The musical, opening Dec. 7 at the Imperial Theatre, features a score by Tom Kitt (music) and Amanda Green (lyrics) with a book by David Lindsay-Abaire, author of last season's "Rabbit Hole." The director is Walter Bobbie.

NEW MUSICAL — "Spring Awakening," Frank Wedekind's 19th-century look at adolescent sexuality, has been reworked with music by pop singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Sater. The musical, a summer hit for off-Broadway's Atlantic Theatre Company, finds its way to Broadway in December, arriving Dec. 10 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

VENTRILOQUIST — Another show which had a successful run at the Atlantic Theater Company also is transferring to Broadway: "Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!" Johnson brings his skills as a ventriloquist to the Helen Hayes Theatre, with his parade of characters, including a talking tennis ball. It officially arrived Sept. 28.

CLASSIC SHAW — The cast is sterling: Philip Bosco, Swoosie Kurtz and Laila Robins, among others. And we know the dialogue is golden. It's George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," the master's look at a world — namely Edwardian England — and personal relationships right before some momentous changes. The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival is directed by Robin Lefevre. It opened Wednesday at the American Airlines Theatre.

AMERICAN PREMIERE — More contemporary personal problems are explored in "Losing Louie," Simon Mendes da Costa's play receiving its American premiere by Manhattan Theatre Club. The effect of one generation on the next seems to be the most prominent theme of the family comedy, which was a hit in England. The director is Jerry Zaks and the cast includes Matthew Arkin, Mark Linn-Baker, Patricia Kalember and Michele Pawk. The curtain rises Oct. 12 at the Biltmore Theatre.

LANE PLAYS BUTLEY — Alan Bates starred in the American premiere of "Butley" in 1972, Simon Gray's play about a caustic professor whose life is crumbling. Nearly 25 years later, it's Nathan Lane's turn to portray the unhappy title character. The director is Nicholas Martin, who runs Boston's Huntington Theatre Company, which is where Lane first appeared in the play. The New York company includes Dana Ivey. Look for it Oct. 25 at the Booth Theatre.

AN EPIC THREE-PARTER — The season's most gargantuan dramatic adventure begins Nov. 5. It's the first chapter of "The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's trilogy chronicling a group of 19th-century Russian intellectuals from 1834 to 1865. This sprawling epic features more than 30 actors playing more than 70 roles.