After Miss Julie... With tabloid-hot Sienna Miller (way post-Alfie; see Hamlet) tearing up the stage as the title character (previews 9/18; opens 10/22)
Bye Bye Birdie... Starring a radiant (flamenco-dancing!) Gina Gershon alongside John Stamos and Tony winner Bill Irwin (previews 9/10; opens 10/15)
Hamlet... Fresh from his critically acclaimed London run, it’s Jude Law channeling Shakespeare’s tortured Danish Prince psyched for revenge (previews 9/12; opens 10/6)
Oleanna... Film star Bill Pullman returns to Broadway for the first time since his celebrated 2002 performance in Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? and teams up with Bourne alumna Julia Stiles (making her Broadway debut in the same role she played to rave reviews in London, 2004) (previews 9/29; opens 10/11)
The Royal Family... A Kaufman and Ferber revival teeming with stage, TV & screen notables Ana Gasteyer, John Glover, Rosemary Harris, Jan Maxwell, and Tony Roberts (previews 9/15; opens 10/8)
A Steady Rain... A new play featuring two of Hollywood’s most drop-dead desirable leading men: Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman (previews 9/10; opens 9/29)
Superior Donuts... Michael McKean, whose Broadway resume includes memorable performances in The Homecoming and The Pajama Game, stars in Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts’ latest New York premiere (previews 9/16; opens 10/1)
Wishful Drinking…. Princess Leia cause and effect: Carrie Fisher solos in her Tinseltown tell-all based on her compelling memoir of the same name (previews 9/22; opens 10/4)
Fall Theater Preview: Who's Who (Plus What & When!)
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City Guide Theatre Editor Griffin Miller moved to New York to pursue an acting/writing career in the 1980s after graduating magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Since then, she has written for The New York Times, For the Bride, Hotels, and a number of other publications, mostly in the areas of travel and performance arts. An active member of The New York Travel Writers Association, she is also a playwright and award-winning collage artist. In addition, she sits on the board of The Lewis Carroll Society of North America. Griffin is married to Richard Sandomir, a reporter for The New York Times.New York City Activities
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