THE NEW SEASON

Having
experienced another Christmas season (80 Rockettes and 50 Nutcrackers!), let’s
take a brief look back on the season’s
dynamic first half.
This
Broadway season tackled such hard topics as the Holocaust, (Leopoldstadt),
race (Death of a Salesman, TopDog/Underdog, Ohio State Murders, The Piano
Lesson, Ain’t No Mo’, among others); gender politics (1776, Some Like It
Hot); the disabled (Cost of Living).
Unfortunately,
the trend toward diversity and inclusion ended in two spectacular flops. K-pop’s failed attempt to
meld a backstage story with a Beyonce-like concert of Korean pop music; and the
acerbic Ain’t No Mo’, which generated a historical gross only after
announcing its closing.
The
musicals: query -- has the death of Sondheim opened the door for the return of
Broadway’s former master music maker, Andrew Lloyd Webber? The startling close
of his longest runner, Phantom, makes room for a new Webber opus: Bad
Cinderella.

It’s
great to see Broadway deliver strong. Grosses are way up (but not as high as
pre-Covid times) thanks to blockbusters like the adored Some Like It Hot,
a reworking of an old movie with a postmodern twist and killer music,
guaranteed to put people in seats.
Not
all the fall plays and musicals have boffo box office, no matter how good. Of
the shows that opened so far this year, 7 have shuttered, with 12 more about to
close by the end of January.
So,
what’s next? The good news is: as well as the Sondheim staple, Sweeney
Todd, Spring 2023 offers new musicals — Bad Cinderella, New York, New York (Susan Stroman) —
and revivals of Dancin’ and Camelot.
New
productions of plays include Life of Pi, Pictures from Home (Nathan Lane)
Fat Ham, Goodnight, Oscar, and a revival of A Doll’s House (Jessica
Chastain).
See below for a list of upcoming Broadway and
Off-Broadway productions.
As always, Theaterscene invites you to join us as we
cover the season.
…See you at the theater!
Jeanne Lieberman.
Publisher/editor
Julia Polinsky
Associate Editor

UPCOMING 2023 BROADWAY SHOWS
PICTURES FROM HOME
Theatre: Studio 54
First Preview: January 13, 2023
Opening: February 9, 2023
Starring: Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, Zoë Wanamaker
A DOLL'S HOUSE
Theatre: Hudson Theatre
First Preview: February 13, 2023
Opening: March 9, 2023
Starring: Jessica Chastain
BAD CINDERELLA
Theatre: Imperial Theatre
First Preview: February 17, 2023
Opening: March 23, 2023
SWEENEY TODD
Theatre: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
First Preview: February 26, 2023
Opening: March 26, 2023
Starring: Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford,
DANCIN'
Theatre: Music Box Theatre
First Preview: March 2, 2023
Opening: March 19, 2023
Concept: Bob Fosse
SHUCKED
Theatre: Nederlander Theatre
First Preview: March 8, 2023
Opening: April 4, 2023
CAMELOT
Theatre: Vivian Beaumont Theatre
First Preview: March 9, 2023
Opening: April 13, 2023
LIFE OF PI
Theatre: Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
First Preview: March 9, 2023
Opening: March 30, 2023
PETER PAN GOES WRONG
Theatre: Ethel Barrymore Theatre
First Preview: March 17, 2023
Opening: April 19, 2023
FAT HAM
Theatre: American Airlines Theatre
First Preview: March 21, 2023
Opening: April 12, 2023
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Theatre: St. James Theatre
First Preview: March 24, 2023
Opening: April 26, 2023
SUMMER, 1976
Theatre: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
First Preview: April 4, 2023
Opening: April 25, 2023
GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR
Theatre: Belasco Theatre
First Preview: April 7, 2023
Opening: April 24, 2023
PRIMA FACIE
Theatre: Golden Theatre
First Preview: April 11, 2023
Opening: April 23, 2023

UPCOMING 2023
OFF-BROADWAY SHOWS
HEAVEN
59E59 Theater B
Opening:
January 11, 2023
FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER IS DRUNK
Big Telly
Theatre Company @ 59E59 Theater C
First Preview:
January 11, 2023
Opening:
January 17, 2023
THE IMMORTAL JELLYFISH GIRL
Wakka Wakka Productions @ 59E59 Theater A
First Preview:
January 10, 2023
Opening:
January 18, 2023
THE SMUGGLER
Irish
Repertory Theatre
First Preview:
January 18, 2023
Opening:
January 26, 2023
ENDGAME
Irish
Repertory Theatre
First Preview:
January 25, 2023
Opening:
February 2, 2023
LUCY
Minetta Lane
Theatre
First Preview:
January 28, 2023
Opening:
February 5, 2023
AMANI
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Opening: February 6, 2023
SHEDDING LOAD
59E59 Theater
C
First Preview:
February 2, 2023
Opening:
February 7, 2023
THE WANDERERS
Roundabout
Theatre Company - Laura Pels Theatre
First Preview:
January 26, 2023
Opening:
February 16, 2023
THE
SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW
Brookyn Academy of Music
First Preview: February 4, 2023
Opening: February 23, 2023
the best we could (a family tragedy)
Manhattan
Theatre Club - Stage I
First Preview:
February 7, 2022
Opening: March
1, 2022
THE TREES
Playwrights
Horizons/Mainstage Theater
First Preview: February 8, 2022
LOVE
Park Avenue
Armory
First Preview:
February 25, 2023
Opening:
February 28, 2023
brainsmash
59E59 Theater
C
First Preview:
March 2, 2023
Opening: March
5, 2023
CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY
Keen Company
@ Theatre Row
First Preview:
February 21, 2023
Opening: March
8, 2023
MISTY
The Shed
First Preview:
March 3, 2023
Opening: March
9, 2023
(pray)
Greenwich
House
Opening: March
9, 2023
THE COAST STARLIGHT
Lincoln Center
Theater - Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
First Preview:
February 16, 2023
Opening: March
13, 2023
THE HARDER THEY COME
Public
Theater/Newman Theater
First Preview: February 16, 2023
Opening: March
15, 2023
YES, I CAN SAY THAT!
59E59 Theater
A
First Preview:
March 4, 2023
• Opening: March 21, 2023
SANCOCHO
WP Theater
First Preview:
March 11, 2023
Opening: March
23, 2023
DÍA Y NOCHE
59E59 Theater
B
First Preview:
March 18, 2023
Opening: March
26, 2023
ACCORDING TO THE CHORUS
59E59 Theater
C
First Preview:
March 23, 2023
Opening: March
28, 2023
WHITE GIRL IN DANGER
Tony Kiser
Theatre
First Preview:
March 15, 2023
Opening: April
10, 2023
REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE
Playwrights
Horizons/Peter Jay Sharp Theater
First Preview:
March 22, 2022
Opening: TBA
FUENTE OVEJUNA
Theatre For A
New Audience @ Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Opening: Apil
29, 2023
Playwright:
Lope De Vega
BERNARDA'S DAUGHTERS
The Chelsea
Factory
Opening: May
2, 2023
KING JAMES
Manhattan
Theatre Club - Stage I
First Preview:
May 2, 2022
Opening: May
16, 2022
PRIMARY TRUST
Roundabout
Theatre Company - Laura Pels Theatre
First Preview:
May 4, 2023
Opening: TBA
WET BRAIN
Playwrights
Horizons/Mainstage Theater
First Preview:
May 17, 2022
Opening: TBA
THE DOCTOR
Park Avenue
Armory
First Preview:
June 3, 2023
Opening: June
13, 2023
ORPHEUS DESCENDING
Theatre For A
New Audience @ Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Opening: July
9, 2023

Barbara Walters (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty)
Barbara Walters, who shattered glass ceilings and challenged the
status quo, has died at age 93. Although not a theater person per
se, her celebrity transcended all genres, and her life journey certainly was
theatrical. A true New Yorker, she loved theater and we
at Theaterscene loved her back.
Rest In Peace, dear cherished lady.
Jeannie Lieberman, publisher