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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

I don't know who needs to read this but there is a slight possibility we could witness a once in a blue moon occurrence happen in the 2026/27 Broadway season as Lin Manuel Miranda could have all three of his musicals running simultaneously on Broadway.

We all know that In The Heights is gonna be New York City Center's Annual Gala presentation this year and given their recent track record of of less concert stagings and more fully realized productions and the high ticket demand already (and that's before a cast announcement and performances even begin) I would not be surprised if a transfer becomes imminent.

Obviously there's Hamilton which has been running for well over 10 years now and is probably gonna run for 10 years more, and they just announced Chris Jackson is returning to play Washington for a limited engagement so expect those tickets to be very high in price and sell out very quickly.

And lastly Warriors which will be playing right across the street from Hamilton at the Lunt-Fontanne

Now this has happened before Andrew Lloyd Webber achieved this in 2017 and Rodgers and Hammerstein decades before in 1953. But with Stranger Things closing in January if ITH ends up taking the Marquis, this would make LMM the first musical theater composer in history to have multiple shows running not only simultaneously on Broadway but also on the same street

Do you think this could actually happen?
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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

3 simultaneous broadway productions was also achieved by Alan Menken in 2012 with Sister Act, Newsies, and Leap of Faith.

Sondheim did it in 2010 with A Little Night Music, West Side Story, and Sondheim on Sondheim.

Frank WIldhorn did it in 1999 with Jekyll & Hyde, Scarlet Pimpernel, and Civil War.

Albeit, these productions did not play on the same street as each other. Jekyll & Hyde and Scarlet Pimpernel were both on 45th, but Civil War ruined it by being at the St. James a block over.

That's all I can think of as far as musicals go. I believe Neil Simon had multiple plays running at once in the 60s.
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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

Tim Rice (lyricists count!) had four shows running together in 2000.

The Lion King, Aida, Jesus Christ Superstar, Beauty and the Beast.
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Updated On: 6/29/26 at 01:03 PM

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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Tim Rice (lyricists count!) had four shows running together in 2000.

The Lion King, Aida, Jesus Christ Superstar, Beauty and the Beast.
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Oh yeah forgot about that...but if ITH does transfer to the Marquis it would definitely make LMM the first composer and/or lyricist to have all of his musicals running on broadway simultaneously in the same season on the same street

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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

Jerry Herman also held this record --- for the brief 4-and-a-half months that DEAR WORLD was on Broadway, he also had HELLO, DOLLY! and MAME running.

His estate often says he was the "first composer-lyricist to achieve 3 simultaneous shows," which I've always found slightly misleading --- yes, he was the first sole composer AND lyricist to hold it, but Rodgers and Hammerstein (as the original poster noted) had done it 26 years earlier. They just had the unfortunate misfortune to be two people.

But I think R&H had 4 simultaneous shows: SOUTH PACIFIC, KING AND I, ME AND JULIET, and a revival of OKLAHOMA. Interestingly, because the OKLAHOMA revival and ME AND JULIET both didn't do so well, R&H's four-show-stretch was only three-and-a-half months, and their three-show-stretch was only four months. So Jerry Herman beats them by a handful of performances. Of course the mega-musicals would come later to bash those records into smithereens...
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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

And of course, as far as I know, Cynthia Nixon holds the record as the only PERFORMER to be principally cast in two shows simultaneously... doing Acts I and III of HURLYBURLY and act II of THE REAL THING every night.
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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

halfhourcheckwithmerman said And of course, as far as I know, Cynthia Nixon holds the record as the only PERFORMER to be principally cast in two shows simultaneously... doing Acts I and III of HURLYBURLY and act II of THE REAL THING every night.



John Cullum would like a word...

The Shows: Cullum played the role of Beverly Weston in August: Osage County (at the Imperial Theatre) and starred in the off-Broadway production of Heroes (at the Harold Clurman Theatre).



The Routine: At age 80, he performed 15 shows a week. He would finish his role in the early evening show, hustle through Midtown to make the 8:30 curtain for the second show, and eat quick 99-cent pizza slices in between.
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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "And of course, as far as I know, Cynthia Nixon holds the record as the only PERFORMER to be principally cast in two shows simultaneously... doing Acts I and III of HURLYBURLY and act II of THE REAL THING every night."



and they were three blocks apart, she would start with Act 1 of HurlyBurly at the Ethel Barrymore, run as fast as she could for act 2 of the real thing at Schoenfeld and then back to the Barrymore for act 3 of HurlyBurly...

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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

Phantom4ever said: "ALW had this happen twice before 2017: in 1990 with Aspects of Love, Cats, and The Phantom of the Opera, and then again with Sunset Boulevard a few years later."

I think he had done it once before in the early 1980s, too, with Evita, Cats, and Joseph

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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

malcs98 said: "halfhourcheckwithmerman said: "And of course, as far as I know, Cynthia Nixon holds the record as the only PERFORMER to be principally cast in two shows simultaneously... doing Acts I and III of HURLYBURLY and act II of THE REAL THING every night."

and they were three blocks apart, she would start with Act 1 of HurlyBurly at the Ethel Barrymore, run as fast as she could for act 2 of the real thing at Schoenfeld and then back to the Barrymore for act 3 of HurlyBurly...
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Two blocks apart!

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Could Lin Manuel Miranda Make Broadway History in the 2026/27 Season?

I find it hard to believe Lin (who has approval over any Broadway production of his work) would allow HEIGHTS to open on Broadway within weeks of his first new musical in a decade+. At the risk of over-saturating the marketplace, competing for similar buyers and awards audiences, and people making comparisons between his new work and his old.

There’s nothing wrong with holding off a season (if Heights *is* moving).

Especially since Lin himself has talked about his anxieties of following up HAMILTON.

Updated On: 6/29/26 at 11:03 PM

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