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Saturday, June 9
GO (New Jersey)� The beloved Caribbean-flavored Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty musical Once On This Island receives a beautiful revival thanks to New Jersey's starring "American Idol" finalist Syesha Mercado as Ti Moune. Directed by Tony nominee . (Through June 24, Paper Mill Playhouse, 22 Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ. .)
Sunday, June 10
WATCH� The prom of Broadway, aka the Tony Awards, will air live from New York's Beacon Theatre. Musicals performing on the big telecast include: Evita (with Ricky Martin and Elena Roger), Follies (with ), The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (with , Norm Lewis and ), Jesus Christ Superstar, Leap of Faith (with ), Newsies, Nice Work If You Can Get It (with Matthew Broderick and ), Once, Godspell (with ), Ghost The Musical and last year's Best Musical winner The Book of Mormon. The season's best plays, including End of the Rainbow, Peter and the Starcatcher and One Man, Two Guvnors, will also be represented. returns for his third stint as host. Presenters include , , Jessica Chastain, Sheryl Crow, , , James Marsden, , , Tyler Perry, Bernadette Peters, , Paul Rudd, Amanda Seyfried, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, among others. (8 PM EST/7 PM CT, CBS. .)
Monday, June 11
°¿±Ê·¡±·±õ±·³Òâ†� John Patrick Shanley's Storefront Church completes what he calls his "Church and State trilogy," which started with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Doubt in 2004 and continued with 2006's Defiance. Storefront, which Shanley also directs, finds a Bronx politician () at odds with a local minister (Ron Cephas Jones) and the woman who owns the mixed-use building which houses the church (Tony winner Tonya Pinkins). The cast also includes Jordan Lage and Tony nominees Zach Grenier and Bob Dishy. (Through June 24, Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater, 336 W. 20th St., btwn. 8th & 9th Aves. .)
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°¿±Ê·¡±·±õ±·³Òâ†� Amy Brenneman, Beth Dixon, Virginia Kull, Kellie Overbey and Lee Tergesen star in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn. The play follows friends Catherine (Brenneman) and Gwen (Overbey), who, following college, chose two very different paths in life â€� one's a career go-getter, the other a stay-at-home mom â€� and seek to switch roles, and share the man that came between them years ago. (Through June 24, Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St., btwn. 9th & 10th Aves. Click for °ëµºÌåÓý Club discount tickets.)
Wednesday, June 13
³Ò°¿â†� Cheyenne Jackson, "Entourage" star Emmanuelle Chriqui and "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23" star Krysten Ritter appear in The Heart of the Matter, a collection of one-act plays from Neil LaBute. The four-performance run (a benefit for MCC Theatre) promises LaBute's patented acerbic wit grappling with love stories (both good and complicated). (Through June 16, Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St., btwn. Bleecker & Hudson Sts. .)
Thursday, June 14
°¿±Ê·¡±·±õ±·³Òâ†� Jim Parsons stars as the loveable eccentric Elwood P. Dowd in the revival of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning . Set in the 1940s, Elwood meets a friend named Harvey. The problem with Harvey is that he's a large invisible rabbit. Elwood's strange friend causes his sister Veta () to commit him to a sanitarium run by the good doctor Chumley (Charles Kimbrough). When Elwood avoids being committed, he sends Chumley and his crew (including Carol Kane, "Mad Men" star Rich Sommer and ) into a tizzy â€� all on the lookout for a hare who isn't there (or is he?). (Through Aug. 5, Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave. Click for °ëµºÌåÓý Club discount tickets.)
Friday, June 15
³Ò°¿â†� The star-studded film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages arrives in movie theatres nationwide starring Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx, Malin Akerman as Constance, Russell Brand as Lonny, Diego González Boneta as Drew, as Dennis, Julianne Hough as Sherrie, as Justice, as the manager of the rock band, Bryan Cranston as The Mayor and Tony winner as the wife of the mayor. Adam Shankman directs. (Get .)
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