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Upcoming and Announced New Broadway Shows

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Each year brings a fresh lineup of Broadway performances to New York City’s Times Square. From brand-new creations to revival shows, musical spin-offs, and retellings of beloved classics, Broadway is continuously reinventing itself, offering new experiences that inspire wonder among audiences of all ages. And thankfully, heading into the new year, we can expect more of the same. With several exciting new announcements and a few sad departures, next year promises to be an incredible season! If you are planning to travel to NYC for shows please refer to our Broadway Travel Guide for everything you need to know when going to a show, or let us plan your trip.

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🎭 Broadway’s 2026–2027 Season: What’s New, Returning, and Unmissable

Broadway’s 2026–2027 season is stacked with Hollywood stars, blockbuster revivals, and buzzy new musicals. From Billy Crystal’s deeply personal solo show and Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell in Much Ado About Nothing to Rachel Zegler in Evita, a Dolly Parton bio-musical, and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Warriors, there’s something for every theater fan.

Here’s your easy-to-read guide to what’s coming to Broadway. Dates are current as of October 2026 and are subject to change.

🌟 New Plays & Play Revivals

The Imaginary Invalid

Theatre: Todd Haimes Theatre
First Preview: September 25, 2026
Opening: October 22, 2026
Starring: Bill Irwin, Rachel Bloom, Dylan Baker, Crystal A. Dickinson
Creative Team: Adapted by Bill Irwin; directed by Brandon J. Dirden
About: Bill Irwin’s new adaptation of Molière’s comedy about a wealthy hypochondriac and the schemers who surround him.

Other Desert Cities

Theatre: Hudson Theatre
First Preview: September 29, 2026
Opening: October 18, 2026
Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Keery, Lily Rabe
Creative Team: Written by Jon Robin Baitz; directed by John Benjamin Hickey
About: An all-star revival of Baitz’s drama about a family whose long-buried secret is about to be exposed in a tell-all memoir.

860

Theatre: Imperial Theatre
First Preview: October 1, 2026
Opening: October 21, 2026
Starring: Billy Crystal
Creative Team: Written by Billy Crystal; directed by Scott Ellis
About: Billy Crystal’s autobiographical solo show centered on the family home he lost in the Palisades fire.

A Few Good Men

Theatre: Vivian Beaumont Theater
First Preview: October 8, 2026
Opening: October 29, 2026
Starring: Bradley Whitford, Tom Blyth, Krysta Rodriguez
Creative Team: Written by Aaron Sorkin; directed by Michael Arden
About: A revival of Sorkin’s gripping courtroom drama about corruption within the U.S. military.

Downstate

Theatre: Booth Theatre
First Preview: October 19, 2026 (Playbill reports the first preview has been pushed back; check for the updated date)
Opening: November 15, 2026
Starring: Thomas Sadoski, Francis Guinan, Liza Colón-Zayas
Creative Team: Written by Bruce Norris; directed by Joe Mantello
About: Bruce Norris’s provocative play about convicted sex offenders living together in a halfway house.

Much Ado About Nothing

Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre
First Preview: October 31, 2026
Opening: November 19, 2026
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell
Creative Team: Directed by Jamie Lloyd
About: The Broadway transfer of Jamie Lloyd’s hit London production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.

Here There Are Blueberries

Theatre: Ethel Barrymore Theatre
First Preview: November 2, 2026
Opening: November 9, 2026
Starring: Michael Cerveris, Kathleen Chalfant, Montego Glover, Conrad Ricamora
Creative Team: Written by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich
About: A Tectonic Theater Project play about the real-life discovery of an album of Nazi photographs.

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Theatre: Broadhurst Theatre
First Preview: November 4, 2026
Opening: November 18, 2026
Starring: Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Harry Hamlin, Lisa Rinna
Creative Team: Written by Joe Landry; directed by Jerry Zaks
About: A holiday-season staging of the 1946 classic film, performed as a live radio broadcast.

Inter Alia

Theatre: Music Box Theatre
First Preview: November 10, 2026
Opening: December 1, 2026
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Glover, Cormac McAlinden
Creative Team: Written by Suzie Miller; directed by Justin Martin
About: A drama about a London Crown Court judge fighting to hold her family together after an unthinkable event.

Awake and Sing!

Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
First Preview: December 15, 2026
Opening: January 7, 2027
Starring: Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht, Jeremy Shamos
Creative Team: Written by Clifford Odets; directed by Tyne Rafaeli
About: A revival of Odets’s classic about a Depression-era Brooklyn family.

Mix and Master

Theatre: Todd Haimes Theatre
First Preview: January 5, 2027
Opening: January 27, 2027
Starring: Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Kara Young
Creative Team: Written by Dominique Morisseau; directed by Kamilah Forbes
About: A rising DJ fights to save the last record shop in Brooklyn.

Small Mouth Sounds

Theatre: Ethel Barrymore Theatre
First Preview: February 18, 2027
Opening: March 18, 2027
Starring: Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd, Sarah Paulson, Martin Freeman, Greta Lee, Isaac Powell
Creative Team: Written by Bess Wohl; directed by Joe Mantello
About: Bess Wohl’s comedy about a group of strangers at a silent retreat, with one of the starriest casts of the season.

Gloria

Theatre: Hayes Theater
First Preview: March 17, 2027
Opening: April 5, 2027
Creative Team: Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; directed by Evan Cabnet
About: Jacobs-Jenkins’s dark comedy about ambitious magazine assistants who seize on a traumatic event to get ahead.

🎶 Musicals & Musical Revivals

Wanted

Theatre: James Earl Jones Theatre
First Preview: October 15, 2026
Opening: November 8, 2026
Starring: Solea Pfeiffer, Liisi LaFontaine, Luke James, Ledisi
Creative Team: Music by Ross Baum; book & lyrics by Angelica Chéri; directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
About: A new musical inspired by the true story of twin sisters working to pay off their mother’s sharecropper debt and save her home.

The Fantasticks

Theatre: Hayes Theater
First Preview: October 22, 2026
Opening: November 16, 2026
Starring: Maxim Chlumecky, David Patrick Kelly, Ruthie Ann Miles
Creative Team: Music by Harvey Schmidt; book & lyrics by Tom Jones; directed by Christopher Gattelli
About: The long-running classic, revised and reimagined as a gay love story.

Galileo

Theatre: Shubert Theatre
First Preview: November 10, 2026
Opening: December 6, 2026
Starring: Raúl Esparza, Joy Woods, Jeremy Kushnier
Creative Team: Music & lyrics by Zoe Sarnak and Michael Weiner; book by Danny Strong; directed by Michael Mayer
About: A rock-infused new musical about the scientist Galileo Galilei.

Dolly: A True Original Musical

Theatre: St. James Theatre
First Preview: December 7, 2026
Opening: January 19, 2027
Starring: Katie Rose Clarke, Carrie St. Louis, Gabriel Ebert
Creative Team: Music & lyrics by Dolly Parton; book by Dolly Parton and Maria S. Schlatter; directed by Bartlett Sher
About: A bio-musical inspired by the life and career of Dolly Parton.

Dirty Dancing

Theatre: Lena Horne Theatre
First Preview: February 12, 2027
Opening: March 14, 2027
Starring: Annalese Starzec, Blake Zelesnikar, Olivia Cece
Creative Team: Book by Eleanor Bergstein; directed by Lonny Price
About: A stage adaptation of the beloved 1987 film.

Evita

Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre
First Preview: February 27, 2027
Opening: March 25, 2027
Starring: Rachel Zegler, Diego Rodriguez, James Olivas
Creative Team: Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics by Tim Rice; directed by Jamie Lloyd
About: Jamie Lloyd’s revival of the musical about the rise and death of Eva Perón.

Purple Rain

Theatre: Majestic Theatre
First Preview: March 12, 2027
Opening: April 12, 2027
Creative Team: Music by Prince; book by Peter Duchan; directed by Saheem Ali
About: A stage adaptation of Prince’s iconic film and album about an up-and-coming rock musician.

The Sound of Music

Theatre: Vivian Beaumont Theater
First Preview: March 23, 2027
Opening: April 15, 2027
Starring: Jasmine Amy Rogers
Creative Team: Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; directed by Lear deBessonet
About: A revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic about the von Trapp family.

Damn Yankees

Theatre: Marquis Theatre
First Preview: March 24, 2027
Opening: April 20, 2027
Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Julianne Hough, Austin Scott
Creative Team: Directed by Sergio Trujillo
About: A revival of the musical comedy about a man who makes a deal with the Devil to become a champion baseball player.

Paddington the Musical

Theatre: Al Hirschfeld Theatre
First Preview: March 30, 2027
Opening: April 18, 2027
Creative Team: Music & lyrics by Tom Fletcher; book by Jessica Swale; directed by Luke Sheppard
About: The Broadway transfer of London’s hit musical about everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving bear.

The Full Monty

Theatre: Todd Haimes Theatre
First Preview: April 3, 2027
Opening: April 25, 2027
Creative Team: Music & lyrics by David Yazbek; book by Terrence McNally; directed by Leigh Silverman
About: A revival of the musical about a group of unemployed steelworkers who put on a strip show.

✨ Special Events & Holiday Shows

Now You See Me Live

Theatre: Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Opening: November 11, 2026
Starring: Gabriella Lester, James More, Darcy Oake, Matthew Pomeroy
Creative Team: Created by Simon Painter and Adam Trent; directed by Ash Jacks McCready
About: A magic and illusion spectacular based on the hit film series.

Blue Man Group: A New Holiday Surprise

Theatre: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
First Preview: November 12, 2026
Opening: November 17, 2026
About: A holiday-themed show marking Blue Man Group’s first-ever Broadway performances.

🔮 Announced for the 2026–2027 Season (Dates/Venues TBD)

Warriors

Theatre: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (expected)
Expected First Preview: March 2027
Creative Team: Music & lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis; directed by Jenny Koons and Andy Blankenbuehler
About: A new musical based on the 1979 cult film about a New York City gang framed for the murder of a rival leader.

Montauk

Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (expected)
Expected First Preview: Spring 2027
Starring: Laura Linney
Creative Team: Written by David Hare; directed by Daniel Sullivan
About: A world-premiere play about two artists whose lives are entangled professionally and romantically.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Theatre: TBA
Expected First Preview: Spring 2027
Creative Team: Written by Tennessee Williams; directed by Sam Gold
About: A revival of Williams’s classic about the scheming family of a dying tycoon.

Three Days of Rain

Theatre: TBA
Expected First Preview: February 2027
Starring: François Arnaud, David Corenswet, Yvonne Strahovski
Creative Team: Written by Richard Greenberg; directed by Anna D. Shapiro
About: A revival of Greenberg’s play contrasting the children of famous architects with the architects themselves as young people.

Let the Good Times Roll

Theatre: TBA
Expected First Preview: TBA
Creative Team: Book by Jack Viertel; directed by Sara Edwards
About: A new jukebox musical celebrating the music of New Orleans.

Private Lives

Theatre: TBA
Expected First Preview: TBA
Creative Team: Written by Noël Coward
About: A revival of Coward’s 1931 comedy about a divorced couple who rediscover their spark.

🔭 Looking Ahead: 2027–2028 and Beyond

10 Things I Hate About You

Theatre: TBA
Expected First Preview: August 17, 2027
Creative Team: Music & lyrics by Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska; book by Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang; directed by Christopher Wheeldon
About: A new musical based on the 1999 teen comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Annie

Theatre: TBA
Expected First Preview: Fall 2027
Creative Team: Music by Charles Strouse; lyrics by Martin Charnin; book by Thomas Meehan; directed by Sam Pinkleton
About: A 50th-anniversary revival of the beloved musical about an orphan’s journey from rags to riches.

🛠️ In Development for Broadway

These productions have Broadway ambitions but no confirmed dates or theatres yet:

13 Going On 30
Ali
Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical
August Rush
Beat Street
Begin Again
Coal Miner’s Daughter (starring Sutton Foster)
Coco
Crazy Rich Asians
The Devil Wears Prada (music by Elton John)
Dreamgirls
Fahrenheit 451
Gatsby (music by Florence Welch)
Get Happy
Glory Ride
The Greatest Showman
The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation
Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo
Happy Feet
Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical
Imitation of Life (John Legend & Lynn Nottage)
In Dreams
The Interestings (Sara Bareilles)
James Brown the Musical
The Karate Kid
Kowalski
La La Land
Like Water for Chocolate
Little Dancer
The Little Dog Laughed
Loch Ness
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Spotlight Manor
The Nanny
Obsessed: The Story of Diane Warren…So Far
Pal Joey
Particle Fever
The Queen’s Gambit (music by Mitski)
The Secret Garden
Sidney
Sinatra the Musical
Sing Street
Slippin’ Through the Cracks
Studio 54 the Musical
Sugar Daddy
The Ten
Thelma & Louise
Trading Places
A Transparent Musical
Unlock’d
Waking Ned Devine
The Wanderer

🎟️ 2026–2027 Broadway Season

With movie stars, Broadway legends, inventive new musicals, and fresh takes on beloved classics, the 2026–2027 Broadway season promises something unforgettable for every audience member. Whether you’re planning a holiday trip to NYC, a spring theater getaway, or keeping an eye out for Tony buzz, this season is one to watch closely.

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