The 2017-2018 Broadway Season - Confirmed Productions

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/16/17 at 10:47pm

As reports start to come in of confirmed productions, I thought it'd make sense to start compiling shows to get ready for next season...

New Musicals
• The Band's Visit
• Escape to Margaritaville
• Frozen
• Mean Girls
• Prince of Broadway
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Musical Revivals
• Carousel
• My Fair Lady
• Once on This Island

New Plays
• 1984
• The Children
• Farinelli and the King
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I and II
• Junk
• Latin History for Morons
• Meteor Shower
• The Parisian Woman

Play Revivals
• Angels in America
• Children of a Lesser God
• Lobby Hero
• The Iceman Cometh
• M. Butterfly
• Marvin's Room
• Saint Joan
• Three Tall Women
• Time and the Conways
• Travesties

Other
• Bruce Springsteen at the Walter Kerr
• Home for the Holidays at the August Wilson
• John Lithgow: Stories by Heart
• Michael Moore's The Terms of My Surrender
• Rocktopia at the Broadway Theatre

Updated On: 12/19/17 at 10:47 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/16/17 at 10:54pm

Marvin's Room will be considered a revival, per the classics rule. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/16/17 at 10:55pm

ljay889 said: "Marvin's Room will be considered a revival, per the classics rule."

My mistake! Thanks for clarifying

[Dysquith13]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 12:55am

Is Marvin's Room the only thing Roundabout has announced for next season so far? I'm anxious to hear what musical they'll be doing.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 1:02am

Dreamgirls

[Green_Flash]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 1:08am

Escape to Margaritaville 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 1:11am

Yes, absolutely, Dreamgirls and Margaritaville are among a long list of shows that have been heavily rumored for next season! However, neither have announced dates and/or a venue yet, which is what I classify as a "confirmed" production.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 1:26am

Has Once On This Island been confirmed beyond the Variety article? The details still seem vague.

http://variety.com/2017/legit/news/once-on-this-island-broadway-revival-1202017015/

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 1:30am

OOTI has set a November 9 first preview and December 3 opening night, which I consider confirmed!

[Butter Broadway]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 1:48am

Mean Girls, Hadestown, Here Lies Love, Little Dancer, The Honeymooners, The Band's Visit, Othello, Sweet Charity, Gypsy, Crazy For You, Farinelli and the King.

[RW3]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 2:01am

Butter Broadway said: "Mean Girls, Hadestown, Here Lies Love, Little Dancer, The Honeymooners, The Band's Visit, Othello, Sweet Charity, Gypsy, Crazy For You, Farinelli and the King.

 

Literally none of those are confirmed. 

 

[Babe_Williams]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 7:03am

When are touring casts generally announced? Dying to know who will be picked in les Miz 

[Valentina3]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 9:28am

^there would likely be a presser when it's finalized. Usually happens about 8-6 weeks before the production is on the road, but of late it has been done fairly early for bigger productions. At least the main leads should be announced soon.

Having said that, this is the wrong thread for that discussion.

[Cfried]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 9:50am

Butter Broadway said: "Mean Girls, Hadestown, Here Lies Love, Little Dancer, The Honeymooners, The Band's Visit, Othello, Sweet Charity, Gypsy, Crazy For You, Farinelli and the King."

The Honeymooners is having its premiere at Paper Mill in Fall 2017, so I highly doubt that will end up on Broadway in the same season. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 10:09am

Roundabout hasn't announced their season yet, but I would expect it in the next week or two.

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 10:15am

^ Roundabout has announced four titles: The Last Match, Amy and the Orphans, Skintight and Too Heavy for your Pocket.  Wondering what the musical will be.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 10:26am

DramaTeach, those are all off Broadway. We're talking about Broadway.

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 10:29am

^ Whoops, sorry!

[bdn223]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 10:52am

Mean Girls is essentially confirmed, and will only not be coming to Broadway next season if they are holding out for a specific theater. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 11:04am

bdn223 said: "Mean Girls is essentially confirmed, and will only not be coming to Broadway next season if they are holding out for a specific theater."

Yes, but "essentially confirmed" ≠ confirmed, which is what this thread is about.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 11:35am

What about "The Band's Visit", a new musical adapted from the movie by the same name? Music and lyrics by David Yazbek. It played the Atlantic Theater back in December to rave reviews, including one from Brantley. I heard that it was transferring to Broadway for the 2017-18 season.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 11:37am

There's been no confirmation for The Band's Visit transferring, though I know it was being explored.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 12:01pm

Still holding out hope for spongebob, but I'm beginning to think it has been abandoned

[Butter Broadway]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 12:32pm

We just have the wait and see what happens after the Tonys. What shows survive and which ones don't. Then we will see which houses are going to be vacant next season. 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 4/17/17 at 12:47pm

"We just have the wait and see what happens after the Tonys. What shows survive and which ones don't. Then we will see which houses are going to be vacant next season."

 

Do people still say "duh"?????

We have to wait and see what happens after the Tonys. Then we will know what happens after the Tonys. Because some people win awards and some don't.