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The Beastly Bombing
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Julia Miles Theater
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October 2-October 7
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Musical Comedy
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Two white supremacists, Patrick and Frank, and two al Qaeda terrrorists, Abdul and Khalid, arrive to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge, bumble each other's efforts, and end up on the run in New York City with twin runaways Clarissa and Elyssa. An actual bridge attack, jail, and many rollicking, controversial numbers later, they end up in the
White House
with the girls powerful father, and his shocking revelation. Tickets and info »
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The Brain from Planet X
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Acorn Theater
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September 20-September 30
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Musical Comedy
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A Brain and its two alien cohorts, Zubrick and Yoni, arrive on Earth to take over the San Fernando Valley --starting with the happy nuclear family, the Bunsons. It's the first step on the road to their quest of taking over the entire planet and to destroying the family unit. Originally produced in Los Angeles critics lauded the production as "Wildly funny... Wittily staged." LA Times. Tickets and info »
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Girl Gang
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Atlantic Stage Two
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September 23-September 30
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Comedy
Musical
Melodrama
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When clean teen DiDi goes bad, juvenile justice leads directly to reform school. It's a singing, swinging Girls Gone Wild with a 1950s teen pulp fiction twist. This FringeNYC and Los Angeles hit (from the team that brought you Plan 9 From Outer Space: The Musical) is the winner of 2 A.D.A Awards. "Uproariously funny" says LA Weekly. Tickets and info »
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Going Down Swingin'
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TBG Arts Center
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September 24-October 6
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Musical
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A boozing, womanizing radio icon is haunted by the misdeeds of his past in this sexy and swingin' comedy, set at the end of radio's golden age. It's 1956, and caddish crooner Dean Newhouse's variety show is facing a dangerous new foe... Television. As Dean struggles to keep his show afloat, his bitter and abused cast plot his comeuppance, in this innovative and hilarious reinvention of controversial classic, Don Giovanni. Tickets and info »
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I See London, I See France: The Underwear Musical
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TBG Theatre
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September 18-September 29
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Musical Comedy
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When brainy ad exec Gina is dumped for a bimbo on her 35th birthday, her universe starts to crumble. Haunted by a trio of singing lingerie models, she's shocked to find herself falling for the dim-but-smoldering poster boy of her agency's most salacious campaign in this fast-paced, scantily-clad musical comedy. Tickets and info »
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Love Kills
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45th Street Theatre
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September 18-September 29
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Musical
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Nebraska , 1958: the world is closing in on teenage lovers charged with committing eleven murders in the course of a week. Facts blur and loyalties shift, and the question remains: how far will you go for someone you love? Based on the true story , this world-premiere emo rock musical by OBIE Award-winning playwright Kyle Jarrow explores the intersection of love and desire. Tickets and info »
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Love Sucks
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Julia Miles Theater
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September 26-October 6
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Musical
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LET THE BATTLE BEGIN! Shakespeare goes punk as Love's Labours Lost is transported to the burgeoning rock scene of the 1970s East Village. Two competing punk bands, The [All-Guy] Molotovs and The [All-Girl] Guttersnipes, swear off love in order to stay focused on their music. Tickets and info »
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Mud Donahue & Son
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45th Street Theatre
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October 2-October 7
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Musical
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A new musical about a spirited young hoofer who leaves home and his indomitable mother for the glamour of vaudeville! Jack (Shonn Wiley), a passionate kid who would rather dance than breathe, is bursting out of his skin to realize the talent he knows he has inside. Mud, (Karen Murphy) an equally passionate woman, would rather die than have her son go into Vaudeville. Tickets and info »
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Roller Derby
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The Ailey Studios at The Joan Weill Center for Dance
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September 20-September 28
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Musical
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On the road in 1972, a brash young rookie from New York City's mean streets takes on the sport's beloved but aging star in a battle royal for the title of Roller Derby Queen. Rockin' and rollin' with the ten decidedly colorful gals and guys on their team, along the way the rivals meet their match, discovering more than they ever dared to dream about life, love and how the game is played. Five-time Tony Award nominee Donald McKayle (Golden Boy, Raisin) directs and choreographs to a lively pop/rock score by award-winning composers John Braden & Harold Wheeler (Orchestrator: Dreamgirls, Hairspray) with lyrics by Braden and Barry Arnold, who also created the book. Tickets and info »
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Sherlock Holmes (The Early Years)
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Theatre at St. Clement's
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September 24-October 6
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Mystery/Thriller
Musical Comedy
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Thrilling adventures abound in this mysteriously romantic comedy SHERLOCK HOLMES (THE EARLY YEARS), the musical story of Sherlock Holmes' and Dr. Watson's first meeting. Thrown together as unlikely flatmates, the two gentlemen undertake a triple-pronged investigation: the search for Earl Blunt's missing former fiancée, the search for the Blunt family's missing heirlooms, and the search for Holmes' new nemesis, the Spider, an arch-criminal menacing London. Tickets and info »
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Such Good Friends
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Julia Miles Theater
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September 28-October 6
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Musical Comedy
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An original musical about three old friends - a comedienne, a director, and a writer having the time of their lives entertaining America every week. But the pressures of being funny live on television are child's play compared to the serious consequences of being forced to name names before the House Un-American Activites Committee. "My Favorite Year" meets "Good Night and Good Luck" in this tuneful look at friendship and show business in the 1950s. Starring Tony Nominees - Liz Larsen and Brad Oscar. Tickets and info »
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Sympathy Jones
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Julia Miles Theater
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September 24-October 4
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New York Musical Theatre Festival
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Musical
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Meet Sympathy Jones, a receptionist at an intelligence agency who has big dreams of becoming a super spy. After being passed over for a promotion one time too many, she steals a top-secret file and sets out to stop villainess Kitty Hawk. From gadgets to henchmen, our quirky heroine braves it all and discovers there's more to being a spy than putting on a catsuit. Tickets and info »
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Tully (In No Particular Order)
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Sage Theater
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September 20-September 28
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Musical
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Tully has lost his memory.? But a past of passionate affairs, murder, and countless betrayals is not easily forgotten.? A lifetime?s worth of writings will force their author to confront the terrible cost of his actions and the formidable fate which awaits him in this daring new musical drama inspired by the poems of Catullus.? Tickets and info »
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Unlock'd
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TBG Theatre
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September 17-September 30
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Musical
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Classical meets pop in UNLOCK'D a screwball musical comedy based upon Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. In lavish Hampton Court, mischievous spirits collide in an attempt to keep the gorgeous Belinda away from the Baron, who plans on stealing a lock of hair from the woman who stole his heart. Chaos ensues and teacups shatter as Belinda' feisty stepsister, Clarissa, fights to win the heart of the Baron, as the Baron's geeky brother, Edwin, also enters the fray. Tickets and info »
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