This list is updated regularly. This is organized by start of previews.
SCHEDULED FOR THE 2019–2020 SEASON
HARRY CONNICK, JR. — A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER
• Theatre: Nederlander
• Begins: December 7
• Opens: December 12
• Closes: December 29
• Starring and directed by Harry Connick, Jr.
• Harry Connick Jr. will bring Cole Porter's storied repetoire to life in a unique and exciting way for audiences of all kinds.
WEST SIDE STORY
• Theatre: Broadway
• Previews Begin: December 10
• Opening Night: February 6, 2020
• Director: Ivo van Hove
• Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker will choregraph, marking this the first major New York revival to deviate from Jerome Robbins’ choreography.
• Starring Isaac Powell (Once On This Island) as Tony and Shereen Pimentel (The Lion King) as Maria.
GRAND HORIZONS
• Theatre: Helen Hayes
• First Preview: December 23
• Opening Night: January 23, 2020
• Written by Bess Wohl
• Director: Leigh Silverman
• Cast: James Cromwell, Jane Alexander, Michael Urie, Thomas Sadoski, Ashley Park, Maulik Pancholy, and Priscilla Lopez
• Bill and Nancy have spent 50 full years as husband and wife. But just as they settle comfortably into their new home in Grand Horizons, the unthinkable happens: Nancy suddenly wants out. As their two adult sons struggle to cope with the shocking news, they are forced to question everything they assumed about the people they thought they knew best.
A SOLDIER'S PLAY
• Theatre: American Airlines
• First Preview: December 27
• Opening Night: January 21, 2020
• Written by Charles Fuller
• Director: Kenny Leon
• David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood star as Sergeant Vernon C. Waters and Captain Richard Davenport, respectively.
• The Pulitzer Prize-winning crime drama makes a Broadway debut following an Off-Broadway world premiere in 1981. The play is inspired by Herman Melville's Billy Budd, set in 1944 Louisiana as the military remains segregated
MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON
• Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman
• First Preview: January 4, 2020
• Opening Night: January 15, 2020
• Written by Elizabeth Strout and adapted by Rona Munro
• Director: Richard Eyre
• Cast: Laura Linney
• Lucy Barton wakes after an operation to find—much to her surprise—her mother at the foot of her bed. They haven’t seen each other in years. During their days-long visit, Lucy tries to understand her past, works to come to terms with her family, and begins to find herself as a writer.
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
• Theatre: Belasco
• First Preview: February 7, 2020
• Opening Night: March 5, 2020
• Written and directed by Conor McPherson
• Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan
• Tony nominees Marc Kudisch, David Pittu, and Mare Winningham, along with Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle, Matthew Frederick Harris, Caitlin Houlahan, Robert Joy, Luba Mason, Ben Mayne, Tom Nelis, Colton Ryan, John Schiappa, Austin Scott, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Rachel Stern, and Chelsea Lee Williams.
• Set in 1934 at a guesthouse in the heartland of America, a group of travelers pass in and out of each other’s lives, and share stories that awaken each other with passion, fury and, beauty.
SIX
• Theatre: Brooks Atkinson
• First Preview: February 13, 2020
• Opening Night: March 12, 2020
• Composed by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (who also directs)
• Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly, and Anna Uzele will reprise their roles as Henry VIII’s wives
• The concert-esque musical gives the six ill-fated wives of Henry VIII the opportunity to tell their story through a high-energy pop score.
THE MINUTES
• Theatre: Cort
• First Preview: February 25, 2020
• Opening Night: March 15, 2020
• Written by Tracey Letts
• Directed by: Anna D. Shapiro
• This Pulitzer Prize finalist about small-town politics and real-world power will reunite Shapiro and Letts for the first time on Broadway since August: Osage County.
• The cast includes Letts, Jessie Mueller, Armie Hammer, Blair Brown, K. Todd Freeman, Austin Pendleton, Ian Barford, Cliff Chamberlain, Danny McCarthy, Sally Murphy, and Jeff Still.
HANGMEN
• Theatre: Golden
• First Preview: February 28, 2020
• Opening Night: March 19, 2020
• Written by Martin McDonagh
• Directed by: Matthew Dunster
• Local British hangman Harry finds himself without a job on the day that hanging has been abolished. In the wake of this historic decision, a string of events lead to both comic and tragic consequences.
• The Olivier Award-winning Royal Court Theatre production, which transferred to the West End prior to making its U.S. debut, enjoyed a sold-out run Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company in 2018.
• Cast: Reprising their roles from the West End are Mark Addy as Harry, Owen Campbell as Clegg, Gaby French as Shirley, Richard Hollis as Bill, and John Horton as Arthur. New to the production are Tracie Bennett as Alice, Ewen Bremner as Syd, John Hodgkinson as Pierrepoint, and Dan Stevens as Mooney.
COMPANY
• Theatre: Bernad B. Jacobs
• First Preview: March 2, 2020
• Opening Night: March 22, 2020
• Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
• Book by George Furth
• Directed by Marianne Elliott
• Starring as Bobbie will be Katrina Lenk alongside Patti LuPone, reprising her Olivier Award-winning performance as Joanne. Joining them are Matt Doyle as Jamie, Christopher Fitzgerald as David, Christopher Sieber as Harry, Jennifer Simard as Sarah, Terence Archie as Larry, Etai Benson as Paul, Nikki Renée Daniels as Jenny, Claybourne Elder as Andy, Greg Hildreth as Peter, Kyle Dean Massey as Theo, and Bobby Conte Thornton as P.J.
• The gender-flipped interpretation of the 1970 musical comes to Broadway following a critically acclaimed West End bow in 2018. Elliott collaborated with Sondheim to reimagine Bobby’s trio of girlfriends as boyfriends; the soon-to-be married (or not) Amy and Paul are now Jamie and Paul. In addition to gender swaps, the production introduces several updated lyrics and brings the story into present day.
DIANA
• Theatre: Longacre
• First Preview: March 2, 2020
• Opening Night: March 31, 2020
• Book, music, and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
• Directed by Tony winner Christopher Ashley
• Jeanna de Waal and Roe Hartrampf reprise their roles as Princess Diana and Prince Charles from the La Jolla Playhouse spring 2019 production.
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
• Theatre: Booth
• First Preview: March 3, 2020
• Opening Night: April 9, 2020
• Director: Joe Mantello
• Cast: Laurie Metcalf, Rupert Everett, Russell Tovey, Patsy Ferran
• A revival of the classic Edward Albee drama marks Metcalf's fifth consecutive season on Broadway.
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY
• Theatre: Nederlander Theatre
• First Preview: March 7, 2020
• Opening Night: March 26, 2020
• Adapted by Ben Power from Stefano Massini’s play
• Director: Sam Mendes
• Cast: Adam Godley, Ben Miles, and Simon Russell Beale, who play the three title brothers, their sons, and grandson
• The Lehman Trilogy follows the 163-year saga that begins with a young man in Bavaria dreaming of a new life and ends with one of the world’s largest financial crises.
MRS. DOUBTFIRE
• Theatre: Stephen Sondheim Theatre
• First preview: March 9, 2020
• Opening Night: April 5, 2020
• Written by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick (book) and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick (music and lyrics)
• Director: Jerry Zaks
• Rob McClure stars as the struggling actor who disguises himself as a nanny in order to spend more time with his children.
• Jenn Gambatese as Miranda Hillard, Brad Oscar as Frank Hillard, Analise Scarpaci as Lydia Hillard, Jake Ryan Flynn as Christopher Hillard, Avery Sellas Natalie Hillard, J. Harrison Ghee as Andre, Mark Evans as Stuart Dunmeyer, Charity Angél Dawson as Wanda Sellner, and Peter Bartlett as Mr. Jolly.
FLYING OVER SUNSET
• Theatre: Vivian Beaumont
• First Preview: March 12, 2020
• Opening Night: April 16, 2020
• Music by Tom Kitt and lyrics by Michael Korie
• With a book and direction by James Lapine
• Cast: Carmen Cusack as playwright and diplomat Clare Booth Luce, Harry Hadden-Paton as writer Aldous Huxley, and Tony Yazbek as movie star Cary Grant
• This musical follows three artists during the ’50s as they experiment with the drug LSD. At a crossroads in their lives the three come together, and under the influence of the drug, take a trip and confront the mysteries of their lives and their world.
CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
• Theatre: Studio 54
• First Preview: March 13, 2020
• Opening Night: April 7, 2020
• Written by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori
• Director: Michael Longhurst
• Sharon D. Clarke makes her Broadway debut in the transfer of her Olivier Award-winning performance as Caroline, an African-American maid whose world of '60s Louisiana changes in ways big and small.
PLAZA SUITE
• Theatre: Hudson
• First Preview: March 13, 2020
• Opening Night: April 13, 2020
• Director: John Benjamin Hickey
• Cast: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker
• A revival of the classic Neil Simon marriage comedy reunites the real-life couple on Broadway for the first time in over 20 years.
HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
• Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman
• First Preview: March 27, 2020
• Opening Night: April 22, 2020
• Written by Paula Vogel
• Directed by Mark Brokaw
• Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse reprise their roles more than 20 years later after the 1997 Off-Broadway debut of the Pulitzer-prize winning play. It follows Li'l Bit (Parker) as she looks back in time in order to make sense of an uncle (Morse) who impacted her past, present, and future.
AMERICAN BUFFALO
• Theatre: Circle in the Square
• First Preview: March 24, 2020
• Opening Night: April 14, 2020
• Director: Neil Pepe
• Tony winner Laurence Fishburne and Oscar winner Sam Rockwell star in the David Mamet play about a junk shop owner as he schemes to get back a valuable nickel sold for much less than it’s true worth. Emmy winner Darren Criss co-stars.
BIRTHDAY CANDLES
• Theatre: American Airlines
• First Preview: April 2, 2020
• Opening Night: April 21, 2020
• Director: Vivienne Benesch
• The New York premiere of Noah Haidle's play about a woman striving for significance in her life.
• Starring Debra Messing
TAKE ME OUT
• Theatre: Helen Hayes
• First Preview: April 2, 2020
• Opening Night: April 23, 2020
• Director: Scott Ellis
• A revival of the Tony-winning Richard Greenberg comedy-drama, about the coming out of a gay baseball player.
• Starring Jessie Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson with Patrick J. Adams, Brandon J. Dirden, Julian Cihi, Hiram Delgado, Will Harrison, Carl Lundstedt, Ken Marks, Michael Oberholtzer, and Joél Pérez.
BLUE
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: Spring 2020
• Written by Charles Randolph-Wright
• Music and lyrics by Nona Hendryx
• Directed by: Phylicia Rashad
• Three generations of a small-town South Carolina family. Feisty matriarch, Tillie, gives son Sam Jr. unsolicited advice about running the family business. Sam III runs with the girls, 12-year-old Reuben runs errands, and fashion-conscious Peggy runs up the credit cards.
SCHEDULED FOR THE 2020–2021 SEASON
MJ
• Theatre: Neil Simon
• First preview: July 6, 2020
• Opening Night: August 13, 2020
• Book by Lynn Nottage
• Director and Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
• Cast: Ephraim Sykes plays the late pop star with additional casting to be announced at a later date.
• A biomusical of Michael Jackson featuring the late singer's hits.
THE MUSIC MAN
• Theatre: TBA
• First Preview: September 9, 2020
• Opening Night: October 15, 2020
• Director: Jerry Zaks
• Cast: Hugh Jackman
• Much of the creative team behidn the Tony-winning revival of Hello, Dolly! will reunite for this revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman.
1776
• Theatre: American Airlines Theatre
• First Preview: Spring 2021
• Opening Night: Spring 2021
• Director: Diane Paulus
• This musical retelling of the American Revolutionary War will be produced in partnership between the Roundabout Theatre Company and the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University.
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2020-2021 Season
• Director: Amy Morton
• Amy Morton will direct an all-female production of the classic David Mamet drama.
THE WHO’S TOMMY
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2021
• Pete Townshend penned the book and score, with additional music and lyrics by The Who’s John Entwistle and Keith Moon
• Original Broadway director Des McAnuff returns to helm this updated production for the 2020 decade.
• The musical puts The Who’s original concept album on stage as a rock opera about a “deaf, dumb, and blind” boy who overcomes his disabilities with the help of ace pinball skills.
IN THE WORKS
13 GOING ON 30
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
• Director: Andy Fickman
• Cast: TBA
• A gawky teenage girl uses “wishing dust” to transform herself into a glamorous adult.
• New musical based on the 2004 hit movie of the same title.
17 AGAIN
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by Marco Pennette, music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
• Director: Adam Shankman
• Cast: TBA
• New musical based on the 2009 Zac Efron fantasy film about a man who gets to relive his youth.
• A developmental lab was held in New York November 2016.
ARCHIE
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by Adam McKay; songwriters TBA
• Director: Adam McKay
• Cast: TBA
• New musical based on the popular teen comic books.
• A co-production of the website Funny Or Die and Archie Comics.
BEACHES
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by David Austin (music), Iris Rainer Dart (lyrics & book), Thom Thomas (book)
• Director: Eric Schaeffer
• Cast: Whitney Bashor, Shoshana Bean
• Vivacious, outlandish Cee Cee and beautiful, privileged Bertie meet as children and become fast friends. From pen-pals to roommates to romantic rivals, Cee Cee and Bertie’s oil-and-water friendship perseveres through even the most tragic trials.
• Beaches continued its development with a second regional production at Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago, June–August 2015.
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Carol Hall (music & lyrics), Peter Masterson and Larry L. King (book)
• Director and Choreographer: Rob Ashford
• Cast: TBA
• Whorehouse recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the best pleasure palaces in all of Texas...that is, until the crusading television reporter Melvin P. Thorpe focuses his cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.
• Jerry Frankel and Jeffrey Richards will produce this revival.
THE BODYGUARD
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Alexander Dinelaris (book) based on Lawrence Kasdan’s screenplay, with a score of pop hits by various composers.
• Director: TBA
• Cast: Deborah Cox
• New musical adapted from the Whitney Houston film about a pop star who falls in love with her bodyguard.
• Originally presented in London, the stage musical toured North American 2017–2018. Regional productions have been staged across the globe.
BOMBSHELL
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; librettist TBA
• Director: TBA; choreography by Joshua Bergasse
• Cast: TBA
• Stage incarnation of the fictional Marilyn Monroe-centered musical whose creation was at the center of the TV series Smash.
BORN FOR THIS
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by: Charles Randolph-Wright, BeBe Winans and Lisa D'Amour
• Original Music and Lyrics: BeBe Winans
• Director: Charles Randolph-Wright
• Cast: TBA
• Producer: Ron Gillyard and MyDestiny Productions
• A story of family, love and forgiveness told through the incredible true story of BeBe Winans. Born For This is the family-friendly and universal story for anyone who has ever yearned for something—for anyone who is looking to find their purpose in life.
BULL DURHAM
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Susan Werner (music and lyrics), Ron Shelton (book)
• Director: TBA
• Cast: TBA
• A musical version of the film about a romance set in the world of minor league baseball, being produced by Jack Viertel.
• A world-premiere production starring Will Swenson had a run at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 2014.
CAMP DAVID
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Lawrence Wright
• Director: Molly Smith
• Cast: TBA
• A drama about President Jimmy Carter's Nobel Prize-winning efforts to bring the leaders of Israel and Egypt to sign a peace agreement after years of war.
• Camp David had its world premiere at Washington D.C.’s Arena Stage in 2014. It played a pre-Broadway engagement at The Old Globe in San Diego May 13–June 19, 2016. It is scheduled to be produced on Broadway by Steve Traxler and Gerald Rafshoon.
CHASING RAINBOWS
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by Marc Acito
• Cast: TBA
• The musical traces the early life of Judy Garland, from her small-town birth to her starring role in the film classic The Wizard of Oz.
• The show had a developmental world premiere production in Flat Rock, N.C., in November 2015, and a full production at Goodspeed Musicals in September 2016. A workshop was held in January 2019. A Paper Mill Playhouse production opened October 6, starring Ruby Rakos as Judy Garland, Max von Essen as Frank Gumm, and Lesli Margherita as Ethel Gumm.
DAMN YANKEES
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (music and lyrics), George Abbott and Douglass Wallop (book)
• Cast: TBA
• Director: Kathleen Marshall
• Revival of the 1956 musical about a baseball fan who is induced to sell his soul by the devil so his favorite team can win the pennant.
• Produced by Jeffrey Richards, Scott Landis, Jerry Frankel, and Jay and Cindy Gutterman.
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Music by Elton John, with lyrics by Shaina Taub and a book by Paul Rudnick
• Cast: TBA
• Being produced by Bob Cohen of Fox Stage Productions and Kevin McCollum
• New musical based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel and the 2006 film about a woman who becomes assistant to the notorious editor of a topline fashion magazine. A Chicago pre-Broadway tryout, starring Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestley and Taylor Iman Jones as Andy, is scheduled to begin performances July 13, 2021, at Broadway in Chicago’s CIBC Theatre.
DINER
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Sheryl Crow (music and lyrics), Barry Levinson (book)
• Director: Kathleen Marshall
• Cast: TBA
• It's Christmas 1959 in Baltimore and six high school buddies, now in their twenties, reunite at their old hangout, The Fells Point Diner—before one of them ties the knot.
• Diner first postponed its Broadway opening from April 2013 to fall 2013. A staged reading was held in New York December 2013, and a regional premiere ran through January 2015 at Signature Theatre in Virginia. Delaware Theatre Company hosted a second regional tryout in December 2015.
DREAMGIRLS
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2019
• Book and lyrics by Tom Eyen, music by Henry Krieger
• Cast: TBA
• Director: Casey Nicholaw
• Revival of the 1980 musical about the rise and fall of an R&B singing group.
• New York transfer of the hit London revival, from producer Sonia Friedman.
THE FLAMINGO KID
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and music by Scott Frankel.
• Director: Darko Tresnjak
• Cast: Jimmy Brewer, Adam Heller, Liz Larsen, Marc Kudisch, Lesli Margherita, Samantha Massell, Lindsey Brett Carothers, Ben Fankhauser, and Alex Wyse
• A musical adaptation of the hit 1984 Garry Marshall film.
• An 18-year-old Brooklynite leaves his humble roots behind in favor of the sexy and alluring world of the private beach club, El Flamingo.
• The world premiere will debut at Hartford Stage May 9–June 9, 2019.
GYPSY
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2018
• Director: Jonathan Kent
• Cast: Imelda Staunton
• Broadway transfer of the musical biography of stripper queen Gypsy Rose Lee and her driven mother, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents.
• This production was a hit in London in 2015. Staunton has said the production will transfer to NY, but there has been no official word from producers.
HALF TIME (formerly GOTTA DANCE)
• Theatre: TBA
• Opening: TBA
• Written by Matthew Sklar & Marvin Hamlisch (music), Nell Benjamin (lyrics), Chad Beguelin & Bob Martin (book), Ester Dean (additional music)
• Director: Jerry Mitchell
• In 2007, a group of expert dancers was tasked with getting professional basketball’s first ever senior citizen dance team performance-ready. The venue? Center court. The genre? Hip-hop. Over the coming months, bonds would be formed, generation gaps would be crossed, and, eventually, some pretty hot moves would be busted.
• Based on the 2008 documentary Gotta Dance, the show made its world premiere in December 2015 at Broadway In Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre. It played the Paper Mill Playhouse in May 2018.
THE HONEYMOONERS
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Stephen A. Weiner (music), Peter Mills (lyrics), Dusty Kay and Bill Nuss (book)
• Director: John Rando
• Ralph Kramden and his buddy Ed Norton are back and still shooting for the moon in this world-premiere musical. After shocking their wives by winning a high profile jingle contest, they are catapulted out of Brooklyn and into the cutthroat world of Madison Avenue.
• Following a November 2014 industry presentation (from Jeffrey Finn and Goodspeed Musicals) and an April 2016 lab, the musical made its official world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse September 28–October 29, 2017, starring Michael McGrath, Laura Bell Bundy, Michael Mastro, and Leslie Kritzer.
JOSEPHINE
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by Ellen Weston and Mark Hampton; music by Stephen Dorff; and lyrics by John Bettis
• Director and choreographer: Joey McKneely
• Cast: Deborah Cox
• Musical based on the life of Jazz Age singer Josephine Baker.
• Played a tryout at Asolo Rep in Florida April 27–May 29, 2016.
KPOP
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by Jason Lim
• Music and lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon
• Directed by Teddy Bergman
• A musical concert set inside the world of a KPOP record label.
• An Off-Broadway production played Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theater, and the Woodshed Collective in 2017, going on to win the 2018 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical. A 2019 Off-Broadway revival is planned.
THE LATE GREAT ME: AN EVENING WITH ALAN JAY LERNER
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2018
• Written by John Lahr, based on the lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe and Burton Lane
• Director: Susan Stroman
• Cast: TBA
• A new musical based on the life of My Fair Lady lyricist Lerner.
• A private reading was held in fall 2016; a full workshop was held in March 2017 by producers Julian Schlossberg, Roy Furman, and Liza Lerner.
MAGIC MIKE
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by TBA
• Director: Trip Cullman
• Cast: TBA
• A stage adaptation of Steven Soderbergh's film about male strippers.
• A private workshop was held April 2015 featuring Derek Klena and Taylor Louderman. A December 2019 premiere in Boston was canceled May 23, 2019.
MARIE, DANCING STILL: A NEW MUSICAL
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
• Director-Choreographer: Susan Stroman
• Cast: Tiler Peck, Terrence Mann, Karen Ziemba, Louise Pitre, Dee Hoty, Jenny Powers
• FKA Little Dancer, the musical about Degas and ballerina Marie.
• The show had a production at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre March 22–April 14, 2019.
ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Featuring music by Britney Spears
• Director: Kristin Hangii
• Choreographer: Keone and Mari Madrid
• Cast: TBA
• Jukebox musical weaving together the pop star's hits to tell a fictional story.
• The show will have its world premiere in Chicago in spring 2020.
PIECE OF MY HEART: THE BERT BERNS STORY
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book by Daniel Goldfarb; music and lyrics by Bert Berns
• Musical Director: Steven Van Zandt
• Cast: TBA
• A musical that showcases the songbook of 1960s hitmaker Bert Berns.
• The show was first presented Off-Broadway in 2014, and is planned for Broadway by a producing team that includes Merged Work Productions, Jack Thomas, Steven Van Zandt, Paul Shaffer, Maureen Van Zandt and Joe Grano.
THE PREACHER’S WIFE
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Daniel Beaty (book), Tituss Burgess (music and lyrics)
• Director: Michael Arden
• Cast: TBA
• New musical based on the 1996 film of the same title.
• An industry reading of The Preacher's Wife was presented in Manhattan September 12, 2016, starring Loretta Devine and Ledisi. Olivier nominee Stafford Arima directed with musical direction by James Sampliner. A second reading was presented December 11, 2017, directed by Michael Arden.
ROOM SERVICE
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2017–2018 Season
• Playwrights: Allen Boretz and John Murray
• Director: Michael Pressman
• Cast: TBA
• Revival of the 1937 Broadway screwball comedy about a penniless Broadway producer who will do anything to stay in his hotel room so he can get a career-saving hit off the ground.
• Produced by Michael Pressman and Andrew Ames.
THE SCENARIO
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2017–2018 season
• Written by Dan Charnas (book) with music and lyrics by multiple artists
• Director: TBA
• Cast: TBA
• A new musical set to three decades of hip-hop.
• A co-production of Russell Simmons and Universal Music Group
THE SECRET GARDEN
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2018–2019 Season
• Written by Lucy Simon (music) and Marsha Norman (book and lyrics)
• Director: Warren Carlyle
• Cast: TBA
• Revival of the 1991 musical based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story about an orphan girl who finds renewal when she discovers a locked, dead garden and brings it back to life.
• A co-production of Seattle's The 5th Avenue Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., the Broadway-bound revival played a stint in Houston October 10–22.
SIDEWAYS
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Book writer Rex Pickett is collaborating with composer Anthony Adams
• Cast: TBA
• A brand-new musical, mounted by EFG-Renascence Productions, based on Pickett’s novel that was adapted into an Oscar-winning film and a play.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Bruce Vilanch, based on an original story by Richard Robin, with songs by various composers
• Director: Gabriel Barre
• Choreographer: JoAnn M. Hunter
• The musical tells the story of Cindy, a young woman who moves to New York City from the Midwest in 1965 with dreams of making a difference in the world. Set against the backdrop of women’s liberation, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War, the musical features the songs of a generation from Grammy Award–winning artist Petula Clark and multiple hit-makers of the day, such as “Downtown,” “You Don't Own Me,” “Don't Sleep in the Subway,” “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss),” and “The Boy From New York City.”
• Developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre in summer 2016. A pre-Broadway production played Delaware Theater Company November 28–December 23, 2018.
SOME LIKE IT HOT
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2020
• Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (score) and Matthew Lopez (book)
• Director: Casey Nicholaw
• Cast: TBA
• A musical adaptation of the classic Billy Wilder film, which starred Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe.
SOUL TRAIN
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2021
• Written by Dominique Morisseau (book)
• Director: Kamilah Forbes
• The story of producer Don Cornelius, who created the long-running TV variety show Soul Train. Score includes soul and R&B songs showcased in the series with choreography by Camille A. Brown and executive produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Tony Cornelius, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Shawn Gee.
TOP HAT
• Theatre: TBA
• Opening: TBA
• Written by Irving Berlin (music & lyrics), Chad Beguelin (book)
• Director: Christopher Gattelli
• Cast: TBA
• The glamour of Hollywood’s golden age and the glorious, tap-dancing magic of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers comes to the stage in this classic dance musical.
• Premiered on the West End in 2013 in an earlier version, directed by Matthew White and choreographed by Bill Deamer. The first New York developmental lab was held in March 2014. A second lab was held May-June 2015, directed by Christopher Gattelli. Gattelli told Playbill in January 2017 that a Broadway production is still several seasons off.
TREVOR: THE MUSICAL
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Julianne Wick Davis (music) and Dan Collins (book and lyrics)
• Director: Marc Bruni
• Cast: TBA
• Based on the Peggy Rajski's Oscar-winning 1994 short film about a gay 13-year-old who is obsessed with singer Diana Ross.
• A fall 2017 tryout ran August 9–October 8, 2017, at the Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois.
UNTITLED PAT BENATAR MUSICAL
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: 2017
• Written by Gary Lenon (book), Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo (music and lyrics)
• Director: TBA
• Cast: TBA
• Jukebox musical that traces the personal and professional lives of rock vocalist Benatar and guitarist Giraldo.
UNTITLED NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Anthony McCarten (book)
• Director: Michael Mayer
• Cast: TBA
• Bio-musical that traces the life of the singer from Brooklyn who defied the odds to become an American icon with 10 number one hits and 130 million records sold.
THE VISITOR
• Theatre: TBA
• Target Opening: TBA
• Written by Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics) and Tom Kitt (music)
• Director: TBA
• Cast: TBA
• Musical based on the 2007 Thomas McCarthy film of the same title about a widower who befriends a Syrian immigrant in post-9/11 New York City.
• The show is being produced by Aaron Harnick and will have production at the Public Theater in spring 2020.
