entertainment French diplomat and a Chinese opera singer. Full of intrigue, espionage, betrayal and scandal, this is the first Broadway revival of David Henry Hwang’s gender-bending 1988 Tony Award-winning play. H13
Meteor Shower Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St., btw Broadway & Eighth Ave., 212.239.6200. meteoronbroadway.com. (1 hr 30 mins, no intermission) When space rocks streak across the California sky in Steve Martin’s comedy, a quiet dinner between two diametrically opposed married couples turns on anything but small talk. Amy Schumer heads the cast. H14 Miss Saigon Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway, btw W. 52nd & W. 53rd sts., 212.239.6200. saigonbroadway.com. (Closes Jan. 14) (2 hrs 40 mins) During the last days of the Vietnam War, a Saigon bar girl falls in love with an American GI in the new production of the tragic musical that first opened on Broadway in 1991. As the city falls and American personnel are hastily evacuated, the lovers are torn apart. When they reunite three years later, their lives have irrevocably changed. H13 The Parisian Woman Hudson Theatre, 139-141 W. 44th St., btw Sixth & Seventh aves. parisian womanbroadway.com. (Closes March 11) (1 hr 30 mins, no intermission) Set in Washington, D.C., after the 2016 election, socialite Chloe (Uma Thurman) maneuvers her way through a changing political landscape, her past, her marriage and an uncertain future. Josh Lucas and Blair Brown co-star in the timely new play by Beau Willimon (“House of Cards”). H14 The Phantom of the Opera C0L64M 187 ajestic Theatre, 247 W. 44th St., btw Broadway & Eighth Ave., 212.239.6200. phantombroadway.com. (2 hrs 30 mins) Broadway’s longest-running show, featuring a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, tells the tragic story of a disfigured composer who falls in love with a young soprano, whisking her away to his mysterious chambers beneath the Paris Opera House. H14 The Play That Goes Wrong Lyceum Theatre, 149 W. 45th St., btw Sixth & Seventh aves., 212.239.6200. broadwaygoeswrong.com. (2 hrs) Everything that could comically go wrong does when the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society puts on a 1920s murder mystery. H14 School of Rock Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway, btw W. 50th & W. 51st sts., 212.239.6200. schoolofrockthemusical.com. (2 hrs 30 mins) It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but the kids at a prestigious prep school love it when their wannabe rock star substitute teacher turns them into a rock band in the musical with a score written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater. H13 Springsteen on Broadway Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St., btw Broadway & Eighth Ave. brucespringsteen.net/broadway. (Closes Feb. 3) (2 hrs, no intermission) “The Boss” makes his Broadway debut in a solo acoustic show. H13 Waitress Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th St., btw Broadway & Eighth Ave., 877.250.2929. waitressthemusical.com. (2 hrs 30 mins) A
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