All the Off-Broadway Shows to See in Spring 2026- A Complete Guide
The 2026 spring lineup includes world premieres, stars on stage, reimagined plays, and more.
What’s happening Off-Broadway this spring? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre this season. Spring 2026 is packed with exciting revivals, new works, and star-powered productions, from Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes starring Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty to What Happened Was… with Corey Stoll and Cecily Strong, plus more.
Audiences can also catch inventive reimaginings like Antigone in Analysis alongside world premieres including Fanny: A Fantasy in G, Movies TV Mayhem, and more. With everything from dance-driven celebrations like Gotta Dance! to intimate solo performances and timely new plays, this season offers a mix of stories coming to Off-Broadway stages across New York.
Looking for more shows to see this spring? Read all about what's new on Broadway with BroadwayWorld's 2026 Spring Preview!
About What Happened Was
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Audible Theater and TOGETHER, will present the first major revival of Tom Noonan’s What Happened Was with Corey Stoll and Cecily Strong.
New York City can be the loneliest place on earth. In a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, two co-workers meet for a first date. What begins as small talk quickly unravels into an achingly tender chamber piece about attraction, secrets, and the desperate need for connection. Don’t miss the first major New York revival of Tom Noonan’s play that inspired the Grand Jury Prize-winning 1994 Sundance film. What does it cost to let someone else in?
Tom Noonan’s What Happened Was will begin performances on April 14 at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
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Animal Wisdom
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Signature Theatre will present the off-Broadway premiere of Heather Christian’s Animal Wisdom, which will be led by Kenita Miller, directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant.
Step into a musical séance like no other — where the veil is thin, the music is wild, and the spirits of memory come roaring to life. Heather Christian’s piece blends storytelling, requiem, and family mythology in a musical ritual made for sinners and saints alike. A journey into the haunted spaces of memory and loss, this transporting experience comes to Signature in a thrilling new production helmed by director Keenan Tyler Oliphant, diving deep into the relationship between the soul, the seen and the unseen. With her raucous, singular music fusing blues, gospel and folk, Obie Award-winner Heather Christian invites you to pay tribute to the forces that shape our lives.
Performances will run from May 5 through June 14, 2026 in the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
Read More: Kenita Miller Will Lead ANIMAL WISDOM at Signature Theatre
Antigone in Analysis
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OBIE and NYIT Award-winning Peculiar Works Project is returning to La MaMa ETC's Downstairs Theatre for the world premiere of Antigone in Analysis, written by Barbara Barclay and directed by Ralph Lewis.
The legendary theater presenter commemorates this spring's Women's History Month with Sophocles' classic... reimagined as a feminist fever dream of Greek storytelling caught in a philosophical nightmare!
Leading the cast as Jocasta is Bianca Leigh, just off her originating role in Broadway's Oh, Mary! and newcomer Alessandra Lopez as Antigone. The Chorus of antagonistic philosophers features Mick Hilgers (Hegel/Sentry), Nomi Tichman (Irigaray/Tiresias), Simon Henriques (Kierkegaard/Ismene), Sammy Rivas (Lacan/Haemon), and Linnea Scott (Butler/Artemis). Live music by Joseph Lynch (Flute) and Freja Højland Høj (Vocalist).
This contemporary makeover of Antigone reimagines the classical Greek myth with a metaphysical twist: a salon of great thinkers from across time conjures Sophocles' play, putting Jocasta on the throne to square off with Antigone. Their meddling erupts in a mother-daughter throwdown that interrogates patriarchal storytelling through a feminist lens. And there is no battle more fiercely fought than that between a daughter and her mother.
Performances will run March 20 through April 5, 2026 at La MaMa's Downstairs Theatre.
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Cable Street
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The musical Cable Street will make its international debut in New York this spring, opening the Brits Off Broadway season at 59E59 Theaters. A pivotal milestone for one of the most celebrated new British musicals in recent years, the production brings its award-nominated London cast and creative team from Marylebone Theatre for a highly anticipated international premiere.
Cable Street will open the 2026 season of Brits Off Broadway, telling the powerful true story of London's diverse communities who united to stand against the rise of fascism in 1930s East London, as Jews, Irish dockers, trade unionists, communists and ordinary locals, more than one hundred thousand strong, came together to defend the street they called home. This urgent and deeply resonant story speaks directly to contemporary questions of division, identity and solidarity.
Returning from the original Cable Street run at Southwark Playhouse is Olivier Award nominee Debbie Chazen reprising her role as Kathleen. Ethan Pascal Peters returns as Moishe, with Max Alexander Taylor once again playing Sean. Aoife Mac Namara returns as Orlaith, and Jez Unwin reprises his role of Yitzhak and Steve.
Performing as Mairead is Lizzy Rose Esin Kelly, joined by Isaac Gryn as Sammy, and Barney Wilkinson as Ron. Olivier Award nominated Preeya Kalidas will appear as Edie and Elizabeth, with Romona Lewis Malley joining the cast as Rosa. Michali Dantes joins the ensemble alongside Annie Majin, while Natalie Elisha Welsh plays Rachel.
Shining a light on a vital chapter of London's history, Cable Street features music and lyrics by multi-award-winning composer Tim Gilvin with a book by Alex Kanefsky. The production is directed by Adam Lenson, with musical supervision by Tamara Saringer.
Cable Street will run from April 26 through May 24, 2026 at 59E59 Theatres [Theatre A].
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Carnival!
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J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company will present Carnival! Carnival is a musical, originally produced by David Merrick on Broadway in 1961, with a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill.
The musical is based on the 1953 film Lili, which was based on the short story and treatment titled "The Seven Souls of Clement O'Reilly" by Paul Gallico. It tells a bittersweet fairytale about a naïve French girl infatuated with a troubled puppeteer in a traveling show.
Carnival! will run April 30th through May 10th, 2026 at J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company.
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Clara: Sex, Love and Classical Music
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Elena Mazzon's Clara will be presented at 59E59 Theatres [Theatre B]. Clara brings to life the extraordinary story of Romantic era feminist icon and ground-breaking classical composer Clara Schumann. No, not Robert Schumann – Clara Schumann!
Created and performed by Elena Mazzon, this intimate play explores Clara’s fascinating and complex life, delving into her career and relationships as she gets ready for a date with none other than the famous Johannes Brahms.
Clara: Sex, Love and Classical Music will run April 22 through May 10, 2026 at 59E59 Theatres.
Dad Don't Read This
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Playwright Eliya Smith will bring audiences into the lives of teenagers with the world premiere of Dad Don’t Read This. Directed by Chloe Claudel, this new play, a co-production of Try For Baby Productions and The Goat Exchange, features performances by Drama Desk winner Amalia Yoo, Renée-Nicole Powell, Sophie Rossman, and Kayta Thomas.
In suburban Central Ohio, four girls meet weekly for a sleepover. They talk and sleep and play The Sims, a computer game that simulates real life, on a laptop. They gossip, snack, and attempt to get drunk. They strive to fulfill their needs, struggle to understand the relationship between doing and being seen, and begin to suspect they don't have a whole lot of agency. Wait, nevermind; that’s The Sims. Dad Don’t Read This is about the people who know you before you know anything.
Dad Don't Read This will have a strictly limited engagement will run May 4 through 24, 2026, at St. Luke’s Theatre.
Read More: Eliya Smith's DAD DON’T READ THIS to Premiere at St. Luke's Theatre
David Copperfield
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Fresh from its sell-out premiere run in London, Guildford Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Charles Dickens' "favorite child," David Copperfield will be presented at 59E59 Theatres [Theatre A].
David Copperfield is the whirlwind tale of a young man’s life from humble beginnings to literary renown: a journey of romance and adventure filled with lovable rogues, wily scoundrels, and benevolent patrons.
Performances will run from May 29 through June 28, 2026 at 59E59 Theatres [Theatre A].
Fanny a Fantasy in G
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Off-Brand Opera will present the world premiere of Fanny, A Fantasy in G, written by Tim McGillicuddy and directed by George Abud, in a limited Off-Broadway engagement.
Set in Berlin in 1828, the play follows composer Fanny Mendelssohn as she pursues recognition as a published composer in a society that restricts women’s artistic ambitions. As she navigates expectations from her family and pressures within German society, she attempts to claim her musical voice and identity.
The production stars Annalisa Chamberlin as Fanny Mendelssohn, Úna Clancy as Lea Mendelssohn, Rufus Collins as Abraham Mendelssohn, Ava Delaney as Becka Mendelssohn, Melody Fader as Piano Woman, Alan Kelly as Charles Gounod, Adam LaSalle as Landstreiker, Zaq Latino as Felix Mendelssohn, Kelsey McClarnon as Lamond, Joseph Pyfferoen as Heinrich Heine, Rebecca Rand as Lucia, and Daniel David Stewart as Wilhelm Hensel. Understudies include Jack Ducat, Berit Palma, and Mark Shock.
Performances will begin March 26 and continue through April 19, with performances running March 26–April 12 at Gural Theatre at A.R.T./New York and April 15–19 at Liederkranz Club.
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Gotta Dance with AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE
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Gotta Dance!—the first dance production to capture the original choreography of classic musicals including West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, Pippin, A Chorus Line and others— will be presented Off-Broadway at Stage 42. The production is co-directed by Nikki Feirt Atkins and four-time Tony Award-nominated director/choreographer Randy Skinner.
This extraordinary musical, conceived by Nikki Feirt Atkins of American Dance Machine (ADM21) and originally produced at The York Theatre Company, pays tribute to the brilliant work of some of the musical theater's greatest choreographers. Experience the movement, music and magic that has defined generations of Broadway and Hollywood dance, and preserves the work of some of our greatest choreographers.
The company of Gotta Dance! features Keely Beirne, Brandon Burks, Anthony Cannarella, Barton Cowperthwaite, Deanna Doyle, Sara Esty, Jessica Lee Goldyn, RJ Higton, Kate Louissaint, Libby Lloyd, Drew Minard, Cole Newburg, Melody Rose, Samantha Siegel, Ahmad Simmons, Landon Winslow, and Blake Zelesnikar.
Performances of Gotta Dance! will begin Friday, March 20 at Stage 42.
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Hamlet
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Kicking off a new multi-year partnership between BAM and the National Theatre of Great Britain, National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie will bring his contemporary Hamlet to US audiences this spring at the Harvey Theater at BAM.
The production features Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera as Hamlet, joined by Maureen Beattie as First Player, Joe Bolland as Guildenstern, Matthew Cottle as Polonius, Tim Dewberry as Marcellus/Captain, Ayesha Dharker as Gertrude, Ryan Ellsworth as Ghost/Player King/First Gravedigger, Tom Glenister as Laertes, Mary Higgins as Osric/Voltemand, Liz Jadav as Nurse/Priest, Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer as Fortinbras, Hari MacKinnon as Rosecrantz, Francesca Mills as Ophelia, Sophia Papadopoulos as Cornelius/English Ambassador/Second Gravedigger, Alistair Petrie as Claudius, Seb Slade as Francisco/Reynaldo, Noel White as Bernardo and Tessa Wong as Horatio.
Hamlet will run from April 19 through May 17, 2026 at the Harvey Theater at BAM.
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How My Grandparents Fell in Love
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New Jersey Repertory Company will present How My Grandparents Fell in Love, A Musical at 59E59 Theaters.
Inspired by the true story of how his grandparents met, the book is written by Cary Gitter. The musical features music by Neil Berg and lyrics by both Neil Berg and Cary Gitter. The production will be directed by Suzanne Barabas and star Harris Milgrim and Becca Suskauer.
The story takes place in 1933, when a Polish-born Jew named Charlie returns to Rovno in search of a bride after ten years living in America. Walking the streets of his hometown, he can't help but notice the beautiful woman who works at the hat shop. Chava has spent her entire life in Rovno and hopes to become a scholar. While Charlie tries to woo her over blintzes and dancing, she remains determined to pursue her education despite the growing clouds of European antisemitism.
How My Grandparents Fell in Love, A Musical is currently running at 59E59 Theaters through April 18, 2026.
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Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba
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Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba a new comedy written and performed by Ismael Loutfi, will play Soho Playhouse. Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba is presented by Emmy and Peabody Award winning actor and comedian Hasan Minhaj and directed by Greg Walloch.
Heavenly Baba explores Ismael Loutfi’s relationship with his deeply religious immigrant father — affectionately known as “Baba,” and chronicles Baba’s attempt to convert the entire state of Florida to Islam by painting Islamic slogans all over his car. A nuanced discussion on identity, self-discovery, and belonging, Heavenly Baba examines the contradictions of growing up Muslim in America, and invites audiences into a world shaped by devotion, contradiction, and generational love.
Directed by Walloch, Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba has lighting and visual design by Matt Lazarus, and set design by Carter Ford. Heavenly Baba marks Ismael Loufti’s off-Broadway debut.
Ismael Loutfi: Heavenly Baba will be presented at Soho Playhouse, beginning April 2.
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Kenrex
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The American premiere of KENREX, the critically acclaimed thriller by Olivier Award nominee Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian, based on a true story, will take place this Spring at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, performed by Holden and directed by Stambollouian, with an original score performed live by John Patrick Elliott.
Direct from three acclaimed, sold-out runs across London – at the Southwark Playhouse Borough, Sheffield Theatre, and, most recently, The Other Palace – KENREX is the blistering true-crime thriller about the thin line between justice served and justice taken.
Performances for the limited 11-week run will begin Wednesday, April 15 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
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Lauder: Scotland's Kilted King of Broadway
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Lauder by Jimmy Logan, adapted and directed by Kally Lloyd-Jones and Jamie MacDougall, and performed by Jamie MacDougall will be presented at 59E59 Theatres [Theatre B].
Lauder is a gem of a show celebrating the life of a legendary Scottish entertainer whose songs are beloved by audiences worldwide. Known for iconic hits like "I Love a Lassie," "Roamin' in the Gloamin'," and "The End of the Road."
Harry Lauder became the highest-paid performer in the world by 1911. An international star of music hall and vaudeville, he was also the first UK artist to sell over a million recordings and the first Knight of the music hall. Before Billy Connolly, Alan Cumming, and Lewis Capaldi, there was Harry Lauder — a pioneering figure whose charm, wit, and warm Scottish spirit made him an enduring symbol of Scottish pride and global entertainment.
Lauder will run from May 14 through June 7, 2026 at 59E59 Theatres [Theatre B].
Milk and Honey
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Jerry Herman’s Milk and Honey will be presented at AMT Theater. Milk and Honey, Jerry Herman’s first Broadway book musical, takes audiences to the early days of Israel, where a group of American widows arrive in search of adventure and maybe, even a second chance at love.
While in Jerusalem, one of the tourists, Ruth, meets Phil, an American visiting his daughter, and they have an immediate connection. Their newfound love is complicated by unresolved problems back home. As they journey through a nation being built from the ground up, the pair must navigate the difficult choices that come with new beginnings.
Performances of Milk and Honey will run from April 16 through April 26, 2026 at AMT Theater.
Miracle On South Division Street
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The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture and Penguin Rep Theatre will present “Miracle on South Division Street,” a play by Tom Dudzick, directed by Joe Brancato.
Meet the Nowaks of Buffalo, NY. They're special — celebrities in their run-down neighborhood for the miracle that occurred in Grandpa's barbershop in 1942. But their faith — and whole identity — is shaken to the very core when a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. Full of twists, heart and humor, this comedy is as warming as a bowl of Matzoh Ball soup and reminds us that no matter our backgrounds, we're all part of the same story.
The cast of Miracle on South Division Street is Coryn Carson, Grace Experience, Liz McCartney and Joey Pittorino.
Performances will run from April 14, 2026 through May 10, 2026 at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture – The Frank Shiner Theater.
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Movies TV Mayhem
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The world premiere of Movies TV Mayhem, an uproarious new play written by acclaimed production designer Dean Taucher, will premiere off-Broadway at Theatre Row in April, directed by award-winning theater artist Richard Caliban.
The cast features performances from Christopher Daftsios, Tony Award nominee Lou Liberatore, and the versatile Oneika Phillips, promising an unforgettable theatrical experience for both industry insiders and theater enthusiasts.
This Off-Broadway play premiere, Movies TV Mayhem, offers a razor-sharp, darkly comedic lens on the entertainment industry, exposing the frenzied world behind the cameras where ambition collides with absurdity. The play takes place at the taping of a podcast about the film business. It follows a trio of embattled professionals as they navigate egos, shifting alliances, and moral compromises in pursuit of their next big hit. With biting satire and wit, Taucher's script lampoons the power plays, high-stakes deals, and larger-than-life personalities that define the business, inviting audiences to laugh at the chaos and contemplate the cost of fame.
Stylishly staged and fast-paced, the play's humor and pathos resonate with anyone who's ever dreamed of making it in movies or television—or simply watched from the sidelines. Movies TV Mayhem is both an affectionate roast and an incisive critique, making it a must-see for Broadway fans and Hollywood hopefuls alike.
Movies TV Mayhem will run from April 23, 2026 through May 9, 2026 at Theatre Row.
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New Born
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Audible Theater and TOGETHER, will present Ella Hickson’s New Born, featuring three monologues performed by Marianna Gailus, Hugh Jackman, and Sepideh Moafi.
A tree surgeon falls in love. A young woman searches for her lost friend on the prairie.
A new mother is consumed by an unlikely celebrity friendship. In three monologues, unrelated individuals find their smallest choices ripple into seismic changes that connect them across centuries and continents. An unforgettable evening of theater exploring relationships, identity, and change from acclaimed British playwright Ella Hickson.
New Born will be presented for 27 performances only, between May 8 and June 8, 2026 at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre.
Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright
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After touring nationally and internationally, Nicole Travolta will bring her solo show, Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright, back to SoHo Playhouse for an encore engagement.
Travolta has created an 80-minute comedy that blends stand-up, confessional storytelling, and transformational character work into a sharp, emotionally honest theatrical experience. Disarmingly honest, Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright is a theatrical exploration of money, identity, ambition - and what it takes to define yourself on your own terms.
This one-woman show unpacks Travolta’s credit-card debt, compulsive shopping, spray-tanning survival jobs, Hollywood ambition, heartbreak, and the complicated pursuit of self-worth, all while navigating the pressure and expectation that comes with carrying a famous last name. Determined to define herself on her own terms, she turns personal chaos into cathartic comedy.
Nicole Travolta Is Doing Alright, is returning to SoHo Playhouse for an encore engagement, running April 1 through May 10, 2026.
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No Singing in the Navy
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No Singing in the Navy will be presented at Playwrights Horizons this spring. No Singing int the Navy was written by Milo Cramer and will be directed by Aysan Celik.
With a hundred bucks in hand and 24 hours on leave, three silly sailors live as much life as they possibly can before getting shipped off to war and certain death. A 3-actor, 1-piano attack on the “golden age” of musicals, No Singing in the Navy is a delightfully sardonic explosion of the myth of American innocence.
Performances will run from March 18 through April 19, 2026 at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater.
Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice
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HERE Arts Center will present the World Premiere of Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice, written and performed by James Scruggs in collaboration with Thomas Giovanni, at the HERE Mainstage.
Off The Record: Acts of Restorative Justice is a theatrical intervention aimed directly at the American Criminal Justice System and a call for audiences to activate their activism and stoke the fires of change. Invoking magic, mysticism, hard-facts, and carnival games, this performance will help audiences build their tool kit to take the necessary next steps toward fostering systemic transformation.
Created by former HARP artist and recent Guggenheim Fellow James Scruggs in collaboration with national criminal justice advocate Thomas Giovanni, Off the Record is co-directed by Michael Rohd, the founder/director of the Co-Lab for Civic Imagination at the University of Montana, and Annalisa Dias, one of HERE's new Co-Directors.
Performances of Off The Record: Acts of Restorative Justice will be presented April 5 through April 19, 2026 at the HERE Mainstage.
Read More: HERE Arts Center to Debut OFF THE RECORD: Acts of Restorative Justice
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
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Following a collaboration last year, Audible Theater and TOGETHER are presenting the return of Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes with Ella Beatty and Hugh Jackman, and directed by Ian Rickson, to launch their 2026 season.
A provocative and razor-sharp examination of desire, power, and blurred boundaries, this gripping drama is an intimate exploration of agency and perspective that will leave you questioning your own assumptions long after it ends.
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is available on Audible, extending the show’s reach to millions of listeners across the globe.
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is currently running through April 20, 2026 at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City.
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Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet
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Teatro la Plaza is returning to New York City as part of Theatre for a New Audience's ’26 season with Hamlet.
In this brilliant, funny, and moving adaptation, Peruvian director Chela De Ferrari intertwines the text of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with the lived experiences of a young ensemble of eight actors with Down syndrome.
With wry humor, playful energy, pop music, and pointed critique, the performers confront the play’s timeless themes—grief, revenge, and existence—with striking honesty and insight. Drawing resonant parallels between Shakespeare’s Denmark and our contemporary world, they offer a vision of a more just and joyful imagined future. Hailed internationally and presented in 11 countries.
Performances of Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet will begin on March 25, 2026 at Theatre for A New Audience.
The Adding Machine
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The New Group is presenting The Adding Machine by Elmer L. Rice, with revisions by Thomas Bradshaw. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production features Sarita Choudhury, Michael Cyril Creighton, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Jennifer Tilly.
Mr. Zero is just another cog. He can’t fulfill his own needs, much less those of his wife Mrs. Zero, or his workwife Daisy. But when his boss replaces him with a machine, Mr. Zero lashes out violently, thrusting him on a wild journey where he must engineer his own fate. Despite being written over 100 years ago, this wild satire remains scarily current today.
The Adding Machine will run from March 24 through May 10, 2026 at The New Group’s new home at The Theater at St. Clement's.
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The Approach
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Irish Repertory Theatre will present the US Stage Premiere of The Approach by Mark O’Rowe, directed by Conor Bagley.
Listen carefully… Three women. Three conversations. As the details of what they share begin to diverge, we realise that a subtle game of survival is being played. Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, Mark O'Rowe's The Approach explores the inner lives of Anna, Cora, and Denise as they desperately try to make sense of their world.
The cast of The Approach will feature Carmen M. Herlihy as Cora, Kate MacCluggage as Denise, and Danielle Ryan as Anna.
The Approach will run from April 3, 2026 through May 10, 2026, in Irish Rep’s W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre.
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The Emporium
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Classic Stage Company will present the New York premiere of Thornton Wilder’s final play, The Emporium, adapted and completed by Kirk Lynn and directed by Rob Melrose.
The Emporium will feature Candy Buckley, Mahira Kakkar, Eva Kaminsky, Patrick Kerr, Derek Smith, Joe Tapper, and Cassia Thompson.
More than 75 years in the making, an unfinished work by one of America’s greatest dramatists takes the New York stage at last. The Emporium unveils Thornton Wilder’s final play, brought to life through playwright Kirk Lynn’s masterful completion. As a young man journeys through the city and beyond, he encounters a world of wonder, meaning, and the elusive truths of life itself. Wilder’s long-unseen masterpiece is finally ready to be discovered, offering a rare chance to experience a new work from a legendary voice.
The Emporium will run from April 30 through June 7, 2026 at CSC’s Lynn F. Angelson Theater.
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The Last Five Years
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Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler will star in a concert staging of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years at Radio City Music Hall.
The concerts will be directed and conducted live by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown in celebration of the musical’s 25th anniversary. Tickets on sale Friday, February 6 at 10 AM. Zegler and Platt will star in a concert production of The Last Five Years in London.
The Last Five Years explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress. Jamie's story is told in chronological order, starting just after the couple have first met, and Cathy's story is told in reverse chronological order, beginning the show at the end of the marriage.
The Last Five Years will be presented at Radio City Music Hall on April 6 and 7, 2026.
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The Maids
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St. Ann’s Warehouse’s 2025-26 season will culminate with The Donmar Warehouse’s production of The Maids, Jean Genet’s masterpiece of class struggle and blurred identity, in a new version written and directed by Kip Williams.
With their mistress away, two maids act out their darkest fantasies about Madame, their abusive “influencer” employer. They obsessively role play all day long, to the point of “murdering” her, until performance and reality begin to blur. Williams’ contemporary take is a timely parable about modern identity and the destructive desire to both emulate and annihilate those we idolize.
Williams’ production features Phia Saban and Olivier Award nominee Lydia Wilson as the maids, Solange and Claire; and Bridgerton breakout star Yerin Ha is Madame, their mistress.
The Maids will run from May 17 through June 14 at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company will present The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a boisterous Victorian whodunit where a troupe of actors stage Charles Dickens’ unfinished tale, and every night the audience decides how it will end. When Edwin Drood disappears under suspicious circumstances, a colorful cast of suspects emerges, unraveling a web of rivalries, desires, and betrayals. As tensions rise and mysteries deepen, every revelation brings new twists, keeping the outcome uncertain. Who is responsible for the death of Edwin Drood? Only the audience can say.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood will run from May 14 to May 24, 2026 at AMT Theater.
The Pushover
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Chain Theatre will present the world premiere production of John Patrick Shanley's The Pushover, directed by Kirk Gostkowski.
The Pushover is a play about three bad-ass women who collide and collude at a spa in New Mexico, and a bare-bones Asian restaurant in Queens. Dangerous and hungry, their weapons and their passions bleed into each other. They speak the language of the outcast, rough and sexual, and fight to survive, and to love.
The production stars Rebecca De Mornay as Evelyn. The cast also includes Di Zhu (The Master and Margarita, The Dragon) as Pearl, Christina Toth (Orange Is the New Black, Candlelight) as Soochie, and Christopher Sutton (William Mastrosimone's Rules of Desire) as the therapist.
The Pushover will play a 4-week limited engagement from Friday, April 3 through Sunday, April 26, 2026 at the Chain Theatre.
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The Receptionist
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Second Stage Theater will present Adam Bock’s dark comedy, The Receptionist, directed by Sarah Benson. The company will feature two-time Tony Award winner Katie Finneran, Mallori Johnson, Nael Nacer, and Will Pullen.
It’s business as usual at the Northeast Office, where the cheerfully dutiful receptionist (Katie Finneran) answers phones, brews coffee, and gossips with co-workers. But when an unexpected visitor from the Central Office (Will Pullen) walks through the door, business becomes far from usual. The Receptionist is a jet-black comedy about bureaucracy and complicity that’s biting in its humor and chilling in its relevance.
The Receptionist will begin performances Wednesday, April 15 on the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
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The Wild Party
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The Wild Party is being presented at New York City Center Encores. This dark, sensual, glittering tale explores a world dancing on the edge and the joyful defiance of the characters who inhabit it for a gin-soaked party full of jazz-age indulgence and Vaudeville stars letting loose off-the-clock.
The production features Jasmine Amy Rogers (Queenie), Adrienne Warren (Kate), Tonya Pinkins (Dolores Montoya), Jelani Alladin (Black), Wesley J. Barnes (Oscar D’Armano), Jordan Donica (Burrs), KJ Hippensteel (Gold), Andrew Kober (Goldberg), Lesli Margherita (Mae), Betsy Morgan (Sally), Meghan Murphy (Miss Madelaine True), Maya Rowe (Nadine), Joseph A. Byrd (Phil D’Armano), Claybourne Elder (Jackie), and Evan Tyrone Martin (Eddie Mackrel). The cast also includes Curtis Bannister (Standby for Burrs and Black) and Kyrie Courter (Standby for Queenie and Kate).
Directed by Lili-Anne Brown and Guest Music Director Daryl Waters with choreography by Katie Spelman, The Wild Party brings Joseph Moncure March’s notorious poem to life in this Tony-nominated musical with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and book by LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe.
The Wild Party is currently running at New York City Center through March 29, 2026.
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This Is Not About Me
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This Is Not About Me is the debut play by Hannah Caplan, coming to 59E59 Theaters. The play follows Grace and Eli, two people in their mid-twenties whose relationship spans friendship, intimacy, rupture and repair. In the wake of a painful separation, Grace, a writer, attempts to make sense of what happened by writing a play about their relationship. But as the act of writing intensifies, what's true and what's imagined begin to blur, and the story starts to slip out of her control.
The roles of Grace and Eli will be reprised by Amaia Naima Aguinaga and Francis Nunnery, following their praised performances during the production's Edinburgh Festival Fringe run.
The narrative moves between the past and present, with scenes from the relationship appearing in fragments and out of sequence, tracing its emotional fallout In the present day, Grace is seen composing the very play the audience is watching. As the story jumps across time, its meta-theatrical moments and shifts in form reveal how perspective and authorship can change, and how shared experiences are shaped by who is telling the story.
At its centre is a shifting power dynamic between Grace and Eli. As Grace frames the story as an attempt at processing and repair, Eli increasingly questions how their shared history is being represented - what is included, what is omitted, and whether Grace has the right to shape the narrative in this way. The play explores how intimacy can curdle into control, and how the desire to tell a compelling story, to be validated and believed as a competent storyteller, can come at a personal cost to those caught inside the narrative.
Towards the end of the play, a filmed sequence returns to the moment Grace and Eli first met, with younger versions of the characters appearing on screen. The moment offers a quiet, poignant reflection on the origins of their relationship and the complexity of friendship over time.
This Is Not About Me will run from May 11 through June 7, 2026 at 59E59 Theaters.
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Titus Andronicus
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Patrick Page is leading the cast in the title role of William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, directed by Jesse Berger at Red Bull Theater.
Joining Page will be McKinley Belcher III, Francesca Faridany, and Enid Graham, along with Jesse Aaronson, Matthew Amendt, Blair Baker, Amy Jo Jackson, Adam Langdon, Anthony Michael Lopez, Anthony Michael Martinez, Howard Overshown, Olivia Reis, and Zack Lopez Roa. The creative team will include Beowulf Boritt (set design), Emily Rebholz (costume design), Jiyoun Chang (lighting design), Shannon Slaton (sound design), Dawn-Elin Fraser (dialect coach), Ayanna Thompson (dramaturg), Rick Sordelet (fight director & intimacy coordinator). and Adam Wernick (original music).
This shockingly timely thriller about the chaos of a corrupt and crumbling empire is brought to new life, taking the stage as one Shakespeare’s boldest and bloodiest tragedies.
A young William Shakespeare flexes his theatrical muscles as he unleashes an unstoppable cycle of revenge, in this his bloodiest of plays. Titus is Rome’s greatest general and the head of a noble family. But when his armies vanquish the Goths, their defeated queen Tamora and her lover Aaron the Moor release a fury that brings Titus, his family, and all of Rome to their knees. The play’s exploration of humanity’s capacity for inhumanity is brought to searing new life in a production directed by Jesse Berger and starring the incomparable Patrick Page as Titus, in this timely spine-chiller about the stand for justice and honor against the chaos of a corrupt and crumbling Empire. A Shakespearean thriller that deals with standing up for justice against the encroaching chaos at the fall of a corrupted Roman Empire might just be unfortunately timely.
Titus Adronicus is currently running through April 19th at The Pershing Square Signature Center’s Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre.
Read More: Full Cast Set for TITUS ANDRONICUS Starring Patrick Page at Red Bull Theater
You & Me
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Brianne Buishas and Courtnie Keaton, both ensemble members at Face to Face Films, will lead the world premiere of You & Me, a new play by Anthony M. Laura, which will open at A.R.T. / New York Theatres.
You & Me tells the story of a small community in upstate New York one year after a shooting at a local university shattered the town. Ms. Buishas plays Chloe Prescott, whose sister Delilah Prescott (Ms. Buishas in flashbacks) was responsible for the shooting. Ms. Keaton plays Mackenzie Boyd, Delilah's girlfriend and Chloe's unrequited love. Mr. Laura will direct the production.
Performances of You & Me will run April 25 through May 9, 2026 at A.R.T. / New York Theatres.
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