Led by Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell, Artistic Director Jenny Gersten, and Producing Creative Director Clint Ramos, the 2026 Encores! series opens February 4 (through 15) with High Spirits, directed by Tony Award winner Jessica Stone with Encores! Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell. When the eccentric, bike-riding Madame Arcati unknowingly summons the ghost of Charles’s ex-wife, Elvira, she proves a formidable, and invisible, match for his current wife, Ruth. Based on Noël Coward’s beloved play Blithe Spirit, this Tony-nominated musical is full of haunted hijinks and features a brassy, swinging score by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray that has rarely been heard since its original Broadway run in 1964.
February 4th, 2026
February 15th, 2026
By: Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray, based on the play Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
Songs by: Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray
Director: Jessica Stone
Producer: New York City Center
Cast list: Phillipa Soo (as Ruth), Steven Pasquale (as Charles)
Other info: Music direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
Wheelchair access, assistive listening devices
High Spirits is at New York's New York City Center, which is located at 131 W 55th St, New York, 10019.
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