Feel like taking in a Broadway show?
Musicals, comedies and dramas playing on New York stages
"Avenue Q." Love blossoms among the twentysomething set a group that includes puppets in this very funny, adult musical comedy. Golden. Telecharge.
"Awake and Sing!" A Lincoln Center Theater revival of Clifford Odets' Depression-era classic about a squabbling Bronx family. The cast includes Zoe Wanamaker and Ben Gazzara. Belasco. Telecharge.
"Barefoot in the Park." Amanda Peet, Patrick Wilson, Jill Clayburgh and Tony Roberts star in a revival of an early Neil Simon comedy hit about newlyweds and their adventures in a fifth-floor Manhattan apartment. Cort. Telecharge. Closes May 21.
"Beauty and the Beast." For those who want a lavish, literal, live-action version of the delightful Disney animated feature, this is the ticket. Others may be content to rent the film. Lunt-Fontanne. Ticketmaster, a special Disney hotline, 212-307-4747.
"Bridge & Tunnel." Sarah Jones brings her acclaimed one-woman show about America's newest immigrants to Broadway. Helen Hayes. Telecharge.
"Chicago." An entertaining revival of the 1975 Bob Fosse musical with a sassy Kander and Ebb score. Broadway's longest running musical revival and deservedly so. Ambassador. Telecharge.
"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." Jonathan Pryce and Norbert Leo Butz star in a musical about a couple of con men fleecing gullible women on the French Riviera. Based on the 1988 film. Imperial. Telecharge.
"Doubt." John Patrick Shanley's riveting play about a nun and her suspicions. Eileen Atkins stars. Winner of four 2005 Tony Awards, including best play. Walter Kerr. Telecharge.
"Faith Healer." Ralph Fiennes, Cherry Jones and Ian McDiarmid star in a revival of Brian Friel's play about a charismatic charlatan. Booth. Telecharge.
"Festen." A family confronts its dark secrets. A play by David Eldridge adapted from a celebrated Danish film. The cast includes Larry Bryggman, Ali MacGraw, Julianna Margulies, Michael Hayden and Jeremy Sisto. Music Box. Telecharge.
"Hairspray." The cult John Waters movie set in 1960s Baltimore has been turned into a hilarious, tuneful musical. John Pinette plays full-figured Edna Turnblad, mother of young Tracy Turnblad (Shannon Durig) whose life's desire is to appear on a television dance show. Neil Simon. Ticketmaster.
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