4:00pmAltar Boyz
A new musical comedy by Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila about a Christian boy band.
$25 - $75New World Stages
Midtown
4:00pmLove 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 - $69.50New World Stages
Midtown
4:00pmThe Toxic Avenger
A new musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro based on the 1985 cult sci-fi film.
$51.50 - $71.50New World Stages
Midtown

4:30pm

4:30pmThe Gazillion Bubble Show
A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist.
$41.50 - $86.50New World Stages
Midtown

5:00pm

5:00pmBlue Man Group
A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper.
$68 - $78Astor Place Theatre
East Village
5:00pmGirls 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.
$55Sofia's Restaurant
Midtown
5:00pmMagic & Zone
A magic and comedy show featuring Rich Marotta and Twila Zone.
$45Snapple Theater Center
Midtown
5:00pmThe Quantum Eye - Magic Deceptions
An exploration of mentalism, magic, perception and deception starring Sam Eaton.
$47 - $77Bleecker Street Theatre
East Village
5:00pmThey 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

6:00pm

6:00pmNaked 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.
$69New World Stages
Midtown

6:30pm

6:30pmThe Boychick Affair--The Bar Mitzvah of Harry Boychick
A new interactive comedy by the creator of Grandma Sylvia's Funeral. At Times Square Arts Center.
$72Times Square Arts Center
Midtown
6:30pmThe 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.
$35HERE Arts Center - Mainstage
Soho

7:00pm

7:00pmBolt: The Frankenstein Journals
A classical language re-telling of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, written and directed by Louis Lopardi.
$2545th Street Theatre
Midtown
7:00pmDeath of a Dream
An intimate and reflective play about domestic violence written by Nancy Genova, a survivor of domestic violence.
$30Producers Club
Midtown
7:00pmFuerza Bruta: Look Up
A new physical theater event from the creators of De La Guarda.
$75Daryl Roth Theatre
Union Square
7:00pmHow 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."
$28Cherry Lane Theatre - Studio
West Village
7:00pmLilly's Purple Plastic Purse
A dramatization by Kevin Kling of the children's story by Kevin Henkes. Presented by Mile Square Theatre.
$20Monroe Center for the Arts
Northwest Hoboken
7:00pmMade in Heaven
A comedy by Jay Bernzweig about a pair of conjoined Siamese twins who share a penis.
$59Soho Playhouse
Soho
7:00pmMuch Ado About Nothing
Queens Shakespeare, Inc. sets Shakespeare's famous romantic comedy in the world of reality television.
$15
7:00pmMy First Time
A new play written and directed by Ken Davenport featuring true accounts of first sexual experiences.
$25 - $59.99New World Stages
Midtown
7:00pmOrdinary 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
7:00pmPassing 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 - $20Nuyorican Poets Cafe
East Village
7:00pmPenny Penniworth
A revival of Chris Weikel's hilarious Dickens spoof. Presented by Emerging Artists Theatre Company.
$35TADA! Youth Theater
Chelsea
7:00pmStomp
Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its sixteenth year off-Broadway.
$40 - $72.50Orpheum
East Village
7:00pmThe Gazillion Bubble Show
A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist.
$41.50 - $86.50New World Stages
Midtown
7:00pmThe Importance of Being Earnest
A revival of the famous comedy by Oscar Wilde, set in contemporary New York City.
$15 - $18Under St. Marks
East Village
7:00pmThe Oldsmobiles
A new comedy by Roger Rosenblatt, set on New York City's Manhattan Bridge.
$40 - $45Flea
Tribeca

7:30pm

7:30pmAmericana Kamikaze
Temporary Distortion delves into the worlds of Japanese ghost stories and "J-Horror".
$20P.S. 122
East Village
7:30pmCircle Mirror Transformation
Four lost New Englanders enroll in a community center drama class experiment in this new play by Annie Baker.
$50Playwrights Horizons Peter J Sharp
Midtown
7:30pmItutu
A collaboration between choreographer Karole Armitage, composer Lukas Legeti, and West African electronica band Burkina Electric.
$20 - $45BAM Opera House
Brooklyn
7:30pmOur Town
A revival of the famous play by Thornton Wilder, directed by David Cromer.
$49.50 - $69Barrow Street Theatre
West Village
7:30pmQuartett
A new production of the play by Heiner Muller, directed by Robert Wilson. Performances are in French with English titles.
$25 - $75BAM Harvey Theatre
Brooklyn
7:30pmThe Lesser Seductions of History
A new play by August Schulenberg that follows ten characters through each year of the 1960s.
$18Cherry Pit
West Village
7:30pmThe Playboy of the Western World
Pearl Theatre Company presents a new production of J.M. Synge's famous play.
$30 - $50Manhattan Theatre Club
Midtown
7:30pmThe Understudy
Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new play by Theresa Rebeck about understudies. Julie White stars.
$70 - $80Laura Pels Theatre
Midtown

8:00pm

8:00pmA Quarreling Pair
An evening of three miniature puppet plays, including the play by that name written by American avant-garde writer Jane Bowles in the 1940s. Presented by Aphids Puppet Theatre of Australia.
$18La MaMa
East Village
8:00pmA 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 - $140Schoenfeld Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmActing Alone
A new play by David M. Korn, billed as "the true story of Lee Harvey Oswald."
$18Arclight Theatre
Upper West Side
8:00pmAfter 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 - $111.50American Airlines Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmAltar Boyz
A new musical comedy by Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila about a Christian boy band.
$25 - $75New World Stages
Midtown
8:00pmAre You There, Zeus? It's Me, Electra
A new farce by Aliza Shane, based on the famous play by Sophocles.
$18Looking Glass Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmAvenue 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 - $126.50New World Stages
Midtown
8:00pmBilly 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 - $301.50Imperial Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmBlue Man Group
A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper.
$68 - $78Astor Place Theatre
East Village
8:00pmBrecht on Brecht
Accidental Repertory Theater presents a revival of this compilation of the work of playwright Bertolt Brecht.
$15John Strasberg Studios
Midtown
8:00pmBrigadoon
Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd., presents the famous musical about a Scottish town that appears only one day every century.
$35 - $45Theatre at St. Clement's
Midtown
8:00pmBritBits 6
A program of new short plays by and/or about the British, presented by Mind the Gap Theatre.
$18Manhattan Theatre Source
West Village
8:00pmBroke-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 - $85Mitzi Newhouse Theater
Lincoln Center
8:00pmBurn the Floor
A ballroom dance revue, created, directed, and choreographed by Jason Gilkison.
$39.50 - $111.50Longacre Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmBye 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 - $136.50Henry Miller's Theatre
Theatre district
8:00pmChicago
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 - $186.50Ambassador Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmChicago City Limits
A new sketch comedy and improvisation show from the long-running comedy troupe.
$15Broadway Comedy Club
Midtown
8:00pmChildren 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.
$18The Living Theatre
Lower East Side
8:00pmCircumcise Me
In this one-man comedy, Yisrael Campbell takes the audience on a personal journey through his struggles with drugs and alcohol and his eventual salvation in the Jewish faith.
$66.50Bleecker Street Theatre
East Village
8:00pmCounty of Kings
A one-man play written and performed by slam poet Lemon Andersen about growing up a "good kid" in Brooklyn.
$50 - $60Public Theater
East Village
8:00pmCreature
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 - $35Ohio Theatre
Soho
8:00pmCycatrix Adaptitude
Taking place in four exclusive Chelsea and Williamsburg lofts, this is a performance event within a party experience. Presented by Inverse Theater Company.

8:00pmDanny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical
A musical by Robert McElwaine about the marriage and careers of Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine.
$31.50 - $75St. Luke's Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmDead Ringer
A play by Gino DiIorio set in Texas in 1885, about a rancher, his sister, and the young stranger who comes to visit them.
$35 - $40New Jersey Repertory Company
New Jersey
8:00pmDon't Leave It All To Your Children
A musical revue that celebrates the occasionally bumpy but always amusing journey as baby boomers become seniors.
$31.50 - $56.50Actors Temple Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmDown Range
A new play by Jeffrey Skinner exposing how returning soldiers survive the war at home.
$18Theater Three
Midtown
8:00pmDuchess in the Dark
A new production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in which the audience controls the lighting (via flashlights).
$12 - $18Flamboyan Theater
Lower East Side
8:00pmEl caballero del milagro
A new production of a play by Lope de Vega.
$25Teatro Circulo
East Village
8:00pmEmbraceable Me
A play by Victor L. Cahn about the journey of two friends, a man and a woman.
$35Kirk Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmFela!
A musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer, and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. This played off-Broadway last season.
$27 - $227Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmFinian'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 - $250St. James Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmFive Women Wearing the Same Dress
A revival of Alan Ball's play about the five bridesmaids in a Tennessee wedding.
$18 - $25Duo Multicultural Arts Center
East Village
8:00pmFurnace
An ensemble-based work created by Tokyo-based Butoh master Ko Murobushi and others; this is the centerpiece of the CAVE Butoh Festival.
$20Dixon Place
Lower East Side
8:00pmGlue Trap
A new solo play written and performed by acclaimed Brazilian actress Sueli Rocha, about her work in a New York City as a cleaning lady.
$15Axis Theatre
West Village
8:00pmGod of Carnage
A new play by Yasmina Reza, described as "a comedy of manners without the manners."
$66.50 - $116.50Jacobs Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmGranada
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.
$17Access Theatre
Tribeca
8:00pmHair
A revival of the The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical; this production premiered last summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.
$37 - $122Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmHamlet
Jude Law stars in Shakespeare's famous play; this production comes to NYC direct from Donmar Warehouse in London.
$25 - $251.50Broadhurst Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmHer Name Is Vincent: An Evening with Edna St. Vincent Millay
This two-part event features a cabaret about the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, followed by a performance of her play Aria da Capo.
$18Dorothy Strelsin Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmHinterland
A new play by Benjamin Adair Murphy, described as a modern homage to the tales of the Brothers Grimm.
$10Roy Arias Studios & Theatres
Midtown
8:00pmHoly Days
Retro Productions presents Sally Nemeth's play, set during the Great Depression.
$18Spoon Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmI Got Sick Then I Got Better
A one-woman show written and performed by Jenny Allen, described as "a wrenching comic riff on one woman's adventures after falling down the medical rabbit hole."
$45
8:00pmI need more and The Art of Making Dances
A program of new short dance pieces by Nancy Garcia and Chase Granoff.
$12The Kitchen
Chelsea
8:00pmIdiot 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 - $70Public Theater
East Village
8:00pmIn 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 - $121.50Richard Rodgers Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmIn the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
A new play by Sarah Ruhl; presented by Lincoln Center Theater.
$46.50 - $91.50Lyceum Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmJersey Boys
A new musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
$62 - $352August Wilson Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmKiss 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."
$18Center Stage
Chelsea
8:00pmLet 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.
$70Second Stage
Midtown
8:00pmLittle Tragedies
The world premiere in English verse of four short plays by Alexander Pushkin.
$18Baryshnikov Arts Center
Midtown
8:00pmLoaded
A new play by Elliot Ramon Potts about a relationship between two gay men, one middle-aged and one much younger.
$49Lion Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmLord Buckley & Marilyn
A double-bill of solo plays about Lord Buckley and Marilyn Monroe.
$18Richmond Shepard Theatre
Gramercy Park
8:00pmLove 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 - $69.50New World Stages
Midtown
8:00pmLove, 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.
$75Westside Downstairs
Midtown
8:00pmMamma 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 - $201.50Winter Garden Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmMary Poppins
A musical based on the 1964 Walt Disney film and the stories of P.L. Travers.
$20 - $120New Amsterdam Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmMe Equals This + Happy Girl
Two original plays by Brian Leider that each follow two friends through an interaction that is alternately implosive and explosive.
$18
8:00pmMemphis
A new musical set in Memphis in the 1950s about a white DJ whose love of music transcends racial barriers.
$41.50 - $126.50Shubert Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmMiss Coco Peru is Undaunted!
An uncensored evening of sassy songs, amusing anecdotes, and moving autobiographical stories by the acclaimed drag artist.
$20Laurie Beechman Theater
Midtown
8:00pmMonster Uprising
Figment Theatre presents a program of three new one-act plays presenting off-kilter takes on classic movie monsters.
$20 - $25Access Theatre
Tribeca
8:00pmNew York Nuts Three
A program of original short plays from Aching Dogs Theater Company.
$15Hudson Guild
Chelsea
8:00pmNext 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 - $116.50Booth Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmNightingale
A new play written and performed by Lynn Redgrave, inspired by her need to discover memories of her grandmother--a woman she barely knew.
$75Manhattan Theatre Club
Midtown
8:00pmOleanna
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 - $116.50John Golden Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmOr,
A new play by Liz Duffy Adams about the life of playwright/spy Aphra Behn.
$52Julia Miles (WPP) Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmOver 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.
$1878th Street Theatre Lab
Upper West Side
8:00pmPenang
A revival of James Larocca's play about two American soldiers in Vietnam. This play premiered in the Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2008.
$18WorkShop Theater
Midtown
8:00pmPerfect 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 - $51Snapple Theater Center
Midtown
8:00pmPeter-Wendy
A new adaptation of Peter Pan, featuring an ensemble all dressed in pajamas.
$20Walkerspace
Soho
8:00pmRabbit Hole
A revival of David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize play, presented by Hudson Stage Company.
$30
8:00pmRagtime
A revival of the musical, based on E.L. Doctorow's novel, about America at the beginning of the 20th century.
$46.50 - $126.50Neil Simon Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmRock 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 - $175Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmRosencrantz 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.
$25Gloria Maddox Theater
Chelsea
8:00pmSessions
A new production of Al Tapper's musical about a psychiatrist who is having trouble with his patients and his love life.
$50Algonquin Theater
Gramercy Park
8:00pmShow Me The Money
An evening of dance theater vignettes created specifically by choreographer Catherine Galasso for the bank vault at 14 Wall Street.
$10 - $15LMCC Swing Space
Financial District
8:00pmShrek 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 - $301.50Broadway Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmSouth 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 - $110Vivian Beaumont Theater
Lincoln Center
8:00pmSuch Things Only Happen in Books
An evening of short plays by Thornton Wilder that have not previously been professionally produced.
$51.25Clurman Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmSuperior Donuts
A play by Tracy Letts about the owner and sole employee of a decrepit donut shop in uptown Chicago.
$76.50 - $251.50Music Box Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmThe 39 Steps
A comic parody of the famous Hitchcock thriller, with four actors playing all the roles.
$99.50Helen Hayes Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmThe 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.
$65Classic Stage
Union Square
8:00pmThe Awesome '80s Prom
An interactive comedy set in a 1980s-vintage school prom. Friday and Saturday nights at Webster Hall.
$49.99 - $99.99Webster Hall
East Village
8:00pmThe 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.
$20Gene Frankel Theatre
East Village
8:00pmThe 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 - $65Irish Repertory Theatre
Chelsea
8:00pmThe Fantasticks
A revival of the musical by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt.
$51 - $76Snapple Theater Center
Midtown
8:00pmThe Hypochondriac
A new production of a contemporary re-imagining of Moliere's farce The Imaginary Invalid.
$18Cell Theatre
Chelsea
8:00pmThe Lady with All the Answers
A play by David Rambo about advice columnist Ann Landers. Judith Ivey stars.
$41 - $51Cherry Lane Theatre
West Village
8:00pmThe 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 - $55Beckett Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmThe Lemon Tree
In this new play created by Maria Logis and Makaria Psiliteli Kazakos, a Greek dream becomes an American tragedy when an immigrant's intense work ethic backfires.
$18Wild Project
East Village
8:00pmThe 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 - $121.25Minskoff Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmThe Marvelous Wonderettes
A new musical set at a high school prom in the 1950s.
$79 - $125Westside Upstairs
Midtown
8:00pmThe 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 - $201.50Majestic Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmThe Pillowman
A new production of Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about the interrogation of a fiction writer; presented by Astoria Performing Arts Center.
$15 - $18Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
Astoria
8:00pmThe Royal Family
Manhattan Theatre Club presents a revival of the George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferber comedy about a theatrical dynasty.
$47 - $97Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmThe 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.
$61.25Acorn Theatre
Midtown
8:00pmThe Supper Club of Lost Causes
Nightmares and vaudeville in a mildewed, long-forgotten nightspot in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
$15Theater for the New City
East Village
8:00pmThe Thickness of Skin
A new play by Clare McIntyre about our responsiblity to others.
$25Barrow Group
Midtown
8:00pmThe Toxic Avenger
A new musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro based on the 1985 cult sci-fi film.
$51.50 - $71.50New World Stages
Midtown
8:00pmThe Verge
Performance Lab 115 strips Susan Glaspell's proto-feminist behemoth of a play in order to reveal its dark, dangerous soul.
$17Ontological Theatre
East Village
8:00pmThis
A new play by Melissa James Gibson about a single mother who is trying to become a poet.
$65Playwrights Horizons Mainstage
Midtown
8:00pmTony 'n Tina's Wedding
The long-running interactive comedy, featuring a wedding and dinner/reception. At Sofia's Restaurant on 46th Street.
$87 - $125Sofia's Restaurant
Midtown
8:00pmTop of the Heap
A new musical by Jeffrey Lodin and William Squier about the year that the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees squared off in the World Series.
$18Gallery Players
Park Slope
8:00pmVigil
A play by Canadian author Morris Panych about a selfish bank drudge who is tending to the wealthy dying aunt he hasn't seen in 30 years.
$65DR2
Union Square
8:00pmWest Side Story
A revival of the classic musical, directed by Arthur Laurents (who wrote the book).
$46.50 - $121.50Palace Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmWicked
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 - $250Gershwin Theatre
Theatre District
8:00pmWishful 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 - $111.50Studio 54
Theatre District
8:00pmbauhaus 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.
$18Brooklyn Lyceum
Park Slope

8:15pm

8:15pmGood Bobby
A play by Brian Lee Franklin that chronicles the formative and adult lives of Robert F. Kennedy. Presented by Greenway Arts Alliance.
$3559E59
Midtown

8:30pm

8:30pmJudy Garland Live!
Tommy Femia portrays Judy Garland in this cabaret show. With special guest stars.
$20Don't Tell Mama
Midtown
8:30pmRed Sea Fish
A new play by Matt Wilkinson about a retired thief and his son. This is part of the Brits Off Broadway festival.
$2559E59
Midtown

9:00pm

9:00pm4Track
An improvised show featuring a long-form piece created from a single audience suggestion.
$5Magnet Theater
Penn Station
9:00pmThe Big Bupkis! A Complete Gentile's Guide to Yiddish Vaudeville
A one-man variety show from New Yiddish Rep, starring Shane Baker.
$25
9:00pmThe Complete Performer
Emmy-winning comedy writer Ted Greenberg throws a one-man comedy party, complete with a halftime show and a cab ride home.
$15Soho Playhouse
Soho
9:00pmThe Diary of Anne Frankenstein
An absurdist re-imagining of Mary Shelley's famous novel, written by Ilya Sapiroe.
$22.5013th Street Repertory
West Village
9:00pmThe 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.
$18Flea
Tribeca

9:15pm

9:15pmLove, Linda
A new one-woman musical performed by Stevie Holland about Linda Porter and her life with her husband, Cole Porter (whose songs are used in the show).
$35Triad
Upper West Side

9:30pm

9:30pmLine
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.
$1813th Street Repertory
West Village

10:00pm

10:00pmAmericana Kamikaze
Temporary Distortion delves into the worlds of Japanese ghost stories and "J-Horror".
$20P.S. 122
East Village
10:00pmChicago City Limits
A new sketch comedy and improvisation show from the long-running comedy troupe.
$15Broadway Comedy Club
Midtown
10:00pmFuerza Bruta: Look Up
A new physical theater event from the creators of De La Guarda.
$75Daryl Roth Theatre
Union Square
10:00pmMade in Heaven
A comedy by Jay Bernzweig about a pair of conjoined Siamese twins who share a penis.
$59Soho Playhouse
Soho

10:30pm

10:30pmBaby Wants Candy
The famed improv troupe returns with a brand new fully improvised musical every Saturday night.
$20Barrow Street Theatre
West Village
10:30pmStomp
Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its sixteenth year off-Broadway.
$40 - $72.50Orpheum
East Village
10:30pmToo Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
A program of 30 plays in 60 minutes, presented by the Neo-Futurists.
$10Kraine Theatre
East Village