Schedule of Upcoming Broadway Openings

By Robert Simonson
and Playbill Staff
05 May 2003

This feature is updated periodically. Schedule subject to change.

APRIL

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

MAY

MASTER HAROLD....AND THE BOYS

  • Booth Theatre
  • First Preview: May 6
  • Opening: June 1
  • Director: Lonny Price
  • Cast: Danny Glover, Michael Boatman and Christopher Denham
  • A new revival of Athol Fugard's South African drama.

JULY

BIG RIVER

  • American Airlines Theatre
  • First Preview: July 1
  • Opening: July 24
  • Director-Choreographer: Jeff Calhoun
  • Cast: Michael Arden, Gina Ferrall, Phyllis Frelich, Tyrone Giordano, Dan Jenkins, Michael McElroy, Gwen Stewart, Alexandria Wailes
  • The Deaf West Theatre revival of the musical based on Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

AVENUE Q
  • Golden Theatre
  • First Preview: July 11
  • Opening: July 31
  • Director: Jason Moore
  • Choreographer: Ken Roberson
  • Cast: Ann Harada, Jen Barnhart, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jordan Gelber, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia and Rick Lyon
  • The hit Off-Broadway musical in which people and puppets sing side by side.

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
  • Virginia Theatre
  • First Preview: July 16
  • 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

THE BOY FROM OZ

  • Imperial Theatre
  • First Preview: Sept. 16
  • Opening: Oct. 16
  • Director: Philip Wm. McKinley
  • Choreographer: Joey McKneely
  • Cast: Hugh Jackman, Stephanie Block, Beth Fowler, Isabel Keating, Jarrod Emick, Mitchel Federan and Michael Mulheren
  • The Australian born musical about the life of Peter Allen.

LAUGHING ROOM ONLY
  • Brooks Atkinson Theatre
  • First Preview: October
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Robert Johanson
  • Cast: Jackie Mason
  • Mason's latest entertainment, with music.

WICKED
  • Gershwin Theatre
  • First Preview: October
  • 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.

TABOO
  • Plymouth Theatre
  • First Preview: Oct. 21
  • Opening: Nov. 13
  • 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.

NEVER GONNA DANCE
  • Broadhurst Theatre
  • First Preview: Oct. 27
  • Opening: Dec. 4
  • Director: Michael Greif
  • Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell
  • Cast: Noah Racey, Nancy Lemenager
  • A new musical based on the film "Swing Time" featuring the music of Jerome Kern and a book by Jeffrey Hatcher

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

SLY FOX
  • Theatre TBA
  • First Preview: November
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Arthur Penn
  • Cast: TBA
  • Larry Gelbart's comedy based on Jonson's Volpone.

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.

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

THE WIZ
  • Theatre TBA
  • First Preview: 2004
  • Opening: 2004
  • Director: Des McAnuff
  • Choreographer: TBA
  • A new revival of the "Wizard of Oz"-inspired musical

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.

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.