Broadway Shows
Broadway fans: Here's a comprehensive listing of current Broadway shows as well as the many touring companies bringing live theatre to regional America. Our intent is for it to be a valuable reference for your Broadway neophytes as well as a handy resource when planning your New York trip or a local outing with your students. Theatre is an important mainstream of the arts and offers so much influence and hope to the aspiring student. Teachers: Use this listing as another tool in your educational repertory.
Broadway Shows
A Catered Affair
Walter Kerr Theatre
219 W 48th Street
Opens: 4/17/08
Dir. John Doyle
www.acateredaffaironbroadway.com
A Chorus Line
Schoenfeld Theatre
236 W 45th Street
Opened 10/5/06
Dir. Bob Avian.
Choreo. Baayork Lee
www.achorusline.com
August: Osage County
Imperial Theatre (through 4/20/08)
249 W 45th Street
Music Box Theatre (beginning 4/29/08)
239 W 45th Street
Opened: 12/4/07
Dir. Anna D Shapiro
www.augustonbroadway.com
Avenue Q
John Golden Theatre
252 W 45th Street
Opened: 7/31/03
Dir. Jason Moore
Choreo: Ken Roberson
www.avenueq.com
Boeing-Boeing
Longacre Theatre
220 W 48th Street
Opens: 5/4/08
Dir. Matthew Warchus
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Broadhurst Theatre
235 W 44th Street
Opened: 4/6/08
Dir. Debbie Allen
www.cat2008onbroadway.com
Chicago
Ambassador Theatre
219 W 49th Street
Opened: 11/14/96
Dir. Walter Bobbie
Chore. Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse
www.chicagothemusical.com
Cry-Baby
Marquis Theatre
1535 Broadway
Opens: 4/24/08
Dir. Mark Brokaw
Choreo. Rob Ashford
www.crybabyonbroadway.com
Curtains
Al Hirshfeld Theatre
302 W 45th Street
Opened: 3/22/07
Dir. Scott Ellis
Choreo. Rob Ashford
www.curtainsthemusical.com
Grease
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
256 W 47th Street
Opened: 8/19/07
Dir./Choreo. Susan Marshall
www.greaseonbroadway.com
Gypsy
St James Theatre
246 W 44th Street
Opened: 3/27/08
Dir. Arthur Laurents
Chroeo. Jerome Robbins reproduced by Bonnie Walker
Hairspray
Neil Simon Theatre
250 W 52nd Street
Opened: 8/15/02
Dir. Jack O’Brien
Choreo. Jerry Mitchell
www.hairspraythemusical.com
Is He Dead?
Lyceum Theatre
149 W 45th Street
Opened: 12/9/07
Dir. Michael Blakemore
www.ishedead.com
In the Heights
Richard Rogers Theatre
226 W 46th Street
Opened: 3/9/08
Dir. Thomas Kail
Choreo. Andy Blankenbuehler
www.intheheightsthemusical.com
Jersey Boys
August Wilson Theatre
245 W 52nd Street
Opened: 11/6/05
Dir. Des McAnuff
Choreo. Sergio Trujillo
www.jerseyboysinfo.com
Legally Blonde
Palace Theatre
1564 Broadway
Opened: 4/29/07
Dir./Choreo. Jerry Mitchell
www.legallyblondethemusical.com
Les Liaisons Dangereues
American Airlines Theatre
227 W 42nd Street
Opens: 5/1/08
Dir. Rufus Norris
Mamma Mia!
Winter Garden Theatre
1634 Broadway
Opened: 10/18/01
Dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Choreo. Anthony Van Laast
www.mamma-mia.com
Mary Poppins
New Amsterdam Theatre
214 W 42nd Street
Opened: 11/16/06
Dir. Richard Eyre
Co-Dir./Choreo. Matthew Borne
www.disney.go.com/theatre/marypoppins
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Shubert Theatre
225 W 44th Street
Opened: 3/17/05
Dir. Mike Nichols
Choreo. Casey Nicholaw
www.montypythonsspamalot.com
November
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W 47th Street
Opened: 1/17/08
Dir. Joe Mantello
www.novembertheplay.com
Passing Strange
Belasco Theatre
111 West 44th Street
Opened 2/28/08
Dir. Annie Dorsen
Choreo. Karole Armitage
www.passingstrangeonbroadway.com
Rent
Nederlander
208 W 41st Street
Opened: 4/29/96
Dir. Michael Greif
Choreo. Marlies Yearby
www.siteforrent.com
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
Vivian Beaumont
150 W 65th Street
Opens: 4/3/08
Dir. Bartlett Sher
Choreo. Christopher Gattelli
Spring Awakening
Eugene O’Neill Theatre
230 W 49th Street
Opened: 12/10/06
Dir. Michael Mayer
Choreo. Bill T. Jones
www.springawakening.com
Sunday in the Park with George
Studio 54
254 W 54th Street
Opened: 2/21/08 (Closes 5/18/08)
Dir. Sam Buntrock
Choreo. Christopher Gattelli
The Country Girl
Bernard Jacobs Theatre
242 W 45th Street
Opens: 4/27/08
Dir. Mike Nichols
The Lion King
Minskoff Theatre
200 W 45th Street
Opened: 11/13/97
Dir. Julie Taymor
Choreo. Garth Fagan
www.disney.go.com/theatre/thelionking
The Little Mermaid
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
205 W 46th Street
Opened: 1/10/08
Dir. Francesca Zambello
Choreo. Stephen Mear
www. disney.go.com/theatre/thelittlemermaid
The Phantom of the Opera
Majestic Theatre
247 W 44th Street
Opened: 1/26/88
Dir. Harold Prince
Choreo. Gillian Lynne
www.thephantomoftheopera.com
Thurgood
Booth Theatre
222 W 45th Street
Opens: 4/30/08
Dir. Leonard Foglia
Wicked
Gershwin Theatre
222 W 51st Street
Opened: 10/30/03
Dir. Joe Mantello
Choreo. Wayne Cilento
www.wickedthemusical.com
Xanadu
Helen Hayes Theatre
240 W 44th Street
Opened: 7/10/07
Dir. Christopher Ashley
Choreo. Dan Knechteges
www.xanaduonbroadway.com
Young Frankenstein
Hilton Theatre
213 W 42nd Street
Opened: 11/8/07
Dir./Choreo. Susan Stroman
www.youngfrankensteinthemusical.com
Broadway on Tour:
Avenue Q
Dir. Jason Moore
Choreo: Ken Roberson
Cities: Tampa, Columbus, East Lansing, Louisville, Buffalo
www.avenueq.com
Jersey Boys
Dir. Des McAnuff
Choreo. Sergio Trujillo
Cities: Minneapolis, St. Louis, Chicago
www.jerseyboysinfo.com
Mamma Mia!
Dir. Phyllida Lloyd
Choreo. Anthony Van Laast
Cities: San Jose, Thousand Oaks
www.mamma-mia.com
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Dir. Mike Nichols
Choreo. Casey Nicholaw
Cities: Portland, Tempe, Chicago
www.montypythonsspamalot.com
My Fair Lady
Dir. Trevor Nunn
Choreo: Matthew Borne
Cities: Los Angeles, Seattle, Costa Mesa, Tempe
www.myfairladythemusical.com
Riverdance
Staging: John McColgan
Cities: East Lansing, Bloomington, Aurora, Columbus, Newark
www.riverdance.com
Sweeney Todd
Dir: John Doyle
Cities: Los Angeles, Portland, Tempe, Chicago
www.sweeneytoddontour.com
The Color Purple
Dir. Gary Griffin
Choreo. Donald Byrd
Cities: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Baltimore
www.colorpurple.com
The Drowsy Chaperone
Dir./Choreo. Casey Nicholaw
Cities: Chicago, Boston, Providence
www.thedrowsychaperone.com
The Lion King
Dir. Julie Taymor
Choreo. Garth Fagan
Cities: Atlanta, Tampa, Columbus, Washington D.C.
www.disney.go.com/theatre/thelionking
The Phantom of the Opera
Dir. Harold Prince
Choreo. Gillian Lynne
Cities: Las Vegas, Sacremento
www.thephantomoftheopera.com
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Dir. James Lapine
Choreo. Dan Knechtges
Cities: Houston, Des Moines, Madison, Memphis
www.spellingbeethemusical.com
Twelve Angry Men
Dir. Scott Ellis
Cities: Indianapolis, Kansas City, Wilmington, Ft. Lauderdale
www.12angrymenontour.com
Wicked
Dir. Joe Mantello
Choreo. Wayne Cilento
Cities: Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles
www.wickedthemusical.com