This is a schedule of upcoming off-Broadway shows, organized by opening date. To view all off-Broadway shows, upcoming and currently running, check out our off-Broadway listings page.
THE WEIR
• Irish Repertory Theatre
• First Preview: July 9, 2025
• Opening: July 17, 2025
• Playwright: Conor McPherson
• Director: Ciarán O’Reilly
• Cast: Dan Butler, Sean Gormley, Johnny Hopkins, John Keating, Sarah Street
In a remote country pub in Ireland, newcomer Valerie finds herself drawn into an evening of ghost stories shared by the local bachelors who gather there to drink. With the wind howling outside and a hint of tension in the air, what begins as playful blarney soon drifts into the supernatural realm when Valerie shares her own haunting tale.
JOY: A NEW TRUE MUSICAL
• Laura Pels Theatre
• First Preview: June 21, 2025
• Opening: July 20, 2025
• Book: Ken Davenport
• Music and Lyrics: AnnMarie Milazzo
• Director: Lorin Latarro
• Cast: Betsy Wolfe, Jill Abramovitz, Honor Blue Savage, Adam Grupper, Jaygee Macapugay, Brandon Espinoza, Paul Whitty, Charl Brown, Gabriela Carrillo
JOY is an uplifting musical based on the true story of entrepreneur and inventor Joy Mangano. Her journey now comes to life on stage. From single motherhood and financial struggles to building a business empire, Joy’s story shows the power of resilience and determination. Don’t miss this inspiring celebration of a woman who never gave up and redefined the American Dream!
GINGER TWINSIES
• Orpheum Theatre
• First Preview: July 10, 2025
• Opening: July 24, 2025
• Playwright: Kevin Zak
• Director: Kevin Zak
• Cast: Russell Daniels, Aneesa Folds, Jimmy Ray Bennett, Lakisha May, Grace Reiter, Phillip Taratula, Matthew Wilkas, Mitch Wood
You want the 411? In the summer of 1998, a pair of long lost, red-headed twin girls unexpectedly meet at sleep-away camp and hatch a plan to reunite their estranged parents. Sound familiar? Shut up, no it doesn't! Welcome to Ginger Twinsies – a loving, outlandish, and wildly inappropriate send up of the Lindsay Lohan/Nancy Meyers classic.
ROLLING THUNDER
• New World Stages - Stage 3
• First Preview: July 10, 2025
• Opening: July 24, 2025
• Book: Bryce Hallett
• Director: Kenneth Ferrone
• Cast: Drew Becker, Cassadee Pope, Justin Matthew Sargent, Daniel Yearwood, Courtnee Carter, Deon’te Goodman
Part rock concert, part documentary, the show tells the heartfelt stories of young soldiers caught in the Vietnam War and the galvanizing protest movement that sought to end it.
LORD NIL: 7 DEADLY SINS
• Stage 42
• First Preview: July 21, 2025
• Opening: July 27, 2025
• Creator: Lord Nil
• Director: Alberto Oliva
• Cast: Lord Nil
A cast of ten gorgeous men and women join international escape artist Lord Nil in Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins, a theatrical escape experience rooted in ancient symbolism, raw physical danger, and psychological suspense. What begins as a performance quickly becomes a test of will, fear and survival – the most suspenseful 70 minutes of your life.
CAN I BE FRANK?
• SoHo Playhouse
• First Preview: July 24, 2025
• Opening: August 4, 2025
• Playwright: Morgan Bassichis
• Director: Sam Pinkleton
• Cast: Morgan Bassichis
In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis turns to the work of queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya. Maya was among the first out gay comedians on network television and on the precipice of mainstream success before he died from AIDS-related complications in 1995. This new “solo” performance humbly attempts to ensure Maya’s legacy is no longer overlooked while finally resolving the bottomless queer search for fame and for father figures, and for laughter in times of crisis.
AVA: THE SECRET CONVERSATIONS
• New York City Center - Stage I
• First Preview: July 30, 2025
• Opening: August 7, 2025
• Playwright: Elizabeth McGovern
• Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
• Cast: Elizabeth McGovern, Aaron Costa Ganis
The Golden Age of Cinema’s Ava Gardner sat for a series of real-life interviews with writer Peter Evans in an attempt to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes. Initially barred from publication, Evans’ stories of a bygone era were published twenty-five years later with permission from Gardener’s estate and are now reimagined on stage.
MASQUERADE
• Masquerade
• First Preview: July 31, 2025
• Opening: September 7, 2025
• Book: Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Lyrics: Charles Hart
• Director: Diane Paulus
• Cast: Raymond J. Lee, Telly Leung, Betsy Morgan, Hugh Panaro, Kyle Scatliffe, Jeremy Stolle, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Nik Walker
Masquerade blurs the lines of reality, bringing audiences inside and closer than ever before to the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera – a mystery never fully explained. From the highest rooftop to the subterranean lair deep below the Opera Populaire, guests will be invited to experience the music of the night more intimately than ever before.
PEN PALS
• DR2 Theatre
• Opening: August 15, 2025
• Playwright: Michael Griffo
• Director: Suzanne Barabas
• Cast: Nancy McKeon, Gail Winar
Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They’ve told each other things they wouldn’t dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world.
SULFUR BOTTOM
• The Theater Center/Jerry Orbach Theater
• First Preview: August 13, 2025
• Opening: August 20, 2025
• Playwright: Rishi Varma
• Director: Megumi Nakamura
• Cast: TBA
Set in a decaying home on the edge of industrial sprawl, Sulfur Bottom explores the quiet devastation of environmental collapse through the eyes of one family over 40 years.
TWELFTH NIGHT
• Delacorte Theater
• First Preview: August 7, 2025
• Opening: August 21, 2025
• Playwright: William Shakespeare
• Director: Saheem Ali
• Cast: b, Bill Camp, Khris Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Junior Nyong’o, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Moses Sumney
Join us to revel in the midsummer madness as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and the trick doors of love. The Public’s Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director, Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali directs this joyful romp welcoming all of New York back to the magic of Central Park’s beloved theater. Be there when the stage lights turn on again at The Delacorte—a New York City classic—with this high-powered production of the Bard’s classic comedy.
HOUSE OF MCQUEEN
• The Mansion at Hudson Yards
• First Preview: August 19, 2025
• Opening: September 9, 2025
• Playwright: Darrah Cloud
• Director: Sam Helfrich
• Cast: Luke Newton, Emily Skinner
House of McQueen is a new Off-Broadway play about the life and work of iconic fashion designer Alexander McQueen as told from his own revolutionary, daring and elegant perspective.
THE BROTHERS SIZE
• The Shed
• First Preview: August 30, 2025
• Opening: September 10, 2025
• Playwright: Tarell Alvin McCraney
• Directors: Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani
• Cast: André Holland, Alani iLongwe, Malcom Mays
The Brothers Size delves into the deep bond between brothers Ogun and Oshoosi Size. A modern-day fable set in the Deep South, this production offers a heartfelt exploration of life after incarceration and the struggles of family, duty, and freedom.
SATURDAY CHURCH
• New York Theatre Workshop
• First Preview: August 27, 2025
• Opening: September 15, 2025
• Book: Damon Cardasis and James Ijames
• Music and Lyrics: Sia
• Director: Whitney White
• Cast: Bryson Battle, J. Harrison Ghee, Joaquina Kalukango, B Noel Thomas, Anania, Primo Thee Ballerino, Veyonce Deleon, Dava Huesca, Kristolyn Lloyd, Kareem Marsh, Jackson Kanawha Perry, Caleb Quezon, Wade Watson
Saturday Church tells the story of Ulysses—New York City kid, devoted son and the fiercest acolyte at his aunt’s church. A chance encounter on the subway introduces him to the world of Saturday Church, a thrilling sanctuary for LGBTQ+ youth. Caught between these two worlds, Ulysses wrestles with family, faith and identity as he strives to find the place where he can love and be loved—in all his fabulousness.
WEATHER GIRL
• St. Ann's Warehouse
• First Preview: September 16, 2025
• Opening: September 21, 2025
• Playwright: Brian Watkins
• Director: Tyne Rafaeli
• Cast: Julia McDermott
Stacey is a California weather girl. An oversexed and underpaid harbinger of our dying planet. But today, her regular routine of wildfires, prosecco, and teeth whitening descends into a scorched earth catastrophe, before she discovers something that will save us all.
THE OTHER AMERICANS
• The Public Theater/Anspacher Theater
• First Preview: September 11, 2025
• Opening: September 25, 2025
• Playwright: John Leguizamo
• Director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
• Cast: John Leguizamo
Nelson Castro is a Colombian-American laundromat owner in Queens grappling with a failing business and buried secrets. When his son Nick returns from a mental wellness facility after a traumatic incident, Nelson's world unravels. Committed to protecting his family and business, he tackles racial and identity challenges to achieve his dream, proving his success. Nelson must navigate morality's murky waters to salvage his future. Will he emerge victorious, or will his past consume everything he holds dear?
THE HONEY TRAP
• Irish Repertory Theatre
• First Preview: September 17, 2025
• Opening: September 28, 2025
• Playwright: Leo McGann
• Director: Matt Torney
• Cast: TBA
Belfast, 1979. At the height of the Troubles, two off-duty British soldiers think they’ve hit it off with two local girls at a unionist pub on the city’s outskirts. But what begins as a night of flirtation and playful sparring soon turns dark. Decades later, as one of the soldiers recounts the events for an American oral history project, long-buried memories resurface, drawing him back to Belfast in search of answers and revenge.
CAROLINE
• The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space/Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater
• First Preview: September 12, 2025
• Opening: September 30, 2025
• Playwright: Preston Max Allen
• Director: David Cromer
• Cast: TBA
When Maddie is forced to seek the help of her long-estranged mother, she finds herself unable to shield her daughter Caroline from the inescapable circumstances that fractured their family. Caroline is a luminous and intimate story about the possibility of redemption and the complex relationships between generations of mothers and daughters.
TORERA
• WP Theater
• First Preview: September 20, 2025
• Opening: October 5, 2025
• Playwright: Monet Hurst-Mendoza
• Director: Tatiana Pandiani
• Cast: TBA
Elena Maria Ramirez was born to be a torera, but it’s a rare feat for a woman in Mexico’s bullfighting scene. In order to enter the ring, she must defy society, her family, and legendary torero Don Rafael Cárdenas. Torera is a dynamic, epic family drama that swirls with the action, stakes, and intrigue of the bullfighting ring.
OH HAPPY DAY!
• The Public Theater/Martinson Hall
• First Preview: October 3, 2025
• Opening: October 15, 2025
• Playwright: Jordan E. Cooper
• Music and Lyrics: Donald Lawrence
• Director: Stevie Walker-Webb
• Cast: Jordan E. Cooper
An impending flood is the least of one family’s troubles in this outrageous reimagining of Noah’s Ark. Oh Happy Day! begins in Laurel, Mississippi at a Birthday BBQ for Lewis, the patriarch of a family. When his estranged son Keyshawn makes a surprise appearance, family secrets unravel on a day that will change the world forever.
DID YOU EAT? (밥 먹었니?)
• The Public Theater/Shiva Theater
• First Preview: October 14, 2025
• Opening: October 24, 2025
• Playwright: Zoë Kim
• Director: Chris Yejin
• Cast: Zoë Kim
Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?) is Zoë Kim’s autobiographical journey through love’s many forms–how it’s learned, given, and reflected inward. In a nimble and tender solo performance, Zoë shapeshifts into the souls of her family through a landscape of memories where tears and laughter collide. It’s not just a story, but a reckoning—weaving through the textured threads of Korean/American identity, belonging, and healing.
ROMY & MICHELE: THE MUSICAL
• Stage 42
• First Preview: October 14, 2025
• Opening: October 28, 2025
• Book: Robin Schiff
• Music and Lyrics: Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay
• Director: Kristin Hanggi
• Cast: TBA
For most of us, the idea of reliving high school is nothing short of a nightmare. When Romy and Michele are invited to their ten year high school reunion Michele envisions the whole experience as a fun road trip, while Romy, very reluctantly, agrees to go but only if they come up with something to impress their classmates. To this end the two hatch an outrageous scheme to totally re-invent themselves.
BAT BOY
• New York City Center
• Opening: October 29, 2025
• Book: Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming
• Music and Lyrics: Laurence O'Keefe
• Director: Alex Timbers
• Cast: Taylor Trensch
After being discovered in a cave and adopted by a local family, Bat Boy, also known as Edgar, wants nothing more than to be accepted by the West Virginia community and works hard to appeal to their “Christian Charity.” But will his insatiable bloodlust be his undoing? Or will the bloodlust of a town searching for an easy scapegoat beat him to the punch?
THIS WORLD OF TOMORROW
• The Shed
• First Preview: October 30, 2025
• Opening: TBA
• Playwrights: Tom Hanks and James Glossman
• Director: Kenny Leon
• Cast: Tom Hanks
It’s the end of the 21st century and Bert Allenberry is longing for the past. When Bert embarks on a time-traveling quest for true love, he returns—again, and again, and again—to one special day at the 1939 New York World’s Fair in Queens. Out of the collision of technology and desire, nostalgia and history, what life will Bert choose as his own?
THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS
• The Public Theater/Newman Theater
• First Preview: October 24, 2025
• Opening: November 13, 2025
• Book, Music and Lyrics: Ethan Lipton
• Director: Leigh Silverman
• Cast: Ally Bonino, Bill Buell, Damon Daunno, Micaela Diamond, Amina Faye, Andy Grotelueschen, Shuler Hensley, Michael Lepore, Ruthie Ann Miles, Geena Quintos, Ruth E. Sternberg
A rollicking adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, this new musical about age-old problems tells the twisting, often absurd story of the Antrobus family, who have been alive for 5,000 years but live in the same existential dread as the rest of us. Mired in the hot mess of their everyday worries, the Antrobuses survive all manner of catastrophes in an endless quest to begin again, and again, and again.
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
• New World Stages
• First Preview: November 7, 2025
• Opening: November 17, 2025
• Book: Rachel Sheinkin
• Music and Lyrics: William Finn
• Director: Danny Mefford
• Cast: TBA
Six spellers enter, but only one can win The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! This charmingly witty and touching musical has entertained audiences across the world since its Tony–winning Broadway debut in 2005. It now returns to New York in a special 20th Anniversary production that celebrates the singular heart, humor, and verve that cemented its place in the musical theater canon.
INITIATIVE
• The Public Theater
• First Preview: November 4, 2025
• Opening: November 20, 2025
• Playwright: Else Went
• Director: Emma Rose Went
• Cast: Olivia Rose Barresi, Greg Cuellar, Harrison Densmore, Carson Higgins, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Jamie Sanders, Christopher Dylan White
A bittersweet reflection on adolescence at the dawn of the new millennium, Initiative charts the intertwined lives of seven teens from 2000-2004, as they become friends and more than friends, wrestle with their potential, face incalculable loss, and struggle to find their way in (and get out of) “Coastal Podunk, California.”
ANNA CHRISTIE
• St. Ann's Warehouse
• First Preview: November 25, 2025
• Opening: December 11, 2025
• Playwright: Eugene O'Neill
• Director: Thomas Kail
• Cast: Michelle Williams, Mike Faist
A weary former prostitute seeks out her estranged sea captain father, hoping to find forgiveness from him, while hiding her past from a stoker she loves in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
