Feel like taking in a Broadway show?

Musicals, comedies and dramas playing on New York stages

Published: Sunday, May 14 2006 12:00 a.m. MDT

NEW YORK — Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of May 8. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed.

— "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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