SIX NEW SHOWS READY TO OPEN IN THE NEW YEAR
SHUFFLE ALONG
Twenty years after Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe reunites with tap superstar Savion Glover to revive this pioneering 1921 jazz musical, starring six-time Tony-winner Audra McDonald. Previews begin March 14th; Music Box Theater.
THE CRUCIBLE
Arthur Miller’s searing portrayal of the Salem witch trials, with Ben Whishaw as John Proctor, Sophie Okonedo as his wife, and Saris Ronan as the girl hell-bent on hanging her. Previews begin February 29th at the Walter Kerr Theater
NICE FISH
On a frozen Minnesota lake, the ice is beginning to creak and groan. It’s the end of the fishing season, and two men are out on the ice angling for answers to life’s larger questions. One of these men is hilariously played by Tony and Oliver Award-winning actor Mark Rylance who co-wrote this play with American poet Louis Jenkins. February 14th to March 13th; St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn
WAITRESS
Piano-playing songstress Sara Bareilles’s first foray into Broadway is based on Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film about a young wife who escapes her abusive marriage by baking pies and meeting the town’s handsome new doctor. Previews begin March 26th; Brooks Atkinson Theater.
HUGHIE
Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker makes his Broadway debut in this Eugene O’Neill play. Taking place in the summer of 1928 in New York City, a small time gambler and big-time drinker returns to the faded hotel he has made his home. He encounters a new night clerk at the front desk and as the early hours of the morning give way to another dawn, he continues to chase the American Dream in order to survive. Previews begin February 5th at the Booth Theater.
AMERICAN PSYCHO
Direct from a sold out run in London, this hit musical is based on the best-selling novel by Brett Easton Ellis is set in the excess of 1980s Manhattan, where young and handsome Wall Street banker Patrick Bateman pursues his darkest American dreams.Previews begin March 24th; Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.