Below is my preview guide of Broadway openings* in the 2025-2026 season, starting in June with Jean Smart, fresh from her raved-about performance in “Hacks,” returning to Broadway after a quarter of a century, followed by the Broadway debut of Keanu Reeves in “Waiting for Godot”. Other star-studded productions: Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham in a new musical by Stephen Schwartz; Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris in a revival of Art; Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz in a revival of Ragtime; Aaron Tveit and Lea Michele in a revival of Chess.
The list of shows with confirmed venues and dates obviously will grow.
The shows are listed chronologically by opening date* (not by first preview), with the title linked to the show’s official website. This guide will be continually updated.Updated January 24 2026.
JUNE
Call Me Izzy
Studio 54
First Preview: May 24
Opens June 12
Closed August 24
Author: Jamie Wax
Director: Sarna Lapine
Cast: Jean Smart
A woman in Louisiana struggles to escape her small town and buried secrets. My review.
AUGUST
Mamma Mia
Wintergarden
First Preview: August 2
Opening: August 14
Closing: February 1
Book by Catherine Johnson , music by ABBA
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
The summer return of the long-running jukebox musical that tells the story of Sophie, a bride-to-be, secretly inviting three potential fathers to her wedding on a Greek island to discover who her true father is. My review.
Jeff Ross: Take A Banana for The Ride
Nederlander Theater
First preview: August 5
Opening: August 18
Closing September 29
Written and performed by Jeff Ross
Directed by Stephen Kessler
Comedian Jeff Ross offers a one-man show about his life “and human resilience.” The title was travel advice from his grandfather. My review
SEPTEMBER
Art
Music Box Theater
First Preview: August 28
Opening: September 16
Closing: December 21
Written by Yasmina Reza; Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Scott Ellis
Cast: Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris
A revival of a play about an argument over an all-white painting that gets out of hand
Waiting for Godot
Hudson Theater
First Preview: September 13
Opening: September 28
Closing: January 4
Written by Samual Beckett
Directed by Jamie Lloyd
Cast: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
An existential tragicomedy about two men , Vladimir and Estragon, endlessly wait for a mysterious figurem Vladimir and Estragon, endlessly wait for a mysterious figure.
PUNCH
MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
First Preview: September 9
Opening: September 29
Writer: James Graham
Director: Adam Penford
James Graham’s new play, based on the true-life book Right from Wrong by Jacob Dunne: As Jacob tears through Nottingham in a whirlwind of drugs, girls, and bar fights, he makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as he struggles to accept the consequences of his actions and build a new life, he finds an unusual source of salvation: the parents of the boy he killed.
OCTOBER
Beetlejuice
Palace Theater
First Preview: October 8
(evidently no official opening)
Closing: January 3
Book by Scott Brown and Anthony King
Music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect
Directed by Alex Timbers
A musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s 1988 comic horror movie, which debuted on Broadway in 2019, running for almost a year; returned in 2022 for nine months, and will now run for twelve weeks. My review of the 2019 production.
Ragtime
Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater
First Preview: September 26
Opening:October 16
Closing: January 4
Book by Terrence McNally;
Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens;
Directed by Lear deBessonet
Cast: Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz
The intact Encores concert revival of the Tony Award-winning musical based on E.L. Doctorow’s novel about lives and communities clashing at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Liberation
James Earl Jones Theater
First preview: October 8
Opening: October 28
Closing: January 11, 2026
Written by Beth Wohl
Directed by Whitney White
A group of women in 1970s Ohio gather in the basement of the local Y for a weekly consciousness-raising group, while half a century later, a present-day narrator discovers her mother’s radical past before marriage and motherhood
Little Bear Ridge Road
Booth
First preview: October 7
Opening: October 30
Closing: February 8
Written by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Joe Mantello
Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Michah Stock, John Drea, and Meighan Gerachis
An aunt and nephew with a painful history between them hunker down together during the pandemic, in this play that marks Hunter’s (long-awaited) Broadway debut
NOVEMBER
The Queen of Versailles
St. James Theater
First Preview: October 8, 2025
Opening: November 9, 2025
Cast:: Kristin Chenoweth, F. Murray Abraham
Writers: Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics), Lindsey Ferrentino (book)
Director: Michael Arden
A new musical based on the 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles about socialite Jacqueline Siegel, whose plan to build a mansion in Florida to rival Versailles went awry.
Rob Lake Magic
Broadhurst
First preview: October 28
Opening: November 11
Closing: January 18
Cast: Rob Lake, Kermit the Frog and other Muppets
OEDIPUS
Roundabout’s Studio 54
First Preview: October 30
Opening: November 13
Cast:: Mark Strong, Lesley Manville
Writers: Sophocles (original play), Robert Icke (adaptation)
Director: Robert Icke
Robert Icke’s new modern interpretation of Oedipus Rex comes to Broadway after its record-breaking run in London’s West End.
CHESS
Imperial Theater
First preview: October 15
Opening: November 16
Music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, lyrics by Tim Rice
Based on an idea by Tim Rice
New book by Danny Strong
Director: Michael Mayer
Cast: Aaron Tveit,Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher
A revival of the musical, last on Broadway in 1988: It’s America versus Russia at the World Chess Championship, where the espionage and romance are as complicated and exhilarating as the game itself. For the two players and the woman torn between them, everything—personal, professional, and political—is at risk
Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York
Longacre Theater
First preview: November 1
Opening: November 20
Written and composed by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Directed and choreographed by Tim Jackson
Cast: Sam Tutty, Christiani Pitts
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.
DECEMBER
Marjorie Prime
Second Stage’s Hayes Theater
First preview: November 20
Opening: December 8
Written by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Anne Kauffman
Cast: Danny Burstein, Christopher Lowell, Cynthia Nixon, June Squibb
The 2015 play, about an elderly woman in the near future whose grown children give her a robot caregiver, is even more relevant with the ascendance of AI, but it’s also insightful about family dynamics. My review of it Off-Broadway in 2015.
All Out: Comedy about Ambition
Nederlander Theater
First preview: December 12
Closing: March 8
Written by Simon Rich
Directed by Alex Timbers
Cast: A rotating cast of four
In a follow-up to last year’s All In, the cast reads the short stories by Simon Rich “about ego, envy, greed, and basically just New Yorkers in general.”
JANUARY
Bug
MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theater
First preview: December 17
Opening: January 8, 2026
Closing: February 8, 2026
Written by Tracy Letts
Directed by David Cromer
Cast: Carrie Coon, Namir Smallwood, Randall Arney, Jennifer Engstrom and Steve Key
An unexpected and intense romance between a lonely waitress (Coon) and a mysterious drifter (Smallwood) in a seedy Oklahoma motel room twists into something far more dangerous. This is a transfer of a recent Steppenwolf production of Letts’ 1996 play.
MARCH
Every Brilliant Thing
Hudson Theater
First Preview: February 21
Opening: March 12
Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Jeremy Herrin & Duncan Macmillan
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe
A solo play about a boy who begins writing a list of ‘everything worth living for’ to cheer up his suicidal mom.” My review of the play Off-Broadway (with a different cast) called it a funny, fun and moving show
Giant
Music Box Theater
First preview: March 11
Opening: March 23
Written by Mark Rosenblatt
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Cast: John Lithgow
Lithgow portrays children’s book author Roald Dahl on a day in 1983 when he is accused of being an antisemite because of his review of a picture book about the Israeli army’s siege of West Beirut during the 1982 Lebanon War. The production originated in London.
Dog Day Afternoon
August Wilson Theater
First preview: March 10
Opening: March 30
Closing: June 28
Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis based on the 1975 movie starring Al Pacino
Directed by Rupert Goold
Cast: Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Based on a true story about a bank robbery that results in a hostage situation, and takes an unusual turn.
APRIL
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Broadhurst
First preview: March 18
Opening: April 7
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch
Cast: André De Shields as ‘Old Deuteronomy,’ Jonathan Burke as ‘Mungojerrie,’ Baby Byrne as ‘Victoria,’ Tara Lashan Clinkscales, Sydney James Harcourt as ‘Rum Tum Tugger,’ Dava Huesca as ‘Rumpleteazer,’ Dudney Joseph Jr. as ‘Munkustrap,’ Junior LaBeija as ‘Gus,’ Robert “Silk” Mason as ‘Magical Mister Mistoffelees,’ “Tempress” Chasity Moore as ‘Grizabella,’ Primo Thee Ballerino as ‘Tumblebrutus,’ Xavier Reyes as ‘Jennyanydots,’ Nora Schell as ‘Bustopher Jones,’ Bebe Nicole Simpson as ‘Demeter,’ Emma Sofia as ‘Cassandra’/’Skimbleshanks,’ Garnet Williams as ‘Bombalurina,’ and Teddy Wilson, Jr. as ‘Sillabub.’
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats reimagined for queer Ballroom Culture . It made a splash in 2024 at PACNYC. My review of that production.
Becky Shaw
Second Stage’s Hayes Theater
First preview: March 18, 2026
Opening: April 8
Written by Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Trip Cullman
Cast: Patrick Ball, Alden Ehrenreich, Linda Emond.
The Broadway debut of the 2008 comedy about a blind date spiraling spectacularly off the rail
Death of a Salesman
Winter Garden Theater
First preview: March 6
Opening: April 9
Closing: June 1
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Joe Mantello
Cast: Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott, Ben Ahlers
The seventh Broadway production of the modern tragedy that is widely considered one of the best American plays ever written.
Titanique
St. James Theater
First preview: March 26
Opening: April 12
Closing: July 12
Co-written by Tye Blue, Marla Mindelle and Constantine Rousouli,
Directed by Tye Blue
Cast: Marla Mindelle
A jukebox musical using the music of Celine Dion to spoof “Titanic.” It was a popular show Off-Broadway.
The Fear of 13
James Earl Jones Theater
First preview: March 19
Opening: April 15
Closing: July 1
Written by Lindsey Ferrentino
Directed by David Cromer
Cast: Adrien Brody, Tessa Thompson
Based on the documentary of the same name, the play tells the true story of Nick Yarris, who spends more than two decades on death row for a murder he insists he did not commit, and the series of prison visits with a volunteer named Jackie.v
Proof
Booth Theater
First Preview: March 31
Opening: April 16
Closing July 19
Written by David Auburn
Directed by Thomas Kail
Cast: Ayo Edebiri, Don Cheadle
A daughter’s genius. A father’s legacy. A story of love, logic, and loss. The 2000 play won both the Tony and the Pulitzer
FALLEN ANGELS
Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre
First Preview: March 27
Opening: April 19
Closing: June 7
Cast: Kelli O’Hara, Rose Byrne
Writer: Noël Coward
Director: Scott Ellis
A revival of Noël Coward’s 1925 comedy of bad manners.
Schmigadoon
Nederlander
First preview: April 4
Opening: April 20
Closing: September 6
Book and score by Cinco Paul
Cast: Alex Brightman, Sara Chase.
A stage musical based on the six episodes in the first season of the Apple TV+ series , in which a couple stumble onto a magical town where everybody breaks into pastiche songs of the Golden Age of Broadway musicals. The stage version was produced earlier in 2025 at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center, with series choreographer Christopher Gattelli directing and choreographing. My review of the TV series’ first season.
THE BALUSTERS
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
First Preview: March 31
Opening: April 21
Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire
Director: Kenny Leon
Cast: Marylouise Burke Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Margaret Colin, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Thomas
The Vernon Point Neighborhood Association is a passionate bunch, whether squabbling over historically inaccurate porch railings or debating trash can protocol. Still, no one is prepared for the neighbor-versus-neighbor battle royale that ensues when a newcomer to the board suggests the unthinkable: installing a stop sign on the corner of the enclave’s prettiest block.
Beaches, a New Musical
Majestic
First preview: March 27
Opening: April 22
Closing: September 6
Book by Iris Rainer Dart and Thom Thomas
Music by Mike Stoller, lyrics by Dart
Directed by Lonny Price and Matt Cowart
Cast: Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett
Based on Dart’s novel that became a 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey, about the lifelong friendship of struggling actress Cee Cee Bloom and elegant Bertie White.
ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Roundabout’s Studio 54
First Preview: March 26
Opening: April 23
Closing: June 21
Writer: Richard O’Brien (book, music, and lyrics)
Director: Sam Pinkleton
A revival of the rock-‘n’-roll horror house musical.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Barrymore Theater
First Preview: March 30
Opening night: April 25
Closing: July 12
Written by August Wilson
Directed by Debbie Allen
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer
This third production of August Wilson’s play, part of his 10-part American Century Cycle, takes place in 1911 in a Pittsburgh boarding house run by Seth and Bertha Holly (Cedric and Henson), a refuge for Black travelers navigating the upheaval of the Great Migration. Then a mysterious stranger arrives with his young daughter.
LOST BOYS
Palace Theater
First preview: March 27
Opening: April 26
Book by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch,
Music & lyrics by The Rescues (Kyler England, AG, Gabriel Mann),
Directed by Michael Arden
Cast: Shoshana Bean, LJ Benet, Ali Louis Bourzgui, Benjamin Pajak
The musical is based on the 1987 film, a supernatural horror-comedy directed by Joel Schumacher, which follows two teenage brothers who move with their divorced mother to the fictional town of Santa Carla, California, only to discover that the town is a haven for vampires.
ANNOUNCED BUT NO PRECISE DATES AND/OR VENUE YET
SUGAR DADDY
Cast:: Sam Morrison
Writer: Sam Morrison
Director: Stephen Brackett
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.
DOLLY: AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL
First Preview: 2026
Writers: Dolly Parton (book, music, and lyrics), Maria S. Schlatter (book)
Director: Bartlett Sher
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.
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
Writers: Jason Robert Brown (music & lyrics), Taylor Mac (book)
Director: Rob Ashford
A musical adaptation of John Berendt’s 1994 Pulitzer finalist novel about the eccentric denizens of Savannah, Georgia and a real-life vicious murder.
* Opening night is usually not the same as the first performance on Broadway. There is usually a “preview period” that can last days or weeks, sometimes months. But professional reviews are forbidden from being published until opening nigh. I organize this calendar by opening night as a way to support the continuing relevance of theater reviewing. Check out my updated article on this: What is Broadway Opening Night? How it’s changed, why it matters.
