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| Melissa James and Patrick Heusinger in Paranormal Activity in London. Credit: Johan Persson |
Paranormal Activity: A New Story Live on Broadway (in case you think it's a movie), a new play inspired by the popular film franchise, will begin previews at the August Wilson Theater on Aug. 14 prior to a Sept. 15 opening. Written by Levi Holloway (Grey House) and directed by Felix Barrett (Sleep No More), the production will come to Broadway directly from its run in Boston, following stands in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and San Francisco as well as an Oliver-nominated edition in London's West End.
The plot follows James and Lou who have relocated from Chicago to London in hopes of escaping their past, but they discover "place aren't haunted, people are."
Meanwhile, the first show of the 2026-27 season will open soon. Celebrity Autobiography, the revue featuring actors reading from the memoirs of famous people, will return to the New York stage for a summer run. The show which will feature a rotating cast starts previews at the Shubert Theater May 16, opens May 18 and runs througb Aug. 16. Autobiography played the Triad Theater Off-Broadway in 2008-09 and won a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.
The opening night cast includes Scott Adsit, Mario Cantone, Jeff Hiller, Jackie Hoffman, Gayle King, Andrea Martin, Bobby Moynihan, Ben Mankiewicz (of TCM), Kenan Thompson, Nia Vardalos, and Rita Wilson.
Speaking of rotating all-star casts, Eric Bentley's Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, about the 1950s House UnAmerican Activities Committee hearings, will also have a limited summer run and feature a revolving company. Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro (August: Osage County) directs. The cast(s) have yet to be announced. Performances at New York City Center Stage I begin June 2. The play which features transcripts from the HUAC testimony of Jerome Robbins, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, Sterling Hayden and many others played Off-Broadway in the 1970s. There was a brief Broadway run in 1979.
The previously announced revival of Much Ado About Nothing directed by hot director Jamie Lloyd (Evita, Sunset Blvd.) will begin previews at the Winter Garden Oct. 31 with an opening set for Nov. 19 for a limited 10-week run.
Weird Al Yankovic, the zany parodist, will join the ranks of such music stars as ABBA, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Alanis Morrisette, and Carole King to have a jukebox musical employing his songs for its score. Dare To Be Stupid will feature an original story with such Yankovic classics as "Like a Surgeon," "Eat It," and "White and Nerdy" weaved into the script. Tony winner Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge) will direct. Scott Brown and Anthony King (Gutenberg The Musical, Beetlejuice) will collaborate with Weird Al on the book.
Weird Al Yankovic
2025-26 Broadway/Off-Broadway Calendar
May 15--Drama League Awards (Ziegfeld Ballroom)
May 17--Drama Desk Awards (Town Hall)
May 18--Chita Rivera Awards (NYU Skirball)
May 18--The Emporium (CSC)
May 19--Animal Wisdom (Signature Theater Company)
May 19--Indian Princesses (Atlantic Theater Co.)
May 21--Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony (MMAC Theater)
May 28--: Girls : Chance : Music (Vineyard Theater)
June 2--Theater World Awards (Longacre)
June 4--Girl, Interrupted (Public)
June 7--Tony Awards (Radio City Music Hall/CBS)
June 11--Romeo and Juliet (Delacorte)
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)
Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo
Private Lives
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