This is a schedule of upcoming off-Broadway shows, organized by opening date. To view all off-Broadway shows, upcoming and currently running, check out our off-Broadway listings page.
鈥� New World Stages - Stage I
鈥� First Preview: June 22, 2025
鈥� Opening: June 30, 2025
鈥� Book, Music and Lyrics: Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe
鈥� Director: Andy Fickman
鈥� Cast: Lorna Courtney, Casey Likes, McKenzie Kurtz, Olivia Hardy, Elizabeth Teeter, Kerry Butler, Erin Morton, Xavier McKinnon, Cade Ostermeyer, Ben Davis, Cameron Loyal
Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she's unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. That is until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it is murder being a somebody鈥�
鈥� Irish Repertory Theatre
鈥� First Preview: July 9, 2025
鈥� Opening: July 17, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Conor McPherson
鈥� Director: Ciar谩n O鈥橰eilly
鈥� Cast: Dan Butler, Sean Gormley, Johnny Hopkins, John Keating, Sarah Street
In a remote country pub in Ireland, newcomer Valerie finds herself drawn into an evening of ghost stories shared by the local bachelors who gather there to drink. With the wind howling outside and a hint of tension in the air, what begins as playful blarney soon drifts into the supernatural realm when Valerie shares her own haunting tale.
鈥� Laura Pels Theatre
鈥� First Preview: June 21, 2025
鈥� Opening: July 20, 2025
鈥� Book: Ken Davenport
鈥� Music and Lyrics: AnnMarie Milazzo
鈥� Director: Lorin Latarro
鈥� Cast: Betsy Wolfe, Jill Abramovitz, Honor Blue Savage, Adam Grupper, Jaygee Macapugay, Brandon Espinoza, Paul Whitty, Charl Brown, Gabriela Carrillo
JOY is an uplifting musical based on the true story of entrepreneur and inventor Joy Mangano. Her journey now comes to life on stage. From single motherhood and financial struggles to building a business empire, Joy鈥檚 story shows the power of resilience and determination. Don鈥檛 miss this inspiring celebration of a woman who never gave up and redefined the American Dream!
鈥� Orpheum Theatre
鈥� First Preview: July 10, 2025
鈥� Opening: July 24, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Kevin Zak
鈥� Director: Kevin Zak
鈥� Cast: Russell Daniels, Aneesa Folds, Jimmy Ray Bennett, Lakisha May, Grace Reiter, Phillip Taratula, Matthew Wilkas, Mitch Wood
You want the 411? In the summer of 1998, a pair of long lost, red-headed twin girls unexpectedly meet at sleep-away camp and hatch a plan to reunite their estranged parents. Sound familiar? Shut up, no it doesn't! Welcome to Ginger Twinsies 鈥� a loving, outlandish, and wildly inappropriate send up of the Lindsay Lohan/Nancy Meyers classic.
鈥� The Pershing Square Signature Center/Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
鈥� First Preview: July 17, 2025
鈥� Opening: July 24, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Claire Mack
鈥� Director: Atticus Orsborn
鈥� Cast: Luna Sof铆a Miranda, Charlie B. Foster, Claire Mack, Chantae Miller
Girls Will Be Girls is a hilarious, evil feminist play where over one unhinged night, fueled by pink liquor and a boy in just a speedo, three college girls violently reclaim their virginity.
鈥� New World Stages - Stage 3
鈥� First Preview: July 10, 2025
鈥� Opening: July 24, 2025
鈥� Book: Bryce Hallett
鈥� Director: Kenneth Ferrone
鈥� Cast: Drew Becker, Cassadee Pope, Justin Matthew Sargent, Daniel Yearwood, Courtnee Carter, Deon鈥檛e Goodman
Part rock concert, part documentary, the show tells the heartfelt stories of young soldiers caught in the Vietnam War and the galvanizing protest movement that sought to end it.
鈥� Stage 42
鈥� First Preview: July 21, 2025
鈥� Opening: July 27, 2025
鈥� Creator: Lord Nil
鈥� Director: Alberto Oliva
鈥� Cast: Lord Nil
A cast of ten gorgeous men and women join international escape artist Lord Nil in Lord Nil: 7 Deadly Sins, a theatrical escape experience rooted in ancient symbolism, raw physical danger, and psychological suspense. What begins as a performance quickly becomes a test of will, fear and survival 鈥� the most suspenseful 70 minutes of your life.
鈥� SoHo Playhouse
鈥� First Preview: July 24, 2025
鈥� Opening: August 4, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Morgan Bassichis
鈥� Director: Sam Pinkleton
鈥� Cast: Morgan Bassichis
In a desperate attempt to prove they can think about someone other than themself, Morgan Bassichis turns to the work of queer comedian, musician, and performance artist Frank Maya. Maya was among the first out gay comedians on network television and on the precipice of mainstream success before he died from AIDS-related complications in 1995. This new 鈥渟olo鈥� performance humbly attempts to ensure Maya鈥檚 legacy is no longer overlooked while finally resolving the bottomless queer search for fame and for father figures, and for laughter in times of crisis.
鈥� New York City Center - Stage I
鈥� First Preview: July 30, 2025
鈥� Opening: August 7, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Elizabeth McGovern
鈥� Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
鈥� Cast: Elizabeth McGovern, Aaron Costa Ganis
The Golden Age of Cinema鈥檚 Ava Gardner sat for a series of real-life interviews with writer Peter Evans in an attempt to glean the juicy details about her life story, her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, and her turbulent relationship to Howard Hughes. Initially barred from publication, Evans鈥� stories of a bygone era were published twenty-five years later with permission from Gardener鈥檚 estate and are now reimagined on stage.
鈥� DR2 Theatre
鈥� Opening: August 15, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Michael Griffo
鈥� Director: Suzanne Barabas
鈥� Cast: Nancy McKeon, Gail Winar
Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they鈥檝e never met, and yet they鈥檙e best friends. Because they鈥檝e been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they鈥檝e shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They鈥檝e told each other things they wouldn鈥檛 dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world.
鈥� Delacorte Theater
鈥� First Preview: August 7, 2025
鈥� Opening: August 21, 2025
鈥� Playwright: William Shakespeare
鈥� Director: Saheem Ali
鈥� Cast: b, Bill Camp, Khris Davis, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Junior Nyong鈥檕, Lupita Nyong鈥檕, Sandra Oh, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Moses Sumney
Join us to revel in the midsummer madness as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and the trick doors of love. The Public鈥檚 Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director, Tony Award nominee Saheem Ali directs this joyful romp welcoming all of New York back to the magic of Central Park鈥檚 beloved theater. Be there when the stage lights turn on again at The Delacorte鈥攁 New York City classic鈥攚ith this high-powered production of the Bard鈥檚 classic comedy.
鈥� The Shed
鈥� First Preview: August 30, 2025
鈥� Opening: September 10, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Tarell Alvin McCraney
鈥� Directors: Tarell Alvin McCraney and Bijan Sheibani
鈥� Cast: Andr茅 Holland, Alani iLongwe, Malcom Mays
The Brothers Size delves into the deep bond between brothers Ogun and Oshoosi Size. A modern-day fable set in the Deep South, this production offers a heartfelt exploration of life after incarceration and the struggles of family, duty, and freedom.
鈥� New York Theatre Workshop
鈥� First Preview: August 27, 2025
鈥� Opening: September 15, 2025
鈥� Book: Damon Cardasis and James Ijames
鈥� Music and Lyrics: Sia
鈥� Director: Whitney White
鈥� Cast: Bryson Battle, J. Harrison Ghee, Joaquina Kalukango, B Noel Thomas, Anania, Primo Thee Ballerino, Veyonce Deleon, Dava Huesca, Kristolyn Lloyd, Kareem Marsh, Jackson Kanawha Perry, Caleb Quezon, Wade Watson
Saturday Church tells the story of Ulysses鈥擭ew York City kid, devoted son and the fiercest acolyte at his aunt鈥檚 church. A chance encounter on the subway introduces him to the world of Saturday Church, a thrilling sanctuary for LGBTQ+ youth. Caught between these two worlds, Ulysses wrestles with family, faith and identity as he strives to find the place where he can love and be loved鈥攊n all his fabulousness.
鈥� Irish Repertory Theatre
鈥� First Preview: September 17, 2025
鈥� Opening: September 28, 2025
鈥� Playwright: Leo McGann
鈥� Director: Matt Torney
鈥� Cast: TBA
Belfast, 1979. At the height of the Troubles, two off-duty British soldiers think they鈥檝e hit it off with two local girls at a unionist pub on the city鈥檚 outskirts. But what begins as a night of flirtation and playful sparring soon turns dark. Decades later, as one of the soldiers recounts the events for an American oral history project, long-buried memories resurface, drawing him back to Belfast in search of answers and revenge.
鈥� The Shed
鈥� First Preview: October 30, 2025
鈥� Opening: TBA
鈥� Playwrights: Tom Hanks and James Glossman
鈥� Directors: Kenny Leon
鈥� Cast: Tom Hanks
It鈥檚 the end of the 21st century and Bert Allenberry is longing for the past. When Bert embarks on a time-traveling quest for true love, he returns鈥攁gain, and again, and again鈥攖o one special day at the 1939 New York World鈥檚 Fair in Queens. Out of the collision of technology and desire, nostalgia and history, what life will Bert choose as his own?
鈥� New World Stages
鈥� First Preview: November 7, 2025
鈥� Opening: November 17, 2025
鈥� Book: Rachel Sheinkin
鈥� Music and Lyrics: William Finn
鈥� Director: Danny Mefford
鈥� Cast: TBA
Six spellers enter, but only one can win The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! This charmingly witty and touching musical has entertained audiences across the world since its Tony鈥搘inning Broadway debut in 2005. It now returns to New York in a special 20th Anniversary production that celebrates the singular heart, humor, and verve that cemented its place in the musical theater canon.
