New on the Radar: Sep 29-Oct 1

Oct 1, 2026

Newly Added

Broadway

Broadhurst Theatre
Nov 4, 2026 - Jan 3, 2027

This holiday season, something wonderful is coming to Broadway
Take your seat in the live studio audience of a 1940s radio broadcast, high above New York City at Christmastime, where a company of actors has gathered to perform one of the most beloved holiday stories ever told.
Starring Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Harry Hamlin, and Lisa Rinna, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY tells the timeless story of George Bailey, a man who… Read More

Major Non-Broadway Productions

The Public Theater

Triumph (short play) Free

Oct 8 - 18, 2026

In advance of the midterm elections, the brilliant, prescient playwright Caryl Churchill's newest short play TRIUMPH makes its joint world premiere at The Public Theater alongside a concurrent production at London's Almeida Theatre. Inspired by Suetonius’s The Twelve Caesars, TRIUMPH is the story of Iris, press secretary to the Roman emperors. Popping up on select dates this fall before mainstage performances and free and open to all, this provocative… Read More

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (play)

Apr 8 - May 2, 2027

The Olivier Award-nominated play WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Nathan Englander, is an edgy contemporary comedy about two Jewish couples—one secular, the other ultra-Orthodox—having the argument they swore they’d never have. Thought-provoking and “uproariously funny” (The Times), WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK explores identity, politics, and parenthood. Tony Award winner Patrick… Read More

Meet Me at the End of the World (musical)

May 4 - Jun 13, 2027

Following an acclaimed sleeper-hit run at Bowery Palace, MEET ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD (formerly Silver Manhattan), the 2026 Drama Desk-nominated rock musical that “succeeds on every level” (Variety) returns to share the rise, fall, and rise again of beloved singer-songwriter Jesse Malin. A true New York original and your favorite songwriter’s favorite songwriter, Malin built a remarkable career, from CBGB at 12 years old to Madison Square Garden and… Read More

Phil (play)

May 25 - Jun 27, 2027

Elevator Repair Service (ERS) stages George Saunders’ witty, absurd, and frighteningly timely novella about a despotic populist leader in the tiny country of Outer Horner and its troubled relationship with the even tinier country of Inner Horner. ERS’ award-winning approach to staging the written word brings Saunders’ brilliant work to life in PHIL.

The Surge (play)

Winter, 2027

Conceived as a direct response to Operation Metro Surge, which unleashed an estimated 3,000 ICE agents across Minnesota, new documentary play THE SURGE addresses ICE’s actions in the Twin Cities, the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and Minnesotans’ collective response. Commissioned by The Public Theater and the Guthrie Theater in January 2026, acclaimed documentary theater artists Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen engaged with affected communities,… Read More

The Apple Boys (musical)

The Duke on 42nd Street
Feb 16 - Jun 18, 2027

In Gilded Age Coney Island, Johnny Appleseed’s grandson Jack—and his working-class pals—defend the family orchard from the schemes of an evil landlord. Freezing the rent is not an option, but they’ve got a better plan: taking the top prize in a singing competition!
Come see what The New Yorker calls “A BUSHELFUL OF DELIGHTS!” Four actors play over forty characters in this fast-paced comedy featuring a thrilling original score of “CLEVER, CATCHY SONGS.”

The Blue Parts (play)

Black Box Theatre
Feb 18 - Apr 18, 2027

Water. Salt. Tomatoes. Sort VHS tapes alphabetically. More water.
In Brighton Beach there’s a lot for Marina to worry about—sparse sales, careless customers, the storm brewing just outside, and the ocean of impossibility of reconciling your past with your present—and on days like today, you have to pick just one.
That’s what she tells Abdur, a passionate teenager who shows up with a petition to Save The Whales, while she and Masha are busy putting down… Read More

Delacorte Theater

A Midsummer Night's Dream (musical) Free

Summer, 2027

Public Works celebrates its 15th anniversary and closes the summer with a city-sized celebration of imagination and collective creation. Professional artists perform alongside a large, multigenerational ensemble of New Yorkers, transforming Shakespeare’s comedy into a joyful act of community. Inspired by The Public’s history of bringing theater directly to the people, this A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM asks what becomes possible when everyone has a place in… Read More

Counting and Cracking (play) Free

Summer, 2027

Belvoir St Theatre’s COUNTING AND CRACKING, from the creative team of S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack, returns to New York after critically acclaimed productions at NYU Skirball and in Australia and the United Kingdom. The sweeping, episodic play features 19 performers from across the globe on a multi-generational journey of a Sri Lankan-Australian family from 1956-2004. Radha fled Sri Lanka with her unborn child as the nation struggled with conflict.… Read More

Henry IV, Part 1 & 2 (play) Free

Summer, 2027

The Free Shakespeare in the Park season will open with HENRY IV, PARTS 1 & 2, staged as one epic story at The Delacorte for the first time in nearly 60 years. At the heart of the story is Prince Hal who is struggling to find his place in the world, torn between rising to his father’s royal expectations and spending his days in the tavern with Falstaff—one of Shakespeare’s greatest and most beloved characters—and his raucous band of friends. The prince… Read More

Indie, Festival, Readings etc.

What's Past Is Prologue

The Public Theater
begins Oct 19, 2026

3 shows added

Artists are often sensitive to directions of the culture before anybody else, displaying remarkable prescience about what is lurking around the corner and offering warnings while prevention is still possible. Focused on plays that grappled with the future to come and are still urgently relevant, the new reading series WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE will feature IN THE CANYON (2018) by Calamity West and directed by Kylie Eustis Brown, CONVERSATIONS IN TUSCULUM… Read More

CollectiveGenius Festival 2026 (short play)

Theaterlab
Oct 8 - 11, 2026

The 2026 CollectiveGenius: CANDID Short Plays are produced by Heather Bildman and Rikki Ziegleman, and this year’s exciting selections will be published in an anthology by 1319 Press.
Oct 8-10 The selected 2026 CollectiveGenius Short Plays of CANDID are “Girltar Center” by Cori Diaz, “Manifest Destiny” by Emmy Potter, “Defying Lorelie” by David Adam Gill, “Mini Marshmallows” by Ren Rotante, “Oil On Your Eyelids.” by Al Groppi, “See the Wolf” by Hanna… Read More

Marisol (play, reading)

The Rat NYC, Brooklyn
Oct 9, 2026

As a holy war plunges New York into chaos, Marisol must navigate climate collapse, Nazi skinheads, and credit card debt to survive.

Dracula (play)

Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Center
Oct 15 - 18, 2026

Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston’s classic 1927 stage hit brings stylish gothic terror to a timeless world of shadow and suspense. Perfect for the Halloween season! When Lucy Seward falls victim to a bizarre, blood-draining ailment and nocturnal terrors, her desperate father and fiancé summon renowned specialist Professor Van Helsing. The culprit? The mysterious Count Dracula, an ancient vampire lurking right next door who commands creeping mist,… Read More

The End (play, benefit)

American Irish Historical Society
Oct 16 - 17, 2026

The End by Samuel Beckett
A fundraising evening for Irish theatre company Gare St Lazare Ireland.
Described by The New York Times as ‘the unparalleled Beckett champions’ Irish theatre company Gare St Lazare Ireland lead the way in staging Samuel Beckettʼs plays and prose. The company has performed and developed works that are timeless (Waiting for Godot), cross-disciplinary (The Beckett Trilogy, How it Is), and hybrid (Shades Through A Shade, The Last… Read More

The Tank

The Feminine Urge (play)

Oct 26 - 28, 2026

Trans sex worker, Carson, has never really liked men. Or, at least never liked them for more than for what she could get out of them. That she likes. But when even the money isn't enough to satisfy her, Carson finds something else to take from men: their lives. Drawing inspiration from the trans villainy trope, "The Feminine Urge" pushes the boundaries of acceptable queer discourse and puts the audience in direct conversation with a serial killer at a… Read More

Marshlight (play)

Nov 6 - 9, 2026

When her husband disappears in the aftermath of his bipolar disorder, a photographer struggles to keep her son protected from his father’s story. But her husband’s absence pervades her life, and its echoes reverberate in the adolescence of the couple’s only son, a gifted musician who is ready to leave home.
Content Warning: The play may be challenging for people with bipolar disease.

Gi60 NYC 2026: One Minute Theatre Festival (short play)

Nov 12 - 15, 2026

Gi60 NYC International One-Minute Theatre Festival! Gi60 NYC enters its second year of bringing one-minute theatre to the masses. One hour of tiny plays written by playwrights from around the world and performed by a dynamic ensemble of actors in a single evening! With authors from New Zealand to New York and Great Britain to Mauritius, this rich collection captures the historic diversity of stories that Gi60 has presented through the decades. These short… Read More

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Stumbling Stones: The John Rosenberg Story (solo show)

Nov 30, 2026

John Rosenberg survived Nazi Germany as a child and spent the next eight decades fighting for people the law forgot. He challenged voter suppression in Mississippi courthouses during the worst years of Jim Crow. He moved his young family to the Appalachian coalfields and opened a legal-aid office where the powerful had written the rules for generations — and started rewriting them.
Written and Performed by Jeff Sherr, Stumbling Stones :The John Rosenberg… Read More

Circ (play, reading)

Dec 1 - 7, 2026

A staged reading of the 2024 ATF New Play Award Winner. When an eighteen year old boy undergoes an elective circumcision, he's confronted with his soon-to-be-excised body part in human form, demanding answers. What follows is an exploration of Australian queerness, wherein the boy is thrust back into his seminal sexuality-forming memories in order to provide an answer, so that he can wake up from this nightmare.

Cherub Spring (play)

Dec 9 - 13, 2026

In Cherub Spring, turmoil unfolds at a nursery school when the children get tired of Claire choosing all the games they play on the playground and a rebellion breaks out. But Claire doesn't give up without a fight and political conflict (rife with fear-mongering, back-room dealings and shameless campaigning) unfolds amongst the five-year-olds. This play combines irreverent comedy, political satire, genre parody, some music and a bunch of shenanigans in a… Read More

Trump and Melania (play)

American Theatre of Actors
Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2026

Acclaimed psychiatrist, political commentator, and playwright Oscar Valdes returns to the New York stage with his latest political drama, Trump and Melania: Private Moments.
Running from October 28 through November 1 at the American Theatre of Actors, the production invites audiences behind closed doors inside the White House during one of the most contentious geopolitical flashpoints in recent American history.
Set in July 2018, immediately following… Read More

Other Bodies (play)

The Barrow Group
Nov 19 - Dec 20, 2026

As borders close down and walls go up, Martin Moran, with his signature blend of vulnerability and humor, tackles a fundamental question: How do we find one another again?
Other Bodies is the third solo piece in a trilogy. The Tricky Part won a 2004 OBIE award and two Drama Desk nominations. His second play, All the Rage, won the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Solo Show. Now Martin reunites with his long-time collaborator, Director… Read More

Sensitive Guys (play)

The NuBox Theater
Nov 20 - 22, 2026

SENSITIVE GUYS by MJ Kaufman introduces us to The Men’s Peer Education group at Watson College; dedicated to unpacking and exposing male privilege. These “sensitive guys” believe that through increased self-awareness they can end sexual violence on campus; but when a shocking rumor surfaces, the group is shaken to the core.

The Moors (play)

Court Square Theater, Queens
May, 2027

THE MOORS by Jen Silverman is the tale of two sisters and a dog living out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. A dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.