LOOKING AHEAD Broadway plays, musicals

Plays and musicals scheduled to open on Broadway before Dec. 31:

PLAYS

“A Steady Rain,” Sept. 29, Gerald Schoenfeld “Superior Donuts,” Oct. 1, Music Box “Wishful Drinking,” Oct. 4, Studio 54 “After Miss Julie,” Oct. 22, American Airlines “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play),” Nov. 19, Lyceum “Race,” Dec. 6, Ethel Barrymore

PLAY REVIVALS

“Hamlet,” Oct. 6, Broadhurst “The Royal Family,” Oct. 8, Samuel J. Friedman “Oleanna,” Oct. 11, Golden “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” Oct. 25, Nederlander “Broadway Bound,” Dec. 10, Nederlander

MUSICALS

“Memphis,” Oct. 19, Shubert “Fela!,” Nov. 23, Eugene O’Neill

MUSICAL REVIVALS

“Bye Bye Birdie,” Oct. 15, Henry Miller’s “Finian’s Rainbow,” Oct. 29, St. James “White Christmas,” performances begin Nov. 13, Marquis “Ragtime,” Nov. 15, Neil Simon “A Little Night Music,” December, (no specific date or theater officially announced)