5 new Broadway productions that may wow you

Leading ladies are taking over the Great White Way in the coming months. Wonder which show is right for your next Big Apple tour? Here's a brief round-up of five new productions with wow potential:

‘9 to 5’
What: In a musical version of the 1980 film, three working girls plot revenge on their chauvinistic boss, belting an original score by everyone's favorite double-D diva, Dolly Parton.

When: Previews from April 7, open-ended run begins April 30

Women to watch: “The West Wing's” Allison Janney and “Wicked”-veterans Stephanie J. Block and Megan Hilty

Women to bring: Co-workers, job hunters, anyone who's ever visited Dollywood

‘Dividing the Estate’
What: This dark comedy by Horton Foote looks in on a dysfunctional Texan family fighting over the inheritance from their tight-fisted — and still very much alive — mother.

When: Currently in previews, Nov. 20 to Jan. 4

Women to watch: Established stage actress Elizabeth Ashley, who plays the matriarch, and Hallie Foote (the playwright's real-life daughter) as the greediest member of her brood

Women to bring: Sisters with a sense of humor

‘Hedda Gabler’
What: A staple of every Drama 101 syllabus, Henrik Ibsen's drama stars the original desperate housewife, who stirs up trouble with a piano and some pistols in her suburban living room.

When: Previews from Jan. 9, Jan. 25 to March 29

Woman to watch: Tony-winner and star of Showtime's “Weeds,” Mary-Louise Parker

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‘Mary Stuart’
What: Straight from London's West End, Mary Queen of Scots and England's Elizabeth I tooth-and-nail their way through Friedrich von Schiller's depiction of the infamous 16th-century rivalry.

When: Previews from March 30, open-ended run starts April 19

Women to watch: British imports Harriet Walter as Elizabeth and Janet McTeer as Mary Stuart (returning to Broadway for the first time since her 1997 Tony-winning turn in A Doll's House)

Women to bring: Ambitious execs, history buffs, anglophiles

‘Vanities, A New Musical’
What: A trio of best friends sing their way through their differences in a comedy spanning three decades: the flower-power '60s through the power-suit '80s.

When: Previews from Feb. 2, open-ended run starts Feb. 26

Women to watch: A cast of pretty ingenues who have made the Broadway rounds — Lauren Kennedy, Sarah Stiles and Anneliese van der Pol

Women to bring: Long-lost high school friends, lifelong bosom-buddies, anyone who thought “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” should have involved singing