Upcoming Off-Broadway Shows: A Curated Schedule

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 .

THE RECEPTIONIST • Second Stage Theater at Pershing Square Signature Center/Irene Diamond Stage • First Preview: April 15, 2026 • Opening: May 7, 2026 • Playwright: Adam Bock • Director: Sarah Benson • Cast: Katie Finneran, Mallori Johnson, Nael Nacer, Will Pullen

It’s business as usual at the Northeast Office where the cheerfully dutiful receptionist answers phones, brews coffee and gossips with co-workers. But when an unexpected visitor from the Central Office walks through the door, business becomes far from usual.

NEW BORN • Minetta Lane Theatre • Opening: May 8, 2026 • Playwright: Ella Hickson • Director: Ian Rickson • Cast: Marianna Gailus, Hugh Jackman, Sepideh Moafi

A tree surgeon falls in love. A young woman searches for her lost friend on the prairie. A new mother is consumed by an unlikely celebrity friendship. In three monologues, unrelated individuals find their smallest choices ripple into seismic changes that connect them across centuries and continents. An unforgettable evening of theater exploring relationships, identity, and change from acclaimed British playwright Ella Hickson.

OTHELLO • Bedlam at West End Theatre • First Preview: April 19, 2026 • Opening: May 10, 2026 • Playwright: William Shakespeare • Director: Eric Tucker • Cast: Susannah Hoffman, Susannah Millonzi, Ryan Quinn, Eric Tucker

Othello, a general in the Venetian army, sees his happy marriage to the beautiful Desdemona destroyed when his seemingly trustworthy ensign, Iago, suggests to him that she may be unfaithful, in William Shakespeare's tragedy of revenge, jealousy and intrigue.

ANIMAL WISDOM • Signature Theatre at Pershing Square Signature Center/Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre • First Preview: May 5, 2026 • Opening: May 16, 2026 • Book, Music, and Lyrics: Heather Christian • Director: Keenan Tyler Oliphant • Cast: Kenita R. Miller

Step into a musical séance like no other — where the veil is thin, the music is wild, and the spirits of memory come roaring to life. With her raucous, singular music fusing blues, gospel and folk, Obie Award-winner Heather Christian invites you to pay tribute to the forces that shape our lives.

THE MAIDS • St. Ann's Warehouse • Opening: May 17, 2026 • Writers: Jean Genet (playwright), Kip Williams (adaptation) • Director: Kip Williams • Cast: Yerin Ha, Phia Saban, Lydia Wilson

With their mistress away, two maids act out their darkest fantasies as they obsessively role-play her murder, until performance and reality begin to blur.

THORNTON WILDER'S THE EMPORIUM • Classic Stage Company/Lynn F. Angelson Theater • First Preview: April 30, 2026 • Opening: May 18, 2026 • Writers: Thornton Wilder (playwright), Kirk Lynn (adaptation) • Director: Rob Melrose • Cast: Candy Buckley, Mahira Kakkar, Eva Kaminsky, Patrick Kerr, Derek Smith, Joe Tapper, Cassia Thompson

Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium unveils the artist’s final play, brought to life through playwright Kirk Lynn’s masterful completion. As a young man journeys through the city and beyond, he encounters a world of wonder, meaning, and the elusive truths of life itself. Wilder’s long-unseen masterpiece is finally ready to be discovered, offering a rare chance to experience a new work from a legendary voice.

INDIAN PRINCESSES • Atlantic Theater Company/Linda Gross Theater • First Preview: April 30, 2026 • Opening: May 19, 2026 • Playwright: Eliana Theologides Rodriguez • Director: Miranda Cornell • Cast: Ben Beckley, Anissa Marie Griego, Rebecca Jimenez, Greg Keller, Serenity Mariana, Pete Simpson, Lark White, Haley Wong, Frank Wood

In the summer of 2008, five young girls of color and their white fathers attend a program designed to bond families through handmade activities, camp-like adventures, and a heavy dose of cultural appropriation. But where can these girls turn when the program sparks questions that their fathers are unable – or unwilling – to answer?

WELL, I'LL LET YOU GO • Studio Seaview • First Preview: April 30, 2026 • Opening: May 19, 2026 • Playwright: Bubba Weiler • Director: Jack Serio • Cast: Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Cricket Brown, Will Dagger, Emily Davis, Matthew Maher, Danny McCarthy, Constance Shulman, Amelia Workman

In the summer of 2008, five young girls of color and their white fathers attend a program designed to bond families through handmade activities, camp-like adventures, and a heavy dose of cultural appropriation. But where can these girls turn when the program sparks questions that their fathers are unable – or unwilling – to answer?

HEATED RIVALRY: THE UNAUTHORIZED PARODY MUSICAL • The Club • First Preview: May 12, 2026 • Opening: May 26, 2026 • Book, Music & Lyrics: Dylan MarcAurele • Director: Alan Kliffer • Cast: Jay Armstrong Johnson, Jimin Moon, Ryann Redmond, Cherry Torres, Ryan Duncan

Inspired by the hit show about hockey, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody follows starry-eyed golden boy Shane Hollander on his journey from power center to power bottom.

||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :|| • Vineyard Theater • First Preview: May 12, 2026 • Opening: May 28, 2026 • Writer and Composer: Eisa Davis • Director: Pam McKinnon • Cast: Gianna DiGregorio Rivera, Hillary Fisher, Naomi Latta, Yeena Sung

Four gifted teenagers collaborate and collide one pivotal summer at a prestigious girls’ music program in Berkeley. As their connections intensify, the world outside thrums with a steady undercurrent of disaster and emergency – and they must find new ways to improvise on stage and off.

JEROME • Playwrights Horizons/The Judith O. Rubin Theater • First Preview: May 14, 2026 • Opening: June 2, 2026 • Playwright: John J. Caswell, Jr. • Director: Dustin Wills • Cast: Ken Barnett, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Stephen Spinella

Jerome, a ghost town in the secluded Arizona backcountry, is home to Con and Doane, an aging gay couple who’ve built a quiet life far from the chaos of cities and other people—until a stranger arrives, fleeing his damaged past, and falls into their arms. Set at the height of the AIDS epidemic, John J. Caswell, Jr.’s new play is an unexpectedly funny, delicately wrought story of survival, even in the harshest of deserts.

GIRL, INTERRUPTED • The Public Theater/Martinson Hall • First Preview: May 13, 2026 • Opening: June 4, 2026 • Book: Eli Rarey • Music: Aimee Mann • Director: Jo Bonney • Cast: Ta’Rea Campbell, Gabi Campo, Juliana Canfield, Manoel Felciano, King Princess, Mia Pak, Katherine Reis, Sally Shaw , Emily Skinner, Lauren Jeanne Thomas

After being checked into a psychiatric hospital, Susanna finds herself trapped in a place that’s both refuge and prison, discovering unexpected connection with the young women of her ward as they all fight for control, stability, and hope.

A WOMAN AMONG WOMEN • LCT3/Claire Tow Theater • First Preview: May 16, 2026 • Opening: June 4, 2026 • Playwright: Julia May Jonas • Director: Sarah Cameron Hughes • Cast: Brittany K. Allen, Gabriel Brown, Tina Chilip, Zoë Geltman, Morgan Siobhan Green, Hannah Heller, Lucy Kaminsky, Drew Lewis, Dee Pelletier

It's a summer day in Northampton, Massachusetts and Cleo, founder of the local women’s wellness center, holds court in her backyard. As friends, family and neighbors pass through, the air hums with a tension that may destroy the community she's worked so hard to build.

ROMEO AND JULIET • The Public Theater/Delacorte Theater • First Preview: May 22, 2026 • Opening: June 11, 2026 • Playwright: William Shakespeare • Director: Saheem Ali • Cast: Ra'Mya Latiah Aikens, Caleb Joshua Eberhardt, Daniel Bravo Hernández, Francis Jue, LaChanze, Deirdre O'Connell, Jason Manuel Olazábal, Okieriete Onaodowan, Mariand Torres

The Public’s Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director Saheem Ali brings Shakespeare’s legendary star-crossed lovers to Central Park for the first time in nearly 20 years. Don’t miss this thrilling new production, essential viewing for lovers of Shakespeare, theater, and the enduring power of love itself.

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES • New York City Center • Opening: June 17, 2026 • Book: Harvey Fierstein • Music & Lyrics: Jerry Herman • Director: Robert O'Hara • Cast: Wayne Brady, Alaman Diadhiou, James Jackson Jr., Peter Francis James, Michael McElroy, Tonya Pinkins, Billy Porter, Sharon Washington, Rachel Webb, Lance Coadie Williams

Albin and Georges have been happily married for over 20 years, jointly running La Cage aux Folles, a drag nightclub in St. Tropez while also raising their son, Jean-Michel. Chaos and hilarity ensue when Jean-Michel decides to invite over his fiancée’s parents—who just so happen to be right-wing politicians. They’re in for a surprise, and “A Little More Mascara,” in this gem of a musical.

THE LOVED ONES • Irish Repertory Theatre/Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage • First Preview: June 13, 2026 • Opening: June 23, 2026 • Playwright: Erica Murray • Director: Nicola Murphy Dubey • Cast: Alana Raquel Bowers, Donna Lynne Champlin, Clare O'Malley, Maryann Plunkett

In a remote farmhouse in West Clare, Nell prepares to scatter the ashes of her late son alongside his grieving wife. At the same time, an American tourist arrives, expecting a peaceful countryside retreat. When a young woman unexpectedly turns up at the cottage, the weekend takes a surprising and darkly comic turn. As tensions rise and secrets come to light, these four strangers are forced into an uneasy reckoning with the past and each other.

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_Originally reported by [Playbill](https://playbill.com/article/schedule-of-upcoming-off-broadway-shows-2)._