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A revival of nan deed 2000 philharmonic The Full Monty will beryllium staged connected Broadway adjacent play successful a Roundabout Theatre Company accumulation to beryllium directed by Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Yellow Face), pinch casting to beryllium announced.
The task was 1 of 3 2026-2027 Broadway productions and 3 Off Broadway productions announced coming by nan subscription-based non-profit Roundabout. The line-up will beryllium nan company’s first nether nan activity of incoming creator head Christopher Ashley, who takes complete from Scott Ellis successful July.
The upcoming Roundabout play will see 2 world premieres (including Mix and Master), 3 revivals and 2 musicals, pinch productions starring Bill Irwin, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Kara Young (most of nan season’s casting has not been announced).
One of nan Off Broadway productions, The Heart, features euphony and lyrics by Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath, nan second being a shaper of nan Oscar-winning smash deed “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters.
“The play Scott and I person shaped builds connected what Roundabout has ever believed: that theatre tin clasp nan classical and nan urgent broadside by side,” said Ashley successful a statement. “We’re proud to person caller activity anchoring our season, moreover arsenic we revisit a landmark drama pinch caller eyes and make room for a big, unabashedly entertaining musical.”
Additional specifications including dates, casting, imaginative teams and azygous summons on-sale dates will beryllium announced later.
The Broadway line-up is:
- The Imaginary Invalid, Fall 2026 astatine nan Todd Haimes Theatre: Adapted from Molière by Bill Irwin, who stars nether nan guidance of Brandon J. Dirden, The Imaginary Invalid is described by Roundabout arsenic “a drama that proves hypochondria ne'er goes retired of style.” Synopsis: Professional diligent Argan indulges his each ailment, and schemes to wed disconnected his girl to a expert to prevention connected aesculapian bills. But she has different life successful mind.
- Mix and Master, Winter 2027 astatine nan Todd Haimes Theatre by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Kamilah Forbes and starring Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson and two-time consecutive Tony Award-winner Kara Young. Synopsis: The past grounds shop successful nan Bronx is connected its last spin. A rising DJ isn’t fresh to fto nan euphony die. Mix and Master tells nan communicative of a music-driven conflict of generations, pulsing pinch hip-hop and jazz. As vinyl spins and tensions rise, what originates arsenic a conflict for nan shop becomes a reckoning complete legacy, survival, and nan courageousness it takes to enactment successful nan mix. Featuring unrecorded DJ sets throughout, this Broadway world premiere turns up nan measurement connected nan conflict to support nan civilization alive.
- The Full Monty, Spring 2027 astatine nan Todd Haimes Theatre, Book by Terrence McNally; Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek, Choreography by Connor Gallagher, Directed by Leigh Silverman. Synopsis: From Tony Award-winners Terrence McNally and David Yazbek this modern philharmonic drama follows six men who are putting it each connected nan statement by taking it each off. Based connected nan 1997 movie that was first adapted for Broadway successful 2000.
Roundabout’s Off Broadway entries adjacent play are:
- The Heart, Fall 2026 astatine nan Laura Pels Theatre successful nan Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre; Book and Additional Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan; Music and Lyrics by Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath; Choreographed by Mandy Moore, Directed by Christopher Ashley. Synopsis: A young surfer’s life is trim short. A alien abruptly has a 2nd chance. And nan life-force of 1 beating bosom drives 2 families and a aesculapian squad done 24 hours that couldn’t matter more. Playwright Kerrigan (The Great Gatsby) and composers Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath (of KPop Demon Hunters) subordinate forces pinch Tony Award-winning head Ashley and choreographer Moore (Taylor Swift’s Eras tour) to bring “undeniable theatrical life to Maylis de Kerangal’s 2014 caller Réparer les vivants. The accumulation marks Roundabout’s first caller Off Broadway philharmonic successful years.
- The Grief Eater Near North Bender, Winter 2027 astatine nan Laura Pels Theatre successful nan Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. By Dylan Guerra, Directed by Dustin Wills Synopsis: A animal stalks nan woods adjacent North Bender. It kills nan personification you emotion most, erasing them from your memory. A makeshift hunting statement forms to way it down earlier it feeds again. This surreal comic fable follows a grieving ex, his fiercely loyal sister, and a partner who can’t retrieve nan man he loved, arsenic they subordinate forces successful a section pub to bring this animal down and reclaim what they’ve lost. Silver bullets are forged. Old wounds reopen. And these improbable comrades face nan truth that restoring what they mislaid mightiness wounded much than losing it. Produced successful relation pinch New York Theatre Workshop.
- The Vagina Monologues, Spring 2027 astatine nan Laura Pels Theatre successful nan Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. By V (formerly Eve Ensler), Directed by Noma Dumezweni. Performed successful complete 140 countries and translated into complete 50 languages, this is nan show that launched V-Day, a world activity to extremity unit against women and gender-expansive people. Based connected 200 interviews which nan playwright wrote into fictional monologues astir sex, trauma, pleasure, and birth, The Vagina Monologues collapsed taboos, lifted shame, and empowered women to talk astir things they ne'er talked astir before—from joyousness and desire to symptom and violence. Now for its 30th anniversary, Roundabout premieres a caller accumulation of this ever-evolving, landmark work, directed by Olivier Award-winner and Tony Award-nominee Dumezweni.
