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About Face
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 17-September 24
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Musical
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Suggested by Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, and set in 1955 amid the sexually charged hijinks of Whittney College, this rollicking, romantic comedy finds Coach Benedick and English Literature Professor Beatrice Stanton waging their "merry war of wits." Love, laughter and a little mischief are on a spree in this high-flying, heartwarming musical that puts the comedy back in musical comedy! Starring Pamela Myers, Barbara Walsh and Marc Zimmerman. Tickets and info »
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Bedbugs!!!
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TBG Theatre
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September 16-September 27
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Musical
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80's rock excess meets the Creature Feature. Tickets and info »
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BlackfootNotes
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45th Street Theatre
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September 30-October 3
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Amas Musical Theatre
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Musical
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Born poor. Born black. Born female. Four rebellious spirits journey far beyond their pre-ordained lives. Tickets and info »
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Bonnie & Clyde: A Folktale
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Chernuchin Theater
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September 16-September 28
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Musical
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America's most romantic gangsters outwit and outrun a relentless (yet always ladylike) J. Edgar Hoover to the delight of the poor and downtrodden. Tickets and info »
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The Bubble: A Musical Dot-Comedy
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The Zipper Factory
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September 17-September 28
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Musical
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Welcome to Silicon Valley, circa 1991, a magical place packed with scooter parks, massage parlors, and "options" in something called...THE DOT COM. Tickets and info »
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Castronauts
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The Zipper Factory
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September 16-September 28
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Comedy
Musical
Cabaret
Musical Comedy
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"El Club Voodoo" is an illegal cabaret on a side street in Havana, where impresaria "Lolita" presides over an unruly troupe of drag queens and dancing girls--until the night Castro himself decides to take a look. Farce turns to fiasco--and a desperate flight to Florida in a '56 Chevy. Castronauts is a spicy blend--a witty backstage comedy and an unexpected profile in courage. Tickets and info »
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Chocolate Soup
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The Zipper Factory
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September 21
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Musical
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This is a musical tale how middle school mayhem transforms into a movement. Melt Chocolate, Not The Ice Cap!! Tickets and info »
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College: The Musical
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Chernuchin Theater
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September 18-September 28
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Musical
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Endless parties. Skipping classes. Drunken hook-ups. And... um... finding yourself? Tickets and info »
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Cyclone (and the Pig-Faced Lady)
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TBG Theatre
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September 23-October 4
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Musical
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Sally Kaplan is so in love with the world she's created in her hit comic book Cyclone, she lets it seduce her away from her real life. Tickets and info »
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Fairy Tale
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45th Street Theatre
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September 19
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Musical
Staged Reading
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This is a sly poke at the politics of gay marriage by way of Fairyland. Tickets and info »
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The Fancy Boys Follies
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45th Street Theatre
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September 29-October 5
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Anthony Galde and Dog Days Productions
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Burlesque
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Down and dirty meets brains and heart as The Fancy Boys sing, dance, and strip in this hilarious, risque, and way gay Vaudeville/Burlesque extravaganza...a Vaudelesque! Tickets and info »
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Freshly Tossed 2008
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American Theatre of Actors Chernuchin Theatre
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September 22
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Revue
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Blending music, dance, theatre, and comedy, Freshly Tossed features artists who take an innovative and exciting approach towards musical theatre. Tickets and info »
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The Gay Agenda
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45th Street Theatre
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September 27
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New York Musical Theatre Festival
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Concert
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Micah and Nicholas, two harmonizing homos with their ears perked for the latest sounds in the cutting edge world of musical theatre, concoct mangled love ballads and disjointed showstoppers to delight the twisted, sentimental show queen in all of us. The Gay Agenda has a single goal: Complete and utter world domination through SHOWTUNES. Come. Listen. Be offended. Songs have never dripped with such innocent sass and biting satire. Tickets and info »
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Giant Killer Shark
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TBG Theatre
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October 2-October 3
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Musical
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A killer shark stalks the residents of a copyright-protected island through late-night skinny-dipping, a rapping fisherman, a break dancing policeman, and a 100% Autopsy Dance Party. Tickets and info »
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The Hatpin
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Chernuchin Theater
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September 15-September 24
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Musical
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Amber Murray advertised her baby in a newspaper classifieds section in the hope of saving his life and ended up embroiled in one of the most captivating, moving and exciting criminal trials in Australian history. Tickets and info »
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Heaven in Your Pocket
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45th Street Theatre
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September 16-September 28
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Emering Artists Theatre
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Musical Comedy
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En route to musical stardom in Nashville, The Heavenly Belles - a female family singing trio from Heaven, Oklahoma - take an unexpected detour to Kansas City where an unusual inheritance wreaks havoc with their plans. Tickets and info »
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The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen
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Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
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September 27-September 28
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Musical
Dance
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Young Elizabeth is granted the power to control time. Together, she and Daphne, her best friend (and total comic book geek) fight The Conductor and The Poisoned Pen, two nefarious and dangerous super-villains. Tickets and info »
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I Come for Love
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American Theatre of Actors Chernuchin Theatre
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September 30-October 5
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Jeffery Lyle Segal & Terrence Atkins
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Musical Comedy
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Sparks and saucers fly when an emotional alien girl from an unemotional planet comes to Earth to find romance, and crashes her flying saucer at Roswell on July 3, 1949. Tickets and info »
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I Love you, Madam President
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45th Street Theatre
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September 26
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Musical
Staged Reading
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Judith Carlin is the first female President of the United States. Her husband Dan is the first First Gentleman. Will the first Firsts persevere through thick and thin, sickness and health, Oval Office incest and garbage-slinging gubernatorials? Tickets and info »
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IDAHO! The Comedy Musical Love Story
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 25-October 4
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Comedy
Musical
Dance Theater
Musical Comedy
Dance
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'Tater country is turned spud-side-up in IDAHO! when a mail order bride comes to town and falls in love with the wrong man. Born (out of wedlock) from the golden age of musical comedy comes a new love story...a twisted tale of wife stealin', spud peelin' and double dealin' at a time when men were men and Aunt Pearlie carried the shotgun. Tickets and info »
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Jason & Ben
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45th Street Theatre
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September 24-October 5
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Musical
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A chance encounter one cold Christmas Eve leads songwriters Jason and Ben to question each other and themselves. On the "loneliest night of the year," they play a game of sexual and psychological manipulation in this new indie rock musical about the violence that lies within. Tickets and info »
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The Jerusalem Syndrome
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 23-October 4
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Musical
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This tuneful Kleban Award-winning musical brings to life the real psychological phenomenon that makes ordinary tourists in Jerusalem come to believe they are figures from the Bible. Tickets and info »
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Lines
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TBG Theatre
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September 30-October 3
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Musical
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Five versatile actors lead us through twelve stories, questioning what happens when the line that separates black from white becomes irreversibly blurred. Tickets and info »
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Love Jerry
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TBG Theatre
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September 18-September 27
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Works Productions
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Musical Play
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Jerry is likeable and shy; his brother Mike is a macho family man. When Jerry is discovered sexually abusing his young nephew, the brothers must reconcile their love for each other with the grim reality of the situation that is tearing them apart. Tickets and info »
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Max and the Truffle Pig
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45th Street Theatre
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September 15-September 25
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Musical
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Max is a serious boy. Suzette is a light-hearted pig. Max's father is the most temperamental of French chefs. When the neighborhood Countess announces her plan to come to dinner, Max and Suzette are sent deep into the French woods to find that rarest of gastronomic delicacies: the truffle. Nothing goes according to plan. Tickets and info »
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Midnight Madness
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The Citigroup Theater at The Ailey Studios
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September 18-September 21
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New Jersey Youth Theatre
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Musical Comedy
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New Jersey Youth Theatre's production of "Midnight Madness" is a new, modern musical fable based on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" featuring New York City betrothed mayoral opponents, two pairs of lost lovers and a troupe of amateur actors manipulated by the Fairies of Central Park. The result: a rollicking tale of comic confusion set to a beautiful, original score. Tickets and info »
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New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) 2008
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Various Locations
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September 15-October 5
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Musical
Festival
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NYMF Broadway Prom 2008
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Touch
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October 5
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Event
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The New york Musical Theatre Festival ends its run with Broadway Prom 2008. Tickets and info »
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NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation
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The Zipper Factory
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September 19-October 3
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Event
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This talent competition seeks to find the newest musical theatre star with the help of special celebrity judges. Tickets and info »
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Pasek and Paul in Concert
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The Zipper Factory
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September 22
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Concert
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Benj Pasek and Justin Paul take the stage with some of Broadway's hottest performers to rock The Zipper with their soul and pop-infused musical styling. Tickets and info »
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Play it Cool
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TBG Theatre
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September 22-October 5
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Musical
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PLAY IT COOL centers around fictional L.A. jazz club "Mary's Hideaway" in 1953. Inspired by the period's film noir, this jazz musical examines a time when women bartenders were prohibited and men couldn't dance with other men; when every glance had a double meaning. PLAY IT COOL observes the people who broke the rules and those who were only too happy to play along. Tickets and info »
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Prospect Theatre Company's 10th Anniversary Concert
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 21
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Prospect Theatre Company
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Concert
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Celebrate ten years of innovative new musicals from Prospect Theater Company! Tickets and info »
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Prozak & the Platypus CD Release Party & Concert!
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The Zipper Factory
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October 2
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New York Musical Theatre Festival
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Event
Concert
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Come celebrate the release of Jill Sobule sings Prozak & the Platypus - a CD and Comic based on the rockjazzfolkambient musical she wrote with Elise Thoron. Tickets and info »
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A Puppet Music Thing
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Chernuchin Theater
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September 23-September 23
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Musical
Puppet Theater
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This is NYMF's first-ever slam of short works showcasing music and puppetry from socks to bunraku, by artists from all over New York and beyond! Tickets and info »
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The Road to Ruin (The 1928 Exploitation Musical)
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45th Street Theatre
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September 18-October 1
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Musical
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Sex delinquency, neglectful parents, bottled water and Christians bring down Little Sally Canfield, 'The Nicest Girl at Central High.' Tickets and info »
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Robin Hood
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37 Arts Theatre
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October 2
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Musical
Staged Reading
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ZOUNDS! Tyranny abounds! Can Robin Hood save the day with a handful of daredevil orphans and a swashbuckling Marian? Find out in this rowdy rock musical comedy adventure. Tickets and info »
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She Can't Believe She Said That!
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TBG Theatre
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September 23-October 5
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Play
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The original Kathie Lee-sical, this loony satire from one of the writers of South Park is like Evita but cheesier - it's Velvevita, if you will. Tickets and info »
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Sophia's Fall
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 18-September 20
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Benjamin Birney Productions Alpha, LLC
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Musical
Drama
Dance Theater
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Sophia's Fall is an intense dance/rock retelling of the creation story... with a twist. Sophia, the feminine divine and Lucifer's lover, drives the action and music of the story, with a supporting cast of angels, devils and two curious humans. A five-piece rock band and fluid, modern dance choreography round out a dark, tuneful score. Tickets and info »
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That Other Woman's Child
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 29-October 5
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Musical
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When the folks at Hanover farm hear their long-lost big city half-sister - 'that other woman's child' - is coming to Kentucky to claim her share of the farm, all hell breaks loose! Tickets and info »
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To Paint the Earth
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 22-October 1
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Musical
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Inspired by first-hand accounts of the Jewish Underground in the Warsaw Ghetto, this is a fictional account of the resisters and their families. Tickets and info »
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Twilight in Manchego
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Chernuchin Theater
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September 25-October 4
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Musical
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When tragedy strikes in Manchego, everyone in the small town must cope with loss, and Esau is forced to finally put his haunting past to rest. Tickets and info »
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Ubu: A 'Patamusical
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37 Arts Theatre
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September 16
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Musical
Staged Reading
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Watch Pa Ubu kill the king, raid the treasury, go to war...and buy Ma Ubu a good, stout umbrella. Merde! Tickets and info »
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Villa Diodati
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45th Street Theatre
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September 22-October 4
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Diodati Productions
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Musical
Opera
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An American couple visits Villa Diodati, where Frankenstein was written. Past and present intermingle as Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and others come to vivid life in this haunting tale of demons, obsessions and the creation of art. Tickets and info »
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Ward 9
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Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
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September 18-September 21
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Musical Play
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IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN GENIUS AND MADNESS? Set to an all-Beethoven score, WARD 9 is an exhilarating, tragicomical story told entirely through dance. Tickets and info »
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Wild About Harry
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Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
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September 19-September 28
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Musical
Dance
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This is a completely fresh look at Leona Helmsley, one of NYC's most colorful characters--as well as the man who loved her. Tickets and info »
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Wood
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TBG Theatre
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September 15-September 28
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Musical
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When a young man sneaks away to the seedy wood on the outskirts of his Normal town, his community is forced to face the secrets, desires and dreams long relegated to the shadowy confines at the fringe of their society. Tickets and info »
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Wrapped
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37 Arts Theatre
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October 3
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Musical
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This is a hip-hop musical that carries you into the soul of a struggling artist and sets you face-to-face with the cold-hearted music industry. Tickets and info »
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