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Sean Hayes in rehearsal for The Unknown, which begins performances Off Broadway this month. Photo by Austin Ruffer.
Catch Sean Hayes in a new solo show, Katrina Lenk in Threepenny Opera, a new dance musical and more
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January is typically a quiet month Off Broadway, but not this year! In addition to a slew of eclectic theatre festivals, there are a host of promising productions bowing beyond Broadway this month, including a new thriller with Tony winner Sean Hayes, a fresh adaptation of Threepenny Opera led by Broadway favorites Katrina Lenk and George Abud, a new dance musical from TikTok stars Cost n' Mayor and a shocking riff on Antigone from London's National Theatre. We couldn't include everything, so be sure to browse the listings in TDF's Show Finder to see what else is playing.
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Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street in the West Village
Previews begin January 8. Opens January 15. Closes February 14.
Award-winning playwright and director Erica Schmidt (the all-female Mac Beth, A Month in the Country) is happily married to Emmy-winning actor Peter Dinklage. Still, you have to wonder if their lives at least in part inspired her new comedy The Disappear, about a beloved A-list couple suddenly thrown into unexpected and hilarious chaos. An exploration of fame, marriage and identity, the play stars Hamish Linklater and Tony winner Miriam Silverman as the central spouses.
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Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher Street between Bleecker and Hudson Streets in the West Village
Previews begin January 9. Opens January 25. Closes March 29. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Matthew Libby began writing Data seven years ago when AI surveillance was still in its infancy. With the terrifying ethical implications of this tech now dominating headlines, it's an unsettling moment for his play to make its NYC debut. When a pair of programmers of Asian descent (Justin H. Min and Karan Brar) realize their work will be used to help the US government track and deport immigrants, they grapple with what to do. Should they upend the system or keep their heads down? Tyne Rafaeli directs this timely thriller, which has been updated to reflect our current AI reality.
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59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues in Midtown East
Begins January 10. Closes February 15.
A hit for New Jersey Repertory Company in 2024, Michael Walek's The Bookstore is a moving play chronicling a dramatic year in the lives of four lit lovers working at an indie NYC bookshop in 2017. As these bibliophiles bond, banter and bicker over the written word, they also grapple with illness, envy and the challenges of running a small business. William Carden directs.
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The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street at Astor Place in the East Village
Previews begin January 13. Opens January 25. Closes February 15.
The groundbreaking theatre ensemble Elevator Repair Service is known for its ambitious literary adaptations. But fans of the troupe's eight-hour Gatz should know its acclaimed take on James Joyce's epic Ulysses is much more streamlined—just two and a half hours to chronicle a day in the life of Leopold Bloom! The novel's 18 episodes are all evoked in this episodic interpretation of the controversial century-old tome, which comes to The Public Theater as part of the Under the Radar festival. Note: If you're feeling lucky, try entering the digital lottery to win free tickets to the first preview on Tuesday, January 13. Details are on The Public's site.
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Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street between Ninth and Dyer Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin January 14. Opens January 26. Closes February 8.
As part of the Under the Radar fest, playwright-performer Anne Gridley brings her solo show Watch Me Walk to Soho Rep. The two-time Obie winner has a rare and incurable disease and while she hasn't let it hold her back, it definitely impacts her life and how she's perceived in our ableist world. She's ready to rant about it in this humorous, hard-hitting stage memoir. If you want to see this on the cheap, try the 99-Cent Sunday performance on February 1—tickets are sold in person, first come, first served.
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The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, 511 West 52nd Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin January 15. Opens January 27. Closes February 28. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Prolific British playwright Joe White makes his New York debut with his Oliver-nominated bombed-com Blackout Songs, about a couple spiraling into alcohol addiction. As their memory and stability erode over a decade, they stagger toward a scary-tale ending. Screen actors Abbey Lee and Owen Teague star.
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The York Theatre Company at Theatre at St. Jean's, 150 East 76th Street near Lexington Avenue on the Upper East Side
Begins January 15. Closes January 25.
Broadway vet George Abud (The Band's Visit, Lempicka) puts a contemporary spin on Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's classic Threepenny Opera, which offers a disturbingly timely critique of a society coming apart at the seams. Abud adapts, directs and stars as seductive criminal Macheath, Tony winner Katrina Lenk is Pirate Jenny, and Tony nominees Barbara Walsh and Mary Testa are Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown, respectively.
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Perelman Performing Arts Center, 251 Fulton Street at the intersection of Vesey and Greenwich Streets in the Financial District
Begins January 21. Closes February 1. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
The events of January 26, 1788 are known as Australia Day or Invasion Day, depending on your point of view. That's when British ships first arrived at Sydney Cove and began to colonize the country. The Visitors dissects that fateful day when Aboriginal leaders needed to make a decision about whether to welcome or warn off the strangers. Jane Harrison's compelling and meticulously researched play makes its US debut at the Perelman Performing Arts Center as part of the Under the Radar festival.
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New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin January 23. Opens February 11. Closes March 15.
Subtitled "A Sibling Love Story," this two-hander is written and directed by Ngozi Anyanwu (Good Grief, The Homecoming Queen) and centers on a brother and sister who share the same father and the same dream: to become world-renowned Mixed Martial Arts fighters. Hamilton's Okierete Onaodowan and Aigner Mizzelle reprise their highly physical performances from the play's NJ premiere as siblings who reunite after 16 years to parse their trouble pasts and forge some kind of future. Manhattan Theatre Club and Two River Theater co-produce.
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Orpheum Theatre, 126 Second Avenue at 8th Street in the East Village
Previews begin January 28. Opens February 11. Closes March 1.
Married TikTok favorites Cost n' Mayor (aka Austin and Marideth Telenko) are behind this new dance musical 11 to Midnight about a group of friends and lovers counting down to the New Year at a raucous, pop -filled party. The moves they make on the floor—and each other—are fresh and fabulous. The couple stars alongside five high-energy hoofers.
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A.R.T./New York Theatres, 502 West 53rd Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in Midtown West
Previews January 29. Opens February 8. Closes March 1.
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Richard Chang's cheekily titled solo show Ai Yah Goy Vey!, about a Chinese takeout deliveryman in NYC in search of his long-long dad. Filled with outrageous characters and lots of comedy, songs, even some puppets, this exploration of family and identity is as playful as its colorful subtitle: "Adventures of a Dim Son in Search of His Wanton Father."
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The Shed, 545 West 30th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in Hudson Yards
Previews begin January 30. Opens February 5. Closes March 1.
Alexander Zeldin wrote and directs this riveting riff on Sophocles' tragedy Antigone as a modern-day woman grapples with all-consuming grief and her fraught relationship with her uncle on the one-year anniversary of her father's death. Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon) and The Crown's Tobias Menzies reprise their lauded performances from London's National Theatre production, which arrives in NYC courtesy of The Shed.
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Studio Seaview, 305 West 43rd Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin January 31. Opens February 12. Closes April 12.
Sean Hayes returns to the NYC stage in this intriguing solo thriller by Obie winner David Cale (Harry Clarke, We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time) about a writer who is losing his ability to work... and maybe also his mind. Holed up at a remote cabin, he starts to wonder if he's not alone. Cale is a master of mysterious narratives that never end up where you expect! Tony nominee Leigh Silverman directs.
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