MASTER HAROLD and THE BOYS
Royale Theatre. 242 West 45th St. 212-239-6200. Athol Fugard's drama explores a young white man's coming of age in apartheid South Africa in 1950. Sam (Danny Glover) and Willie (Michael Boatman), two middle-aged black men, are servants at the St. George's Park Tea Room, which is owned by the parents of Hally (Christopher Denham), a 17-year-old white boy. Hally, known as "Master Harold," has been confronted with two very different role models for his imminent adulthood: his bigoted, drunken father, and the black man who has been his friend and lifelong mentor. By the end of the day, his life course has been set in motion on an unexpected path. Lonny Price directs. In the play's original 1982 Broadway production, Mr. Glover played Willie and Mr. Price performed the role of Hally.

MAN OF La MANCHA
Martin Beck Theatre. 302 West 45th St. btwn. 8th / 9th Ave. 212-239-6200 Subway: A, C, E to 42nd St. Brian Stokes Mitchell’s star continues to shine. Coming off an incredible run in King Hedley II (Tony nomination), and Top Dog/Underdog, Stokes returns to Broadway with another remarkable performance as Don Quixote.


DEF POETRY JAM ON BROADWAY
Previews begin October 30, 2002. Opens Thursday Nov. 14th. The Longacre Theater. 220 W. 48th St. (212) 239-6200. Subway: 1, 9 at 50th St; N, R at 49th St; B, D, F, Q at 47-50 St. btwn. Broadway and Eighth Ave. What happens when you put together nine of the country's most gifted poets and performers, a talented DJ to add music to their words, one of Hollywood's most prolific directors of television and films(Stan Lathan) and a master visionary who has long shaped the evolution of pop and urban culture? You get RUSSELL SIMMONS' DEF POETRY JAM ON BROADWAY, a presentation of performance poetry inspired by today's world.


THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
Marquis Theatre. 1535 Broadway. Sheryl Lee Ralph returns to Broadway where she originated the role of Deena Jones in Michael Bennett's landmark musical Dreamgirls, earning a Tony Award nomination as well as a Drama Desk Award nomination. Ralph is now part a the cast of the smashing new musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie, winner of 5 Drama Desk Awards and 11 Tony Award nominations. Ralph plays Muzzy Van Hossmere, a Josephine Baker-esque 1920's cabaret star who helps young Millie land the perfect man.

  AIDA
Palace Theater 1564 Broadway at 47th st.  212-730-8200 subway:N,R to 49th st. Set to the music of Elton John and Tim Rice, Aida is a love story about a Nubian princess who Falls in love with her capture, Egyptian captain Radames.  Aida finds her self in a classic love triangle as she falls in love with Radames who is set to marry Amneris.

THE LION KING
Amsterdam Theater, 214 W. 42^nd Street  212 307-4747 Subway: A,C,E; N,R; S; 1,2,3,9 to 42nd St. You took the kids to the movie, you brought the video, now see all the enchanting characters come to life.

RENT
Nederlander Theater, 208 W. 41^st Street 212 307-4100. Subway: A,C,E; N,R; S; 1,2,3,9 to 42nd St. Based on Puccini's La Boheme, Rent chronicles the lives of a multicultural cast in the East Village. Taye Diggs of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Best Man" starred as Benny the  landlord in the original cast.

 
THE BLACKS
E. 13th Street Theater. btwn. 3rd and 4th Ave. Subway: L to 3rd Ave. (212)677-4210. A white woman has been murdered. She's lying on stage in a coffin, covered by a sheet. Who is she? What's happened? And why are The Blacks reenacting her rape and murder? The Blacks: A Clown Show tells the story of a troupe of black actors who reenact the ritualistic rape and murder of a white woman before a court of black actors elaborately masked as caricatures of the English upper class. This is a production of the five year old Classical Theater of Harlem. (212) 539-8828

FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Mother AME Zion Church 140-46 West 137th St. btwn. Adam Clayton Powell and Malcolm X Blvd. 212-491-1386. Frederick Douglass at Mother AME Zion is a new play with music now playing in Harlem at 140-146 West 137th Street. Michael Leonard James,best known for his portrayal of Jesus in the Harlem company of "GODSPELL",stars as Frederick Douglass.Written and Directed by Richard Haase,the play gives the audience an inside look at Frederick Douglass at a dress rtehearsal for one of his famous orations on slavery in New York City in 1873.Others featured in the cast are Tonila Cherry as Sojourner Truth and Randy Harmon.

THE JACKIE WILSON STORY
The Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St. btwn. 7th / 8th 212-749-5838 Subway: A,B,C,D to 125th. Starring CHESTER GREGORY II with special guest star Melba Moore. The man who gave Elvis some of his most famous moves, one of the greatest entertainers of all time—JACKIE WILSON—"Mr. Excitement" comes to life at the world famous Apollo Theater in this phenomenal new musical.

BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATER 
1368 Fulton St.  718-857-6363   Subway: A,C to Nostrand Ave.

NEGRO ENSEMBLE
212-582-5860