B'way Update: Rhino, Three Days

Tatiana Maslany and John Turturro in
Rhinoceros at ART.
Credit: Hawver and Hall

The rumors were true. As reported in our last Broadway update, Diane Paulus' revival of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros will be coming to the Main Stem. There were rumors that the production, previously seen at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., would be replacing Roundabout Theater Company's revival of The Full Monty on its spring schedule. Roundabout has confirmed that Rhinoceros will stampede into the Todd Haimes Theater for preview performances on April 7 in advance of an April 25 opening. (The Full Monty will be rescheduled.) John Turturro and Tatiana Maslany will repeat their ART performances. Tony winner Tony Shalhoub will take over the role of Jean, played by Paul Giamatti in Cambridge. Jean is the bravura role calling for the actor to transform into the titular horned behemoth for which Zero Mostel won a Tony in the 1960 Broadway production. Ionesco's political allegory concerns a society where conformism demands everyone change into rhinos.

In other Broadway news, the revival of Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain has announced dates and a theater. Previews will begin Jan. 20, 2027 at the Longacre Theater with an opening set for March 1 for a limited 16-week run. Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro directs a three person cast consisting of Francois Arnaud (Heated Rivalry), David Corenswet (Superman) and Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid's Tale).

2026-27 Broadway and Off-Broadway Calendar

Fall 2026

Oct. 18--Other Desert Cities (Hudson)
Oct. 19--King of the Yees (Signature Theater Company)
Oct. 21--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Public)
Oct. 21--860 (Imperial)
Oct. 22--The Imaginary Invalid (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)
Oct. 22--Magic Mike Live New York 
Oct. 22--2:22: A Ghost Story (Lortel)
Oct. 27--I Become We (Atlantic Theater Co.) 
Oct. 28--In the Heights (Encores!)
Oct. 29--A Few Good Men (LCT/Vivian Beaumont)
Oct. 29--The Heart (Roundabout/Laura Pels)
Nov. 1--Ms. Blakk for President (Vineyard)
Nov. 2--Waiting for Lefty (CSC)
Nov. 3--We'll See (Public)

Nov. 5--The Unbelievers (MTC/City Center)
Nov. 5--The Verge (Public)
Nov. 8--Wanted (James Earl Jones)
Nov. 9--Here There Are Blueberries (Barrymore)
Nov. 9--The Visitors (Second Stage/Signature Center)
Nov. 10--Elektra (Theater for a New Audience) (previews begin, opening TBA)
Nov. 12--The Good Thief (Irish Repertory Theater)
Nov. 15--Downstate (Booth)
Nov. 16--The Fantasticks (Revised Version) (Second Stage/Hayes)
Nov. 17--Blue Man Group: A New Holiday Surprise (Lunt-Fontanne)

Nov. 18--It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Broadhurst)
Nov. 18--the ripple, the wave that carried me home (Playwrights Horizons)
Nov. 19--Much Ado About Nothing (Winter Garden)
Nov. 23--Seven Guitars (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)
Nov. 24--The Dead, 1904 (IRT/American Irish Historical Society)
Dreamgirls
HOLE! (Playwrights Horizons)
Jackals (New Group/Theater at St. Clements)

Winter 2026-27

Dec. 1--Inter Alia (Music Box)

Dec. 3--Imitation of Life (The Shed/National Black Theater) 

Dec. 6--Galileo: A Rock Musical (Shubert) 

Dec. 7--A View from the Bridge (LaMaMa)

Dec. 13--Finn (Atlantic Theater Co.) (previews begin, opening TBA)

Dec. 14--Wild Rose (NYTW)

Dec. 17--Spring Awakening (Studio Seaview)

Jan. 9--Too Bad for Her (Atlatntic Theater Co. ) (previews begin, opening TBA)

Jan. 13--Honor, An Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra in Tandem with Lili Taylor (Theater for a New Audience) (previews begin, opening TBA)

Jan. 17--Full Gallop (City Center Stage II)

Jan. 19--Dolly: A True Original Musical (St. James)

Jan. 21--Texas in Paris (Signature Center)

Jan. 27--Mix and Master (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)

Jan. 28--Pretend It's Pretend (LCT/Clara Tow) (previews begin, opening TBA)

Jan. 2027--Awake and Sing (MTC/Samuel Friedman)

Jan. 2027--The Heart Sellers (MCC)

Feb. 3--You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Encores!)

Feb. 11--The Grief Eater Near North Bender (Roundabout/NYTW/Laura Pels)

Feb. 22--Work of Devotion (Second Stage/Signature Center)

Feb. 25--Faydra (MTC/City Center Stage I)

Feb. 28--King Lear (Theater for a New Audience) (previews begin, opening TBA)

Feb. 29--Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (CSC)

Feb. 2027--Petra (Vineyard Theater)

Feb. 2027--Miles for Mary (Signature Theater Company)

Are the Bennett Girls OK? (Public)

The Surge (Public)

Welcome Table (Public)

Wold Meteor (Playwrights Horizons)

Spring 2027

March 1--Three Days of Rain (Longacre)

March 14--Dirty Dancing: The Musical (Lena Horne)

March 17--Let 'Em Eat Cake (Encores!)

March 18--Small Mouth Sounds (Barrymore)

March 18--Old Actress (Atlantic Theater Co.) (previews begin, opening TBA)

March 25--Evita (Winter Garden)

April 5--Gloria (Second Stage/Hayes)

April 12--Purple Rain (Majestic)

April 15--The Sound of Music (LCT/Vivian Beaumont)

April 18--Paddington the Musical (Al Hirschfeld)

April 20--Damn Yankees (Marquis)

April 20--What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (Public)

April 25--Rhinoceros (Roundabout/Todd Haimes)

April 28--how to roll a blunt (Second Stage/Signature Center)

April 28--Kiss of the Spider Woman (Encores!)

April--Warriors (Lunt-Fontanne)

May 6--Born in the Dirt (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)

May 12--Meet Me at the End of the World (Public)

May 24--Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret (CSC)

May 27--Push (Atlantic Theater Co.) (previews begin, opening TBA)

May--Angela's Mixtape (Signature Theater Company)

The Annunciation (Playwrights Horizons)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Feast of Rabbits (Playwrights Horizons)

Macbeth

Montauk (MTC/Samuel J. Friedman)

The Vagina Monologues (Roundabout/Laura Pels)

Summer 2027

June 10--Phil (Public)

June 11--Beautiful Jolie Gabor (Transport Group/Theater 555) (previews begin, opening TBA)

June--What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (MCC)

Aug. 17--10 Things I Hate About You (previews begin, opening TBA)

Henry IV, Parts I and II (Public/Delacorte)

Counting and Cracking (Public/Delacorte)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Public/Delacorte)

Fall 2027

Annie

Dates TBD

Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo
Private Lives

MISS STEP (Playwrights Horizons)

Narcissister (Playwrights Horizons)

New work by Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri (Playwright Horizons)

Playing Burton (LCT/Mitzi Newhouse)

Future--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; Dare To Be Stupid: The Weird Al Yankovic Musical; 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; The Princess Bride; Purple Rain; The Queen's Gambit; Rear Window; The Secret Garden; Sing Street; Slumdog Millionaire; Soul Train; Studio 54; Waking Ned Devine; Working Girl.

2026-27 Broadway Season Breakdown
New Plays
Inter Alia
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Mix and Master
Montauk
Paranormal Activity

New Musicals
Dirty Dancing: The Musical

Dolly: A True Original Musical
Galileo, A Rock Musical
Let the Good Times Roll: A New Orleans Gumbo
Paddington The Musical
Purple Rain
Wanted
Warriors

Play Revivals
Awake and Sing
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Downstate
A Few Good Men
Gloria
Here There Are Blueberries
The Imaginary Invalid

Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Other Desert Cities
Private Lives

Rhinoceros
School Girls or the African Mean Girls Play
Small Mouth Sounds
Three Days of Rain

Musical Revivals
Damn Yankees
Dreamgirls
Evita
The Fantasticks
The Sound of Music

Solos/Specialties
860 (Billy Crystal)
Blue Man Group: A New Holiday Surprise
Celebrity Autobiography