Now Playing: Musicals
July 6 - July 12
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LAST CHANCE!
These shows are closing this week
The Full Monty: A revival of the musical about six out-of-work guys who decide to create a male strip act. Elaine Stritch plays their manager. Closes July 12, 2009.
REVIEWED BY DAVID IAN LEE
9 To 5: The Musical: A musical based on the film about three office workers who kidnap their tyrannical boss. Dolly Parton provides the score.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Altar Boyz: A new musical comedy by Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila about a Christian boy band.
An Evening at the Carlyle: A new musical revue by Albert M. Tapper that takes place at the famed Bemelmans Bar in the Hotel Carlyle.
Avenue Q: An irreverent new musical, which features an integrated puppet and human cast, about life on a fictitious New York street inhabited by young people looking for love and happiness. Closes September 13, 2009.
Beggars Rain: A one-man folk musical about the Great Depression, written and performed by Robert Firpo-Cappiello. Closes August 27, 2009.
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.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Boogie Rican Blvd: The Musical: A musical written and performed by Caridad De La Luz. Presented by Urban Lifestyle Media. Closes July 26, 2009.
Broadway in Bryant Park: A series of hour-long free lunchtime concerts, featuring performers from Broadway and off-Broadway. Closes August 13, 2009.
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.
Danny and Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical: A musical by Robert McElwaine about the marriage and careers of Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine.
REVIEWED BY JASON S. GROSSMAN
Don't Leave It All To Your Children: A musical revue that celebrates the occasionally bumpy but always amusing journey as baby boomers become seniors.
Flanagan's Wake: An interactive Irish wake. This show has been running in Chicago for 15 years.
For Lovers Only (Love Songs Nothing But Love Songs): A new musical revue celebrating romance, with more than 100 famous love songs performed by a cast of five.
Gauguin/Savage Light: A one-man show written and performed by George Fischoff about the painter Paul Gauguin.
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. Closes August 30, 2009.
Hair: A revival of the The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical; this production premiered last summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
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.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Jersey Boys: A new musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
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.
Mary Poppins: A musical based on the 1964 Walt Disney film and the stories of P.L. Travers.
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.
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.
REVIEWED BY JO ANN ROSEN
Pinkalicious: 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. Closes August 30, 2009.
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.
REVIEWED BY DAVID GORDON
Sessions: A new production of Al Tapper's musical about a psychiatrist who is having trouble with his patients and his love life.
REVIEWED BY SHELLEY MOLAD
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.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
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.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Stomp: Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its twelfth year off-Broadway.
Stone Soup: Literally Alive Children's Theatre presents a musical by Michael Sgouros and Brenda Bell. It is set in Revolutionary War America, where two lost soldiers stumble upon the "perfect" village while searching for food and shelter. Closes August 16, 2009.
Thank You For Being A Friend: The Musical: A musical parody by Nick Brennan and Luke Jones inspired by a popular 1980s sitcom about four older ladies sharing a Florida bungalow. Closes August 23, 2009.
The Awesome '80s Prom: An interactive comedy set in a 1980s-vintage school prom. Friday and Saturday nights at Webster Hall.
The Bully: A new production of the musical for children by John Gregor and David L. Williams about a nerd and a bully who accidentally go to the wrong schools for a day. Closes August 2, 2009.
The Fantasticks: A revival of the musical by Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt.
The Greenwich Village Follies: A revival of the musical revue by Andrew Frank and Doug Silver that explores the history and culture of NYC's Greenwich Village. Closes September 26, 2009.
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.
The Little House Of Cookies: TADA! Youth Theater presents a revival of their musical based on Eleanor Clymer's The Tiny Little House. Closes August 1, 2009.
The Little Mermaid: A new musical from Disney Theatrical Productions, based on the animated film and the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Closes August 30, 2009.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
The Made Up Musical: A weekly improv show in which the cast creates an original musical right before the audience's eyes. At the Magnet Theater.
The Marvelous Wonderettes: A new musical set at a high school prom in the 1950s.
REVIEWED BY ROBIN ROTHSTEIN
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.
The Tin Pan Alley Rag: Roundabout Theatre Company presents the NY premiere of a musical that imagines a meeting between Irving Berlin and Scott Joplin. In previews; opens on July 14, 2009.
The Toothache of King Farfan: Teatro SEA presents a new production of the classic children's operetta. Performances are this week only.
The Toxic Avenger: A new musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro based on the 1985 cult sci-fi film.
REVIEWED BY DAVID GORDON
Vanities: A new musical based on Jack Heifner's play about the friendship of three women over three turbulent decades. In previews; opens on July 16, 2009.
West Side Story: A revival of the classic musical, directed by Arthur Laurents (who wrote the book).
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
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.
