2009-10 Season Shaping Up

Lincoln Center announced it would be presenting In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl (The Clean House) as part of its 2009-10 season at a Shubert theatre TBA as a part of its Broadway season. This is a good time to take a look at the rest of next season.

New Plays

After Miss Julie (Patrick Marber's update of Strindberg's Miss Julie; Roundabout Theatre Company production; performances begiun Sept. 18 at the American Airlines) 

In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play (Lincoln Center at a Shubert Theatre TBA; opens Oct. 5)

Race (David Mamet's new play; theatre TBA; opens Dec. 10)

Revivals

Brighton Beach Memoirs/Broadway Bound (Neil Simon's autobiographical plays presented in repertory. Fall)

Present Laughter (Noel Coward's comedy, Roundabout Theatre Company, Winter) 

New Musicals

The Addams Family (musical based on the cartoons of Charles Addams; opena April 8, 2010)

Love Never Dies (sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, opening simulanteously in London and NYC, fall)

Memphis (bio of white disc jockey in segrated South, previews begin in September)

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (musical based on the comic book hero, opens Feb. 18, 2010 at the Hilton) 

Musical Revivals

Bye Bye Birdie (Roundabout Theatre Company production, perfomances begin Sept. 11 at a Broadway theatre TBA)

Possibilities

Catch Me If You Can; First Wives Club, Pure Country

--David Sheward