Broadway Death Row: See Them While They Last

As always, January is a brutal month for Broadway, which unfortunately gets a chilly reception from the ticket-buying public. The tourists have all gone home following the December holiday season, and locals are staying in the warmth of their homes as they recover from the financial blow dealt by all that Christmas and Chanukah merriment. Knowing this, Broadway producers frequently decide in advance that they will close their more monetarily troubled shows in early January. This year, those doomed Broadway shows include Burn the Floor and The 39 Steps (closing January 10), and Shrek the Musical and Superior Donuts (closing January 3). The limited-run shows In the Next Room and Irving Berlin's White Christmas will also be shuttering in January. So if you have been dragging your feet on seeing any of these Broadway shows, be sure to get tickets while you can. Even these plays and musicals might not be discounting right over the Christmas holiday, but for most of them you can get good discounts on tickets for January performance dates.

It's a White Christmas on Broadway

The Marquis Theatre at the Marriott Hotel in Times Square is hosting one heck of a holiday party with Irving Berlin's White Christmas, starting Broadway performances today. This is the second annual limited Broadway engagement of the snow-filled show, which is based on the beloved holiday film of the same name, and also incorporates many other memorable Irving Berlin songs from other movies and musicals. The production, directed by Walter Bobbie, features Tony Yazbeck, Melissa Errico, James Clow, Mara Davi, David Ogden Stiers, and Ruth Williamson in the cast, plus a large ensemble of singers and dancers. White Christmas will play at the Marquis through January 3, 2010.

White Christmas Opens On Broadway

Today the stage version of Irving Berlin's White Christmas opens on Broadway. The classic film gets the big Broadway treatment just in time for the holidays. Starring Kerry O'Malley and Stephen Bogardus, the cheery musical is scheduled to play through January 4.