Events Friday, August 3
Rent
Theater: Off BroadwayMon, Wed-Sat at 8pm, Sat, Sun at 2pm, Sun at 7:30pm
212-239-6200
Three years after its hugely successful Broadway run ended, the AIDS musical's producers and creative team have remounted it (with a new, younger cast, of course) Off Broadway. $65-$89.50
Mamma Mia
Theater: BroadwayWed-Sat 8pm; Wed, Sat, Sun 2pm; Sun 7pm
212-239-6200
A whimsical musical weaving 22 ABBA songs into the modern-day tale of a single mom and her soon-to-be-married daughter. $56.25 - $100
Billy Elliot the Musical
Theater: BroadwayTue at 7pm, Wed-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm, Wed, Sat at 2pm
Set during the miners' strikes in Thatcherite Britain in the 1980s, the musical based on the movie based on the book about a boy who becomes a ballet dancer took an armful of Tonys. $81.50 - $351.50
The Lion King
Theater: BroadwayTue at 7pm, Wed-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm, Wed, Sat at 2pm
212-307-4100
Take a little Hamlet, mix with some Elton John music, some crazy costumes and Julie Taymor over-seeing it all, and you've got Disney's Lion King, one of the longest-running and most successful Broadway musicals ever. $51.25 - $121.25
Avenue Q
Theater: Off BroadwayMon, Wed-Sat at 8pm, Sat at 2pm, Sun at 3pm, 7:30pm
The puppet parody that ran for so many years on Broadway has returned to its Off-Broadway roots, although presumably the production of foul-mouthed muppets will retain those high production values in its latest incarnation. $66.50-$86.50
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Theater: BroadwayTue-Sat at 8pm, Wed, Sat at 2pm, Sun at 3pm
212-239-6200
This revival of the 1961 Pulitzer-winning musical stars Harry Potter as a fast-ascending window washer who quickly becomes an exec at the World-Wide Wicket Company shortly after starting in the mail room. $52-$132
Jersey Boys
Theater: BroadwayTue at 7pm, Wed - Sat at 8pm; Wed, Sat at 2pm; Sun at 3pm
212-239-6200
This behind-the-scenes musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is surprisingly compelling and deservedly won the 2006 Tony Award. $26.25 - $121.50
245 W 52nd St., between Broadway and Eighth Ave (map)
Midtown East
212-239-6200
Chicago
Theater: BroadwayTue 7pm; Wed-Sat 8pm; Sun 6:30pm; Wed, Sat 2pm
After a decade on Broadway, this bare-bones revival of Kander and Ebb's dark musical comedy is still way better than the movie, and continues to pack 'em in. $58.75-$111.25
The Fantasticks
Theater: Off BroadwayMon, Thu, Fri 8pm; Wed 2pm; Sat 2pm, 8pm; Sun 3pm, 7:15pm
212-307-4100
Tells the story of a young boy and girl who fall in love because of their meddling fathers, but become restless and stray from each other. $51-$76
Memphis: A New Musical
Theater: BroadwayTue-Sat at 8pm, Wed, Sat at 2pm, Sun at 3pm
Set in the segregated South in the 1950s, this new musical with an original score by Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan recounts the musical and romantic loves of a white DJ who fell for black music long before it was socially acceptable. $41.50-$126.50
Wicked
Theater: BroadwayTue 7pm; Wed - Sat 8pm; Wed & Sat 2pm; Sun 3pm
212-307-4100
A musical based on Gregory Maguire’s novel, Wicked takes place in the Land of Oz as seen through the eyes of the Wicked Witch of the West. $50 - $110
