Broadway's new season line-up is shaping up as a full roster of exciting fare. There is something for everyone to enjoy, plus a great list of stars. And keep your eyes out for more shows announced as summer turns to autumn!

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Superior Donuts

Theatre/Opening Night: Music Box – October 1
The Story: The white owner of a decrepit donut shop in Chicago hires a black teenager who wants to change the shop for the better.
The Stars: Michael McKean and the original cast from Chicago
Trivia: Like playwright Tracy Letts's previous Broadway work August: Osage County, this play was originally produced by the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
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Wishful Drinking

Theatre/Opening Night: Studio 54 - October 4
The Story: Carrie Fisher's one-woman show about the “true and intoxicating tale” of her life as a Hollywood legend
The Stars: Carrie Fisher
Trivia: The daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher became a cultural icon when she starred as “Princess Leia” in the first Star Wars trilogy at age 19.

The Royal Family

Theatre/Opening Night: Samuel J. Friedman - October 8
The Story: The Cavendishes are a famous family of stage stars who go about the drama of the day: choosing scripts, dashing off to a performance, and stealing kisses with handsome beaus.
The Stars: Stephen Collins, Ana Gasteyer, John Glover, Rosemary Harris, Jan Maxwell, Tony Roberts, Reg Rogers
Trivia: This classic comedy of theatrical manners was written by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, whose other collaborations include Dinner at Eight and Stage Door.
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Oleanna

Theatre/Opening Night: John Golden – October 11
The Story: A male university professor and one of his female students are locked in combat in David Mamet's searing take on the battle of the sexes.
The Stars: Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles
Trivia: Written in the heyday of political correctness and the culture wars of the early 1990s, Oleanna made an instantly incendiary debut Off Broadway in 1992.
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Bye Bye Birdie

Theatre/Opening Night: Henry Miller's Theatre - October 15
The Story: Teen idol superstar Conrad Birdie has been drafted into the army. His manager and his secretary cook up a plan to send him off with a swell new song and one last kiss from a lucky teenage fan… on “The Ed Sullivan Show”!
The Stars: John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Bill Irwin
Trivia: One of Broadway's first rock ‘n' roll comedies, Bye Bye Birdie is back for the first time since winning the Tony Award® for Best Musical in 1961.

After Miss Julie

Theatre/Opening Night: American Airlines Theatre - October 22
The Story: Sequestered in her grandmother's country house on the eve of the Labour Party's historic 1945 landslide victory, young Miss Julie engages in a forbidden flirtation that quickly spins into a life and death struggle for power.
The Stars: Sienna Miller, Jonny Lee Miller, Marin Ireland
Trivia: This is an update of the classic August Strindberg play Miss Julie by Patrick Marber (Closer).

The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs

Theatre/Opening Night: Nederlander - October 25
The Story: Jewish teen Eugene Jerome copes with his family's troubles, his awkward discovery of the opposite sex, and his developing identity as a writer.
The Stars: Laurie Metcalf and Dennis Boutsikaris
Trivia: Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical comedies Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound were two of the longest-running Broadway plays of the 1980s. They will be presented in repertory (see below).

Ragtime

Theatre/Opening Night: Neil Simon Theatre - November 15
The Story: The dawn of the 20th century was a time when anything was possible in New York City, and ragtime music filled the air.
The Stars: TBA
Trivia: Based on E. L. Doctorow's epic novel, Ragtime originally opened on Broadway on January 18, 1998, and later won four Tony Awards.

In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Theatre/Opening Night: Lyceum - November 19
The Story: A comedy about marriage, intimacy and electricity.
The Stars: Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris
Trivia: Playwright Sarah Ruhl is the author of such Off Broadway hits as The Clean House, Dead Man's Cell Phone, and Eurydice.

Fela!

Theatre/Opening Night: Eugene O'Neill Theatre - November 23
The Story: A revolutionary new musical that welcomes audiences into the extravagant, decadent, and rebellious world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
The Stars: Sahr Ngaujah, Antibalas, and other members of the NYC Afrobeat community.
Trivia: An artist, political activist and musician, Fela was arrested more than 200 times but continued to live in Nigeria despite the harassment. A million Nigerians attended his funeral in 1997.

Race

Theatre/Opening Night: Ethel Barrymore – December 6
The Story: David Mamet's newest play confronts central issues of our times.
The Stars: David Alan Grier, James Spader, Richard Thomas, Kerry Washington
Trivia : Race will be the fourth Mamet play to perform at the Barrymore Theatre (after Speed-the-Plow, November, and American Buffalo). This will be the third consecutive season for the Barrymore to host a Mamet play.

The Neil Simon Plays: Broadway Bound

Theatre/Opening Night: Nederlander – December 10
The Story: Eugene and his older brother Stanley have started their careers as professional comedy writers, but at home in Brighton Beach, their parents' marriage is falling apart.
The Stars: Laurie Metcalf and Dennis Boutsikaris
Trivia: Performed in repertory with Brighton Beach Memoirs (see above).

Next month: new road tours!