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Current NYC Family Events - musicals ( ) and discounted shows ( ) are indicated.
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 | | | Broadway's Palace Theatre | Through Jan 5 | | The well-loved musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip is back on Broadway - now starring Emmy-winner Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan. Nominated for one Tony Award - Best Revival of a Musical. |
|  | | | Astor Place Theatre | Through Sep 29 | | The nonverbal performance of "blue men" exploring themes of alienation, depersonalization, and paint. |
|  | | | Broadway's Broadway Theatre | Through Jan 5 | | Rodgers and Hammerstein's made-for-TV classic, newly adapted for the stage by Tony-nominee Douglas Carter Beane, is now on Broadway. Nominated for 9 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. |
|  | | | Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre | Through Oct 19 | | This lively pop musical featuring the songs of the '70s Swedish super-group ABBA has been playing to enthusiastic nightly standing ovations for more than a decade. |
|  | | | Broadway's Shubert Theatre | Through Apr 6 | | The Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's book has come to Broadway, and seems destined for a long, successful run. Nominated for 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical. |
|  | | | Broadway's Nederlander Theatre | Through Nov 17 | | Now in its second year on Broadway, Disney's high-energy musical about the newsboy strike of 1899 is a solid hit. Winner of 2 Tony Awards - Best Score and Best Choreography. |
|  | | | Broadway's Foxwoods Theatre | Through Dec 22 | | Despite well-publicized technical issues and performance delays, the new musical about Marvel's marvelous superhero finally opened on Broadway and now seems set for a long run. |
|  | | | Orpheum Theatre | Through Aug 31 | | A percussion show that celebrates the power of rhythm and the sheer joy of banging on things. |
|  | | | Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater | May 25 - Aug 25 | At the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater near Lincoln Center, a new musical for families based on the well-loved children's book series.
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|  | | | New World Stages | Through Sep 15 | | At the New World Stages in midtown, a family-friendly extravaganza created by Fan Yang (holder of 12 Guinness World Records) wherein many bubbles are blown under hi-tech lighting. |
|  | | | Broadway's Minskoff Theatre | Through Jan 5 | | In Julie Taymor's inventive retelling of Disney's animated hit, puppets and live actors weave a dreamscape of jungle characters as we follow the rise of young Simba to the throne. Winner of 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. |
|  | | | St. Luke's Theatre (A) | May 25 - Aug 10 | | At St. Luke's in midtown, a re-telling of C.S. Lewis' classic tale of Narnia, featuring just 2 performers playing the human, animal, and super-natural characters that populate the epic story. |
|  | | | Broadway's Majestic Theatre | Through Sep 28 | | In this classic musical - the longest running production in Broadway history - a hideously deformed man lives in the cellars of the Paris Opera and takes a stunningly beautiful soprano as a student. Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. |
|  | | | Broadway's Gershwin Theatre | Through Jan 19 | | 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. |
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Written by Tim Hawkins (find Tim on Google+) |
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