10 Questions About Theater in 2026

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 1/1/26 at 5:44pm

The affordability crisis, fascism, Artificial Intelligence, America’s 250th birthday: As 2026 begins, the theater is not immune to the large questions about what is happening in the country and the city at large, even as the theater community may also be wondering about more short-term matters (which shows in the Broadway Spring 2026 season will be hits, which misses?) 

The ten questions are mostly provoked by the issues, trends and events that stuck out in 2025.

10 Questions About Theater in 2026