Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop. Spelling Bee) will star as Maria in the second-ever Broadway revival of “The Sound of Music” part of a thrilling new season at Lincoln Center Theater, which includes Bradley Whitford in Aaron Sorkin’s “A Few Good Men,” and Matthew Rhys in “Playing Burton.” (see video below.) Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis will bring their concept album “The Warriors” to Broadway. François Arnaud (“Heated Rivalry”) will make his Broadway debut in a revival of Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain”
These shows, among the spate of announcements this past week, are months away, but frankly easier to celebrate than America’s 250th birthday at the end of the week, given all the…green water in Washington.
Still, it is hard to resist the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, which for the first time will be launched from three locations simultaneously: the Brooklyn Bridge, the lower East River, and the lower Hudson River. And I plan to check out 250 Years of the United States at the New York Public Library (main branch).
But I’m also looking forward to Tony-winner Sarah Jones’s solo show, announced this week for New York in September: “America: Who Hurt You?”
Theater Quiz for June 2026: Pride, Politics and Prizes
The Week in New York Theater Reviews
In “Music City,” a musical about struggling county singer-songwriters, we’re supposed to feel immersed in a cramped and crowded honky-tonk, but I felt transported to “Nashville,” not the town so much as the old TV series, a primetime soap opera with some really catchy country music…You don’t have to be a country music fan to enjoy “Music City.” A terrific seven-member cast puts over JT Harding’s songs in lively musical numbers that are well-integrated into a coherent (if soapy) work of theater…
Criminal Queerness Festival: Syrian Soap
Zaalan turns out to be crafty in employing her anarchic antics to reflect on the effects of exile, and the violence of the Syrian Revolution, in ways that were at times as poignant as playful.
The Week in New York Theater News
Death Becomes Her, The Fear of 13, and Giant all closed on Sunday, June 28, leaving 29 that are currently running on Broadway (some closing soon.) Nothing new is scheduled to open on Broadway until mid-September:
Broadway 2026 2027 Season Preview Guide (The guide only includes shows that already have a nailed venue and a specified opening date. So “Warriors” and “Three Days of Rain,” mentioned above e, aren’t included yet.)
War on Culture
Manhattan Borough President Gives $50 Million to N.Y.C. Arts Groups (NY Times)
In allocating the borough’s discretionary budget entirely to cultural projects, Brad Hoylman-Sigal said he wanted to send a message to President Trump about the need to keep arts funding.
Among the theater recipients:
Playwrights Horizons, which received $250,000 to build a backstage elevator for accessibility.
The Public Theater, which eceived a $1 million capital allocation to fund critical facility improvements and reconstruction both in Central Park and downtown
Roundabout Theater Company, $1 million
Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center: $250,000
Theater for the New City Foundation, $134,000.
Little Island’s summer season features “Marina,” an undersea saga by Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez, the Tony winner Qween Jean’s returning Summer Legacy Ball. as well as Justin Vivian Bond and opera polymath Anthony Roth Costanzo. (NYTimes: Little Island Significantly Scales Back Its Summer Schedule)
Broadway in Bryant Park: 2026 Free Summer Concert Schedule, plus A Look Back
Heathers the Musical, in its fourth and final extension, will now close November 8
Theater for a New Audience 2026-2027 season
North American PremiereNational Black Theatre & Theatre for a New Audience
In Association with Foment Productions & Jayson Jackson present
AMERICA, WHO HURT YOU?
Written and performed by Sarah Jones
Directed by Eric Ting
September 11 – 27, 2026
Jones embodies a remarkable cast of characters spanning 250 years of America’s history. Through her singular blend of comedy, storytelling, and transformation, she invites us to reckon with the myths we inherit, the realities we share, and the future we are creating together.
ELEKTRA
New York Premiere
By Sophokles | Translated by Anne Carson
Music by Ted Hearne
Directed by Daniel Fish
November 10 – December 6, 2026
HONOR, AN ARTIST LECTURE BY SUZANNE BOCANEGRA STARRING LILI TAYLOR
Conceived, written and performed by Suzanne Bocanegra
Starring Lili Taylor
Directed by Geoff Sobelle
Presented in partnership with Under the Radar Festival 2027
January 13 – 31, 2027
KING LEAR
By William Shakespeare
Featuring John Douglas Thompson
Directed by Arin Arbus
February 28 – March 28, 2027
In Memoriam
Harold Wheeler, 82, Tony-winning Broadway orchestrator, composer, and longtime musical director of “Dancing With the Stars,”
Clive Davis, 94, “hit making titan of the music industry” who helped Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys. He was also a two-time Broadway producer, including the Tony-nominated “Leader of the Pack”
The Week’s Theater Video
Lincoln Center’s artful 2026-2027 season announcement
The Jimmy Awards opening and closing numbers
