Tom Hanks to lead self-written play THIS WORLD OF TOMORROW at The Shed

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 10:37am

Adapted from his short story collection with Kenny Leon directing. Will run Oct. 30 to Dec. 21.

Updated On: 5/21/25 at 10:37 AM

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 11:28am

Cue the "this is a sign of a Broadway recession" comments...so annoying. Has he been on or off Broadway before? 

Updated On: 5/21/25 at 11:28 AM

[MezzA101]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 11:37am

KevinKlawitter said: "Adapted from his short story collection with Kenny Leon directing. Will run Oct. 30 to Dec. 21."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/theater/tom-hanks-play-this-world-of-tomorrow.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I08.2PsR.avtATyPr-a7D&smid=nytcore-android-share

[Kad]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 11:38am

Yes, Hanks led the Nora Ephron play Lucky Guy on Broadway in 2013. 

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 11:39am

witchoftheeast2 said: "Cue the "this is a sign of a Broadway recession" comments...so annoying. Has he been on or off Broadway before?"

He was in Nora Ephron's play Lucky Guy on Broadway in 2013, and was nominated for a Tony Award. I don't think he's ever been off-Broadway, but we'll never know, since IOBDB has become straight-up unusable.

[inception]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 11:47am

witchoftheeast2 said: "Cue the "this is a sign of a Broadway recession" comments...so annoying. Has he been on or off Broadway before?"

How a sign of recession? If anything, off-Bwy they can make more $$$$. Less overhead.

[sppunk]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 12:20pm

Kad said: "Yes, Hanks led the Nora Ephron play Lucky Guy on Broadway in 2013."

And IMO was super underwhelming in it. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 12:38pm

There was a rumor he was returning to Broadway and I’d been randomly hoping he’d be doing a play with Meg Ryan because how cool would that be. But I’m still excited to be able to see him live again. 

[itsahopi]

Posted: 5/21/25 at 2:17pm

witchoftheeast2 said: "Cue the "this is a sign of a Broadway recession" comments...so annoying. Has he been on or off Broadway before?"

And those comments—like many on this board—would be illogical as during a recession, Hanks would probably not choose to spend his time Off-Broadway. He’d bank a Marvel film or announce that long abandoned sequel to Forest Gump.

[macnyc]

Posted: 7/14/25 at 5:46pm

Pre-sale tickets go on sale tomorrow for the highest rung of members (not my rung, LOL). Does anyone know the range of prices? Also, for Straight Line Crazy there were a couple of lower-priced seats available at each performance. Has anyone heard about something like that? 

[whatever2]

Posted: 7/14/25 at 7:55pm

macnyc said: "Pre-sale tickets go on sale tomorrow for the highest rung of members (not my rung, LOL). Does anyone know the range of prices? Also, for Straight Line Crazy there were a couple of lower-priced seats available at each performance. Has anyone heard about something like that?"

also, a little frustrating that the website still isn't indicating a performance schedule -- the calendar says, "There are no events at The Shed this week" for the entire run.  Makes planning v difficult.

 

[inception]

Posted: 7/15/25 at 6:32pm

It looks like the schedule is now on the calendar.  Generally Tues - Fri at 7. Some Wed 1pm mats. Sat 1 & 7. Sun 1pm mat

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 7/15/25 at 8:04pm

macnyc said: "Pre-sale tickets go on sale tomorrow for the highest rung of members (not my rung, LOL). Does anyone know the range of prices? Also, for Straight Line Crazy there were a couple of lower-priced seats available at each performance. Has anyone heard about something like that?"

I found the lotteries/digital rush to see Straight Line Crazy and Here We Are at The Shed pretty winnable. Hopefully that will be an option with This World of Tomorrow. I'd assume Tom Hanks would make it a hard-to-get ticket, but Hugh Jackman in Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is a pretty recent example where that wasn't the case.

[whatever2]

Posted: 7/16/25 at 9:53am

the calendar is still kind of a mess (or at least i'm confused by it!) ... most days throughout the entire run have two listings -- one labeled Preview and the other just the name of the performance. maybe it's because i'm not eligible to buy yet?