Prepare to become a patron of the arts
The holidays are behind us and everyone ’s looking to the year ahead , New York stages include . Theater lovers have a lot of options to choose from in 2023 , from starry revivals to new musicals , an immersive 1920s party and exciting raw plays . Want to see an Oscar success take on Ibsen ? Starting next calendar month , you may . An Aaron Sorkin spin onCamelot ? That too ! A Pulitzer - winningHamletriff , or aKilling Evestar in a one - charwoman show ? You get the idea — and we have n’t even mentioned the Britney Spears melodic yet . This is all to say that there ’s something for everyone . regard these 19 appearance — most come on Broadway , but not all — to delight and storm you in the approaching year .
Pictures From Home
The excellent acting trio of Nathan Lane , Danny Burstein , and Zoë Wanamaker come together for this new Sharr White play — based on the photograph memoir of the same name by Larry Sultan — which explores hereditary relationships through its story of a photographer who turns the lens on his parent . ( Studio 54 , performance begin Jan. 13 )
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window
Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan couple up for the first New York revitalization of this seldom produce caper by Lorraine Hansberry ( A Raisin in the Sun ) , portraying a pair of creative person attempt to save their marriage in 1960s Greenwich Village.(BAM , execution begin Feb. 4 )
A Doll’s House
Reigning Best Actress Oscar winner Jessica Chastain returns to Broadway for this new spin on the groundbreaking Henrik Ibsin play , with a revise playscript from Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog and management from Jamie Lloyd ( who put 2019 ’s stunningBetrayalwith Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Cox on the board ) . ( Hudson Theatre , performances begin Feb. 13 )
Bad Cinderella
Phantom of the Operamay be close down this year , but Andrew Lloyd Webber has a new musical about to grace ( and spray paint ) the Great White Way . Bad Cinderella , with a Bible fromPromising Young Woman ’s Emerald Fennell , give the classic fairy tarradiddle some contemporary genius — in this version , the title role ( Linedy Genao ) is envisioned as the “ one stubborn peasant standing in the way of perfection ” in the image - obsessed kingdom of Belleville . ( Imperial Theatre , execution begin Feb. 17 )
The Great Gatsby
How about a soiree , old sportsman ? This immersive experience — not to be obscure with theGatsbymusical Florence Welch is write medicine for — comes to New York after a swell seven - twelvemonth campaign in London place on a Jazz Age company based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic . A 1920s dress code is encouraged ; drinks , saltation and drama are to be expect . ( The Mansion at The Park Central Hotel , carrying into action start March 9 )
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Stephen Sondheim ’s orca musical comes back in a with child way in this Thomas Kail - direct ( Hamilton ) production . John Groban and Annaleigh Ashford star as the vengeful Sweeney Todd and his age bracket Mrs. Lovett , and the revival also boasts a 26 - piece of music orchestra playing the Tony - win score in its original , epical form . ( Lunt - Fontanne Theatre , public presentation begin Feb. 26 )
Shucked
Bring your“it ’s corn!”jokes into 2023 for this new melodious comedy with a book from Tony winner Robert Horn ( Tootsie ) and music from Grammy - winning Nashville songwriting team Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally . Press notes describeShuckedas a “ farm - to - fable ” history that will “ offer a kernel of Leslie Townes Hope for our divide country . ” We ’ll find out in March if it has the succus . ( Nederlander Theatre , operation begin March 8)
Camelot
The definitive Lerner & Loewe musical gets a Modern staging courtesy of director Bartlett Sher ( My Fair Lady ) and a revise book from Aaron Sorkin ( who previously team up with Sher onTo Kill a Mockingbird ) . The mould include Tony winner Andrew Burnap ( The Inheritance ) as King Arthur , Phillipa Soo ( Hamilton ) as Guinevere , and Jordan Donica ( My Fair Lady ) as Lancelot . ( Vivian Beaumont Theater , performance begin March 9 )
Life of Pi
This point adaption of the acclaimed 2001 Yann Martel novel — about a teenage boy stranded in a lifeboat with a hyaena , zebra , orangutan and Bengal Panthera tigris — sets sail stateside after make headway five Olivier Awards in London , including Best gambling . Expect to see telling puppetry convey the brute characters to life in this play ; it takes seven performers to play the Panthera tigris alone . ( Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre , performances begin March 9 )
White Girl in Danger
The new Off Broadway melodic from Pulitizer and Tony victor Michael R. Jackson ( A Strange Loop ) is described as a " feverishness dream mashup of classic daytime and primetime scoop operas , Lifetime movie , and red - hot melodrama . " The show is set in the Georgia home boy opera house Ithiel Town of Allwhite , where Black residents are kick downstairs to the “ Blackground ” — until one adjudicate to insert herself into a central storyline . ( Tony Kiser Theater , performances begin March 15 )
Fat Ham
Fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win and an Off Broadway scat at the Public Theater last yr , author James Ijames ’ razor - shrill contemporary riff onHamlet — ifHamletwas about a queer , Southern college student name Juicy who ’s visit by the specter of his father during a family cookout — arrive for its Broadway bow.(American Airlines Theatre , performance commence March 21 )
New York, New York
Start circulate the news : This fresh musical is loosely base on the 1977 Martin Scorsese film of the same name — following vocalizer , player , and other slave in post - WWII New York — and features a grievance from John Kander and Fred Ebb ( Chicago , Cabaret ) with additional lyric from Lin - Manuel Miranda . Admit it , you ’re already humming the title tune while reading this . ( St. James Theatre , execution commence March 24 )
Summer, 1976
Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht star in this young play from David Auburn ( Proof ) about the unexpected friendly relationship that develops between two woman in Ohio — Linney ’s Diana , an artist and exclusive mother , and Hecht ’s Alice , a free - spirited but naive young housewife — as the nation celebrates its bicentennial . ( Samuel J. Friedman Theatre , performances get April 4 )
Good Night, Oscar
Sean Hayes repay to Broadway to play Oscar Levant — the actor , piano player , and personality known for his witty one - liners and appearance on talking shows during TV ’s Golden Age — in this fresh play from Pulitzer Prize success Doug Wright that examines the toll of celebrity . The plot takes place in 1958 , when Jack Paar script Levant for an coming into court onThe Tonight Showthat spectator will never forget . ( Belasco Theatre , performances begin April 7 )
Prima Facie
Another West End exportation comes stateside , asKilling Evestar Jodie Comer fix her Broadway debut in a raw play from Suzie Miller . Comer , who also perform the one - woman show in London last year , wreak an ambitious young attorney who pick up the limits of the legal system firsthand when she ’s sexually assaulted . ( Golden Theatre , functioning set about April 11 )
The Thanksgiving Play
Larissa FastHorse ’s satiric comedy , about a mathematical group of well - intentioned theater artists who attempt to stage a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving shoal pageant , first premiered in 2018 and became one of the most - produced plays around the country . rove details for its Broadway debut have n’t been revealed yet , but the production is being directed by Tony - winningHadestownhelmer Rachel Chavkin . ( Hayes Theater , performances start give 2023 )
Once Upon a One More Time
If the title did n’t clew you in , yes , we ’re utter about a Britney Spears melodic . The yield pick out Spears ’ hit songs and weaves them into a storyline involving fairy tale heroines , a fag godmother , and a record book club readingThe Feminine Mystique , which actuate a reevaluation of their happily ever dessert . ( Marquis Theater , performances begin May 13 )
After scoring an Olivier win for Best Musical in London ’s West End , the Delorian is officially Broadway recoil . you may see this melodic adjustment of the darling 1985 metre - travel classic — with Tony campaigner Roger Bart ( The Producers ) taking on the role of Doc Brown — when it fly to New York this summer , boast a score from Grammy winners Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard alongside hits from the original movie.(Winter Garden Theatre , performances start June 30 )
Merrily We Roll Along
If you missed Daniel Radcliffe , Jonathan Groff , and Lindsay Mendez in the sold - out run ofMerrilyat New York Theatre Workshop , you ’re in luck . Maria Friedman ’s acclaimed revival of the Sondheim - George Furth musical , which chart in reverse chronological order the falling out between three artist and lifelong acquaintance , will get its first - ever Broadway revival in the fall . Suffice to say , they ’ve ( the cast , the musical , everyone who pose tickets ) got a good affair go . ( dramatics to be harbinger , performances begin fall 2023 )
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban for Sweeney Todd|Franz Szony
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban for Sweeney Todd|Franz Szony
Fat Ham|Joan Marcus (The Public Theater)
Jodie Comer in Prima Facie|Helen Murray
Once Upon A One More Time at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.|Matthew Murphy
