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Altar Boyz

New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St. (8th Ave.) 877-ABOYZ-411. The latest teen singing sensation is a boyband of four Catholics and one Jew. Open run.

Ana en el Tropico (Anna in the Tropics)

Repertorio  Espanol, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A reader in a 1929 Cuban cigar  factory gets into trouble. Open run.

Art of Memory

3LD Art & Tech Center: 80 Greenwich St. (Rector St.) 212-352-3101. Four librarians move through literature, knowledge and life. Prev: July 16, 2009; To: Aug. 2, 2009.

Aspire to Inspire

Under St. Marks: 94 St. Marks Place. 212-868-4444. One-Acts. Fest Runs July 8-July 25, 2009.

Awesome 80s Prom

Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St. 877-RAD-PROM. Prom kids in the time of 80s New Wave music. Open run. 

The Bacchae

Delacorte Theater: Central Park. 212-239-6200. Mythic Drama. When government tries to outlaw desire. Summer 2009 (Dates TBA).

Blanche Survives Katrina In A FEMA Trailer Named Desire

SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam St. 212-691-1555. What if Blanche DuBois had to survive the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? Open run. 

Blue Man Group: Tubes

Astor Place Theater, 434 Lafayette St. 212-254-4370. Involves art, signs, tubes and lots of paint. Open run.

Boxcar (Vagon)

Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. The story of undocumented immigrants who cross into the U.S. In rep open run.

Broke-ology

LCT- Mitzi Newhouse Theater, 150 West 65 St. Black family cope with health and money troubles. Prev: Sept 10, 2009; Ends: Nov. 22, 2009. 

Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words

Triad Theater, 158 West 72 St. (6th Ave). Celebs and actors read from other celebs’ autobiographies. Open run.

Chicago City Limits: Without-a-Net!

Original Improv, 318 West 53rd St. 212-888-5233. Revue of socio-political sketches, many based on the Bush administration. Open run.

The Children of Children

45 Bleecker- Green Room, 45 Bleecker St. 212-239-6200. A father refuses to divorce his kids.  Sundays Open Run.

Cirque Du Soleil - Kooza

Randall’s Island Park. Acrobatic performances and slapstick clowning. Op: April 16, 2009; Ltd run.

Click, Clack, Moo

Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher St. Farmer Brown’s cows protest their working conditions. Prev: July 21, 2009; Op: July 28, 2009; To: Aug. 28, 2009.

Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada

Repertorio Espanol. 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. False accusations doom a young man. In rep open run.

Dona Flor y sus Dos Maridos

Repertorio Espanol, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. Dona’s dead first husband reappears after she remarries. In rep open run.

Don’t Leave It All to Your Children!

Actors Temple Theater, 339 West 47 St. (8th Ave.) Tel Chg. 212-239-6200. Baby Boomers age into senior-hood. Op: May 20, 2009. Open run.

El Insomnio Americano

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A story about finding the American dream. In rep open run.

El Quijote

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A story about finding the American dream. In rep open run. 

Emerging Writers Group

Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. 212-967-7555. Festival of Staged Readings. In rep open run. 

The Fantasticks

Snapple Theater Center, 210 West 50 St. (Broadway). 212-307-4100. Meddling fathers put obstacles in the way of true love. ReOp. June 16, Open run.

Flamingo Court

New World Stages, West 50 St. (9th Ave). TelChg 212-239-6200. One-Act Comedies. Prev: April 18, 2009; Ends Sept. 6, 2009.

For Lovers Only

New World Stages, 340 West 50 St. (8th Ave.)  “A cavalcade of love songs, from pop to Puccini.” Op: May 11, 2009. Ltd. Run.

Fuerzabruta

Daryl Roth Theater, 20 Union Square East (15th St). 212-239-6200. Performance. Open run.

Gazillion Bubble Show

New World Stages, 340 West 50 St. (9th Ave) 212-239-6200. Bubble magic, lighting effects & lasers. Open run.

Girl’s Night: The Musical

Sofia’s: 227 West 46 St. 212-947-9300. Five women share a girl’s night out. Prev: June 2, 2009; Op: June 4, 2009; Ends: July 26, 2009.

Greenwich Village Follies

Manhattan Theater Source, 177 MacDougal St. 212-501-4751. A grown-up look at the history of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Op: June 7, 2009. Open run.

Hospital 2009

Axis Theater, One Sheridan Square. 212-352-3101. Dying man lives out the last few days of his life. Prev: June 11, 2009. Ends: July 25, 2009.

Johnpaulgeorgeringo

SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam St., and Ha! Comedy, 163 West 46th St. 212-987-4298. The four Beatles talk, sing and take audience questions. Open run.

 

La Casa de Bernarda Alba

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A widow keeps her house shut and her daughters as prisoners. In repeating open run.

La Fiesta del Chivo

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. The true story of murderous, anti-Communist, Dominican General Rafael Trujillo. In repeating open run.

La Gringa

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27 St. 212-889-2850. A young woman staying with her uncle in Puerto Rico falls in love with the land, but can she stay? In repeating open run.

Lascivious Something

Cherry Lane, 38 Commerce St. Aug. 2009 (Dates TBA)

La Vida Es Sueno

Gramercy Theater, 138 East 27th St. 212-889-2850. Released after imprisonment, a prince wreaks havoc, but was it real?. Note: In Spanish with English headsets.  Opening: Nov 7, 2008; open run. 

A Lifetime Burning

59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th St. (Madison Ave.) TktCtrl: 212-279-4200. Rich girl pens a popular memoir -- that imagines an impoverished childhood. Prev: July 28, 2009; Ends: Sept. 5, 2009.

Lincoln Center Festival

Various Lincoln Center venues. Various theater and opera performances. Fest runs July 7, 2009-July 26, 2009.

Line

13th St. Rep, 50 W. 13th St. 212-675-6677. People’s behavior on a line. Open run. Op: Jan.1, 1975; open run.

The Little House of Cookies

TADA! Youth Theater, 15 West 28 St. (5th Ave). 212-252-1619. Children’s Musical. Prev: July 10, 2009; Ends: Aug. 1, 2009.

The Marvelous Wonderettes

Westside Theater, 407 West 43rd Street. Four girls with hopes & dreams as big as their crinoline skirts. Open run.

Men are Real

Theater at 45 Bleecker: 45 Bleecker St. Latinos dish about their sex lives and the machismo myth. Fri open run.

Midtown International Fringe Festival

Various Venues. Various plays & musicals. Fest runs July 13-Aug. 2, 2009.

Monday Night Magic

St. Clement’s Theater, 423 West 46 St. (10th Ave). 212-615-6432. Various magicians. Mondays open run. 

Mother

The Wild Project, 195 East 3 St. 212-228-1195. Dark Comedy. Prev: July 8, 2009; Op: July 13, 2009; To: Aug. 1, 2009.

Murdered By The Mob

Arno Ristorante, 141 W. 38th St. 800-687-3374. Mingle with mobsters and molls; solve the mystery and win a prize. Fri. & Sat. open run.

My First Time

New World Stages, 340 West 50 St. (9th Ave). 888-MY1-TIME. Based on true stories on how people lost their virginity. Open run.

Naked Boys Singing

New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St. (8th Ave). Songs about being gay and naked, with cast members often singing in the buff. Open run.

New2NY Series

York at St. Peter’s Church: 54 St. (Lexington Ave). $35. 212-935-5820. Musicals (staged readings). Sundays – Open run.

New York International Fringe Festival

Various venues. Various plays & theater troupes from around the world. Prev: Aug. 14, 2009; Ends: Aug. 30, 2009.

New York Musical Theater Festival

Various venues. Various musicals. Fest runs Sept. 28-Oct. 18, 2009.

Night Watcher

59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59 St. (Madison Ave). TktCtrl: 212-279-4200. Solo. Auth/Cast Charlayne Woodard’s relationship mentoring many children. Prev: Sept 22, 2009; Ends: Oct. 31, 2009.

Nowhere on the Border

Repertorio Espanol, 138 E. 27th St., 212-889-2850. Written by Carlos Lacamara. Open run.

Our Town

Barrow Street Theater, 27 Barrows St. (7th Ave South). 212-868-4444. Childhood, life, love and death in a small New Hampshire town. Prev: Feb.17, 2009; Op: Feb.26, 2009. Open run.

Paint Your Wagon

McGinn-Cazale Theater, 2162 Bway (76 St.) Musical. Prev: Oct. 20, 2009; Ends: Nov. 1, 2009.

Peoples Improv Theater

The PIT, 154 W. 29th St. 212-563-7488. Various improv & sketch shows, including: Hot Tub, Flying Blind, The Weiner Philharmonic, Mr. Resistor, Project: Projekt, Casting Couch, Pit Bosses (solos), etc. Open run.

Percussion People

Players Theater, 115 MacDougal St. 212-352-3101. Interactive musical group shows history of percussive instruments. Monthly open run.

Perfect Crime

Duffy Theater in Snapple Center, 1627 Broadway (W. 50th St.) Over-ambitious psychiatrist is accused of murdering her wealthy husband. Open run.

Pinkalicious

Bleecker St. Theater, 45 Bleeker (Lafayette St.) 212-239-6200. Children’s show. Little girl who loves pink cupcakes. Open run.

Pound

Various Venues: 5/27-6/19 at Theater Row (W 42); 7/20-7/25 at Workshop (312 W 36). After being institutionalized and accused of treason, poet Ezra Pound demands a trial, with the audience as jury. Ends: July 27, 2009.

Present Elevation

New Actors Workshop, 259 West 30th St, 2nd Fl. 212-875-7981. Experimental improv grows from silence to sound, music and movement.  Mondays open run. 

Project Shaw

Players Club: 16 Gramercy Park South. 212-475-6116. One Monday a month, GTG will read a different Shaw play. Monday open run.

The Quantum Eye

Bleeker Street Theater, 45 Bleecker St. 212-239-6200. Parlor mentalism brought into the 21st century. Saturdays open run.  

The Rejection Show

Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, 307 West 26 St. (8th Ave). 212-366-9176. Writers and comedians works that were turned down. Monthly open run.

Rooms

New World Stages, 340 West 50 St. (8th Ave). 212-239-6200. Romantic relationship between songwriter and a hard rocker. Op: March 16, 2009; Open run.

Rumple Who?

13th Street Rep. 50 West 13 St. 212-675-6677. Musical adaptation of Rumplestiltskin. Sundays open run.

Sessions

Algonquin Theater, 123 East 24 St. SmtTx: 212-868-4444. Musical. NYC therapist has his own vulnerabilities. Open Run.

The Seventy/Seventy Horovitz Project

Festival. Various venues. Readings and stagings of 70 plays by 70 year old Israel Horovitz. Runs March 31, 2009 - March 31, 2010. 

Silk Stockings

McGinn-Cazale Theater, 2162 Broadway (76 St.) Musical. Prev: Nov. 3, 2009; Ends: Nov. 15, 2009.

Simon Lovell’s Strange and Unusual Hobbies

Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St (6th Ave.) 212-691-1555. Tricks and cheats. Saturdays open run. 

Sing Harlem Sing!

Dempsey Theater, 127 West 127 St. SmtTx: 212-280-1045. The  culture, music and people of Harlem. Open Run.    

Stagebuddy Talk

Players Theater, 115 MacDougal St. Theater and film industry veterans talk about the business and the craft. Open run.

Stagebuddy.com’s Weekly Night Live!

Times Square Arts Center, 669 8th Ave (42 St). 646-414-6668. Variety & talk show w/ theater & cabaret artists, comedians, musicians, magicians, critics, quizzes, etc. Open run.

Stomp

Orpheum, 126 Second Ave. (8th St.) Dances using percussion and props. Open run.

Strawberry One-Acts Festival

St. Clement’s Theater, 423 West 46 St. (9th Ave). Various one-acts Fest runs Aug. 13-Aug. 23, 2009.

Sundays with Poe

Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place ( Ave A). Various tales of Edgar Allen Poe done in radio-theater form.  Sundays open run.

Tanguera: The Tango Musical

City Center. 131 West 55 St. (7th Ave). 212-581-1212. Girl sold into prostitution meets an idealist and changes her life. Op: Oct. 13, 2009; Ends: Oct. 18, 2009.

This is Burlesque

Corio, 337 West Broadway (Grand St.). Burlesque variety show. Op. 2008. Open run.

Tony ‘N’ Tina’s Wedding

St. Luke’s Church, 308 West 46 St and Vinnie’s Black’s Coliseum at Edison Hotel, 221 West 46 St. 212-352-3101. Spoof Italian wedding with audience participation. Open run.

Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind

Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St (2nd Ave.) 212-352-3101. 30 plays in 60 minutes. Open run.

The Toxic Avenger

New World Stages, 340 West 50th St. (8th Ave.) Musical. Nerd in a radioactive accident becomes a superhuman. Open run.

Tubes

Astor Place. See listing under Blue Man Group: Tubes. Open run. 

Vagon

See listing under “Boxcar.”

Vanities

Second Stage Theatre, 307 West 43rd St. (8th Ave.)  Musical follows a group of friends from the sixties through the eighties. Op; July 16, 2009. Ends: Aug. 9, 2009.

Wildflower

McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 212-246-4422. Woman and her troubled son try to escape the past in a small town. Op: July 27, 2009. Ends: Aug. 8, 2009.

Wiseacre Farm

13th Street Rep, 50 W. 13th St. 212-675-6677. Farm throws a party for a pig’s birthday. Weekends open run.

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