After "White Christmas" this holiday season and before "9 to 5" next spring, Broadway's Marquis Theatre will be home to the "Spirit of Shaolin," a Chinese martial arts extravaganza featured at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The show, starring nearly three dozen performers from China, will play a 24-performance engagement at the Marquis beginning Jan. 13. An opening is set for Jan. 15.
"Spirit of Shaolin" is the story of self-discovery - the tale of a boy named Hui Guang who is raised by monks and who becomes a master of Shaolin Kung Fu, a type of martial arts that celebrates not only the physical but the spiritual.
The run will coincide with the Chinese New Year, Jan. 26, the Year of the Ox.
Tickets are now on sale through Ticketmaster, 212-307-4100, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. The Marquis box office, located at 1535 Broadway, will begin selling tickets to "Spirit of Shaolin" on Dec. 22.
Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Nov. 3. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed. Details about how to obtain tickets appear at the end.
"13." A young man tries to fit in. A new musical with a score by Jason Robert Brown. Bernard B. Jacobs. Telecharge."A Man for All Seasons." Frank Langella stars as Sir Thomas More in this Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Robert Bolt's play about the battle between More and King Henry VIII. American Airlines. 212-719-1300. Closes Dec. 14."A Tale of Two Cities." A musical version of Charles Dickens' historical novel about the French Revolution. Al Hirschfeld. Telecharge."All My Sons." John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Patrick Wilson and Katie Holmes star in a revival of Arthur Miller's morality play. Gerald Schoenfeld. Telecharge."August: Osage County." Tracy Letts' drama, a hit for Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, concerns a venomous mother and her dealings with three daughters. Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for best play. Music Box. Telecharge."Avenue Q." Love blossoms among the 20-something set - a group that includes puppets - in this very funny, adult musical comedy. Golden. Telecharge."Billy Elliot." A young man in Britian's bleak coal country yearns to dance. A musical based on the hit film. Now in previews. Opens Nov. 13. Imperial. Telecharge."Chicago." This Kander and Ebb-Bob Fosse creation is Broadway's longest running musical revival and deservedly so. Ambassador. Telecharge."Dividing the Estate." Horton Foote's domestic comedy about a Texas family squabbling over an inheritance. A Lincoln Center Theater production. Now in previews. Opens Nov. 20. Booth. Telecharge."Equus." Richard Griffiths and Daniel Radcliffe star in a revival of Peter Shaffer's play about a young man who blinds six horses - and why he did it. Broadhurst. Telecharge."Grease." A revival of the venerable musical celebrating 1950s high school and featuring stars chosen during the recent NBC television reality series. Brooks Atkinson. Ticketmaster."Gypsy." A powerhouse Patti LuPone stars as the mother of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee in a revival of one of the greatest of all Broadway musicals. St. James. Telecharge."Hairspray." The cult John Waters movie set in 1960s Baltimore has been turned into a hilarious, tuneful musical. Neil Simon. Ticketmaster. Closes Jan. 4."In the Heights." The lively off-Broadway musical about Latino residents in an area of upper Manhattan called Washington Heights moves to Broadway. Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for best musical. Richard Rodgers. Ticketmaster."Jersey Boys." The musical story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Winner of four 2006 Tonys including best musical. August Wilson. Telecharge. Difficult."Mamma Mia!" The London musical sensation featuring the pop songs of ABBA makes it to Broadway. Die-hard ABBA fans will like it best. Winter Garden. Telecharge."Mary Poppins." The world's most famous nanny comes to the stage after her great success as a P.L. Travers book and a Disney movie. New Amsterdam. Ticketmaster, a special Disney hot line, 212-307-4747."Monty Python's Spamalot." A musical inspired by that demented film comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Shubert. Telecharge. Closes Jan. 18."South Pacific." Kelli O'Hara is nurse Nellie Forbush and Paulo Szot is French plantation owner Emile de Becque in a revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on one of the short stories in James A. Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific." Vivian Beaumont. Telecharge. Difficult."Speed-The-Plow." A revival of David Mamet's darkly comic play about the Hollywood film industry. Jeremy Piven, Elisabeth Moss and Raul Esparza star. Ethel Barrymore. Telecharge."Spring Awakening." A striking rock musical based on Frank Wedekind's classic drama about a dozen young people discovering their sexual identities. Music by Duncan Sheik. Book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Eugene O'Neill. Telecharge. Closes Jan. 18."To Be or Not to Be." Nick Whitby's stage adaptation of the 1942 film comedy about the tribulations of a theater troupe in Warsaw trying to open a play as the Nazis invade Poland. A Manhattan Theatre Club production. Samuel J. Friedman. Telecharge. Closes Nov. 16."The 39 Steps." A stage adaptation by Patrick Barlow of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 movie thriller about a man on the run. Four actors portray more than 150 roles. Cort. Telecharge."The Lion King." Director Julie Taymor is a modern-day Merlin, creating a stage version of the Disney animated hit that makes you truly believe in the magic of theater. Minskoff. Ticketmaster, a special Disney hot line, 212-307-4747. Difficult on weekends."The Little Mermaid." Disney's stage version of its popular animated film about a sea maiden who longs to live on land. Lunt-Fontanne. Ticketmaster, a special Disney hot line, 212-307-4747."The Phantom of the Opera." The one with the chandelier. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about a deformed composer who haunts the Paris Opera House is the prime, Grade A example of big Brit musical excess. But all the lavishness does have a purpose in Harold Prince's intelligent production, now the longest-running show in Broadway history. Majestic. Telecharge."The Seagull." Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard star in Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Chekhov's classic tale of unfulfilled lives. Walter Kerr. Telecharge."Wicked." An ambitious, wildly popular musical about the witches in "The Wizard of Oz" as young women. Based on the novel by Gregory Maguire. Gershwin. Ticketmaster. Difficult."Young Frankenstein." Mel Brooks transfers his comedic monster mash of a movie from screen to stage - only with more song and dance. Hilton. Ticketmaster.By Michael Kuchwara