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MARCH

A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG

  • American Airlines Theatre
  • First Preview: March 14
  • Opening: April 3
  • Director: Laurence Boswell
  • Cast: Eddie Izzard, Victoria Hamilton
  • A revival of the Peter Nichols drama about a couple coping with a severely disabled child.
NINE
  • Eugene O'Neill Theatre
  • First Preview: March 21
  • Opening: April 10
  • Director: David Leveaux
  • Cast: Antonio Banderas, Chita Rivera, Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, Mary Stuart Masterson
  • A revival of the Maury Yeston-Arthur Kopit musical based on Fellini's film "8 1/2."
GYPSY
  • Shubert Theatre
  • First Preview: March 31
  • Opening: May 1
  • Director: Sam Mendes
  • Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell
  • Cast: Bernadette Peters, Tammy Blanchard, Kate Reinders, John Dossett
  • A new production of the classic Styne-Sondheim-Laurents musical about Gypsy Rose Lee and her hard-driving stage mother.


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APRIL A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD

  • Cort Theatre
  • First Preview: April 2
  • Opening: April 13
  • Director: David Petrarca
  • Cast: Mark Linn-Baker, Jay Goede
  • The Robert and Willie Reale musical based on the children's book about a pair of amphibians with an unwavering friendship.
ENCHANTED APRIL
  • Ethel Barrymore Theatre
  • First Preview: April 8
  • Opening: April 29
  • Director: Michael Wilson
  • Cast: Molly Ringwald, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Cumpsty, Daniel Gerroll, Michael Hayden
  • A new play by Matthew Barber based on the book about four Victorian women vacationing in Tuscany.
THE LOOK OF LOVE
  • Brooks Atkinson Theatre
  • First Preview: April 4
  • Opening: May 4
  • Director: Scott Ellis
  • Choreography: Ann Reinking
  • Cast: Liz Callaway, Jeanine La Manna, Shannon Lewis, John Dokuchitz
  • A new musical revue employing the songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
OSCAR WILDE’S SALOME: THE READING
  • Ethel Barrymore Theatre
  • First Preview: April 11
  • Opening: April 30
  • Director: Estelle Parsons
  • Cast: Al Pacino, Marisa Tomei, Dianne Wiest, David Strathairn
  • A staged reading of Wilde's tale of lust and revenge.
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
  • Plymouth Theatre
  • First Preview: April 26
  • Opening: May 6
  • Director: Robert Falls
  • Cast: Brian Dennehy, Venessa Redgrave, Phlip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Sean Leonard
  • A new production of Eugene O'Neill's greatest play
VICTORY BEGINS AT HOME
  • Virginia Theatre
  • First Preview: April 29
  • Opening: TBA
  • Cast: Bill Maher
  • Comedian Maher's stand-up commertary of current events.
MAY MASTER HAROLD....AND THE BOYS

  • Booth Theatre
  • First Preview: May 6
  • Opening: May 29
  • Director: Lonny Price
  • Cast: Danny Glover, Michael Boatman and Christopher Denham
  • A new revival of Athol Fugard's South African drama.
SUMMER 2003 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

  • Virginia Theatre
  • First Preview: July 22
  • Opening: Aug. 14
  • Director: Connie Grappo
  • Choreographer: Kathleen Marshall
  • Cast: Hunter Foster, Billy Porter, Alice Ripley, Lee Wilkof, Reg Rogers
  • The Alan Menken-Howard Ashman satiric musical about a man-eating plant.
FALL 2003 TABOO

  • Plymouth Theatre
  • First Preview: Fall 2003
  • Opening: Fall 2003
  • Director: Christopher Renshaw
  • Choreographer: Mark Dendy
  • Cast: Boy George
  • The London musical about the life of George Alan O'Dowd, who is better known as pop star Boy George.
THE BOY FROM OZ
  • Imperial Theatre
  • First Preview: Sept. 16, 2003
  • Opening: Oct. 16, 2003
  • Director: Philip Wm. McKinley
  • Choreographer: Joey McKneely
  • Cast: Hugh Jackman, Isabel Keating, Beth Fowler
  • The Australian born musical about the life of Peter Allen.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
  • Minskoff Theatre
  • First Preview: TBA
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Choreographer: TBA
  • Cast: Alfred Molina
  • A revival of the classic musical about the travails of Tevye the Dairyman and his daughters.
WICKED
  • Gershwin Theatre
  • First Preview: October 2003
  • Opening: Oct. 30
  • Director: Joe Mantello
  • Choreographer: Wayne Cilento
  • Cast: Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Carole Shelley, Norbert Leo Butz
  • Stephen Schwartz's Oz-flavored new musical based on Gregory Maguire's novel
THE VIOLET HOUR
  • Biltmore Theatre—Manhattan Theatre Club
  • First Preview: Oct. 16
  • Opening: Nov. 6
  • Director: Evan Yionoulis
  • Cast: TBA
  • Richard Greenberg's new play set in 1919 about a driven young publisher at the start of his career.
HENRY IV
  • Lincoln Center Theater
  • First Preview: Fall 2003
  • Opening: Fall 2003
  • Director: Jack O'Brien
  • Cast: Kevin Kline, Richard Easton
  • Shakespeare's history plays "Henry IV" Parts I & II
NEVER GONNA DANCE
  • Theatre TBA
  • First Preview: 2003-04
  • Opening: 2003-04
  • Director: Michael Greif
  • Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell
  • A new musical based on the film "Swing Time" featuring the music of Jerome Kern and a book by Jeffrey Hatcher
2004 DROWNING CROW

  • Biltmor Theatre—Manhattan Theatre Club
  • First Preview: Jan. 29, 2004
  • Opening: Feb. 19, 2004
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: TBA
  • Regina Taylor's take of Chekhov's The Seagull, re-set in the Gullah islands of South Carolina.
KING LEAR
  • Theatre TBA
  • First Preview: February 2004
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: Christopher Plummer
  • Shakespeare's towering tragedy of an aging king and his three daughters.
BOMBAY DREAMS
  • Theatre TBA
  • First Preview: Spring 2004
  • Opening: Spring 2004
  • Director: Steven Pimlott
  • Choreographer: Anthony Van Laast and Farah Khan
  • The London Bollywood-style musical by composer A. R. Rahman and produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber
SIGHT UNSEEN
  • Biltmore Theatre—Manhattan Theatre Club
  • First Preview: May 6, 2004
  • Opening: May 25, 2004
  • Director: Daniel Sullivan
  • A revival of Donald Margulies' play about a painter conflicted about his art and his past.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
  • Theatre TBA
  • First Preview: TBA
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: Ashley Judd, Mark Ruffalo, Ned Beatty
  • A revival of Tennessee William's drama of desire, disillusionment and mendacity.
SWEET CHARITY
  • Theatre TBA
  • First Preview: TBA
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: Marisa Tomei
  • A new production of the Cy Coleman musical about an ever-optimistic dance hall hostess.
2005 THE COAST OF UTOPIA

  • Vivian Beaumont Theatre
  • First Preview: 2005
  • Opening: 2005
  • Director: Jack O'Brien
  • Cast: TBA
  • The U.S. Premiere of Tom Stoppard's sprawling trilogy of plays.

 
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