Please note: Quotes in the show listings below are excerpts from the Reviews of Virginia Eden.
Rock Of Ages
Brooks Atkinson / 256 West 47th Street
Musical—Rock and roll songs of the 1980s. L.A. rock club faces demolition by a greedy developer. Boy-meets-girl-loses-girl-gets-girl story.
Shrek The Musical
Broadway Theatre / 1681 Broadway
Musical—starring Brian d’Arcy and Sutton Foster. A slightly gross and beautiful new musical about a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing journey. Part romance and part twisted fairy tale.
South Pacific
Vivian Beaumont / Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th Street
Musical—featuring Kelli O’Hara as Ensign Nellie Forbush and baritone Paulo Szot as Emile de Becque. Based on James Michener’s Tales of the South Pacific. Music by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan.
The Lion King
Minskoff / 200 West 45th Street at Broadway.
A Disney Musical—enhanced by the creativity of Director Julie Taymor. It tells the story of a young lion club named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as King.
The Little Mermaid
Lunt-Fontanne / 205 West 46th Stret
Musical—based on the Disney movie, the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, a mermaid wants to live in the outside world. She needs to escape the clutches of an evil sea witch. The show takes you into an underwater world. The show features 11 new songs by Alan Menkin and lyrics by Glen Slater.
The Phantom Of The Opera
Majestic / 247 West 44th Street
Musical—about the hideously deformed phantom terrorizing everyone in an 1881 opera house to further the career of a young soprano. Look out for the falling chandelier!
Waiting For Godot
Studio 54 / 254 West 54th Street
Play by Samuel Beckett starring Nathan Lane, Bill Irwin, John Goodman and John Glover. Who is Godot and why are we waiting for him—her?
West Side Story
Palace / Broadway & 47th Street
Musical—production of the great Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim-Jerome Robbins revival about street gangs in the 1950s. Starring Matt Cavenaugh and Argentinian newcomer Josefina Scaglione. Includes some Spanish dialogue for the Puerto Rican Sharks and their gals.
Wicked
Gershwin / 223 West 51st Street
Musical—Two would-be witches meet as young girls in Sorcery school and become friends. There are flying monkeys, giant munchkins, fiery dragons and a wisard searching for answers in the ancient book of spells and rituals. There is also the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.
