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John Lithgow: Stories By Heart
- Written and performed by John Lithgow
- Directed by Jack O'Brien
Sunday & Mondays
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
John Lithgow invokes memories of three generations of family history while tracing his own life as an actor and storyteller.
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The New Century
- Plays by Paul Rudnick
- Directed by Nicholas Martin
March 20 - June 8, 2008
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
THE NEW CENTURY is a funny and outrageous comedy, but it doesn't stop there. Set in New York City in the present day, THE NEW CENTURY raises questions not easily answered.
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Cymbeline
- By William Shakespeare
- Directed by Mark Lamos
Nov 1, 2007 to Jan 6, 2008
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
One of William Shakespeare's most unusual plays, the late Romance CYMBELINE combines comedy, tragedy and history into an epic tale of power and magic. The action sweeps across Europe, as two warring powers clash until its joyful conclusion.
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Rock 'N' Roll
- By Tom Stoppard
- Directed By Trevor Nunn
Oct 19, 2007 to Mar 9, 2008
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Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
ROCK 'N'ROLL unfolds over the 20 years between the Prague Spring of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution of 1989 as Stoppard explores the significance of rock music as a symbol of both personal and political freedom along with its accompanying risks.
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The Glorious Ones
- Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
- Music by Stephen Flaherty
- Based on the novel by Francine Prose
- Directed and Choreographed by Graciela Daniele
Oct 11, 2007 to Jan 6, 2008
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
THE GLORIOUS ONES is a backstage musical about the lives, loves, ambitions, and art of the performers in a 16th-century commedia dell'arte troupe in Italy of the late Renaissance.
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Dying City
- By Christopher Shinn
- Directed by James Macdonald
Feb 15, 2007 to Apr 29, 2007
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
DYING CITY, an intimate play set in a spare downtown-Manhattan apartment, depicts the role of a historic event, in this case the war in Iraq, that transforms the lives of a man, his wife, and his twin brother.
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The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, Part 3
- A Trilogy by Tom Stoppard
- Directed by Jack O'Brien
Jan 30, 2007 to May 13, 2007
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
Part 3 of the trilogy, Salvage, brings maturity and resolution. As imperial Russia is set adrift with the freeing of the serfs, Alexander Herzen and the revolutionaries in his circle look back from the vantage point of their exile in England.
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The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Part 2
- A Trilogy by Tom Stoppard
- Directed by Jack O'Brien
Dec 6, 2006 to May 13, 2007
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
The second part of the trilogy, Shipwreck, centers on Alexander Herzen and his fellow revolutionaries who find inspiration as well as frustration in exile in Paris and London.
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The Coast of Utopia: Voyage, Part 1
- A Trilogy by Tom Stoppard
- Directed by Jack O'Brien
Oct 17, 2006 to May 13, 2007
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
The first part of Tom Stoppard's trilogy The Coast of Utopia, Voyage is a nod to Chekhov, set at the grand Russian countryside estate of the Bakunin family.
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The Clean House
- By Sarah Ruhl
- Directed by Bill Rauch
Oct 5, 2006 to Jan 28, 2007
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Sarah Ruhl's poignant comedy is the story of a housekeeper who hates to clean, two high-powered physicians, a sister who loves to clean and a free spirit whose passion and soulful grace cast a wonderfully surreal spell over THE CLEAN HOUSE.
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The House in Town
- By Richard Greenberg
- Directed by Doug Hughes
May 24, 2006 to Jul 30, 2006
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Richard Greenberg's THE HOUSE IN TOWN, focuses on an intimate portrait of a couple's complicated marriage, their close friends, and the impact of the shy young man who enters their lives.
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Awake and Sing!
- By Clifford Odets
- Directed by Bartlett Sher
Mar 24, 2006 to Jun 25, 2006
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Belasco Theatre
AWAKE AND SING! is the story of a Jewish family living in a Bronx apartment during the Depression. By turns starkly dramatic and vividly comic, the characters convey a pressured existence that captures the enduring belief in the American dream.
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Bernarda Alba
- Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa
- Based on the play by Federico García Lorca
- Directed and Choreographed by Graciela Daniele
Feb 11, 2006 to Apr 9, 2006
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
The musical, BERNARDA ALBA is based on Federico García Lorca's classic play, The House of Bernarda Alba. The title character is a widow whose tyrannical rule over her household collides with her five daughters' desires.
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Edward Albee's Seascape
- Directed by Mark Lamos
Oct 28, 2005 to Jan 8, 2006
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Booth Theatre
Edward Albee's SEASCAPE is set on a quiet beach where we meet a couple arguing about how to spend the rest of their lives. As a second couple arrive on the beach a classic Albee encounter, both surreal and profound, ensues.
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Third
- By Wendy Wasserstein
- Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Sep 29, 2005 to Dec 18, 2005
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
A professor's life is thrown into disarray when she accuses a student of plagiarism. What follows forces her to question the values she has clung to for much of her life.
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Brian Stokes Mitchell
LOVE/LIFE- Written and Performed by Brian Stokes Mitchell
May 1, 2005 to May 23, 2005
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
Tony-award winning Brian Stokes Mitchell, leading man extraordinaire, in his concert rendition of LOVE/LIFE, A Life in Song, his one-man show (with a four-piece jazz ensemble).
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The Light in the Piazza
- Book by Craig Lucas
- Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
- Based on the novel by Elizabeth Spencer
- Directed by Bartlett Sher
Mar 17, 2005 to Jul 2, 2006
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
In Florence, Italy, a surprisingly innocent and beautiful young tourist loses her hat, landing at the feet of a handsome young Florentine. As their relationship develops, the girl's mother must reveal the truth that will surely test that love.
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Dessa Rose
- Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
- Music by Stephen Flaherty
- Based on the novel by Sherley Anne Williams
- Directed and Choreographed by Graciela Daniele
Feb 17, 2005 to May 29, 2005
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Based on the acclaimed novel by Sherley Anne Williams, two strong women, one black, one white, form an unexpected friendship in the pre-Civil War South.
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The Rivals
- By Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Directed by Mark Lamos
Nov 26, 2004 to Jan 23, 2005
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Vivian Beaumont Theater
One of the funniest plays ever written, Sheridan's outrageous characters, including the infamously misspoken Mrs. Malaprop, reveal the lengths to which a group well-to-dos will go in order to capture the elusive magic of love.
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Belle Epoque
- A New Work by Martha Clarke and Charles L. Mee
- Directed by Martha Clarke
Oct 28, 2004 to Jan 9, 2005
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Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Set in 1890s Paris, in and around Montmartre's famed nightclub the Moulin Rouge, BELLE EPOQUE is a collage of hallucinogenic, absinthe-infused scenes reflecting the experiences of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
