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By Playbill Staff
09 Jul 2009

This list is updated periodically.

BURN THE FLOOR

• Longacre Theatre
  
• First Preview: July 25
  
• Opening: Aug. 2
  
• Director: Jason Gilkison
  
• Choreographer: Jason Gilkison
  
• Cast: Sharna Burgess, Anya Garnis, Sarah Hives, Peta Murgatroyd, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff
  
• Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular created by world champion dancer Gilkison.

• Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 10
  
• Opening: Sept. 29
  
• Director: John Crowley
  
• Cast: Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman
  
• A new two-character play by Keith Huff about two friends who are Chicago cops.

• The Music Box Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 16
  
• Opening: Oct. 1
  
• Director: Tina Landau
  
• Cast: Michael McKean
  
• Transfer of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's presentation of Tracy Letts' new play set in Chicago.

• Studio 54
  
• First Preview: Sept. 22
  
• Opening: Oct. 4
  
• Director: Tony Taccone
  
• Cast: Carrie Fisher
  
• Roundabout Theatre Company's presentation of Fisher's auto-biographical solo show.

• Broadhurst Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 12
  
• Opening: Oct. 6
  
• Director: Michael Grandage
  
• Cast: Jude Law
  
• Transfer of the Donmar Warehouse's production of the William Shakespeare tragedy.

• Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 15
  
• Opening: Oct. 8
  
• Director: Doug Hughes
  
• Cast: Rosemary Harris, Stephen Collins, John Glover, Tony Roberts, Jan Maxwell and Reg Rogers
  
• Manhattan Theatre Club's presentation of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's comedy of manners.

• Golden Simon Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 29
  
• Opening: Oct. 11
  
• Director: Doug Hughes
  
• Cast: Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles
  
• Transfer of Center Theatre Group's production of the David Mamet's play about a professor and his student.

• Henry Miller's Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 10
  
• Opening: Oct. 15
  
• Director: Robert Longbottom
  
• Choreographer: Robert Longbottom
  
• Cast: John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Jayne Houdyshell, Bill Irwin, Dee Hoty, Nolan Gerard Funk, Allie Trimm, Matt Doyle, Molly Ephraim and Jake Evan Schwencke
  
• The Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Michael Stewart-Lee Adams-Charles Strouse 1960s-set musical.

• Shubert Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 23
  
• Opening: Oct. 19
  
• Director: Christopher Ashley
  
• Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo
  
• Cast: TBA
  
• A new rock 'n' roll musical penned by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan.

• Neil Simon Theatre
  
• First Preview: Oct. 23
  
• Opening: Nov. 15
  
• Director: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
  
• Choreographer: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
  
• Cast: TBA
  
• Transfer of the Kennedy Center's production of the E.L. Doctorow-based musical by Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

• American Airlines Theatre
  
• First Preview: Sept. 18
  
• Opening: Oct. 22
  
• Director: Mark Brokaw
  
• Cast: Sienna Miller, Jonny Lee Miller
  
• The Roundabout Theatre Company American premiere production of Patrick Marber's August Strindberg-inspired drama.

• Nederlander Theatre
  
• First Preview: Oct. 2/ Nov. 18
  
• Opening: Oct. 25/ Dec. 10
  
• Director: David Cromer
  
• Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Noah Robbins, Josh Grisetti, Santino Fontana, Dennis Boutsikaris, Jessica Hecht, Allan Miller and Alexandra Socha
  
• Revivals of Neil Simon's coming-of-age comedies to run in repertory.

• Lyceum Theatre
  
• First Preview: Oct. 22
  
• Opening: Nov. 19
  
• Director: Les Waters
  
• Cast: TBA
  
• Lincoln Center Theater's presentation of Sarah Ruhl's new play set at the dawn of the electric age.

• Eugene O'Neill Theatre
  
• First Preview: Oct. 19
  
• Opening: Nov. 23
  
• Director: Bill T. Jones
  
• Choreographer: Bill T. Jones
  
• Cast: Sahr Ngaujah
  
• Transfer of the Off-Broadway musical about African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

• Ethel Barrymore Theatre
  
• First Preview: Nov. 17
  
• Opening: Dec. 6
  
• Director: David Mamet
  
• Cast: James Spader, Kerry Washington, Richard Thomas
  
• The world premiere of a new David Mamet play.

• St. James Theatre
  
• First Preview: Fall 2009
  
• Opening: TBA
  
• Director: Warren Carlyle
  
• Choreographer: Warren Carlyle
  
• Cast: TBA
  
• Transfer of the City Center Encores! revival of the Burton Lane, Fred Saidy and E.Y. Harburg musical.

PRESENT LAUGHTER

• American Airlines Theatre
  
• First Preview: Jan. 2, 2010
  
• Opening: Jan. 21
  
• Director: Nicholas Martin
  
• Cast: Victor Garber
  
• The Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the Noel Coward comedy about an aging matinee idol.

• Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
  
• First Preview: Jan. 5, 2010
  
• Opening: Jan. 28
  
• Director: Daniel Sullivan
  
• Cast: Laura Linney
  
• Manhattan Theatre Club's presentation of Donald Margulies' new play about a war journalist and a photographer forced to return home.

• Hilton Theatre
  
• First Preview: Feb. 25, 2010
  
• Opening: TBA
  
• Director: Julie Taymor
  
• Choreographer: Daniel Ezralow
  
• Cast: Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming
  
• New musical based on the Marvel comic book hero featuring songs by Bono and The Edge with a book by Taymor and Glen Berger.

• Theatre: TBA
  
• First Preview: TBA
  
• Opening: April 8, 2010
  
• Director: Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch
  
• Cast: Nathan Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, Carolee Carmello, Kevin Chamberlin, Jackie Hoffman, Zachary James, Terrence Mann, Adam Riegler, Wesley Taylor and Krysta Rodriguez
  
• New Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice musical inspired by Charles Addams macabre characters.

• Theatre: TBA
  
• First Preview: April 12, 2010
  
• Opening: TBA
  
• Director: Robert Falls/ Jennifer Tarver
  
• Cast: Brian Dennehy
  
• Transfer of the Goodman Theatre's production of Eugene O'Neill and Samuel Beckett works.

• Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
  
• First Preview: April 6, 2010
  
• Opening: April 28
  
• Director: Doug Hughes
  
• Cast: Linda Lavin
  
• Manhattan Theatre Club's presentation of Donald Margulies' new play about two female writers.

ANGELS

• Attached: Ken Lai (book, music and lyrics) and Marcus Cheong (book and lyrics), Rich Fowler (Director), Robert Cuccioli, Jessica Grové and Nicholas Rodriguez (Actors), Marcus Cheong, Frank Monteleone, Dale Smith (Producers)
  
• New musical based on the epic Milton poem "Paradise Lost."

• Attached: David Foster (Music), Oscar Williams and Sally Robinson (Book), Ostar Productions (Producer)
  
• New musical based on the classic cartoon character.

• Attached: Douglas Carter Beane (Book), Douglas J. Cohen (Music and Lyrics), Christopher Ashley (Director), Robert Ahrens (Producer)
  
• New musical about down-on-their-luck lounge singers on a U.N. cruise ship that is held hostage by terrorists.

• Attached: Rob Ashford (Director), John Guare (New Book), Ostar Productions and Liza Lerner (Producers)
  
• Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical centering on two Americans journey in Scotland.

• Attached: Bartlett Sher (Director), Elephant Eye Theatrical (Producer), Dou Dou Huang (Choreographer)
  
• A new David Yazbek-David Henry Hwang musical centering on the martial arts movie star.

• Attached: Marc Shaiman (Music, Lyrics), Scott Wittman (Lyrics), Terrence McNally (Book), Jack O'Brien (Director), Jerry Mitchell (Choreographer)
  
• New musical based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: Graciela Daniele (Director, Choreographer), Roundabout Theatre Company (Producers)
  
• Revival of the musical revue featuring the work of Bob Fosse.

• Attached: Josef Brown, Amanda Leigh Cobb and Britta Lazenga (Actors), Eleanor Bergstein (Concept, Book), James Powell (Director), Kate Champion (Choreographer), Jacobsen Entertainment in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions (Producers)
  
• New stage show (currently touring) based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: Rick Elice and Marshall Brickman (Book)
  
• New musical based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: Michael Mayer (Director)
  
• Joanna Murray-Smith's new drama centering on a feminist author who suddenly gets writer's block.

• Attached: Suzan-Lori Parks (Director)
  
• Revival of August Wilson's drama about a former Negro League baseball player who is now a garbage man.

• Attached: India.Arie (Actor), Shirley Jo Finney (Director), Hinton Battle (Choreographer), Whoopi Goldberg and DreamTeam Entertainment Group (Producers)
  
• Revival (with revisions) of Ntozake Shange's work centering on seven women.

• Attached: Daniel Goldstein (Director), Christopher Gattelli (Choreographer), Gavin Creel, Diana DeGarmo, Joshua Henry (Actors), Adam Epstein (Producer)
  
• Revival of the Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak musical based on "The Gospel According to St. Matthew."

• Attached: Kenny Leon (Director), Todd Kreidler (adaptation) Jeffrey Finn Productions (Producer)
  
• New play based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: Danny Elfman (Music), David Yazbek (Lyrics), Kurt Andersen (Book), Jack O'Brien (Director)
  
• New musical centering on the magician and master escape artist.

• Attached: Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyrics), Janus Cercone (Book), Taylor Hackford (Director)
  
• New musical based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: Wayland Pickard (Actor), Pamela Hall (Director), Edmund Gaynes and Nancy Bianconi (Producers)
  
• A new musical about the life of the late pianist Lee Liberace.

• Attached: Trevor Nunn (Director), Lynne Page (Choreographer), Tom Murray (Musical director), David Babani for Chocolate Factory Productions, Andrew Fell and the Frankel, Viertel, Baruch, Routh Group (Producers)
  
• Transfer of the London revival of the Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler musical.

• Attached: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (Music and Lyrics), Paul Butler and Fred Fox, Jr. (Book), Andy Belling (Director), Larry Sousa (Choreographer), Bob Mackie (Costumes), Jack Stein & JNS Entertainment(Producers)
  
• New musical about a troubled young man whose estranged father helps him travels back in time on the magical title device.

• Attached: Casey Nicholaw (Director/Choreographer), Kevin McCollum and Bob Boyett (Producers)
  
• Transfer of the new Charles Strouse-Susan Birkenhead-Bob Martin musical centering on a burlesque impresario.

• Attached: Erik Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton (Book, Lyrics), Hal Goldberg (Music), Jerry Zaks(Director)
  
• New musical comedy following computer techies Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

• Attached: Harry Connick, Jr. (Actor), Joe DiPietro (Book), Broadway Across America (Producer)
  
• New musical comedy with George and Ira Gershwin songs about a Long Island playboy.

• Attached: Jerry Lewis (Director), Marvin Hamlisch (Music) and Rupert Holmes (Book and lyrics)
  
• New musical based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: John N. Hart, Jr., Jeff Sine and Fred Zollo (Producers)
  
• New musical based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: Joe Nichols (Actor), Steve Dorff (Music, Lyrics), John Bettis (Lyrics), Rex McGee and Peter Masterson (Book), Peter Masterson (Director), Sean Curran (Choreographer)
  
• New musical based on the film of the same name.

• Attached: Peter Ackerman (book) Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen (score), Casey Nicholaw (Director, Choreographer), Barry Brown, Bruce Charet, Dennis Mastro, Dennis Farina and Billy Campbell (Producers)br>
• A re-thinking of the 1964 Warner Brothers film of the same name.

• Attached: Mark Nadler (Performer and Creator), Mark Waldrop (Director), Michael Alden and Karen Lotman (Producers)br>
• One-man “comedy-in-music adventure” featuring the great American songbook music and gossip about its composers.

• Attached: Zindzi Mandela (Book), Welcome Msomi (Creator), Routh/Frankel/Baruch/Viertel Group and PSE Broadway LLC (Producers)
  
• A new musical about South Africa's struggle for freedom from apartheid.

• Attached: Ryan J. Davis (Conceiver), Joe Drymala (book and score), Ben Cohn and Sean McDaniel, Rick Crom, Glen Kelly, Laurence O'Keefe, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and Eric Svejcar (additional songs), Sibling Theatricals, Inc. and Holly Way & Co. (Producers)
  
• New musical, seen at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival, centering on sibling songwriters.

• Attached: Des McAnuff (Director),
  
• Re-imagined production of the Charlie Smalls-William F. Brown musical based on L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

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