B'way Update: Two Strangers Musical

Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty
in Two Strangers (Carry a
Cake Across New York)
Credit: Andreas P. Verrios

Following runs in London and Boston, the original musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) will open on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre with previews commencing Nov. 1 with an opening set for Nov. 22. This brings the total of new musicals which have defintely announced they are opening this season to only four--the other three being Dolly: An Original Musical, Queen of Versailles, and The Lost Boys. 

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is written and composed by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan and is directed and choreographed by Tim Jackson (Merrily We Roll Along, Dylan Mulvaney’s The Least Problematic Woman in the World). Starring in the musical’s Broadway premiere are Olivier Award-winning actor Sam Tutty (Dear Evan Hansen) in his Broadway debut as Dougal, and Broadway leading lady Christiani Pitts (A Bronx Tale, King Kong) as Robin, who reprise their roles from the show’s acclaimed run at American Repertory Theater this summer. 

Two Strangers is an original new musical comedy about timing, connections, and unexpected detours. Meet Dougal, an impossibly upbeat Brit who has just landed in New York City for the first time to attend the wedding of the father he’s never met. Meet Robin, the sister of the bride and a no-nonsense New Yorker with a lot of errands to run—including picking up the groom’s estranged son from the airport. These two strangers begin their journey together, navigating New York City, secrets, and second chances. 

2025-26 Broadway/Off-Broadway Calendar
Summer 2025
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. 2--The Wild Duck (TFANA) (previews begin; opening TBA)

Sept. 6--Galas (Little Island)

Sept. 7--Masquerade (Phantom of the Opera) (Lee's Art Shop)

Sept. 9--House of McQueen (The Mansion at Hudson Yards)
Sept. 10--The Brothers Size (The Shed)

Sept. 11--Prince Faggot (Studio Seaview)
Sept. 15--Saturday Church (NYTW)
Sept. 16--Art (Music Box)

Sept. 16--When the Hurlyburly's Done (Public)
Sept. 21--Weather Girl (St. Ann's Warehouse) 
Sept. 25--The Other Americans (Public)

Sept. 28--Waiting for Godot (Hudson)
Sept. 28--The Honey Trap (IRT)

Sept. 28--And Then We Were No More (La Mama)
Sept. 29--Punch (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman)

Sept. 30--Caroline (MCC)
Oct. 8--Beetlejuice (Palace) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Oct. 15--Oh Happy Day (Public)

Oct. 15--Let's Love (Atlantic Theater Company)
Oct. 16--Ragtime (Vivian Beaumont/LCT)
Oct. 22--Endgame (Druid/Irish Arts Center) (previews begin; opening TBA)

Oct. 23--The Baker's Wife (CSC) (previews begin; opening TBA)
Oct. 24--Did You Eat? (Public)

Oct. 28--Liberation (James Earl Jones)

Oct. 28--Romy and Michelle: The Musical (Stage 42)

Oct. 29--Bat Boy (Encores!)

Oct. 30--Little Bear Ridge Road (Booth)
October--Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God (Playwrights Horizons)
Nov. 3--Kyoto (LCT/Newhouse)

Nov. 5--Queens (MTC/City Center) 
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. 18--Meet the Cartozians (Second Stage/Signature Center)

Nov. 18--This World of Tomorrow (Shed)

Nov. 20--Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Longacre)
Nov. 20--Initiative (Public)
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)
Sugar Daddy

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. 16--Tartuffe (NYTW)

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

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

Feb. 1--Coriolanus (TFANA) (previews begin; opening TBA)

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)

The Reservoir (Atlantic Theater Company)

Mother Russia (Signature Theater Company)

What We Did Before Our Moth Days

2026

Dolly: An Original Musical

Wanted (formerly Gun and Powder)

Spring 2026

March 23--Hamlet (Teatro La Plaza/TFANA)

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)

Indian Princesses (Atlantic Theater Co.)

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

Liberation (transfer from Off-Broadway)

Little Bear Ridge Road

Montauk

Oedipus

Punch

New Musicals

Dolly: An Original Musical

The Lost Boys

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

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