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This Jason Robert Brown musical features a cast and band entirely made up of teenagers.Story:When 13 year old Evan Goldman moves from New York City to Indiana he must escape rumors and blackmail if he hopes to make friends and find happiness at his new school.  This play deals with the hardships of leaving familiar places for unfamiliar ones fitting in with your peers and transitioning from youth to adulthood.
"This musical comedy is based on C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E an original improvisational play created by Rebecca Feldman about a middle school spelling bee.Story:Six spellers - Olive Ostrovsky William Barfée Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre Marcy Park Leaf Coneybear and Chip Tolentino - compete at the annual spelling bee at Putnam Valley Middle School in Putnam County NY.  Flashbacks and insight reveal personal details about each of the spellers in this musical that explores the idea that winning isn?™t everything.		Parental Advisory: Contains Explicit Content"
This dance-heavy 1980 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the 1933 Academy Award-winning musical film.Story:Peggy Sawyer arrives in New York City from Allenstown PA with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.  Facing adversity from all directions the young but talented performer learns about show business and discovers which relationships are most important in life.  With highs and lows in her early career Peggy experiences growth as both a performer and a young woman. Get Tickets for 42nd Street
Created by the team behind The Fantasticks 110 In the Shade is a musical adaptation of the popular play The Rainmaker.Story:Lizzie Curry and her family operate a struggling cattle ranch in a rural drought-ridden town in Texas in the 1930s.  Despite the troubles of the ranch the family?™s top priority is finding loveless Lizzie a suitable husband. When a charming man named Starbuck arrives in town though Lizzie and her town are turned upside down. 
"A musical based on the events surrounding the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence 1776 won the 1969 Tony Award for Best Musical.Story:John Adams the original innovator behind America?™s Declaration of Independence teams up with Benjamin Franklin Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson to battle those in Congress who oppose the movement to declare independence from England.  The team cooperatively conceives and eventually passes the resolution that frees America from British tyranny. Fun FactHoward Da Silva had a heart attack after the final preview of 1776 but insisted on performing on opening night.							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
This musical comedy is based on the Addams Family characters featured in Charles Addams??single-panel gag cartoons.Story:Wednesday Addams and her ?œnormal??boyfriend Lucas arrange a dinner at the Addams??mansion to announce to their families their plans to marry.  The idea is jarring to both the families and when the entire groups winds up locked in overnight secrets come out and revelations abound. 
A musical revue celebrating Duke Ellington's years at Harlem's Cotton Club.Story:After Midnight takes the sexy smoky glamour of the original Jazz Age and catapults it into a whole new era of heart-pounding mind-blowing entertainment for modern Broadway audiences. Refracted through a contemporary lens After Midnight celebrates Duke Ellington's years at the Harlem's famed Cotton Club using his original arrangements and performed by a world-class big band of 17 musicians hand-picked by living jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. The timeless tunes set against a narrative of Langston Hughes poetry provides an authentic backdrop for an array of cutting-edge performances by 25 sensational vocalists and dancers including special guest stars whose interpretations will shatter everything you think you know about music nightlife and Broadway.
Featuring music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice this Disney-produced musical is based on Giuseppe Verdi?™s 19th-century opera of the same name.Story:Conflict between Egypt and Nubia gives birth to a star-crossed love affair between Aida the captured princess of Nubia and Radames the Egyptian captain who enslaved her people.  With love and responsibility at odds Aida and Radames must decide to follow their hearts or lead their people.  
Named after the 1929 Fats Waller song Ain?™t Misbehavin??is a musical revue tribute to the black musicians of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and '30s.
A new jukebox musical featuring the story and music of the Temptations.Story:Ain't Too Proud follows The Temptations??journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and unmistakable harmonies they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one. Through friendship and betrayal amid the civil unrest that tore America apart their moving and personal story still resonates five decades later.
This Disney-produced musical comedy is based on the original animated classic.Story:Poor hooligan Aladdin has big aspirations -- he dreams of a life in the palace with his beloved Princess Jasmine.  When he chances upon a lamp that holds an entrapped genie Aladdin is allowed to experience the life he?™s always imagined.  As he matures from boy to man Aladdin is forced into decisions that will affect both his future and the futures of others.
In this musical revue Michael Feinstein and Dame Edna go head to head in a mashup of classic American songs and bright brash comedy.
Inspired by the early life experiences of actor George Takei Allegiance tells one family?™s unheard story of intense patriotism during the Japanese American internment of World War II.Story:Sammy and Kei Kimura Japanese American siblings living in California hold opposing views of how best to counter the anti-Japanese sentiments sweeping America after the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Sammy elects to join the 442nd Regimental Brigade as a sign of loyalty and solidarity while Kei protests the unjust treatment of her race and calls for fairness.  In a time of chaos and fear both protagonists seek freedom and acceptance for themselves their family and their culture. 
The third musical created by the legendary duo Rodgers and Hammerstein Allegro is a serious work that focuses on the everyday struggles of the ordinary man.Story:?œEveryman??Joseph Taylor Jr. (Joe) is born to a middle-class family in small town America.  The son of a doctor and an intelligent student with a promising future Joe marries the love of his youth and accepts a high-profile position at a Chicago hospital to support himself and his wife Jennie during the Depression.  Hardships with Jennie and unhappiness with big city life help Joe realize his missteps in life and spur his move back home to become a small-town doctor. 
Altar Boyz is a musical comedy that satirizes the popularity of boy bands and Christian-themed music in contemporary American culture. Story:The Altar Boyz perform the final concert of their ?œRaise the Praise??tour in real time.  The five performers named Matthew Mark Luke Juan and Abraham perform their popular and entertaining pieces and reveal tidbits about themselves and the band throughout the night. The boys employ a funny machine to detect burdened souls in the performance space and reveal the goal to bring the ticker to zero by the end of the show. 
This musical conveys the emotional story behind the revered Christian hymn and the man who penned it - Englishman John Newton.Story:Englishman John Newton looks forward into an uncertain future - on one hand feeling destined to join his father in the ranks of slave traders on the other feeling personally inspired to embrace the more compassionate views of his childhood sweetheart.  A violent storm at sea terrifies John and becomes the inspiration for the song which will become an anthem for people around the world for centuries to come - and change the life of the man himself.
"A new musical based on the French film of the same name.Story:Amélie follows the journey of the inquisitive and shy Amélie who turns the streets of Montmartre into a world of her own imagining while secretly orchestrating moments of joy for those around her. After discovering a mysterious photo album and meeting a handsome stranger Amélie realizes that helping others is easier than participating in a romantic story of her own.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
This romantic dance musical features songs of Ira and George Gershwin and is based on the 1951 Academy Award-winning film starring Gene Kelly.Story:After World War II American veteran Jerry Mulligan chooses to stay in Paris to pursue a career as a painter.  When he and the lovely and unavailable French girl Lise Bouvier fall for each other both of their lives become complicated.
This sung-through jukebox musical is an adaptation of the 2004 rock opera of the same name originally written and recorded by punk band Green Day. Story:Three American youths Johnny Tunny and Will seek to escape the media-saturated life of suburbia.  The boys strike out in various directions with Johnny seeking solace in the city Tunny enlisting in the Army and Will staying home with his pregnant girlfriend.  The individual journeys challenge the boys with each facing considerable hardships and finding few rewards.  Eventually they all return home with hard-won maturity and a new outlook on life. 
A musical version of the novel by Bret Easton Ellis and the film starring Christian BaleStory:American Psycho follows 26-year-old Patrick Bateman: a sophisticated rich and devastatingly handsome Wall Street banker in 1980s New York City. He?™s got a sculpted body a model-gorgeous girlfriend and a to-die-for apartment. There?™s just one snag: Patrick can?™t get the blood out of his $5000 suits because he also has a murderous psychopathic alter ego that he hides from his friends and co-workers.Parental Advisory: Contains Explicit Content
The stage adaptation of the 1997 film featuring a score by Ahrens and Flaherty.Story:From the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s the new musical is the story of a brave young woman attempting to discover the mystery of her past while finding a place for herself in the rapidly changing world of a new century.
This family-friendly 1977 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on Harold Gray?™s popular comic strip ?œLittle Orphan Annie??which he started in the 1920s.Story:Little orphan Annie is taken from her orphanage and the clutches of evil Miss Hannigan to stay at billionaire Oliver Warbuck?™s mansion for the holidays. When Annie wins the hearts of Warbucks and his staff they set out on an epic mission to find Annie?™s parents.  Meanwhile Miss Hannigan in partnership with her brother Rooster and his girlfriend Lily attempt to make some money out of this unique situation.  The stories become intertwined as the lovable Annie?™s story hits the national spotlight.
A classic musical about the fictionalized life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley from songwriter Irving Berlin.Story:Annie Oakley and Frank Butler meet when she beats him in a sharpshooting contest at Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and the two have to negotiate between their completive sides and their blossoming love for each other.
"A cult favorite this Sondheim musical only played 9 performances in its initial run.Story:When Cora Hoover Hooper the hated mayor of a small town is faced with a town bankruptcy she concocts a fake ""miracle"" to bring in tourism. Unfortunately during the tourist rush the inmates from the local asylum the Cookie Jar escape and the lines between sanity and insanity quickly become blurred. "
Originally penned in 1934 with music and lyrics by American composer and songwriter Cole Porter this musical comedy has been updated several times throughout the last century.Story:Billy instantly falls in love with a beautiful girl he meets in a taxi.  When he discovers she?™s boarding the SS American the same London-bound ship his boss and co-worker Reno are boarding he sneaks aboard himself.  The beautiful girl Hope is engaged to a stuffy British aristocrat Lord Evelyn but that doesn?™t stop the love-struck Billy.  With the help of other passengers Billy seeks to shake Reno whose love he doesn?™t return and capture the heart of the girl of his dreams - all without hurting anyone?™s feelings.
"The musical about backstage backstabbing based on the film All About Eve and Mary Orr's ""The Wisdom of Eve""Story:Eve is Margo Channing's biggest fan but isn't happy until she is able to emulate her in every single way - stooping to steal her friends fiance and standing as Broadway's biggest star. "
Three acts containing stories based off of Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? and Jules Feiffer's Passionella.
"The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the novella of the same name by David Garnett.Story:Actress Rose Vibert is having an affair with her biggest fan Alex when she meets his uncle George who though in love with her is still entangled with his mistress Giulietta Trapani. George and Rose marry to have a daughter named Jenny who falls in love with Alex who himself is now infatuated with Giulietta. As Alex reflects ""love changes everything."""
"A Sondheim musical tracing Leon Czolgosz John Hinckley Charles Guiteau Giuseppe Zangara Samuel Byck Lynette ""Squeaky"" Fromme Sara Jane Moore and John Wilkes Booth's attempts at assassinating the President of the United States of America."
This 2004 Tony Award­winner for Best Musical features colorful ?œSesame Street?­style puppets with real­life problems and adult vocabularies.Story:Princeton a recent college graduate with a ?œB.A. in English??finally finds an apartment he can afford ­ on Avenue Q. Wondering about his purpose in life Princeton takes advice from his eccentric neighbors. At the same time he encounters and begins to fall in love with Kate an aspiring teacher but struggles with his own fear of commitment. During Princeton?™s adventures with his new Avenue Q friends he discovers the true meaning of friendship and develops his own sense of purpose.Parental Advisory: Contains Explicit Content
The classic 'Hey kids let's put on a show!' musical featuring tons of recognizable songs.Story:When a group of teenagers' parents leave to join the dying art of vaudeville the teens stage a revue to keep from being sent to a work farm. The first show is a bomb but when a French pilot lands nearby they are able to get enough publicity to put on a great show and start their own youth center.Apply for Guare Version Production RightsApply for Oppenheimer Version Production Rights
Based on a story developed with Susan Yankowitz about three expecting couples.Story:Three couples each newly expecting a child have different but familiar reactions. Lizzie and Danny are university juniors who have just moved in together. Athletic Pam and her husband Nick a sports instructor have had some trouble conceiving. Arlene already the mother of three grown daughters is unsure of what to do contemplating abortion while her husband Alan is thrilled with the thought of a new baby. Throughout the show these characters experience the emotional stresses and triumphs the desperate lows and the comic highs that accompany the anticipation and arrival of a baby.
A new jukebox musical about Florence Greenberg the New Jersey housewife who helped the pop group The Shirelles.Story:When a group of African-American girls performing at a talent contest come to Florence Greenberg's attention she jumps at the opportunity to make them recording artists and founds Scepter Records. She then goes on to discover  like The Kingsmen The Isley Brothers Dionne Warwick and others.
"A David Yazbek musical based on the screenplay by Eran Kolirin celebrating the deeply human ways music and laughter connect us all.Story:An Egyptian Police Band arrives in Israel to play a concert. After a mix-up at the border they are sent to a remote village in the middle of the desert. With no bus until morning and no hotel in sight these unlikely travelers are taken in by the locals. Under the spell of the desert sky their lives become intertwined in the most unexpected ways. 			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
Laura Osnes and Corey Cott star in this new musical set amidst the 1940s swing scene.Story:Set in 1945 Bandstand tells the story of musician Donny Novitski who is about to take on the mission of his life: leading his band of fellow veterans into competition for America?™s next swing band sensation. When Donny meets a beautiful young singer named Julia he finds the perfect harmony in words and music that could take this band of brothers all the way to the live radio broadcast finale in New York City. But to succeed it will require every ounce of talent stamina and raw nerve that these musicians possess.
A musical based on the life of showman P. T. Barnum.Story:PT Barnum is in the circus business despite his wife's wishes working with talents such as the oldest woman alive Joice Heth the tiny Tom Thumb and the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind with whom he falls in love. In the end he returns to his wife and joins with another circus owner James Anthony Bailey to form the Barnum and Bailey circus.
The musical about a pill that helps losers become popular. Based on the novel by Ned Vizzini.Story:Achieving the ?œperfect life??is now possible thanks to some mysterious new technology - but it comes at a cost that?™s not as easy to swallow. What could possibly go wrong? Blending the contemporary with retro sci-fi this thrillingly exciting comically subversive and deeply felt new musical takes on the competing voices in all of our heads. And ultimately proves there?™s never been a better time in history to be yourself?”especially if you?™re a loser?¦geek?¦or whatever.
This biographical musical tells Carole King?™s story and features songs from her legendary music career.Story:Carole King (then named Carol Klein) starts her music career as a 16-year old songwriter selling originals in Manhattan but when she meets her future husband and music partner Gerry Goffin her career begins to blossom.  Through relationships both inside and outside the studio Carole finds her unique musical voice and finally records the solo album that will make her a star.
This first of Disney?™s stage adaptations is based on the on the 1991 animated Disney film which was adapted from the French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.Story:A wandering enchantress transforms a cruel and vain prince into a hideous Beast leaving him only one way to reverse the curse - fall in love with another and earn her love in return.  Belle a beautiful book-lover encounters the Beast when she arrives at his castle to plead for her father?™s freedom ultimately trading her own for his.  As tension over her imprisonment escalates in the town spurred by Gaston the selfish lover who seeks Belle?™s hand in marriage the relationship between Belle and the Beast grows leading to an emotional and transformative conflict.
An original musical based on the Tim Burton film of the same name.NOTE: Includes explicit language.Story:The story of Lydia Deetz a strange and unusual teenager obsessed with the whole ?œbeing dead thing.??Lucky for Lydia her new house is haunted by a recently deceased couple and a degenerate demon who happens to have a thing for stripes. When Lydia calls on this ghost-with-the-most to scare away her insufferable parents Beetlejuice comes up with the perfect plan which involves exorcism arranged marriages and an adorable girl scout who gets scared out of her wits.
A classic musical based on Mary Printz who worked for Green's answering service. Later adapted into a film of the same name.Story:Telephone operator Ella Peterson adopts different personalities while on the job. Her life is perfect until she begins a complicated romance with one of her clients Jeff Moss and the police start looking in on her boss's operations.
Based on a story by Larry L. King that was inspired by the real-life Chicken Ranch in La Grange Texas.Story:It is the late 1970s and a brothel has been operating outside of fictional Gilbert Texas for more than a century. It is under the proprietorship of Miss Mona Stangley who is on good terms with the local sheriff Ed Earl Dodd. When crusading television reporter Melvin P. Thorpe decides to make the illegal activity an issue political ramifications cause the place to be closed down.
A musical based on the hit film about a boy who dreams of being big.Story:Josh Boskin makes a wish to become big. When his wish comes true he lands a dream job working for Maximillion toys and falls in love Susan. But in the end he must decide whether he's ready to live a grown up's life yet.
A new musical based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the award-winning Tim Burton film.Story:A rollicking fantasy set in the American South Big Fish centers on the charismatic Edward Bloom whose impossible stories of his life's epic adventures frustrate his son Will. Now with Edward on his deathbed Will must embark on his own journey to find out who his father really is unraveling the man from the myth the truth from the tall tales.
"A new musical based on Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Story:Though trying to stay ""respectable"" Huckleberry Finn runs into trouble when his father Pap returns to town. Huck is forced to fake his own death to escape and joins up with another on the run - Jim a slave in the search for freedom. As they head down the river they get sucked into scams involving two ""aristocrats"" one of which lands Jim in chains once again and Huck and Tom Sawyer join together to free him."
This 2009 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical set during the 1984-85 miners??strike in the United Kingdom is based on the 2000 film and features music by Elton John.Story:Billy is a motherless eleven-year-old boy in northeast England during the miners??strike of 1984-85 - a difficult time for miners like his father and brother.  Attracted to the grace of ballet Billy leaves his boxing class to begin taking dance lessons. When his father finds out and forbids them he begins taking secret private lessons with Mrs. Wilkinson who believes he has the talent to be accepted into the Royal Ballet School in London.  As Billy?™s hopes and dreams grow bigger and the strike escalates the family and the community are both challenged to consider and fight for that which is truly most important.
A contemporary musical based loosely on the 1844 novella The Corsican Brothers by Alexandre Dumas the West End production of this musical is one of the longest-running musical productions in history.Story:Mrs Johnstone is working as a cleaner for Mrs Lyons when she becomes pregnant with twins. The financial burden of two children is too much for her and Mrs Lyons is longing for a child of her own so Mrs Johnstone keeps Mickey and gives the other boy Edward to Mrs Lyons. Though the blood brothers are never told they are related and their mothers try their best to keep them apart their paths do cross later in life and all hell breaks loose. 
A new rock musical tracing the rise of Andrew Jackson from early childhood through to his controversial presidency.
The new Bollywood-style musical transfer from the UK.Story:Akaash is a young man from the slums of Bombay who dreams of becoming the next big star in Bollywood. Priya the daughter of a famous Bollywood director saves his slum helps him rise is show business and steals his heart but she is engaged to another and from an entirely different class.
A hip-hop version of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors.Story:Identical twins both named Antipholus are served by another set of identical twins both named Dromio. The twins separated since birth arrive in the same city and a wonderful series of mishaps occur as the twins are mistaken for each other.
Based on the real-life story of Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow outlaws robbers and criminals who traveled the United States during the Great Depression.Story:Bonnie has dreams of a life in the movies when she meets Clyde who has just broken out of prison with his brother Buck. The two team up and begin a life of crime to become the stuff of folk legend. 
Matt Stone and Trey Parker the creators of TV?™s South Park collaborate with Avenue Q co-composer/co-lyricist Robert Lopez on this irreverent musical comedy.Story:Elder Price and Elder Cunningham evangelists of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are assigned to spread Mormonism in Uganda.  Though they struggle with cultural differences their own social oddities and their inadequate knowledge of actual Mormonism they commit to helping the Ugandans find the road to salvation - whatever that means. Parental Advisory: Contains Explicit Content
"A new musical starring Hugh Jackman based on the life of singer Peter Allen a man who began in the outback and rose to fame under the supervision of Judy Garland and the love of her daughter Liza Minella.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
The Rodgers and Hart musical adaptation of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors.Story:Identical twins both named Antipholus are served by another set of identical twins both named Dromio. The twins separated since birth arrive in the same city and a wonderful series of mishaps occur as the twins are mistaken for each other.
Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman's adaptation of James Waller's novel of the same name.Story:The Bridges of Madison County tells the story of photographer Robert Kincaid and his life-changing four-day love affair with Iowa farm wife Francesca Johnson.
The musical of a classic Scottish story and a love that transcends time.Story:Two American tourists Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas stumble upon a misty little Scottish town that only awakens once every hundred years.
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's new musical set in the Blue Ridge Mountains.Story:Featuring a score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Bright Star is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and travels between 1945 and 1923. Billy Cane a young soldier just home from World War II meets Alice Murphy the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that alters their lives.
"Based loosely on the film of the same name a new musical from the creators of In the Heights and Next to Normal.Story:When school redistricting sends popular cheer-captain Campbell to Jackson High School she is suddenly on the outs popularity-wise at the new multi-ethnic school. In order to get back on top Campbell has to convince Danielle the head of Jackson's hip-hop dance troop to start a cheer squad if she's ever going to ""bring it on"" and end up on top again."
"A streetwise new musical based on the real life story of Chazz Palminteri and the play and film of the same name.Story:A Bronx Tale is set against the backdrop of racial strife and organized crime in the 1960s. It is the story of an Italian-American teenager finding his path in life as he must choose between the father who raised him and a mob-boss father figure who fascinates him.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
A new musical adaptation of Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath's comedy.Story:Bullets Over Broadway tells the story of an aspiring young playwright who is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced. Featuring music of the 1920s the musical includes a new book by Woody Allen.
A ballroom dance musical featuring Tangos Sambas Mambos Quicksteps Swing Dancing Viennese Waltzes Jives and Paso Dobles.
"A musical inspired by the phenomenon of Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army from composer Charles Strouse.Story:Conrad Birdie has been drafted to the army. As a farewell the rock and roll star is scheduled to sing Albert Peterson's ""One Last Kiss"" and kiss a girl from Sweet Apple Ohio live on the Ed Sullivan Show. However Conrad's hip-thrusting makes more than one man in town uncomfortable many of whom attempt to stop the show from happening. Meanwhile Rosie wonders if Alfred for whom she does everything will ever leave his mother's shadow."
Based on a 1939 novel by Christopher Isherwood and a 1951 play by John Van Druten this musical features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.Story:Cliff Bradshaw an American author working on a novel in Berlin encounters Sally Bowles at the seedy Kit Kat Klub where she sings.  When she is fired by the club?™s owner also her jealous boyfriend she moves in with Cliff and the two fall in love.  As the Nazis begin taking control of the German government the atmosphere of the Kit Kat Klub and the lives of Cliff and Sally begin to change dramatically.
A political-satire star-vehicle for Ethel Merman by Irving Berlin.Story:Sally Adams becomes Ambassador of Lichtenburg and charms Cosmo Constanstine with her undiplomatic manner. Meanwhile her press attache Keneth Gibson falls in love with Princess Maria.
"A classic musical based on T.H. White's ""The Once and Future King.""Story:Guinevere King Arthur's lovely wife encourages him to establish the Knights of the Round Table. As the Knights grow in fame Lancelot Du Lac becomes the most celebrated of all of them and rumors begin to circulate about his affair with Guinevere. Can Camelot be the idealistic place of Arthur's dreams?"
A Cole Porter classic about the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s.Story:La Môme Pistache decides to feature the scandalous Can-Can dance in her dance hall but Judge Forestier threatens to close down her establishment if she defies the law.
"A contemporary operetta based on the novel by Voltaire.Story:Candide and his friends Cunegonde Paquette Maximilian Dr. Pangloss and the old lady (with one buttox) survive numerous disasters but never give up their search for truth in this ""best of all possible worlds.""Apply for 1973 Version Production RightsApply for 1999 Version Production Rights"
A through-composed musical from Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner the author of Angles in America.Story:Caroline is a maid in the Gellman household and both Caroline's family and the Gellmans are struggling. Noah and Caroline form a unique relationship as each attempts to deal with the change in their lives.
The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a play by Ferenc Molnar.Story:Billy Bigelow a traveling carnival man and Julie Jordan a local factory worker are going to have a child. Desperate for money Billy attempts to rob a bank and is killed.
"A new musical from the team who brought you Hairspray based on the movie ""Catch Me If You Can"" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.Story:Based on the real life story of the life of Frank Abagnale Jr. who before the age of 19 conned millions of dollars worth of checks and posed as a Pan Am pilot doctor and legal prosecutor. "
A new musical based on the film of the same name by Gore Vidal.Story:A working class family living in the Bronx in 1953 has to decide whether to spend their life savings on the family business or their only daughter's wedding.
Based the T.S. Eliot?™s 1939 collection of poems ?œOld Possum?™s Book of Practical Cats??this 1983 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.Story:It is the night of the Jellicle Ball during which Old Deuteronomy will select the cat to go to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn to a new Jellicle life.  Over the course of the evening the cats of the tribe step forward to introduce themselves and audition for the chance to be selected.
A new musical about Chaplin from the writer who brought us Annie.Story:From the slums of London to the heights of Hollywood Chaplin is the showbiz Broadway musical about the silent film legend the world couldn't stop talking about - Charlie Chaplin. The brand-new 22-person musical reveals the man behind the legend the undeniable genius who forever changed the way America went to the movies.
A new musical based on Roald Dahl's classic novelStory:When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the weird and wonderful Wonka Chocolate Factory it's the chance of a lifetime to feast on the sweets he's always dreamed of. But beyond the gates astonishment awaits as down the sugary corridors and amongst the incredible edible delights the five lucky winners discover not everything is as sweet as it seems.
A musical telling of Cher's life featuring her chart-topping hits.Story:The Cher Show is based on the life of Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere Bono Allman or as her friends call her Cher! The kid on a tricycle vowing to be famous. The teenage phenom who crashes by twenty. The glam TV star who quits at the top. The would-be actress with an Oscar. The rock goddess with a hundred million records sold. The legend who?™s done it all still scared to walk on stage. The wife mother daughter sister friend. The woman looking for love. The ultimate survivor chasing her dream. They?™re all here dressed to kill singing their asses off telling it like it is. And they're all the star of The Cher Show.
A new musical with original music from ABBA about events during the Cold War.Story:The story of an American chess champion his Russian opponent who defects to the west and a Hungarian born American who transfers her affections from the American to the Russian.
The longest-running American musical in Broadway history Chicago is based on a 1926 play about actual criminals and features the work of legends John Kander Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse.Story:Roxie Hart is sent to prison for killing a man who tried to walk out on her. While in prison she meets Velma Kelly a big-time vaudeville star with twice as much blood on her hands. The two vie for the same lawyer Billy Flynn to help win their freedom and play the public from prison to help win fame for when they?™re finally free. 
"A Stephen Schwartz musical based on stories from the Bible.Story:Adam Eve Cain Abel Noah and ""the Father"" are members of a big family making mistakes forgiving and beginning again."
A new musical based on the 1968 film of the same name.Story:Caractacus Potts and his two children Jeremy and Jemima join up with Truly Scrumptious aboard Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to rescue Grandpa Potts from the nasty Baron Bomburst.
"One of the longest running shows of all times this musical was formed from several taped workshop sessions with Broadway dancers.Story:The dancers auditioning for the chorus line of a new Broadway show are asked to tell the director about themselves in order to land a part.Fun FactRumor has it the name A Chorus Line was chosen so it would appear first in the New York Times alphabetical list of theatre offerings.							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
"A new musical based on the 1983 film of the same name based on short stories by Jean Shepherd.Story:Ralph ""Ralphie"" Parker only wants a Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time for Christmas but his mother teacher or the mall santa all think he'll ""shoot his eye out"" if he gets one."
A Rodgers and Hammerstein musical originally written for television based on the fairy tale.Story:Left to the devices of her evil stepmother and three evil stepsisters Cinderella manages to rise above everything with the help of her Fairy Godmother to make all of her dreams come true.
"A musical homage to film noir.Story:Alternating between real life and ""reel"" life this musical tells the tale of Stine a young novelist attempting a screenplay for movie producer/director Buddy Fidler."
A new musical about the American Civil War from Union Confederate and slave perspectives.Story:Sojourner Truth Abraham Lincoln Walt Whitman Sullivan Ballou Frederick Douglass Hanna Ropes R.E. Lee Henry Kyd Douglas of the 2nd Virginia) Henry Pearson of the 6th New Hampshire and others tell of the horrors loneliness and tragedies that made up the American civil war.
"Based on the 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker this dramatic musical shows the early-20th century plight of African Americans in the southern United States.Story:In the early 1900s in rural Georgia Celie is a teenager giving birth for the second time.  When her father offers her to a local farmer in need of a woman to raise his children she is torn from her beloved younger sister and begins to learn about the world outside her family?™s humble residence.  As years pass by Celie becomes resigned to her unfortunate lot in life but when newcomers Sofia and Shug enter and bring their fresh perspective she begins to understand that there must be more to life.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
A dance piece using the music and original vocals of Frank Sinatra to explore romance in all its various forms.
When the world stopped their stories moved us all.Story:Come From Away is based on the true story of when the isolated community of Gander Newfoundland played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned in to an international sleep-over when 38 planes carrying thousands of people from across the globe were diverted to Gander?™s air strip on September 11 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers the people of Gander cheered the stranded travelers with music an open bar and the recognition that we?™re all part of a global family.
A concept musical composed of short vignettes presented in no particular chronological order linked by a celebration of Bobby's 35th birthday.Story:Bobby is a single man (or in the 2020 revival woman) surrounded by married couples on his/her 35th birthday. Through a series of vignettes featuring lovers and friends Bobby tries to make sense of the institution of marriage and comes to terms with what it means to be alive.
This 2000 Tony Award­winner for Best Musical features three acts of dance each in different settings and styles but all related to human relationships and connections.Story:The first act shows two men vying for the love of one woman in a French forest clearing sometime during the 18th century; the second act shows a woman fantasizing about escaping her verbally abusive husband while they sit in an Italian restaurant in 1950s New York; the third act shows a lonely Manhattan man enamored with and building up courage to approach a beautiful woman in a yellow dress.
A new George Gershwin musical comedy based on the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.Story:When Bobby Child's mother forces him to foreclose on a theater (an action that would lose him the heart of Polly) he decides to put on a play to pay the mortgage. Though the mounting is unsuccessful it may lays the foundation for career success and true love.
"A musical based on the John Waters movie of the same name by the creators of Hairspray.Story:Chaos ensues when finishing school girl Allison Vernon-Williams starts seeing guitar playing rebel Wade ""Cry-Baby"" Walker."
A new musical comedy send-up of backstage murder mysterys.Story:When the talentless star of a musical is murdered on opening night Lieutenant Frank Cioffi arrives to solve the mystery and finds himself drawn into the dramatic world of the production.
This tap-happy musical was originally based on a short sketch loosely based on 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals.Story:A Broadway musical in rehearsal is thrown into chaos when the theatre is ordered to be torn down. A pair of sailors convince their Captain to volunteer their ship as a replacement venue saving the show. But when the leading lady becomes seasick the show again seems doomed...unless an expected star can fill the diva's big shoes.    
"A musical based on the novel ""The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant"" by Douglass Wallop.Story:Joe Boyd sells his soul to the devil Mr. Applegate for ""one good Long ball hitter"" for his team the Washington Senators. Mr. Applegate grants his wish turning him into a 22 year old sports superstar who can must go back to his wife before 9 pm on the final game day if he doesn't want Mr. Applegate to get his soul."
Pasek and Paul's new musical follows Evan as he searches for the things in life that we all need.Story:All his life Evan Hansen has felt invisible. To his peers to the girl he loves sometimes even to his own mother. But that was before he wrote the letter?”that led to the incident?”that started the lie?”that ignited a movement?”that inspired a community?”and changed Evan's status from the ultimate outsider into the somebody everyone wants to know. But how long can Evan keep his secret? And at what price?
A bio musical about Princess DianaStory:Set in 1981 Diana finds the world ready for a royal wedding. Following her fairytale union Princess Diana faces a distant husband an unmovable monarchy and constant media scrutiny. But her unabashed honesty modern perspective and gentle compassion galvanizes a nation even as it threatens the royal family's hold on England.
A new musical based on the 1988 film of the same name.Story:Lawrence is a suave gentleman who cons rich ladies and Freddy a small time American thief who cons women into giving him money by making up stories about his sick grandmother. But the town is too small for two con men so they agree that the first person to successfully steal $50000 from Christine Colgate will get to stay in town while the loser has to leave.
A new pop rock and disco musical based on everyone's favorite disaster movies!Story:Disaster! is set on a summer night in Manhattan in 1979 and follows a group of NYC A-listers who party at the grand opening of a floating casino/disco?”until disaster strikes. Earthquakes tidal waves infernos killer bees rats sharks and piranhas all threaten the guests who sing some of the biggest hits of the ??0s including ?œHot Stuff???œI Am Woman???œKnock on Wood??and more.
This epic musical is based on the 1957 Nobel Prize-winning Boris Pasternak novel and the 1965  Academy Award-winning film.Story:In the early 20th century revolution is stirring in Russia. Doctor Zhivago a political idealist and aristocrat by birth is married with children but finds himself drawn from them physically by politics and emotionally by the alluring Lara Antipov.  As war in Russia rages on and the love story between Zhivago and Lara escalates in complexity life becomes complicated. 
"A musical based on the show business aspirations and successes of acts such as The Supremes The Shirelles James Brown etc.Story:A young female singing trio from Chicago get their big break at an amateur competition and begin singing backup vocals for James ""Thunder"" Early. However things begin to spin out of control when their agent Curtis Taylor Jr. makes Deena and not Effie the star of what will become known as ""The Dreams."""
"A musical that pays homage to the silly predictable gems of the golden age of musical theatre.Story:The man in the chair leads the audience through the back stage and on-stage silliness of a little show he loves called ""The Drowsy Chaperone."""
A new musical based on the Hollywood movie starring Will Ferrell.Story:Buddy grew up in the North Pole thinking he was just like all of the other elves but when he discovers that his birth father lives in New York City he leaves the North Pole to find him.
"A new jukebox musical featuring the songs of Jimmy Buffett.Story:Featuring both original songs and your most-loved Jimmy Buffett classics this new musical is the story of a part-time bartender part-time singer and full-time charmer named Tully who thinks he?™s got life all figured out. Until a beautiful career-minded tourist steals his heart and makes him question everything.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
"Described as ""a one-person show with four people in it"" this musical was originally created as a showpiece for Sherie Rene Scott.Story:The story traces the life of a woman moving from her ""half-Mennonite"" Kansas to that of a Broadway star."
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical about the first lady of Argentina Eva Peron.Story:Eva Peron talks her way to Buenos Aires and then proceeds to sleep her way up the ladder becoming a celebrated actress. When her lover Colonel Juan Perón becomes elected president she reaches the height of her fame and at the end of her life questions whether or not she took the right path.
William Finn and James Lapine's musical combination of The March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland.Story:The story of Marvin who leaves his wife and child for a male lover and the extended family's comic and dramatic attempts to co-exist as the lover contracts the AIDS virus.
A stage musical based on the 1980 film Fame and its subsequent television series.Story:At New York City's legendary High School for Performing Arts Fame takes the audience through the highs the lows the romances and the ultimate triumphs of the star-struck pupils in their quest for success.
"A musical loosely based on the play ""The Romancers"" by Edmond Rostand; the show's original off-Broadway production ran a total of 42 years making it the world's longest-running musical.Story:Matt and Luisa fall in love when their fathers build a wall and pretend to feud. But once the parents put an end to the feud and allow the children to be together Luisa and Matt decide to go their own ways to seek out their fortunes. In the end after learning many valuable lessons they come together to start a newer more mature love."
Using Fela Kuti's Afrobeat music Fela! tells the story of Kuti's controversial life as artist political activist and revolutionary musician.
"The 1964 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical based on the stories about Tevye the Dairyman by Sholem Aleichem.Story:When Tevye's eldest daughter Tzeitel begs him to let her marry a poor tailor rather than the middle-aged butcher that he has already chosen for her Tevye must choose between his own daughter's happiness and those beloved traditions that keep the outside world at bay. Meanwhile there are other forces at work in Anatevka dangerous forces which threaten to destroy the very life he is trying to preserve.Fun FactFrank Sinatra's agent asked that he be considered for the original production of Fiddler on the Roof!							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
Inspired by the 2004 Academy Award-winning film and the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee this musical tells the story of the man behind Peter Pan - author J.M. Barrie.Story:J.M. Barrie a struggling playwright is inspired by his new friend Sylvia and her four sons: Jack George Michael and Peter.  Incorporating their delightful antics and personalities Barrie crafts Neverland and the characters who live there creating a new play unlike any other in London and challenging himself to break boundaries and become the writer and man he knows he can be.
The charming witty and heartfelt Irish classic.Story:Finian McLonergan and his daughter Sharon travel to Missitucky to bury a pot of gold hoping it will grow and multiply there. However they have been followed from Ireland by a leprechaun who is determined to recover his treasure.
A classic feel-good musical from legendary writers Bock and Harnick (Fiddler On The Roof She Loves Me).Story:The story of the rise to power of New York's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia a man who cleaned up New York politics singlehandedly.
First Date explores the most dangerous human endeavor in existence - the dreaded blind date.Story:When tightly wound Aaron is set up with cool girl Casey a quick drink turns into a hilarious dinner served with sides of Google background checks fake emergency phone calls a slew of bad boy and uptown girl exes and some seriously saucy chemistry. Can this mismatched pair turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives or end up at another table for one?
"A Kander and Ebb musical based on the novel ""Love Is Just Around the Corner"" by Lester Atwell; the original production featured Liza Minnelli in her Broadway debut.Story:Harry is swooning after Flora who he has turned communist but is having an affair with Charlotte. Jealousy runs wild Flora loses her job Harry wants to get married and Flora has to decide where her loyalties lie."
A musical from James Lapine Tom Kitt and Michael Korie inspired by the lives of three extraordinary people who experimented with LSD.Story:In the 1950?™s writer Aldous Huxley playwright diplomat and congresswoman Clare Booth Luce and film legend Cary Grant meet at a crossroads in their lives take LSD and confront the mysteries of their lives and their world.  
Rodgers and Hammerstein's eighth Broadway collaboration based on the 1957 novel The Flower Drum Song by C. Y. Lee.Story:Mei Li has come to San Francisco for her arranged marriage to Sammy but he would rather marry Linda Low. Luckily Sammy's friend Wang Ta falls in love with Mei Li and they all live happily ever after.
One of the first of Sondheim's collaborations with Harold Prince an homage to the follies.Story:The follies girls gather at the Weismann Theatre on the eve of its demolition to relive follies from their past and make new ones along the way.
This 1999 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical journeys through the career of iconic dance/choreography legend Bob Fosse.  It includes dance and musical numbers from:The Pajama GameRedheadSweet CharityChicagoPippinDamn YankeesHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying...and more showcasing and tributing the artist?™s signature style.
Disney's Academy Award-winning film arrives on Broadway!Story:Frozen follows two royal sisters Elsa and Anna whose relationship is put to the test when Elsa?™s magical ice powers are unleashed. Also in the mix are a strapping iceman his reindeer a fast-talking snowman and a too-good-to-be-true prince. 
A new musical comedy based on the british film of the same name.Story:A group of unemployed steel-working men frustrated with life women and work decide that regardless of looks ability or anything else they are going to be the best chippendale strippers Yorkshire has ever seen.
This Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on the 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel and charts a woman?™s quest to better understand her late father - and herself.Story:Alison?™s childhood was anything but ordinary: playing in the family funeral parlor (nicknamed the ?œfun home?? tip-toeing around her father (at once volatile brilliant and enigmatic) and striving to discover her unique self (by reading books more than anything else).  Years after the unexpected death of her father Alison now an adult graphic novelist dives deep into her memories to explore her upbringing family secrets and sexual development in an attempt to better understand both her father?™s path and her own. 
A semi-biographical musical based on the life and career of Broadway film star and comedienne Fanny Brice played by Barbra Streisand in the show's original Broadway run.Story:Zigfield Follies star Fanny Brice reflects on her life while awaiting the release of her husband entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein from prison.
The first musical Sondheim wrote both music and lyrics for inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus.Story:Pseudolus the laziest slave in Rome has but one wish - to purchase his freedom. When he finds out that the young master has fallen in love with a virgin in the house of Lycus he concocts a deal whereby he will be freed if he can procure the girl for Hero.
This 2014 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features 1 actor playing all 8 of the doomed heirs of the D?™Ysquith family.Story:Monty Navarro discovers in adulthood that he belongs to the wealthy and eccentric D?™Ysquith family and that only 8 heirs stand between him and the family coffers.  To win his fortune Monty must hatch 8 murderous plots without getting caught - all while navigating dual romances with a fiancée and a mistress!
"Based on the novel of the same name - best known for featuring the song ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"" and introducing Carol Channing to Broadway audiences.Story:Lorelei Lee boards an ocean liner headed for France with her friend Dorothy Shaw. En route the girls meet a number of accommodating gentlemen including Sir Francis Beekmen who looses a Tiara to Lorelei and Henry Spofford who loses his heart to Dorothy."
A musical celebrating the rags to riches legend of George M. Cohan: his life career as a director/performer/writer/composer his loves and his songs.
"A new musical that proves it's never too late to give your dreams one last shot.Story:Mitch Papadopolous always dreamed about being the next Bon Jovi but he chose security over stardom and left those daydreams behind for a day job. For a while he thought he had everything?”the high paying job the high-rise apartment?”until his 40th birthday when he got handed a pink slip and had to move back in with his Mom in Sayreville New Jersey. And when his high school arch nemesis (with a 20-year-old grudge and a tangerine spray tan) threatens to foreclose on their house this big-shot banker must save his small-town home the only way he can??by winning The Battle of the Bands. So he dusts off his guitar gathers his old gang (the math teacher who isn?™t good at math the Irish cop who dreams about being on Broadway the dermatologist who can?™t get a date and a 16-year-old Jewish rapper who makes Vanilla Ice look cool) and sets out to win the battle and maybe even win back the high school sweetheart he left behind proving it?™s never too late to give your dreams one last shot.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
A new musical based on the popular film of the same name.Story:Ghost follows a young couple Sam and Molly who get mugged while walking home to their New York apartment one night. Sam is murdered and becomes trapped in this world as a ghost unable to leave Molly who he learns is in grave danger. With the help of a phony storefront psychic Oda Mae Brown Sam tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving and protecting her.
Based on the 1944 novella by French writer Colette and the 1958 musical film this musical romantic comedy features the work of the legendary Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.Story:Gigi is a carefree girl being taught the high-society ways of fashionable Paris; Gaston is an aristocratic playboy who has begun to bore of the extravagant lifestyle he?™s enjoyed for so long.  When the two meet they feel a bond though still separated by society class structure. When Gaston proposes to take Gigi as a mistress the two must weigh the standards of Parisian culture and their own personal feelings to come to a decision on their mutual destiny. 
A new musical featuring the music of Bob Dylan.Story:Bob Dylan?™s songbook is transformed into a story of a down-on-its-luck community on the brink of change in Duluth Minnesota in 1934.
A Stephen Schwartz musical consisting of parables based on the Gospel according to St Matthew.Story:A group of high school kids meet on a playground to reenact the last days of Jesus Christ's life.
Loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee the famous striptease artist and her mother Rose the ultimate show business mother.Story:Mama Rose is determined that her younger daughter June will have a successful career but after June elopes Mama turns all her attention on her older less talented daughter Loise who eventually becomes a burlesque stripper named Gypsy Rose Lee.
An epic journey to the underworld and backStory:In the warmth of summertime songwriter Orpheus and his muse Eurydice are living it up and falling in love. But as winter approaches reality sets in: these young dreamers can?™t survive on songs alone. Tempted by the promise of plenty Eurydice is lured to the depths of industrial Hadestown. On a quest to save her Orpheus journeys to the underworld where their trust is put to a final test.
"The first rock musical to hit the Great White Way -- the product of hippie counter-culture and the sexual revolution of the 1960s.Story:Berger is the leader of a politically active ""tribe"" of long haired hippies who include Claude Berger Jeannie Shelia and Woof. But their love-filled way of life is thrown into disarray when Claude is drafted.Parental Advisory: Contains Explicit Content Nudity Drug References Sexual References and Violence"
This 2003 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features 1960s-style music and is based on the 1988 John Waters film. Story:It?™s 1962 and plump big-haired teenager Tracy Turnblad dreams of dancing on the local teenage TV dance program.  When she learns a few dance moves from her black friend Seaweed her wish comes true and she becomes an instant local celebrity.  Using her new-found fame Tracy advocates for racial integration on the show - an uphill battle she has every intention of winning.
This biographical musical with music lyrics and book by Tony Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is inspired by Ron Chernow?™s 2004 biography ?œAlexander Hamilton.?Story:Alexander Hamilton a bastard orphan is an American on the outside.  With his fierce patriotism and willing perseverance though he rises through the military and political ranks becoming an indispensable ally for some of America?™s most renowned early heros.  His story includes such struggles as the young nation?™s first sex scandal and a long-time rivalry with Aaron Burr all en route to his becoming head of the nation?™s Treasury.
A new musical based on the 1997 documentary of the same name.Story:For ten hard-luck Texans a new lease on life is so close they can touch it. Under a scorching sun for days on end armed with nothing but hope humor and ambition they'll fight to keep at least one hand on a brand new truck in order to win it.
An adaptation of The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney featuring the music of The Go-Go's.Story:An unpredictable Elizabethan romp about a royal family that must prevent an oracle's prophecy of doom. In order to save their beloved kingdom the family embarks on an extravagant journey where they are faced with mistaken identities love triangles sexual awakening and self-discovery.
"This rock musical follows a rock 'n roll band ?œThe Angry Inch??and tells the story of its transgender singer from East Germany - Hedwig.Story:Hedwig Robinson?™s band ""The Angry Inch"" has been on tour following the more successful rockstar Tommy Gnosis. During the evening?™s concert Hedwig steps out to tell her story - one that involves her childhood as Hansel Schmidt in East Berlin her botched sex change and her life as a transgender in America.  Her story is ultimately a cathartic journey of self-realization."
"This 1964 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on Thornton Wilder?™s 1955 play ?œThe Matchmaker??and is the basis for the 1969 film directed by Gene Kelly and starring Barbra Streisand Walter Matthau and Michael Crawford.  Story:Dolly the famed New York City matchmaker receives her toughest challenge yet when rich grump Horace seeks a suitable wife. She successfully matches many others in the city including Horace?™s niece and two clerks but everything seems to go wrong when it comes to matching Horace.  Dolly finally realizes that maybe she?™d like to marry Horace herself but only if her late husband will send her a sign - and if Horace himself will have her. Fun FactDavid Burns was actually the third choice to play Horace Vandergelder in the original production. David Merrick originally wanted Burl Ives and then Art Carney was offered the part and turned it down.							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
A musical based on based on the Philip Barry play The Philadelphia Story and the 1956 musical screen adaptation with Porter's songs High Society.Story:Tracy Lord's ex-husband C.K. Dexter Haven refuses to let her mary the bland George Kittredge as planed and the two reporters who arrive to cover the wedding find much more than they'd anticipated among this niche of high society.
A new musical inspired by the Academy Award-winning film of the same name.Story:Jim leaves the bright lights of show business behind to settle down on his farmhouse in Connecticut??but life just isn?™t the same without a bit of song and dance. Jim?™s luck takes a spectacular turn when he meets Linda a spirited schoolteacher with talent to spare. Together they turn the farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday from Thanksgiving to the Fourth of July. But when Jim?™s best friend Ted tries to lure Linda away to be his new dance partner in Hollywood will Jim be able to salvage his latest chance at love?
Kenny Leon directs this new musical inspired by the work of Tupac Shakur.Story:The story of two childhood friends and their extended families as they struggle to reconcile the challenges and realities of their daily lives with their hopes dreams and ambitions.
Based on a 1992 film starring James Caan Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker this musical comedy features music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.Story:Jack and Betsy are in love but Jack can?™t muster the courage to propose and break his mother?™s dying wish for him to never marry.  When they decide to elope and head to Las Vegas Betsy catches the eye of a notorious and wealthy gambler Tommy who claims she looks just like his late wife.  Tommy creates a master plan to steal Betsy from Jack putting the young lovers in a situation that tests their dedication and commitment to each other.   
"A new musical based on the book ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"" by Dr. Seuss.Story:The Grinch hates Christmas and decides to stop the Who's down in Whoville from celebrating this year by stealing all their presents and decorations. But in the end he discovers what Christmas is all about."
"Inspired by the book by Shepherd Mead this is a silly campy musical about climbing the corporate ladder.Story:Finch is a window washer who finds a book called ""How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"" which he uses to get a job at World Wide Wickets and move up in the company. Frump a co-worker he left behind on the way up tries to sabotage Finch as he gets higher and higher in the organization but in the end Finch is forced to make a few choices without the help of his book."
A series of vignettes about dating romance marriage lovers husbands wives and in-laws.
A romantic original musical by Pulitzer Prize-winning composing team of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey starring Idina Menzel and Anthony Rapp.Story:On the verge of turning 40 Elizabeth moves to New York City the ultimate city of possibility intent on a fresh start - new home new friends and hopes for a resurgent career. But even in her carefully planned new life the smallest decision or most random occurrence will impact her world in ways she never dreamt possible. Set against the ever-shifting landscape of modern day Manhattan If/Then is a romantic and original new musical about how choice and chance collide and how we learn to love the fallout.
This 2008 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and centers on an ensemble of characters in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City.Story:Nina has just returned to her Washington Heights neighborhood from her freshman year at Stanford unsure if she plans to go back; her parents struggle to keep their small business alive and Benny their young employee does his best to help the company stay afloat; Usnavi operates a tiny bodega and his love interest Vanessa only dreams of finding a studio apartment in the coveted West Village.  When the winning lottery ticket a power outage and romantic tension all hit the ?˜hood the long-time friends and neighbors make discoveries about each other  about themselves and about the place they all call home. 
"Featuring an a cappella score from the talents behind Frozen and Pitch PerfectStory:A vivid tapestry of characters and music in the city that never sleeps?¦or stands still. Inspired by the vibrant rhythms of life on the subway In Transit follows the intertwining lives of eleven New Yorkers all hoping to catch the express train to success love and happiness?¦and the stops they make along the way.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
This epic adventure musical incorporates plots and characters of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine.Story:The Narrator introduces the cast of characters each with a wish: the Baker and Baker?™s wife long for a child but cannot conceive Jack desperately wishes his cow Milky White would once again provide milk so he wouldn?™t have to sell her and Cinderella dreams of attending the king?™s ball and someday being free of her cruel stepmother and step-sisters.  When all their tales and the tales of other fairy tale characters lead to the woods and become intertwined dreams come true and wishes are granted.  Their happiness has consequences though and the characters are forced to band together to save their world from destruction.
"A classic musical based on the play ""Irene O'Dare"" by James Montgomery.Story:Irene a nobody ends up at a charity ball and moves up in society when an attendee places her as the niece of Ireland's Lady O'Dare. When her true identity is revealed she learns who loves her for who she really is and who for what they thought she was."
This musical comedy follows a Jewish bride her Catholic groom and both of their loud-mouthed families on their wedding day.Story:The blushing bride and groom are in love and ready to tie the knot but that?™s not really what matters most to their extended families.  When the mothers declare all-out war on each other and an unexpected guest shows up for the big event the wedding begins to spiral out of control with seemingly no hope or help in sight.
A new musical inspired by Alanis Morissette?™s Grammy Award-winning album of the same name.Story:The Healys are a picture-perfect family ??but looks can be deceiving. When the cracks beneath the surface begin to show they must choose between maintaining the status quo or facing harsh truths about themselves their community and the world around them. 
"A new musical based on the novel ""The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" by Robert Louis Stevenson.Story:Dr. Jekyll unwittingly unleashes his dark side while trying to find a cure for his father's mental illness and begins committing murder as Dr. Hyde."
The 2006 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is a jukebox favorite featuring the unique ??0s sound and songs of Frankie Valli and The Four SeasonsStory:Frankie Tommy Nick and Bob are just four guys from New Jersey struggling to make a name for their band.  Their first break comes when they land a studio job as background singers.  The next comes soon after when their producer promises to sign them on as a group when they?™ve decided on a band name and a sound.  They quickly name themselves after a bowling alley The Four Seasons and Bob writes three songs that will place their names in the rock ?˜n roll record books. As the band develops into a sensation they struggle to cope with fame artistic integrity and their rapidly changing personal lives.   
An Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on St John's Gospel.Story:Judas is concerned about Jesus' rise to power and association with the prostitute Mary Magdalene but Jesus ignores him and leads his followers to Jerusalem where Judas' concerns prove to have been valid and Jesus is crucified.
The first Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical based on the story of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis.Story:Joseph is sold as a slave by his brothers because of his ability to explain people's dreams. When the pharaoh calls on him to breakdown a dream Joseph predicts a famine and is made the pharaoh's secondhand man. When the famine hits Joseph's brothers come to him for relief and have to pass a test to prove they've changed before he'll forgive them.
This 1952 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical a classic by Rodgers and Hammerstein is based on ?œAnna and the King of Siam??a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon.Story:Anna is a widowed British schoolteacher brought to Siam to tutor the King?™s many children.  When she arrives though she enjoys an instant connection to the students she struggles with cultural differences and with the headstrong King.  Through her kindness and persistence Anna eventually connects with the King helping to fuel mutual feelings of social understanding and cultural acceptance and openness. 
"The critically-acclaimed films comes to the stage with an innovative mix of robotics puppetry and stagecraft.Story:Follow an ambitious young actress and a maverick filmmaker as they voyage from the bustling streets of 1930s New York to an uncharted island to capture the greatest wonder the world has ever seen. Fun FactAt the center of the stage show is a 20-foot high 2000-pound gorilla brought to life by a team of seamlessly integrated artists and technicians.						"
A classic musical based on the play by Edward Knoblock.Story:Hajj the beggar escapes the clutches of a vengeful bandit drowns the evil Wazir of Police catches the eye of the Wazir's voluptuous wife serves as Emir of Baghdad and sees his daughter wed to the handsome Caliph. 
"The classic Cole Porter show-within-a-show musical based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.Story:An egotistical actor and producer named Fred Graham and his ex-wife Lili Vanessi are playing Petruchio and Kate in a production of ""Taming of the Shrew."" In both the real world and in the play they bicker and romance in a ""battle of the sexes.""Apply for 1948 Version Production RightsApply for 1999 Version Production Rights"
A classic musical based on the novel by Manual Puig.Story:Valetin a revolutionary and Molina a homosexual are cellmates in a Latin American prison where Molina's fantasies about the actress Aurora are their only relief.
A fun silly musical based on the film and play of the same name.Story:Georges is the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment and Albin his romantic partner and star attraction. Things are going swimmingly until Georges' son Jean-Michel brings home his fiancée's ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
Audra McDonald stars as Billie Holiday in this one-woman jukebox musical.Story:Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill recounts Holiday's life story through the songs that made her famous. 1959 in a small intimate bar in Philadelphia Holiday puts on a show that unbeknownst to the audience will leave them witnesses to one of the last performances of her lifetime. Through her poignant voice and moving songs one of the greatest jazz singers of all-time shares her loves and her losses.
Featuring music and lyrics by award-winning English singer and musician Sting this dramatic musical is based on his own childhood experiences in Wallsend a shipbuilding town in northeastern England.Story:Gideon Fletcher grows up in a town called Wallsend in northeastern England where proud hardworking men build ships at the local shipyard - the center of the town?™s history and economy.  Gideon dreams of doing more with his life though and leaves his home and the girl he loves to travel the world.  When he returns after 15 years he finds that everything has changed dramatically spurring him to join the town in a monumental effort to fight for their collective future.
A new Menken musical based on the film of the same nameStory:Jonas Nightingale is a con-artist preacher trading miracles for money.
"A new musical based on the MGM motion picture starring Reese Witherspoon.Story:When Delta Nu's president Elle Woods gets dumped she decides to get ""serious"" to win her boy back. But once at Harvard Law she discovers the true power behind being legally blonde."
The epic sung-through 1987 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on the novel by French poet and writer Victor Hugo.Story:Jean Valjean a French peasant and convicted thief is freed from jail by a kind bishop and makes the most of the opportunity changing his name and eventually becoming a factory owner and Mayor.  When Valjean?™s criminal past is resurrected and the Chief of Police Javert vows to bring him to justice Valjean is forced to give up everything he has worked for and flee.  Before doing so he promises Fantine a former worker on her death-bed that he?™ll find and care for her daughter Cosette.  Years later Valjean has cared for Cosette as a father Javert seeks him still and the city of Paris is torn by revolutionaries.  Political and personal stories become intertwined and all are called to question their devotion to freedom love and justice.
A West-End transfer of the concert experience featuring The Beatles' greatest hits.Story:Let It Be uses state-of-the-art projection technology and 3D sound to put audiences at the heart of The Beatles' rise to the heights of Beatlemania to their later studio masterpieces.
A new musical based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer.Story:Margaret Johnson and her daughter Clara are on a trip through Italy when Clara falls in love with an Italian named Fabrizio who complicates everything.
The Off-Broadway hit based on the book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians.Story:The Greek gods are real and they?™re ruining Percy Jackson?™s life. As a son of Poseidon Percy has newly discovered powers he can?™t control monsters on his trail and he is on an epic quest to find Zeus?™s lightning bolt and prevent a war between the gods. Normal is a myth when you?™re a demigod.
The 1998 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice and is known for its spectacular oversized animal puppets.Story:Mufasa is the king at Pride Rock and his son Simba is destined to take over the throne after him but when Mufasa?™s brother Scar hatches a plan to kill them both the kingdom is thrown into turmoil.  Though Scar?™s plan succeeds in deposing Mufasa young Simba lives and grows up with his friends Timon and Pumbaa a meerkat and a warthog in the jungle.  One day Simba encounters an old friend Nala and she convinces him to return to Pride Rock to claim the throne that is rightfully his and lead the kingdom back to order and prosperity.
This Disney Theatrical-produced musical is based on the 1989 Disney film and the 1837 fairy tale penned by Hans Christian Andersen.Story:Mermaid princess Ariel is fascinated by the world and lives of people on dry land and longs to someday join them though her father King Triton forbids contact.  When she falls in love with human Prince Eric from afar she makes a deal with her father?™s sister and enemy Ursula: she is temporarily transformed into a human and may remain so if she wins the kiss of true love from her prince within three days.  The dangerous mission leads to a showdown between good and evil forces which only love can remedy.
A Sondheim musical based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night.Story:Desiree Armfeldt an actress is seeing Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm who is married to Charlotte Malcolm. Frederik Egerman Desiree's past lover is married to the still-virginal Anne who is half his age and Henrik Egerman Frederik's son who is also a divinity student loves his stepmother Anne who is a year younger than him. When all of these people end up going for a weekend in the country the lovers and ex-lovers attempt to do the unthinkable in the name of love.
A musical based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film of the same name.Story:Seymour works at a flower shop attending a plant who he has named Audrey II (after the love of his life Audrey). However his plant is no normal plant. It came from outer space and requires a diet of fresh blood. Seymour starts by giving the plant his own blood but when people start dying the plant wants more than a few drops of blood.
"A new musical based on ""Speak Low (When You Speak Love): The Letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya.""Story:When Kurt Weill meets Lotte Lenya he immediately falls in love with her but with the Nazi party rising in Germany the two are forced to move to the United States if they want to survive. But all of their problems do not disappear with the change in location and they open up their marriage to make room for happiness."
"A modern retelling of Aristophanes' comedy Lysistrata.Story:The Athens University basketball team hasn't won a game in 30 years but when spunky transfer student Lysistrata Jones dares the squad's fed-up girlfriends to stop ""giving it up"" until their boyfriends win a game their legendary losing streak could be coming to an end. Lyssie J. and her girl-power posse give this Greek classic comedy a sexy modern twist and take student activism to a whole new level."
"A classic musical based on the novel ""Auntie Mame"" by Patrick Dennis and the play ""Auntie Mame"" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.Story:Mame Dennis's eccentric bohemian lifestyle is interrupted when her late brother's son is entrusted to her care. But rather than adopt to any societal standards about child rearing money-making and romance - Mame does everything with her own dramatic flair.Fun FactOne day a young Jerry Herman came home to find his house festively decorated. He asked his mother why since it wasn't his birthday or a holiday. Her answer: ""It's today"" inspired the song of the same name in Mame.							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
This jukebox musical features hits of the wildly popular ??0s Swedish pop/dance group ABBA.Story:Sophie is ready to get married to her fiancée Sky except for one thing - she has never met her father and wants him present for the big day.  She invites three men that she discovers in her mother?™s diary and believes to be candidates but when they all arrive Sophie?™s mother Donna becomes distressed.  As Sophie Sky Donna her friends and the three potential fathers prepare for the big day emotions run high and surprises abound.  
"One of the most produced musicals based on Miguel de Cervantes' Don QuixoteStory:While awaiting a hearing with the Inquisition Cervantes presents a play as his defense in a mock trial for the prisoners. In it he plays Alhonso Quiana a man who has set his own reality aside and become Don Quixote De La Mancha. Assisted by his ""squirem"" Sancho Panza Quixote attempts to avoid his mortal enemy the Enchanter and woo the serving wench and prostitute Aldonza who he takes to be the lady Dulcinea."
A sung-through  Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg musical loosely based on the real-life historical figure Martin Guerre and the 1982 film The Return of Martin Guerre.Story:Martin Guerre in an arranged marriage with Bertrande is thought to be dead. Guillaume pursues her until the day Arnaud mistaken for Martin arrives. Bertrande knows he is not but agrees to pretend he is for protection. The two fall in love which prompts Guillaume to frame Martin and take him to trial. In the meantime the real Martin arrives and all involved attempt to right the situation in their own way.
This magical family musical is based on the series of children?™s books by P.L. Travers and the 1964 Disney film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.Story:George and Winifred live at Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane with their misbehaved children whose latest nanny has just quit with a fit.  Enter Mary Poppins the ?œpractically perfect??nanny who teaches with magic and bonds with the children as no other nanny has.  When Mary suddenly leaves the position and Winifred hires George?™s childhood nanny to take on the job sending George and the children fleeing from the house Mary becomes more valuable than ever.  With patience kindness and a little bit of magic Mary and her friend Bert help the family set things right - maybe more right than they?™d ever been before.
Developed by the Royal Shakespeare Company Matilda is based on Roald Dahl?™s famous children?™s novel and features music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.Story:Young Matilda loves to read and has a thirst for knowledge but is treated poorly by her uncaring and self-absorbed parents.  When she meets her kind empathetic teacher Miss Honey Matilda is encouraged to embrace her uniqueness and reach for the stars - a lesson that gives her the confidence to stand up to the school?™s cruel headmistress Miss Trunchbull.  It is in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and overwhelming degradation that Matilda finds her inner power inspiring her teacher and her classmates to shake the oppressive yolks of the powerful.
This 2010 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features 1950s-style rock ?˜n roll and is loosely based on the career of ?œDaddy-O??Dewey Phillips the eccentric 1950s Memphis disc jockey.Story:Huey Calhoun an out of work rock ?˜n roll-loving white man promises to get local black singer Felicia on the radio and immediately begins applying for disc jockey jobs at white radio stations.  When Huey finally gets an opportunity he becomes immensely popular for playing rock ?˜n roll - by artists of any color - and gets Felicia on the radio as promised beginning a romance with her that others find disturbing.  As the talented Huey and Felicia continue their careers they encounter prejudices that challenge them to consider their priorities and fight for their dreams.
A Sondheim musical based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.Story:Moving backwards in time this show traces how old friends Franklin Shepard Charley Kringas and Mary Flynn fell apart and changed.
A new musical that brings the story of four rock 'n' roll icons to life.Story:This musical tells the tale of a jam session on December 4 1956 that included Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. 
Based on Giacomo Puccini?™s opera Madame Butterfly Miss Saigon is set in the 1970s during the final days of and following the Vietnam War.Story:The Vietnam War is in its final days and American soldiers are celebrating in careless escapades with Saigon?™s prostitutes.  Chris a sergeant with a distaste for the club scene is coerced to spend the night with a new bargirl Kim.  When they quickly fall in love and Chris bargains for her freedom from the bar owner named the Engineer a love saga begins that puts the characters??moral convictions and honor codes to the test.
The life story of Michael Jackson told through his music.Story:Telling the story of Michael Jackson's life Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough features a score made up of some of the best-loved top-selling songs in recording history.
"A musical/opera from Frank Loesser based on the play ""They Knew What They Wanted"" by Sidney Howard.Story:Tony Esposito an old vineyard owner proposes marriage to Rosabella via mail. Thinking the picture Tony sent to her is her intended she agrees to marry him but upon discovering what he actually looks like turns instead to the man who was pictured his ranch foreman Joe."
A new jukebox musical about the beginnings of Motown.Story:The story of Motown founder Berry Gordy's incredible journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross Michael Jackson Stevie Wonder Smokey Robinson Marvin Gaye and so many more.
A stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's popular film of the same name.Story:Christian has come to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution and stumbles into the Moulin Rouge where he falls in love with the club's star courtesan Satine. Can love conquer all? A story about Truth Beauty Freedom and above all things Love.
The Bill Joey jukebox musical brought to life by Twyla Tharp.Story:Beginning in the 60s through Vietnam and its aftermath this musical follows Brenda Eddie James Judy and Tony as they attempt to come together after losing their lives.
A musical version of the 1993 film of the same name.Story:When out-of-work actor Daniel Hillard loses custody of his kids in a divorce he disguises himself as Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives. As he gets lost in his new persona and grows closer to his kids Mrs. Doubtfire teaches Daniel more than he bargained for about how to be a father.
"The popular Tony-Award-winning best musical that is one of the most produced American musicals.Story:With his fast-talking style ""Professor"" Harold Hill convinces the parents of River City to buy instruments and uniforms for their youngsters in order to save them but chaos ensues as Hill's credentials are questioned and he is called upon to prove himself to the citizens of River City."
"This Lerner and Loewe 1957 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on George Bernard Shaw?™s 1913 play ?œPygmalion??and is the basis for the 1964 Academy Award-winning film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.Story:Eliza Doolittle a rough Cockney girl meets Colonel Pickering and Henry Higgins in Covent Garden where she?™s selling flowers.  When Higgins remarks that he could help Eliza speak properly and raise her status in the community Pickering challenges him to do so and Eliza takes him up on the offer.  Though difficult and frustrating for both Eliza and Higgins at first the lessons soon begin to work wonders and produce results that neither predict.  Fun FactAlan Jay Lerner wouldn't let theatres mount productions of My Fair Lady unless they guaranteed they'd have chandeliers in the ball scene. He didn't want cheap productions of the show!							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
A new musical based on Charles Dickens' unfinished novel of the same name The Mystery of Edwin Drood uses the world of music hall and pantomime as a backdrop.Story:The story follows the exploits of members of the Theatre Royale Music Hall Company as they attempt to complete the unfinished story of Edwin Drood - with some sing-along help from the audience!
A musical adaptation of War and Peace starring Josh GrobanStory:Drawing inspiration from a 70-page portion of Leo Tolstoy?™s Russian masterpiece War and Peace Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 follows Natasha a young girl who forms a relationship with the attractive rebel Anatole while her betrothed Andrey is off fighting. Andrey's best friend Pierre remains on high alert as the new romance blossoms.
A new stage musical based on the Disney motion picture of the same name.Story:Set in New York City at the turn of the century Newsies is the story of the newsboy Jack Kelly who leads the newsies against Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst to fight for what's right!
The Pulitzer Prize winning musical about mental illness by Kit and Yorkey.Story:Diana Goodman has suffered from bipolar disorder and hallucinations for sixteen years. Now trying to balance sanity happiness and her commitments to her family her disorder takes a turn for the worst and her husband doctor daughter and son each try to help her through the struggle in their own way.
A new jukebox musical featuring the music of Ira and George Gershwin.Story:A new musical set to the music of the Gershwins. In 1927 Jimmy Winter a weathy playboy is entering his fourth marraige when he gets mixed up with a trio of a bootleggers and everything changes.
One of the most famous flops in Broadway history.Story:Nick and Nora are a married couple who in the midst of trying to solve a murder find not only problems with the case and suspects but also in each other. They cooperate to get all the suspects to come to the Big Tamboo where another murder takes place and the murderer is discovered.
Mary Bridget Davies stars as Janis Joplin in this musical celebrating the rock legend's life.Story:Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 for three incredible years reigning as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. The unmistakable voice filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock. A Night With Janis Joplin is a musical journey celebrating the inspirations of one of rock 'n' roll's greatest legends.
A dynamic new musical based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8½.Story:Guido Contini is a wreck. Torn between his wife mistress and the star he needs to make a great movie he runs off to Venice. But the city does not help. In the end only the past is able save him.
"A musical based on ""My Lady Friends"" by Frank Mandel and Emil Nyitray.Story:No No Nanette is a tap dancing musical comedy set in the stylish and vivacious 1920s. Comical entanglements of love and friendship ensue when young Nanette sheds her ladylike shell for a wild and exciting life."
"The first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for DramaStory:John P. Wintergreen is running for President of the United States on the ""love"" platform but when he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux the beautiful pageant winner selected for him he gets into political hot water."
"A controversial avant-garde revue featuring sex-related sketches the musical includes (or included in some cases) sketches by Samuel Beckett John Lennon Sam Shepard Leonard Melfi Edna O?™Brien Jules Feiffer and other notables.Parental Advisory: Contains NudityFun FactFrom press agent Shirley Herz: ""I was working on Oh Calcutta! which had a lot of nudity. A beautiful girl was in it. We had to take her down to City Hall in her costume. A sheer costume. Her coat was open and the wind was blowing. We were arrested.""							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
Based on the 1931 play ?œGreen Grow the Lilacs??by Lynn Riggs Oklahoma! is the first musical written by the legendary team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.Story:Laurey is a headstrong farm girl and the woman with whom both cowboy Curly and farm hand Jud have fallen in love.  When she plays hard-to-get with earnest Curly and instead accepts dangerous Jud?™s invitation to the upcoming box social tensions rise between the men and capture the interest of the whole town.
"The oft-produced musical about an orphan named Oliver. Adapted from ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens.Story:After running away from the orphanage run by the heartless Mr. Bumble Oliver meets the Artful Dodger and is recruited to pick pockets for Fagin. There Oliver finds a friend in Nancy but neither she nor the boy are fit for a life of crime."
A musical based loosely on Berkeley Square written in 1929 by John L. Balderston about a woman who has ESP and has been reincarnated.Story:Daisy can predict the future and when hypnotized by Dr. Mark Bruckner can recall her life as Melinda Wells from the 18th century. And as tiring as Dr. Mark's infatuation with her alter ego is in the end Daisy cannot help but love him.
Based on a 1944 ballet ?œFancy Free??developed by Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins On the Town heavily integrates dance and features some of Bernstein?™s most recognizable Broadway songs.Story:Three sailors depart their ship with 24 hours of leave to explore New York City.  Chip wants to see the sights his father has told him about Ozzie wants to land a date with a Manhattan beauty and Gabey wants to find one special woman - Ivy.  After agreeing to all help Gabey find Ivy they split up to cover more ground.  Chip encounters a robust taxi driver Ozzie falls for an at-times out-of-control anthropologist and Gabey journeys to Coney Island.  Friendship perseverance and pure adrenaline help these three sailors make the most of their time in the Big Apple.
This musical comedy is based on three works: a 1932 of the same name an unpublished play called ?œNapoleon of Broadway??and a 1934 film called ?œTwentieth Century.?Story:Oscar Jaffee a theatre producer with four consecutive flops to his name has a plan to turn his career around and bring a winning show to Broadway but he?™s got to act fast - exactly as fast as the train ride from Chicago to New York.  The plan is simple: raise money find a play and entice Hollywood starlet Lily Garland to join the cast before the whistle blows at Grand Central Station.  If he can make it all happen he just might have a winning project on his hands.
A jukebox musical featuring new songs and hits of Emilio and Gloria Estefan?™s illustrious 26-time Grammy Award-winning career together in the music business.  Story:Emilio and Gloria Estefan Cuban-Americans aspiring to make a splash in the American music industry bring their unique sounds and ideas to the United States.  Through perseverance and an unwavering belief in each other they find the success they seek - but not without challenges. 
This 2012 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on the 2007 Irish musical film and features actors playing their own instruments onstage.Story:Guy is a young Irish musician ready to give up his career because his songs about his one-time girlfriend are too heartbreaking to sing any more.  When he encounters Girl an inquisitive young Czech woman who believes he could win his ex back by playing his songs to her in New York City he resumes writing and performing now with Girl.  As the two form their band seal a loan for Guy?™s move and write new songs together a love that both inspires and challenges grows between them.
This one-act musical is based on the 1985 novel ?œMy Love My Love or the Peasant Girl??by Trinidad-born American writer Rosa Guy.Story:On a stormy night on a Caribbean island villagers tell the story of Ti Moune to a frightened young girl.  In the tale Ti Moune is a peasant orphan girl saved from a deadly storm by the gods.  She falls in love with Daniel Beauxhomme a young upper-class grande homme who returns her affection but struggles with their difference in class.  The legendary story tests whether love or death is stronger and conveys themes of love acceptance and unity.
"The popular musical that marked the Broadway debut of Carol Burnett. Based on ""The Princess and the Pea"" by Hans Christian Andersen.Story:Princess Winnifred arrives at Prince Dauntless the Drab's castle hoping for the hand of the prince. His mother Queen Agravain insists that her son can only marry a princess of true blood (one who can feel a pea that is underneath a pile of mattresses). Winifred passes the test unable to sleep all night from discomfort and they live happily ever after."
The Sondheim musical about Japanese westernization.Story:The show is set in 1853 Japan and follows the difficult westernization of Japan told from the point of view of the Japanese. In particular the story focuses on the lives of two friends caught in the change.
"The popular western musical that introduced the songs ""Wand'rin' Star"" ""I Talk to the Trees"" and ""They Call the Wind Maria"".Story:Ben Rumson is a grizzled prospector whose daughter Jennifer finds gold near their camp. Word of the strike gets around and the town's population grows tremendously. Jennifer falls in love with Julio a Mexican prospector but goes East to school. When the gold strike is over she returns to find her town a ghost town and her loved ones left with nothing but their hopes and dreams."
The Tony-Award winning best musical original directed by Bob Fosse that started the career of Shirley MacLaine.Story:Workers at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are demanding a raise of seven and a half cents an hour but the union's demands are falling on deaf ears. Meanwhile a romance is budding between Babe the grievance committee head and Sid the new factory superintendent.
"The Rodgers and Hart musical that introduced the world to ""I Could Write a Book"" and ""Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered.""Story:Nightclub singer Joey Evans ditches his girlfriend Linda for a socialite named Vera Simpson. However when blackmail enters the picture Vera opts out and Joey runs to New York."
Jason Robert Brown's first Broadway musical.Story:Leo Frank a Jewish factory owner is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan. Desperate for someone to blame the people of Atlanta convict him but his wife stands by his side through it all sure of his innocence.
A rock musical by Stew about a young man's journey of self-discovery in Europe.Story:A young middle-class black American man travels from Los Angeles to Amsterdam to Berlin in the search for himself and a place to call home.
This 1994 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is adapted from Ettore Scola?™s 1981 Italian film ?œPassione d?™Amore??and features the work of Stephen Sondheim.Story:Giorgio a handsome Italian captain is transferred from Milan at the height of a passionate love affair with a married woman - the indisputably beautiful Clara.  While stationed at a provincial military outpost Giorgio struggles to connect with other soldiers but begins to build a friendship with the Colonel?™s sickly tormented niece Fosca.  As time passes Giorgio finds himself torn between the unavailable and uncommitted Clara and the obsessive Fosca an emotional battle that has dangerous consequences and teaches him the true meaning of love.  
A musical about a grandmother recalling her life in the Yiddish theater and the Holocaust.Story:Once the darling of the Yiddish Theatre in pre-war Poland now a grandmother in New York City Bubbie has had quite a life. But what will it all mean if she can't pass on her stories to the next generation? Though her granddaughter is enchanted by her tales her daughter Red will do anything to keep from looking back.
This timeless family musical is adapted from two works by J.M. Barrie: the 1904 play of the same name and the 1911 novel ?œPeter and Wendy.??Story:Flying boy Peter Pan and his fairy companion Tinkerbell encounter Wendy and her brothers when flying through London searching for Peter?™s shadow.  When Wendy helps Peter sew it back on he offers to take them all to his home in Neverland where they meet the Lost Boys and encounter the evil Captain Hook.  The conflict between Peter and Hook takes center stage as the magical adventure turns dangerous and teaches everyone the true power of friendship.
The 1988 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber and is the longest-running show in Broadway history.Story:It is 1881 and the backdrop in the notoriously haunted Opéra Populaire has just mysteriously fallen during rehearsal frightening the star performer from continuing with the show and forcing young Christine to be recast in the role.  After opening the production the Phantom abducts Christine and brings her to his lair and reveals his love for her.  When the Phantom discovers that Christine is already in love with Raoul he vows to destroy him - a promise that leads both him and Christine to a dramatic discovery of the true power of music and love. 
The Stephen Schwartz coming-of-age musical that helped put Bob Fosse on the map.Story:Pippin becomes a soldier for his father's army but is upset by the killing and murders his father to stop the war. Now King he is even more lost and unsure about what he wants in life and turns away from everything including love before discovering that what he has been searching for has been there all along.
A new musical from the team that created Les Miserables.Story:Grace O'Malley sneaks aboard the ship The Pirate Queen disguised as a boy and proves herself to be a worthy sailer and fighter. Later a captain of the ship herself she confronts Queen Elizabeth head on in defense of Ireland.
"The popular Gershwin musical based on the play ""Porgy"" by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward.Story:Bess beautiful and troubled turns to Porgy the crippled beggar in search of safety after her possessive lover Crown commits murder."
A new musical based on the film of the same name.Story:Vivian and Edward are unlikely soulmates who overcome all odds to find each other??and themselves. Experience the moments you love from the movie?”and get to know these iconic characters in a whole new way?”in this dazzlingly theatrical take on a love story for the ages. 
"A new musical based on the Australian movie of the same name.Story:Drag artist Mitzi Del Bra (aka Anthony ""Tick"" Belrose) books a job in Alice Springs Australia and convinces his friends Bernadette Bassenger and Felicia Jollygoodfellow (aka Adam Whitely) to join him on a tour bus they christen Priscilla Queen of the Desert."
This 2001 Tony Award­winner for Best Musical is adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks??1968 comedy film.Story:Max Bialystock the one­time king of Broadway producers hungry to strike it rich and Leo Bloom an accountant with dreams of someday becoming a theatre producer discover that they could get richer by producing a flop than a hit and start by finding the worst show worst director and worst actors. When their new production ?œSpringtime for Hitler??turns out to be a smash success the plan is thrown off and the partners lives are thrown into chaos.
A new musical about a small-town Indiana prom based on an original concept by Jack ViertelStory:Four fading Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town Indiana prom?”and the press is involved?”they know that it?™s time to put a spotlight on the issue?¦and themselves. The town?™s parents want to keep the dance on the straight and narrow?”but when one student just wants to bring her girlfriend to prom the entire town has a date with destiny. Now Broadway?™s brassiest are coming to join the fight and they are ready to kick-ball-change the world.
A Burt Bacharach musical based on the film The Apartment.Story:Chuck loans his apartment to executives at the Insurance company where he works in exchange for promises of promotion and is in love with a waitress at the company restaurant named Fran. But when J.D. Sheldrake the personnel director of the company starts using Chuck's apartment to have an extra-marital affair with Fran Chuck must decide just how much he is willing to sacrifice for advancement in the insurance company.
"A jukebox musical celebrating director Harold Prince's career.Story:Prince of Broadway pays tribute to Harold Prince?™s 60-year career and examines the circumstances and fortune both good and bad that led to him creating some of the most beloved theater of all time including West Side Story The Pajama Game Cabaret Follies A Little Night Music Sweeney Todd The Phantom of the Opera Evita and Company.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
A musical by Stephen Flaherty based on the novel of the same name by E. L. Doctorow. The original production set records with its $11 million budget including fireworks and a working Model T automobile.Story:The lives of a family of upper-class WASPs an African-American couple and some Eastern-European Jewish immigrants intersect as they try to make a success in America.
"With the goal of delivering a perfect note-for-note performance Rain performs the music of the Beatles live ""with the same respect a classical musician treats Mozart."" The show covers songs ranging from the early days of the band's appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show through the Abbey Road years including historical film footage and television commercials plus live cameras zooming in for close-ups of the band."
Bob Fosse's directoral debut and a showcase for Gwen Verdon this is a murder mystery in the setting of a wax museum.Story:When an actress is murdered the Simpson Sisters' Waxworks installs a tableau of the event. Keen to attract the attentions of Tom Baxter Essie Whimple pretends to have been attacked by the same murderer and chaos and hilarity ensues.
Jonathan Larson?™s musical loosely based on Giacomo Puccini?™s opera ?œLa Bohème??won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.Story:In the late 1980s and early 1990s friends in Manhattan?™s East Village struggle to build the lives of their dreams.  Pennilessness drug abuse HIV/AIDS social tension and political unrest among other hardships challenge the group physically and emotionally.  Facing the problems head on they make personal self-discoveries and find what really matters most in life.
The Irish stepdancing phenomenon featuring Irish dancing champions Jean Butler and Michael Flatley.
"A jukebox rock musical featuring hits from the 1980s.Story:Drew Bowie an aspiring rock star meets Sherrie a small-town girl at The Bourbon Room a bar in danger of being torn down. But while attempting to pursue their desperate dreams and afraid to admit the truth the two fall apart before realizing that ""the dreams you come with aren't always the dreams you leave with but they still rock."""
A new musical is based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name which starred co-librettist Sylvester Stallone in the title role.Story:Rocky brings to life the story of struggling small time Philly boxer Rocky Balboa who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to go the distance against heavyweight champ Apollo Creed.
A humorous musical tribute to science fiction and horror B movies that developed a huge cult following.Story:Brad and Janet are a simple engaged couple whose lives get turned upside down by Frank 'n Furter and his household of strange Transylvanians on a stormy night.
Ruthless! The Musical is the story of a daughter who would literally kill for a part and her split-personality mother and conniving grandmother.
"A musical based on Nik Cohn's 1975 New York Magazine article ""Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night"" and Norman Wexler's 1977 film featuring music by the Bee Gees.Story:Tony Manero is a Brooklyn youth who goes to the discotheque where he is admired by Stephanie Mangano and rest of the disco's patrons and while escaping his worries."
A new musical by Kathie Lee Gifford about the life of Aimee Semple McPherson the trailblazing media superstar whose passion for saving souls was matched by her passion for making headlines.Story:Set in 1920s Los Angeles holiness collides with Hollywood in the extraordinary tale of one woman's charismatic rise to fame. But as her popularity grows so do her enemies until her sermons her celebrity and her past combine to put everything she believes in on trial.
"The new Frank Wildhorn musical based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy.Story:Marguerite St. Just and Sir Percy Blakeney marry before Percy finds out that his wife has betrayed his friend the Marquis to the guillotine. To make amends for his friend's death Percy assumes the identity of ""the Scarlet Pimpernel"" saving others from the same fate and feigning foppishness as a disguise."
The musical based on the 2003 film starring Jack Black features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Julian Fellowes.Story:Dewey Finn may not be rich or successful but he sure knows rock ?˜n roll.  When the jobless rocker seizes an opportunity to pose as a substitute teacher at a prestigious private school for a few extra bucks he is inspired by the musical talents of the students there. With their well-trained abilities and his rockstar attitude he believes they can form a hard-rocking band and win the local Battle of the Band competition - unfortunately the childrens??parents and teachers don?™t quite see it that way.
Told in minstrel show style this musical tells the real-life story of the nine Scottsboro boys accused of raping two white girls following them as they hope and despair on the way to trail.
A new musical version of the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett.Story:When the orphaned Mary Lennox is sent to England to live with the Cravens. While there she helps bring life to a secret garden and the home with the help of Martha a chambermaid Dickon a gardener and her cousin Colin.
This fantastical family musical is based on the books of Dr. Seuss including favorites like ?œHorton Hears a Who!???œHorton Hatches the Egg??and ?œMiss Gertrude McFuzz.?Story:Horton hears a noise coming from a speck of dust on a clover and commits himself to protecting it and the Whos who live on it; Jojo a misfit Who who ?œdoesn?™t Think normal Thinks??struggles to find his place in the tiny Who society; Gertrude McFuzz tries to catch the attention of her love - the kind and compassionate Horton. Through mishaps and adventures these unique characters finally find what they seek - their places in their world.
The big dance adaptation of the film of the same name that flopped after only five performances.Story:When Adam brings his new wife Milly home to care for his six brothers she teaches them all to dance and attempts to reform them. Kidnapping the girls they fall for and keeping their suitors at bay by causing an avalanche may not seem like the stuff of love but these are no ordinary brothers or ordinary wives-to-be.
"The Tony-Award winning Best Musical adaptation of the play Parfumerie by Miklos Laszlo (which also inspired the film You've Got Mail).Story:When Amalia Balash starts working alongside Georg Nowack at Mr. Maraczek's Parfumerie the two argue endlessly while unknowingly writing loving words to each other as a part of an anonymous ""dear friend"" romantic pen pal service. When Georg finds out who his ""dear friend"" has been he looks at their relationship and realizes all that animosity he thought he felt may have been nothing less than love in disguise."
"A classic musical from Hammerstein and Kern based on Edna Ferber's novel of the same name. The first Broadway score ever to have a coherent plot and integrated songs.Story:Showboat is the story of the Hawks family and their showboat troop of actors aboard the Cotton Blossom floating theater.Apply for 1946 Version Production RightsApply for 1994 Version Production RightsFun FactMrs. Oscar Hammerstein and Mrs. Jerome Kern were at a party together and Mrs. Kern introduced herself to someone with: ""my husband wrote 'Ol' Man River"" and Mrs. Hammerstein corrected her: ""Mrs. Kern's husband wrote dum dum dum dum. My husband wrote 'Ol' Man River."" 							Show & Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes by Ken Bloom"
A new musical based on the animated movie of the same name.Story:The ogre Shrek is living happily in his swamp until Lord Farquaad evicts the fairy kingdom to his land. With the help of Donkey he rescues Princess Fiona in an attempt to regain control of his land but ends up getting more than he had bargained for in the princess.
The classic musical brought back to life and including telling the backstage story of its creation.Story:In May 1921 the new musical Shuffle Along became the unlikeliest of hits significantly altering the face of the Broadway musical as well as that of New York City. By the time Shuffle Along stumbled into town after a back-breaking pre-Broadway tour it was deeply in debt and set to open at a remote Broadway house on West 63rd Street. But with an infectious jazz score and exuberant dancing Shuffle Along ignited not just Broadway but all of New York City. Because of Shuffle Along Uptown and Downtown met ??and became one.
Based on the real lives of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet who became vaudeville stars in the 1930s this musical features a pair of actresses seemingly attached for the entire show.Story:Daisy and Violet are the star attraction in a carnival sideshow - singing Siamese twins - with opposing dreams: Daisy seeks a life in the spotlight and Violet wants to settle down in a home with a husband.  When musician Buddy and talent scout Terry enter their lives and promise to take them to the top of the entertainment scene their lives change forever and they struggle to balance their individual dreams with their inescapable physical connection. 
A musical loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story Ninotchka and the 1939 film adaptation it inspired.Story:Nina Yaschenko is a Russian official sent to extract three officials from the pleasures of Paris. When she meets Steve Canfield she is forced to succumb to the charms of a capitalistic life.
A musical version of the cult film of the same name.Story:Dublin 1982. Everyone is out of work. Thousands are seeking bluer skies across the Irish Sea. Sixteen-year-old Conor and his schoolmates turn to music to escape troubles at home and impress a mysterious girl. With a score that embraces the new wave sounds of the era Sing Street celebrates the thrill of first love and the power of music.
A new Alan Menken musical based on the 1991 film of the same name starring Whoppi Goldberg.Story:Deloris Van Cartier a famous disco singer is put into witness protection in a convent. While struggling through the restrictions of her new lifestyle she finds comfort in the church's choir and while there ends up inspiring the church and community.
A concert-style perspective from Henry VIII's six wives.Story:Six centers on the six ex-wives of King Henry VIII who headline an electrifying pop-concert spectacle?”flipping the narrative on the one-sided story from our history books.
The songs of Leiber And Stoller are presented in various combinations with no dialogue in this musical revue style dance and song celebration of Rock & Roll.
Featuring Shakespeare himself as a Renaissance rockstar and the Bottom brothers as struggling playwrights this musical comedy depicts the creation of the very first musical.Story:Nick and Nigel Bottom struggle mightily to make a name for themselves with the cocky celebrity William Shakespeare hogging all the literary glory in Elizabethan London.  To get an edge they consult a soothsayer and learn that the future of theatre is the Broadway musical. As they attempt to create a brand new work with singing dancing and acting (sometimes all at the same time!) and win some fame for themselves they discover that success is about more than just churning out blockbusters.   
A musical tribute to Stephen Sondheim incorporating video footage of the man himself.
A Off-Broadway transfer based on the true story of Shlomo Carlebach the father of popular Jewish music.Story:Soul Doctor tells the fascinating story of the beloved yet controversial father of popular Jewish music Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. A modern-day troubadour Shlomo ignited the spirit of millions around the world with his soul-stirring melodies transformative storytelling and boundless love. After his childhood escape from Nazi Germany the young Rabbi formed an unlikely friendship with legendary jazz singer Nina Simone who introduced him to soul and gospel music. Fusing his roots with his new found inspiration Shlomo created a revolutionary musical sound writing songs that became instant standards.
A classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.Story:Maria a nun who is causing the Abbey trouble is sent off to be governess to Captain Von Trapp's seven troublesome children. Maria teaches them to sing and Captain Von Trapp to love but when the Nazis invade Austria the whole family is forced to flee to safety.
"A classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book ""Tales of the South Pacific.""Story:Nellie a nurse on a Pacific Island during WWII falls in love with de Becque a local planter. However when she learns he is a widower with two half-caste children she cannot accept the situation. Meanwhile Cable falls in love with a Polynesian girl named Liat. Cable and de Bacque go off together on a spy mission and the two women wait in hope of their return."
This 2005 Tony Award­winner for Best Musical is a musical comedy ?œlovingly ripped off??from the 1975 film ?œMonty Python and the Holy Grail.?Story:King Arthur is traveling around England recruiting his Knights of the Round Table. When he and his band of misfit knights finally gather in Camelot they receive a charge from God to find the Holy Grail. The quest brings King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to strange places and into the company of strange characters challenging them to keep their heads on straight or die terribly weird deaths.
A new rock musical from U2's Bono and The Edge based on Marvel's Spider-Man comics created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The production gained notoriety for its production troubles and is the most expensive Broadway production in history.Story:When bitten by a genetically-altered spider Peter Parker's life is turned upside down and he becomes a crime and villain-fighting super-hero.
This 2007 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on the highly controversial and oft-censored 1891 play by German playwright Frank Wedekind. Story:In late 19th-century Germany teenagers struggle to cope with the sexual mysteries of puberty.  Moritz has been having dreams that he can?™t explain - dreams that make him feel insane.  When Melchior attempts to explain their sexual nature to him they only get worse. Wendla attempts in vain to learn more about her body and her transformation to womanhood but is instead forced to learn from experience.  Melchior the most handsome and intelligent boy in school struggles to handle his changing emotions and give his friends the aid they need.  Faced with sexual repression and an often-unjust class of adults these teenagers attempt to walk the difficult road to emotional and physical maturity the best they can.  Parental Advisory: Contains Explicit Content
"A new musical based on the popular Nickelodeon cartoon of the same name.Story:Stakes are higher than ever before as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. Get ready to dive to all-new depths of theatrical innovation at SpongeBob SquarePants where the power of optimism really can save the world!			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
The Andrew Lloyd Webber roller-skating rock musical that is one of the longest-running musicals in West End history.Story:A boy's toy train set comes to life and the characters race to become the 'fastest engine in the world.' Will the underdog Rusty triumph and win the race and the heart of observation car Pearl? Or will the Greaseball gang ruin everything?
A tribute to the power of friendship and the people who change our lives forever.Story:This musical follows the friendship of Alvin and Thomas two men from a small town. These lifelong friends are reunited after Alvin's mysterious death. Through music and song these two friends recount their adventures explore their past dissonance and ultimately discover what is at the base of every strong friendship...love.
"A new musical telling the story of the legendary Donna Summer.Story:Told through the dramatic lens of her final concert Summer: The Donna Summer Musical presents the complexities and conflicts the famed songwriter and singer faced in her meteoric rise and descent. The show features a score with more than 20 of Summer's classic hits including ?œLove to Love You Baby???œBad Girls??and ?œHot Stuff.??A Sondheim musical inspired by the painting ""A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"" by Georges Seurat.Story:As Georges Seurat works on his most famous painting ""A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"" his mistress Dot threatens to leave him and later in the show his great-grandson struggles to succeed as an artist and to understand those around him and those who have made him who he is today."
This 1995 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is based on the 1950 American film noir and features the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.Story:In Hollywood in 1949 down-on-his-luck screenwriter Joe Gillis encounters Norma Desmond the one-time silent film star who fell out of popularity when ?œtalkies??took over.  The delusional ex-celebrity speaks of a play she?™s written to be her next project and desperate for an opportunity Joe offers to edit it in exchange for room and board.  When Norma falls in love with Joe he becomes caught between her and the girl he loves Betty and an awkward situation becomes complex and dangerous.
This dark 1979 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and is based on the 1973 play ?œSweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street??by Christopher Bond.Story:Sweeney Todd whose real name is Benjamin Barker uses his new alias to resume work in his barber shop above Mrs. Lovett?™s struggling pie shop after being wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment by the corrupt Judge Turpin.  After swearing vengeance against the judge that tore his family apart Todd and Lovett plot a unique plan that helps them both and leads them down a dangerous thrilling path with deadly consequences.
A Bob Fosse dance musical based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria.Story:Charity works at a dance club where she has seen only the dark side of life through bad relationships. One day she meets Oscar and believes her luck has changed. When things turn sour Charity stays sweet and hopeful that someday her ideals will materialize.
A dance celebration of swing - the music and the movement that swept the world.
Set in London in the 1980s this show follows the decadent lives of Leigh Bowery and George O'Dowd (the future Boy George) and those who frequent the club Taboo.
A new Phil Collins musical based on the Disney film of the same name.Story:Orphaned as a baby and adopted by gorillas Tarzan meets Jane Porter and both of their lives forever change.
This 2002 Tony Award­winner for Best Musical is based on the 1967 film starring Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore which is itself based on the 1956 British musical ?œChrysanthemum.?Story:Millie Dillmount a Kansas girl determined to make it in New York City tears up her return ticket shortly after arriving in the city and sets out in search of a job and a wealthy potential husband. Things seem wonderful when she finds a room at the Hotel Priscilla for Single Women and lands a job working for a rich boss she?™d love to marry ­ but not everything is as it seems. With help from new friends Jimmy Smith Miss Dorothy Brown and Muzzy van Hossmere Millie learns about herself about love and about living in the big city.
"A classic musical adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera ""The Beggar's Opera"" by John Gay.Story:Mack the Knife secretly marries but is betrayed by his in-laws and sent to prison. After being freed he is again betrayed - this time by a prostitute - and is sentenced to death only to be saved at the last moment."
An autobiographical musical about Jonathan Larson the creator of Rent.Story:Jonathan's best friend Michael wants him to join corporate America and his girlfriend Susan wants him to move with her to Cape Cod but he doesn't want to abandon the musical he's worked on for the past five years and has not yet given up faith that it will be his big break.
A jukebox musical tracing Tina Turner's life and career.Story:Tina follows Tina Turner from her humble beginnings in Nutbush Tennessee to her transformation into the global queen of rock 'n' roll. Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939 Turner rose to fame in the 1960s alongside her husband Ike. She later revealed in her autobiography that she had suffered domestic abuse at his hands?”they separated in 1976 and divorced two years later. Turner later made a massive comeback in the 1980s. The Queen of Rock ?˜n??Roll has sold 180 million records worldwide and been honored with 11 Grammy Awards.
This 1997 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical is set on the RMS Titanic the world-class ocean liner which sank on its maiden voyage on April 15 1912.Story:Among others the owner designer and captain of the newly built RMS Titanic stand in awe of the impressive feat of engineering.  As the crew arrives and the passengers board the mosaic of characters is introduced and their conversations reveal their social status and satisfaction with life.  When the ship?™s owner demands that the captain increase the speed to arrive in New York early the Titanic tragically collides with an iceberg tossing the voyage into a state of chaos and the passengers into a situation of immense danger.  
A new musical about creating a new musical about creating a new musical.Story:Hunter and Jeff decide to write an original musical starring themselves and their friends Susan and Heidi that goes to the New York Musical Theatre Festival then off-Broadway and finally to Broadway.
A rock musical based on The Who's 1969 album Tommy.Story:After witnessing his father commit murder Tommy is traumatized into catatonia. As an adolescent he discovers a natural knack for pinball and when his breaking through his catatonia becomes an international pinball superstar.
A musical adaptation of the movie of the same name.Story:The story of a talented but difficult-to-work-with actor who will do anything to land the role of a lifetime?”including adopting a new persona as Dorothy Michaels.
Based on the 1975 American children?™s novel by Natalie Babbitt this musical explores the concept of immortality.Story:If you could live forever would you? When Winnie Foster discovers the magical secret of the Tuck family she embarks on an extraordinary adventure that will change her life forever. Take a journey you?™ll never forget in this daring new Broadway musical about love family and living life to the fullest.Based on the best-selling award-winning novel by Natalie Babbitt TUCK EVERLASTING is brought to life with world-class artistry and powerful storytelling in a sweeping production featuring a book by Claudia Shear & Tim Federle music by Chris Miller lyrics by Nathan Tysen and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw.
A musical satire of the legal system capitalism social irresponsibility populism bureaucracy corporate mismanagement municipal politics and musical theatre itself.Story:In an attempt to regulate water consumption Urinetown has outlawed the use of private toilets. The citizenry must use public pay-per-use amenities owned and operated by Urine Good Company a malevolent corporation run by the corrupt Caldwell B. Cladwell.
"A musical based on the 1982 film of the same name which was a remake of the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria.Story:Victoria on Toddy's suggestion becomes ""Victor"" in order to help her career. However her gender masquerade becomes complicated when King enters into the picture and everyone is forced to choose between love and their careers."
Starring Sutton Foster this is the story of a young woman's quest for beauty amidst the image-obsessed landscape of the 1960s based on The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts.Story:Facially disfigured in a childhood accident Violet dreams of a miraculous transformation through the power of faith. Convinced that a televangelist in Oklahoma can heal her she hops a Greyhound bus and starts the journey of a lifetime. Along the way Violet forms unlikely friendships with her fellow riders who teach her about beauty love courage and what it means to be an outsider.
"Based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1956 satirical play ""Der Besuch der alten Dame"" the haunting musical features the work ofJohn Kander Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally.Story:Claire Zachanassian the oft-widowed richest woman in the world visits her hometown now in a hopeless dreary state.  The townspeople hope that she brings money to help them with all their problems and so she does - but it will cost them. She has returned with a mission of vengeance against her former lover Anton who impregnated her in their teen years and then gave testimony that forced her from town.  The exchange is simple - Anton?™s life for one billion dollars - but the town?™s decision is understandably difficult. "
Sara Bareilles' musical based on the movie of the same name.Story:Based on the 2007 film by the late Adrienne Shelly Waitress follows Jenna a pregnant waitress in the south trapped in an abusive marriage and looking for a happy ending. She finds relief?”and potentially that happy ending?”by making creatively titled pies and forming a romance with an unlikely newcomer.
"The musical about Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole.Story:War Paint tells the remarkable story of cosmetics titans Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden who defined beauty standards for the first half of the 20th Century. Brilliant innovators with humble roots both women were masters of self-invention who sacrificed everything to become the country?™s first major female entrepreneurs. They were also fierce competitors whose 50-year tug-of-war would give birth to an industry that would forever change the face of America. From Fifth Avenue society to the halls of Congress their intense rivalry was ruthless relentless and legendary?”pushing both women to build international empires in a world dominated by men.			(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});			"
A new musical based on the movie of the same name.Story:Robbie Hart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer until his fiancee leaves him at the altar. Heartbroken he is forced to reexamine the meaning of love and marriage with the help of Julia a waitress from one of his wedding-singing venues.
The classic Leonard Bernstein musical that began Sondheim's career based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; one of the most performed productions in American history.Story:When Tony goes to support the Jets at a school dance he meets Maria the sister of the Shark's leader Bernardo and falls in love. They dream of overcoming their differences but gang violence makes it impossible for them to live happily ever after.
"A classic musical based on the play ""Charley's Aunt"" by Brandon Thomas.Story:Charley and Jack invite Kitty and Amy to lunch under the supervision of Charley's aunt Donna Lucia but when she doesn't show up he dresses as her to ensure the girls can visit. However they've brought their own chaperone a man who soon falls in love with this ""aunt."" When the real they run into even more trouble and have to think (and change) fast to get out of it."
A classic-style musical based on the Paramount Pictures 1954 film of the same name.Story:Bob Wallace and Phil Davis two iconic song-and-dance men follow a sister act to Vermont only to discover that the nearly-bankrupt lodge they were to perform at is owned by their former commanding general.
Based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked tells the ?œuntold story of the witches of Oz??and features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.Story:Elphaba born with unnatural green skin is reviled by her father and endures a pitiful childhood.  At Shiz University she bonds with and befriends her popular roommate Galinda.  When the two girls receive academic commendations and a chance to meet the Wizard of Oz they eagerly accept.  Soon they begin to understand that the Wizard is the mastermind behind the political movement Elphaba has vocally opposed.  Galinda accepts the Wizard?™s charge to advance his interests while Elphaba leaves the university and her old friend to fight for what she believes is right.Parental Advisory: For ages 4+
A new musical based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March narrative poem of the same name. Click here for the LaChiusa version.Story:Queenie and Burrs a vaudevillian couple who are constantly quarreling throw a party to end all parties struggling to make the other jealous. In the process Queenie falls in love with Black and things come to a head at the end of the night forcing Queenie to move out.
A new musical based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March narrative poem of the same name. Click here for the Lippa version.Story:Queenie and Burrs a vaudevillian couple who are constantly quarreling throw a party to end all parties struggling to make the other jealous. In the process Queenie falls in love with Black and things come to a head at the end of the night forcing Queenie to move out.
This ?œsuper soul??1975 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical retells L. Frank Baum?™s classic ?œThe Wizard of Oz??in the context of African-American culture.Story:Dorothy a restless Kansas farm girl eager to see more of the world is transported by a tornado to a magical world of Munchkins witches and a yellow brick road.  On her way to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard of Oz who she believes can help her get back home to Kansas she encounters the Scarecrow Tin Man and Cowardly Lion - friends who help her battle the Wicked Witch of the West and eventually learn that there really is ?œno place like home.??A new musical based on Pedro Almodovar's film of the same name.Story:Pepa is on the verge of a nervous breakdown because she fears her lover is leaving her for another woman - then to make matters worse she discovers she is pregnant he has a son whose fiance she may have accidentally drugged her best friend is a wanted fugitive and her lover is in danger of being murdered by his wife. Will they all make it through the night in one piece?
"A classic musical based on ""My Sister Eileen"" by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov.Story:Ruth an aspiring writer who can't attract any man's attention and Eileen a beautiful dancer who can't keep them away move from Ohio to New York to fulfill their dreams."
"A new musical based on Lewis Carroll's ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" and ""Through the Looking-Glass.""Story:Estranged from her husband alienated from her daughter and in danger of losing her career Alice finds herself in Wonderland where she encounters strange though familiar characters that help her rediscover the wonder in her life while searching for her daughter."
A silly new musical based on the 1980 cult classic film of the same name.Story:While roller skating on the beach Kira meets and falls for a frustrated record album cover artist named Sonny. Enter Danny McGuire an aging song and dance man who Kira inspired back when he owned a supper club in New York in the 40s. Together with the help of Kira Sonny and Danny team up to build and open a roller disco nightclub called Xanadu.