Transfer of Second Stage Theatre's Off-Broadway semi-autobiographical musical about a young woman's journey from Kansas to New York.
FALL
A LIFE IN THE THEATRE
Theatre: TBA
First Preview: TBA
Opening: TBA
Director: Neil Pepe
Cast: Patrick Stewart
A revival of David Mamet's drama centering on two thespians: an veteran performer and a relative newcomer.
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Belasco Theatre
First Preview: Oct. 2
Opening: Nov. 4
Director: Bartlett Sher
Cast: TBA
Lincoln Center Theater's presentation of a new David Yazbek-Jeffrey Lane musical inspired by the 1988 Pedro Almodóvar film.
A FREE MAN OF COLOR
Vivian Beaumont Theater
First Preview: Oct. 21
Opening: Nov. 18
Director: George C. Wolfe
Cast: TBA
Lincoln Center Theater's presentation of a new John Guare play set in 1802's New Orleans.
THE PITMEN PAINTERS
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
First Preview: TBA
Opening: TBA
Director: Max Roberts
Cast: Christopher Connel, Michael Hodgson, Ian Kelly, Brian Lonsdale, Lisa McGrillis, Deka Walmsley, David Whitaker and Phillippa Wilson
Transfer of London's Live Theatre Newcastle/National Theatre production of Lee Hall's play about 1930's miners-turned-artists.
SPIDER-MAN, TURN OFF THE DARK
Hilton Theatre
First Preview: TBA
Opening: TBA
Director: Julie Taymor
Choreographer: Daniel Ezralow
Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming and Reeve Carney
New musical based on the Marvel comic book hero featuring songs by Bono and The Edge with a book by Taymor and Glen Berger.
2011
WAR HORSE
Vivian Beaumont Theater
First Preview: March 17, 2011
Opening: April 14
Director: Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris
Cast: TBA
Lincoln Center Theater's transfer of the National Theatre's production based on the Michael Morpurgo novel.
LOVE NEVER DIES
Neil Simon Theatre
First Preview: TBA
Opening: Spring
Director: Jack O'Brien
Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell
Cast: Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Joseph Millson and Liz Robertson
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater and Ben Elton's musical continuation of The Phantom of the Opera story.
IN THE WORKS
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."
BETTY BOOP
Attached: David Foster (Music), Oscar Williams and Sally Robinson (Book), Ostar Productions (Producer)
New musical based on the classic cartoon character.
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.
BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL
Attached: Andy Blankenbuehler (Director, Choreographer), Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt (music), Amanda Green (lyrics), Jeff Whitty (Book), Universal Pictures Stage Productions with Charlie Lyons and Armyan Bernstein of Beacon Communications (Producer)
New musical set in the world of competitive cheerleading.
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.
DANCIN'
Attached: Graciela Daniele (Director, Choreographer), Roundabout Theatre Company (Producers)
Revival of the musical revue featuring the work of Bob Fosse.
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.
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.
A FEW GOOD MEN
Attached: David Esbjornson (Director ), Ken Davenport (Producer)
A revival of the Aaron Sorkin military-fueled courtroom drama.
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
Attached: India.Arie (Actor), Shirley Jo Finney (Director), Hinton Battle (Choreographer), Whoopi Goldberg and DreamTeam Entertainment Group (Producers)
Revival (with revisions) of Ntozake Shange's work centering on seven women.
GODSPELL
Attached: Daniel Goldstein (Director), Christopher Gattelli (Choreographer), Ken Davenport (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.
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.
HUGHIE/ KRAPP'S LAST TAPE
Attached: Brian Dennehy (Actor), Robert Falls/ Jennifer Tarver (Director)
Transfer of the Goodman Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill and Samuel Beckett works.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Attached: Brian Bedford (Actor, Director), Roundabout Theatre Company (Producer)
The Roundabout Theatre Company new revival of Oscar Wilde's comedy of errors.
LA BÊTE
Attached: Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce, and Joanna Lumley (Actors), Matthew Warchus (Director), Scott Landis & Sonia Friedman Productions, Roger Berlind, Robert Bartner, and Roy Furman (Producers)
Transfer of the new London revival of David Hirson's play that pits a classical dramatist against a street clown.
LEAP OF FAITH
Attached: Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyrics), Janus Cercone (Book), Rob Ashford (Director, Choreograper)
New musical based on the film of the same name.
LIBERACE: THE MAN, THE MUSIC AND THE MEMORIES
Attached: Wayland Pickard (Actor), Pamela Hall (Director), Edmund Gaynes and Nancy Bianconi (Producers)
A new musical about the life of the late pianist Lee Liberace.
LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART
Attached: Joe Mantello (Director), Roundabout Theatre Company (Producer)
Revival of Terrence McNally's play set at a Fire Island beach house on the Fourth of July.
LOVE AND MERCY
Attached: Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel (Producers)
A new Jon Robin Baitz play about a matinee idol-cum-politician, his screenwriter wife and novelist daughter.
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.
MINSKY'S
Attached: Casey Nicholaw (Director/Choreographer), Kevin McCollum and Bob Boyett (Producers)
Transfer of the new Charles Strouse-Susan Birkenhead-Bob Martin musical centering on a burlesque impresario.
THE MOUNTAINTOP
Attached: Kenny Leon (Director), Jean Doumanian and Sonia Friedman (Producers)
A new Katori Hall play re-imagining the events the night before Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination.
NERDS://A MUSICAL SOFTWARE SATIRE
Attached: Erik Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton (Book, Lyrics), Hal Goldberg (Music), Jerry Zaks(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.
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
Attached: Jerry Lewis (Director), Marvin Hamlisch (Music) and Rupert Holmes (Book and lyrics)
New musical based on the film of the same name.
ONCE
Attached: John N. Hart, Jr., Jeff Sine and Fred Zollo (Producers)
New musical based on the film of the same name.
PARADISE FOUND
Attached: Harold Prince and Susan Stroman (Co-Directors), Richard Nelson (Book), Ellen Fitzhugh (Lyrics) Johann Strauss II (Music - adapted by orchestrator Jonathan Tunick)
New musical based on Joseph Roth's novel "The Tale of the 1002nd Night."
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT
Attached: Simon Phillips (Director), Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott (Book), Back Row Productions, Specific Films, Rafford Films, Nederlander Productions, Inc., Terri and Timothy Childs in association with MGM On Stage—Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber (Producers)
Transfer of the musical based on the film of the same.
PURE COUNTRY
Attached: Joe Nichols and Lorrie Morgan (Actor), Peter Masterson (Director), Warren Carlyle (Choreographer), Steve Dorff (Music, Lyrics), John Bettis (Lyrics), Rex McGee and Masterson (Book), Randall L. Wreghitt, Chris Presley and Ellen Rusconi (Producer)
New musical based on the film of the same name about a country music superstar who leaves it all to find himself.
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.
UNTITLED WOODSTOCK MUSICAL
Attached: Michael Lang and Samuel G. Nappi (Producers)
New musical based on Lang's memoir, "The Road to Woodstock."
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.
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Attached: Anna Shapiro (Director ), Elizabeth Ireland McCann and Joey Parnes (Producers)
A revival of the Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman classic comedy.
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