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 | Annie    
65.6% sold last week Critics = 4.0Audiences = 4.6
The well-loved musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip is back on Broadway - now starring Emmy-winner Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan. Nominated for one Tony Award - Best Revival of a Musical. (more) |
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 | Cinderella
71.5% sold last weekCritics = 3.6
Rodgers and Hammerstein's made-for-TV classic, newly adapted for the stage by Tony-nominee Douglas Carter Beane, is now on Broadway. Nominated for 9 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. (more) |
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 | Mamma Mia
83.2% sold last weekCritics = 3.1Audiences = 4.6
This lively pop musical featuring the songs of the '70s Swedish super-group ABBA has been playing to enthusiastic nightly standing ovations for more than a decade. (more) |
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 | Matilda
100.3% sold last weekCritics = 4.3
The Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's book has come to Broadway, and seems destined for a long, successful run. Nominated for 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical. (more) |
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 | Newsies
98.3% sold last weekCritics = 4.0Audiences = 4.3
Now in its second year on Broadway, Disney's high-energy musical about the newsboy strike of 1899 is a solid hit. Winner of 2 Tony Awards - Best Score and Best Choreography. (more) |
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 | The Lion King 
99.9% sold last weekCritics = 4.7Audiences = 4.7
In Julie Taymor's inventive retelling of Disney's animated hit, puppets and live actors weave a dreamscape of jungle characters as we follow the rise of young Simba to the throne. Winner of 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) |
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 | The Phantom of the Opera
95.4% sold last weekCritics = 3.8Audiences = 4.6
In this classic musical - the longest running production in Broadway history - a hideously deformed man lives in the cellars of the Paris Opera and takes a stunningly beautiful soprano as a student. Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) |
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 | Wicked
96.5% sold last weekCritics = 2.7Audiences = 4.7
Ever wondered what happened in Oz before Dorothy dropped in? This musical about the teenage years of the Good Witch and the Green Witch is a family-friendly spectacle housed in one of Broadway’s largest and most comfortable theatres. (more) |
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 | Ann 
38.7% sold last weekCritics = 3.0Audiences = 4.8
Emmy-winner Holland Taylor stars in a no-holds-barred portrait of an American original, the legendary late Texas governor Ann Richards. Nominated for one Tony Award - Best Actress (Holland Taylor). (more) |
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 | Chicago
89.2% sold last weekCritics = 4.9Audiences = 4.3
An elegant, minimally-staged revival of Kander & Ebb's gritty, satirical musical - lust, treachery, and murder among chorus girls and backstage types in old Chicago. Winner of 6 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. (more) |
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 | First Date
From the producers of the 2010 Tony-winning musical "Memphis," a 90-minute contemporary musical about a mismatched couple on a blind date. (more) |
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 | Jersey Boys
90.4% sold last weekCritics = 3.6Audiences = 4.8
A bio-revue telling the story and singing the songs of the Four Seasons, starring Tony-winner John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli. Winner of 4 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) |
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 | Kinky Boots
100.1% sold last weekCritics = 3.6Audiences = 4.2
A new musical with songs by pop star Cyndi Lauper (in a smashing debut as a Broadway composer) about a Northampton shoemaker whose business is saved by a wildly flamboyant clientele. Nominated for 13 Tony Awards including Best Musical. (more) |
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 | Lucky Guy
101.6% sold last weekCritics = 3.7Audiences = 5.0
Oscar-winner Tom Hanks plays controversial tabloid columnist Mike McAlary in a new play about the scandal-ridden, graffiti-scarred NYC of the 1980s. Nominated for 6 Tony Awards including Best Play and Best Actor (Tom Hanks). (more) |
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 | Macbeth
73.7% sold last weekCritics = 3.6
Tony-winner Alan Cumming plays Shakespeare's murderous general, his guilt-wracked wife ('Out damned spot!'), and most of the play's other roles in his one-man interpretation of the Bard's darkest tragedy. (more) |
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 | Motown: the Musical
100.8% sold last weekCritics = 2.9Audiences = 4.6
This new musical about Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, starring Tony-nominees Brandon Victor Dixon as Gordy and Valisia LeKae as Diana Ross, is one of Broadway's hottest tickets. Nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Actress (Valisia LeKae). (more) |
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 | Once
89.1% sold last weekCritics = 4.3Audiences = 4.5
After a high-profile Off-Broadway run this new musical based on the Irish independent film of the same title transferred to Broadway, where it has captured the hearts of critics and audiences alike. Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) |
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 | Pippin
101.0% sold last weekCritics = 4.6Audiences = 4.7
The magic-themed coming-of-age musical, featuring songs by "Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz and direction by Tony-nominee Diane Paulus, is back on Broadway with a 40th anniversary revival. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. (more) |
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 | Rock of Ages
94.4% sold last weekCritics = 3.7Audiences = 4.7
This winking tribute to the 80's features arena-rock hits from Bon Jovi, Journey, and Poison....the NY Times says it "is about as guilty as pleasures get." (more) |
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 | Romeo and Juliet
British film star Orlando Bloom ("Pirates of the Caribbean") and Tony-nominee Condola Rashad play Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers in Tony-nominee David Leveaux's new production. (more) |
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 | The Assembled Parties
89.1% sold last weekCritics = 4.1
Manhattan Theatre Club presents Tony-winner Judith Light and Tony-nominee Jessica Hecht in Richard Greenberg's new play about a New York family grasping for stability at the dawn of a new millennium. Nominated for 3 Tony Awards including Best Play. (more) |
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 | The Big Knife
62.1% sold last weekCritics = 3.0
Emmy-winner and Tony-nominee Bobby Cannavale stars in Clifford Odets' 1939 drama about the dark side of Old Hollywood, directed by Tony–winner Doug Hughes. Nominated for one Tony Award - Best Featured Actor (Richard Kind). (more) |
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 | The Book of Mormon
102.6% sold last weekCritics = 4.7Audiences = 4.9
From the creators of "South Park" and "Avenue Q," a bawdy, irreverent, hilarious, and heartfelt new musical about two missionaries sent to deepest, darkest Africa to spread the good word. Winner of 9 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) |
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 | The Nance
75.3% sold last weekCritics = 3.8
Tony-winner Nathan Lane stars as a closeted gay vaudeville performer in Douglas Carter Beane's new play. Nominated for 5 Tony Awards including Best Actor (Nathan Lane). (more) |
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 | The Trip to Bountiful
75.4% sold last weekCritics = 4.1
Emmy-winner Cicely Tyson, Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Tony-nominees Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad star in Horton Foote's drama about an elderly woman who longs to return to her childhood home. Nominated for 4 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play and Best Actress (Cicely Tyson). (more) |
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 | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
81.7% sold last weekCritics = 4.5Audiences = 4.8
Tony-nominees David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, and Sigourney Weaver star in Christopher Durang's uproarious homage to Anton Chekhov. Nominated for 6 Tony Awards including Best Play, Best Actor (David Hyde Pierce) and Best Actress (Kristine Nielsen). (more) |
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