It's only fitting that Dolly Parton's new bio-musical is officially opening on her 81st birthday, January 19. Parton co-wrote the book for the show, telling her story as only she can — and of course, it's set to all her hit songs, like "9 to 5" and "Jolene."

Performances begin: December 7

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Following early performances in December, the official opening of Awake and Sing! wakes up the new year, with a cast including Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht, Jeremy Shamos, Micaela Diamond, and Will Pullen. Clifford Odets's classic drama is set in a cramped Bronx tenement, where the Berger family clashes over the American dream during the Great Depression.

Performances begin: December 15

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New York's hottest music venue will be at the Todd Haimes Theatre this winter during the run of Mix and Master. Tony Award winners Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Kara Young star in Dominique Morisseau's new play about the fight to save the Bronx's last record shop, with live DJ sets as part of the show.

Performances begin: January 5

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Nobody puts Broadway in a corner! For its 40th anniversary, the classic romance movie Dirty Dancing is taking the NYC stage. The passionate love story of Baby Houseman and Johnny Castle is set to all the songs you know and love from the film, like "Hungry Eyes," "Do You Love Me?," "She's Like the Wind," and of course, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life."

Performances begin: February 12

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This is no small announcement: Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd, Sarah Paulson, Martin Freeman, Greta Lee and Isaac Powell are sharing the Broadway stage as six spiritual retreat-goers. Their vows of silence are tested by desire, distress, and more in this Broadway-debut play by 2026 Tony and Pulitzer winner Bess Wohl (Liberation).

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Don't cry for Rachel Zegler. Fresh off an Olivier Award win for Evita in London, she's coming back to Broadway to reprise her performance as Eva Perón. One of the season's buzziest revivals, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about Eva and Juan Perón's rise to power is directed by Jamie Lloyd (Sunset Boulevard).

Performances begin: February 27

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When it comes to Best Musical contenders, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis's Warriors is sure to put up a strong fight. Reimagining the 1979 movie about an NYC gang getting framed for murder and making a dangerous escape to safety, the musical version has already amassed fans via its 2024 cast album. It was only a matter of time before it got the full-fledged stage treatment.

Performances begin: March 9

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Heated Rivalry's François Arnaud and Superman's David Corenswet make their Broadway debuts alongside The Handmaid's Tale Emmy nominee Yvonne Strahovski in Three Days of Rain. Each actor plays two characters in the Pulitzer-nominated drama, which explores death and inherited secrets through two different generations.

Performances begin: February 2027

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Featuring over 20 Prince hits like “When Doves Cry” and “I Would Die 4 U,” the Purple Rain musical adapts the iconic singer's equally iconic 1984 film. In Minneapolis, a young musican called the Kid is determined to be a star, but his past threatens to destroy everything he's worked for.

Performances begin: March 12

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Stop the presses! The magazine industry may be crumbling around them, but the low-level employees at a major NYC publication will still do anything — anything — to get ahead. More than 10 years after its debut, the Pulitzer-nominated Gloria, from Tony winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate, Purpose) is coming to Broadway.

Performances begin: March 17

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Climb ev'ry mountain, ford ev'ry stream to get to Lincoln Center Theater's revival of The Sound of Music, starring Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP! The Musical) as Maria. The timeless Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about love, song, and resistance returns to Broadway for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Performances begin: March 23

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March 24 is a big day for baseball. Not only is the Major League Baseball season scheduled to start, but Damn Yankees returns to Broadway with Neil Patrick Harris, Julianne Hough, and Austin Scott set to star. In this new version of the classic musical set during the Yankees' early-2000s World Series win streak, an ordinary Baltimore Orioles fan becomes a baseball hotshot to finally secure his team a win over New York.

Performances begin: March 24

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He's journeyed from Peru to London, and now, this small bear is now journeying to the Big Apple. Paddington and his namesake musical took the West End by storm, winning a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards in 2026. Now, stateside audiences can join Paddington on his search for a place to call home, encountering a kindly family, a zany taxi driver, a vengeful taxidermist, and more along the way.

Performances begin: March 30

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A small French town's residents mysteriously turn into rhinoceroses in Eugène Ionesco's classic comedy, now returning to Broadway in a new revival starring John Turturro, Tatiana Maslany, and Tony Shalhoub. Hold on to your horns!

Performances begin: April 7

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Can't wait for summer? See the fiery Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in its Broadway return. The Pulitzer-winning play takes place at a patriarch's 65th birthday party in Mississippi, where the simmering desires and tensions among his dysfunctional family come to a head.

Performances begin: Spring 2027

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If you can't get to coastal Montauk for a warm-weather getaway, you can see Tony Award nominee and Emmy winner Laura Linney in Montauk, David Hare's new drama about a writer (Linney) and artist whose personal motives and professional inspirations bleed together.

Performances begin: Spring 2027

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