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Rosie O'Donnell revealed she quit The Rosie O'Donnell Show after learning she had about $100 million in the bank, turning down Warner Bros.' offer of $100 million for two more years to spend more time with her kids and pursue philanthropy. She says money allowed her to focus on family and later move back to the U.S. and launch a Broadway one-woman show, Common Knowledge.
Dolly Parton’s life story becomes a Broadway musical titled Dolly: A True Original Musical, with previews starting Dec. 7 and opening night Jan. 19 at the St. James Theatre. After a Nashville premiere in 2025, the show features Parton’s classic songs (I Will Always Love You, Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, 9 to 5) alongside new material, with a book by Parton and Maria S. Schlatter and direction by Bartlett Sher. Casting will be announced later; producers are Danny Nozell, Adam Speers for ATG Productions, and Gavin Kalin Productions, taking over the St. James stage after Titanique.
Dolly Parton revealed her autobiographical musical Dolly: A True Original Musical is heading to Broadway, with previews this December 2026 and an opening on January 19, 2027 in New York City. Parton won’t perform in the show, but will tell her story in her own words, write new songs, and include some of her hits like Jolene and 9 to 5. The announcement follows a recent health update in which she said she’s responding well to treatment, though it will take time before she’s back on stage; pre-sale tickets begin this week.
Dolly Parton’s musical Dolly: A True Original Musical will begin previews at Broadway’s St. James Theatre on December 7, 2026, with the official opening on January 19, 2027 (Parton’s 81st birthday). The Nashville-born show, written by Parton and Maria S. Schlatter and directed by Bartlett Sher, features Parton’s music alongside hits like “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” and “9 to 5,” with a full creative team and casting to be announced as the production gears up. Tickets go on sale July 8.
François Arnaud, David Corenswet and Yvonne Strahovski will star in a Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain, directed by Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro and opening next February at a Shubert Theatre. The production, produced by David Binder, revisits Greenberg’s tale of two generations of New York intelligentsia and their entanglements of family, art and love, with Greenberg’s death in 2025 noted and the previous 2006 Broadway version featuring Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper and Julia Roberts referenced.
Francois Arnaud, David Corenswet and Yvonne Strahovski will star in a Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, set for February 2027 at a Shubert Theatre to be announced. The production marks the Broadway debuts for Arnaud and Corenswet, with Strahovski returning to the stage after her Tony-nominated Golden Boy, and follows three siblings who meet to settle their fathers’ estate and uncover family secrets. David Binder is producing, with more creative team details to be announced.
Broadway will revive Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain in 2027 at a Shubert-owned theatre, directed by Anna D. Shapiro; François Arnaud and David Corenswet will make their Broadway debuts alongside Yvonne Strahovski, with casting by Caparelliotis Casting, in a production that follows the play’s Off-Broadway and Broadway history and centers on two generations of New York intelligentsia.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are adapting the 1979 cult film The Warriors into a Broadway musical, reimagining its central gang as women. After starting as a 2024 concept album, Warriors will open on Broadway in April 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne, with Jenny Koons directing and Andy Blankenbuehler as co-director/choreographer; casting has not yet been announced.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are turning the 1979 film The Warriors (and its novel) into Warriors, a Broadway-bound musical with an all-female cast. The show, set to open at the Lunt-Fontanne in April 2027, will be directed by Jenny Koons—with Andy Blankenbuehler co-directing and choreographing and Thomas Kail producing—though no casting has been announced yet. The concept originated on a 2024 album featuring Lauryn Hill, Nas, Ghostface Killah, and Phillipa Soo before moving to Broadway.
Lincoln Center Theater announced its 2026-27 lineup: A Few Good Men at the Vivian Beaumont, directed by Michael Arden, with performances beginning Oct. 8, 2026 and opening night Oct. 29; a revival of The Sound of Music, directed by Lear deBessonet, with performances starting March 23, 2027 and opening night April 15; August Wilson’s Seven Guitars at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre (off-Broadway) with previews starting Nov. 5 and opening Nov. 23; Kimberly Belflower’s Born in the Dirt at Newhouse (previews Apr. 14, 2027; opening May 6); Mark Jenkins’ Playing Burton at Newhouse (date TBA); LCT3 debuts Pretend It’s Pretend by Emma Watkins at Claire Tow Theater (previews Jan. 28, 2027; opening Feb. 11); plus three series: Composer Series featuring Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Benj Pasek & Justin Paul; The Reading Series of free, alumni-curated readings at Claire Tow; and The Comedy Series in Spring 2027, with dates to be announced.
Lin-Manuel Miranda will return to Broadway in spring 2027 with Warriors, a gender-flipped stage adaptation of the 1979 cult film developed with playwright Eisa Davis. The one-act musical reimagines the Warriors as an all-women gang on a homeward NYC journey, directed by Jenny Koons with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler; previews begin March 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne. Miranda serves as lead producer but will not act, and the project evolved from a 2024 concept album featuring collaborators like Lauryn Hill, RZA, Ghostface Killah and more.
Lin-Manuel Miranda returns to Broadway with Warriors, a musical adaptation of the cult NYC gang film. The show will begin previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in March 2027 and open in April, directed by Jenny Koons with co-direction and choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler. With a book, music and lyrics by Miranda and Eisa Davis, Warriors follows a New York City gang from Coney Island to the Bronx after being framed for a murder. The project was born from a 2024 concept album executive produced by Nas and produced by Miranda, Thomas Kail and Jeffrey Seller, among others, and features a large design team including David Korins (scenic), Dede Ayite (costume), Natasha Katz (lighting), and Kurt Crowley (music supervision and orchestrations).
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are writing the book, music and lyrics for Warriors, a Broadway musical adaptation based on the 1979 film; previews are planned for March 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne with an opening in April 2027. The production, directed by Jenny Koons with Andy Blankenbuehler co-directing/choreography, reimagines the title gang as a female gang and marks Miranda's first new full-length original musical since Hamilton. A concept album released in Oct. 2024 featured a star-studded lineup, and casting and the full creative team will be announced later.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis will bring Warriors to Broadway in 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, with March previews and an April 2027 opening; the show is based on The Warriors film (and Sol Yurick’s book), directed by Jenny Koons with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, produced by Thomas Kail and partners, and tickets go on sale in October 2026 after the project began as a 2024 concept album.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are turning The Warriors into a Broadway musical, an all-female adaptation set to open next spring at the Lunt-Fontanne after previews in March; the project began as a 2024 concept album and has evolved through workshops, with the show primarily sung but featuring some spoken scenes, and a cast of about 20. Directed by Jenny Koons with Andy Blankenbuehler co-directing and choreographing; lead producers include Thomas Kail, Miranda, his father Luis A. Miranda Jr., and Jeffrey Seller. Cast has not yet been announced.