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2025-2026 SEASON
CALL ME IZZY
Theatre: Studio 54
First Preview: May 24, 2025
Opening: June 12, 2025
Starring: Jean Smart
Writer: Jamie Wax
Director: Sarna Lapine
About: Six-time Emmy® Award winner and Tony Award® nominee Jean Smart returns to Broadway for 12 weeks only in a darkly comedic story about one woman in rural Louisiana who has a secret that is both her greatest gift and her only way out.
MAMMA MIA!
Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre
First Preview: August 2, 2025
Opening: August 14, 2025
Writers: Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus (music & lyrics), Catherine Johnson (book)
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
About: The international hit musical, which features the songs of ABBA, will return to the Winter Garden Theatre, where it initially opened in 2001.
WAITING FOR GODOT
Theatre: Hudson Theatre
First Preview: September 13, 2025
Opening: September 28, 2025
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Michael Patrick Thornton
Writer: Samuel Beckett
Director: Jamie Lloyd
About: Samuel Beckett's absurdist masterpiece returns to Broadway in a new production starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, decades-long friends and stars of the "Bill & Ted" films.
THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
Theatre: St. James Theatre
First Preview: October 8, 2025
Opening: November 10, 2025
Starring: Kristin Chenoweth, F. Murray Abraham
Writers: Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics), Lindsey Ferrentino (book)
Director: Michael Arden
About: A new musical based on the 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles about socialite Jacqueline Siegel. It premiered at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre in summer 2024.
ANNOUNCED FOR 2025-2026 SEASON WITHOUT CONFIRMED DATE OR VENUE
OEDIPUS
Theatre: Studio 54
First Preview: Fall 2025
Starring: Mark Strong, Lesley Manville
Writers: Sophocles (original play), Robert Icke (adaptation)
Director: Robert Icke
About: Robert Icke's new modern interpretation of Oedipus Rex comes to Broadway after its record-breaking run in London's West End.
PUNCH
Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
First Preview: Fall 2025
Writer: James Graham
Director: Adam Penford
About: James Graham’s new play, based on the true-life book Right from Wrong by Jacob Dunne, comes to Broadway after successful runs in Nottingham and London.
SUGAR DADDY
First Preview: 2025
Starring: Sam Morrison
Writer: Sam Morrison
Director: Stephen Brackett
About: Sam Morrison's solo play is about transforming grief into humor on a journey of love, loss, diabetes, seagull attacks, and a few extraordinary coincidences. It previously played at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Off-Broadway's SoHo Playhouse.
FALLEN ANGELS
Theatre: Todd Haimes Theatre
First Preview: Spring 2026
Starring: Kelli O'Hara, Rose Byrne
Writer: Noël Coward
Director: Scott Ellis
About: A revival of Noël Coward's 1925 comedy of bad manners.
THE LOST BOYS
Theatre: Palace Theatre
First Preview: Spring 2026
Writers: The Rescues (music & lyrics), David Hornsby & Chris Hoch (book)
Director: Michael Arden
About: A new stage adaptation of the 1987 cult classic film about a gang of teenage vampires.
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Theatre: Studio 54
First Preview: Spring 2026
Writer: Richard O'Brien (book, music, and lyrics)
Director: Sam Pinkleton
About: A revival of the legendary rock-‘n’-roll musical.
DOLLY: AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL
First Preview: 2026
Writers: Dolly Parton (book, music, and lyrics), Maria S. Schlatter (book)
Director: Bartlett Sher
About: A new bio-musical inspired by the life and career of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was announced to open on Broadway in 2026 after a premiere production in Nashville.
ALL OUT: COMEDY ABOUT LIFE
Writer: Simon Rich
Director: Alex Timbers
About: Actors perform Simon Rich's tales about life, originally published in The New Yorker. This production is a sequel to Simon Rich's hit play All In: Comedy About Love.
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
Writers: Jason Robert Brown (music & lyrics), Taylor Mac (book)
Director: Rob Ashford
About: A musical adaptation of John Berendt's 1994 Pulitzer finalist novel. It will premiere at Chicago's Goodman Theatre in summer 2024.
ANNOUNCED FOR 2026-2027 SEASON WITHOUT CONFIRMED DATE OR VENUE
PRIVATE LIVES
Writer: Noël Coward
About: The classic 1931 comedy about a divorced couple reigniting their spark will return to Broadway in 2026.
IN THE WORKS
13 GOING ON 30
Creative Team: Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa (book), Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (music and lyrics), Andy Fickman (director)
About: New musical based on the 2004 hit movie of the same title about a gawky teenage girl who uses “wishing dust” to transform herself into a glamorous adult. The musical is scheduled to debut at Manchester Opera House in 2025.
17 AGAIN
Creative Team: Marco Pennette (book), music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (music and lyrics), Adam Shankman (director)
New musical based on the 2009 Zac Efron fantasy film about a man who gets to relive his youth.
A developmental lab was held in New York November 2016.
AIN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH
Creative Team: Melvin Van Peebles (book, music, and lyrics), Kenny Leon (director), Lia Vollack (producer), Mario Van Peebles (creative producer)
About: A revival of the 1971 Tony-nominated musical exploring the life of Black Americans in underserved city neighborhoods.
ALI
Creative Team: Clint Dyer (book, lyrics, director), Teddy Abrams (music), Q-Tip (music producer, co-lyricist), Richard Willis (producer)
About: A new musical celebrating the life and legacy of the heavyweight boxing champion and humanitarian Muhammad Ali. The production will premiere at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre in spring 2025.
BEACHES THE MUSICAL
Creative Team: Iris Rainer Dart (book and lyrics), Thom Thomas (book), Mike Stoller (music), Lonny Price and Matt Cowart (directors), Jennifer Rias (choreographer)
About: A musical based on the best-selling novel, which became a 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. The musical will launch a national tour in 2026 before coming to Broadway.
BEAT STREET
Creative Team: Nas (new material, producer), Arthur Baker (producer), Michael Holman (producer), Richard Fearn (producer)
About: A new musical based on the 1984 hip-hop film classic.
THE BODYGUARD
Creative Team: Alexander Dinelaris (book), Lawrence Kasdan (source material)
Cast: Deborah Cox
About: Musical adapted from the Whitney Houston film about a pop star who falls in love with her bodyguard.
Latest: Originally presented in London, the stage musical toured North American 2017–2018. Regional productions have been staged across the globe.
BORN FOR THIS
Creative Team: Charles Randolph-Wright, BeBe Winans, and Lisa D'Amour (book); BeBe Winans (music and lyrics); Charles Randolph-Wright (director); Ron Gillyard and MyDestiny Productions (producers)
About: A story of family, love and forgiveness told through the incredible true story of BeBe Winans. Born For This is the family-friendly and universal story for anyone who has ever yearned for something—for anyone who is looking to find their purpose in life.
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
Creative Team: Jeanine Tesori (music production); Sam Gold (director); Patsy Lynn and Nancy Russell (consulting producers); Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Bee Carrozzini, ATG Entertainment (produers)
Cast: Sutton Foster
About: A musical about the life of country music star Loretta Lynn, previously presented as an autobiography and a 1980 movie.
COCO
Creative Team: Michael Giacchino (music), Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music & lyrics), Disney (producer)
About: A musical adaptation of the Pixar animated film that explores identity and legacy through Dia de los Muertos.
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Creative Team: Helen Park (music), Amanda Green & Tat Tong (lyrics), Leah Nanako Winkler (book), Jon M. Chu (director), Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures (producer)
About: A musical adaptation of the hit Warner Bros. romantic comedy.
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Creative Team: Elton John (music), Shaina Taub (lyrics), Kate Wetherhead (book), Jerry Mitchell (director), Kevin McCollum (producer)
About: New musical based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel and the 2006 film about a woman who becomes assistant to the notorious editor of a topline fashion magazine. A Chicago pre-Broadway tryout ran in summer 2022, and a West End production opened in December 2024.
DIRTY DANCING
Creative Team: Eleanor Bergstein (book), Lonny Price (director), Lionsgate and The Path Entertainment Group (producers)
About: A musical adaptation of the beloved 1987 film.
DREAMGIRLS
Creative Team: Tom Eyen (book and lyrics), Henry Krieger (music), Casey Nicholaw (director), Sonia Friedman (producer)
About: A New York transfer of the hit London revival.
FAHRENHEIT 451
Creative Team: Martyna Majok (playwright), Glass Half Full Productions and Aaron Glick (producers)
About: A play adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic novel, about a near-future in which firemen are made to burn books.
GATSBY
Creative Team: Florence Welch (lyrics), Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett (music), Martyna Majok (book), Jeanie O'Hare (story consultant), Rachel Chavkin (director), Sonya Tayeh (choreographer), Jordan Roth (producer)
About: A musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, which entered the public domain in 2021. It premiered at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA, in 2024.
GET HAPPY
Creative Team: Cheri Steinkellner (book and additional lyrics), Donna Feore (direction and choreography), Steve Peters and Michael Londra of VenuWorks Theatricals, Greg & Marissa Frankenfield of Excelsior Entertainment, (producers)
About: A new musical adapted from the Judy Garland-Gene Kelly MGM/Warner Bros. film musical Summer Stock. A premiere production titled after the film played Goodspeed Musicals in 2023, and a New York developmental reading starring Corbin Bleu and Stephanie Styles will be held in January 2025.
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
Creative Team: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (music and lyrics), Tim Federle (book), Casey Nicholaw (director and choreographer), Disney (producer)
About: A stage adaptation of the movie musical starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum. It will premiere in the United Kingdom in spring 2026.
THE GRISWOLDS' BROADWAY VACATION
Creative Team: David Rossmer and Steve Rosen (book, music, and lyrics), Donna Feore (director and choreographer), Ken Davenport (producer)
About: Based on the characters from the Warner Bros. movie franchise, the musical made its world premiere in Fall 2022 at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle.
GUN & POWDER
Creative Team: Angelica Chéri (book and lyrics), Ross Baum (music), Stevie Walker-Webb (director)
About: a new musical inspired by the true story of Mary and Martha Clarke, African-American twin sisters who take extraordinary measures to settle their mother’s sharecropper debt and save her home. The musical premiered at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2024.
HIGH NOON
Creative Team: Eric Roth (playwright), Michael Arden (director)
About: Based on Stanley Kramer’s trailblazing 1952 Academy Award-winning film, High Noon will become the first Western play to premiere on Broadway in over 85 years.
HIPPEST TRIP: THE SOUL TRAIN MUSICAL
Creative Team: Dominique Morisseau (book), Kamilah Forbes (director), Camille. Brown (choreographer), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Tony Cornelius, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Shawn Gee (executive producers)
About: The story of producer Don Cornelius, who created the long-running TV variety show Soul Train with a score including soul and R&B songs showcased in the series. A world premiere production is scheduled to premiere at ACT in San Francisco in August 2022.
IMITATION OF LIFE
Creative Team: John Legend (music & lyrics), Lynn Nottage (book), Liesl Tommy (director), Universal Theatrical Group (producer)
About: A new musical based on the Fannie Hurst novel that inspired two Universal feature films.
IN DREAMS
Creative Team: Roy Orbison (songs), David West Read (book), Luke Sheppard (director)
About: A jukebox musical featuring the songs of rock and roll singer-songwriter Roy Orbison. It is scheduled to play in England and Toronto with Lena Hall in the lead role.
THE INTERESTINGS
Creative Team: Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics), Sarah Ruhl (book), Matt Ross (producer)
About: A new musical based on the Meg Wolitzer novel.
THE KARATE KID
Creative Team: Drew Gasparini (music and lyrics), Robert Mark Kamen (book), Amon Miyamoto (director)
About: A new musical based on the 1984 Columbia Pictures film inspired by Robert Mark Kamen’s original, semi-autobiographical story. It had its pre-Broadway production at STAGES St. Louis’ Kirkwood Performing Arts Center starring John Cardoza, Kate Baldwin, Alan H. Green.
LA LA LAND
Creative Team: Justin Hurwitz (music), Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (lyrics), Ayad Akhtar & Matthew Decker (book), Bartlett Sher (director)
About: A stage adaptation of Damien Chazelle's Academy Award-winning movie musical.
LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE
Creative Team: Jane Chambers (playwright); Cynthia Nixon (director); Harriet Newman Leve, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner (producers)
About: It’s 1980 at Bluefish Cove: a lesbian beachside haven. Lil Zalinski and her close knit group of friends take refuge here each summer to live and love freely. When a straight woman named Eva wanders unknowingly into their midst, she sends The Cove into a tailspin and knocks Lil off her feet. The play made its world premiere 40 years ago Off-Broadway.
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
Creative Team: Book by Lisa Loomer (book), Laura Esquivel (source material), La Santa Cecilia (music), La Santa Cecilia and Quiara Alegría Hudes (lyrics), Michael Mayer (director)
About: An exclusive preview of two songs from the musical debuted during ¡Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices in October 2020.
MAGIC MIKE
Creative Team: Trip Cullman (director)
About: A stage adaptation of Steven Soderbergh's film about male strippers. A private workshop was held April 2015 featuring Derek Klena and Taylor Louderman. A December 2019 premiere in Boston was canceled May 23, 2019.
MARIE, DANCING STILL: A NEW MUSICAL
Creative Team: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (score), Susan Stroman (director and choreographer)
About: Formerly known as Little Dancer, the musical about Degas and ballerina Marie had a production at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre March 22–April 14, 2019, starring Tiler Peck, Terrence Mann, Karen Ziemba, Louise Pitre, Dee Hoty, and Jenny Powers.
THE MOUSETRAP
Writers: Agatha Christie (playwright)
About: The world's most successful and longest-running play comes to Broadway for the very first time in a limited engagement.
NANCY DREW AND THE MYSTERY AT SPOTLIGHT MANOR: A MUSICAL
Creative Team: Sarah Kernochan (book), Alan Menken (music), Nell Benjamin (lyrics), James Lapine (director)
About: A live stage adaptation based on the beloved teen girl detective.
THE NANNY
Creative Team: Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson (book), Rachel Bloom and the late Adam Schlesinger (score), Marc Bruni (director)
About: A musical based on the popular sitcom series that ran during the '90s, starring Drescher.
OBSESSED, THE STORY OF DIANE WARREN…SO FAR
Creative team: Joe DiPietro (book), Kathleen Marshall (director)
About: A new musical based on the incredible life of Diane Warren, one of the most famous and successful songwriters of all time.
PAL JOEY
Creative Team: Richard Rodgers (music), Lorenz Hart (lyrics), John O'Hara (original book), Richard LaGravenese (new book), Savion Glover & Tony Goldwyn (directors)
About: The primary setting for this classic musical has been re-imagined as a South Side Chicago nightclub in the 1940s; the character of Linda, formerly a stenographer-clerk, is now an aspiring singer.
PARTICLE FEVER
Creative Team: Bear McCreary and Zoe Sarnak (music & lyrics), David Henry Hwang (book), Leigh Silverman (director), Megan Kingery and Annie Roney (producers)
About: A musical based on the particle physics documentary of the same name, telling the story of the discovery of the "God particle."
PURPLE RAIN
Creative Team: Prince (music & lyrics), Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (book), Lileana Blain-Cruz (director), Orin Wolf (producer)
About: A new stage adaptation of Prince’s legendary film and album, depicting an up-and-coming rock musician. The show will premiere in spring 2025 in Prince's hometown of Minneapolis.
THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Creative Team: Mitski (music & lyrics), Eboni Booth (book), Whitney White (director)
About: A new musical based on the 1983 novel, which was also adapted into a hit Netflix miniseries.
THE SECRET GARDEN
Creative Team: Lucy Simon (music), Marsha Norman (book and lyrics), Warren Carlyle (director)
About: Revival of the 1991 musical based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story about an orphan girl who finds renewal when she discovers a locked, dead garden and brings it back to life. The Broadway-bound revival also played the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in 2023.
SIDEWAYS
Creative Team: Rex Pickett (book), Anthony Adams (composer)
About: A brand-new musical, mounted by EFG-Renascence Productions, based on Pickett’s novel that was adapted into an Oscar-winning film and a play.
SIDNEY
Creative team: Charles Randolph-Wright (playwright), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (director)
About: A new play about the life of Oscar winner and Tony nominee Sidney Poitier, based on Poitier's best-selling autobiography The Measure of a Man.
SINATRA THE MUSICAL
Creative Team: Joe DiPietro (book), Kathleen Marshall (director)
About: A new musical based on the life and career of the legendary artist Frank Sinatra. A premiere production starring Matt Doyle will open at England's Birmingham Rep in September 2023.
SING STREET
Creative Team: Gary Clark and John Carney (music & lyrics), Enda Walsh (book), Rebecca Taichman (director)
About: The show, based on the 2016 film, explores the power of first love and music against the backdrop of 1980s Dublin. It previously played productions Off-Broadway and in Boston.
SLIPPIN' THROUGH THE CRACKS
Creative Team: Bobby Rush (music & lyrics), Bobby Rush & Stephen Lloyd Helper (book), Stephen Lloyd Helper & Arminda Thomas (co-directors)
About: An autobiographical musical about Grammy-winning blues musician Bobby Rush.
STUDIO 54 THE MUSICAL
Creative Team: Chad Hodge (book), Sergio Trujillo (director & choreographer), Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron (producers)
About: A musical about the legendary New York City nightclub.
TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE
Creative Team: Jeff Ross (writer), Hard Rock (producer)
About: Comedian Jeff Ross reveals his life as "Roastmaster General" of Celebrity Roasts. This one-man show is touring America before arriving on Broadway.
THE TEN
Creative Team: Future Cut and Emily Phillips (music & lyrics), Nambi E. Kelley (book), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (director), Ken Davenport, Primary Wave Music, Sandi Moran (producers)
About: A new musical loosely based on Moses and the Ten Commandments and inspired by the power and spiritual energy of gospel.
THELMA & LOUISE
Creative Team: Neko Case (music & lyrics), Callie Khouri & Haley Feiffer (book), Trip Cullman (director)
About: A musical adaptation of the beloved 1991 about two friends on the run from the law. Amanda Seyfried is attached to perform in a workshop.
A TRANSPARENT MUSICAL
Creative Team: Faith Soloway (music & lyrics), MJ Kaufman & Joey Soloway (book), Amazon Studios & Eva Price (producers)
About: A new musical inspired by the hit Amazon Prime television series.
UNTITLED GIULIA TOFANA MUSICAL
Creative Team: Jennifer Nettles (music), Adam Zotovich (producer)
About: The country star has her eye on bringing another merry murderess to the stage: 17th-century professional poisoner Giulia Tofana.
WAKING NED DEVINE
Creative team: Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard (music and lyrics), David Hein (book), John Doyle (director), Robert Cole and Mary Beth O’Connor (producers)
About: New musical based on the 1998 Fox Searchlight film written and directed by Kirk Jones.
THE WANDERER
Creative team: Charles Messina (book), Kenneth Ferrone (director), Sarah O’Gleby (choreography), Jill Menza and Charles Messina (producers)
About: New musical based on the life and music of Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer Dion DiMucci.
