Schedule of Upcoming and Announced Broadway Shows

See what’s coming soon, what’s premiering out of town, and what’s in development.

This list is updated regularly. This is organized by start of previews.

NOTE: In accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and under the continued direction of Governor Andrew Cuomo, Broadway shows in New York City have extended the current suspension of all performances through January 3, 2021.

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SCHEDULED FOR THE 2020–2021 SEASON

TROUBLE IN MIND

• Theatre: American Airlines

• First Preview: Winter 2021

• Directed by Charles Randolph-Wright

• Alice Childress' semi-satirical play about making theatre—and racism in the theatre—makes its Broadway debut after premiering Off-Broadway in 1995.

THE MINUTES

• Theatre: Cort Theatre

• First Preview: March 1, 2021

• Opening Night: March 15, 2021

• Director: Anna D. Shapiro

• Cast: TBD

• Tracey Letts' play returns after playing a few preview performances prior to the theatre shutdown.

MJ

• Theatre: Neil Simon

• First Preview: March 8, 2021

• Opening Night: April 15, 2021

• Book by Lynn Nottage

• Director and Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon

• Cast: Ephraim Sykes plays the late pop star with additional casting to be announced at a later date.

• A biomusical of Michael Jackson featuring the late singer's hits.

PLAZA SUITE

• Theatre: Hudson

• First Preview: March 19, 2021

• Opening Night: April 13, 2021

• Director: John Benjamin Hickey

• Cast: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, with Danny Bolero, Molly Ranson, and Eric Wiegand

• A revival of the classic Neil Simon marriage comedy reunites the real-life couple on Broadway for the first time in over 20 years.

AMERICAN BUFFALO

• Theatre: Circle in the Square

• First Preview: March 22, 2021

• Opening Night: April 14, 2021

• Director: Neil Pepe

• Tony winner Laurence Fishburne and Oscar winner Sam Rockwell star in the David Mamet play about a junk shop owner as he schemes to get back a valuable nickel sold for much less than it’s true worth. Emmy winner Darren Criss co-stars.

TAKE ME OUT

• Theatre: Helen Hayes

• First Preview: March 22, 2021

• Opening Night: April 22, 2021

• Director: Scott Ellis

• A revival of the Tony-winning Richard Greenberg comedy-drama, about the coming out of a gay baseball player.

• Starring Jesse Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson with Patrick J. Adams, Brandon J. Dirden, Julian Cihi, Hiram Delgado, Tyler Lansing Weaks, Carl Lundstedt, Ken Marks, Michael Oberholtzer, and Eduardo Ramos.

THE MUSIC MAN

• Theatre: Winter Garden

• First Preview: April 7, 2021

• Opening Night: May 20, 2021

• Director: Jerry Zaks

• Cast: Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Jefferson Mays, Jayne Houdyshell, Shuler Hensley as Marcellus Washburn, and Marie Mullen.

• Much of the creative team behind the Tony-winning revival of Hello, Dolly! will reunite for this revival of Meredith Willson's The Music Man, plus Warren Carlyle as choreographer.

DIANA

• Theatre: Longacre

• First Preview: TBA

• Opening Night: May 25, 2021

• Director: Christopher Ashley

• Cast: Jeanna de Waal, Roe Hartrampf, Erin Davie, Judy Kaye

• The story of late Princess Diana gets the musical treatment from Memphis Tony-winning duo David Bryan and Joe DiPietro. The Broadway production will be filmed without an audience for a streaming release on Netflix prior to opening.

1776

• Theatre: American Airlines Theatre

• First Preview: Spring 2021

• Opening Night: Spring 2021

• Director: Diane Paulus

• This musical retelling of the American Revolutionary War will be produced in partnership between the Roundabout Theatre Company and the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University.

CAROLINE, OR CHANGE

• Theatre: Studio 54

• First Preview: Spring 2021

• Written by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori

• Director: Michael Longhurst

• Sharon D. Clarke makes her Broadway debut in the transfer of her Olivier Award-winning performance as Caroline, an African-American maid whose world of '60s Louisiana changes in ways big and small.

FLYING OVER SUNSET

• Theatre: Vivian Beaumont

• First Preview: Spring 2021

• Music by Tom Kitt and lyrics by Michael Korie

• With a book and direction by James Lapine

• Cast: Carmen Cusack as playwright and diplomat Clare Boothe Luce, Harry Hadden-Paton as writer Aldous Huxley, and Tony Yazbek as movie star Cary Grant. Joining them in the cast are Erika Henningsen, Jeremy Kushnier, Emily Pynenburg, Michele Ragusa, Robert Sella, Laura Shoop, and Atticus Ware.

• This musical follows three artists during the ’50s as they experiment with the drug LSD. At a crossroads in their lives the three come together, and under the influence of the drug, take a trip and confront the mysteries of their lives and their world.

HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE

• Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman

• First Preview: 2020-2021 Season

• Written by Paula Vogel

• Directed by Mark Brokaw

• Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse reprise their roles more than 20 years later after the 1997 Off-Broadway debut of the Pulitzer-prize winning play. It follows Li'l Bit (Parker) as she looks back in time in order to make sense of an uncle (Morse) who impacted her past, present, and future.

DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA

• Theatre: Hudson

• First Preview: TBD

• Alex Timbers serves as production consultant with choreographer Annie-B Parson

• Cast: David Byrne and his band of 11 musicians

• The Broadway concert returns for another limited engagement.

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2020-2021 Season

• Director: Amy Morton

• Amy Morton will direct an all-female production of the classic David Mamet drama.

THE WHO’S TOMMY

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2021

• Pete Townshend penned the book and score, with additional music and lyrics by The Who’s John Entwistle and Keith Moon

• Original Broadway director Des McAnuff returns to helm this updated production for the 2020 decade.

• The musical puts The Who’s original concept album on stage as a rock opera about a “deaf, dumb, and blind” boy who overcomes his disabilities with the help of ace pinball skills.

2021–2022 Season

BIRTHDAY CANDLES

• Theatre: American Airlines

• First Preview: Fall 2021

• Director: Vivienne Benesch

• The New York premiere of Noah Haidle's play about a woman striving for significance in her life.

• Starring Debra Messing

SING STREET

• Theatre: TBD

• First Preview: TBD

• Director: Rebecca Taichman

• Cast: TBD

• The show, featuring a book by Enda Walsh and a score by Gary Clark and John Carney, explores the power of first love and music against the backdrop of 1980s Dublin.





IN THE WORKS

13 GOING ON 30

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner

• Director: Andy Fickman

• Cast: TBA

• A gawky teenage girl uses “wishing dust” to transform herself into a glamorous adult.

• New musical based on the 2004 hit movie of the same title.

17 AGAIN

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by Marco Pennette, music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner

• Director: Adam Shankman

• Cast: TBA

• New musical based on the 2009 Zac Efron fantasy film about a man who gets to relive his youth.

• A developmental lab was held in New York November 2016.

ARCHIE

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by Adam McKay; songwriters TBA

• Director: Adam McKay

• Cast: TBA

• New musical based on the popular teen comic books.

• A co-production of the website Funny Or Die and Archie Comics.

BEACHES

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by David Austin (music), Iris Rainer Dart (lyrics & book), Thom Thomas (book)

• Director: Eric Schaeffer

• Cast: Whitney Bashor, Shoshana Bean

• Vivacious, outlandish Cee Cee and beautiful, privileged Bertie meet as children and become fast friends. From pen-pals to roommates to romantic rivals, Cee Cee and Bertie’s oil-and-water friendship perseveres through even the most tragic trials.

• Beaches continued its development with a second regional production at Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago, June–August 2015.

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Carol Hall (music & lyrics), Peter Masterson and Larry L. King (book)

• Director and Choreographer: Rob Ashford

• Cast: TBA

• Whorehouse recounts the good times and the demise of the Chicken Ranch, known since the 1850s as one of the best pleasure palaces in all of Texas...that is, until the crusading television reporter Melvin P. Thorpe focuses his cameras and his righteous indignation on the institution.

• Jerry Frankel and Jeffrey Richards will produce this revival.

THE BODYGUARD

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Alexander Dinelaris (book) based on Lawrence Kasdan’s screenplay, with a score of pop hits by various composers.

• Director: TBA

• Cast: Deborah Cox

• New musical adapted from the Whitney Houston film about a pop star who falls in love with her bodyguard.

• Originally presented in London, the stage musical toured North American 2017–2018. Regional productions have been staged across the globe.

BOMBSHELL

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; librettist TBA

• Director: TBA; choreography by Joshua Bergasse

• Cast: TBA

• Stage incarnation of the fictional Marilyn Monroe-centered musical whose creation was at the center of the TV series Smash.

BORN FOR THIS

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by: Charles Randolph-Wright, BeBe Winans and Lisa D'Amour

• Original Music and Lyrics: BeBe Winans

• Director: Charles Randolph-Wright

• Cast: TBA

• Producer: Ron Gillyard and MyDestiny Productions

• A story of family, love and forgiveness told through the incredible true story of BeBe Winans. Born For This is the family-friendly and universal story for anyone who has ever yearned for something—for anyone who is looking to find their purpose in life.

BROADWAY VACATION, A MUSICAL

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book, music, and lyrics by David Rossmer and Steve Rosen

• Director: TBA

• Cast: TBA

• Producer: Ken Davenport

• Based on the characters from the Warner Bros. movie franchise, the musical is making its world premiere in Fall 2020 at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, with direction and choreography by Donna Feore.

BULL DURHAM

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Susan Werner (music and lyrics), Ron Shelton (book)

• Director: TBA

• Cast: TBA

• A musical version of the film about a romance set in the world of minor league baseball, being produced by Jack Viertel.

• A world-premiere production starring Will Swenson had a run at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 2014.

CAMP DAVID

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Lawrence Wright

• Director: Molly Smith

• Cast: TBA

• A drama about President Jimmy Carter's Nobel Prize-winning efforts to bring the leaders of Israel and Egypt to sign a peace agreement after years of war.

• Camp David had its world premiere at Washington D.C.’s Arena Stage in 2014. It played a pre-Broadway engagement at The Old Globe in San Diego May 13–June 19, 2016. It is scheduled to be produced on Broadway by Steve Traxler and Gerald Rafshoon.

CHASING RAINBOWS

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by Marc Acito

• Cast: TBA

• The musical traces the early life of Judy Garland, from her small-town birth to her starring role in the film classic The Wizard of Oz.

• The show had a developmental world premiere production in Flat Rock, N.C., in November 2015, and a full production at Goodspeed Musicals in September 2016. A workshop was held in January 2019. A Paper Mill Playhouse production opened October 6, starring Ruby Rakos as Judy Garland, Max von Essen as Frank Gumm, and Lesli Margherita as Ethel Gumm.

DAMN YANKEES

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (music and lyrics), George Abbott and Douglass Wallop (book)

• Cast: TBA

• Director: Kathleen Marshall

• Revival of the 1956 musical about a baseball fan who is induced to sell his soul by the devil so his favorite team can win the pennant.

• Produced by Jeffrey Richards, Scott Landis, Jerry Frankel, and Jay and Cindy Gutterman.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Music by Elton John, with lyrics by Shaina Taub and a book by Paul Rudnick

• Cast: TBA

• Being produced by Bob Cohen of Fox Stage Productions and Kevin McCollum

• New musical based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel and the 2006 film about a woman who becomes assistant to the notorious editor of a topline fashion magazine. A Chicago pre-Broadway tryout, starring Beth Leavel as Miranda Priestley and Taylor Iman Jones as Andy, is scheduled to begin performances July 13, 2021, at Broadway in Chicago’s CIBC Theatre.

DINER

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Sheryl Crow (music and lyrics), Barry Levinson (book)

• Director: Kathleen Marshall

• Cast: TBA

• It's Christmas 1959 in Baltimore and six high school buddies, now in their twenties, reunite at their old hangout, The Fells Point Diner—before one of them ties the knot.

• Diner first postponed its Broadway opening from April 2013 to fall 2013. A staged reading was held in New York December 2013, and a regional premiere ran through January 2015 at Signature Theatre in Virginia. Delaware Theatre Company hosted a second regional tryout in December 2015.

DREAMGIRLS

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2019

• Book and lyrics by Tom Eyen, music by Henry Krieger

• Cast: TBA

• Director: Casey Nicholaw

• Revival of the 1980 musical about the rise and fall of an R&B singing group.

• New York transfer of the hit London revival, from producer Sonia Friedman.

THE FLAMINGO KID

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and music by Scott Frankel.

• Director: Darko Tresnjak

• Cast: Jimmy Brewer, Adam Heller, Liz Larsen, Marc Kudisch, Lesli Margherita, Samantha Massell, Lindsey Brett Carothers, Ben Fankhauser, and Alex Wyse

• A musical adaptation of the hit 1984 Garry Marshall film.

• An 18-year-old Brooklynite leaves his humble roots behind in favor of the sexy and alluring world of the private beach club, El Flamingo.

• The world premiere will debut at Hartford Stage May 9–June 9, 2019.

GYPSY

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2018

• Director: Jonathan Kent

• Cast: Imelda Staunton

• Broadway transfer of the musical biography of stripper queen Gypsy Rose Lee and her driven mother, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents.

• This production was a hit in London in 2015. Staunton has said the production will transfer to NY, but there has been no official word from producers.

HALF TIME (formerly GOTTA DANCE)

• Theatre: TBA

• Opening: TBA

• Written by Matthew Sklar & Marvin Hamlisch (music), Nell Benjamin (lyrics), Chad Beguelin & Bob Martin (book), Ester Dean (additional music)

• Director: Jerry Mitchell

• In 2007, a group of expert dancers was tasked with getting professional basketball’s first ever senior citizen dance team performance-ready. The venue? Center court. The genre? Hip-hop. Over the coming months, bonds would be formed, generation gaps would be crossed, and, eventually, some pretty hot moves would be busted.

• Based on the 2008 documentary Gotta Dance, the show made its world premiere in December 2015 at Broadway In Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre. It played the Paper Mill Playhouse in May 2018.

THE HONEYMOONERS

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Stephen A. Weiner (music), Peter Mills (lyrics), Dusty Kay and Bill Nuss (book)

• Director: John Rando

• Ralph Kramden and his buddy Ed Norton are back and still shooting for the moon in this world-premiere musical. After shocking their wives by winning a high profile jingle contest, they are catapulted out of Brooklyn and into the cutthroat world of Madison Avenue.

• Following a November 2014 industry presentation (from Jeffrey Finn and Goodspeed Musicals) and an April 2016 lab, the musical made its official world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse September 28–October 29, 2017, starring Michael McGrath, Laura Bell Bundy, Michael Mastro, and Leslie Kritzer.

JOSEPHINE

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by Ellen Weston and Mark Hampton; music by Stephen Dorff; and lyrics by John Bettis

• Director and choreographer: Joey McKneely

• Cast: Deborah Cox

• Musical based on the life of Jazz Age singer Josephine Baker.

• Played a tryout at Asolo Rep in Florida April 27–May 29, 2016.

KPOP

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by Jason Lim

• Music and lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon

• Directed by Teddy Bergman

• A musical concert set inside the world of a KPOP record label.

• An Off-Broadway production played Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theater, and the Woodshed Collective in 2017, going on to win the 2018 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical. Producers eyed a 2019 Off-Broadway revival in a new space but have yet to announce concrete plans.

LAST SUMMER AT BLUEFISH COVE

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2020

• Written by Jane Chambers

• Directed by Cynthia Nixon

• Cast: TBA

• Producers: Harriet Newman Leve, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner

• It’s 1980 at Bluefish Cove: a lesbian beachside haven. Lil Zalinski and her close knit group of friends take refuge here each summer to live and love freely. When a straight woman named Eva wanders unknowingly into their midst, she sends The Cove into a tailspin and knocks Lil off her feet.

• The play made its world premiere 40 years ago Off-Broadway.

THE LATE GREAT ME: AN EVENING WITH ALAN JAY LERNER

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2018

• Written by John Lahr, based on the lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner. Music by Frederick Loewe and Burton Lane

• Director: Susan Stroman

• Cast: TBA

• A new musical based on the life of My Fair Lady lyricist Lerner.

• A private reading was held in fall 2016; a full workshop was held in March 2017 by producers Julian Schlossberg, Roy Furman, and Liza Lerner.

MAGIC MIKE

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by TBA

• Director: Trip Cullman

• Cast: TBA

• A stage adaptation of Steven Soderbergh's film about male strippers.

• A private workshop was held April 2015 featuring Derek Klena and Taylor Louderman. A December 2019 premiere in Boston was canceled May 23, 2019.

MARIE, DANCING STILL: A NEW MUSICAL

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty

• Director-Choreographer: Susan Stroman

• Cast: Tiler Peck, Terrence Mann, Karen Ziemba, Louise Pitre, Dee Hoty, Jenny Powers

• FKA Little Dancer, the musical about Degas and ballerina Marie.

• The show had a production at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre March 22–April 14, 2019.

THE NANNY

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson

• Director: Marc Bruni

• A score by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Emmy winners Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger

• Cast: TBA

• A musical based on the popular sitcom series that ran during the '90s, starring Drescher.

ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Featuring music by Britney Spears

• Director: Kristin Hangii

• Choreographer: Keone and Mari Madrid

• Cast: TBA

• Jukebox musical weaving together the pop star's hits to tell a fictional story.

• The show will have its world premiere in Chicago at the Nederlander Theatre, with performances scheduled April 14 through May 17. Briga Heelan stars as Cinderella, with Justin Guarini as Cinderella's Prince, Emily Skinner as The Stepmother, and Simon Callow as The Narrator. More casting here.

PIECE OF MY HEART: THE BERT BERNS STORY

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book by Daniel Goldfarb; music and lyrics by Bert Berns

• Musical Director: Steven Van Zandt

• Cast: TBA

• A musical that showcases the songbook of 1960s hitmaker Bert Berns.

• The show was first presented Off-Broadway in 2014, and is planned for Broadway by a producing team that includes Merged Work Productions, Jack Thomas, Steven Van Zandt, Paul Shaffer, Maureen Van Zandt and Joe Grano.

THE PREACHER’S WIFE

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Daniel Beaty (book), Tituss Burgess (music and lyrics)

• Director: Michael Arden

• Cast: TBA

• New musical based on the 1996 film of the same title.

• An industry reading of The Preacher's Wife was presented in Manhattan September 12, 2016, starring Loretta Devine and Ledisi. Olivier nominee Stafford Arima directed with musical direction by James Sampliner. A second reading was presented December 11, 2017, directed by Michael Arden.

ROOM SERVICE

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2017–2018 Season

• Playwrights: Allen Boretz and John Murray

• Director: Michael Pressman

• Cast: TBA

• Revival of the 1937 Broadway screwball comedy about a penniless Broadway producer who will do anything to stay in his hotel room so he can get a career-saving hit off the ground.

• Produced by Michael Pressman and Andrew Ames.

THE SCENARIO

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2017–2018 season

• Written by Dan Charnas (book) with music and lyrics by multiple artists

• Director: TBA

• Cast: TBA

• A new musical set to three decades of hip-hop.

• A co-production of Russell Simmons and Universal Music Group

THE SECRET GARDEN

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2018–2019 Season

• Written by Lucy Simon (music) and Marsha Norman (book and lyrics)

• Director: Warren Carlyle

• Cast: TBA

• Revival of the 1991 musical based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story about an orphan girl who finds renewal when she discovers a locked, dead garden and brings it back to life.

• A co-production of Seattle's The 5th Avenue Theatre and Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., the Broadway-bound revival played a stint in Houston October 10–22.

SIDEWAYS

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Book writer Rex Pickett is collaborating with composer Anthony Adams

• Cast: TBA

• A brand-new musical, mounted by EFG-Renascence Productions, based on Pickett’s novel that was adapted into an Oscar-winning film and a play.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Bruce Vilanch, based on an original story by Richard Robin, with songs by various composers

• Director: Gabriel Barre

• Choreographer: JoAnn M. Hunter

• The musical tells the story of Cindy, a young woman who moves to New York City from the Midwest in 1965 with dreams of making a difference in the world. Set against the backdrop of women’s liberation, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War, the musical features the songs of a generation from Grammy Award–winning artist Petula Clark and multiple hit-makers of the day, such as “Downtown,” “You Don't Own Me,” “Don't Sleep in the Subway,” “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss),” and “The Boy From New York City.”

• Developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre in summer 2016. A pre-Broadway production played Delaware Theater Company November 28–December 23, 2018.

SING STREET

• Theatre: Lyceum

• Director: Rebecca Taichman

• The Off-Broadway hit transfers to the Great White Way, bringing the entire cast along with it, including Brenock O’Connor, Zara Devlin, Jakeim Hart, Max William Bartos, Sam Poon, Anthony Genovesi, Gian Perez, Skyler Volpe, and Brendan C. Callahan.

• Based on John Carney’s 2016 indie film, the musical features a New Wave score from Carney and Gary Clark, a book by Enda Walsh, and choreography by Sonya Tayeh. It premiered Off-Broadway in 2019 and was scheduled to begin previews on Broadway in March 2020 when Broadway shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

SOME LIKE IT HOT

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2020

• Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman (score) and Matthew Lopez (book)

• Director: Casey Nicholaw

• Cast: TBA

• A musical adaptation of the classic Billy Wilder film, which starred Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, and Marilyn Monroe. A world premiere is scheduled for Chicago in 2021.

SOUL TRAIN

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2021

• Written by Dominique Morisseau (book)

• Director: Kamilah Forbes

• The story of producer Don Cornelius, who created the long-running TV variety show Soul Train. Score includes soul and R&B songs showcased in the series with choreography by Camille A. Brown and executive produced by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Tony Cornelius, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Shawn Gee.

TOP HAT

• Theatre: TBA

• Opening: TBA

• Written by Irving Berlin (music & lyrics), Chad Beguelin (book)

• Director: Christopher Gattelli

• Cast: TBA

• The glamour of Hollywood’s golden age and the glorious, tap-dancing magic of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers comes to the stage in this classic dance musical.

• Premiered on the West End in 2013 in an earlier version, directed by Matthew White and choreographed by Bill Deamer. The first New York developmental lab was held in March 2014. A second lab was held May-June 2015, directed by Christopher Gattelli. Gattelli told Playbill in January 2017 that a Broadway production is still several seasons off.

TREVOR: THE MUSICAL

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Julianne Wick Davis (music) and Dan Collins (book and lyrics)

• Director: Marc Bruni

• Cast: TBA

• Based on the Peggy Rajski's Oscar-winning 1994 short film about a gay 13-year-old who is obsessed with singer Diana Ross.

• A fall 2017 tryout ran August 9–October 8, 2017, at the Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois.

UNTITLED PAT BENATAR MUSICAL

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: 2017

• Written by Gary Lenon (book), Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo (music and lyrics)

• Director: TBA

• Cast: TBA

• Jukebox musical that traces the personal and professional lives of rock vocalist Benatar and guitarist Giraldo.

UNTITLED NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Anthony McCarten (book)

• Director: Michael Mayer

• Cast: TBA

• Bio-musical that traces the life of the singer from Brooklyn who defied the odds to become an American icon with 10 number one hits and 130 million records sold.

THE VISITOR

• Theatre: TBA

• Target Opening: TBA

• Written by Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics) and Tom Kitt (music)

• Director: TBA

• Cast: TBA

• Musical based on the 2007 Thomas McCarthy film of the same title about a widower who befriends a Syrian immigrant in post-9/11 New York City.

• The show is being produced by Aaron Harnick and will have production at the Public Theater in spring 2020.