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13, A New Musical

A grown-up story about growing up, featuring the only all-teenage cast ever to hit Broadway!

When his parents get divorced and he’s forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done.

The star quarterback is threatening to ruin his life and his only friend, Patrice, won’t talk to him. The school freak sees an opportunity for blackmail and someone is spreading the nastiest rumors.

With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, “13″ is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it, and sometimes where you least expect it.

9 to 5

Violet Newstead, the super-efficient office manager, joins her fellow co-workers – frazzled divorcée Judy Bernly and sexy secretary Doralee Rhodes – to turn the tables on their “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical, bigot” of a boss, Franklin Hart Jr.

In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains “otherwise engaged,” the women give their workplace a dream makeover that introduces flexible hours and daycare. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

In the Tony Award-winning new musical THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.

This hilarious hit musical tale of overachievers’ angst chronicles the experiences of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show’s Tony Award-winning creative team has created a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time.

A

Avenue Q

Sesame Street meets South Park: They may look familiar, but these puppets (and their human counterparts) have an irreverent take on the joys and travails of making it on your own. Winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Singing puppets and their human neighbors tackle life’s most vexing issues – including love, sex, money, race and how to tell your roommate he’s gay. The place is New York City, and the street is Avenue Q, the only address you can afford when you’re fresh out of college, or out of a job, or just trying to find your way in life. A new musical for grown-ups.

AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There’s Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fianceé Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod — a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate. And would you believe the building’s superintendent is Gary Coleman?!? (Yes, that Gary Coleman.) Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

B

Billy Elliot

Based on the film about a working-class British boy with dreams that run contrary to family expectations, the London smash-hit musical arrives on Broadway.

Based on the hit film of the same name, this is the story of a boy who wants to be a ballet dancer, even though his father wants him to box.

BILLY ELLIOT is a funny, heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one young boy’s dream in a gripping tale of triumph over adversity. Based on the enormously popular film, this powerful new musical is the story of a boy who discovers he has a special talent for dance, while the boys all around him are more interested in boxing. An unprecedented smash in the West End, where it has won 9 Best Musical awards, broken UK box office records and continues to sell out nightly, BILLY ELLIOT has been created by the film’s director (Stephen Daldry), writer (Lee Hall) and choreographer (Peter Darling), who are joined by music legend Elton John, one of the most celebrated pop songwriters of the last 30 years.

Bye Bye Birdie

Inspired by the real-life drafting of Elvis Presley into the Army, Birdie pokes gentle fun at ’50′s cultural trends: publicity stunts, teenage sexuality, pop stars and conformity.

C

Chicago

What becomes a legend most? For a couple of Jazz Age entertainers, it’s all about fame, fortune – and murder.

The razzle-dazzle musical where a sensational murder trial is acted out in vaudeville specialties. The score includes “Razzle-Dazzle,” “All That Jazz” and “Mister Cellophane.”

CHICAGO is one of Broadway’s most popular and thrilling smash-hit musicals. The winner of six Tony Awards, it’s an electrifying tale of greed, murder and show biz, filled with such hit songs as “All That Jazz” and “Razzle Dazzle.”
And CHICAGO features some of the best dancing on Broadway, with a gorgeous ensemble performing sizzling numbers choreographed in the style of Bob Fosse. It’s no wonder The New York Times calls it “the best musical in town.”

Chorus Line, A

One of the canon’s most beloved musicals returns in its first-ever Broadway revival.

Broadway gypsies bare their souls and put their lives “on the line” as they audition for an unnamed Broadway musical. The 1975 show won the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Musical. The score includes “What I Did for Love,” “The Music and the Mirror,” “At the Ballet” and “Dance Ten, Looks Three. ”

In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. The field’s been narrowed down to just 17 dancers. For these men and women, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for — with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed of. Not to be the star, but to get the job … to have the chance to dance and come through.

But before the final cut is made, the director Zach asks each of them to talk about themselves. He starts by asking their name, age, hometown and reason for being a dancer. But Zach wants more than just their resumes. He wants to know about their families, friends, lovers, ambitions and careers. One by one, they come forward.
Some are shy or reluctant, while others are more than happy to reveal their innermost thoughts. From funny to heartbreaking, these 17 dancers share with us the stories of their lives. They put themselves on the line to get a job on the line. And when they’re done, so is the audition. And the final chorus line of 8 dancers is chosen.

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