New York

Fall Tickets, Before Prices Climb

The fall slate New Yorkers are already texting about. Prices rise and the best seats disappear as opening night nears, so this is what we're booking now, while a weeknight ticket still costs what it should. Broadway openings and downtown premieres in one edit.

Poster of Paranormal Activity in New York.

Paranormal Activity on Broadway

from $49

The screen franchise that built a found-footage empire arrives on Broadway as a live haunting, already a sold-out hit in London, Chicago, and LA. A young couple settles into a new home with one of them sure something is wrong, until both confront the show's colder idea: places aren't haunted, people are. A horror story staged for a room full of people who came to be scared together. First performance August 14, 2026.

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

from $82

At Aburi Girls Boarding School in 1986, reigning queen bee Paulina assumes the Miss Ghana crown is already hers, until a new transfer student from America scrambles the pecking order. Jocelyn Bioh's bright, biting comedy finally hits Broadway nearly a decade after its Off-Broadway run, reuniting her with Jaja's African Hair Braiding director Whitney White. Sharp, funny, and quietly ruthless about the currency of popularity. First performance September 8, 2026.

The Imaginary Invalid

from $72

Bill Irwin returns to Broadway, and to Molière, in his own razor-sharp adaptation of the classic comedy, playing Argan: a professional patient who treats his hypochondria as a full-time job. To cut his medical bills, he schemes to marry his daughter off to a doctor, though she has other plans entirely. Brandon J. Dirden directs a fiercely funny ensemble, and Irwin proves hypochondria never goes out of style. First performance September 25, 2026.

Kramer/Fauci

from $53

In 1993, AIDS researcher Anthony Fauci and playwright-activist Larry Kramer had a televised confrontation that doubled as a turning point in the fight for treatment and recognition. Director Daniel Fish, of the Broadway Oklahoma! revival, restages their clash as history and provocation at once, charged with rage and unexpected intimacy. Tony winner Will Brill leads a four-hander that runs a taut sixty minutes. First performance September 27, 2026.

2:22 - A Ghost Story

from $55

Jenny is sure her new home is haunted. Her husband Sam isn't buying it. Over a housewarming dinner with friends, a debate about whether the dead can walk curdles into something colder, and the four of them resolve to stay up until 2:22 to find out. A tightly wound night of belief, skepticism, and the noises you can't explain. First performance October 20, 2026.

The Fantasticks

from $92

A musical known and adored around the world finally gets its Broadway premiere, reconceived by its original writer, Tom Jones. Two boys, their two scheming mothers, and a plan to trick the young men into falling in love, set to Harvey Schmidt's music. Christopher Gattelli directs a staging that keeps the heart and humor intact while making it new. First performance October 22, 2026.

In the Heights

In an Encores! concert staging at City Center, Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical comes home to New York. Over three summer days in Washington Heights, bodega owner Usnavi and his neighbors chase their ambitions and ask what it means to belong in a changing neighborhood, set to a score that fuses hip-hop, Latin rhythms, and Broadway. The 2008 Tony-winning musical, with a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes.

A View from the Bridge

from $79

Arthur Miller's seminal drama returns off-Broadway for the first time since 1965, spotlighting the promise and pressure of the American Dream. Sam Rockwell leads as Eddie Carbone, with Marin Ireland and Alfred Molina in an all-star cast directed by Neil Pepe. A strictly limited 13-week run at La MaMa's historic Ellen Stewart Theatre. First performance November 27, 2026.