Though new American plays remain a rarity on Broadway, two notable ones will be turning up this season. Tracy Letts follows his heavy, Pulitzer Prize-winning August: Osage County with the lighter Superior Donuts. And the brilliant, ever-provocative Sarah Ruhl lands on Broadway with In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), a script whose title says it all.

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BROADWAY

The Addams Family, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; previews March 4, opens April 8; $51.50-$200; Ticketmaster or www.theaddamsfamilymusical.com: Nathan Lane plays Gomez, Bebe Neuwirth is Morticia in the new Andrew Lippa-Marshall Brickman-Rick Elice musical about the famously creepy family.

After Miss Julie, American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St.; in previews, opens Oct. 22, closes Dec. 6; $66.50-$111.50; 212- 719-1300 or www.roundabouttheatre.org: Sienna Miller and Jonny Lee Miller (Angelina Jolie's other ex-hubby) star in this updating of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, set in 1945, about an aristocrat and her social-climbing servant.

A Behanding in Spokane, Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, 236 W. 45th St.; opens March 4; Telecharge or www.atlantictheater.org: Martin McDonagh's newest dark comedy is about a pair of con men and a man looking for his missing hand.

Brighton Beach Memoirs, Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St.; previews Oct. 2, opens Oct. 25; $65-$100; Ticketmaster or www.theneilsimonplays.com: Laurie Metcalf and Dennis Boutsikaris are among the stars in this revival of Neil Simon's autobiographically inspired play about a teen who dreams of becoming a comedy writer.

Broadway Bound, Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St.; previews Nov. 18, opens Dec. 10; $65-$100; Ticketmaster or www.theneilsimonplays.com: Laurie Metcalf headlines the cast of Neil Simon's play about Brooklyn brothers who dream of making it as comedy writers.

Bye Bye Birdie, Henry Miller's Theatre, 124 W. 43rd St.; in previews, opens Oct. 15, runs through Jan. 10; $86.50-$141.50; Telecharge or www.byebyebirdieonbroadway.com: John Stamos, Gina Gershon and Bill Irwin head the large cast in this revival of the Lee Adams-Charles Strouse-Michael Stewart musical about an Elvis-style rock idol going into the Army.

Collected Stories, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th St.; previews April 6, opens April 28, closes June 27; $47-$97; Telecharge or www.mtc-nyc.org: Donald Margulies' play stars Linda Lavin as a famous New York writer whose prótegé becomes her rival.

Fela!, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St.; previews Oct. 19, opens Nov. 23; $55-$122; Telecharge or www.felaonbroadway.com: Director-choreographer Bill T. Jones explores the artistic, activist life of Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

Finian's Rainbow, St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St.; previews Oct. 8, opens Oct. 29; $35-$120; Telecharge or www.finiansonbroadway.com: Tony winner Jim Norton stars in the revival of the Yip Harburg-Burton Lane 1947 musical about an Irish guy and his daughter trying to turn a leprechaun's stolen pot of gold into a happy new life in America.

Hamlet, Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St.; in previews, opens Oct. 6, closes Dec. 6; $25-$251.50; Telecharge or www.hamletbroadway.com: Jude Law plays the melancholy Dane in this acclaimed British revival of William Shakespeare's tragedy.