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| Jacob Ming-Trent in How Shakespare Saved My Life. Credit: Kevin Berne |
Ryan J. Haddad's autobiographical play Good Time Charlie follows (opening Oct. 9). As a young man, Charlie dreamt of a life on the stage, but his parents thought dentistry sounded better, so he channeled his passion for culture into his nephew Ryan—a fellow theater-loving gay kid with Broadway ambitions. Haddad will star in his play with additional cast to be announced.
Next up is the musical version of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald story about a man who ages backwards. This musical transplants the story from New Orleans (as depicted in the film version starring Brad Pitt) to a Cornish fishing village on the coast of Great Britain. (opens Oct. 21.) This North American premiere follows a hit run in London's West End.
The West End production of
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Credit: Marc Brenner
Richard Nelson's Apple family returns to the Public with We'll See which takes place on the night of the midterm Congressional elections (opens Nov. 3). This is the latest in Nelson's Rhinebeck Panorama about three families in the upstate New York town dealing with local and national issues. Sally Murphy, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robbins and Jay O. Sanders return to their roles as the Apple siblings. Additional casting to be announced.
Stephen Kunken, Sally Murphy, Maryann Plunkett,
Laila Robbins, Jon DeVries and Jay O. Sanders
as the Apple Family in Regular Singing (2013 at the Public)
Credit: Joan Marcus
Fiasco Theater and the Public will partner to present Susan Glaspell's 1921 The Verge (opens Nov. 5) about botanist Claire Archer who is on a quest to create a new life: a plant unlike any that has ever come before. When her husband, lover, and soulmate each arrive in her greenhouse seeking heat in a snowstorm, chaos ensues. Tony winner Miriam Silverman stars.
Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames (Fat Ham) returns the Public with Welcome Table which explores the meeting between author and activist James Baldwin and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the spring of 1963 which also included Lorraine Hansberry, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne and Freedom Rider Jerome Smith. Tony winner Rachel Chavin directs (Winter 2027).
The 1963 meeting between Robert F. Kennedy
and James Baldwin inspires
James Ijames' Welcome Table.
Also in the winter, the Public will presented Bedlam's production of Are the Bennet Girls Okay?, Emily Breeze's adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice which recently received two Drama Desk Award nominations.
Masha Breeze, Elyse Steingold,
and Violeta Picayo in
Are the Bennet Girls OK?
Credit: Ari Espay
Spring 2026
May 3--Lortel Awards (NYU Skirball)
May 4--Pulitzer Prize announced
May 5--Tony Nominations (CBS Good Morning)
May 7--The Receptionist (Second Stage/Signature Center)
May 11--Outer Critics Circle Winners Announced
May 14--Rheology (Playwrights Horizons)
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 (Venue TBA)
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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