Springtime for theater: with fare ranging from dueling drunks to talking trash, the American stage gears up for a doozy of a season. Here's your primer.Dying City By Christopher Shinn New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Lincoln Center Theater, through April 29 Sexual identity plays a significant role in out playwright Shinn's new drama about an Iraq war widow and her late husband's twin brother. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee Los Angeles, Ahmanson Theatre, through March 18; Chicago, La Salle Bank Theatre, March 27-April 8; San Francisco, Golden Gate Theatre, April 11-May 12; Tucson, TCC Music Hall, May 15-20 Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin spar memorably in this acclaimed revival of the modern American classic. Well By Lisa Kron Boston, Huntington Theatre Company, March 9 April 8 Lesbian artist and playwright Kron re-creates her Broadway performance in her hilarious and moving autobiographical tale about her mother, directed once again by Leigh Silverman. Prelude to a Kiss By Craig Lucas New York, American Airlines Theatre The American Airlines Theatre is a Broadway theatre, located at 227 West 42nd Street, New York City. Originally named the Selwyn Theatre, it was constructed by the Selwyn brothers in 1918. , through April 22 The Roundabout Theater Company revives Lucas's bittersweet comedy about a couple magically changed by an elderly stranger at their wedding. Lucas, the writer of Longtime Companion and The Dying Gaul, also has two new projects scheduled for later this year-The Singing Forest at New York's Public Theater and Prayer for My Enemy at Seattle's Intiman Theatre in July. Our leading lady By Charles Busch New York, Manhattan Theatre Club About Manhattan Theatre Club This season marks Manhattan Theatre Club’s 37th anniversary as one of the country’s leading nonprofit producers of contemporary theatre. , opens March 20 Temporarily ceding the stage to another leading lady, the Die, Mommie, Die! star gives us a play about Laura Keene, a 19th-century stage luminary who performed for Abraham Lincoln in his last moments. Curtains By John Kander and Fred Ebb New York, Al Hirschfeld Theatre The Al Hirschfeld Theatre is a legitimate theatre located at 302 West 45th Street in midtown-Manhattan. Designed by architect G. Albert Lansburgh for vaudeville promoter Martin Beck, the theatre opened as the Martin Beck Theatre with a production of , opens March 22 David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is a Screen Actors Guild, Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his co-starring role as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier alongside Kelsey Grammer. , Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, and Edward Hibbert star in Scott Ellis's production of the new Broadway musical from the creators of Cabaret, Chicago, and the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman Kiss of the Spider Woman (El beso de la mujer araña) may refer to:
Edward Scissorhands By Matthew Bourne New York, Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Academy of Music, performing arts center located in the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y. and popularly known as BAM. Founded in 1859 and opened in 1861, it is the oldest such institution still in operation in the United States. , through March 31; St, Paul, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is located in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. It plays host to a wide variety of performing arts, such as touring Broadway musicals, orchestra, opera, and cultural performers. , April 10-15; Denver, Buell Theatre, April 18-22; Seattle, 5th Avenue Theatre, April 25-May 13 A thrilling new ballet based on the Tim Burton movie about a creative misfit, from the choreographer of the all-male Swan Lake and codirector-choreographer of Broadway's Mary Poppins. Terre Haute By Edmund White San Francisco, New Conservatory Theatre Center; previews start March 30, opens April 7, runs through May 6 In this new play from the author of A Boy's Own Story A Boy’s Own Story is a 1982 semi-autobiographical novel by Edmund White. Overview A Boy’s Own Story is the first of a trilogy of novels, describing a boy’s coming-of-age and documenting a young man’s experience of homosexuality in , an older gay provocateur (think Gore Vidal) confronts a Timothy McVeigh-like character facing a death sentence for blowing up a public building. Deuce By Terrence McNally New York, Music Box Theatre; previews start April 16, opens May 6, runs through August 19 Angela Lansbury returns to Broadway to team with the inimitable Marian Seldes for the season's big event--a new play from the author of Love! Valour! Compassion! about two former tennis stars reunited for a championship match. Past Perfect By Nicky Silver San Francisco, Theatre Rhinoceros, April 19-May 20 A play about a gay man and his very strange family from the author of Beautiful Child and Raised in Captivity. See Change By Sarah East Johnson, Diana Greiner, and Molly Chanoff New York, Flea Theater, May 3-27 This fusion of dance, acrobatics, and theater mounted by Johnson's troupe, LAVA, with live original music by Aimee Norwich, explores "the fluidity of evolving cultures." Jerry Springer: The Opera By Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee Chicago, Bailiwick BAILIWICK. The district over which a sheriff has jurisdiction; it signifies also the same as county, the sheriff's bailiwick extending over the county. 2. Theatre; previews start May 3, opens May 14, runs through July 8 An irresistible combination of the sublime and the trashy, complete with an aria titled "Chick With a Dick" and dancing Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan (k  ' klŭks klăn), designation mainly given to two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history, although other less important groups have also used members, the highly acclaimed and hugely
controversial U.K. musical receives its long-awaited American premiere.
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