Hari Nef, L Morgan Lee and Carl Clemons-Hopkins, three of the 50 performers cast in the fifth Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival
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Hari Nef, Taylor Trensch and Carl Clemons-Hopkins among 50 cast in the fifth Breaking the Binary festival

Hari Nef, Taylor Trensch, Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Marti Cummings are among the 50 performers now cast in the fifth Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival.

Tituss Burgess
Upcoming and New Shows

Tituss Burgess brings a one-night concert to 92NY on October 26

Tituss Burgess takes the stage at 92NY for one night only on Monday, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. in An Evening with Tituss Burgess. Tickets start at $55.

Dancers from Johnnie Cruise Mercer's company TheREDprojectNYC in performance
Upcoming and New Shows

Johnnie Cruise Mercer brings The Good News Suite to 92NY with a new ensemble premiere

Johnnie Cruise Mercer brings The Good News Suite to 92NY on Friday, October 16, and Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.m. The program includes the world premiere of a new ensemble piece, The Unforced Rhythms of Grace.

Spring Awakening key art for the Studio Seaview production
Off-Broadway News

Spring Awakening extends through April 2027 before its first performance at Studio Seaview

Eight weeks before its first performance, Danya Taymor’s Off-Broadway revival of Spring Awakening has extended its run at Studio Seaview through Sunday, April 4, 2027, on the back of the strongest on-sale the venue has…

John Behlmann, Norah Nunes, Katie Rose Clarke, Carrie St. Louis and Gabriel Ebert, the Broadway cast of DOLLY: A True Original Musical. Photo by Matthew Murphy
Broadway News

Katie Rose Clarke will play Dolly Parton on Broadway as DOLLY names its first five actors

Katie Rose Clarke will play Dolly Parton when DOLLY: A True Original Musical begins previews at the St. James Theatre on December 7, heading a first group of five principals whom Parton handpicked herself.

Cast artwork for Passing Strange at Pasadena Playhouse
Touring & Regional

Saycon Sengbloh, Ty Taylor and Britton Smith lead Passing Strange at Pasadena Playhouse

Ty Taylor, Britton Smith and Saycon Sengbloh will lead a 20th-anniversary production of Passing Strange at Pasadena Playhouse, running November 4–29 with opening night on Sunday, November 8.

Artwork for 1972 at American Repertory Theater
Touring & Regional

1972, Chadwick Stokes and Jessie Nelson’s rock opera, names its cast for A.R.T. in Cambridge

American Repertory Theater has named the company for the world premiere of 1972, a rock opera by Chadwick Stokes and Jessie Nelson that runs at Harvard’s Farkas Hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Tuesday, October 27…

Bryce Gerson, writer and performer of Hold. Photo by Peter Konerko
Off-Off-Broadway News

Hold and Unreached Things make their New York debuts at the Circle Theater Festival

Two writer-performers bring new plays to the third annual Circle Theater Festival at AMT Theater, October 26–November 15: Bryce Gerson's one-man thriller Hold and Chris Mathis's two-hander Unreached Things.

Artwork for John Proctor Is the Villain at American Conservatory Theater
Touring & Regional

John Proctor Is the Villain sets its West Coast cast for San Francisco, Seattle and Los Angeles

John Proctor Is the Villain begins its West Coast premiere at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco on November 12, the first of three stops for a rolling co-production that continues at Seattle Rep and at the…

Kenzie Ziegler in & Juliet on Broadway. Photo by Matthew Murphy
Broadway News

Photos: Anthony Gargiula, Spencer Sutherland and Kenzie Ziegler in & Juliet on Broadway

Kenzie Ziegler hangs in mid-leap in front of the neon title sign in the first production photographs of the newest arrivals in & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

Dancers in gold costumes in Christopher Williams’s La Rhétorique des Dieux, performed at Untermyer Gardens in 2025
Upcoming and New Shows

Christopher Williams brings a reimagined Spectre de la Rose to 92NY for its world premiere

Choreographer Christopher Williams premieres Spectre de la Rose at 92NY on October 29 and 30, the sixth piece in his long-running project of reworking the Ballets Russes repertoire, on a double bill with the New York…

Upcoming and New Shows

Etai Benson and Alexandra Socha premiere The Book of Steve, a Sondheim tribute, on October 5

Etai Benson and Alexandra Socha premiere The Book of Steve, their show built on the songs of Stephen Sondheim, at Union House: Center for Jewish Culture on October 5 at 7 p.m.

Dancers in red dresses in Concede What Remains, one of the works at Spark Theatre Festival NYC. Photo by Kevin Backman
Off-Off-Broadway News

Spark Theatre Festival NYC returns to The 28th Street Theatre with 67 new works

Three weeks, one building, 67 new pieces. Emerging Artists Theatre's Spark Theatre Festival NYC is back at The 28th Street Theatre from October 5 to 25, with the largest lineup the twice-yearly festival has programmed.

The company of Good Time Charlie at The Public Theater. Photo by Joan Marcus
Off-Broadway News

First look at Ryan J. Haddad’s Good Time Charlie at The Public

The Public Theater has released the first production photographs of Good Time Charlie, the new play by Ryan J. Haddad, now in previews in Martinson Hall ahead of its official opening on Friday, October 9.

Spiderwoman Theater in performance, an archival production photograph
Off-Off-Broadway News

La MaMa's Global Indigenous Theatre Festival marks 50 years of Spiderwoman Theater

Nine days, two stages, five events. La MaMa's Global Indigenous Theatre Festival runs October 30 to November 7 and brings companies from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Minneapolis to the East Village for Spiderwoman…

Key art for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on Broadway
Broadway News

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play brings Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty and Tituss Burgess to the Broadhurst

It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play will have its Broadway premiere at the Broadhurst Theatre this holiday season, with Andrew Rannells as George Bailey and Megan Hilty as Mary, in a strictly limited nine-week…

CELEBBRATION: the Fred Ebb Award concert at Symphony Space
Upcoming and New Shows

Santino Fontana and Taylor Iman Jones join CELEBBRATION, the Fred Ebb Award concert at Symphony Space

Ten years of Fred Ebb Award winners get one night on one stage. Prospect Musicals presents CELEBBRATION at Symphony Space on Thursday, October 8, at 7 p.m., with Santino Fontana, Taylor Iman Jones and 21 more performers…

Classic Stage Company cast graphic for Waiting for Lefty: headshots of Tala Ashe, Raffi Barsoumian, Austin Durant, Greg Hildreth, Adam Kantor, Doireann Mac Mahon, Zach McNally, Sahar Milani, Cameron Scoggins and Henry Stram
Off-Broadway News

Waiting for Lefty company meets the press before Classic Stage Company previews

Ten actors, one union hall. The company of Classic Stage Company's Waiting for Lefty has met the press, two weeks before Steven Pasquale's staging of the Clifford Odets play starts previews on October 15.

A scene from creation stories and all the important importants at LCT3’s Claire Tow Theater
Reviews & Roundups

Review Roundup: CREATION STORIES AND ALL THE IMPORTANT IMPORTANTS at the Claire Tow Theater

The first notices are in for creation stories and all the important importants, Mfoniso Udofia’s world premiere for LCT3, which opened at Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater on Thursday, October 1.

The first Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab writers at Lincoln Center Theater. Top row: Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear and Avery Deutsch. Bottom row: James Ijames, Martyna Majok and Ro Reddick. Photos of Majok by Zachary Maxwell Stertz and of Reddick by Dash Kolos
Off-Broadway News

Lincoln Center Theater launches the Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab with a $4.25M gift

Lincoln Center Theater has given new writing a home of its own: the Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab, funded by a $4.25M gift from The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation over five years.

Adrian Galante at the piano with Hilary Kole, Meecah and John Pagano in Going Bacharach. Photo by Russ Rowland
Off-Broadway News

Going Bacharach returns Off-Broadway at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater through November 29

A grand piano, a five-piece band in black tie and three singers out front: Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon is back Off-Broadway for an encore run at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, through November 29.

Stella Cole at the piano. Photo by Laurel Hinton
Broadway News

Stella Cole steps in as Gil Brentley in Maybe Happy Ending from October 20

The jazz singer Stella Cole will make her Broadway debut on Tuesday, October 20, stepping into the role of Gil Brentley in Maybe Happy Ending at the Belasco Theatre for a four-week engagement while Dez Duron takes a…

Marilu Henner and Shannon Purser in rehearsal for The Ask. Photo by Eran Zelixon
Off-Broadway News

Marilu Henner and Shannon Purser begin previews of The Ask at Theater 555 on October 6

Matthew Freeman’s two-hander The Ask moves up to a commercial Off-Broadway run at Theater 555, where previews start on Tuesday, October 6, with Marilu Henner as a wealthy donor and Shannon Purser as the fundraiser sent…

A scene from creation stories and all the important importants at LCT3’s Claire Tow Theater. Photo by Valerie Terranova
Off-Broadway News

First look at Mfoniso Udofia’s creation stories and all the important importants, opening tonight at LCT3

Lincoln Center Theater has released the first production photos of creation stories and all the important importants, the world premiere by Mfoniso Udofia, ahead of the play’s opening night tonight, Thursday, October 1…

Ben Levi Ross, Beth Leavel and Brad Oscar. Beth Leavel photo by Drift Studio NYC
Touring & Regional

Asolo Rep workshops a revised My Favorite Year in New York with Ben Levi Ross, Chris Hoch and Beth Leavel

Sarasota’s Asolo Repertory Theatre has taken a revised My Favorite Year to New York City this week. The developmental workshop of the musical by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Joseph Dougherty runs from September 25…

Little Shop of Horrors key art, with Audrey II in a flowerpot. Image courtesy of Little Shop of Horrors
Off-Broadway News

T.R. Knight and Hannah Cruz take over Little Shop of Horrors on October 27

T.R. Knight and Hannah Cruz take over Little Shop of Horrors at the Westside Theatre on October 27, succeeding Ethan Slater and Betsy Wolfe, who play Seymour and Audrey through October 25.

Artists from National Black Theatre's Keep SOUL Alive Development Series. Image courtesy of National Black Theatre
Off-Off-Broadway News

National Black Theatre names five artists to its 2026 SOUL Series LAB

National Black Theatre has named five artists to its 2026 SOUL Series LAB cohort: three playwrights, a director and a producer, each starting a residency at the Harlem company.

Emma Busse as Gretta and Kevin William Paul as Max in Begin Again at The Old Globe. Photo by Jeff Lorch
Touring & Regional

Begin Again, the musical built on Train’s songs, now runs through October 18 at the Old Globe

Begin Again, the new musical built on songs by Pat Monahan and the band Train, now plays The Old Globe in San Diego through October 18, a week beyond the October 11 closing the theater gave when it announced the cast in…

The company of the 2025 North American tour of Elf The Musical. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for Murphymade
Touring & Regional

Jack Ducat is Buddy as Elf The Musical sets its 2026 US tour cast

Jack Ducat will play Buddy in the new US tour of Elf The Musical, which takes to the road this holiday season with a company of 23.

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? key art, Arena Stage
Touring & Regional

Arena Stage casts Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, Anna D. Shapiro’s City Center revival, from October 17

Washington, DC, gets the Off-Broadway revival of Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? next. Arena Stage has named an 11-strong company for Anna D.

Michael Mulheren and Victoria Clark sitting on cushions on the floor of the research tent in Human Things at the West End Theatre. Photo by Emilio Madrid
Reviews & Roundups

Review Roundup: HUMAN THINGS at the West End Theatre

The reviews are in for Human Things, the first play by Joshua Owen to reach Off-Broadway, which opened on September 25 at the West End Theatre on West 86th Street in a staging by Rory McGregor.

Key art for Elektra, directed by Daniel Fish, at Theatre for a New Audience
Off-Broadway News

Tina Benko leads Daniel Fish's Elektra at Theatre for a New Audience, with Rebecca Naomi Jones

Tina Benko will play the title role in Theatre for a New Audience's Elektra, directed by Daniel Fish, at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn from November 10 to December 6.

Jenna Perez, Kalilah Black, Kyle Sherman, Daisy Carnelia and Kiani Nelson in a TheaterWorksUSA staging of the Questioneers musical. Photo by Jeremy Daniel
Off-Broadway News

The Questioneers musical opens the New Victory’s 2026-27 season on October 17

An engineer, an architect and a scientist, all of them in second grade: the New Victory Theater starts its 2026-27 season on Saturday, October 17, with Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, and Iggy Peck: The Questioneers!, a…

Key art for Triumph by Caryl Churchill at The Public Theater
Off-Broadway News

Caryl Churchill's Triumph heads nine additions to The Public's 2026-27 season

The Public Theater has added nine projects to its 2026-27 season, taking the total to 18, one of the largest in its history.

Fantasma key art, Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters
Off-Broadway News

Primary Stages casts Benjamin Benne’s Fantasma, at 59E59 from November 7

Primary Stages has cast Benjamin Benne's Fantasma, a Christmas Eve play about three generations of women and a family recipe, which runs at 59E59 Theaters from November 7 to December 20 under the direction of Laurie…

Andrey Burkovskiy and Chulpan Khamatova, dusty and wide-eyed, leaning over a balcony rail in Delirium at the Space at Irondale. Photo by Austin Ruffer
Reviews & Roundups

Review Roundup: DELIRIUM at the Space at Irondale

The reviews are in for Delirium, Igor Golyak’s adaptation of Eugène Ionesco’s 1962 Frenzy for Two, or More, which his Arlekin Players Theatre brought to Brooklyn’s Space at Irondale after a Boston-area run this summer…

Heidi Blickenstaff, Drew Gehling and Joaquina Kalukango, who star in The Heart. Headshots courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company
Off-Broadway News

The Heart, Roundabout’s musical of Réparer les vivants, begins previews October 8

Roundabout Theatre Company starts previews of The Heart at the Laura Pels Theatre on Thursday, October 8. The musical, drawn from Maylis de Kerangal's 2014 novel Réparer les vivants, plays a limited run through December…

The Hairy Ape key art, Irish Repertory Theatre
Off-Broadway News

Jon Beavers is Yank as Irish Rep revives The Hairy Ape, opening October 4

The Hairy Ape is back on West 22nd Street. Irish Repertory Theatre began previews of Eugene O'Neill's 1922 play on September 25, with Jon Beavers as Yank, and opens it on Sunday, October 4, for a run through November 15.

Phillipa Soo. Photo by JJ Geiger
Off-Broadway News

Phillipa Soo takes over as A in Pre-Existing Condition through October 17

Phillipa Soo is now playing A in Pre-Existing Condition at the Greenwich House Theater, the second of six actors to take the role during the play's Off-Broadway return. Her stint runs through Saturday, October 17.