ASSASSINS by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman: opens April 22 at Studio 54. Originally scheduled for 2001, this musical about presidential assassinations was too hot for a post 9/11 New York.

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori: opens May 2 at the Walter Kerr. A musical, set in 1963, that examines the friendships between an African- American maid and her employers.

JUMPERS by Tom Stoppard: opens April 25 at the Brooks Atkinson. This classic features a corpse in a closet, rousing philosophical debates and a naked lady on a swing.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry: opens April 26 at the Royale. Come for P. Diddy’s Broadway debut, but stay for three-time Tony winner Audra McDonald.

SIGHT UNSEEN by Donald Margulies: opens May 25 at the Biltmore. This tale of lost love told backward finally gets a Broadway bow.