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Aladdin

New Amsterdam Theatre

Based on the 1992 animated film, Disney's Aladdin tells the story of a street-smart commoner whose whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp.


Anastasia (opening on April 24, 2017)

Broadhurst Theatre

From the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, Anastasia is the romantic, adventure-filled story of a brave young woman attempting to discover the mystery of her past.


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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Hoping to start a new life, World War II veteran Jerry Mulligan chooses newly-liberated Paris as the place to make a name for himself as a painter. But Jerry's life becomes complicated when he meets Lise, a young Parisian shop girl with her own secret - and realizes he is not her only suitor.


The Book of Mormon

Eugene O'Neill Theatre

Two young Mormons embark on a mission to spread the gospel in Uganda.


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Cats

Neil Simon Theatre

A group of cats prowl a junkyard and compete for the honor of ascending to the Heaviside layer in order to enjoy another of their nine lives


Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (opening on April 23, 2017)

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

The mysterious Willy Wonka is opening his Chocolate Factory for just one day, and for Charlie Bucket it promises to be a mouth-watering chance to feast his eyes on sweets beyond his wildest imagination.


Chicago

Ambassador Theatre

Roxie Hart murders her unfaithful lover and finds herself competing with fellow jailed murderess Velma Kelly for the best lawyer - and best vaudeville bookings - in 1920s Chicago.


The Color Purple

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

From Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller and Stephen Spielberg's Oscar-nominated film comes a stage musical that spans four decades and three continents, chronicling the feminist evolution of a battered African-American woman given to writing letters to God and her long-lost missionary sister.


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Dear Evan Hansen (opening on December 4, 2016)

Belasco Theatre

All his life Evan Hansen has felt invisible. To his peers, to the girl he loves, sometimes even to his own mother. But that was before he wrote the letter - that led to the incident - that started the lie - that ignited a movement - that inspired a community - and changed Evan's status from the ultimate outsider into the somebody everyone wants to know. But how long can Evan keep his secret? And at what price?


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Falsettos

Walter Kerr Theatre

William Finn and James Lapine's musical combines The March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, two chapters in the story of Marvin, who leaves his wife and child for a male lover, and the extended family's comic and dramatic attempts to co-exist as the lover contracts the AIDS virus. March, Falsettoland and an earlier chapter in the story, In Trousers, all premiered separately off-Broadway.


Fiddler on the Roof

Broadway Theatre

Tevye, a Jewish milkman in early 1900s Russia, sees his three eldest daughters married, each one moving further from traditional ways, and must cope with the growing anti-Jewish sentiment in his country.


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Hamilton

Richard Rodgers Theatre

From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become.


Hello, Dolly! (opening on April 20, 2017)

Sam S. Shubert Theatre

A meddlesome matchmaker brings together the young clerk of a wealthy Yonkers merchant and his assistant with a widowed milliner and her assistant, while making sure she herself gets to marry the merchant, in Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart's musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker.


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In Transit (opening on December 11, 2016)

Circle in the Square Theatre

In Transit follows an aspiring actress, a fledgling financier, a street-savvy beatboxer, a cab driver, and others as they find their way in New York City.


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Jersey Boys

August Wilson Theatre

Jersey Boys chronicles the creation, rise, fall and coming-apart of a 1960s rock 'n' roll quartet, The Four Seasons - accompanied by their Golden Oldies hit parade - in which each member of the band recounts his own section (or season): spring (Tommy DeVito), summer ( Bob Gaudio), fall (Nick Massi) and winter ( Frankie Valli).


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Kinky Boots

Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Charlie Price has suddenly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in Lola. A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he's meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible.


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The Lion King

Minskoff Theatre

Lion cub prince Simba grows up in the African heartland until tragedy forces him to run away. He ultimately learns to take his rightful place in the animal kingdom, in this musical version of the Disney animated film.


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Matilda The Musical

Sam S. Shubert Theatre

Matilda is the story of an extraordinary little girl who decides that despite a bad beginning filled with rotten parents, a terrifying school and a vicious head mistress, her story is going to be an astonishing one.


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Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet Of 1812 (opening on November 14, 2016)

Imperial Theatre

Natasha is a beautiful ingenue visiting Moscow while she waits for her beloved fiance Andrey to return from the war. In a moment of indiscretion, she is seduced by the dashing (but already married) Anatole and her position in society is ruined. Her only hope lies with Pierre, the lonely outsider whose love and compassion for Natasha may be the key to her redemption... and to the renewal of his own soul.


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On Your Feet!

Marquis Theatre

On Your Feet! is the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, two people who-through an unwavering dedication to one another and their pursuit of the American dream - showcased their talent, their music and their heritage to the world in a remarkable rise to global superstardom.


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The Phantom of the Opera

Majestic Theatre

Based on the novel Le Fantome de L'Opera by Gaston Leroux, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical depicts a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera and exerts strange control over a lovely young soprano.


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School of Rock

Winter Garden Theatre

Down-on-his-luck wannabe rock star Dewey Finn poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school to make ends meet. When he discovers his students' musical talents, he enlists his fifth-graders to form a rock group and conquer the Battle of the Bands.


Something Rotten!

St. James Theatre

Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rockstar known as 'The Bard'. When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world's very first MUSICAL! But amidst the scandalous excitement of Opening Night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self... and all that jazz.


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Waitress

Brooks Atkinson Theatre

Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna must weigh her commitments against a rare shot at freedom and recognition. Her customers, co-workers, and the town's handsome new doctor all offer her conflicting recipes for happiness but Jenna must ultimately decide for herself.


Wicked

Gershwin Theatre

Wicked looks at what happened in the Land of Oz... but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin-smart, fiery, misunderstood and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships... until the world decides to call one "good" and the other one "wicked".


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