2026: The Year Ahead

[malcs98]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 6:43pm

As 2025 comes to a close I thought it would be really awesome to hear what are your biggest hopes, predictions and most anticipated shows of 2026? 

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 7:15pm

A bit of that started here:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/thread/Most-Looking-Forward-to-in-2026#5546333

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 7:34pm

First things first, I’d always love another crop of new cast albums, but more musicals — new and revivals — have to get in the pipeline.

Now for some 2026 predictions and hopes:

• At least two more currently-running national tours will land on Broadway next season. In addition, HEATHERS snags a Broadway house for a BEETLEJUICE-esque holiday season limited run before starting its tour.
• EVITA takes the St. James after all, with its full West End cast intact. It will break the house’s weekly gross record at least 15 times, yet eventually fail to recoup.
• Our other 2026-27 Broadway transfers from the West End will include ALL MY SONS, INTER ALIA, and DRACULA. 
• On the flip side, DEATH BECOMES HER announces a West End run, where Megan Hilty reprises her Madeline.
• TWO STRANGERS wins best musical, but is also the first show to announce its closing following the Tony ceremony. It will be the only new musical of the calendar year to eclipse 100 regular performances. 
• Cynthia Erivo will once again host said ceremony and, with less musicals + performances and little competition on the docket, ratings will take a nosedive. This will mark the final Tony telecast on CBS as YouTube picks up the rights for 2027 and beyond.
• The stage adaptation of WARRIORS sells out its entire Public Theatre run in less than an hour, gets rave reviews, and bullets to Broadway.
• A self-proclaimed theatre kid himself, our new Mayor Mamdani will see at least 10 Broadway shows in 2026, including HAMILTON twice.
• Buzz from the new biopic “Michael” spurns an MJ ticket-sales renaissance at the Neil Simon and at least 5 house records will be broken in the summer.
• DREAMGIRLS succeeds CHESS at the Imperial once Josh Groban declines an offer to replace Nicholas Christopher. Aaron Tveit returns to MOULIN ROUGE! just weeks after CHESS closes.
• Christopher Jackson reprises his George Washington in HAMILTON next fall.

 

 

 

[Highland Guy]

Posted: 12/30/25 at 7:41pm

Way beyond happy in anticipation of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" making its way to Broadway 2026/2027.  Hoping the planets align so that I can see this production on my 80th birthday in January 2027.  

https://www.nytix.com/shows/private-lives