B'way Update: Rudin's Return Official

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock in
Little Bear Ridge Road at Steppenwolf.
Credit: Michael Brosilaw

Formerly exiled producer Scott Rudin will officially make his return to Broadway with the premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's Little Bear Ridge Road, beginning previews at the Booth Theater Oct. 7 ahead of an Oct. 30 opening. The play about an alienated aunt and nephew reconnecting while sorting out to estate of their late brother and father takes place in Idaho (as all of Hunter's plays do, such as The Whale, A Case for the Existence of God, Pocatello, and Grangeville). Tony and Emmy winner Laurie Metcalf (A Doll's House Part 2, The Conners) and Micah Stock (It's Only a Play) will recreate their roles from the Steppenwolf Theater production in Chicago. Tony winner Joe Mantello (Wicked, Take Me Out, Assassins) who has collaborated with Metcalf on Grey House, Hillary and Clinton, Three Tall Women and many other plays, directs as he did in Chicago. Fellow Steppenwolf cast members John Drea and Meighan Gerachis will also appear in the NY transfer. Rudin will co-produce with Barry Diller. Steppenwolf is not involved in the Broadway production.

Rudin "stepped back" from producing in 2021 when allegations of bullying behavior in the workplace surfaced. In a recent NY Times article, the producer stated he has made apologies to some former employees and he has been in therapy. Actors Equity has also strengthened its anti-harassment and anti-bullying policies.  

2025-26 Broadway/Off-Broadway Calendar
Summer 2025
July 8--The Gospel at Colonus (Little Island)
July 10--Heathers (New World Stages)
July 17--The Weir (IRT)
July 20--Joy (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
July 31--Masquerade (Phantom of the Opera) (Lee's Art Shop) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Aug. 7--Ava: The Secret Conversations (City Center Stage I)
Aug. 14--Mamma Mia (Winter Garden)
Aug. 18--Jeffrey Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride (Nederlander)
Aug. 21--Twelfth Night (Public Theater/Delacorte)

Fall 2025
Sept. 6--Galas (Little Island)
Sept. 10--The Brothers Size (The Shed)
Sept. 15--Saturday Church (NYTW)
Sept. 16--Art (Music Box)
Sept. 16--Weather Girl (St. Ann's Warehouse) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Sept. 25--The Other Americans (Public)
Sept. 28--Waiting for Godot (Hudson)
Sept. 28--The Honey Trap (IRT)
Sept. 29--Punch (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman)
Oct. 8--Beetlejuice (Palace) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Oct. 15--Oh Happy Day (Public)
Oct. 16--Ragtime (Vivian Beaumont/LCT)
Oct. 22--Endgame (Druid/Irish Arts Center) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Oct. 24--Did You Eat? (Public)

Oct. 28--Romy and Michelle: The Musical (Stage 42)
Oct. 30--This World of Tomorrow (Shed) (previews begin; opening TBA)

Oct. 30--Little Bear Ridge Road (Booth)
October--The Baker's Wife (CSC)
October--Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God (Playwrights Horizons)
Nov. 3--Kyoto (LCT/Newhouse)
Nov. 10--Queen of Versailles (St. James)
Nov. 13--Oedipus (Roundabout/Studio 54)
Nov. 13--The Seat of Our Pants (Public)
Nov. 16--Chess (Imperial)
Nov. 17--The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (New World Stages)
Nov. 17--Meet the Cartozians (Second Stage/Signature Center)
Nov. 20--Initiative (Public)
Nov. 25--Anna Christie (St. Ann's Warehouse) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Archduke (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire (Vineyard)
Cottonfield
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Oratorio of Living Things (Signature Theater Company)
Practice (Playwrights Horizons)
Queens (MTC/City Center) 
Sugar Daddy
Tartuffe (NYTW)
The Seat of Our Pants (Public)

Winter 2025-26

Dec. 4--A Christmas Carol (Perelman Performing Arts Center)

Dec. 8--Marjorie Prime (Second Stage/Hayes)

Dec. 18--Amahl and the Night Visitors (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)

Jan. 2026--Ulysses (Elevator Repair Service/Public)

Feb. 11--Monsters (MTC/City Center)

Feb. 25--Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood (Second Stage/Signature Theater)

February--Marcel on the Train (CSC)

Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) (Public)

Chinese Republicans (Roundabout/Laura Pels)

The Dinosaurs (Playwrights Horizons)

Jesa (Public)

Public Charge (Public)

Mother Russia (Signature Theater Company)

What We Did Before Our Moth Days

2026

Dolly: An Original Musical

Wanted (formerly Gun and Powder)

Spring 2026

April 8--Becky Shaw (Second Stage/Hayes)

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)

Dog Day Afternoon

Fallen Angels (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

The Lost Boys (Palace)

Montauk

My Joy Is Heavy (NYTW)

No Singing in the Navy (Playwrights Horizons)

Rheology (Playwrights Horizons)

The Rocky Horror Show (Roundabout/Studio 54)

2026-27

Death of a Salesman

Private Lives

Summer 2026

July 14--The Whoopi Monologues (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)

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

The Balusters

Call Me Izzy

Cottonfield

Dog Day Afternoon

Little Bear Ridge Road

Montauk

Oedipus

Punch

New Musicals

Dolly: An Original Musical

The Lost Boys

Queen of Versailles

Play Revivals

Art

Becky Shaw

Fallen Angels

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Marjorie Prime

Waiting for Godot

Musical Revivals

Beetlejuice

Chess

Mamma Mia!

Ragtime

The Rocky Horror Show

Solos/Specialties
Jeffrey Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride