Lincoln Center Theater 2026-2027 Season

The hills are alive with the sound of Broadway revivals!

Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic The Sound of Music is returning to the Main Stem. A revival of the beloved musical will play the Vivian Beaumont Theater next spring as a part of Lincoln Center Theater's newly announced 2026–27 season—which also includes a Broadway revival of A Few Good Men, the Off-Broadway revival of August Wilson's Seven Guitars, and a new play from John Proctor Is the Villain scribe Kimberly Belflower.

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Performances of The Sound of Music, the second revival in the musical's history, will begin March 23, 2027, with opening night set for April 15, 2027. Directed by Lear deBessonet (Ragtime) and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli (Schmigadoon!), the revival will star Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP!) as Maria, with more creative team members and casting to be announced. The show will run for 17 weeks.

In addition to The Sound of Music, LCT will stage the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men at the Beaumont in the fall. Starring Bradley Whitford(The West Wing) and Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), the revival of the courtroom drama will be directed by Tony winner Michael Arden (The Lost Boys, Maybe Happy Ending). Performances will begin October 8, with opening night set for October 29. The show will run 13 weeks. Additional casting and creative team members will be announced soon.

 

At its Off-Broadway space at the Mitzi E. Newhouse, LCT will stage the previously announced summer revival of The Whoopi Monologues, directed by Whitney Whiteand starring Dominique Fishback, Kecia Lewis, Danielle Pinnock, Kerry Washington, and Kara Young (July 7–August 30).

LCT will next stage an Off-Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (currently in Joe Turner's Come and Gone), who won his first Tony for Best Featured Actor in the 1996 Broadway premiere of the same play. Set in 1940s Pittsburgh, Wilson’s haunting drama follows blues musician Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, a man determined to win back the woman he loves and build a future beyond the limitations of Black life in America. As his friends gather and stories about Barton flow, what emerges is a richly layered portrait of masculinity and ambition, artistry, community and the collective weight of dreams deferred. The revival will run for a strictly limited nine weeks, beginning performances November 5, with opening night set for November 23.

Next at the Newhouse will be the world premiere of Born in the Dirt, reuniting playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Danya Taymor in their first collaboration since the hit Broadway play John Proctor is the Villain. The 10-week run will begin April 14, 2027, with opening night set for May 6, 2027. It follows a young woman from a tiny Southern town who finds herself reluctantly working at the town’s most famous attraction: a whimsical “hospital” that produces hand-sewn dolls for collectors all over the world. 

 

The Newhouse will also host the American premiere of Playing Burton by Mark Jenkins, directed by Bartlett Sher. The one-man drama about the legendary Welsh-born actor Richard Burton will star Welsh-born actor Matthew Rhys. Dates to be announced.

Programming at the Off-Broadway LCT3, located at the Claire Tow Theater, has also been announced. Curated by Maria Manuela Goyanes, LCT3's 2026–27 season will include the world premiere of creation stories and all the important importants by Mfoniso Udofia, directed by Tamilla Woodard (beginning September 15); Pretend It’s Pretend, a new play by Emma Watkins, with direction by Annie Tippe (beginning January 28, 2027); and the return of The Comedy Series, The Composer Series, and The Reading Series.

Casting for all productions throughout the season is by The Telsey Office.

 

This is Artistic Director Lear DeBessonet's second season as the head of LCT. Said DeBessonet in a statement, “Our second season is rooted in a simple belief: people are hungry for meaningful shared experiences. We have curated a collection of shows that invite connection and conversation with the world around us. We want audiences to feel the hum of occasion and the promise of care from the moment they arrive at LCT. We hope these productions leave audiences with a deeper sense of truth, a renewed capacity for wonder, and a fuller connection to the heart of our shared humanity."

For more information, visit LincolnCenter.org.

Lincoln Center is currently presenting its Tony-winning revival of Ragtime, which won four Tony Awards, including for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Joshua Henry), Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (Caissie Levy), and Best Sound Design of a Musical (Kai Harada).

Lear getting all of this directing work off the back of Into The Woods is actually absurd to me. Her productions' successes always lean on the the central performances that would have been there whether or not she had a hand in it. 

They hired AKA as their advertising agency when Lear took over. Their head of marketing is an AKA alum.

Ruben's Seven Guitars is extremely exciting to me and the casting for A Few Good Men is brilliant so far. I know Sound of Music is going to dominate the conversation but it's the least exciting offering in the lineup to me personally. 

The Sound of Music artwork is stunning.  Hard to believe this is only the second ever revival. 

I don’t know what her role in SCHOOL GIRLS will be, but I feel the universe is pushing Jasmine Amy Rogers toward her first Tony this year.

Also, RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON STAYS WINNING! Seven Guitars in the fall and Mix & Master in the Winter.

The artwork is great! It is nice to see that it (seems to me) to be a nod to James McMullan's past work at LCT in the watercolor style. 

fashionguru_23 said: "The artwork is great! It is nice to see that it (seems to me) to be a nod toJames McMullan's past work at LCT in the watercolor style."

they aren’t in a ‘watercolour’ style at all.

I love this new look to the artwork. Clearly a throwback to McMullan’s style with a more vivid, hand-painted approach.

Also, Lear deBessonet is the AD of LCT, so this is hardly a “job she got off the back of Into the Woods” situation. She’s an accomplished director in her own right - separate from her position, which guarantees at least one show at the Beaumont or Newhouse per season - and the constant refrain on this board that she’s just being handed things feels so sexist, I can’t even begin. (The same goes for Whitney White and Danya Taymor.)

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "OhHiii said: "Lear getting all of this directing work off the back of Into The Woods is actually absurd to me. Her productions' successes always lean on the central performances that would have been there whether or not she had a hand in it."

Keep in mind that part of the director's job is to pull out the best possible performance from their actors. I actually thought Leardidsuch wondrous things with her staging of Ragtime."
 

I have similar problems with the bad-faith complaints about Lear as an artistic director from people who aren't in the room. I know the turnover between the old regime and the new regime was a bit fraught, which happens when there's a mass exodus of senior leadership, but I have to believe things are much calmer over there now.

Some ADs like to be authoritarian and decide the seasons with little to no input from the team around them. Others prefer to bring great people together to help guide decisions and problem-solve. Lear bringing on Nicole Kastrinos (producer, formerly of Jujamcyn and ATG) and Maria Manuela Goyanes (LCT3 producer, formerly of the Public and Woolly Mammoth) and Robert Jones (head of marketing, formerly of AKA and Serino Coyne) was a great thing.

(I also largely liked RAGTIME. It was not my favorite piece of staging that I've ever seen, and they could have gone farther with the political/racial aspects of it, but it certainly paid off for LCT given that it won four Tonys and now they'll get a tour royalty and maybe a London production.)

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ColorTheHours048 said:
 - and the constant refrain on this board that she’s just being handed things feels so sexist, I can’t even begin. (The same goes for Whitney White and Danya Taymor.)"

Yes.  People - including other women - seems to be making complaints that they wouldn't be making if she were a man.

The woman has directed 25+ professional theatre productions including 3 Broadway shows and a national tour –– and on top of the actual directing work has led two major NYC producing organizations and a successful community-focused branch of a third.

If you don't view that as "accomplished" then it's time for you to take a coffee break and consider your own biases and definitions of success.

We all have our personal tastes, but it's real weird to argue with success. Her WOODS was the best version of that show I've seen since the original production and her RAGTIME was my favorite version of that musical because of the simplicity of the staging, clarity of the storytelling and the fact that all the actors were rowing in the same direction without seeming to compete with each other. 

I'm just shocked that they buried the Matthew Rhys as Burton lead so far down in the release! I'm excited for the whole season, but that is the show that has be buzzing.