Below is a list of Broadway shows in the 2017-2018 season. This list is organized chronologically by opening date
JUNE
1984
Theater: Hudson
Author: Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan
Director: Robert Icke
First Preview: May 18, 2017
Opening: June 22, 2017
Closing: October 8, 2017
Cast: Reed Birney, Tom Sturridge, and Olivia Wilde
Website:
Twitter feed: @RevisedTruth
Stage adaptation of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel
Marvin’s Room
Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines
Author: Scott McPherson.
Directors: Anne Kauffman, Whitney White.
First Preview: June 8 2017
Opening: June 29
Closed: August 27, 2017
Cast: Janeane Garofalo, Lili Taylor, Celia Weston
Website
Twitter feed: @RTC_NYC
The play by Scott McPherson (who died in 1992 at age 33) that was turned into the 1997 star-studded film. “Estranged sisters Lee and Bessie have never seen eye to eye. Lee is a single mother who’s been busy raising her troubled teenage son, Hank. Bessie’s got her hands full with their elderly father and his soap opera-obsessed sister. When Bessie is diagnosed with leukemia, the two women reunite for the first time in 18 years.”
AUGUST
The Terms of My Surrender
Theater: Belasco
Author: Michael Moore
Directors: Michael Mayer and Noah Racey
First Preview: July 28
Opening: August 10
Cast: Michael Moore
Twitter feed: @MooreBroadway
Michael Moore makes his Broadway debut in what promises to be a stand-up routine to take down Trump.
My review of Terms of My Surrender
Prince of Broadway
Theater: MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman
Author: David Thompson
Directors: Harold Prince and Susan Stroman
First Preview: August 3
Opening: August 24
Closing: October 22, 2017
Cast: Chuck Cooper, Janet Dacal Byron Marie Parham, Emily Skinner, Brandon Uranowitz, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Michael Xavier, Tony Yazbeck, Karen Ziemba
Twitter feed: @MTC_NYC
A look at the career of director and producer Harold Prince through musical numbers from shows he helmed, including West Side Story, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, Evita, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, The Phantom of the Opera.
My review of Prince of Broadway
OCTOBER
Time and the Conways
Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines
Author: J. B. Priestley
Director: Rebecca Taichman
First Preview: September 14
Opening: October 10
Closing: November 26, 2017
Cast: Elizabeth McGovern
Twitter feed: @RTC_NYC
A revival of a play that was last on Broadway in 1938. Elizabeth McGovern will play Mrs. Conway, who in 1919 Britain, is full of hope at her daughter’s lavish 21st birthday celebration. Jump 19 years ahead, and the Conways’ lives have transformed unimaginably
My review of Time and the Conways
Springsteen on Broadway
Theater: Walter Kerr
First preview: October 3
Opening: October 12
Closing: February 3, 2018
Bruce Springsteen makes his Broadway debut with five concerts a week. “My show is just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music. Some of the show is spoken, some of it is sung. It loosely follows the arc of my life and my work.” He will read from his recently published autobiography, “Born to Run.”
M. Butterfly
Theater: Cort
Author: David Henry Hwang
Director: Julie Taymor
Opening: October 26
Closed: December 17
Cast: Clive Owen
Website
Twitter feed:
Owen will play a married French diplomat in China who carries on a 20-year affair with a mysterious Chinese opera singer—all without realizing that the singer is a man. Producers said the author will introduce “new material inspired by the real-life love affair between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Chinese opera singer Shi Pei Pu that has come to light since the play’s 1988 premiere.”
NOVEMBER
Junk
Theater: Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont
Author: Ayad Akhtar
Director: Doug Hughes
First Preview: October 5
Opening: November 2
Cast: Steven Pasquale
Twitter feed: @LCTheater
From the Pulitzer winning author of Disgraced. Set over 30 years ago, “Junk” – as in “junk bonds” — is a play about “how money became the only thing of real value.”
The Band’s Visit
Theater: Ethel Barrymore
Authors: Itamar Moses, book; David Yazbek, songs.
Director: David Cromer
First Preview: October 7
Opening: November 9
Cast: Much the same as Off-Bway
Twitter feed: @TheBandsVisit
The widely acclaimed Off-Broadway musical moves to Broadway! Based on the 2007 independent film, it follows an Egyptian police band that arrives in the wrong town Israel to play a concert.
My review when it was Off-Broadway.
My review of The Band’s Visit on Broadway
Latin History for Morons
Theater: Roundabout’s Studio 54
Author and performer: John Leguizamo
Director: Tony Taccone
First Preview: October 19, 2017
Opening: November 15
Closing: February 4, 2017
John Leguizamo’s sixth one-man show had a successful run Off-Broadway at the Public Theater, with his usual mix of in-your-face jokes, spot-on mimicry, candid memoir, energetic dance breaks. But it is also a timely cultural and political critique.
My review of Latin History for Morons Off-Broadway
Meteor Shower
Theater: Booth Theatre
Author: Steve Martin
Director: Jerry Zaks
First Preview: November 1, 2017
Opening: November 29, 2017
Cast: Amy Schumer, Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti, Alan Tudyk
Two California couples find themselves in marital freefall—and in a meteor shower
@MeteorShowerBwy
The Parisian Woman
Theater: Hudson
Author: Beau Willimon
Director: Pam MacKinnon
First Preview: November 7, 2017
Opening: November 30, 2017
Cast: Uma Thurman, Josh Lucas, Blair Brown, Phillipa Soo, Marton Csokas,
Uma Thurman makes her Broadway debut as Chloe, a socialite armed with charm and wit, coming to terms with politics, her past, her marriage and an uncertain future in the social power center that is Washington D.C.
My review of The Parisian Woman
DECEMBER
Once on this Island
Theater: Circle in the Square
Authors: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Director: Michael Arden,
First Preview: November 9
Opening: December 3
Cast:
Phillip Boykin as Tonton Julian, Merle Dandridge
as Papa Ge/Demon of Death,Quentin Earl Darrington as Agwe/God of Water, Alysha Deslorieux as Andrea, David Jennings as Armand, Hailey Kilgore as Ti Moune , Kenita R. Miller as Mama Euralie, Alex Newell as Asaka/Mother of the Earth,
Isaac Powell as Daniel, Lea Salonga as Erzulie/Goddess of Love
Twitter feed: @OnceIslandBway
A revival of the musical about Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl who falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of the Caribbean island. When their divided cultures threaten to keep them apart, Ti Moune, guided by the island gods, sets out on a remarkable quest to reunite with the man who has captured her heart.
My review of Once on This Island
Spongebob Squarepants
Theater: Palace
Author: Kyle Jarrow and Tina Landau
Director: Tina Landau
First Preview: November 6
Opening: December 4
Cast:
Twitter feed: @SpongeBobBway
New musical based on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon series
The score features original songs from a mix of classic and contemporary artists, including Cyndi Lauper, Sara Bareilles, John Legend, Panic! at the Disco, and the late David Bowie.
My review of SpongeBob SquarePants
The Children
Theater: MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman
Author: Lucy Kirkwood
Director: James Macdonald
First Preview: November 28
Opening: December 12
Cast: Francesca Annis, Ron Cook, Deborah Findlay
Twitter feed: @MTC_NYC
In a remote cottage on the lonely British coast, a couple of retired nuclear engineers are living a very quiet life. Outside, the world is in utter chaos following a devastating series of events. When an old friend turns up at their door, they’re shocked to discover the real reason for her visit.
Farinelli and the King
Theater: Belasco
Author: Claire van Kampen
Director: John Dove
First Preview: December 5
Opening: December 17
Cast: Mark Rylance
Twitter feed: @FarinelliBway
Mark Rylance plays King Philippe of Spain who is entranced by Farinelli, one of the greatest celebrities of his time – a castrato “with a voice so divine it has the power to captivate all who hear it.”
My review of Farinelli and the King
JANUARY
John Lithgow: Stories by Heart
Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines
Adapted and performed by John Lithgow
Director: Daniel Sullivan
First preview: December 21, 2017
Opening: January 11, 2018
Closing: March 4, 2018
The actor conjures a cast of characters from classic short stories by Ring Lardner and P. G. Wodehouse.
MARCH
Escape to Margaritaville
Theater: Marquis
Authors: Greg Garcia and Mike O’Malley
Director: Christopher Ashley
First Preview: February 16
Opening: March 15
Cast: Paul Alexander Nolan, Alison Luff as Rachel and Lisa Howard
Twitter feed: @buffettmusical
My review of Escape to Margaritaville
Angels in America
Theater: Neil Simon
Author: Tony Kushner
Director: Marianne Elliott
First preview: February 23, 2018
Opening: March 21, 2018
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane et al.
A revival of Tony Kushner’s two-part Pulitzer Prize winning epic play about the age of AIDS. The production is a transfer from London’s National Theatre.
My review of Angels in America
Frozen
Theater: St. James Theater
Author: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Jennifer Lee
Director: Michael Grandage
First Preview: February 22, 2018
Opening: March 22, 2018
Cast: Caissie Levy (Elsa), Patti Murin (Anna), Jelani Alladin (Kristoff), Greg Hildreth (Olaf), John Riddle (Hans) and Robert Creighton (Duke of Weselton)
Twitter feed: @FrozenBroadway
Lobby Hero
Theater: Second Stage’s Helen Hayes
Author: Kenneth Lonergan
Director: Trip Cullman
First Preview: March 1, 2018
Opening: March 26, 2018
Cast: Michael Cera, Chris Evans, Bryan Tyree Henry
An apartment lobby serves as a waiting area for four New Yorkers involved in a murder investigation. “A young security guard with big ambitions clashes with his stern boss, an intense rookie cop and her unpredictable partner in a play from the 2017 Oscar-winning writer of Manchester by the Sea.” This is the first production by Second Stage Theater at its new Broadway venue.
Three Tall Women
Theater: John Golden
Author: Edward Albee
Director: Joe Mantello
First Preview: February 27, 2018
Opening: March 29, 2018
Cast: Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf, Alison Pill
Albee’s Pulitzer-winning play about a woman in life’s final act. Glenda Jackson returns to Broadway after an absence of 30 years.
APRIL
Mean Girls
Theater: August Wilson
Authors: Tina Fey (book), Jeff Richmond (music), Nell Benjamin (lyrics)
Director and choreographer: Casey Nicholas
First preview: March 12, 2018
Opening: April 8, 2018
Cast: Erika Henningsen, Taylor Louderman, Ashley Park, and Kate Rockwell
Based on Tina Fey’s 2004 movie, this new musical (which will try out in Washington D.C.’s National Theatre in the Fall), pits a newcomer to high school against a triumvirate of classmates who are, well, mean girls, labeled the Plastics.
Children of a Lesser God
Theater: Roundabout’s Studio 54
Author: Mark Medoff
Director: Kenny Leon
First Preview: March 22, 2018
Opening: April 11, 2018
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Lauren Ridloff
A revival of the Tony-winning play about the romance between a hearing man and deaf woman
My review of Children of a Lesser God
Carousel
Theater: Imperial
Author: Rodgers and Hammerstein
Director: Jack O’Brien
First Preview: March 23, 2018
Opening: April 12, 2018
Cast: Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry, Renee Fleming, Betsy Wolfe, Margaret Colin and Alexander Gemignani
My Fair Lady
Theater: Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont
Authors: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Director: Bartlett Sher.
First Preview: March 22
Opening: April 19
Cast: Lauren Ambrose, Harry Hadden-Paton, Norbert Leo Butz, and Diana Rigg lead a cast of 37.
Twitter feed: @LCTheater
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Theater: Lyric
Author: Jack Thorne
Director: John Tiffany.
First Preview:
Opening: April 22
Cast: Noma Dumezweni as Hermione Granger, Jamie Parker
as Harry Potter, Paul Thornley as Ron Weasley, Anthony Boyle
as Scorpius Malfoy, Sam Clemmett
as Albus Potter, Poppy Miller
as Ginny Potter, Alex Price as Draco Malfoy
Twitter feed: @HPPlayNYC
A play written by Jack Thorne based on an original story by him, directory John Tiffany and Harry Potter novelist J.K. Rowling “While an adult Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. “
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
Theater: Lunt-Fontanne
First Preview: March 28, 2018
Opening: April 23, 2018
Director: Des McAnuff
Cast: TBA
Musical biography of the late disco diva, using the songs she made famous, including “Hot Stuff,” “On the Radio,” “Bad Girls,” and “MacArthur Park.”
Travesties
Theater: Roundabout’s American Airlines
Author: Tom Stoppard
Director: Patrick Marber
First Preview: Mar 29, 2018
Opening Date: Apr 24, 2018
Closing Date: Jun 17, 2018
Cast: Tom Hollander
A revival of Tom Stoppard’s play from Great Britain’s Chocolate Factory. :In 1917 Zurich, an artist, Tristan Tzara; a writer, James Joyce; and a revolutionary, Lenin, collide”
Closing Date:Jun 17, 2018
Saint Joan
Theater: MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman
Author: George Bernard Shaw
Director: Daniel Sullivan
First preview: April 3, 2018
Opening: April 25, 2018
Cast: Condola Rashad
Revival of Shaw’s play about the 15th century martyr.
The Iceman Cometh
Author: Eugene O’Neill
Director: George C. Wolfe
First Preview: March 22
Opening: April 26
Cast: Denzel Washington + about 18 other cast members TBA.
The fifth Broadway production of Eugene O’Neill’s play about dead-end alcoholics and prostitutes hanging out in a saloon and rooming house in Greenwich Village in 1912.
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