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By Playbill Staff
20 Aug 2008

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES

• Al Hirschfeld Theatre
  
• First Preview: Aug. 19
  
• Opening: Sept. 18
  
• Director: Warren Carlyle
  
• Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
  
• Cast: James Barbour, Aaron Lazar, Gregg Edelman, Mackenzie Mauzy, Natalie Toro
  
• Jill Santoriello's musical inspired by the Charles Dickens classic.

• Broadhurst Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 5
  
• Opening: Sept. 25
  
• Director: Thea Sharrock
  Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Kate Mulgrew and Richard Griffiths
  
• Transfer of the recent London revival of the Peter Shaffer play about a troubled stable boy.

• Walter Kerr Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 16
  
• Opening: Oct. 1
  
• Director: Ian Rickson
  
• Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Peter Sarsgaard, Zoe Kazan
  
• Transfer of London Royal Court production of Anton Chekhov's classic drama translated by Christopher Hampton.

• Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 11
  
• Opening: Oct. 2
  
• Director: Casey Nicholaw
  
• Cast: Brian Murray, Peter Benson, Craig Bierko, Steve Kazee, Jan Maxwell and Kristine Nielsen
  
• Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Nick Whitby's 1939-set black comedy centering on a German acting troupe.

• Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 16
  
• Opening: Oct. 5
  
• Director: Jeremy Sams
  
• Choreographer: Christopher Gattelli
  
• Cast: Al Calderon, Eamon Foley, Caitlin Gann, Ariana Grande, Aaron Simon Gross, Elizabeth Gillies, Malik Hammond, Joey La Varco, Delaney Moro, Eric Nelsen, Graham Phillips, Allie Trimm and Brynn Williams
  
• Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish's new musical centering on a teen who is uprooted from his old life and forced to make new friends and maneuver through the minefield of high school to become part of the "in-crowd."

• American Airlines Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 12
  
• Opening: Oct. 7
  
• Director: Doug Hughes
  
• Cast: Frank Langella
  
• Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Robert Bolt's historical drama based on the life of Sir Thomas More.

• Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 18
  
• Opening: Oct. 16
  
• Director: Simon McBurney
  
• Cast: John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Katie Holmes
  
• Revival of Arthur Miller's 1947-set drama about a man whose past comes back to haunt him.

• Barrymore Theatre
  
• First Preview: Oct. 3
  
• Opening: Oct. 23
  
• Director: Neil Pepe
  
• Cast: Jeremy Piven, Raul Esparza and Elisabeth Moss
  
• Revival of David Mamet's Hollywood-set tale of two execs hot on making a blockbuster.

  BILLY ELLIOT

  • Imperial Theatre
    
  • First Preview: Oct. 1
    
  • Opening: Nov. 13
    
  • Director: Stephen Daldry
    
  • Choreographer: Peter Darling
    
  • Cast: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish; Haydn Gwynne, Gregory Jbara, Carole Shelley, Santino Fontana, Leah Hocking
    
  • New Elton John-Lee Hall musical based on the film of the same name about a working-class boy's dream of becoming a ballet dancer.

  AMERICAN BUFFALO
  • Belasco Theatre
    
  • First Preview: Oct. 31
    
  • Opening: Nov. 17
    
  • Director: Robert Falls
    Cast: John Leguizamo and Cedric The Entertainer
    
  • Revival of David Mamet drama centering on a trio who plan to steal a coin collection.

  DIVIDING THE ESTATE
  • Booth Theatre
    
  • First Preview: Oct. 23
    
  • Opening: Nov. 20
    
  • Director: Michael Wilson
    
  • Cast: Elizabeth Ashley, Arthur French, Hallie Foote, Penny Fuller and Gerald McRaney
    
  • Transfer of the Primary Stages Off-Broadway mounting of Horton Foote's human comedy.

  PAL JOEY
  • Studio 54
    
  • First Preview: Nov. 11
    
  • Opening: Dec. 11
    
  • Director: Joe Mantello
    
  • Choreographer: Graciela Daniele
    
  • Cast: Stockard Channing, Christian Hoff and Martha Plimpton
    
  • Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart musical (with new book by Richard Greenberg) about a scheming charmer.

  SHREK
  • Broadway Theatre
    
  • First Preview: Nov. 8
    
  • Opening: Dec. 14
    
  • Director: Jason Moore
    
  • Choreographer: Josh Prince
    
  • Cast: Brian d'Arcy James, Chester Gregory II, Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia and Kecia Lewis-Evans
    
  • New Jeanine Tesori/David Lindsay-Abaire musical about an ogre and his fairytale journey.

  IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS
  • Marquis Theatre
    
  • First Preview: Nov. 14
    
  • Opening: Nov. 23
    
  • Director: Walter Bobbie
    
  • Choreographer: Randy Skinner
  • Cast: TBA
    
  • Broadway debut of the stage musical based on the 1954 film with a David Ives and Paul Blake libretto.

  FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
  • Circle in the Square Theatre
    
  • First Preview: TBA
    
  • Opening: TBA
    
  • Director: Shirley Jo Finney
    
  • Choreographer: Hinton Battle
    
  • Cast: India.Arie
    
  • Revival (with revisions) of Ntozake Shange's work centering on seven women.

  VANITIES
  • Theatre: TBA
    
  • First Preview: Fall 2008
    
  • Opening: TBA
    
  • Director: Judith Ivey
    
  • Choreographer: Dan Knechtges
    
  • Cast: Lauren Kennedy, Sarah Stiles and Anneliese van der Pol
    
  • New musical by Jack Heifner (book) and David Kirshenbaum (music and lyrics) based on the 1976 comedy.

  2009

  THE STORY OF MY LIFE

  • Theatre: TBA
    
  • First Preview: December
    
  • Opening: January 2009
    
  • Director: Richard Maltby, Jr.
    
  • Cast: TBA
    
  • New musical by Neil Bartram (score) and Brian Hill (book) about a writer who returns home to eulogize his lifelong friend.

  THE AMERICAN PLAN
  • Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
    
  • First Preview: Jan. 2, 2009
    
  • Opening: Jan. 22
    
  • Director: David Grindley
    
  • Cast: TBA
    
  • Manhattan Theatre Club's revival of Richard Greenberg's 1960's Catskill-set play centering on a mother and daughter.

  HEDDA GABLER
  • American Airlines Theatre
    
  • First Preview: Jan. 6, 2009
    
  • Opening: Jan. 25
    
  • Director: Ian Rickson
    
  • Cast: Mary-Louise Parker
    
  • Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Henrik Ibsen classic adapted by Christopher Shinn.

  REASONS TO BE PRETTY
  • Theatre: TBA
    
  • First Preview: Feb. 13, 2009
    
  • Opening: TBA
    
  • Director: Terry Kinney
    
  • Cast: Piper Perabo, Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski and Pablo Schreiber
    
  • Transfer of MCC Theatre's production of Neil LaBute's new drama focusing on the obsession with physical beauty.

  WEST SIDE STORY
  • Theatre: TBA
    
  • First Preview: Feb. 23, 2009
    
  • Opening: March 19
    
  • Director: Arthur Laurents
    
  • Choreographer: Joey McKneely (recreating Jerome Robbins' work)
  • Cast: TBA
    
  • A revival of the Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical take on Romeo and Juliet.

  ACCENT ON YOUTH
  • Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
    
  • First Preview: April 7, 2009
    
  • Opening: April 29
    
  • Director: Daniel Sullivan
    
  • Cast: David Hyde Pierce
    
  • Manhattan Theatre Club's revival of Samson Raphaelson's comedy centering on a playwright inspired by a new muse.

  9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL
  • Marquis Theatre
    
  • First Preview: March 24, 2009
    
  • Opening: April 23, 2009
    
  • Director: Joe Mantello
    
  • Choreographer: Andy Blankenbuehler
    
  • Cast: Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty and Marc Kudisch
    
  • New musical based on the Patricia Resnick-penned film featuring new songs by Dolly Parton.

  DANCIN'
  • Studio 54
    
  • First Preview: April 17, 2009
    
  • Opening: TBA
    
  • Director: Graciela Daniele
    
  • Cast: TBA
    
  • Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of the musical revue featuring the work of Bob Fosse.

  IMPRESSIONISM
  • Theatre: TBA
    
  • First Preview: Spring 2009
    
  • Opening: TBA
    
  • Director: Jack O’Brien
    
  • Cast: Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons
    
  • New play by Michael Jacobs about photojournalist and gallery owner who discover each other.

  MARY STUART
  • Theatre: TBA
    
  • First Preview: Spring 2009
    
  • Opening: TBA
    
  • Director: Phyllida Lloyd
    
  • Cast: Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter
    
  • Transfer of the London revival of Friedrich Schiller's classic about the relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.

  IN THE WORKS

  THE ADDAMS FAMILY

  • Attached: Andrew Lippa (Music and lyrics), Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (book), Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Director/designers), Elephant Eye Theatrical (Producer)
    
  • New musical comedy inspired by the macabre characters of illustrator Charles Addams.

  ANGELS
  • Attached: Ken Lai (book, music and lyrics) and Marcus Cheong (book and lyrics), Rich Fowler (Director), Robert Cuccioli, Jessica Grové and Nicholas Rodriguez (Actors), Marcus Cheong, Frank Monteleone, Dale Smith (Producers)
    
  • New musical based on the epic Milton poem "Paradise Lost."

  BIG TIME
  • Attached: Douglas Carter Beane (Book), Douglas J. Cohen (Music and Lyrics), Christopher Ashley (Director), Robert Ahrens (Producer)
    
  • New musical about down-on-their-luck lounge singers on a U.N. cruise ship that is held hostage by terrorists.

  BRIGADOON
  • Attached: Rob Ashford (Director), John Guare (New Book), Ostar Productions and Liza Lerner (Producers)
    
  • Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical centering on two Americans journey in Scotland.

  BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST
  • Attached: Bartlett Sher (Director), Elephant Eye Theatrical (Producer), Dou Dou Huang (Choreographer)
    
  • A new David Yazbek-David Henry Hwang musical centering on the martial arts movie star.

  CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
  • Attached: Marc Shaiman (Music, Lyrics), Scott Wittman (Lyrics), Terrence McNally (Book), Jack O'Brien (Director), Jerry Mitchell (Choreographer)
    
  • New musical based on the film of the same name.

  DIRTY DANCING
  • Attached: Josef Brown, Amanda Leigh Cobb and Britta Lazenga (Actors), Eleanor Bergstein (Concept, Book), James Powell (Director), Kate Champion (Choreographer), Jacobsen Entertainment in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions (Producers)
    
  • New stage show (currently touring) based on the film of the same name.

  DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS
  • Attached: Robert Falls (Director), Brian Dennehy (Actor), Jeffrey Richards (Producer)
    
  • Transfer of the Goodman Theatre staging of the Eugene O'Neill drama.

  FATHER OF THE BRIDE
  • Attached: Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman (Book)
    
  • New musical based on the film of the same name.

  THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
  • Attached: Michael Mayer (Director)
    
  • Joanna Murray-Smith's new drama centering on a feminist author who suddenly gets writer's block.

  FENCES
  • Attached: Suzan-Lori Parks (Director)
    
  • Revival of August Wilson's drama about a former Negro League baseball player who is now a garbage man.

  GODSPELL
  • Attached: Daniel Goldstein (Director), Christopher Gattelli (Choreographer), Gavin Creel, Diana DeGarmo, Joshua Henry (Actors), Adam Epstein (Producer)
    
  • Revival of the Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak musical based on "The Gospel According to St. Matthew."

  GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
  • Attached: Kenny Leon (Director), Todd Kreidler (adaptation) Jeffrey Finn Productions (Producer)
    
  • New play based on the film of the same name.

  GUYS AND DOLLS
  • Attached: Des McAnuff (Director), Sergio Trujillo (Choreographer), Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group with Tulchin/Bartner and Darren Bagert (Producer)
    
  • Revival of the Damon Runyon-based musical by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

  HOUDINI
  • Attached: Danny Elfman (Music), David Yazbek (Lyrics), Kurt Andersen (Book), Jack O'Brien (Director)
    
  • New musical centering on the magician and master escape artist.

  LEAP OF FAITH
  • Attached: Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyrics), Janus Cercone (Book), Taylor Hackford (Director)
    
  • New musical based on the film of the same name.

  MERRY-GO-ROUND
  • Attached: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (Music and Lyrics), Paul Butler and Fred Fox, Jr. (Book), Andy Belling (Director), Larry Sousa (Choreographer), Bob Mackie (Costumes), Jack Stein & JNS Entertainment(Producers)
    
  • New musical about a troubled young man whose estranged father helps him travels back in time on the magical title device.

  NERDS://A MUSICAL SOFTWARE SATIRE
  • Attached: Erik Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton (Book, Lyrics), Hal Goldberg (Music), Philip Wm. McKinley (Director)
    
  • New musical comedy following computer techies Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

  NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
  • Attached: Harry Connick, Jr. (Actor), Joe DiPietro (book), Broadway Across America (Producer)
    
  • New musical comedy with George and Ira Gershwin songs about a Long Island playboy.

  PURE COUNTRY
  • Attached: Steve Dorff (Music, Lyrics), John Bettis (Lyrics), Rex McGee and Peter Masterson (Book), Peter Masterson (Director), Sean Curran (Choreographer)
    
  • New musical based on the film of the same name.

  ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS
  • Attached: Peter Ackerman (book) Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen (score), Casey Nicholaw (Director, Choreographer), Barry Brown, Bruce Charet, Dennis Mastro, Dennis Farina and Billy Campbell (Producers)br>
  • A re-thinking of the 1964 Warner Brothers film of the same name.

  RUSSIAN ON THE SIDE
  • Attached: Mark Nadler (Performer and Creator), Mark Waldrop (Director), Michael Alden and Karen Lotman (Producers)br>
  • One-man “comedy-in-music adventure” featuring the great American songbook music and gossip about its composers.

  UNTITLED MANDELA/APARTHEID MUSICAL
  • Attached: Zindzi Mandela (Book), Welcome Msomi (Creator), Routh/Frankel/Baruch/Viertel Group and PSE Broadway LLC (Producers)
    
  • A new musical about South Africa's struggle for freedom from apartheid.

  WAITING FOR GODOT
  • Attached: Garry Hynes (Director), Elizabeth I. McCann, Seattle Repertory Theatre and Joey Parnes (Producers)
    
  • Transfer of the Seattle Rep revival of the Samuel Beckett classic.

  WHITE NOISE
  • Attached: Ryan J. Davis (Conceiver), Joe Drymala (book and score), Ben Cohn and Sean McDaniel, Rick Crom, Glen Kelly, Laurence O'Keefe, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and Eric Svejcar (additional songs), Sibling Theatricals, Inc. and Holly Way & Co. (Producers)
    
  • New musical, seen at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival, centering on sibling songwriters.

  WISHFUL DRINKING
  • Attached: Tony Taccone (Director), Carrie Fisher (Actor), Jonathan Reinis (Producer)
    
  • Fisher's auto-biographical solo show based on her life and career.

  THE WIZ
  • Attached: Des McAnuff (Director),
    
  • Re-imagined production of the Charlie Smalls-William F. Brown musical based on L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

  
  

  

  
  
  
  

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