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Grease

With an added boost from casting the lead roles via the reality show “You’re the One That I Want,” this musical favorite roars back to Broadway.

In telling the story of a high school romance between greaser Danny Zuko and wholesome Sandy Dumbrowski, this musical captures the rock ‘n’ roll spirit of the 1950s. The score includes the songs “Summer Nights,” “Beauty School Dropout,” “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” and “We Go Together.”

Guys and Dolls

The slightly seedy denzens of 1940s-era Broadway share their playground with a Salvation Army-type mission. Unlikely love ensues, but will the attraction of opposites succeed?

A fly-by-night gambler woos a Salvation Army lass, and a showgirl tries to hook the founder of “the oldest, established, permanent, floating crap game in New York.” Songs include “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” “Luck Be a Lady,” “Fugue for Tinhorns,” “Marry the Man Today” and the title song.

Gypsy

This people’s got it, and this people’s spreadin’ it around! The legendary Patti LuPone is Mama Rose in Gypsy.

A consummate show-biz musical suggested by the memoirs of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. She was once just plain Louise, the awkward daughter of an unstoppably ambitious stage mother. When her pretty sister runs away from the family’s minor vaudeville act, Louise tries to fulfill her mother’s dreams. But it’s not until trouping with Mama dwindles to appearing in burlesque, that Louise finally finds pleasure in the spotlight. The vibrant score includes “Some People,” “Let Me Entertain You,” “Together,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and “Rose’s Turn.”

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Hair

Let the sun shine: The Age of Aquarius is reborn and as relevant today as it was more than 40 years ago.

The musical that created history by bringing rock ‘n’ roll to the theatrical stage, Hair defines the ’60′s generation by examining a group of young adults struggling for generational and personal identity, dealing with the Vietnam War, drugs and teenage pregnancy. Dynamic score includes “Let the Sunshine In,” “Aquarius” and “Good Morning Starshine.”

Hairspray

Can an overweight girl from Baltimore snag the cutest guy in town as well as win a coveted spot on a hit TV dance show – and integrate it, too? Based on John Waters’ 1988 cult classic film.

Set in Baltimore in 1962, Hairspray is the story of plain-jane Tracy Turnblad, who is going to do whatever it takes to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a big girl with big dreams – and even bigger hair – turn the whole town around? Hairspray the Musical is based on John Waters’ 1988 film classic.

In Hairspray it’s 1962 – the ’50s are out and change is in the air. Baltimore’s Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion–to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, “The Corny Collins Show” and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can a trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program’s reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her ‘do? Only in Hairspray! Welcome to the ’60s!

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In the Heights

The award-winning hit about immigrant dreamers in Washington Heights brings its salsa- and hip-hop-flavored score to Broadway.

It’s the July 4th weekend in Washington Heights, a vibrant and tight-knit neighborhood at the top of Manhattan. The musical explores the joys, heartbreaks and bonds of a Latino community struggling to redefine home.

EXPERIENCE an exhilarating journey into one of Manhattan’s most vibrant communities, where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. Welcome to In The Heights, a new musical that feels like home.

With an amazing cast, incredible dancing and a gripping tale of hope and self-discovery, In The Heights is Broadway’s hottest hit! The New York Times calls it, “A musical about chasing your dreams and finding your true home, with enough energy to light up the George Washington Bridge. A SINGULAR NEW SENSATION!”

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (see also White Christmas)

After circling Broadway for some time, this lavish musical finally lands at the Marquis in time to bring an abundance of holiday cheer.

The story of Second World War veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis who become partners in a song-and-dance act after the war. Looking for love, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters who have a Christmas gig at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by their former army commander, General Waverley. The 1954 film, was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney. The score includes the Academy Award-winning title song first featured in Berlin’s 1942 film, “Holiday Inn,” which also starred Crosby as well as Fred Astaire.

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