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Off Broadway Openings
Official opening 'press' night.
(Most shows will have previews before official opening!!)

Opening Show

23 Jun 2008 GREAT CATHERINE/ANNAJANSKA
(Two one-act plays)
Part of Project Shaw

Players Club

by George Bernard Shaw

23 Jun 2008 PALACE OF THE END
Playwrights Horizons / Peter Jay Sharp Theatre

by Judith Thompson

23 Jun 2008 BASH'D! - gay rap opera
Zipper Factory Theater

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

24 Jun 2008 HONOR & FIDELITY
BALLAD OF SAD YOUNG MEN
(A Double Bill) Part of the Downtown Urban Theater Festival

Cherry Lane Theater

Honor & Fidelity by Tanya Perez Ballad Of Sad Young Men by Jerome Augustus Parker

25 Jun 2008 COUPLE OF THE CENTURY
Part of the Downtown Urban Theater Festival

Cherry Lane Theater

by William Fowkes

25 Jun 2008 STITCHING
The Wild Project

by Anthony Neilson

26 Jun 2008 MARKO THE PRINCE
Barrow Group Arts Center

by Jovanka Bach

26 Jun 2008 W.A.C. IRAQ
HIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY
(A Double Bill) Part of the Downtown Urban Theater Festival

Cherry Lane Theater

W.A.C. Iraq by Mel Nieves
This Train Is Bound For Glory by Ione Lloy

26 Jun 2008 LASANTA
Ontological Theater

Created by Madeleine Bernatchez and Efren Degadillo jr.

26 Jun 2008 A DEVIL INSIDE
Richmond Shepard Theatre

by David Lindsay-Abaire

27 Jun 2008 MANCHILD MACHISMO
EL BUILDING
(A Double Bill)
Part of the Downtown Urban Theater Festival

Cherry Lane Theater

Manchild Machismo by A. B. Lugo
El Building by Jane Lippman

27 Jun 2008 MEN ARE REAL.WOMEN R2
The Green Room at 45 Bleecker Street

by Robert Dominguez, Iris Silverio, Halley Bondy and others

28 Jun 2008 BILLIE'S BLUES
Part of the Downtown Urban Theater Festival

Cherry Lane Theater

by Hershell Norwood

28 Jun 2008 DANCE AT BATAAN
Wings Theatre

by Blake Bradford

29 Jun 2008 THE ESSENCE: A YIDDISH THEATER DIM SUM
Community Synagogue

by Allen Lewis Rickman, Steve Sterner and Yelena Shmulenson-Rickman

02 Jul 2008 HANA ICHIMOMME
Performed in Japenese with Englih subtitles

Bank Street Theatre

by Ken Miyamoto

03 Jul 2008 TWELFTH NIGHT
Part of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

The Municipal Parking Lot

by William Shakespeare

06 Jul 2008 SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION
Atlantic Stage Two

by Howard Barker

06 Jul 2008 CRAVE / SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC
(Double Bill)

Atlantic Theatre's Stage Two

Crave by Sarah Kane
Somewhere in the Pacific by Neal Bell

08 Jul 2008 CHARLIE VICTOR ROMEO (CVR)
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by Collective: Unconscious

09 Jul 2008 UNPRONOUNCEABLE SYMBOL
Performance Space 122

by Neal Medlyn

09 Jul 2008 LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION
SoHo Playhouse

by James Braly

09 Jul 2008 THE WEDDING PLAY
The 14th Street Theater

by Brian MacInnis Smallwood

10 Jun 2008 THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO
Laura Pels Theatre

by Christopher Durang

10 Jul 2008 DAMN YANKEES
NY City Center

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.'

10 Jul 2008 EVERYTHING ABOUT A DAY (ALMOST)
TADA! Theater

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.

10 Jul 2008 PERFECT HARMONY
Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre

by Andrew Grosso and The Essentials

12 Jul 2008 NIGROMANTIA: A SLIGHT RETURN
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by Don Nigro

12 Jul 2008 INFANTA: USER'S GUIDE
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by Saviana Stanescu

12 Jul 2008 SINGLE BLACK FEMALE
Duke On 42nd Street

by Lisa B. Thompson

14 Jul 2008 KICKING A DEAD HORSE
Public's Martinson Theater

by Sam Shepard

15 Jul 2008 SOME AMERICANS ABROAD
Second Stage Theatre

by Richard Nelson

16 Jul 2008 COULDN'T SAY
Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival

Abingdon's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

by Christopher Wall

05 Jun 2008 PRINCE TREVOR AMONGST THE ELEPHANTS
Abingdon's June Havoc Theater

by Duncan Pflaster

16 Jul 2008 CLEOPATRA - A LIFE UNPARALLELED
Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival

Abingdon's June Havoc Theatre

Book, music and lyrics by Cheryl E. Kemeny

16 Jul 2008 FEEDER: A LOVE STORY
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by James Carter

16 Jul 2008 EXPATRIATE
Culture Project-SoHo

by Lenelle Moise

16 Jul 2008 YOM KIPPUR
Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival

WorkShop Theater

by Meri Wallace

16 Jul 2008 THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF KHALID AMIR
Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival

WorkShop Theater

by Monica Bauer

17 Jul 2008 THE EVENT
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by John Clancy

18 Jul 2008 THE TERRIBLE TEMPTATION TO DO GOOD: A BERCHTIAN LOUNGE
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

Adapted from Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle

18 Jul 2008 BINCHBOTTOM DECLARES WAR! (OR, FULL FRONTAL JACKET)
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious


20 Jul 2008 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
The Irish Repertory Theatre

by Mark Brown, based on the novel by Jules Verne

20 Jul 2008 THE TIME OF MENDEL'S TROUBLE
Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre

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

24 Jul 2008 THE THIRD STEP
American Theatre of Actors' Sargent Theatre

by Anthony Laura

24 Jul 2008 THE PROPOSAL, BASED ON AN OLD FARCE
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious


24 Jul 2008 PRAY, MANTID
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by Steven Gaultney

24 Jul 2008 THE PLANT THAT ATE DIRTY SOCKS
Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

24 Jul 2008 HENRY V
Part of Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

The Municipal Parking Lot

by William Shakespeare

24 Jul 2008 THE ARTISTICAL PROCESS OF MARK AND ANDY
Under St. Marks

by Jeff Sproul

26 Jul 2008 THE APOCALYPSE OF JOHN THE RABBIT
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by Freddi Price

30 Jul 2008 ALL THE RAGE
Manhattan TheatreSource

by Keith Reddin

31 Jul 2008 CLOWN AXIOMS / THE BITTER POET (double bill)
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious


31 Jul 2008 TALES FROM BORDERTOWN (VOL. II)
Part of Undergroundzero Festival

Collective: Unconscious

by Eric Dean Scott

04 Aug 2008 ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER
McGinn/Cazale Theatre

by Rajiv Joseph

05 Aug 2008 BUFFALO GAL
59E59's Theater A

by A.R. Gurney

06 Aug 2008 COLD STORAGE
Richmond Shepard Theatre

by Ronald Ribman

07 Aug 2008 HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Delacorte Theater

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

13 Aug 2008 WMD (just the low points)
Part of Ice Factory 2008

Ohio Theater

Created by Sponsored by Nobody, conceived by Kevin Doyle

16 Aug 2008 ELIZABETH REX
Center Stage

by Timothy Findley

21 Aug 2008 THE FIRST BREEZE OF SUMMER
The Peter Norton Space

by Leslie Lee

03 Sep 2008 ENTER LAUGHING
The Theatre at Saint Peter's

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

10 Sep 2008 FIFTY WORDS
Lucille Lortel Theatre

by Michael Weller

13 Sep 2008 THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Abingdon's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

by Robert Brustein

15 Sep 2008 ROCKAE, THE
Hudson Guild Theatre

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

14 Oct 2008 IRMA LA DOUCE
McGinn Cazale Theatre

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.

17 Oct 2008 BEACHWOOD DRIVE
Abingdon's June Havoc Theatre

by Steven Leigh Morris

28 Oct 2008 TOVARICH
McGinn Cazale Theatre

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

28 Oct 2008 ROMANTIC POETRY
NY City Center Stage 1

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

29 Oct 2008 THE LANGUAGE OF TREES
Roundabout Underground

by Steven Levenson

07 Nov 2008 VAUDEVILLE MAN!
The Theatre at Saint Peter's

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

11 Nov 2008 STREAMERS
Laura Pels Theatre

by David Rabe

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

NY City Center

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

14 Jan 2009 THE BREAK OF NOON
Lucille Lortel Theatre

by Neil LaBute

24 Jan 2009 FREUDIAN SLIPS
Abingdon's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

by Marvin Lifschitz

05 Feb 2009 MUSIC IN THE AIR
Part of NY City Center's Encore 2008/09 series

NY City Center

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

10 Feb 2009 RUINED
NY City Center Stage 1

by Lynn Nottage

03 Mar 2009 CABARET GIRL
McGinn Cazale Theatre

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

06 Mar 2009 GREEK HOLIDAY
Abingdon's June Havoc Theatre

by Mayo Simon

17 Mar 2009 EARLY TO BED
McGinn Cazale Theatre

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

26 Mar 2009 FINIAN'S RAINBOW
Part of NY City Center's Encore 2008/09 series

NY City Center

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

28 Mar 2009 LOVE DRUNK
Abingdon's Dorothy Strelsin Theatre

by Romulus Linney

14 Apr 2009 YOU NEVER KNOW
McGinn Cazale Theatre

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.

06 May 2009 CORALINE
Lucille Lortel Theatre

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

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