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 | A Man For All Seasons   
A revival of Robert Bolt's historical drama, starring Tony-winner Frank Langella as King Henry VIII's embattled Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, with Tony-winning director Doug Hughes at the helm.
Begins 9/12/2008 (more) |
|  | All My Sons
Arthur Miller's classic about the dark side of the American Dream returns to Broadway with a star-studded cast that includes Katie Holmes.
Begins 9/18/2008 (more) |
|  | American Buffalo 
A revival of David Mamet's award-winning play, starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment.
Begins 10/31/2008 (more) |
|  | August: Osage County
Critics = 4.6 Attendance = 75.7% sold last week
From Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, the Pulitzer-winning drama about the disintegration of an American family.
Winner of 5 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Play. (more) |
|  | Boeing-Boeing
Critics = 3.3Attendance = 75.5% sold last week
Christine Baranski stars in the popular stewardess-themed farce at the Longacre.
Winner of 2 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play. (more) |
|  | Equus
Peter Shaffer's psychological drama returns to Broadway, starring Daniel Radcliffe ("Harry Potter") and Richard Griffiths.
Begins 9/5/2008 (more) |
|  | The 39 Steps
Critics = 3.4Attendance = 76.4% sold last week
Popular slapstick Hitchcock spy spoof from London moves to the Cort Theatre. (more) |
|  | The Seagull
From London's Royal Court Theatre, a limited run of Checkov's drama about artistic and romantic differences among a group of theatrical types, circa 1895.
Begins 9/16/2008 (more) |
|  | To Be or Not to Be
A new comedy based on the 1942 film of the same name, featuring a veteran Broadway cast and directed by three-time Tony nominee Casey Nicholaw.
Begins 9/11/2008 (more) |
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Other Events |  | A Tale of Two Cities 
Critics = not yet ratedAttendance = 71.3% sold last week
A new musical based on Dickens' classic novel comes to Broadway in August. (more) |
|  | Avenue Q
Critics = 3.6Attendance = 76.9% sold last week
This spunky and cheerful Gen-X musical comedy for grown-ups features a cast of both puppets and live performers. (more) |
|  | Billy Elliot
Elton John's new musical about a young boy who wants to dance, not box.
Begins 10/1/2008 (more) |
|  | Chicago
Critics = 4.9Attendance = 89.6% sold last week
An elegant, minimally staged revival of Kander & Ebb's gritty musical - lust, treachery, and murder among chorus girls and backstage types in old Chicago. (more) |
|  | Grease 
Critics = 2.1Attendance = 90.1% sold last week
The pop bebop high school musical of 1950's Americana returns to The Street on the heels of a massive television talent search for the leads. (more) |
|  | Gypsy
Critics = 4.2Attendance = 66.4% sold last week
The classic showbiz musical, directed by writer Arthur Laurents and starring Patti LuPone, returns to rave reviews.
Winner of 3 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Actress for Ms. LuPone. (more) |
|  | Hairspray
Critics = 4.2Attendance = 81.0% sold last week
A sugary candied-apple of a musical in which a plus-sized teen in 1962 Baltimore discovers that she lives in the best of all possible worlds. (more) |
|  | In The Heights
Critics = 3.1Attendance = 94.0% sold last week
A new musical about the vibrant cultural mix that is upper Manhattan.
Winner of 4 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) |
|  | Irving Berlin's White Christmas
A musical based on the classic 1954 film (and featuring Irving Berlin's great score) comes to NYC for the first time after several years of seasonal runs in the hinterlands.
Begins 11/14/2008 (more) |
|  | Jersey Boys
Critics = 3.6Attendance = 100.3% sold last week
A bio-revue telling the story and singing the songs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. (more) |
|  | Legally Blonde
Critics = 2.4Attendance = 73.1% sold last week
A musical comedy based on the popular movie about a ditzy Harvard Law student plays the Palace. (more) |
|  | Mamma Mia
Critics = 3.1Attendance = 101.3% sold last week
A surprisingly popular choice among the suburban set, this lively pop musical features the songs of the 70’s europop group ABBA, played to enthusiastic nightly standing ovations. (more) |
|  | Mary Poppins
Critics = 3.4Attendance = 88.2% sold last week
The classic songs of the Disney movie are used in this family-friendly Broadway megamusical, telling the tale of that charming nanny of Edwardian London in a perfectly supercalifragilisticexpialidocious manner. (more) |
|  | Rent
Critics = 4.6Attendance = 88.2% sold last week
The Pulitzer Prize winning rock adaptation of Puccini's La Boheme set in the grungy corners of New York City.
Closes 9/7/2008 (more) |
|  | Shrek the Musical
A new stage musical based on William Steig's classic book and the mega-hit film it spawned comes to Broadway in November.
Begins 11/8/2008 (more) |
|  | South Pacific
Critics = 4.3Attendance = 99.9% sold last week
A revival of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical plays the main hall at Lincoln Center Theater.
Winner of 7 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. (more) |
|  | Spamalot
Critics = 3.7Attendance = 67.6% sold last week
The unmistakable humor of the erudite idiots of Monty Python comes to Broadway, disguised as musical comedy. (more) |
|  | Spring Awakening
Critics = 4.7Attendance = 72.1% sold last week
An alt-rock adaptation of Wedekind's controversial drama of youthful desire, the show received the best set of reviews in recent seasons. Now featuring Hunter Parrish (from TV's "Weeds") in the heartthrob role. (more) |
|  | The Lion King
Critics = 4.6Attendance = 100.0% sold last week
Julie Taymor's inventive retelling of Disney's animated hit took Broadway by storm in 1997, and is still running strong. Puppets and live actors weave a dreamscape of jungle characters as we follow the rise of young Simba to the throne. (more) |
|  | The Little Mermaid
Critics = 2.0Attendance = 98.6% sold last week
New from Disney, an adaptation of the popular underwater fantasia. (more) |
|  | The Phantom of the Opera
Critics = 3.5Attendance = 96.1% sold last week
A hideously deformed man lives in the cellars of the Paris Opera and takes a stunningly beautiful soprano as a student in this classic show - the longest running production in Broadway history. (more) |
|  | Thirteen
From prolific and unpredictable composer Jason Robert Brown (past credits range from the low-brow "Urban Cowboy" to the high-brow "Parade"), a new musical about a New York kid transplanted to the Midwest just before his bar mitzvah.
Begins 9/16/2008 (more) |
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Critics = 2.9Attendance = 45.1% sold last week
This is the listing for a show at the Lyceum Theatre about a show at the Lyceum Theatre which is listed here. (more) |
|  | Wicked
Critics = 2.7Attendance = 100.0% sold last week
Ever wondered what happened in Oz before Dorothy dropped in? This musical about the teenage years of the Good Witch and the Green Witch is a family-friendly spectacle housed in one of Broadway’s largest and most comfortable theatres. (more) |
| |  | Young Frankenstein
Critics = 2.0Attendance = no performances last week
The new musical comedy from Mel Brooks based on his popular film. (more) |
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Upcoming Broadway Shows |
Past Broadway Shows
Critics' rating is our interpretation of major NYC newspaper reviews.
"% Sold" data is provided by the League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. for the last full week of performances.
The 39 venues designated as Broadway theatres are located in a relatively small geographic region. With only a couple of exceptions, Broadway theaters are located in the area between 41st Street and 52nd Street, and between Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) and Eighth Avenue.
Broadway productions are often enormous in scale, costing millions to produce, and sometimes feature some of the most popular and entertaining actors in the world. The sets and costumes are usually quite extravagant, and the musicals usually feature orchestras of ten to thirty musicians.
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