Movie stars crash-landing on Broadway seems de rigueur, but last season “Fun Home” and “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” led the pack without famous names. This fall, star vehicles are back, with a trio of celebrities making Broadway débuts. Clive Owen headlines the Roundabout’s production of “Old Times,” Harold Pinter’s enigmatic drama from 1971, opposite Eve Best (previews begin Sept. 17, at the American Airlines Theatre). At Studio 54, Keira Knightley is the haunted heroine of “Thérèse Raquin,” Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of the Émile Zola novel (Oct. 1). And, at the Broadhurst, Bruce Willis plays a writer with an overeager fan in “Misery,” based on the Stephen King book and William Goldman’s screenplay for the 1990 movie, with Laurie Metcalf in the role made famous by Kathy Bates (Oct. 22). Meanwhile, Al Pacino, a more frequent visitor to the stage, stars in David Mamet’s “China Doll,” at the Schoenfeld, as a guy with a big fortune and a young fiancée (Oct. 21).

Elsewhere, Broadway’s homegrown talents find vehicles of their own. Nina Arianda stars in Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love,” opposite Sam Rockwell (at the Samuel J. Friedman, Sept. 15). Annaleigh Ashford, who won a Tony last season, for “You Can’t Take It with You,” plays the title canine in A. R. Gurney’s “Sylvia” (at the Cort, Oct. 2).

Oct. 17 marks the centennial of Arthur Miller, so attention must be paid. At the Signature, Michael Wilson directs the war drama “Incident at Vichy,” from 1964 (Oct. 27). The Belgian stage auteur Ivo van Hove brings his acclaimed production of “A View from the Bridge,” set on the Red Hook docks, from London to the Lyceum (Oct. 21). If Miller is too square for your tastes, van Hove has something far more extraterrestrial planned downtown: “Lazarus,” a musical adaptation of Walter Tevis’s novel “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” starring Michael C. Hall (at New York Theatre Workshop, Nov. 18), with songs by a real live space oddity, David Bowie, who starred in the 1976 film version. ♦