Upcoming Broadway shows!
riot_cabaret and I were discussing this today, so I thought I'd post the info Playbill.com has on upcoming Broadway shows. It's going to be an exciting season!
A STEADY RAIN
* Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 10
* Opening: Sept. 29
* Director: John Crowley
* Cast: Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman
* A new two-character play by Keith Huff about two friends who are Chicago cops.
SUPERIOR DONUTS
* The Music Box Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 16
* Opening: Oct. 1
* Director: Tina Landau
* Cast: Michael McKean
* Transfer of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's presentation of Tracy Letts' new play set in Chicago.
WISHFUL DRINKING
* Studio 54
* First Preview: Sept. 22
* Opening: Oct. 4
* Director: Tony Taccone
* Cast: Carrie Fisher
* Roundabout Theatre Company's presentation of Fisher's auto-biographical solo show.
HAMLET
* Broadhurst Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 12
* Opening: Oct. 6
* Director: Michael Grandage
* Cast: Jude Law
* Transfer of the Donmar Warehouse's production of the William Shakespeare tragedy.
THE ROYAL FAMILY
* Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 15
* Opening: Oct. 8
* Director: Doug Hughes
* Cast: Rosemary Harris, Stephen Collins, John Glover, Tony Roberts, Jan Maxwell and Reg Rogers
* Manhattan Theatre Club's presentation of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's comedy of manners.
OLEANNA
* Golden Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 29
* Opening: Oct. 11
* Director: Doug Hughes
* Cast: Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles
* Transfer of Center Theatre Group's production of the David Mamet's play about a professor and his student.
BYE BYE BIRDIE
* Henry Miller's Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 10
* Opening: Oct. 15
* Director: Robert Longbottom
* Choreographer: Robert Longbottom
* Cast: John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Jayne Houdyshell, Bill Irwin, Dee Hoty, Nolan Gerard Funk, Allie Trimm, Matt Doyle and Jake Evan Schwencke
* The Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Michael Stewart-Lee Adams-Charles Strouse 1960s-set musical.
MEMPHIS
* Shubert Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 23
* Opening: Oct. 19
* Director: Christopher Ashley
* Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo
* Cast: TBA
* A new rock 'n' roll musical penned by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.
RAGTIME
* Neil Simon Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 23
* Opening: Nov. 15
* Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
* Choreographer: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
* Cast: here
* Transfer of the Kennedy Center's production of the E.L. Doctorow-based musical by Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
AFTER MISS JULIE
* American Airlines Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 18
* Opening: Oct. 22
* Director: Mark Brokaw
* Cast: Sienna Miller, Jonny Lee Miller
* The Roundabout Theatre Company American premiere production of Patrick Marber's August Strindberg-inspired drama.
THE NEIL SIMON PLAYS: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS/ BROADWAY BOUND
* Nederlander Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 2/ Nov. 18
* Opening: Oct. 25/ Dec. 10
* Director: David Cromer
* Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Noah Robbins, Josh Grisetti, Santino Fontana, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jessica Hecht, Allan Miller and Alexandra Socha
* Revivals of Neil Simon's coming-of-age comedies to run in repertory.
FINIAN'S RAINBOW
* St. James Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 8
* Opening: Oct. 29
* Director: Warren Carlyle
* Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
* Cast: Kate Baldwin, Jim Norton, Cheyenne Jackson
* Transfer of the City Center Encores! revival of the Burton Lane, Fred Saidy and E.Y. Harburg musical.
IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)
* Lyceum Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 22
* Opening: Nov. 19
* Director: Les Waters
* Cast: Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris
* Lincoln Center Theater's presentation of Sarah Ruhl's new play set at the dawn of the electric age.
FELA!
* Eugene O'Neill Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 19
* Opening: Nov. 23
* Director: Bill T. Jones
* Choreographer: Bill T. Jones
* Cast: Sahr Ngaujah, Lillias White, Saycon Sengbloh
* Transfer of the Off-Broadway musical about African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
RACE
* Ethel Barrymore Theatre
* First Preview: Nov. 17
* Opening: Dec. 6
* Director: David Mamet
* Cast: James Spader, Kerry Washington, Richard Thomas
* The world premiere of a new David Mamet play.
2010
PRESENT LAUGHTER
* American Airlines Theatre
* First Preview: Jan. 2, 2010
* Opening: Jan. 21
* Director: Nicholas Martin
* Cast: Victor Garber
* The Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Noel Coward comedy about an aging matinee idol.
TIME STANDS STILL
* Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
* First Preview: Jan. 5, 2010
* Opening: Jan. 28
* Director: Daniel Sullivan
* Cast: Laura Linney
* Manhattan Theatre Club's presentation of Donald Margulies' new play about a war journalist and a photographer forced to return home.
SPIDER-MAN, TURN OFF THE DARK
* Hilton Theatre
* First Preview: Feb. 25, 2010
* Opening: TBA
* Director: Julie Taymor
* Choreographer: Daniel Ezralow
* Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming
* New musical based on the Marvel comic book hero featuring songs by Bono and The Edge with a book by Taymor and Glen Berger.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
* Theatre: The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
* First Preview: March 4, 2010
* Opening: April 8, 2010
* Director: Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch
* Cast: Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Carolee Carmello, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Zachary James, Terrence Mann, Adam Riegler, Wesley Taylor and Krysta Rodriguez
* New Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice musical inspired by Charles Addams macabre characters.
Source; including shows still in the works
A STEADY RAIN
* Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 10
* Opening: Sept. 29
* Director: John Crowley
* Cast: Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman
* A new two-character play by Keith Huff about two friends who are Chicago cops.
SUPERIOR DONUTS
* The Music Box Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 16
* Opening: Oct. 1
* Director: Tina Landau
* Cast: Michael McKean
* Transfer of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's presentation of Tracy Letts' new play set in Chicago.
WISHFUL DRINKING
* Studio 54
* First Preview: Sept. 22
* Opening: Oct. 4
* Director: Tony Taccone
* Cast: Carrie Fisher
* Roundabout Theatre Company's presentation of Fisher's auto-biographical solo show.
HAMLET
* Broadhurst Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 12
* Opening: Oct. 6
* Director: Michael Grandage
* Cast: Jude Law
* Transfer of the Donmar Warehouse's production of the William Shakespeare tragedy.
THE ROYAL FAMILY
* Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 15
* Opening: Oct. 8
* Director: Doug Hughes
* Cast: Rosemary Harris, Stephen Collins, John Glover, Tony Roberts, Jan Maxwell and Reg Rogers
* Manhattan Theatre Club's presentation of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's comedy of manners.
OLEANNA
* Golden Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 29
* Opening: Oct. 11
* Director: Doug Hughes
* Cast: Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles
* Transfer of Center Theatre Group's production of the David Mamet's play about a professor and his student.
BYE BYE BIRDIE
* Henry Miller's Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 10
* Opening: Oct. 15
* Director: Robert Longbottom
* Choreographer: Robert Longbottom
* Cast: John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Jayne Houdyshell, Bill Irwin, Dee Hoty, Nolan Gerard Funk, Allie Trimm, Matt Doyle and Jake Evan Schwencke
* The Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Michael Stewart-Lee Adams-Charles Strouse 1960s-set musical.
MEMPHIS
* Shubert Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 23
* Opening: Oct. 19
* Director: Christopher Ashley
* Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo
* Cast: TBA
* A new rock 'n' roll musical penned by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.
RAGTIME
* Neil Simon Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 23
* Opening: Nov. 15
* Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
* Choreographer: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
* Cast: here
* Transfer of the Kennedy Center's production of the E.L. Doctorow-based musical by Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
AFTER MISS JULIE
* American Airlines Theatre
* First Preview: Sept. 18
* Opening: Oct. 22
* Director: Mark Brokaw
* Cast: Sienna Miller, Jonny Lee Miller
* The Roundabout Theatre Company American premiere production of Patrick Marber's August Strindberg-inspired drama.
THE NEIL SIMON PLAYS: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS/ BROADWAY BOUND
* Nederlander Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 2/ Nov. 18
* Opening: Oct. 25/ Dec. 10
* Director: David Cromer
* Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Noah Robbins, Josh Grisetti, Santino Fontana, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jessica Hecht, Allan Miller and Alexandra Socha
* Revivals of Neil Simon's coming-of-age comedies to run in repertory.
FINIAN'S RAINBOW
* St. James Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 8
* Opening: Oct. 29
* Director: Warren Carlyle
* Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
* Cast: Kate Baldwin, Jim Norton, Cheyenne Jackson
* Transfer of the City Center Encores! revival of the Burton Lane, Fred Saidy and E.Y. Harburg musical.
IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)
* Lyceum Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 22
* Opening: Nov. 19
* Director: Les Waters
* Cast: Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris
* Lincoln Center Theater's presentation of Sarah Ruhl's new play set at the dawn of the electric age.
FELA!
* Eugene O'Neill Theatre
* First Preview: Oct. 19
* Opening: Nov. 23
* Director: Bill T. Jones
* Choreographer: Bill T. Jones
* Cast: Sahr Ngaujah, Lillias White, Saycon Sengbloh
* Transfer of the Off-Broadway musical about African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
RACE
* Ethel Barrymore Theatre
* First Preview: Nov. 17
* Opening: Dec. 6
* Director: David Mamet
* Cast: James Spader, Kerry Washington, Richard Thomas
* The world premiere of a new David Mamet play.
2010
PRESENT LAUGHTER
* American Airlines Theatre
* First Preview: Jan. 2, 2010
* Opening: Jan. 21
* Director: Nicholas Martin
* Cast: Victor Garber
* The Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Noel Coward comedy about an aging matinee idol.
TIME STANDS STILL
* Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
* First Preview: Jan. 5, 2010
* Opening: Jan. 28
* Director: Daniel Sullivan
* Cast: Laura Linney
* Manhattan Theatre Club's presentation of Donald Margulies' new play about a war journalist and a photographer forced to return home.
SPIDER-MAN, TURN OFF THE DARK
* Hilton Theatre
* First Preview: Feb. 25, 2010
* Opening: TBA
* Director: Julie Taymor
* Choreographer: Daniel Ezralow
* Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming
* New musical based on the Marvel comic book hero featuring songs by Bono and The Edge with a book by Taymor and Glen Berger.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
* Theatre: The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
* First Preview: March 4, 2010
* Opening: April 8, 2010
* Director: Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch
* Cast: Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Carolee Carmello, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Zachary James, Terrence Mann, Adam Riegler, Wesley Taylor and Krysta Rodriguez
* New Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice musical inspired by Charles Addams macabre characters.
Source; including shows still in the works