The cast of "Vanities, A New Musical": Sarah Stiles, Lauren Kennedy, and Anneliese van der Pol (Craig Schwartz)

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
Woman to Watch: The West Wing's Allison Janney and Wicked-veterans Stephanie J. Block and Megan Hilty
Women to Bring: Coworkers, 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, November 20 to January 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 January 9, January 25 to March 29
Woman to Watch: Tony-winner and star of Showtime's Weeds, Mary-Louise Parker
Women to Bring: The coffee klatch

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 February 2, open-ended run starts February 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