Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
2 Hours 15 Minutes, Including one 15 Min Intermission
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Broadway Tickets, News, Info & More
Longacre Theatre (Broadway)
220 West 48th Street New York, NY
An original new musical comedy about timing, connections, and unexpected detours. Meet Dougal, an impossibly upbeat Brit who has just landed in New York City for the first time to attend the wedding of the father he’s never met. Meet Robin, the sister of the bride and a no-nonsense New Yorker with a lot of errands to run—including picking up the groom’s estranged son from the airport. These two strangers begin their journey together, navigating New York City, secrets, and second chances.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) - Broadway Cast
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‘Two Strangers’ Review: Meeting Cute, Toting Baggage
9 / 10
As gleefully as the musical follows the formula of the rom-com genre, it also has a welcome comfort with ambiguity and, stashed up its sleeve, some psychological bombs. The action floats along so comfortably, both in and out of song, that it seems odd to interrupt that momentum with an intermission. But the second act brings a stark shift in tone, getting darker for a while before rebounding with great silliness and gratifying sympathy.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Is a Little Sweet, a Little Spongy
5 / 10
As you grow, you do the hard work of parting with the vision of the world you had in your head. That’s a dynamic repeated throughout Two Strangers. Dougal is learning to give up both his idealized image of a foreign city and the relationship with his father he thinks he could re-ignite during this trip, and Robin learns to abandon the myth she’s telling herself about her own failure. When the show’s creators zero in on those feelings, something a lot more specific and wistful than a love story between two strangers, the piece comes alive. If only it stayed there.
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Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) History
Other Productions of Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
| 2024 | West End |
West End |
| 2025 | Boston |
Boston |
| 2025 | Broadway |
Broadway |
| 2027 | US Tour |
US Tour |
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Broadway Awards and Nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lead Performance in a Musical | Sam Tutty |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lyrics | Jim Barne & Kit Buchan |
| 2026 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Musical | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| 2026 | Drama League Awards | OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Jim Barne |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Kit Buchan |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway Musical | Sam Tutty |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Kit Buchan |
| 2026 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Jim Barne |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Jim Barne |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Kit Buchan |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Tim Jackson |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Lux Pyramid |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Jim Barne |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Kit Buchan |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Sam Tutty |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Christiani Pitts |
| 2026 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Soutra Gilmour |
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