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New York City's Theatre District is known for its world-class theater performances. Broadway theater is NY's top entertainment draw. Here are some of the most popular shows that are currently, or soon will be, playing in New York in the Theatre District. 

Listed are the Theatre Name, Performance Name & Dates, as well as links to the official Theatre site (or an alternative site) and access to Premium Tickets.  Clcik on the Theatre Name link to access our page for that theatre.		 New York Theater District Info:

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Theatre Name Performance Dates Theatre Premium Tickets
Al Hirschfeld Theater Curtains Curtains unfolds backstage at Boston's Colonial Theatre, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for the presence of its talent-free leading lady. When the hapless star dies on opening night during her curtain call, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi (played by David Hyde Pierce) arrives on the scene to conduct an investigation. But the lure of the theatre proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit, as he is in solving the murder. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Ambassador Theater Chicago Chicago is the kiss-and-tell tale of Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who kills her lover as a career move; Billy Flynn, a sharp lawyer who turns Roxie into a celebrity; and Velma Kelly, a dancing jailbird with an ear for headlines and an eye for talent. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
American Airlines Theater Pygmalion Claire Danes makes her Broadway debut as Eliza Doolittle in this classic comedy of love and linguistics. When a pompous phonetics expert bets that he can teach a Cockney flower girl to act and speak like a lady, he gets more than he bargained for. Jefferson Mays plays Henry Higgins. Through 12/16/07 Theatre Premium Tickets
August Wilson Theater The Jersey Boys Broadway's biggest success story takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons and, as the New York Times says, "the crowd goes wild!" Follow the rags-to-rock-to-riches tale of four blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom. Featuring such hits as "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Oh, What a Night" and more. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Belasco Theater Passing Strange An African-American rock musician's desire for authenticity takes him to some exotic locales to find the meaning of life. Opens 02/08/08 Theatre na
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre Rock 'n' Roll It's August 1968, and Russian tanks are rolling in to Prague... Jan, the Czech student, lives for rock music; Max, the English professor, lives for Communism; and Esme, the flower child, is high. By 1990, the tanks are rolling out, the Stones are rolling in and idealism has hit the wall. Stoppard's sweeping and passionate play spans two countries, three generations and 22 turbulent years, at the end of which, love remains — and so does rock 'n' roll. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Booth Theater The Seafarer The Seafarer is a chilling new play about the sea, Ireland, and the power of myth. It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, aging brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Broadhurst Theater Les Miserables Relentless policeman Javert pursues escaped convict Jean Valjean over decades through the tumult of revolutionary France. Valjean becomes a mayor, agrees to raise the daughter of dying prostitute and joins the fight for freedom. None of this impresses the single-minded Javert, until the day Valjean saves his life. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Broadway Theater The Color Purple The Color Purple is an inspiring family saga that tells the unforgettable story of a woman who - through love - finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world. Set to a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love and a celebration of life. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Brooks Atkinson Theatre Grease Grease is the all-American musical based on the sub-cultures of high school life in the 1950's. The show takes place at the hyperactive Rydell High School, where Danny Zuko fronts his gang - the raucous T-Birds - who romance their sassy female equivalents - the Pink Ladies. When "good girl" Sandy Dumbrowski arrives in town, the Pink Ladies take her under their collective wing. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Cadillac Winter Garden Theater Mamma Mia Writer Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings 3 men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone’s having the time of their lives! Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Circle in the Square The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Six young people on the edge of puberty strive to become adults in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee--the funny, tender, sardonic musical by the composer of Falsettos. These outsiders use competition to define themselves, apart from their crazy families, while their struggle to escape childhood is overseen by grown-ups who never completely succeeded in escaping it themselves. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Cort Theater The Homecoming This North London family is an eclectic group. There's Max, the patriarch, a retired butcher; his taxi driver brother; and sons Joey, a demolition worker and aspiring boxer, and Lenny, whose profession shall remain nameless. Into this melange comes the third son, Teddy, who flew the coop years before. With him is Ruth, the wife no one knew existed. How will she adapt to the bizarre household? Through 04/13/08 Theatre Premium Tickets
Ethel Barrymore Theater November The highly anticipated world premiere comedy stars Nathan Lane as incumbent President Charles Smith. Set just days before a major presidential election, November involves civil marriages, gambling casinos, lesbians, American Indians, presidential libraries, questionable pardons and campaign contributions. Through 02/24/08 Theatre Premium Tickets
Eugene O’Neill Theater Spring Awakening Based on Franz Wedekind's play of the same name, Spring Awakening boldly depicts how a dozen young people make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual awakening. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Gerald Schoenfeld Theater A Chorus Line A Chorus Line is a modern classic, which chronicles the joy, despair and triumph of 17 dancers as they audition for an 8-member Broadway chorus. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Gershwin Theatre Wicked Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. Wicked follows these two unlikely friends and college roomates grow into very different women: The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Helen Hayes Theater Xanadu Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time - the first roller disco...hey, it's 1980! But when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, here jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Hilton Theatre Young Frankenstein Based on the Oscar-nominated smash-hit 1974 film, Young Frankenstein is the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the comic genius of Mel Brooks. When Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Dr. Victor Von Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma. Does he continue to run from his family's tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather's mad experiments reanimating the dead, and, in the process, fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga? Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Imperial Theater August: Osage County When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. With rich insight and brilliant humor, Tracy Letts paints a vivid portrait of a Midwestern family at a turning point that is "not-to-be-missed" (Chicago Tribune). Through 02/17/08 Theatre Premium Tickets
John Golden Theater Avenue Q 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. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
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Lunt-Fontanne Theater Disney's The Little Mermaid In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she'll have to defy her father - the king of the sea - escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she's the girl with the perfect voice. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Lyceum Theatre Is He Dead? Inspired by the posthumous bidding war that broke out between the United States and France over Jean-Francois Millet’s painting The Angelus, Is He Dead? is a fast-paced comedy about a group of poor artists who stage the death of their mentor to drive up the price of his paintings. In order for the scheme to succeed, the artists hatch various hilarious plots involving cross-dressing, a full-scale fake funeral, lovers’ deceptions, and much more. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Majestic Theater Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera is based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. It tells the story of the hideously deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera, exercising a reign of terror over its occupants. The phantom falls in love with the young Soprano devoting himself to creating a new star for the Opera by nurturing her extraordinary talents and employing all the skills at his disposal. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Marquis Theatre The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy Chaperone begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts into life in his living room, telling the rambunctious tale of a brazen Broadway starlet trying to find, and keep, her true love. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Minskoff Theater The Lion King The Lion King presents the story of a lion cub's journey to adulthood and acceptance of his royal destiny. Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious Scar and reclaim his rightful throne. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Music Box Theater The Farnsworth Invention It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called “television.” Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul, or the self-taught Idaho farm boy? Starring Hank Azaria. Through 01/27/08 Theatre Premium Tickets
Nederlander Theater Rent Jonathan Larson's rock musical is the joyous, breathtaking and inspiring story of a group of New York City East Village artists struggling to find their voices and find love in today's tough times. Based on Giacomo Puccini's classic 1896 opera, La Boheme, Rent boasts a talented and hot young cast singing some of Broadway's most powerful songs, broaching controversial themes like homelessness, AIDS and drug addiction with compassion, and thrilling audiences of all ages with its moving tale of hopes and dreams. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Neil Simon Theater Hairspray 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! Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
New Amsterdam Theater Mary Poppins Based on the books by P.L. Travers and the classic Walt Disney film, this is the story of the Banks family and how their lives change after the arrival of nanny Mary Poppins at their home at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
New World Stages Altar Boyz Altar Boyz is a musical comedy about a struggling Christian boy-band (with one nice Jewish boy) looking for their big break in the Big Apple. Altar Boyz tells the holy inspiring story of 5 small-town boys trying to save the world once screaming fan at a time. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Palace Theater Legally Blonde She's ditzy, she superficial, but most of all, she's a blonde - one whose incredible lightness of being blinds others to her true brilliance. Sorority star Elle Woods doesn't take "no" for an answer. So when her boyfriend dumps her for someone “serious,” Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books, and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
Richard Rodgers Theater Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac - poet, philosopher, expert swordsman and incredible wit - pines for the beautiful Roxane, but is too shy to pursue her because of his extraordinarily large nose. Cyrano, believing his unusual looks (a nose that looks like a dwarf pumpkin) doom him to life without love, pours out his feelings (with panache) for the beautiful Roxane - on behalf of another man. Starring Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner and Daniel Sunjata. Through 12/23/07 Theatre Premium Tickets
Sam S. Shubert Theater Spamalot Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, and featuring a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits and french people, Monty Python's Spamalot "raises silliness to an art form" (The Sunday Times) and has been hailed as a "no-holds-barred smash hit." (The New Yorker) Now Playing Theatre Premium Tickets
St. James Theater How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Featuring the hit songs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas,” the beloved tale comes to life as The Grinch discovers there’s more to Christmas then he bargained for in this heart-warming holiday classic. Max the Dog narrates as the mean and scheming Grinch, whose heart is "two sizes too small", decides to steal Christmas away from the Whos, an endlessly cheerful bunch bursting with holiday spirit. The Grinch is a natural at thieving, even lying to little Cindy-Lou Who about his intentions as he stuffs the family tree, the "roast beast" feast and every last present up the chimney. When the Whos still insist on celebrating Christmas as if the thievery had never occurred, they melt the old miser's heart and, in the end, the Grinch learns that the holidays are not about accumulating presents but about love and togetherness. Through 01/06/08 Theatre Premium Tickets
Studio 54 The Ritz When garbageman Gaetano Proclo's brother-in-law orders him killed, he hides in the most unsuspecting place - a gay bathhouse! Hilarity and chaos ensue, as Gaetano and his outrageous new friends hatch a plan to save his life. Starring Rosie Perez and Kevin Chamberlin. Through 12/09/08 Theatre Premium Tickets
Vivian Beaumont Theater Cymbeline One of William Shakespeare’s most unusual and spectacular plays, the late Romance CYMBELINE combines comedy, tragedy and history into an epic tale of power and magic. The action sweeps across Britain and Italy, as two warring powers clash until its eventual joyful conclusion. The characters in Cymbeline include a Lear-like monarch (John Cullum), a wicked queen (Phylicia Rashad), an Iago-like villain (Jonathan Cake), a deceived husband (Michael Cerveris), his devoted servant (Pankow), and a heroine, the king’s daughter Imogen, Shakespeare’s last great female role (Martha Plimpton). Through 01/06/08 Theatre Premium Tickets
Walter Kerr Theater A Bronx Tale Chazz Palminteri portrays 18 people in his one-man show about growing up on the mean streets of the Bronx. It inspired the 1993 film of the same name. A hardworking father struggles to negate his son's fascination with a local gangster. Through 02/10/08 Theatre Premium Tickets

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