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Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and
Christopher Abbott with star in
Death of a Salesman next spring. |
Willy Loman is returning to Broadway. The seventh Main Stem production of Arthur Miller's
Death of a Salesman will begin previews at the Winter Garden Theater on March 6, 2026 prior to an April 9 opening. Tony winner Joe Mantello (
Wicked, Little Bear Ridge Road) will direct Tony winners Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott (
James White, House of Blue Leaves) and Ben Ahlers (Jack the footman/now rich clock maker from
The Gilded Age). Scott Rudin and Barry Diller will produce. The production was originally planned in 2020, but the COVID pandemic delayed it. Earlier this year, it was announced for 2026-27.
Salesman opened on Broadway in 1949, starring Lee J. Cobb, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Kennedy and Cameron Mitchell. winning the Tony, NY Drama Critics Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize. Broadway revivals have starred George C. Scott (1975), Dustin Hoffman (1984), Brian Dennehy (1999), Philip Seymour Hoffman (2012), and Wendell Pierce (2022).
In a statement, Kate Miller, Trustee of the Arthur Miller Literary and Dramatic Property Trust said, “This production promises to channel Salesman's dynamic power in a completely new way. Part of what's so exciting about Joe Mantello’s approach is that he has been immersing himself in our extensive archives and interacting with Arthur's earliest drafts of Salesman—sounding out a deeper understanding of the play's inner workings. It's been wonderful to work with someone who is successfully finding new ways into a play that's been thoroughly studied, taught, and performed by the greatest artists in the world for nearly 80 years. Mantello’s approach will bring Salesman’s impactful and ever relevant commentary on the American dream to modern audiences, and we're so eager to see it come to life."
Mantello added, "It’s been incredibly rewarding to work closely with the Arthur Miller Estate, who’ve so generously opened the archive and encouraged real exploration. Looking through Miller’s early drafts revealed insights into the play’s first impulses—including some surprising theatrical ideas that feel both deeply familiar and unexpectedly modern."
Lane revealed, “In 1995 while rehearsing a Terrence McNally play with Joe, he turned to me one afternoon out of the blue and quietly said, ‘Someday you and I are going to do Death of a Salesman.’ And true to his word, 30 years later, that day has come. I couldn’t be more thrilled and honored to follow in the footsteps of so many great actors in tackling the role of Willy Loman, especially with the brilliant Laurie Metcalf by my side and the remarkable cast Joe is assembling. It’s a privilege to do what is arguably the greatest drama of the twentieth century, and like all great plays it always seems to speak to us anew each time we see it.”
Metcalf said, “Collaboration is everything in the theatre. I am lucky to be going from one exciting project to another with Joe Mantello—and in the very same season. Joe and Nathan are longtime collaborators, and my shared history with—and deep respect for—them makes what might otherwise feel daunting feel familiar, and absolutely thrilling.”
2025-26 Broadway/Off-Broadway Calendar
Winter 2025-26
Dec. 4--A Christmas Carol (Perelman Performing Arts Center)
Dec. 8--Marjorie Prime (Second Stage/Hayes)
Dec. 11--Anna Christie (St. Ann's Warehouse)
Dec. 12--All Out: Comedy About Ambition (Nederlander) (previews begins; opening TBA)
Dec. 16--Tartuffe (NYTW)
Dec. 18--Amahl and the Night Visitors (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)
Jan. 8--Bug (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman)
Jan. 9--An Ark (The Shed)
Jan. 2026--Ulysses (Elevator Repair Service/Public)
Feb. 1--Coriolanus (TFANA) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Feb. 4--High Spirits (Encores!/City Center)
Feb. 11--Monsters (MTC/City Center)
Feb. 12--The Unknown (Studio Seaview)
Feb. 25--Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood (Second Stage/Signature Theater)
February--Marcel on the Train (CSC)
February--Bigfoot! the Musical (MTC/City Center)
Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) (Public)
Chinese Republicans (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
The Dinosaurs (Playwrights Horizons)
Jesa (Public)
Public Charge (Public)
The Reservoir (Atlantic Theater Company)
Mother Russia (Signature Theater Company)
2026
Dolly: An Original Musical
Wanted (formerly Gun and Powder)
Spring 2026
March 5--What We Did Before Our Moth Days (Greenwich House Theater)
March 10--Cold War Choir Practice (MCC)
March 12--Every Brilliant Thing (Hudson)
March 18--The Wild Party (Encores!/City Center)
March 23--Giant (Music Box)
March 23--Hamlet (Teatro La Plaza/TFANA)
March 30--Dog Day Afternoon (August Wilson)
April 7--Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Broadhurst)
April 8--Becky Shaw (Second Stage/Hayes)
April 9--Death of a Salesman (Winter Garden)
April 16--Proof (Booth)
April 20--Schmigadoon (Nederlander)
April 23--The Rocky Horror Show (Roundabout/Studio 54)
April 25--Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Barrymore)
April 26--The Lost Boys (Palace)
May 7--The Receptionist (Second Stage/Signature Center)
May--The Emporium (CSC)
: Girls : Chance : Music (Vineyard Theater)
Animal Wisdom (Signature Theater Company)
The Balusters (MTC/Friedman)
Fallen Angels (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)
Indian Princesses (Atlantic Theater Co.)
Montauk
My Joy Is Heavy (NYTW)
No Singing in the Navy (Playwrights Horizons)
Rheology (Playwrights Horizons)
2026-27
Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo
Private Lives
Summer 2026
June 17--La Cage Aux Folles (Encores!/City Center)
June 24--Birthright (MCC)
July 14--The Whoopi Monologues (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)
Bocking (New Group/Theater at St. Clements)
Fall 2026
Dreamgirls
Jackals (New Group/Theater at St. Clements)
Winter 2026
The Adding Machine (New Group/Theater at St. Clements)
Future--10 Things I Hate About You; Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death; Beaches the Musical; Beat Street; Black Orpheus; Coal Miner's Daughter; Come Fall in Love--The DDLJ Musical; Crazy Rich Asians; The Devil Wears Prada; Ella: An American Miracle; Eurovision Song Contest; Everybody's Talking About Jamie; Fahrenheit 451; Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Musical; Frida, the Musical; Game of Thrones; Get Happy; The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation; High Noon; Imitation of Life; The Interestings; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; The Karate Kid; La La Land; The Mousetrap; Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Spotlight Manor; The Nanny; The Normal Heart/The Destiny of Me; Pal Joey; Particle Fever; Purple Rain; The Queen's Gambit; Rear Window; The Secret Garden; Sing Street; Slumdog Millionaire; Soul Train; Studio 54; Waking Ned Devine; Working Girl.
2025-26 Broadway Season Breakdown
New Plays
All Out: Comedy About Ambition
The Balusters
Call Me Izzy
Cottonfield
Dog Day Afternoon
Giant
Liberation (transfer from Off-Broadway)
Little Bear Ridge Road
Montauk
Oedipus
Punch
New Musicals
Dolly: An Original Musical
The Lost Boys
Schmigadoon
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
The Queen of Versailles
Play Revivals
Art
Becky Shaw
Bug
Death of a Salesman
Every Brilliant Thing
Fallen Angels
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Marjorie Prime
Proof
Waiting for Godot
Musical Revivals
Beetlejuice
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Chess
Mamma Mia!
Ragtime
The Rocky Horror Show
Solos/Specialties
Jeffrey Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride
Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets
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