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Shows tagged "Drama"

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73 Seconds
upcoming

73 Seconds

Solo Show

In a 64-seat planetarium, a multimedia artist cracks open his family's past using overhead projectors and VHS camcorders.

Lower Eastside Girls Club

Opens: Apr 29, 2026

An American Daughter
upcoming

An American Daughter

Play

Wendy Wasserstein's play about a surgeon general nominee whose confirmation unravels over a small personal revelation.

The Pershing Square Signature Center

1st Preview: Jul 23, 2026

Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)
Closing Soon
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Antigone (This Play I Read in High School)

Play

Celia Keenan-Bolger and Tony Shalhoub in Anna Ziegler's razor-sharp modern reimagining of Sophocles.

The Public Theater

2h 15m

Closes: Apr 12, 2026

Antigone in Analysis
Closing Today
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Antigone in Analysis

Play

A feminist reimagining of Sophocles' tragedy with a chorus of great thinkers putting Jocasta on the throne.

La MaMa E.T.C.

1h 20m

Closes: Apr 5, 2026

The Approach
upcoming

The Approach

Play

Three women, three conversations, and a devastating game of survival hiding in plain sight.

Irish Repertory Theatre

1h 10m

1st Preview: Apr 3, 2026

Bent Through Glass

Bent Through Glass

Solo Show

A one-person work exploring grief and resilience, chronicling a father's experience following his daughter's death by suicide.

30th Street Theater

Closes: Apr 25, 2026

Birthright
upcoming

Birthright

Play

Details TBA.

TBD

1st Preview: Jun 4, 2026

Bughouse
Closing Today
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Bughouse

Play

Inside the mind of a reclusive janitor who secretly created a vast, fantastical universe.

Vineyard Theatre

1h 10m

Closes: Apr 5, 2026

The Cherry Orchard
upcoming

The Cherry Orchard

Play

Chekhov's final play reimagined in modern-day South Korea, performed in Korean with English captions inside a transparent glass house.

St. Ann's Warehouse

1st Preview: Sep 14, 2026

Clara: Sex, Love and Classical Music
upcoming

Clara: Sex, Love and Classical Music

Solo Show

A virtuoso pianist, mother of eight, and Romantic-era rebel tells her own story at last.

59E59 Theaters

1h 0m

1st Preview: Apr 22, 2026

Dad Don't Read This
upcoming

Dad Don't Read This

Play

A world premiere bringing audiences into the lives of teenagers.

St. Luke's Theatre

1st Preview: May 4, 2026

David Copperfield
upcoming

David Copperfield

Play

Three actors. Twenty characters. One whirlwind Dickens classic.

59E59 Theaters

2h 15m

1st Preview: May 29, 2026

Dirty Books
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Dirty Books

Immersive

An immersive performance about the battles over anti-obscenity laws and censorship in America.

Bated Breath Theater

1h 30m

Closes: Jun 27, 2026

The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles
upcoming

The Door Slams, A Glass Trembles

Play

Details TBA.

TBD

1st Preview: Apr 24, 2026

Fanny: A Fantasy in G

Fanny: A Fantasy in G

Play

Berlin, 1828. Composer Fanny Mendelssohn fights for recognition in a society that restricts women's artistic ambitions.

A.R.T./New York Gural Theatre

Closes: Apr 19, 2026

The Fever
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The Fever

Solo Show

Wallace Shawn performs his landmark solo work on privilege, complicity, and inequality.

Greenwich House Theater

Closes: May 24, 2026

||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||
upcoming

||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||

Play

Four teenage musicians collide and connect during one pivotal summer at a Berkeley music program.

Vineyard Theatre

1h 50m

1st Preview: May 12, 2026

Jerome
upcoming

Jerome

Play

At the height of the AIDS epidemic, a stranger arrives in a ghost town seeking refuge.

Playwrights Horizons

Opens: May 14, 2026

Jesa
Closing Soon
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Jesa

Play

Korean-American sisters attempt to perform a traditional ancestral rite, but family tensions and cultural disconnect complicate the ritual.

The Public Theater

Closes: Apr 12, 2026

The Loved Ones
upcoming

The Loved Ones

Play

A new play at Irish Repertory Theatre for the summer 2026 season.

Irish Repertory Theatre

1st Preview: Jun 13, 2026

The Maids
upcoming

The Maids

Play

Two maids role play their darkest fantasies about their mistress until performance and reality begin to blur. A digital-age reimagining of Genet's masterpiece.

St. Ann's Warehouse

1h 40m

Opens: May 17, 2026

Monte Cristo
Closing Today
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Monte Cristo

Musical

A world-premiere musical adaptation of the classic Dumas novel about a man wrongfully imprisoned who returns bent on vengeance.

Theater at St. Jean's

Closes: Apr 5, 2026

New Born
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New Born

Play

Three lives. Three monologues. Tiny choices ripple across centuries and continents.

Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre

Opens: May 8, 2026

North Star
upcoming

North Star

Play

Details TBA.

TBD

1st Preview: Jun 3, 2026

Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice
upcoming

Off the Record: Acts of Restorative Justice

Play

A participatory theatrical intervention aimed at the American Criminal Justice System.

HERE Arts Center

1st Preview: Apr 5, 2026

Othello
upcoming

Othello

Play

Bedlam's new staging of Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy, manipulation, and destruction.

The West End Theatre

1st Preview: Apr 19, 2026

The People Versus Lenny Bruce
upcoming

The People Versus Lenny Bruce

Play

The true story of a comedian's obscenity trial and the lawyer who tried to save him.

Theatre Row

Opens: May 7, 2026

Romeo and Juliet
upcoming

Romeo and Juliet

Play

Free Shakespeare in the Park. Two young lovers navigate their feuding families in this new production directed by Saheem Ali.

Delacorte Theater

1st Preview: May 22, 2026

The Saviors
upcoming

The Saviors

Play

Two altar boys cling to each other as a stranger disrupts their faith and their world.

Atlantic Theater Company

Opens: Jun 11, 2026

Transcendency Rising: Short Plays About Defying Limitations
Closing Soon

Transcendency Rising: Short Plays About Defying Limitations

Play

Six original short plays by Shanley, Kessler, Brunstetter, and others on escaping limits.

Theatre Row

2h 30m

Closes: Apr 11, 2026

The Unbelievers
upcoming

The Unbelievers

Play

When a family's son disappears, they must question what faith means to them. American premiere.

New York City Center

1st Preview: Oct 13, 2026

The Unknown
Closing Soon
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The Unknown

Play

A writer retreats to a remote cabin to cure his block. He may not be alone.

Studio Seaview

1h 10m

Closes: Apr 12, 2026

What Happened Was...
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What Happened Was...

Play

Corey Stoll and Cecily Strong on a disastrous first date in Tom Noonan's devastating chamber piece.

Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre

Open Run

A Woman Among Women
upcoming

A Woman Among Women

Play

On a summer day in Northampton, the founder of a women's wellness center hosts guests in her backyard as tensions threaten to destroy the community she built.

Claire Tow Theater

1st Preview: May 16, 2026

You & Me
upcoming

You & Me

Play

Details TBA.

TBD

1st Preview: Apr 22, 2026

You Got Older
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You Got Older

Play

A woman returns home to care for her dying father and finds intimacy in unexpected places.

Cherry Lane Theatre

1h 40m

Closes: Apr 26, 2026

Youth in Flames
upcoming

Youth in Flames

Solo Show

A British teenager in Hong Kong discovers the cost of ignoring a revolution at her doorstep.

59E59 Theaters

1h 0m

1st Preview: Jun 10, 2026