ADDING MACHINE

Minetta Lane Theatre

Musical

Score by Joshua Schmidt and a collaborative libretto by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt

Tells the story of Mr. Zero, a nameless cog in American business, as he journeys through life, death, and an afterlife romance in the Elysian Fields. After twenty-five years of exemplary work, Mr. Zero finds that his pencil and paper efforts have been replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a rage, Mr. Zero decides to exact revenge by murdering his boss.

(from 07 Feb 2008 to 31 Aug 2008)

ALTAR BOYZ

New World Stages / Stage 4

Musical Comedy

Conceived by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport, with music by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker , and book by Kevin Del Aguila

About a struggling Christian boy-band riding the wave of America's latest fascination with religion. Armed with catchy melodies, divine moves and product in their hair, the self-anointed apostles of pop [Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan . . . and Abraham (He's Jewish)] bring their soul-saving tour to New York City, with their heavenly lyrics like 'Girl, You Make Me Wanna Wait' and 'Jesus Called Me On My Cell Phone.'

(from 15 Feb 2005 to 31 Aug 2008)

BASH'D! - gay rap opera

Zipper Factory Theater

Musical

Created by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow, with music by Aaron Macri

Chronicles the tale of Jack and Dillon; two star-crossed lovers who must cope with the reality of hatred when one is brutally beaten. It is told entirely through rap, spoken word and poetry.

(from 12 Jun 2008 to 01 Sep 2008)

BOUNCE

Public's Theater

Musical

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman

Spanning 40 years from the Alaskan Gold Rush to the Florida real estate boom in the '30s, Bounce is the story of two brothers whose quest for the American Dream turns into a test of morality and judgment that changes their lives in unexpected ways.

(from to )

CABARET GIRL

McGinn Cazale Theatre

Musical

Book by George Grossmith & P.G.Wodehouse, lyrics by P.G.Wodehouse with music by Jerome Kern.

Gravvins & Gripps act as cupids and try to bring together an ordinary working girl and her high-born 'intended' against the wishes of her family - and succeed

(from 03 Mar 2009 to 15 Mar 2009)

CLEOPATRA - A LIFE UNPARALLELED Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival

Abingdon's June Havoc Theatre

Musical

Book, music and lyrics by Cheryl E. Kemeny

Although many in Egypt wanted to fight the Roman invaders, Cleopatra realized the futility of such an action. Rather she wanted Egypt to become part of the Roman Empire, enjoying its protection, while remaining a power in its own right. This required her to form an alliance with Julius Caesar (using her own body as collateral). Soon after Cleopatra saw her protector cruelly snatched away, she found new opportunities (and love) in the arms of Marc Antony.

(from 16 Jul 2008 to 03 Aug 2008)

CORALINE

Lucille Lortel Theatre

Musical

Music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt, book by David Greenspan amd based on the Novel by Neil Gaiman.

Poor bored Coraline. She's left to rattle round her perpetually distracted parents' house all by her lonesome. Then one day, her dreams of a better reality are answered as she steps through an old oak doorway and passes into a perfected replica of her own world. Greeted there by a vastly loving Other Mother and kindly Other Father, she's thrilled! But, as the saying goes: Be careful what you wish for.

(from 06 May 2009 to 20 Jun 2009)

DAMN YANKEES

NY City Center

Musical Comedy

Score and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop based on Wallop's novel 'The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.'

The story of Joe Boyd, the ultimate baseball fan, who sells his soul to the Devil (Sean Hayes) for the chance to help his team, the Washington Senators, win the pennant race against the Yankees. The Devil is aided by the sexy Lola (Jane Krakowski), who seduces Joe, but ultimately helps him outsmart the Devil and return to his beloved wife.

(from 05 Jul 2008 to 27 Jul 2008)

EARLY TO BED

McGinn Cazale Theatre

Musical

Book by George Marion, Jr.; lyrics by George Marion, Jr.; music by Thomas 'Fats' Waller.

This Fats Waller musical features an over-the-hill matador (El Magnifico) who falls in love with an old girl friend who now runs a brothel. Her current borders include an American track team who think they're at a finishing school where the girls wear very little clothing.

(from 17 Mar 2009 to 29 Mar 2009)

ENTER LAUGHING

The Theatre at Saint Peter's

Musical Comedy

Score by Stan Daniels and libretto by Joseph Stein, based on his play (and the movie by Stein and Reiner)

Set in 1930's New York City, where nothing will keep aspriring actor David Kolowitz from his dreams of Broadway stardom-not his overly protective parents, not his demanding girlfriends and certainly not his severe lack of talent!

(from 03 Sep 2008 to 12 Oct 2008)

EVERYTHING ABOUT A DAY (ALMOST)

TADA! Theater

Musical Comedy

Conceived and written by Emmanuel Wilson, Music & Lyrics by Kill Abramovitz, Brad Alexander, Joanne Bogart, Deirdre Broderick, Helen Chayefsky, Jim Colleran, Gary Gardner, Johannes Gluck, Tammy Holder, John Kroner, Eric Rockwell, Arianna Rose, Lawrence Rush, and Evan Schiff.

The carefree days we so often want to revisit get a new light shed on them with this light hearted musical that will bring back memories for you and give you a whole new appreciation for your little ones. You will follow a day full of quizzes, math problems, report card stress and yes, even crushes.

(from 10 Jul 2008 to 02 Aug 2008)

FINIAN'S RAINBOW Part of NY City Center's Encore 2008/09 series

NY City Center

Musical

music by Burton Lane, with book by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg

The story of the Irishman Finian McLonergan, and his daughter Sharon who arrive in the small Southern town of Rainbow Valley in the mythical state of Missitucky, with plans to bury a stolen pot of gold in the shadows of Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief it will grow and multiply. They have been followed from Ireland by the owner of the gold, a leprechaun, who shows up determined to recover his treasure.

(from 26 Mar 2009 to 29 Mar 2009)

FORBIDDEN CITY WEST

Theater for the New City

Musical

by Ross Anthony Evans and Erin Austin

100 years of Chinese-American Experience through the life and times of legendary entertainer Jadin Wong.

(from 14 Jun 2008 to 02 Jul 2008)

HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

Delacorte Theater

Musical

book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot

The year is 1967, and the Vietnam War is at its height. In New York City, a tribe of hippies rails against the establishment, protesting intolerance, brutality, and the dehumanization of society. When Claude, one of their own, gets drafted, he must make a decision about what values are worth fighting for.

(from 22 Jul 2008 to 31 Aug 2008)

I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE

Westside Theatre (Upstairs)

Musical Comedy

Music by Jimmy Roberts, Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro

Joyride through the spectrum of male-female relationships: dating, friendship, love and marriage.

(from 15 Jul 1996 to 27 Jul 2008)

IRMA LA DOUCE

McGinn Cazale Theatre

Musical

music by Marguerite Monnot; original lyrics by Alexandre Breffort; original book by Alexandre Breffort; english lyrics by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman; english book by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman.

A Paris 'poule' works to support her impoverished lover against his wishes. He poses as a rich elderly rou‚ and becomes her exclusive client. The double life is too demanding so he 'eliminates' the old gent and is arrested.

(from 14 Oct 2008 to 26 Oct 2008)

JOLLYSHIP THE WHIZ-BANG

Ars Nova Theater

Musical Comedy

Created by writer Nick Jones with music by the band Jollyship the Whiz-Bang

The ship is sinking, the captain's a drunk and the band is on the verge of mutiny. Braving treacherous seas and murderous waves on a quest for the wonders of Party Island, Captain Clamp and crew undertake a ribald and rum-soaked nautical journey in this underground pirate-puppet-rock odyssey!

(from 14 May 2008 to 28 Jun 2008)

MUSIC IN THE AIR Part of NY City Center's Encore 2008/09 series

NY City Center

Musical

music Jerome Kern, with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Set in Bavaria and Munich, it tells of an aging rural music teacher, his naively charming daughter and their misadventures trying to break into the cynical, world-weary theatre scene in the big city.

(from 05 Feb 2009 to 08 Feb 2009)

ON THE TOWN Part of NY City Center's Encore 2008/09 series

NY City Center

Musical

music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Set in wartime 1944, the musical tells the story of three sailors' adventurous 24-hour leave in New York City. Their fabulous day-long journey is spurred by a search for sailor Gabey's dream girl, 'Miss Turnstiles.' Along the way, each sailor falls in love with a woman, and with New York City itself.

(from 19 Nov 2008 to 23 Nov 2008)

PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL

New World Stages / Stage 5

Children's Musical

book and lyrics by Elizabeth and Victoria Kann, music and lyrics by John Gregor

Pinkalicious can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with Pinkititis, an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe - a dream come true for this pink loving enthusiast. But when her hue goes too far, only Pinkalicious can figure out a way to get out of this predicament.

(from 12 Jan 2008 to 21 Sep 2008)

ROCKAE, THE

Hudson Guild Theatre

Musical

Music and lyrics by Peter Mills, adapted from Euripides' The Bacchae by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel

Rock musical adaptation of Euripides' classic, The Bacchae: Pent-up King Pentheus takes on Dionysus and his frenzied female fans when the god of wine and theater returns to Thebes.

(from 15 Sep 2008 to 14 Oct 2008)

ROMANTIC POETRY

NY City Center Stage 1

Musical Comedy

Book & lyrics by John Patrick Shanley, music by Henry Krieger

Connie of Woodmere has just married Fred of Newark, but her exes are back in the picture and not sure they approve of the union. Judy of Westchester is being wooed by Arthur, a dishwasher poet of no particular address, while her husband is out of town. And Lily of Soho is climbing Wally of Little Italy's fire escape with amorous erotic intent.

(from 01 Oct 2008 to )

THE HIRED MAN Part of the Brits Off Broadway festival

59E59 Theaters

Musical

music and lyrics by Howard Goodall, book by Melvyn Bragg.

Set in rural Cumbria in the early part of the twentieth century, The musical tells the story of a young married couple and their struggle to carve a living from the land, just as the rhythms of English country life are being interrupted by the gathering storm of war in Europe.

(from 05 Jun 2008 to 29 Jun 2008)

THE PLANT THAT ATE DIRTY SOCKS

Lucille Lortel Theatre

Children's Musical

book, music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, based on the children's book The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks by Nancy McArthur

For ten-year-old neatnik Norman, sharing a room with his messy older brother Michael is a nightmare - with heaps of crumpled paper, clothes strewn about and piles of smelly, dirty socks everywhere! One day, Michael sends away for some 'Amazing Beans,' and before long, the boys are the proud owners of two giant plants. But as the plants grow taller and taller, the boys realize that their socks are mysteriously disappearing!

(from 16 Jul 2008 to 22 Aug 2008)

THE TIME OF MENDEL'S TROUBLE

Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre

Musical Comedy

book by Jeremiah Ginsberg and Wendy Ginsberg, with music and lyrics by Jeremiah Ginsberg

When Mendel Moskowitz gets a surprise visit from The Burning Bush in his apartment in Brooklyn, his life turns topsy-turvy. Together with his new friend, Murray Schwartz from Miami Beach, they become the two prophets of the Apocalypse, and embark on a madcap spiritual journey that leads them all the way to Jerusalem for some miraculous end-time adventures.

(from 18 Jul 2008 to 02 Aug 2008)

TOVARICH

McGinn Cazale Theatre

Musical

Book by David Shaw; lyrics by Anne Croswell; music by Lee Pockriss, based on Tovarich by Jacques Deval.

Former members of the late Tsar's court work as servants to Americans in Paris in 1927 while avoiding the Communists sent to capture and return them to Moscow.

(from 28 Oct 2008 to 09 Nov 2008)

VAUDEVILLE MAN!

The Theatre at Saint Peter's

Musical Comedy

Book by Jeff Hochhauser, music by Bob Johnston and lyrics Bob Johnston & Jeff Hochhauser

Based on the life of legendary eccentric tap dancer Jack Donahue and his mother--who fights to keep her son off the wicked vaudeville stage.

(from 07 Nov 2008 to 04 Jan 2009)

YOU NEVER KNOW

McGinn Cazale Theatre

Musical

Music & lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Rowland Leigh; based on the play 'By Candlelight' by Siegfried Geyer; adapted from the Viennese operetta 'Bei Kerzenleicht' by Robert Katscher and Karl Farkas.

Master and servant switch places and fall in love with mistress and maid, who have also switched places.

(from 14 Apr 2009 to 26 Apr 2009)