Broadway Shows I would love to see

In the Heights

About:
It’s a new musical about three days in the life of Washington Heights,
a vibrant and tight knit community at the top of the island of
Manhattan. It’s a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is
light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries
the rhythm of three generations of music. Created by a team of New
York’s freshest young talents, IN THE HEIGHTS is the tale of a
community at a crossroads. Find out what it takes to make a living,
what it costs to have a dream, and what it means to be home IN THE
HEIGHTS.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid

About:
In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a beautiful young mermaid named
Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But
first, she’ll have to defy her father – the king of the sea, escape the
clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she’s the girl
with the perfect voice. Based on the beloved film, THE LITTLE MERMAID
features some of Disney’s most popular songs including “Part of Your
World,” “Kiss the Girl” and the Academy Award®-winning “Under the Sea.”

Grease

About:
After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with new girl in town, Sandy
Dumbrowski, Danny Zuko’s world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears
at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock ‘n’
roll celebration of growin’ up, cruisin’ with friends and goin’ steady
while Danny and The T-Birds spar with The Pink Ladies who take “good
girl” Sandy under their wing.In addition to the smash songs “Summer
Nights,” “Greased Lightning” and “We Go Together” made famous by the
Broadway production, the new revival includes “You’re the One That I
Want,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “Sandy” from the 1978 film
starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as the lovelorn teens.
Tony
Award winner Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game) directs and
choreograph this new Broadway production. Stars Max Crumm and Laura
Osnes were chosen by the popular vote on the NBC reality show You’re
the One That I Want!

The Lion King

About:
Disney presents a brand-new musical that brings THE LION KING’S wildly
popular story, the Oscar winning Elton John/Tim Rice songs, and an
entire African landscape to the stage of the gloriously renovated
Minkoff theatre. Directed and designed by Tony Award nominee Julie
Taymor, THE LION KING fills the theatre with sights and sounds of one
of Broadways most imaginative new talents – all to bring new life to
Disneys crowd pleasing story of a young princes adventure-filled
journey to adulthood – and the throne.

Young Frankenstein

About:
A wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic from the
comic genius of Mel Brooks. When Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed
New York brain surgeon and professor, inherits a castle and laboratory
in Transylvania from his grandfather, deranged genius Victor Von
Frankenstein, he faces a dilemma. Does he continue to run from his
family’s tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his
grandfather’s mad experiments reanimating the dead and, in the process,
fall in love with his sexy lab assistant Inga? Unfolding in the
forbidding Castle Frankenstein and the foggy moors of Transylvania
Heights, the show’s raucous score includes ‘The Transylvania Mania,’
‘He Vas My Boyfriend’ and the unforgettable treatment of Irving
Berlin’s ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz.’

Wicked

About:
So much happened in Oz before Dorothy dropped in!With music and lyrics
by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, “Wicked” is based on
the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire and is the untold story of the
Witches of Oz. One, born with emerald-green skin, is smart, fiery and
misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular.
“Wicked” tells the story of a remarkable odyssey in which these two
unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda
the Good Witch.

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  1. Wish I lived in New York. I enjoy plays and musicals a lot. I’d love to go to some of the shows.

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