Broadway’s fall season mixes familiar titles with some unexpected swings, from high-profile revivals and acclaimed transfers to autobiographical storytelling and new musicals drawn from history and popular culture. The lineup is also unusually star-heavy, with Billy Crystal, Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell, Rosamund Pike, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and others heading to the stage. Below are 15 shows to look out for this fall.
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play: Nearly a decade after its Off-Broadway premiere, Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy makes its Broadway debut with Denée Benton (“The Gilded Age”), Patina Miller (“Pippin”) and Jasmine Amy Rogers (“Boop!”). Set at a Ghanaian boarding school in 1986, it follows a group of teenagers whose friendships and rivalries intensify with the arrival of a Miss Ghana pageant recruiter and a new student from America. In previews at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, manhattantheatreclub.com.
The Imaginary Invalid: Bill Irwin stars in his own new adaptation of Molière’s 17th-century comedy about an obsessive hypochondriac who hopes to solve both his health anxieties and medical bills by marrying his daughter to a doctor. Rachel Bloom, Dylan Baker and Brooks Ashmanskas join Irwin in the cast. Begins previews Sept. 25 at the Todd Haimes Theatre, roundabouttheatre.org.
Other Desert Cities: Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes her Broadway debut alongside Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Keery and Lily Rabe in the first Broadway revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s 2011 family drama. Rabe plays a writer who returns to her politically connected parents’ Palm Springs home with a memoir threatening to expose a painful family secret. Begins previews Sept. 29 at the Hudson Theatre, otherdesertcitiesbroadway.com.
860: Billy Crystal returns to Broadway with a new autobiographical solo show. Named for the address of the Pacific Palisades home that Crystal lost in the 2025 wildfires, “860” uses the loss as a starting point to look back on his family, career and life in comedy. Begins previews Oct. 1 at the Imperial Theatre, billycrystal860.com.
A Few Good Men: Aaron Sorkin’s breakthrough courtroom drama receives its first Broadway revival, with Tom Blyth as military attorney Daniel Kaffee and Bradley Whitford as Lt. Col. Nathan Jessep. The play follows the defense of two Marines accused of killing a fellow serviceman as evidence begins to point toward a military cover-up. Begins previews Oct. 8 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, lct.org.
Wanted: Formerly titled “Gun & Powder,” the new musical is inspired by the story of twin Black sisters who could pass as white and became outlaws in 1890s Texas while fighting to protect their family and home. Begins previews Oct. 15 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, wantedmusical.com.
Downstate: Bruce Norris’ provocative drama, previously seen Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, centers on a group of men who have completed prison sentences for sex crimes against minors and are living together in a group home. When a survivor arrives to confront one of them, the encounter forces everyone involved into an increasingly volatile reckoning. Begins previews Oct. 17 at the Booth Theatre, downstateonbroadway.com.
The Fantasticks: The world’s longest-running musical finally reaches Broadway in a newly revised version by original book writer and lyricist Tom Jones. The familiar story of young love and parental matchmaking now centers on two young men and their meddling mothers. Begins previews Oct. 22 at the Hayes Theater, 2st.com.
Much Ado About Nothing: Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell reunite with director Jamie Lloyd for the Broadway transfer of his London production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, playing Benedick and Beatrice, the longtime sparring partners who may be better matched than either wants to admit. Begins previews Oct. 31 at the Winter Garden Theatre, muchadobroadway.com.
Here There Are Blueberries: Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s documentary-style drama examines the unexpected discovery of an album of photographs showing Auschwitz officers and staff members at social gatherings and other events. As archivists at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum investigate the images and the people pictured in them, the play considers what seemingly ordinary photographs can reveal about those who participated in atrocity. Begins previews Nov. 2 at the Barrymore Theatre, herethereareblueberries.com.
Galileo: Raúl Esparza returns to Broadway for the first time in more than a decade to play Galileo Galilei in a new musical about the astronomer’s discoveries and his collision with the Catholic Church. Begins previews Nov. 10 at the Shubert Theatre, galileomusical.com.
Inter Alia: Rosamund Pike brings her Olivier Award-winning performance to Broadway in Suzie Miller’s follow-up to “Prima Facie.” Pike plays a London Crown Court judge whose carefully balanced professional and family life is thrown into turmoil by a crisis involving her own household. Begins previews Nov. 10 at the Music Box Theatre, interaliabroadway.com.
Now You See Me Live: The “Now You See Me” film franchise, about a group of illusionists known as the Four Horsemen, becomes a live stage spectacle with high-tech illusions, solo stunts and large-scale spectacle. Begins Nov. 11 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, broadway.nowyouseemelive.com.
Dolly: A True Original Musical: Dolly Parton’s long-in-development autobiographical musical will move forward following her death last month at age 80. Tracing her journey from the Smoky Mountains to country music superstardom, the show combines such hits as “Jolene,” “9 to 5,” “Coat of Many Colors” and “I Will Always Love You” with new songs Parton wrote for the musical. Begins previews Dec. 7 at the St. James Theatre, dollymusical.com.
Awake and Sing!: Clifford Odets’ Depression-era family drama returns to Broadway with Danny Burstein, Micaela Diamond, Jessica Hecht, Will Pullen and Jeremy Shamos. Set in a crowded Bronx apartment, the 1935 classic follows three generations of a Jewish family struggling with money, ambition and competing ideas of how to build a better life. Begins previews Dec. 15 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, manhattantheatreclub.com.
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