Openings and Previews
The Color Purple
Jacobs
Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo, and Danielle Brooks star in a revival of the 2005 musical, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and directed by John Doyle. In previews.
Fiddler on the Roof
Broadway Theatre
Danny Burstein plays Tevye, the shtetl patriarch, in Bartlett Sher's revival of the 1964 musical, based on the stories of Sholem Aleichem. In previews.
Gigantic
Acorn
Vineyard Theatre presents a new musical by Matthew roi Berger, Randy Blair, and Tim Drucker, about a boy who goes to weight-loss camp in Pennsylvania. In previews. Opens Dec. 3.
H2O
59E59
In Jane Martin’s play, directed by West Hyler, a movie star cast in a Broadway production of "Hamlet" goes looking for his Ophelia. Previews begin Nov. 27. Opens Dec. 1.
Invisible Thread
Second Stage
Diane Paulus directs Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews’s musical, in which a young New Yorker volunteers in Uganda. Opens Dec. 2.
Lazarus
New York Theatre Workshop
Ivo van Hove directs a new musical by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, inspired by “The Man Who Fell to Earth" and starring Michael C. Hall, Cristin Milioti, and Michael Esper. In previews. Opens Dec. 7.
Marjorie Prime
Playwrights Horizons
In Jordan Harrison's play, directed by Anne Kauffman and set in the near future, an elderly woman uses artificial intelligence to review her life story. In previews.
New York Animals
New Ohio
Bedlam presents a new play by Steven Sater (“Spring Awakening”), featuring songs by Sater and Burt Bacharach, in which four actors play twenty-one New Yorkers on a rainy day. In previews. Opens Nov. 29.
Oh, Hello On (Off) Broadway
Cherry Lane
The comedians Nick Kroll and John Mulaney revive their characters Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, two Upper West Siders known for the fictitious prank show "Too Much Tuna." In previews.
Once Upon a Mattress
Abrons Arts Center
Jackie Hoffman and John (Lypsinka) Epperson star in the Mary Rodgers musical about the princess and the pea, revived by Transport Group and directed by Jack Cummings III. In previews.
These Paper Bullets!
Atlantic Theatre Company
Billie Joe Armstrong and Rolin Jones wrote this musical adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing," reset in Beatles-era London and directed by Jackson Gay. In previews.