134 NYC & Company | Official Visitor Guide Performing Arts Diana: A NewMusical thediana musical.com Amusical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. In previews, opens Mar. 31. Telecharge: 212 239 6200, outside NY: 800 432 7250 Longacre Theatre, 220W. 48th St. (Broadway–Eighth Ave.), NYC 10036 Drunk Shakespeare drunk shakespeare.com One actor downs five shots of whiskey...then attempts to perform in a Shakespearean play. Five-star Off-Broadway comedy. NY Times Critics’ Pick. Age 21+. email
[email protected] 777 Theatre, 777 Eighth Ave. (47th–48th Sts.), 2nd fl., NYC 10036 Flying Over Sunset lct.org/shows/ flying-over-sunset This musical is a fictional account of a meeting between Aldous Huxley, Clare Boothe Luce and Cary Grant, who all used the drug LSD. In previews, opens Apr. 16, through June 28. Telecharge: 212 239 6200 | Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150W. 65th St. (Broadway–AmsterdamAve.), NYC 10023 FringeNYC fringenyc.org An adju- dicated festival that presents stage performances ranging from comedy to social commentary to hip-hop musicals. Annually in October. email
[email protected] | venues to be announced Frozen frozenthemusical.com This musical adaptation of the Disney animated hit is the timeless tale of two sisters, pulled apart by a mysterious secret. 866 870 2717 St. James Theatre, 246W. 44th St. (Seventh–Eighth Aves.), NYC 10036 See Ad Index on pg. 236. Gazillion Bubble Show gazillion bubbleshow.com An “unbubbliev- able” interactive stage production, the first and only of its kind, complete with fantastic light effects, lasers and jaw-dropping master- pieces of bubble artistry. Perfs. Fri.– Sun. (Thurs. seasonally; special perf. schedule during the holidays). Telecharge: 212 239 6200, outside NY: 800 447 7400 | NewWorld Stages, 340W. 50th St. (Eighth–Ninth Aves.), NYC 10019 The Girl from the North Country northcountryonbroadway.com Owners and guests share a Duluth, Minnesota guesthouse during the winter of 1934. Book by Conor McPherson using the songs of Bob Dylan. Telecharge: 212 239 6200, outside NY: 800 432 7250 | Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St. (Sixth–Seventh Aves.), NYC 10036 Hadestown hadestown.com This musical by celebrated singer-song- writer Anaïs Mitchell follows the intertwining love stories of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and of King Hades and Persephone. Ticketmaster: 800 653 8000 | Walter Kerr Theatre, 219W. 48th St. (Broadway–Eighth Ave.), NYC 10036 Hamilton hamiltonbroadway.com Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda ( In the Heights ) wrote this Tony-winning rap and hip-hop opera biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Ticketmaster: 877 250 2929 | Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226W. 46th St. (Broadway–Eighth Ave.), NYC 10036 Hangmen hangmenbroadway.com What’s Britain’s second-most famous executioner to do now that hanging has been abolished? Award-winning writer MartinMcDonagh’s wickedly funny play provides the answer. Through July 18. Telecharge: 212 239 6200, outside NY: 800 432 7250 John Golden Theatre, 252W. 45th St. (Broadway–Eighth Ave.), NYC 10036 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child harrypottertheplay.com/us The smash-hit London play, set two decades after J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter book series ended, is based on an original story by Ms. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. Ticketmaster: 877 250 2929 | Lyric Theatre, 213W. 42nd St. (Seventh–Eighth Aves.), NYC 10036 See Ad Index on pg. 236. How I Learned to Drive manhattan theatreclub.com/2019-20-season/ how-i-learned-to-drive Pulitzer- winning memory play about a woman (Mary-Louise Parker) coming to terms with a charismatic uncle (DavidMorse) who impacts her past, present and future life. Previews Mar. 27, opens Apr. 22, through June 7. Telecharge: 212 239 6200, outside NY: 800 432 7250 | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th St. (Broadway–Eighth Ave.), NYC 10036