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Alex Brightman and the cast of School of Rock — The Musical
Keira Knightley and Judith Light in Therese Raquin
Let's Go To A Show
Alice Burdick Schweiger
Special to the Jewish News
Heading to the Big
Apple this holiday
season? Here's what's
new on and off the
Broadway stages
— all with a Jewish
connection, of course.
Phillipa 500, Renee Elise
Goldsberry and Jasmine
Cephas Jones in Hamilton
BROADWAY
A View From The Bridge, a
revival of Arthur Miller's clas-
sic, is about honor and jealousy
among Brooklyn dockworkers.
The show closes Feb 21. At the
Lyceum Theatre, 149 W. 45th St.
(212) 239-6200.
China Doll, a new play by
David Mamet, tells the story of
a billionaire who is engaged to
a young woman. As he is about
to leave his office to go into
semi-retirement, he takes one
last phone call that shakes up his
plans. It stars Al Pacino and runs
through Jan. 31. At the Gerald
Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W 45th
St. (212) 239-6200.
Dames At Sea tells the story
of an actress from Utah who is
about to appear in a Broadway
show. But before opening night,
the cast learns the theater is being
demolished. With the help of sail-
ors, they make a plan to perform
the show on a naval battleship.
Music is by Jim Wise, and book
and lyrics by George Haimsohn
and Robin Miller. At the Helen
Hayes Theatre, 240 W. 44th St.
(212) 239-6200.
Disaster debuts in a new musi-
cal with book by Seth Rudetsky
and Jack Plotnick. Earthquakes,
tidal waves and other disasters
can't stop a cast of characters
from dancing, gambling and
having fun aboard a New York
floating casino and disco. Starring
Roger Bart, Adam Pascal and
Kerry Butler; previews begin Feb.
9 and the show opens March 8. At
the Nederlander Theatre, 208 W.
41 St. (877) 250-2929.
Fiddler on the Roof, a classic
revival, stars Danny Burstein
and is directed by Bartlett Sher.
First opening on Broadway in
1964 to box-office records, it was
based on the stories of Sholem
Aleichem. The story centers on
Tevye, the father of five daugh-
ters, Jewish traditions and life in
the shtetl. Previews began Nov.
20 and the show opens Dec. 20.
At the Broadway Theatre, 1681
Broadway. 212) 239-6200.
Fool for Love features Sam
Rockwell, Nina Arianda and
Gordon Joseph Weiss. At a seedy
motel near the Mojave Desert,
two former lovers delve into the
secrets and dark desires of their
relationship. The show closes Dec.
13. At the Samuel J. Friedman
Theatre, 261 W 47th St. (212)
239-6200.
Hamilton, the hottest ticket
in NYC, is a groundbreaking hip
hop/rap musical produced by Oak
Park-native Jeffrey Seller. With
a diverse, multi-racial cast, it's
about founding father and first
secretary of treasury, Alexander
Hamilton. This energetic and
brilliant show was written by Lin-
Manuel Miranda (In the Heights).
At the Richard Rodgers Theatre,
226 W. 46th St. (800) 745-3000.
Incident at Vichy, written
by Arthur Miller, takes place
in Vichy, France, during World
War II. Nine men and a boy are
rounded up under suspicious
circumstances and, as reports of
camps and cattle cars packed with
prisoners begin to circulate, the
men argue over politics and how
to escape. The show closes Dec.
20. At the Irene Diamond Stage
at the Pershing Square Signature
Center, 480 W. 42nd St. (212)
244-7529
Misery stars Bruce Willis as a
romance novelist who is rescued
from a car crash by Annie, an
ardent fan of his work. While he
is convalescing, Annie reads the
manuscript to his newest novel
and becomes enraged when she
discovers her favorite character
has been killed off. Based on the
Stephen King book, it was adapt-
ed by William Goldman, who
also did the screenplay. The show
closes Feb. 14. At the Broadhurst
Theatre 235 W. 44th St. (212)
239-6200.
Our Mother's Brief Affair is
written by Richard Greenberg
and stars Linda Lavin. On
her death bed — again — a
mother confesses to her grown
children that she had an affair
years before. Was this true and
what does this mean? Her chil-
dren try to find out. The show
closes March 6. At the Samuel J.
Friedman Theatre, 261 W 47th
St. (212) 239-6200.
School of Rock — The
Musical, an Andrew Lloyd
Webber and Glenn Slater musi-
cal, is adapted from the 2003 Jack
Black film of the same name.
A down-on-his-luck rocker
becomes a substitute teacher at a
prestigious prep school. When he
sees the fifth-graders have musi-
cal talent, he helps the kids form
a rock band. Natasha Katz is the
lighting designer. At the Winter
Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway.
(212) 239-6200.
Sylvia stars Matthew
Broderick and Julie White in the
Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney's
1995 comedy about a middle-
aged upper-middle-class husband
who brings home an adorable
pooch he finds in Central Park.
The show runs through Jan. 17.
At the Cort Theatre, 138 W 48th
St. (212) 239-6200.
Therese Raquin brings Keira
Knightly to the New York stage
along with veteran theater-actress
Judith Light in a tale about a
quiet woman in a loveless mar-
JPI
riage to a selfish husband and
controlling mother-in-law. When
she falls for her husband's child-
hood friend, things spin out of
control. The show closes Jan. 3. At
Studio 54, 245 W. 54th St. (212)
719-1300.
Waitress stars Jessie Mueller
as a waitress and expert pie
maker in a small town and a love-
less marriage. Pregnant, Jenna
fears she may have to abandon
the dream of opening her own pie
shop until a baking contest and a
handsome new doctor offer her
a tempting recipe for happiness.
Written by Adrienne Shelly, who
was murdered in New York City
in 2006. At the Brooks Atkinson
Theatre, 256 W. 47th St. (877)
250-2929.
OFF-BROADWAY
Clever Little Lies, a comedy
starring Marlo Thomas, is about
a mother who arranges a gather-
ing with her husband, son and
daughter-in-law because she feels
something is not right. While dig-
ging for the truth, there is more
honesty than anyone expected.
One of the producers is Douglas
Denoff, whose father, Sam
Denoff, was one of the creators
of Marlo Thomas' TV show That
Girl. The show closes Jan. 3. At
the Westside Theatre (Upstairs)
407 W. 43rd St. (212) 239-6200.
Ruthless is a musical about a
pretty and charming yet diaboli-
cal 8-year-old girl who wants to
entertain. With the help of a
sleazy agent, the little girl will do
anything to play the lead in her
school play. Book and lyrics are by
Joel Paley and music by Marvin
Laird. The show closes Jan. 30. At
the St. Luke's Theatre, 308 W 46th
St. (212) 239-6200. *
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