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All about the 17 musicals and plays starting before the end of the year
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The stars are back on Broadway this fall: Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale and James Corden in a revival of the comedy Art; Keanu Reeves and his Bill & Ted buddy Alex Winter in director Jamie Lloyd's radical take on Waiting for Godot; Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham in a new musical by Stephen Schwartz; and Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit in a rare revival of the musical Chess.
There are also buzzy transfers, including the musical romance Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) from London and two Off-Broadway hits from last season: City Center's moving mounting of Ragtime and Roundabout Theatre Company's acclaimed play Liberation.
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NOTE: Shows are listed in first preview date order within each category.
Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway between 50th and 51st Streets
Previews begin August 2. Opens August 14. Closes February 1, 2026.
A quarter century after it became a Broadway blockbuster, the musical rom-com Mamma Mia! returns to the Winter Garden Theatre for a limited run. Set to the hit songs of ABBA, this crowd-pleaser centers on a spirited single mom and her 20-year-old daughter, who's desperate to discover the identity of her father before she weds. Turns out she has three possible dads so she invites them all to the ceremony! This is an extended stop for the touring production, so it's essentially the same show that racked up five Tony nominations in 2002. Feel-good nostalgia and escapism at this fraught moment? Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
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Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 West 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue
Previews begin September 26. Opens October 16. Closes June 14, 2026.
After a sold-out run at New York City Center last fall, this acclaimed revival of Ragtime transfers to Broadway for a limited run. Helmed by Lear deBessonet, who chose the show as her inaugural production as Lincoln Center Theater's new artistic director, the musical is a breathtaking portrait of three diverse families at the turn of the 20th century, all pursuing the American Dream. Based on E.L. Doctorow's novel and featuring glorious songs by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, this mounting boasts the same incredible cast from Off Broadway, including Joshua Henry as Coalhouse Walker Jr., Nichelle Lewis as Sarah, Caissie Levy as Mother, Tony winner Brandon Uranowitz as Tateh and Tony winner Shaina Taub as activist Emma Goldman.
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Palace Theatre, 160 West 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Begins October 8. Closes January 3, 2026. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Talk about being raised from the dead! This haunting musical comedy inspired by Tim Burton's popular 1988 movie is getting a third life on Broadway just in time for Halloween. Like Mamma Mia!, this is an extended stop for the touring production, so expect some déjà boo as a raunchy ghost tries to help a pair of newlydeads scare off the family that moved into their house, including the strange and unusual teen Lydia Deetz.
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St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin October 8. Opens November 9. Closes January 4, 2026. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway in a new musical that reunites her with Wicked songwriter Stephen Schwartz. The Queen of Versailles chronicles the real-life rise, fall and resurrection of Jackie Siegel, an Orlando socialite obsessed with building her own lavish, Louis XIV-style castle with the support of her indulgent hubby, played by Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham. Tony winner Michael Arden directs the production, which had a well-received tryout in Boston last year.
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Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin October 15. Opens November 16. Closes May 3, 2026.
Tony winner Aaron Tveit, Glee diva Lea Michele and up-and-comer Nicholas Christopher headline this highly anticipated revival of the musical Chess, which had a brief run on Broadway in 1988 but has developed quite the cult following in the ensuing decades. The adventurous score, by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyricist Tim Rice, even spawned a hit single: "One Night in Bangkok." But Rice's heavy-handed script, a Cold War allegory about a woman torn between two chess players, one American, the other Russian, did not fare as well. This production features a brand-new book by Emmy-winning Dopesick writer Danny Strong and direction by Tony winner Michael Mayer. Hopefully, it's a winning strategy.
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Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
Previews begin November 1. Opens November 20. Open run.
Following well-reviewed runs in London and at American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts, this musical rom-com comes to Broadway. Cheery Brit Dougal arrives in NYC at Christmastime to attend the wedding of the father he's never met. The bride's cynical younger sister, Robin, fetches him from the airport. How long before these opposites attract? Christiani Pitts (King Kong) and Sam Tutty, who's been with the show since the UK, star in this charming two-hander written by newcomers Jim Barne and Kit Buchan.
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Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin August 5. Opens August 18. Closes September 28.
Insult master Jeff Ross, hilarious host of all those Comedy Central Roasts, comes to Broadway in Take a Banana for the Ride, his poignant and personal solo show. Ross shares punch-line-filled portraits of the people (and pooches) who shaped him, including his deceased parents and grandfather as well as three late comic legends: Norm MacDonald, Bob Saget and Gilbert Gottfried. There are also profanity-laden songs and a chance to get roasted!
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Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin August 28. Opens September 16. Closes December 21.
Bobby Cannavale and Tony winners James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris star in a Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza's popular play about an overpriced painting that disrupts a longtime three-way friendship. Scott Ellis directs this wickedly funny comedy exploring how art—and affection—are in the eye of the beholder.
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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
Previews begin September 9. Opens September 29. Closes November 2.
James Graham's new play literally packs a punch—it's the true story of a young British hellion (Will Harrison), who decks and kills a stranger one drink-and-drug-fueled night. Based on Jacob Dunne's powerful memoir Right from Wrong, the ensemble drama delves into his life before and after the incident, and how connecting with his victim's parents set him on a path to redemption. Following celebrated runs in the UK, Punch comes to Broadway in a new production courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club and Nottingham Playhouse, directed by Adam Penford.
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Hudson Theatre, 141 West 44th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
Previews begin September 13. Opens September 28. Closes January 4, 2026.
It's Bill & Ted's absurdist adventure! Erstwhile costars and longtime pals Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter star as talkative but trapped tramps Estragon and Vladimir in a new production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot directed by Tony winner Jamie Lloyd, known for his radical reinventions of classics (A Doll's House with Jessica Chastain, Betrayal with Tom Hiddleston, the recent Sunset Blvd.). We're excited to watch them wait in vain for three hours!
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Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin October 7. Opens October 30. Closes February 15, 2026. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Following a rave-reviewed world premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company last year, Little Bear Ridge Road comes to NYC, marking the Broadway debut of celebrated playwright Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale, Grangeville) and the return of embattled producer Scott Rudin. Like all of Hunter's oeuvre, the play is set in rural Idaho, where a prickly recluse (two-time Tony winner Laurie Metcalf) reunites with her gay nephew (Micah Stock) in the wake of a family death. Joe Mantello directs this quietly devastating piece about ordinary folks trying to navigate trauma, disappointment and loss.
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James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 West 48th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews begin October 8. Opens October 28. Closes January 11, 2026. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
After an award-winning world premiere Off Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company last season, Bess Wohl's Liberation transfers to Broadway. Provocatively subtitled "A Memory Play About Things I Don't Remember," this fiercely funny and feminist work explores the lives and legacies of six women who start a consciousness-raising group at an Ohio rec center in 1970. Tony nominee Whitney White once again directs the superb ensemble cast. Note: Due to nudity, all phones will be locked up in Yondr pouches.
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Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin October 28. Opens November 11. Closes November 16.
Here's a cool trick: a popular magician and the Muppets are teaming up for a Broadway spectacle that runs over the holidays. Known for his jaw-dropping illusions, Rob Lake came to fame on America's Got Talent, but adding Kermit and the gang gives him an edge over his peers. While no writer or director is credited, Ginger Twinsies creator Kevin Zak is the script consultant, so we expect some camp to go along with the conjuring.
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Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
Previews begin October 30. Opens November 13. Closes February 8, 2026.
Writer-director Robert Icke's reinvention of Sophocles' tragedy was a smash in London, now it comes to Broadway with its British stage stars, Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, intact. Reimagined as a modern-day thriller that counts down to its ancient infamous revelation, it takes place on election night as brash politician Oedipus and his wife Jocasta await election results.
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Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin November 20. Opens December 8. Closes February 15, 2026.
In 2015, Playwrights Horizons presented Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime, an insightful meditation on memory, mortality, identity and our evolving role as humans in the technological age. Over the past decade, especially with the rise of AI, its themes have only become more urgent, and Second Stage is wise to bring it back. June Squibb stars as the title character, a forgetful octogenarian who reminisces about her life with a robot who knows all about her as her strident daughter (Tony winner Cynthia Nixon) and her empathetic son-in-law (Tony winner Danny Burstein) look on. Anne Kauffman directs this unforgettable play.
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Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Begins December 12. Closes March 8, 2026.
The same team behind last season's All In: Comedy About Love reunite for All Out: Comedy About Ambition. Like the previous show, this is essentially starry readings of humorous stories by Simon Rich, produced by SNL creator Lorne Michaels and directed by Alex Timbers. The rotating cast includes Jon Stewart (December 12-December 21), Wayne Brady (December 29-January 18), Cecily Strong (December 29–January 18), Heidi Gardner (January 20-February 15), Sarah Silverman (January 20–February 15) and Ray Romano (February 17-March 8) with more celebs to be announced. The soul-pop band Lawrence, featuring Just in Time Tony nominee Gracie Lawrence, provides live music.
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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
Previews begin December 17. Opens January 8, 2026. Closes February 8, 2026.
Another production that originated at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, this mounting of Tracy Letts' 30-year-old psychological thriller Bug stars his wife, the in-demand Carrie Coon (The White Lotus, The Gilded Age) and Namir Smallwood as a couple holed up in an Oklahoma motel room who descend into paranoia and madness. Tony winner David Cromer (The Band's Visit; Good Night, and Good Luck) directs the production for Manhattan Theatre Club.
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