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Posted Apr. 30, 2008,
This Month in Theater: May 2008
By Tom Murrin
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May is the last chance for shows to open before the Tony Awards. Here are five that hope to be in the competition.
TOP GIRLS
This is a revival of a Caryl Churchill masterpiece from the early '80s, set at the Top Girls Employment Agency in London. An ambitious business woman, in a male-dominated world, achieves results; but at a cost. James Macdonald directs an all-female cast, which includes a quartet of top-rated actors: Mary Catherine Garrison, Elizabeth Marvel, Martha Plimpton and Marisa Tomei. (See photos of the show above.)
Biltmore Theatre, 261 W. 47th St., (212) 239-6200. Previews Apr. 15, opens May 7.
BOEING BOEING
Boeing-Boeing is a 1960's sex comedy of errors by the very successful French playwright Marc Camoletti, that English director Matthew Warchus has reinvented for today. It involves a Parisian playboy (The West Wing's Bradley Whitford), who is able to juggle the affections of three flight attendants, with the aid of his housekeeper (star of many mediums, Christine Baranski), until an old pal (British classic actor Mark Rylance) shows up to bunk at his apartment. Two of the flight attendants will be played by Gina Gershon and Mary McCormack.
The Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St., (212) 239-6200. Previews Apr. 19, opens May 4.