 | 3 Kinds of Exile     At its home in Chelsea, Atlantic Theater presents Tony-winner John Guare's new play based on the stories of three real émigrés - an exiled actress, a writer and a mysterious traveler. ( more) |
 | A Family For All Occasions At the Bank Street Theater, LAByrinth presents the world premiere of a new work from the team responsible for the Off-Broadway hit "Jack Goes Boating," playwright Bob Glaudini and director Philip Seymour Hoffman. ( more) |
 | Avenue Q  Critics = 4.4 A spunky and cheerful Gen-X musical for grown-ups featuring a cast of both puppets and live performers....the Tony-winning Broadway production was recently downsized and re-opened Off-Broadway at the New World Stages in midtown. ( more) |
 | Basilica At the venerable Cherry Lane, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents Mando Alvarado's drama about a God-fearing Texan forced to face his dicey past. ( more) |
 | Black Angels Over Tuskegee Critics = 3.3In midtown, just steps from the Broadway district, an inspirational play about America's first black military airmen. ( more) |
 | Blue Man Group  Critics = 3.0The nonverbal performance of "blue men" exploring themes of alienation, depersonalization, and paint. ( more) |
 | Bunty Berman Presents... Critics = 2.7At the Acorn on Theatre Row, the New Group presents a new musical comedy about a Bollywood film producer struggling keep his company afloat. ( more) |
 | Colin Quinn Unconstitutional At the Barrow Street Theatre, comedian Colin Quinn ponders a weighty question - "is this what the founding fathers planned?" ( more) |
 | Collapse Critics = 4.0At City Center, Women's Project presents the NYC premiere of Allison Moore's comedy....the San Francisco Chronicle called the play "seriously funny." ( more) |
 | Cougar The Musical Critics = 3.8At St. Lukes Theatre in midtown, a new musical about three disillusioned women who unleash their "inner cougar" by dating younger men. ( more) |
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 | Far From Heaven Playwrights Horizons presents a new musical adapted from Scott Haynes' Oscar-nominated film, starring Tony-nominee Kelli O'Hara as a late '50s housewife facing a family crisis. ( more) |
 | Fried Chicken and Latkes Rain Pryor stars in her solo show about growing up with an African-American father (the late, great Richard Pryor) and a Jewish mother. ( more) |
 | Fuerza Bruta Critics = 3.2The Argentinian performance group "De La Guarda" returns to NYC with another acrobatic spectacular. ( more) |
 | Here Lies Love Critics = 4.8At the Public, a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience exploring the extraordinary life of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos. ( more) |
 | I'm A Stranger Here Myself At the York Theatre, Mark Nadler performs the songs of Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Marlene Dietrich and others as he explores the depths of the European expatriate experiences in the tumultuous early decades of the Twentieth Century. ( more) |
 | Love Therapy At the DR2 in Union Square, two-time Tony-nominee Alison Fraser stars in Australian playwright Wendy Beckett's new drama. ( more) |
 | Murder Ballad At the Union Square Theatre, an encore production of the well-received rock musical about a love triangle gone bad. ( more) |
 | My Big Gay Italian Wedding An unapologetically derivative play with music (including a hip-hop version of "Ave Maria"), this comedy seems to borrow liberally from the hit film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and Off-Broadway's long-running "Tony and Tina's Wedding." ( more) |
 | My Name is Asher Lev Critics = 3.8At the Westside Theatre in midtown, a new play based on a novel by Chaim Potok (author of the best seller "The Chosen") about a Hasidic Jewish boy's struggle to reconcile tradition and art. ( more) |
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 | Newsical the Musical Critics = 3.0A topical musical revue the Associated Press described as "Comedy Central's 'Daily Show' set to music." ( more) |
 | Nikolai And The Others Critics = 3.3Lincoln Center Theater presents Richard Nelson's new play imagining the relationship between choreographer George Balanchine and composer Igor Stravinsky (plus various friends, lovers, wives, ex-wives, supporters and dancers) during their historic collaboration on the ballet ORPHEUS. ( more) |
 | Old Hats Critics = 4.3Signature Theatre presents a new work from Bill Irwin and David Shiner, the dynamic duo responsible for the unlikely Broadway hit "Fool Moon." ( more) |
 | Old Jews Telling Jokes Critics = 4.0At the Westside Theatre in midtown, a comedy revue FOR ADULTS featuring a cast of five telling classic one-liners and singing comic songs of the past and present. ( more) |
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 | Perfect Crime Critics = 2.5A psychological murder mystery, running in a very small theatre in the heart of midtown for as long as anyone here can remember. ( more) |
 | Peter and the Starcatcher Critics = 3.7At New World Stages in midtown, a cleverly-conceived Peter Pan prequel based on Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's best-selling novel....not intended for little ones, but a fun choice for adults and kids 10 and up. ( more) |
 | Reasons to Be Happy MCC Theatre presents controversial playwright Neil LaBute's new comedy - a companion piece to his critically-acclaimed play "Reasons to Be Pretty" - starring Jenna Fischer from NBC's "The Office," Leslie Bibb, Josh Hamilton, and Fred Weller. ( more) |
 | Silence! The Musical Critics = 4.6After two successful runs downtown, the outrageous and unauthorized parody of the "The Silence of the Lambs" has moved to the Elektra Theatre in midtown. ( more) |
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 | Sleep No More Critics = 4.5At the long-abandoned McKittrick Hotel on the extreme western edge of Chelsea, one of the most unique theatrical events in memory....a site-specific Macbeth-meets-Hitchcock performance piece the NY Times calls a "merry macabre chase." ( more) |
 | Somewhere Fun The Vineyard presents Jenny Schwartz's new comedy, starring Kathleen Chalfant and Kate Mulgrew as 60-something New Yorkers looking back and looking forward. ( more) |
 | Stomp Critics = 4.0A percussion show that celebrates the power of rhythm and the sheer joy of banging on things. ( more) |
 | The Awesome 80's Prom Just outside the East Village in the heart of NYU, an interactive theatrical experience taking you back to prom night, circa 1989. ( more) |
 | The Call Critics = 3.5Playwrights Horizons and Primary Stages present Tanya Barfield's new play about a white American couple's decision to adopt an African child. ( more) |
 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle Classic Stage Company presents film star Christopher LLoyd and Tony-nominees Elizabeth A. Davis and Mary Testa in Bertolt Brecht's playful parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby. ( more) |
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 | The Gazillion Bubble Show Critics = 3.0At 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. ( more) |
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 | The Master Builder At BAM's Harvey Theatre, John Turturro stars in Ibsen's masterwork about a successful architect at the peak of his career who is undone by a much younger temptress. ( more) |
 | The Memory Show At the Duke on 42nd, Transport Group presents a contemporary musical about mothers, daughters, aging and memories - starring Broadway veterans Catherine Cox and Leslie Kritzer. ( more) |
 | The Weir The Irish Rep presents a revival of Conor McPherson's Oliver-winning play - a haunting, evocative evening of ghostly yarns and melancholy memories. ( more) |
 | Upright Citizens Brigade The big kahuna of the city's improv theatres, UCB hosts shows featuring stars from Saturday Night Live, Late Nite With Conan O'Brien, etc, rubbing elbows with the stars of tomorrow. (Or perhaps the day after.) ( more) |
