Schedule of Upcoming Off-Broadway Shows

By David Gewirtzman
April 23, 2008

Due to the expansive nature of Off-Broadway, this list is not comprehensive.

SPRING 2008

PORT AUTHORITY

  • Atlantic Theater Company - Main Stage
  • First Preview: April 30, 2008
  • Opening: May 21, 2008
  • Director: Henry Wishcamper
  • Cast: Brian D'Arcy James, John Gallagher, Jr., Jim Norton
  • The New York premiere of Conor McPherson's play about three generations of Irishmen in contemporary Dublin.

EDWARD ALBEE'S OCCUPANT
  • Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space
  • First Preview: May 6, 2008
  • Opening: June 5, 2008
  • Director: Pam MacKinnon
  • Cast: Larry Bryggman, Mercedes Ruehl
  • An encore presentation of Edward Albee's play about sculptor Louise Nevelson.

SAVED
  • Playwrights Horizons - Mainstage
  • First Preview: May 9, 2008
  • Opening: June 3, 2008
  • Director: Gary Griffin
  • Cast: Josh Breckenridge, John Dossett, Mary Faber, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Julia Murney, Juliana Ashley Hansen, Curtis Holbrook, Van Hughes, Jason Michael Snow, Caitlin Summer, Aaron Tveit, Emily Walton, Daniel Zaitchik
  • The world premiere of Michael Friedman, John Dempsey and Rinnie Groff's new musical about Mary, a student at American Eagle Christian High School who attempts to save her boyfriend who thinks he's gay.

REASONS TO BE PRETTY
  • MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
  • First Preview: May 14, 2008
  • Opening: June 2, 2008
  • Director: Terry Kinney
  • Cast: Piper Perabo, Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Pablo Schreiber
  • The world premiere of Neil LaBute's play about a social circle that is thrown into turmoil after one member remarks about his girlfriend's lack of a pretty face.

BODY AWARENESS
  • Atlantic Theater Company - Stage 2
  • First Preview: May 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Karen Kohlhaas
  • Cast: TBA
  • The world premiere of Annie Baker's comedy about a photographer who brings photographs of naked women to Shirley State College's Body Awareness Week.

A DANGEROUS PERSONALITY
  • Julia Miles Theatre
  • First Preview: June 4, 2008
  • Opening: June 11, 2008
  • Director: Martin Platt
  • Cast: Nancy Anderson, Lisa Bostnar, Steve Brady, Sheffield Chastain, Graeme Malcolm, Jodie Lynne McClintock
  • The world premiere of Sallie Bingham's play about the life of spiritualist and philosopher Helena Blavatsky.

THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO
  • The Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theater
  • First Preview: June 13, 2008
  • Opening: July 10, 2008
  • Director: Walter Bobbie
  • Cast: Victoria Clark, John Glover
  • A new production of Christopher Durang's dark comedy that takes a look at the complex marriage of Bette and Boo in 33 short scenes.

SUMMER 2008

KICKING A DEAD HORSE

  • The Public Theater
  • First Preview: June 24, 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Sam Shepard
  • Cast: Stephen Rea
  • The U.S. premiere of Sam Shepard's new play about the myth of the West, a Manhattan art dealer and a dead horse.

BUFFALO GAL
  • Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters
  • First Preview: July 22, 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Mark Lamos
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of A.R. Gurney's play about a faded television personality who returns home to Buffalo to star in a production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.

THE FIRST BREEZE OF SUMMER
  • Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space
  • First Preview: August 5, 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
  • Cast: TBA
  • Leslie Lee's play about the struggles of three generations of a family over the course of one weekend.

THREE CHANGES
  • Playwrights Horizons - Mainstage
  • First Preview: August 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Wilson Milam
  • Cast: TBA
  • The world premiere of Nicky Silver's play about Nate and Laurel, an Upper West Side couple, who are visited by Nate's brother Hal, who had been living in Hollywood.

A BODY OF WATER
  • Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters
  • First Preview: September 16, 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Maria Mileaf
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of Lee Blessing's play about a man and a woman who wake up in an unfamiliar house, and have no memory of who they are or how they got there.

SOME AMERICANS ABROAD
  • Second Stage Theatre
  • First Preview: Summer 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Gordon Edelstein
  • Cast: TBA
  • Richard Nelson's comedy about a group of pretentious American college students who go on a literary tour of England.

FALL 2008

BOYS' LIFE

  • Second Stage Theatre
  • First Preview: Mid-September 2008
  • Opening: Mid-October 2008
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: TBA
  • A 20th Anniversary production of Howard Korder's play about three college friends who make their way to the big city.

ROMANTIC POETRY
  • Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center - Stage 1
  • First Preview: October 1, 2008
  • Opening: October 28, 2008
  • Director: John Patrick Shanley
  • Cast: TBA
  • The world premiere of John Patrick Shanley and Henry Krieger's musical about three couples whose lives intersect.

SATURN RETURNS
  • Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
  • First Preview: October 16, 2008
  • Opening: November 10, 2008
  • Director: Nicholas Martin
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of Noah Haidle's play about a radiologist, and his relationships with his wife, his daughter and his nurse.

STREAMERS
  • The Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theater
  • First Preview: October 17, 2008
  • Opening: November 11, 2008
  • Director: Scott Ellis
  • Cast: Hale Appleman, Larry Clarke, Ato Essandoh, Brad Fleischer, Charlie Hewson, John Sharian, J.D. Williams
  • A revival of David Rabe's play about four young soldiers soldiers in 1965 Virginia, watching the Vietnam conflict escalate.

HOME
  • Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space
  • First Preview: November 11, 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: TBA
  • Samm-Art Williams' play about a man who leaves his family farm in North Carolina to find prosperity in the North.

KINDNESS
  • Playwrights Horizons - Peter Jay Sharp Theater
  • First Preview: Fall 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Adam Rapp
  • Cast: TBA
  • The world premiere of Adam Rapp's play about an ailing mother and her teenage son who flee from Illinois to a midtown Manhattan hotel.

PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY
  • Playwrights Horizons - Mainstage
  • First Preview: Fall 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Bartlett Sher
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of Craig Lucas' play about two childhood friends who are reunited on the eve of one's first tour of duty in Baghdad.

WIG OUT!
  • Vineyard Theatre
  • First Preview: Fall 2008
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Tina Landau
  • Cast: TBA
  • The world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's play about two competing houses of drag queens.

WINTER 2008/09

RUINED

  • Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center - Stage 1
  • First Preview: January 21, 2009
  • Opening: February 10, 2009
  • Director: Kate Whoriskey
  • Cast: TBA
  • The world premiere of Lynn Nottage's play about a businesswoman in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT - THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONT (AS TOLD BY HIMSELF)
  • Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters
  • First Preview: January 27, 2009
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of Donald Margulies' play about would-be explorer Louis de Rougemont.

BECKY'S LIFE
  • Second Stage Theatre
  • First Preview: January 2009
  • Opening: Mid-February 2009
  • Director: Peter DuBois
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of Gina Gionfriddo's play about a newlywed couple who fix up two of their romantically challenged friends.

DISTRACTED
  • The Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theater
  • First Preview: February 2009
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Mark Brokaw
  • Cast: Cynthia Nixon
  • The New York premiere of Lisa Loomer's play about a mother's attempts to figure out if Attention Deficit Disorder is the root of her son's problems.

ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN
  • Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space
  • First Preview: March 3, 2009
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Stephen McKinley Henderson
  • Cast: TBA
  • Charles Fuller's play about a random act of violence that threatens to tear a once caring community apart.

THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY
  • The Civilians at the Vineyard Theatre
  • First Preview: Winter 2009
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Steven Cosson
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of Steven Cosson, Jim Lewis and Michael Friedman's play with music about the growth of the evangelical movement in Colorado Springs.

OUR HOUSE
  • Playwrights Horizons - Mainstage
  • First Preview: Winter/Spring 2009
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: TBA
  • The New York premiere of Therea Rebeck's comedy about a reality show.

SPRING 2009

MR. & MRS. FITCH

  • Second Stage Theatre
  • First Preview: Mid-March 2009
  • Opening: Early April 2009
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: TBA
  • The world premiere of Douglas Carter Beane's new comedy about two gossip columnists.

CHASING MANET
  • Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters
  • First Preview: March 25, 2009
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: TBA
  • Cast: Jane Alexander
  • The world premiere of Tina Howe's play about two residents of the Mount Airy Nursing Home who plot to escape to Paris aboard the QE2.

2008/2009 SEASON - NO DATES ANNOUNCED

THINGS OF DRY HOURS

  • New York Theatre Workshop
  • First Preview: TBA
  • Opening: TBA
  • Director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
  • Cast: TBA
  • Naomi Wallace's play about Tife Hogan, a black Sunday school teacher and Communist Party leader, living in Depression-era Alabama.


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