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Best Broadway shows in New York in March 2026

Here are our top picks of theatre to check out in March 2026, one of the busiest months for new Broadway and Off-Broadway openings, meaning plenty to check out.

Gillian Russo
Written byGillian Russo

March marks the start of spring and of daylight savings time, so when you turn your clocks forward, that means you're one hour closer to seeing your next show. And if you're planning to see a Broadway or Off-Broadway show this month, there are plenty to choose from.

Tons of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays and musicals will join the ranks of long-running shows and recent February premieres throughout March. While we wait for warmer weather to come, it's a perfect time to get out and cozy up at a show. Grab your friends or family for a spring break trip, or venture out solo when you have a free night.

New shows this March cover all sorts of topics, from bank robberies to balls to blind dates. There are plenty of revivals, too, including reimaginings of Shakespeare, Sophocles, and one purr-fect Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. Read on to learn about Broadway and Off-Broadway shows to see in March, and get tickets now.

Summary

  • New Broadway shows in March include Every Brilliant Thing with Daniel Radcliffe; The Fear of 13 with Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson; Dog Day Afternoon with Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach; and Death of a Salesman with Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf
1.

The Book of Mormon

2.

Every Brilliant Thing

3.

The Fear of 13

4.

Death of a Salesman

5.

Dog Day Afternoon

6.

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

7.

Becky Shaw

8.

Giant

9.

What We Did Before Our Moth Days and The Fever

10.

Tru

11.

Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)

13.

Cold War Choir Practice

14.

Jesa

15.

Titus Andronicus

16.

Trash

17.

Public Charge

18.

Blood/Love

19.

Seagull: True Story

20.

My Joy is Heavy

1.

The Book of Mormon

Broadway
Musical
Comedy
Award winner

Say hello to The Book of Mormon as it reaches a special milestone! The Tony Award-winning musical comedy is celebrating its 15th anniversary on March 19 with a special performance featuring audience giveaways, surprise appearances, and a special announcement we can't wait to hear. Just leave the kids at home for this R-rated hit from the writers of South Park and Avenue Q.

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2.

Every Brilliant Thing

Broadway
Play
Interactive
Stars on stage

Is there anything more brilliant than seeing Daniel Radcliffe back on Broadway? Yes, actually: the fact that you could join him in the show. This acclaimed solo play, starring Radcliffe as a man determined to cheer up his depressed mother with life's small joys, involves ample (but totally voluntary) audience participation.

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4.

Death of a Salesman

Broadway
Play
Drama
Classic
Award winner
Stars on stage

This one practically sells itself: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf take on two of the American theatre's greatest roles, Willy and Linda Loman, in the latest revival of Arthur Miller's classic play about a man whose long-held American dream is running on fumes.

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5.

Dog Day Afternoon

Broadway
Play
Drama
Stars on stage
Screen to stage

Don't miss these partners in crime: The Bear Emmy winners Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach make their Broadway debuts as two failed Brooklyn bank robbers in this stage adaptation of a wild true story that also inspired the 1975 Al Pacino film.

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7.

Becky Shaw

Broadway
Play
Comedy

If you take a date to this show, hopefully it goes better than the wildly off-the-rails blind date in Gina Gionfriddo's Pulitzer-nominated play. Emmy nominee Madeline Brewer leads a cast that also features The Pitt star Patrick Ball, three-time Tony nominee Linda Emond, and more.

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8.

Giant

Broadway
Play
Drama
Stars on stage
Award winner

Emmy and Tony winner John Lithgow leads this giant hit of a play as author Roald Dahl, who's caught between public pressure and personal pride when he's accused of antisemitism. The show comes stateside following a hit run in London, where the show and Lithgow took home Olivier Awards.

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9.

What We Did Before Our Moth Days and The Fever

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama

Acclaimed playwright and actor Wallace Shawn is represented with two shows at the Greenwich House Theater this spring: What We Did Before Our Moth Days, his newest world premiere about the love, remorse, and joy in the lives of an urban family; and The Fever, his award-winning solo play about a sick person grappling with his privilege in an oppressed country, performed by Shawn himself.

The Fever is performed on Sunday and Monday nights, and Moth Days is at all other showtimes. So on Sundays, you could even do a double feature!

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10.

Tru

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama
Stars on stage
Unique experience

It's tru: Modern Family star and Tony Award winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson will return to the NYC stage for five weeks only. Performing in the House of the Redeemer's library for only 99 people per night, Ferguson plays Truman Capote as he wrestles with the fallout from his most scandalous work.

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13.

Cold War Choir Practice

Off-Broadway
Play with music
Drama

When a prominent Black conservative brings his sick wife home for the holidays, family tensions boil. Ro Reddick's Cold War-set play with original music blends Reaganomics, espionage, the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus, and... roller disco? Come to Choir Practice to find out how it hits all these notes.

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14.

Jesa

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama

As four estranged Korean American sisters reunite to perform their father's jesa, a ritual honoring the dead, they end up facing the rise of family tensions, long-hidden secrets, and ghosts both emotional and literal.

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15.

Titus Andronicus

Off-Broadway
Play
Shakespeare
Tragedy

Tony Award nominee Patrick Page is no stranger to playing villains, from Hades in Hadestown to Scar in The Lion King to numerous Shakespearean baddies. His latest is the title role of Titus Andronicus, a tale of inhumanity and revenge and one of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedies.

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16.

Trash

Off-Broadway
Play
Comedy

The one thing that polar-opposite deaf roommates Tim and Jake share is their NYC apartment — but the routine chore of taking out the trash ends up leading them to communicate anew. Trash is performed almost entirely in sign language, but it ensures even non-ASL-speaking audiences can understand the play, and maybe understand each other along the way.

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17.

Public Charge

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama

Inspired by the real experiences of U.S. Ambassador Julissa Reynoso, this new play co-written by Reynoso and Michael J. Chepiga follow's a public servant's journey from Dominican immigrant to powerful lawyer to diplomat who believes she can still do some good from the inside of a troubled government.

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18.

Blood/Love

Off-Broadway
Musical

Have a thirst for vampire musicals? Check out Blood/Love, a pop-opera musical about a millennia-old vampire queen who sets out to find a purpose for her eternal life beyond bloodsucking.

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19.

Seagull: True Story

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama

Inspired by the real experiences of creator/director Alexander Molochnikov, Seagull: True Story dramatizes his attempt to stage a radical revival of Chekhov's The Seagull in Russia, and this retelling is at once political satire and poignant reflection on displacement, censorship, and creative freedom.

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20.

My Joy is Heavy

Off-Broadway
Musical
Drama

Spouses Abigail and Shaun Bengson, known as the folk duo The Bengsons, wrote and lead this poignant musical about a rural family who find unexpected sources of comfort after losing a pregnancy.

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