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Top 5 Musicals


Jersey Boys  

Once
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, 242 W. 45th St., nr. Eighth Ave. ; 212-239-6200.
It may be a stage adaptation of a 2006 movie-musical, but the leads, Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, more than freshen things up—they present the credible illusion of a First Time.

Chicago
Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St., nr. Broadway; 212-239-2974.
Before the Oscar-winning blockbuster, there was the Broadway flop. Now there’s this smash revival.

Book of Mormon
Eugene O’Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St., nr. Eighth Ave.; 212-239-6200.
From the creators of South Park comes this blockbuster about two mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission far from the confines of Salt Lake City.

Jersey Boys
August Wilson Theater, 245 W. 52nd St., nr. Broadway; 212-639-6200.
Seven-plus years into its run, this tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is still a nightly sell-out.

Newsies
Nederlander Theater, 208 W. 41st St. at Seventh Ave.; 866-870-2717.
The acclaimed and enormously magnetic Paper Mill Playhouse production transfers to Broadway for a limited run.

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