This is a schedule of upcoming off-Broadway shows, organized by opening date. To view all off-Broadway shows, upcoming and currently running, check out our off-Broadway listings page.
CHINESE REPUBLICANS
• Roundabout Theatre Company/Laura Pels Theatre
• First Preview: February 5, 2026
• Opening: February 26, 2026
• Playwright: Alex Lin
• Director: Chay Yew
• Cast: Jennifer Ikeda, Ben Langhorst, Jully Lee, Jodi Long, Anna Zavelson
Three high-powered businesswomen meet for lunch every month to discuss their latest career triumphs, as they’ve done for decades. But the group is jolted when Katie, a bright-eyed 24-year-old new to the workforce, joins to navigate the world of corporate finance. As each of the women attempts to steer Katie towards what they’re certain is best, they’re forced to grapple with how much they already have and are willing to sacrifice to climb the corporate ladder.
BIGFOOT!
• New York City Center/Stage I
• First Preview: February 11, 2026
• Opening: March 1, 2026
• Book: Amber Ruffin & Kevin Sciretta
• Music: David A. Schmoll
• Lyrics: Amber Ruffin
• Director: Danny Mefford
• Cast: Grey Henson, Jade Jones, Crystal Lucas-Perry, Katerina McCrimmon, Alex Moffat, Jason Tam
Set in the town of Muddirt, a glow-in-the-dark oasis that exists somewhere between a chemical dump site and a nuclear power plant, BIGFOOT! is a larger-than-life musical tale of corrupt politicians, small-town paranoia and misunderstood youth. When that youth happens to be eight feet tall, innocent and in dire need of electrolysis, it makes him more than a target. It makes him the subject of a can’t-myth musical comedy.
NIGHT SIDE SONGS
• LCT3/Claire Tow Theater
• First Preview: February 14, 2026
• Opening: March 1, 2026
• Book, Music and Lyrics: The Lazours
• Director: Taibi Magar
• Cast: Robin de Jesús, Brooke Ishibashi, Jonathan Raviv, Kris Saint-Louis, Mary Testa
Night Side Songs amplifies the voices of those who navigate the complexities of health—patients, caregivers, and medical professionals alike. What emerges is a moving portrait of how we show up for one another. How love can be the most powerful medicine.
WHAT WE DID BEFORE OUR MOTH DAYS
• Greenwich House Theater
• First Preview: February 4, 2026
• Opening: March 5, 2026
• Playwright: Wallace Shawn
• Director: André Gregory
• Cast: Hope Davis, Maria Dizzia, John Early, Josh Hamilton
Set in an urban world of intelligent and somewhat gentle middle-class people, a father, mother, son, and the long-time mistress of the father tell the intimate story of their lives. Wallace Shawn, a student of morality whose plays have brought us frank truths about politics and sexuality, here takes on the subject of love — suffocating and freeing — and the kaleidoscopic journeys we make through remorse, sorrow, resentment, and joy.
ABOUT TIME
• Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
• First Preview: February 27, 2026
• Opening: March 8, 2026
• Book & Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.
• Music: David Shire
• Director: Richard Maltby, Jr.
• Cast: Allyson Kaye Daniel, Darius De Haas, Daniel Jenkins, Eddie Korbich, Sally Wilfert
After a lifetime spent creating some of musical theater’s funniest, most soaring and heartwarming songs, Tony® winner Richard Maltby, Jr. and Oscar® and Grammy® winner David Shire return to the stage with their most personal and affecting show yet. From long-ago love affairs to buried ambitions, to lost keys and tech-savvy grandkids, ABOUT TIME is a funny and touching new musical revue about life, love, and laughter in your third act.
COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE
• MCC Theater/Newman Mills Theater
• First Preview: February 21, 2026
• Opening: March 10, 2026
• Writer: Ro Reddick (book, music, and lyrics)
• Director: Knud Adams
• Cast: Alana Raquel Bowers, Will Cobbs, Crystal Finn, Andy Lucien, Grace McLean, Lizan Mitchell, Suzzy Roche, Nina Ross, Ellen Winter
A young girl is embroiled in intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays. A fugue of Reaganomics, espionage, roller disco, and cults—underscored by the cryptic Syracuse, NY chapter of the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus.
ANTIGONE (THIS PLAY I READ IN HIGH SCHOOL)
• The Public Theater/Barbaralee Theater
• First Preview: February 26, 2026
• Opening: March 11, 2026
• Playwright: Anna Ziegler
• Director: Tyne Rafaeli
• Cast: Ethan Dubin, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Katie Kreisler, Susannah Perkins, Dave Quay, Tony Shalhoub, Calvin Leon Smith, Haley Wong
A riveting take on Sophocles’ classic, this lyrical epic follows a fiercely independent young woman determined to control her own body in a kingdom ruled by archaic laws that regulate women’s autonomy. Incisively witty and breathtakingly intelligent, Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) paints a world that is both modern and ancient; a world of lost leaders, hapless cops, and one very righteous daughter on an all-night bender.
BUGHOUSE
• Vineyard Theatre
• First Preview: February 24, 2026
• Opening: March 11, 2026
• Playwright: Beth Henley
• Director: Martha Clarke
• Cast: John Kelly
Bughouse brings us inside the mind of one of the 20th century’s most startling outsider artists, Henry Darger — a reclusive janitor whose extraordinary body of paintings and writings was only fully discovered after his death. In his cramped Chicago apartment, Darger created a vast, fantastical universe, filled with child warriors, epic battles, and haunting beauty – an alternate reality through which he could escape his own.
ULSTER AMERICAN
• Irish Repertory Theatre/Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage
• First Preview: March 6, 2026
• Opening: March 15, 2026
• Playwright: David Ireland
• Director: Ciarán O'Reilly
• Cast: Max Baker, Matthew Broderick, Geraldine Hughes
On the evening before rehearsals begin for her new work, Ulster-born playwright Ruth Davenport visits the home of English director Leigh Carver, along with Oscar-winning Hollywood star Jay Conway who has just arrived in London to star in the world premiere. What begins as a cordial gathering to discuss the upcoming production quickly descends into a brutal psychological brawl as egos, ideologies, and historical baggage collide.
MY JOY IS HEAVY
• New York Theatre Workshop
• First Preview: February 25, 2026
• Opening: March 17, 2026
• Writers: The Bengsons (book, music, and lyrics)
• Director: Rachel Chavkin
• Cast: Shaun Bengson, Abigail Bengson
My Joy is Heavy is a deeply personal portrait of a young family yearning for connection amidst the loss of a pregnancy in rural isolation. Surrounded by snow and wrapped in loneliness, they uncover the unexpected joys and humor that can emerge in the wake of loss.
THE WILD PARTY
• New York City Center
• Opening: March 18, 2026
• Book: Michael John LaChiusa & George C. Wolfe
• Music & Lyrics: Michael John LaChiusa
• Director: Lili-Anne Brown
• Cast: Jelani Alladin, Wesley J. Barnes, Joseph A. Byrd, Jordan Donica, Claybourne Elder, KJ Hippensteel, Andrew Kober, Lesli Margherita, Evan Tyrone Martin, Betsy Morgan, Meghan Murphy, Tonya Pinkins, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Maya Rowe, Adrienne Warren
You’re invited to a party like no other! Join Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers as Queenie, Tony winner Adrienne Warren as her best friend and rival Kate, and an assortment of New York City’s most colorful characters for an unforgettable night in the dark underbelly of the city at the end of the 1920s.
MONTE CRISTO
• The York Theatre/Theatre at St. Jean's
• First Preview: March 12, 2026
• Opening: March 19, 2026
• Book & Lyrics: Peter Kellogg
• Music: Stephen Weiner
• Director: Peter Flynn
• Cast: Sierra Boggess, Kate Fitzgerald, Adam Jacobs, James Judy, Norm Lewis, Jadon Lopez, Stephanie Jae Park, Danny Rutigliano, Eliseo Roman, Daniel Yearwood, Karen Ziemba
Monte Cristo tells the epic story of a man wrongfully imprisoned who returns richer, wiser, and bent on vengeance. But as his carefully orchestrated plan unfolds, he must face the ultimate question: is justice enough without love?
TRU
• House of the Redeemer
• First Preview: March 6, 2026
• Opening: March 19, 2026
• Playwright: Jay Preston Allen
• Director: Rob Ashford
• Cast: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Charlotte d'Amboise
It’s December 1975 and Truman Capote is alone in his New York apartment, reeling from a crisis that cost him the elite social circle he adored. Drawn entirely from Capote’s own words, this funny and heartbreaking one-man play is an unflinching portrait of an artist at his breaking point, confronting the consequences of his most scandalous work.
JESA
• Ma-Yi Theatre Company at The Public Theater/Shiva Theater
• First Preview: March 10, 2026
• Opening: March 20, 2026
• Playwright: Jeena Yi
• Director: Mei Ann Teo
• Cast: Tina Chilip, Christine Heesun Hwang, Laura Sohn, Shannon Tyo
When four estranged Korean American sisters reunite in Orange County to perform their father’s Jesa—a traditional ritual honoring the dead—old wounds erupt, secrets surface, and ghosts (literal and emotional) refuse to stay buried. With razor-sharp dialogue, explosive humor, and unexpected tenderness, Jesa asks how we honor our ancestors when we can barely stand each other. Come for the sibling brawls and burning shrimp, stay for the aching truth of what binds us.
PUBLIC CHARGE
• The Public Theater/Newman Theater
• First Preview: March 12, 2026
• Opening: March 25, 2026
• Playwrights: Julissa Reynoso and Michael J. Chepiga
• Director: Doug Hughes
• Cast: Marinda Anderson, Maggie Bofill, John J. Concado, Dan Domingues, Zabryna Guevara, Armando Riesco, Al Rodrigo, Barbara Walsh
In 1982, seven-year-old Julissa immigrates to the U.S from the Dominican Republic. In 2009, she leaves her successful practice at a Wall Street law firm to supervise Caribbean and Central American Affairs for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Public Charge chronicles the challenging education of a twenty-first century American diplomat as she works with scores of other dedicated public servants to deploy humanitarian aid to an earthquake-ravaged Haiti, navigate the roiling politics of immigration, confront the reality of international espionage, and free a wrongly imprisoned American from a Cuban prison.
NO SINGING IN THE NAVY
• Playwrights Horizons/Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
• First Preview: March 18, 2026
• Opening: March 29, 2026
• Book, Music and Lyrics: Milo Cramer
• Director: Aysan Celik
• Cast: Bailey Lee, Ellen Nikbakht, Elliot Sagay
With a hundred bucks in hand and 24 hours on leave, three silly sailors live as much life as they possibly can before getting shipped off to war and certain death. A 3-actor, 1-piano attack on the “golden age” of musicals, No Singing in the Navy is a delightfully sardonic explosion of the myth of American innocence.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
• Red Bull Theater at The Pershing Square Signature Center/Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
• First Preview: March 17, 2026
• Opening: March 29, 2026
• Playwright: William Shakespeare
• Director: Jesse Berger
• Cast: Patrick Page
Titus is Rome’s greatest general and the head of a noble family. But when his armies vanquish the Goths, their defeated queen Tamora and her lover Aaron the Moor release a fury that brings Titus, his family, and all of Rome to their knees.
SEAGULL: TRUE STORY
• The Public Theater/LuEsther Hall
• First Preview: March 22, 2026
• Opening: March 30, 2026
• Playwright: Eli Rarey
• Director: Alexander Molochnikov
• Cast: Gus Birney, Andrey Burkovskiy, Ohad Mazor, Myles McCabe, Quentin Lee Moore, Keshet Pratt, Zuzanna Szadkowski, Eric Tabach, Elan Zafir
This politically charged retelling of Alexander Molochnikov’s attempt to stage Chekhov’s The Seagull unfolds as a whirlwind of comedic mayhem, artistic rebellion, and deeply personal reflection on displacement, censorship, and the pursuit of creative freedom.
THE ADDING MACHINE
• The New Group/Theatre at St. Clement's
• First Preview: March 24, 2026
• Opening: April 14, 2026
• Playwright: Elmer L. Rice
• Director: Scott Elliott
• Cast: Sarita Choudhury, Michael Cyril Creighton, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jennifer Tilly
Mr. Zero is just another cog. He can’t fulfill his own needs, much less those of his wife Mrs. Zero, or his workwife Daisy. But when Mr. Zero’s boss replaces him with a machine, Mr. Zero lashes out violently, propelling him on a wild existential journey that is scarily current, despite being written over 100 years ago.
KENREX
• Lucille Lortel Theatre
• First Preview: April 15, 2026
• Opening: April 26, 2026
• Book: Jack Holden & Ed Stambollouian
• Music and Lyrics: John Patrick Elliott
• Director: Ed Stambollouian
• Cast: Jack Holden
Direct from three acclaimed, sold-out runs across London — at the Southwark Playhouse Borough, Sheffield Theatre, and, most recently, The Other Palace — KENREX is the blistering true-crime thriller about the thin line between justice served and justice taken.
HAMLET
• Brooklyn Academy of Music - Harvey Theatre
• First Preview: April 19, 2026
• Opening: May 4, 2026
• Playwright: William Shakespeare
• Director: Robert Hastie
• Cast: Hiran Abeysekera, Maureen Beattie, Joe Bolland, Matthew Cottle, Tim Dewberry, Ayesha Dharker, Ryan Ellsworth, Tom Glenister, Mary Higgins, Liz Jadav, Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer, Hari Mackinnon, Francesca Mills, Sophia Papadopoulos, Alistair Petrie, Seb Slade, Noel White
Kicking off an ongoing partnership between BAM and London’s National Theatre, director Robert Hastie brings his witty, fearlessly contemporary take on Hamlet across the Atlantic for a four-week run. Hiran Abeysekera stars in this sharp, darkly funny reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
THE RECEPTIONIST
• Second Stage Theater at Pershing Square Signature Center/Irene Diamond Stage
• First Preview: April 15, 2026
• Opening: May 7, 2026
• Playwright: Adam Bock
• Director: Sarah Benson
• Cast: Katie Finneran, Mallori Johnson, Nael Nacer, Will Pullen
It’s business as usual at the Northeast Office where the cheerfully dutiful receptionist answers phones, brews coffee and gossips with co-workers. But when an unexpected visitor from the Central Office walks through the door, business becomes far from usual.
ANIMAL WISDOM
• Signature Theatre at Pershing Square Signature Center/Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
• First Preview: May, 2026
• Opening: May 16, 2026
• Book, Music, and Lyrics: Heather Christian
• Director: Keenan Tyler Oliphant
• Cast: Kenita R. Miller
Step into a musical séance like no other — where the veil is thin, the music is wild, and the spirits of memory come roaring to life. With her raucous, singular music fusing blues, gospel and folk, Obie Award-winner Heather Christian invites you to pay tribute to the forces that shape our lives.
INDIAN PRINCESSES
• Atlantic Theater Company/Linda Gross Theater
• First Preview: April 30, 2026
• Opening: May 19, 2026
• Playwright: Eliana Theologides Rodriguez
• Director: Miranda Cornell
• Cast: Ben Beckley, Anissa Marie Griego, Rebecca Jimenez, Greg Keller, Serenity Mariana, Pete Simpson, Lark White, Haley Wong, Frank Wood
In the summer of 2008, five young girls of color and their white fathers attend a program designed to bond families through handmade activities, camp-like adventures, and a heavy dose of cultural appropriation. But where can these girls turn when the program sparks questions that their fathers are unable – or unwilling – to answer?
GIRL, INTERRUPTED
• The Public Theater/Martinson Hall
• First Preview: May 13, 2026
• Opening: June 4, 2026
• Book: Eli Rarey
• Music: Aimee Mann
• Director: Jo Bonney
• Cast: TBA
After being checked into a psychiatric hospital, Susanna finds herself trapped in a place that’s both refuge and prison, discovering unexpected connection with the young women of her ward as they all fight for control, stability, and hope.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
• New York City Center
• Opening: June 17, 2026
• Book: Harvey Fierstein
• Music & Lyrics: Jerry Herman
• Director: Robert O'Hara
• Cast: Wayne Brady, Alaman Diadhiou, James Jackson Jr., Michael McElroy, Billy Porter, Sharon Washington, Lance Coadie Williams
Albin and Georges have been happily married for over 20 years, jointly running La Cage aux Folles, a drag nightclub in St. Tropez while also raising their son, Jean-Michel. Chaos and hilarity ensue when Jean-Michel decides to invite over his fiancée’s parents—who just so happen to be right-wing politicians. They’re in for a surprise, and “A Little More Mascara,” in this gem of a musical.
