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CELEBRITIES, CLASSICS, AND NEW PLAYS — THE NYC SHOWS OF FALL 2012 This season of New York City theater is full of classics (Enemy of the People, Annie, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?); celebrity stars (David Schwimmer, Katie Holmes, Jake Gyllenhaal); and other special perks — from two Christmas-themed musicals to the chance to see Jonathan Franzen’s first play. Here’s Culture Craver’s list of some of the most craveable on- and off-Broadway New York City shows in the fall 2012 season. Crave the ones that excite you to start planning your season. Remember, when you crave, you’re creating early buzz for great work and you’re helping your friends to find more shows they’ll love.   CHAPLIN at the Barrymore Theatre. Team: Christopher Curtis (music and lyrics), Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan (book), Director Warren Carlyle, and cast including Rob McClure, Christiane Noll, Erin Mackey, Michael McCormick, Jenn Colella August — February 3 DETROIT at the Playwrights Horizons. Team: Playwright Lisa D’Amour, Director Anne Kauffman, and cast including John Cullum, Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer, Sarah Sokolovic August — October 7  AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at the Samuel J. Friedman. Team: By Henrik Ibsen; new adaptation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Director Doug Hughes, and cast including Richard Thomas, Boyd Gaines, Michael Siberry, James Waterston, Kathleen McNenny September 4 — November 11 RED DOG HOWLS at the New York Theatre Workshop. Team: Playwright Alexander Dinelaris, Director Ken Rus Schmoll September 5 — October 14 GRACE at the Cort Theatre. Team: Playwright Craig Wright, Director Dexter Bullard, and cast including Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, Edward Asner September 13 — January 6  THROUGH THE YELLOW HOUR at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Team: Playwright Adam Rapp, Director Adam Rapp September 13 — October 28 CYRANO DE BERGERAC at the American Airlines Theatre. Team: By Edmond Rostand; new translation by Ranjit Bolt, Director Jamie Lloyd, and cast including Douglas Hodge, Clémence Poésy, Patrick Page, Bill Buell, Kyle Soller September 14 — November 25 IF THERE IS I HAVEN’T FOUND IT YET at the Laura Pels Theatre (Roundabout). Team: Playwright Nick Payne, Director Michael Longhurst, and cast including Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brían F. O’Byrne September — November 25 HARPER REGAN at the Atlantic Theater. Team: Playwright Simon Stephens, Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch September 19 — October 28  MODERN TERRORISM, OR THEY WHO WANT TO KILL US AND HOW WE LEARN TO LOVE THEM at the Second Stage Theatre. Team: Playwright Jon Kern, Director Peter Dubois September 21 — November 4 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at the Booth Theatre. Team: Playwright Edward Albee, Director Pam MacKinnon, and cast including Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, Carrie Coon, Madison Dirks September 27 — January 27 ANNIE at the Palace Theatre. Team: Charles Strouse (music), Martin Charnin (lyrics), Thomas Meehan (book), Director James Lapine, and cast including Lilla Crawford, Anthony Warlow, Katie Finneran, Brynn O’Malley, J. Elaine Marcos, Clarke Thorell October 3 — November 8  THE HEIRESS at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Team: Playwrights Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, Director Moisés Kaufman, and cast including Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens, David Strathairn, Judith Ivey October 6 — February 10   WILD WITH HAPPY at the Public Theater. Team: Playwright Colman Domingo, Director Robert O’Hara, and cast including Colman Domingo October 9 — November 11  A SUMMER DAY at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Team: Playwright  Jon Fosse, Director Sarah Cameron Sunde October 10 — November 25  THE WHALE  at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Team: Playwright Samuel D. Hunter, Director Davis McCallum, and cast including Cassie Beck, Reyna de Courcy, Shuler Hensley, Tasha Lawrence, Cory Michael Smith October 12 — December 2 SCANDALOUS at the Neil Simon Theatre. Team: Kathie Lee Gifford (book and lyrics), David Friedman (music), David Pomeranz (music), Director David Armstrong, and cast including Carolee Carmello, George Hearn, Edward Watts, Roz Ryan, Andrew Samonsky October 13 — TBD HOUSE FOR SALE at the Transport Group (The Duke on 42nd Street). Team: Playwright Jonathan Franzen, Director Daniel Fish October 13 — November 18.  GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Team: Playwright David Mamet, Director Daniel Sullivan, and cast including Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, David Harbour, Richard Schiff, Jeremy Shamos October 16 — December 30.  THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at the Studio 54. Team: Rupert Holmes (book, music, lyrics), Director Scott Ellis, and cast including Chita Rivera, Jim Norton, Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Gregg Edelman, Jessie Mueller, Betsy Wolfe October 19 — February 10 THE PERFORMERS at the Longacre Theatre. Team: Playwright David West Read, Director Evan Cabnet, and cast including Henry Winkler, Cheyenne Jackson, Daniel Breaker, Ari Graynor, Jenni Barber October 23 — February 24 GOLDEN CHILD at the Signature Theatre. Team: Playwright David Henry Hwang, Director Leigh Silverman October 23 — December 2  VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at the Lincoln Center Theater. Team: Playwright Christopher Durang, Director Nicholas Martin, and cast including Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver October 25 — TBD  GIANT at the Public Theater. Team: Playwright Sybille Pearson, Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, Director Michael Greif October 25 — December 2  REBECCA at the Broadhurst Theatre. Team: Playwright Michael Kunze (original book and lyrics), Sylvester Levay (music), Christopher Hampton (English book adaptation), with English lyrics by Hampton and Kunze, Directors Michael Blakemore and Francesca Zambello, and cast including Jill Paice, Ryan Silverman, Karen Mason, Howard McGillin, James Barbour, Donna English, Nick Wyman, Henry Stram This was scheduled to start in October, but is on hold because of a mysterious death and the resulting financial situation.  SORRY at the Public Lab. Team: Playwright Richard Nelson, Director Richard Nelson October 30 — November 18 DEAD ACCOUNTS at the Music Box. Team: Playwright Theresa Rebeck, Director Jack O’Brien, and cast including Katie Holmes, Norbert Leo Butz November 3 — February 24 A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Team: Joseph Robinette (book), Benj Pasek (music and lyrics), Justin Paul (music and lyrics), Director John Rando November 5 — December 30 THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MAN at the Public Theater. Team: Playwright Nathan Englander, Director Barry Edelstein November 7 — December 9 GOLDEN BOY at the Belasco Theatre. Team: Playwright Clifford Odets, Director Bartlett Sher, and cast including Tony Shalhoub, Danny Burstein, Jonathan Hadary, Daniel Jenkins, Seth Numrich November 8 — January 20  ELF THE MUSICAL at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Team: Matthew Sklar (music), Chad Beguelin (lyrics), Thomas Meehan (book), Bob Martin (book), Director Casey Nicholaw November 10 — January 6  THE ANARCHIST at the John Golden Theatre. Team: Playwright David Mamet, Director David Mamet, and cast including Patti LuPone, Debra Winger November 13 — Feburary 17  GOLDEN AGE at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Team: Playwright Terrence McNally, Director Walter Bobbie, and cast including Bebe Neuwirth, Lorenzo Pisoni November 13 — January 6  A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS at the New York Theatre Workshop. Team: Playwright Paula Vogel, Director Tina Landau November 13 — December 30 WHAT RHYMES WITH AMERICA at the Atlantic Theater. Team: Playwright Melissa James Gibson, Director Daniel Aukin November 19 — December 31 THE GREAT GOD PAN at the Playwrights Horizons. Team: Playwright Amy Herzog, Director Carolyn Cantor November 24 — January 6 THE OTHER PLACE at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Team: Playwright Sharr White, Director Joe Mantello, and cast including Laurie Metcalf December 11 — February 24 

CELEBRITIES, CLASSICS, AND NEW PLAYS — THE NYC SHOWS OF FALL 2012

This season of New York City theater is full of classics (Enemy of the People, Annie, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?); celebrity stars (David Schwimmer, Katie Holmes, Jake Gyllenhaal); and other special perks — from two Christmas-themed musicals to the chance to see Jonathan Franzen’s first play. Here’s Culture Craver’s list of some of the most craveable on- and off-Broadway New York City shows in the fall 2012 season. Crave the ones that excite you to start planning your season. Remember, when you crave, you’re creating early buzz for great work and you’re helping your friends to find more shows they’ll love.  

CHAPLIN at the Barrymore Theatre. Team: Christopher Curtis (music and lyrics), Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan (book), Director Warren Carlyle, and cast including Rob McClure, Christiane Noll, Erin Mackey, Michael McCormick, Jenn Colella

August — February 3

DETROIT at the Playwrights Horizons. Team: Playwright Lisa D’Amour, Director Anne Kauffman, and cast including John Cullum, Amy Ryan, David Schwimmer, Sarah Sokolovic

August — October 7 

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at the Samuel J. Friedman. Team: By Henrik Ibsen; new adaptation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Director Doug Hughes, and cast including Richard Thomas, Boyd Gaines, Michael Siberry, James Waterston, Kathleen McNenny

September 4 — November 11

RED DOG HOWLS at the New York Theatre Workshop. Team: Playwright Alexander Dinelaris, Director Ken Rus Schmoll

September 5 — October 14

GRACE at the Cort Theatre. Team: Playwright Craig Wright, Director Dexter Bullard, and cast including Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, Kate Arrington, Edward Asner

September 13 — January 6 

THROUGH THE YELLOW HOUR at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Team: Playwright Adam Rapp, Director Adam Rapp

September 13 — October 28

CYRANO DE BERGERAC at the American Airlines Theatre. Team: By Edmond Rostand; new translation by Ranjit Bolt, Director Jamie Lloyd, and cast including Douglas Hodge, Clémence Poésy, Patrick Page, Bill Buell, Kyle Soller

September 14 — November 25

IF THERE IS I HAVEN’T FOUND IT YET at the Laura Pels Theatre (Roundabout). Team: Playwright Nick Payne, Director Michael Longhurst, and cast including Annie Funke, Michelle Gomez, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brían F. O’Byrne

September — November 25

HARPER REGAN at the Atlantic Theater. Team: Playwright Simon Stephens, Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch

September 19 — October 28 

MODERN TERRORISM, OR THEY WHO WANT TO KILL US AND HOW WE LEARN TO LOVE THEM at the Second Stage Theatre. Team: Playwright Jon Kern, Director Peter Dubois

September 21 — November 4

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? at the Booth Theatre. Team: Playwright Edward Albee, Director Pam MacKinnon, and cast including Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, Carrie Coon, Madison Dirks

September 27 — January 27

ANNIE at the Palace Theatre. Team: Charles Strouse (music), Martin Charnin (lyrics), Thomas Meehan (book), Director James Lapine, and cast including Lilla Crawford, Anthony Warlow, Katie Finneran, Brynn O’Malley, J. Elaine Marcos, Clarke Thorell

October 3 — November 8 

THE HEIRESS at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Team: Playwrights Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz, Director Moisés Kaufman, and cast including Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens, David Strathairn, Judith Ivey

October 6 — February 10  

WILD WITH HAPPY at the Public Theater. Team: Playwright Colman Domingo, Director Robert O’Hara, and cast including Colman Domingo

October 9 — November 11 

A SUMMER DAY at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Team: Playwright  Jon Fosse, Director Sarah Cameron Sunde

October 10 — November 25 

THE WHALE  at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Team: Playwright Samuel D. Hunter, Director Davis McCallum, and cast including Cassie Beck, Reyna de Courcy, Shuler Hensley, Tasha Lawrence, Cory Michael Smith

October 12 — December 2

SCANDALOUS at the Neil Simon Theatre. Team: Kathie Lee Gifford (book and lyrics), David Friedman (music), David Pomeranz (music), Director David Armstrong, and cast including Carolee Carmello, George Hearn, Edward Watts, Roz Ryan, Andrew Samonsky

October 13 — TBD

HOUSE FOR SALE at the Transport Group (The Duke on 42nd Street). Team: Playwright Jonathan Franzen, Director Daniel Fish

October 13 — November 18. 

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS at the Schoenfeld Theatre. Team: Playwright David Mamet, Director Daniel Sullivan, and cast including Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale, David Harbour, Richard Schiff, Jeremy Shamos

October 16 — December 30. 

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at the Studio 54. Team: Rupert Holmes (book, music, lyrics), Director Scott Ellis, and cast including Chita Rivera, Jim Norton, Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Gregg Edelman, Jessie Mueller, Betsy Wolfe

October 19 — February 10

THE PERFORMERS at the Longacre Theatre. Team: Playwright David West Read, Director Evan Cabnet, and cast including Henry Winkler, Cheyenne Jackson, Daniel Breaker, Ari Graynor, Jenni Barber

October 23 — February 24

GOLDEN CHILD at the Signature Theatre. Team: Playwright David Henry Hwang, Director Leigh Silverman

October 23 — December 2 

VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at the Lincoln Center Theater. Team: Playwright Christopher Durang, Director Nicholas Martin, and cast including Genevieve Angelson, Shalita Grant, Billy Magnussen, Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver

October 25 — TBD 

GIANT at the Public Theater. Team: Playwright Sybille Pearson, Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, Director Michael Greif

October 25 — December 2 

REBECCA at the Broadhurst Theatre. Team: Playwright Michael Kunze (original book and lyrics), Sylvester Levay (music), Christopher Hampton (English book adaptation), with English lyrics by Hampton and Kunze, Directors Michael Blakemore and Francesca Zambello, and cast including Jill Paice, Ryan Silverman, Karen Mason, Howard McGillin, James Barbour, Donna English, Nick Wyman, Henry Stram

This was scheduled to start in October, but is on hold because of a mysterious death and the resulting financial situation. 

SORRY at the Public Lab. Team: Playwright Richard Nelson, Director Richard Nelson

October 30 — November 18

DEAD ACCOUNTS at the Music Box. Team: Playwright Theresa Rebeck, Director Jack O’Brien, and cast including Katie Holmes, Norbert Leo Butz

November 3 — February 24

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Team: Joseph Robinette (book), Benj Pasek (music and lyrics), Justin Paul (music and lyrics), Director John Rando

November 5 — December 30

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MAN at the Public Theater. Team: Playwright Nathan Englander, Director Barry Edelstein

November 7 — December 9

GOLDEN BOY at the Belasco Theatre. Team: Playwright Clifford Odets, Director Bartlett Sher, and cast including Tony Shalhoub, Danny Burstein, Jonathan Hadary, Daniel Jenkins, Seth Numrich

November 8 — January 20 

ELF THE MUSICAL at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Team: Matthew Sklar (music), Chad Beguelin (lyrics), Thomas Meehan (book), Bob Martin (book), Director Casey Nicholaw

November 10 — January 6 

THE ANARCHIST at the John Golden Theatre. Team: Playwright David Mamet, Director David Mamet, and cast including Patti LuPone, Debra Winger

November 13 — Feburary 17 

GOLDEN AGE at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Team: Playwright Terrence McNally, Director Walter Bobbie, and cast including Bebe Neuwirth, Lorenzo Pisoni

November 13 — January 6 

A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS at the New York Theatre Workshop. Team: Playwright Paula Vogel, Director Tina Landau

November 13 — December 30

WHAT RHYMES WITH AMERICA at the Atlantic Theater. Team: Playwright Melissa James Gibson, Director Daniel Aukin

November 19 — December 31

THE GREAT GOD PAN at the Playwrights Horizons. Team: Playwright Amy Herzog, Director Carolyn Cantor

November 24 — January 6

THE OTHER PLACE at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Team: Playwright Sharr White, Director Joe Mantello, and cast including Laurie Metcalf

December 11 — February 24 

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