Unmissable Upcoming Broadway Shows 2026
Find out what’s new on Broadway and get ready for world-class entertainment with tickets to the most exciting openings this new year. There’s no better feeling than snapping up a seat at the most talked-about shows in town, and the newest Broadway musicals and plays offer a fantastic variety of entertainment that’s as diverse as NYC itself - revivals of classics, dynamic new work, and even one-person performances.
Several celebrities are returning to tread the boards in 2026, so the next 12 months are set to be some of the most exciting yet and you will want to book ahead! Below, we have highlighted the biggest and most hyped shows coming to Broadway and Off-Broadway so you don’t miss out on all of the best entertainment New York City has to offer.
- The Other Place
- Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway
- Chinese Republicans
- What We Did Before Our Moth Days
- Proof on Broadway
- Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway
- Death of a Salesman on Broadway
- CATS: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway
- Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway
- The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway
- The Lost Boys: The Musical on Broadway
- Fallen Angels on Broadway
- Giant on Broadway
- Titanique on Broadway
1. The Other Place: moving Greek tragedy retelling

House of the Dragon’s Emma D’Arcy and The Crown’s Tobias Menzies lead the cast of this breathtaking family drama, transferring for its NYC debut off-Broadway, following a highly acclaimed run at London’s National Theatre. A modern reworking inspired by Antigone, this play follows a fractured family, as two sisters reunite with their uncle, on the anniversary of their father’s death. Tensions soon boil over with explosive results in this bold, contemporary drama.
2. Every Brilliant Thing: Daniel Radcliffe leads moving solo show

Tony winner and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe leads this stunning solo play as it makes its Broadway debut. When a child’s mother is admitted to the hospital following a bout of depression, he makes a list of every brilliant thing they can think of to cheer her up; a list which changes the course of their life forever. Every Brilliant Thing is “extraordinary, shattering and beautiful” (The Times) - book today!
3. Chinese Republicans: a bitingly witty workplace satire

This brand new play from up-and-coming playwright Alex Lin makes its NYC debut off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre. Directed by Obie winner Chay Yew, the play tells the story of a scrappy newcomer who disrupts a group of Asian-American businesswomen’s long‑standing power lunch. You won't want to miss this bitingly witty workplace satire about identity, ambition, race and capitalism - make a reservation today!
4. What We did Before Our Moth Days: love, lust and longing

Writer Wallace Shawn and director André Gregory, long-term collaborators and the critically acclaimed minds behind My Dinner with André, team up again for this brand new play Off-Broadway. In an urban landscape, a middle-class family comprised of a father, mother, son - and the father's mistress - come together to share their life stories in this weird, witty and wonderful new play all about sorrow, remorse, joy, and love in all its forms.
5. Proof: Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri star in math drama

Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle lead the cast of this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Once a promising mathematician, following in her acclaimed father’s footsteps, Catherine is now a university professor, who has spent the past few years caring for her mentally unwell dad, Robert. After Robert’s death, Catherine uncovers a notebook containing a game-changing mathematical proof - which sparks an explosive series of events. Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) and Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) star as Catherine and Robert in this major revival, both making their Broadway debuts.
6. Dog Day Afternoon: The Bear stars lead this Broadway debut

Emmy winners and The Bear stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach star in this brand new adaptation of Dog Day Afternoon, based on a jaw-dropping true story and the Oscar-winning film it inspired. On a blazingly hot day in 1972, two Vietnam war veterans prepare to rob a bank. As the story unfolds in real time, their lives are changed forever. With an adapted script from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, you wont want to miss this bold, brash and boundary pushing play.
7. Death of a Salesman: Lane and Metcalf lead Miller Classic

Tony and Emmy winners Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf head up the cast in this huge new revival of Death of a Salesman. Lane plays Willy Loman, a down-on-his-luck travelling salesman who starts to unravel following a succession of bad luck, while Metcalf plays his wife, Linda. Arthur Miller’s scathing indictment of the American Dream is often considered to be one of the greatest American Plays of all time, and this star-studded new production comes to Broadway for a strictly limited run this spring. You won't want to miss it - secure your tickets today.
8. Cats the Jellicle Ball: the purrfect reimagining

This fierce and fabulous revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic is the first staging to radically reimagine the show. Taking inspiration from queer ball culture, and featuring a cast of established ballroom performers and Broadway legends, this new production is Cats as you’ve never seen it before. Incorporating voguing and ballroom categories with all your favourite songs, including “Memory” and “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” - category is: Broadway! Book today for a show so good it’ll leave you purring.
9. Joe Turner's Come and Gone: Taraji P Henson leads Wilson drama

Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer both make their Broadway debuts in this huge new revival of Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson’s powerful play. Set in 1911 in a Pittsburgh boarding house during the Great Migration, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone tells the tale of the wandering souls who frequent this sanctuary - and how their lives are turned upside down by the mysterious Herald Loomis and his daughter Zonia. Part of Wilson’s legendary ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle, all about the Black experience across the 20th Century, this revival marks the show's first major staging in almost two decades.
10. Rocky Horror Show: camp classic with Luke Evans

Beauty and the Beast and Clash of the Titans star Luke Evans returns to his musical roots, heading up the cast of this brand new revival of the campy cult classic. Evans stars as the seductive, flamboyant Dr. Frank-N-Furter in this semi-immersive new production that brings the party atmosphere to Broadway. Directed by Tony winner Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary!) this promises to be the hottest show of the summer, so don your fishnets and book now. We’re positively shivering with antici… pation!
11. Lost Boys: the cult-classic movie becomes a musical with bite

12. Fallen Angels: Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara lead frothy revival

Bridesmaids and Damages star Rose Byrne and Tony winner Kelli O’Hara lead up this champagne-fizz of a revival. Noel Coward’s “comedy of bad manners” about two women who discover, when their husbands are away, that they have the same ex lover, who just happens to be on his way to visit from France, is full of sparkling wit, clever wordplay and sly satire. You won't want to miss it - secure your tickets from this frothy delight of a show, directed by Tony and Emmy nominee Scott Ellis (The Marvellous Mrs Maisel).
13. Giant: John Lithgow as Roald Dahl in nuanced smash hit

This blistering play transfers to Broadway following two smash hit sell out seasons in London. Beloved children’s author Roald Dahl is accused of publishing an anti-semitic article in this provocative examination of discrimination, opinion and whether it’s possible to separate the art from the artist. Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award-winner John Lithgow reprises his “career-best performance” (London Theatre) as Roald Dahl.
14. Titanique: Camp Celine Dion musical sails onto Broadway

Get ready to board the ship of dreams as Titanique goes on… to Broadway! When Canadian songstress Celine Dion crashes a tour at the Titanic museum, she decides to tell the real story of what happened on that boat, claiming to have survived the sinking herself. “Sensational, hilarious and deranged” (The New York Post), Titanique was a smash hit off Broadway, transferring across the pond to London’s West End and snagging both a Lucille Lortel and Olivier Award. This camp, hilarious jukebox musical features your favourite Celine songs and comes to Broadway for a strictly limited run.
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Want to be one of the first people to hear the latest gossip about new Broadway shows? The SeatPlan team keeps an enthusiastic ear out for theater news, and above is just a taste of confirmed Broadway openings over the next 12 months. But there are a huge number of musicals and plays that haven’t yet found a home in New York that you should know about too.
Audience favorites like Moulin Rouge and Back to the Future prove that movies and TV series can become some of the most entertaining new Broadway musicals around. Luckily, there are more in the pipeline: Thelma & Louise, The Queen’s Gambit and La La Land are all in development.
West End transfers have become a major success; SIX and & Juliet are just two examples. There’s more to add to your wishlist with London’s longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, primed for a Broadway premiere that’s 70 years in the making! Other shows coming to Broadway via London include Rob Madge’s My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?), which has already played an acclaimed Off-Broadway season.
If seeing stars on Broadway is your favorite hobby, bookmark this page for updates on upcoming shows with award-winning actors. As Tony Awards season gets closer, expect even more casting announcements that will have you happily parting ways with your dollars.
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