The Broadway Spring season promises familiar stars in familiar shows, although both some of the stars and some of the shows are making their Broadway debuts. 

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf return in “Death of a Salesman” — his 27th turn on Broadway, her 12th, the play’s seventh.

Daniel Radcliffe is returning solo for his sixth Broadway show, “Every Brilliant Thing,” which is on Broadway for the first time after hit runs in London and Off-Broadway.

Alex Brightman returns to Broadway for the tenth time, Kelli O’Hara for the 15th, André De Shields for the 16th (if you count his two gigs as choreographer) John Lithgow (like Lane) for the 27th.

But Don Cheadle is making his Broadway debut along with fellow newcomers Ayo Edebiri and Samara Wiley in the sophomore Broadway production of David Auburn’s “Proof.” Taraji P. Henson will debut in the third Broadway production of August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, both from the series “The Bear” and both making their debuts, star in Stephen Adly Giurgis’ new stage adaptation of “Dog Day Afternoon.” Adrien Brody is making his Broadway debut in a new play, based on a documentary film, “The Fear of 13.”

Of the 17 shows scheduled to open on Broadway from January to April, 2026, eleven are plays and six are musicals; six are Broadway revivals and eleven are new to Broadway — although three of those eleven were first produced elsewhere from 13 to 30 years ago, and another four are stage adaptations of movies and a TV series.

The most positive spin on Broadway Spring 2026 would characterize it as a season of classics and golden oldies, including two winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Below are details, with links to their websites, of the shows opening on Broadway from January to April, 2026, going chronologically by opening dates*. This post is continually updated (Updated April 5)

JANUARY

Bug
MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theater
First preview: December 17
Opening: January 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. My review of Bug

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, first produced in 2013, about a boy who begins writing a list of ‘everything worth living for’ to cheer up his suicidal mom.”  . My review of the Broadway production.

Giant
Music Box Theater
First preview: March 11
Opening: March 23
Closing: June 28
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. My review of Giant.

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. My review of Dog Day Afternoon.

APRIL

Becky Shaw
Second Stage’s Hayes Theater
First preview: March 18, 2026
Opening: April 6
Closing: June 14
Written by Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Trip Cullman
Cast: Patrick Ball, Madeline Brewer, Alden Ehrenreich, Linda Emond, Lauren Patten
The Broadway debut of the 2008 comedy about a blind date spiraling spectacularly off the rails.

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. The cast, some of them veterans of the Ballroom scene, is largely intact in its transfer to Broadway.

Death of a Salesman
Winter Garden Theater
First preview: March 6
Opening: April 9
Closing: August 9
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Joe Mantello
Cast: Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott, Ben Ahlers
The seventh Broadway production of the 1949 Tony- and Pulitzer-winning 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.

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, Samira Wiley, Jin Ha
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. Two upper-class wives, their husbands away for the day, share a few toasts to their pre-marital dalliances—with the same man, who just may be en route from France to visit.

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
MTC’s 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, Anika Noni Rose 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 1973 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 Broadway production of August Wilson’s 1984 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.

*Opening Night

Opening night is 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 night, which is why I organize this calendar by opening night rather than first performance, as a way to support the continuing relevance of theater reviewing.
Check out my article: What is Broadway Opening Night? How it’s changed, why it matters.