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

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

The Apple Boys key art. Key art by Scott Stowell
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The Apple Boys sets its Off-Broadway premiere at the Duke on 42nd Street

The Apple Boys, a musical comedy set among the sideshows and hot dog stands of Gilded Age Coney Island, arrives Off-Broadway this winter at the Duke on 42nd Street, with previews from Tuesday, February 16, 2027.

Bill Rauch, Zhailon Levingston, Troy Kotsur and Eva Price at Deaf West Theatre’s 35th-anniversary gala at Joe’s Pub. Photo by Curtis Brown
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Deaf West Theatre marks 35 years with its first New York gala at Joe’s Pub

Four honorees in front of a wall of logos: Deaf West Theatre brought its 35th birthday to New York on Monday, September 28, with One Night in New York at Joe’s Pub, the Los Angeles company’s first gala in the city.

Left to right: Laura Maria Censabella, Colette Robert, Audley Puglisi and abigail jean-baptiste. Photos by Jeff Colen Photography, Daniel J Vasquez and Annika Hansteen-Izora; jean-baptiste courtesy of Ensemble Studio Theatre
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Ensemble Studio Theatre Sets Beyond Words and lucky/bird for Its 58th Season

Ensemble Studio Theatre will open its 58th season with the New York premiere of Beyond Words, Laura Maria Censabella's play about a Harvard researcher and the African grey parrot she taught to talk, and follow it in the…