B'way Update: Beaches, A New Musical

Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett in
the Theater Calgary production of Beaches.
Credit: Trudie Lee

Beaches, A New Musical will begin previews at the Majestic Theater on March 27, 2026 and open on on April 22 for a limited run through Sept. 6 prior to its North American tour. Based on Iris Rainer Dart's novel of two lifelong friends, the show features a book by Dart and Thom Thomas, lyrics by Dart and music by Grammy winner Mike Stoller. Co-Directed by Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Lonny Price (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close) and Matt Cowart (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill – Assoc Dir), the Broadway premiere of the musical will star Jessica Vosk (Hell’s Kitchen, Wicked) and Kelli Barrett (FX TV's “Fosse/Verdon,” Parade), as best friends Cee Cee and Bertie, respectively. Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey starred in the 1988 film version.

2025-26 Broadway/Off-Broadway Calendar
Winter 2025-26
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. 15--The Disappear (Audible/Minetta Lane)
Jan. 25--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. 16--The Dinosaurs (Playwrights Horizons)
Feb. 22--Marcel on the Train (CSC)
Feb. 24--Mother Russia (Signature Theater Company)
Feb. 24--The Reservoir (Atlantic Theater Company)
Feb. 25--Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood (Second Stage/Signature Theater)
Feb. 26--Chinese Republicans (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
Jesa (Public)
Public Charge (Public)

2026

Dolly: An Original Musical

Wanted (formerly Gun and Powder)

Spring 2026

March 1--Bigfoot! the Musical (MTC/City Center)

March 5--What We Did Before Our Moth Days (Greenwich House Theater)

March 10--Cold War Choir Practice (MCC)

March 11--Bughouse (Vineyard)

March 11--Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) (Public)

March 12--Every Brilliant Thing (Hudson)

March 17--My Joy Is Heavy (NYTW)

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 12--Titanique (St. James)

April 16--Proof (Booth)

April 19--Hamlet (BAM)

April 20--Schmigadoon (Nederlander)

April 21--The Balusters (MTC/Friedman)

April 22--Beaches, a New Musical (Majestic)

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 18--Chita Rivera Awards (NYU Skirball)

May--The Emporium (CSC)

: Girls : Chance : Music (Vineyard Theater)

Animal Wisdom (Signature Theater Company)

Fallen Angels (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)

Indian Princesses (Atlantic Theater Co.)

Montauk

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; 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

Beaches, A New Musical

Dolly: An Original Musical

The Lost Boys

Schmigadoon

Titanique (transfer from Off-Broadway)

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