April brings another variety-stuffed smorgasbord to Off-Broadway stages with eight new productions opening: a couple of audacious comedy spectacles (puppets or Spaniards: take your pick), the theatrical debut of one of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, a pair of classically-oriented shows (a new interpretation of Shakespeare's sonnets, an American stage classic)...  A boundary-pushing musical, the transfer of a long-running Broadway hit, and much more!

	THE 39 STEPS Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have...(mystery chords!) The 39 STEPS, Off-Broadway's most intriguing, most thrilling, most riotous, most unmissable comedy smash! The mind-blowing cast of 4 plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure. New World Stages. Now in previews, opens April 15.
	666: FUNNY AS HELL 666 begins when three dangerous criminals and one misplaced innocent arrive on death row. Incarceration ironically sets free their wildest fantasies as, trapped between the iron gates and an electrified fence, they interact with each other and with the audience. At the end of all the comically bungled executions, all hell, quite literally, breaks out. No one is safe, least of all the audience! 666 is a rude and ribald collision between wordless Commedia dell’arte, physical theater, and slapstick. Minetta Lane Theatre. Now in previews, opens April 15.
	BLOODY, BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON Following a sold-out run at last year’s Public LAB, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON returns! BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON audaciously redefines America’s seventh president, the man who invented the Democratic Party and doubled the size of our nation, with a raucous blend of outrageous comedy, anarchic theatricality and an infectious emo rock score. The Public Theatre.   Now in previews, opens April 6, closes April 25.
	FAMILY WEEK Jonathan Demme directs a new version of Beth Henley's bitterly funny play. A year after the death of her son, Claire checks into a recovery center in the desert, searching for a way to cope. When her mother, daughter and sister arrive to participate in "family week," long-dormant traumas collide with recent tragedies in comical, surprising and deeply moving ways. United in this family struggle, the women rage and reach out in an effort to reconcile their love with the way things are. MCC at The Lucille Lortel Theatre. Previews begin April 9, opens April 26, closes May 23.
	LOVE IS MY SIN Theatre for a New Audience presents the New York Premiere of C.I.C.T/Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord Production of LOVE IS MY SIN, in which two lovers trace a magnificent, life-embracing arc of jealousy, guilt, adoration and anguish in thirty-one Shakespeare sonnets chosen by Peter Brook. The production premiered in Paris at Bouffes du Nord April, 2009. Theatre for a New Audience at the Duke on 42nd Street. Now in previews, opens April 1, closes April 17.
	MY TRIP DOWN THE RED CARPET From small-town USA to the pink carpet of Hollywood – MY TRIP DOWN THE PINK CARPET tells the unlikely tale of one of America’s true comic icons, Leslie Jordan. With $1,200 sewn into his underpants, Leslie — who describes himself as “the gayest man I know” — boarded a Greyhound bus bound for L.A. and never looked back. Midtown Theatre at HA! Comedy Club. Previews begin April 14, opens April 19, closes July 3.
	STUFFED & UNSTRUNG Puppets behaving badly. Adults only. A madcap multimedia romp in which the skilled art of puppetry and comedic intelligent nonsense collide. Unpredictable, irreverent and rebellious, it's never the same show twice as a team of expert puppeteers sets off on a trail of twisted sketches and songs at breakneck pace while interaction with the audience prompts the spontaneous storylines unfolding on stage. Union Square Theatre. Now in previews, opens April 1, closes May 29.
	THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES A timeless American classic, Frank Gilroy’s play explores one family’s struggle to reconcile the disappointments of the past with hopes for the future in post-war America. Set in the Bronx in 1946, THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES tells the story of John and Nettie Cleary welcoming their son, Timmy, home from World War II. In the three days after his return, Timmy attempts to heal the wounds in his parents’ marriage, and as a result they discover the true depth of their flaws, regrets, and love. Pearl Theatre Company at New York City Center: Stage II. Previews begin April 9, opens April 15, closes May 15.