Allegiance

Updated 12/22/15
ALADDIN – Aladdin, a poor street kid who falls in love with a princess, has a life-changing experience after discovering the secrets of a magic lamp. Based on the 1992 Disney movie, it features a full Broadway score including beloved songs from the movie.

ALLEGIANCE - George Takei, the original and beloved Mr. Sulu from “Star Trek,” film and television star, activist and social media icon, will make his Broadway debut in this new musical, which was inspired by his real life childhood.An epic story of family, love and patriotism set during World War II, Allegiance follows the Kimura family in the weeks and years after the attack on Pearl Harbor as they are relocated from their farm in California to an internment camp in the rural plains of Wyoming.

AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN - An American World War II vet turned painter settles in Paris and promptly falls in love. The new musical is inspired by the Academy Award-winning film and features such Gershwin classics as "I Got Rhythm," "S'Wonderful" and "They Can't Take That Away."

AMERICAN PSYCHO – A stage musical adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel, with music by Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening). Transferring to Broadway in a revised version following a premiere at London's Almeida Theatre in December 2013. Living the high life in 1980s Manhattan, Patrick Bateman has it all - looks, money, style and status. But privately, Patrick indulges in another kind of transgression. And people - including those closest to him - keep disappearing.

BEAUTIFUL - Beautiful tells the true story of Carole King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music — she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.

BLACKBIRD - Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams return to Broadway in David Harrower's Blackbird. Joe Mantello directs this strictly limited, 18-week engagement. Fifteen years ago, Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven’t set eyes on each other since. Now she’s found him again.

BOOK OF MORMON, THE - Two young Mormons embark on a mission to spread the gospel in Uganda.

BRIGHT STAR – Bright Star will arrive on Broadway following a winter engagement at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The bluegrass-inflected musical with a score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell had its world premiere at San Diego's Old Globe in 2014. Bright Star features 25 new songs and tells a beguiling tale that unfolds in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina between 1923 and 1945. Billy Cane, a young soldier just home from World War II, meets Alice Murphy, the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that alters their lives.

CHERRY ORCHARD, THE- A new Broadway production of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, with a new adaptation by Stephen Karam (The Humans). Director Simon Godwin, an Associate Artist at the Royal Court and Bristol Old Vic, makes his Broadway debut following two acclaimed productions at London's National Theatre. Set in Russia at the turn of the twentieth century, The Cherry Orchard chronicles a noblewoman's return to her family estate after a five-year absence to escape troubling memories of her son's death. Lyubov Ranevskaya arrives home to find the cherry orchard in full bloom, but the finances of the estate on the verge of ruin. Lyubov and her brother, Gaev, find themselves scrambling to retain a vision of gentility amidst a climate of huge social and economic transition.

CHICAGO – The razzle-dazzle musical where a sensational murder trial is acted out in vaudeville specialties. The score includes "Razzle-Dazzle," "All That Jazz" and "Mister Cellophane."

CHINA DOLL - Al Pacino plays a wealthy man about to retire and marry a younger woman whose plans are shaken by a phone call, in David Mamet's newest work.

COLOR PURPLE, THE - The acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory production moves to Broadway, ten years after the original show opened at the Broadway Theatre. Starring Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson. The Color Purple is a saga of hope, inspiration and triumph. Based on the novel by Alice Walker and the Warner Brothers/Amblin Entertainment motion picture.

CRUCIBLE, THE - During the Salem Witch Trials of the 17th century, a whole Massachusetts town is put on trial for witchcraft, due to the frightened lies of a young woman. The work is playwright Arthur Miller's allegory of Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist "witchhunts" of the 1950s. Performances start in February of 2016.

CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME, THE - The play tells the story of Christopher, who becomes a suspect when a neighbor's dog is speared with a garden fork. He embarks on a mission to discover the truth about the dog’s untimely death, recording everything in a notebook — even though his father has forbidden it.

DAMES AT SEA – Dames at Sea premiered off-Broadway in 1968 and ran for 575 performances - now the musical farce returns in its first-ever Broadway production. Ruby steps off a bus from Utah and into her first Broadway show, but hours before the opening night curtain is to rise, the cast learns their theater is being demolished. So Ruby and the cast, with the help of some adoring sailors, set a plan in motion to perform the show on a naval battleship.

DISASTER! - Theatre personality (and Playbill columnist) Seth Rudetsky adds two new titles: Broadway librettist and Broadway star. Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick's parody of 1970s disaster movies, which ran Off-Broadway in 2012 and 2013, comes to Broadway for a limited run. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the theatre comes Broadway’s new musical comedy Disaster! Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and rampant wildlife can’t stop an outrageous cast of characters from dancing, gambling and singing the night away aboard New York’s first floating casino and discothèque.

ECLIPSED - Following the Public Theater’s sold-out production, this powerful new play by Zimbabwean-American playwright and actress Danai Gurirai transfers to Broadway. Amid the chaos of the Liberian Civil War, the captive wives of a rebel officer band together to form a fragile community – until the balance of their lives is upset by the arrival of a new girl.

FATHER, THE - Three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella returns to Broadway in the American premiere of Florian Zeller's new work, about a man falling into the grip of dementia. Manhattan Theatre Club presents this American premiere, translated by Christopher Hampton. A look inside the mind of Andre, a retired dancer living with his adult daughter Anne and her husband. Or is he a retired engineer receiving a visit from Anne who has moved away with her boyfriend? Why do strangers keep turning up in his room? And where has he left his watch?

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – Broadway favorite Danny Burstein stars in a revival of the beloved musical about a Jewish milkman struggling to maintain his rituals and traditions in an era of Russian pogroms. In a time of many changes, ebullient Russian-Jewish milkman Tevye tries to hold onto his religion, his traditions and his five daughters. The beloved score includes "If I Were a Rich Man," "Far From the Home I Love" and "To Life." Previews are scheduled to start on November 17 2015.

FINDING NEVERLAND - When a faltering playwright meets a widow and her four boys in Kensington Gardens, he embarks on a friendship that inspires one of the most beloved stories of all time. Based on the film, Finding Neverland follows the real-life relationship between the Llewelyn Davies family and James Matthew Barrie as he writes the revolutionary 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up. Starring Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammer. Previews begin March 15 2015.

FULLY COMMITTED - Five-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) will return to The Great White Way playing more than 40 outrageous characters in Becky Mode's solo comedy. Meet Sam. He works the red hot reservation line at one of New York's trendiest restaurants, where the best food inspires the worst behavior. Coercion, petty threats, bribes, histrionics; a cast of desperate callers will stop at nothing to land a prime reservation. Amid the barrage, can Sam still manage to look out for himself?

FUN HOME - When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Previews begin March 27 2015.

GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, A - When Monty Navarro finds out he is eighth in line to inherit a dukedom, he decides to eliminate the other seven heirs standing in his way — all played by one incredible actor. This witty music-hall comedy explores how low we'll go to make it to the top.

GIN GAME, THE - Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones return to Broadway in a revival of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer-Prize winning play. Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey meet on the porch of their nursing home and strike up a friendship, with Weller teaching Fonsia how to play gin rummy. As they play, they share stories about the lives they led in the outside world. But when Fonsia wins every hand, Weller becomes increasingly frustrated, until their gin games and conversations become a battleground, with each player exposing the other's failures, disappointments and insecurities.

HAMILTON - From the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning In The Heights comes a wildly inventive new musical about the unlikely founding father determined to make his mark on a new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, an exploration of a political mastermind and scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton.

HAND TO GOD - Mild-mannered Jason unhappily has to participate in a Jesus-themed puppet show at his church. However, he soon discovers that his puppet, Tyrone, has a mind of its own. Set in a devoutly Christian Texas town, the play revolves around a puppet that takes over the personality of the human who is supposedly manipulating it.

HOLIDAY INN - Roundabout presents the Broadway premiere of Holiday Inn, a dazzling new musical inspired by the Academy Award-winning film. With music and lyrics by the legendary Irving Berlin, direction by Gordon Greenberg and a book by Greenberg and Chad Hodge, this heartwarming classic with a contemporary sparkle will have you falling in love one beloved tune at a time. Jim leaves the bright lights of show business behind to settle down on his farmhouse in Connecticut...but life just isn’t the same without a bit of song and dance. Jim’s luck takes a spectacular turn when he meets Linda, a spirited schoolteacher with talent to spare. Together they turn the farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday, from Thanksgiving to the Fourth of July. But when Jim’s best friend Ted tries to lure Linda away to be his new dance partner in Hollywood, will Jim be able to salvage his latest chance at love?

HUGHIE- Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Forest Whitaker will make his Broadway debut in a revival of Eugene O’Neill's Hughie. Helmed by Michael Grandage (Frost/Nixon), the two-hander will co-star Tony winner Frank Wood 1928. New York City. A hotel lobby. A small-time gambler and big-time drinker makes his way back to Room 492. With a new night clerk on duty, he is forced to confront his personal demons and discover the real end to his own story.

HUMANS, THE – Following an acclaimed off-Broadway run at Roundabout Theatre Company, Stephen Karam's new work transfers to Broadway. The original off-Broadway cast, which includes Reed Birney, Jayne Houdyshell and Sarah Steele, will transfer with the show. New York City. Today. After a sleepless night, Mr. Blake brings his family from Pennsylvania to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter's new apartment. As darkness falls outside the crumbling pre-war duplex, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and family tensions reach a boiling point.

ILLUSIONISTS, THE: WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE - Seven illusionists enact mind-bending acts of magic and illusion; many have never been seen before. This critically acclaimed production is a mix of outrageous, jaw-dropping acts of grand illusion, levitation, mind-reading, disappearance and a full-view water escape.

JERSEY BOYS - The story of the legendary Four Seasons, blue-collar boys who formed a singing group and reached the heights of rock 'n' roll stardom. The musical features such Seasons' hits as "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Oh What a Night" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You."

KING AND I, THE - Set in 1860's Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a strong-willed British schoolteacher whom the imperious King brings to Siam to tutor his many wives and children. Starring Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe. Featuring the songs "Getting to Know You," "Hello, Young Lovers" and "Shall We Dance?"

KING CHARLES III - Winner of the 2015 Olivier award for best new play, Mike Bartlett's work imagines Prince Charles' ascent to the throne. Rupert Goold's production made its UK premiere at the Almeida, then transferred to the West End for a limited run. That production and original star Tim Pigott-Smith now move to Broadway. The Queen is dead: after a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's play explores the people underneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.

KINKY BOOTS - Charlie Price is forced to step in and save his family's shoe factory in Northern England following the sudden death of his father. Help comes from the unlikeliest angel, a fabulous drag performer named Lola. Together, this improbable duo revitalizes the failing business, while stepping out from their fathers' shadows and transforming an entire community through the power of acceptance.

LES MISERABLES - Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of the classic musical, which is making its third appearance on Broadway, features fresh scenic and narrative elements as well as new orchestrations.
LION KING, THE - Julie Taymor's acclaimed staging of the Disney animated film has been hailed as a Broadway landmark. The Lion King tells the story of the epic adventures of a young lion cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king.

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT - Jessica Lange, Gabriel Byrne and John Gallagher Jr. star in Roundabout's new Broadway production of four-time Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical masterwork. In a single day, we meet the members of the Tyrone family: the blustering actor-father, the opium-addicted mother, the rebellious older brother and the poetic, sickly younger brother. O'Neill's sprawling drama explores the self-delusions and lack of communication that chains the Tyrone’s together and threatens to destroy them.

LORD OF THE DANCE – Irish dancing icon Michael Flatley makes his Broadway debut in his final production as a performer. Flatley created, directs and stars. Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games will feature Flatley in a special appearance at the end of each evening performance as well as a troupe of Irish Dance's most accomplished performers. The show also features exciting and ground-breaking new technology, including holographs, special effects lighting, dancing robots, world champion acrobats and the greatest team of Irish Dancers in the world.

MATILDA- Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. She's unloved by her parents but impresses her schoolteacher and, over the course of her first term at school, teacher and pupil have a profound effect on each other's lives.

MISERY – Bruce Willis makes his Broadway debut in William Golden's new adaptation of Stephen King's novel. Successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued from a car crash by his 'Number One Fan,' Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads the manuscript to his newest novel and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character. Annie forces Paul to write a new 'Misery' novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere.

MOTOWN – Motown The Musical, the hit show featuring music from the legendary Motown catalogue, which ended a 738-performance Broadway run in January 2015, keeps its promise to return. The musical brings to life the true story of barrier-shattering Motown Records and its founder Berry Gordy, who fights against improbable odds to turn his dream into a reality.

NATASHA, PIERRE, & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 - Dave Malloy's acclaimed musical inspired by a passage from Leo Tolstoy's epic novel will arrive on Broadway next fall starring Josh Groban. The musical was previously seen in an immersive staging Off-Broadway. Beautiful, young, and pure as the driven snow, Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines. When she falls under the spell of the city's most charming rogue, it is up to the disillusioned Pierre, a family friend, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation.

NOISES OFF - The opening night performance of the farce Nothing On is just hours away, and as the cast stumbles through their final dress rehearsal, things couldn't be going any worse. With lines being forgotten, love triangles unraveling and sardines flying everywhere, it’s complete pandemonium…and we haven’t even reached intermission! Starring Andrea Martin. Previews are scheduled for December 17 2015.

ON YOUR FEET! - On Your Feet! tells the story of Cuban Americans Emilio Estefan and his wife Gloria and their journey form Cuban immigrants to global superstars. Features the hit songs "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" and "Conga." Previews begin October 5 2015.

OUR MOTHER’S BRIEF AFFAIR - A new play by Richard Greenberg. Linda Lavin will star. On the verge of death for the umpteenth time, Anna makes a shocking confession to her grown children: an affair from her past that just might have resonance beyond the family. But how much of what she says is true? While her children try to separate fact from fiction, Anna fights for a legacy she can be proud of.

PARAMOUR – The Lyric will host Cirque du Soleil's first show created specifically for Broadway. Set in the glamorous world of Golden Age Hollywood, this groundbreaking event spins the tale of a beautiful young poet forced to choose between love and art.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE - A disfigured musical genius haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera and exerts strange control over a lovely young soprano. Based on "Le Fantome de L'Opera" by Gaston Leroux. Score includes: "Music of the Night," "Angel of Music," "Think of Me" and the title song.

SCHOOL OF ROCK - A down-on-his-luck wannabe rock star poses as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school to make ends meet. When he discovers his students’ musical talents, he enlists his fifth-graders to form a rock group and conquer the Battle of the Bands. Based on the 2003 hit movie. Previews begin November 2 2015.

SHE LOVES ME - Roundabout Theatre Company revives the heartwarming musical comedy classic about finding love the good old-fashioned way. Starring Laura Benanti and Josh Radnor, and featuring Jane Krakowski, René Auberjonois and Gavin Creel. She Loves Me follows Georg and Amalia, two parfumerie clerks who aren’t quite the best of friends. Constantly bumping heads while on the job, the sparring coworkers can’t seem to find common ground. But little do they know, the anonymous romantic pen pals they have both been falling for happen to be each other. Performances start February of 2016.

SHUFFLE ALONG, OR, THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT FOLLOWED - George C. Wolfe revisits the classic 1921 Broadway musical, the first to ever feature an all-black cast, with an all-new show exploring the backstage drama around the show's creation. Savion Glover will choreograph and Audra McDonald will star. A backstage musical about the events that led to the creation of the groundbreaking Eubie Blake-Noble Sissle musical Shuffle Along. Performances start March of 2016.

SOMETHING ROTTEN! - The time is the '90s — the 1590s. Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rockstar known as The Bard. When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical!

SPRING AWAKENING - Based on Frank Wedekind's play of the same name, Spring Awakening boldly depicts how a dozen young people make their way through the thrilling, complicated, confusing and mysterious time of their sexual awakening. Performances start September of 2015.

SYLVIA - Matthew Broderick, Julie White and Annaleigh Ashford star in the first Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney's 1995 comedy which asks - how do you choose between the love of your life and man’s best friend? Daniel Sullivan directs. The world of a middle-aged New York couple is turned topsy-turvy when the husband brings home an exceptionally engaging canine running loose in Central Park in this hilarious and heartwarming comedy. Performances start October of 2015.

THÉRÈSE RAQUIN- Keira Knightley stars as a woman who embarks on an adulterous affair, which leads to violence, madness and revenge. In this tale of love, lust, betrayal, and guilt, Thérèse has made peace with her loveless marriage to a weak man when her world is turned upside down by Laurent walking through the door. Unable to ignore their passion, the pair sets off on a violent path that may have far worse consequences for the perpetrators than for the victims. Previews are scheduled to begin October 1 2015

TUCK EVERLASTING – Following a winter 2015 premiere at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, this new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's best-selling 1975 novel comes to Broadway. A young girl dreaming of adventure meets a family with a fabulous secret. Their chance encounter will change them all forever. Take an exhilarating journey you’ll never forget in this new musical about everlasting love, never-ending life, and discovering what it means to truly feel alive.

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, A - Ivo van Hove's London production of Arthur Miller's masterpiece, named Best Revival at the 2015 Olivier Awards, transfers to Broadway. The London cast transfers with the show, led by stars Mark Strong and Nicola Walker. Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn laborer, holds family and honor above all else. He and his wife have raised a niece as their own and even now are sheltering illegal immigrants from the old country. But his possessive love of his niece drives him to actions that betray his family and his ideals.

WAITRESS - Based on the 2007 motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, this new musical celebrates friendship, motherhood, and the courage it takes to pluck a long abandoned dream off the shelf. Featuring music and lyrics by five-time Grammy Award-nominated singer songwriter Sara Bareilles and direction by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus. Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest in a nearby county offers her a chance at escape, Jenna must choose between her commitments and her dreams.

WICKED - Wicked takes a revisionist look at an American icon of evil and discovers how the young Elphaba, a passionate, committed young woman from Oz, becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Her character is contrasted with that of her school roommate Glinda, who grows up to be the Good Witch.