COn & Off Broadway27 places
On & Off Broadway in NYC
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
- Thru Jan 17
Other Desert Cities
Hudson Theatre · Baitz’s Palm Springs reckoning — Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Allison Janney, Ed Harris, Lily Rabe & Joe Keery
- Thru Feb 14
Billy Crystal: 860
Imperial Theatre · his solo show on losing the family home in the Palisades fires · dir. Scott Ellis
- Thru Nov 22
The Imaginary Invalid
Todd Haimes Theatre · Bill Irwin adapts & stars in Molière’s farce, with Rachel Bloom & Dylan Baker
- Last week · thru Nov 15
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre · Jocelyn Bioh’s Ghanaian boarding-school comedy · Patina Miller & Denée Benton · final performance Sun Nov 15
- Select shows
Maybe Happy Ending
$20.64 “Club 2064” digital lottery · $49 in-person rush at the Belasco from 10 AM (Sun noon)
- Open run
Operation Mincemeat
Golden Theatre · a corpse, a forged love letter & a fooled Hitler — the Olivier-winning caper musical
- Open run
Buena Vista Social Club
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre · Havana’s legendary album, sung in Spanish, with a band that brings the house down
- Daily
Oh, Mary!
Digital lottery opens at midnight the day before, draws at 10 AM & 3 PM · $43 same-day at the Lyceum box office
- Thru Feb 28
Paranormal Activity
August Wilson Theatre · the London horror hit — screams on a schedule
- Weekly
Hamilton
$10 lottery in the Hamilton app or site · opens Fri 10 AM, closes Thu noon, for the following week’s shows
- Now playing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Public, NoHo · the Olivier-winning folk-rock musical aging backward · Andrew Durand leads
- Opens Nov 3
We’ll See
The Public, NoHo · Richard Nelson’s Apple family on midterm election day · thru Nov 22
- Thru Dec 13
The Heart
Laura Pels Theatre, Midtown · one heart transplant across 24 hours · Joaquina Kalukango & Heidi Blickenstaff
- Extended thru Nov 29
Waiting for Lefty
Classic Stage Company, East Village · Odets’ strike-meeting drama, directed by Steven Pasquale
- Thru Nov 29
The Ripple, the Wave That Carried Me Home
Playwrights Horizons, Theatre Row · Christina Anderson’s memory play about integrating Kansas swimming pools
- Nov 1–22
Tristan & Yseult
St. Ann’s Warehouse, DUMBO, Brooklyn · Emma Rice’s love story returns — live band & aerial acrobatics
- Open run
Little Shop of Horrors
Westside Theatre, Hell’s Kitchen · the killer-plant revival, now in its eighth year
- Since ’87
Perfect Crime
The Theater Center, Midtown · NYC’s longest-running play, now in its 40th year
- Open run
The Play That Goes Wrong
New World Stages, Midtown · the funniest structural collapse in town
- Thru Jan 10
A Few Good Men
Vivian Beaumont · Sorkin’s courtroom drama staged by Michael Arden · Bradley Whitford & Tom Blyth · now playing
- Opens Nov 15
Downstate
Booth Theatre · Bruce Norris’s provocative drama, directed by Joe Mantello · in previews
- Opens Nov 16
The Fantasticks
Hayes Theater · the world’s longest-running musical finally reaches Broadway · in previews
- Opens Nov 18
It’s a Wonderful Life
Broadhurst · Andrew Rannells, Megan Hilty & Tituss Burgess · dir. Jerry Zaks · previews Nov 4
- Opens Nov 19
Much Ado About Nothing
Winter Garden · Tom Hiddleston & Hayley Atwell in Jamie Lloyd’s staging · previews Oct 31 · 10 weeks only, through Jan 10
- Opens Dec 1
Inter Alia
Music Box · Rosamund Pike’s Broadway debut, from the Prima Facie team · in previews now · through Feb 21
- Opens Dec 6
Galileo
Shubert Theatre · Raúl Esparza in a new musical, directed by Michael Mayer · previews Nov 10
- Spring 2027
Warriors
Lunt-Fontanne · Lin-Manuel Miranda & Eisa Davis’s musical of the cult gang film · dir. Jenny Koons, choreo Andy Blankenbuehler · on sale now
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