Fall Broadway Preview Part V

That’s right theatre fans. It is time for Part V of my “Fall Broadway Preview” where I will discuss the final four shows set to open before the end of the year. So, let’s get to it.

First up is a new play which until recently wasn’t even on my radar of upcoming shows this season. In fact, I only just heard about it a few weeks ago. However, based on the show’s premise, not to mention the outstanding reviews the production received during its limited run at the Public Theatre in 2019, Jordan E. Cooper’s Ain’t No Mo is sure to be a critical darling once again when it opens this fall. The show, which is being produced by Academy Award winner Lee Daniels (Precious, The Butler) and directed by Obie Award winner Stevie Walker-Webb, is set to begin previews at the Belasco Theatre on November 3, with opening night scheduled for December 1. Here’s hoping it’s a hit.

I can’t tell you how excited I am about this next play theatre fans. Not only is it starring six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon but it is also the first production in the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre (formerly the Cort Theatre).

Now if you think that is exciting wait until you hear this. Adrienne Kennedy, the show’s award-winning playwright will be making her Broadway debut at the age of ninety-one. Who says dreams don’t come true? Ohio State Murders, which first premiered as a one act play in 1992, is scheduled to begin previews on November 11, with opening night scheduled for December 8. Expect the show to be a major Tony contender come June.

Returning fresh off a Tony win for Best Play Revival of the Year is Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out. The show, which also won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2003, will begin previews at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on October 27, where it is scheduled to perform through January 29. Directed by eight-time Tony Award nominee Scott Ellis, Take Me Out stars Tony nominee’s Jesse Williams and Michael Oberholtzer, and Emmy nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson who is reprising his Tony Award winning performance.

Last, and certainly not least is Tony nominee Gabriel Byrne’s autobiographical one- man show Walking with Ghosts. Based on Byrne’s own childhood experiences growing up in Dublin, Ireland, to his road to the bright lights of both Tinseltown and the Great White Way, Walking with Ghosts is set to begin previews at the Music Box Theatre on October 18, with opening night scheduled to be announced. The show, which is based on his 2021 memoir of the same, will play a limited run through December 30.

So, there you have it. Four exciting shows for you to check out in the coming months. Oh and of course don’t forget that we sell them all along with every other play and musical on Broadway. Which one will you see? Until next time theatre fans.

JWB