{"id":192717,"date":"2025-09-01T23:51:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192717\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T23:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:51:31","slug":"september-2025-new-york-theater-openings-new-york-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/192717\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2025 New York Theater Openings \u2013 New York Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a calendar of New York theater opening* in September, including three plays on Broadway, two of them starry revivals: Keanu Reeves making his Broadway debut in \u201cWaiting for Godot\u201d \u00a0and Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris in \u201cArt.\u201d The third, \u201cPunch,\u201d a new play by James Graham based on a true story, features a cast that includes Victoria Clark.<\/p>\n

\"\"See Sept 9<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sept 12<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sept 25<\/p>\n

\"\"Sept 28<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sept 29<\/p>\n

Julio Torres makes his debut Off Broadway, where there are new plays written by John Leguizamo (who also stars), Tim Blake Nelson (starring Elizabeth Marvel), \u201cEureka Day\u201d playwright Jonathan Spector, and \u201cthe Rhinebeck Panorama\u201d playwright Richard Nelson (in Ukrainian!), as well as a performance piece about performance by Eisa Davis, a reimagined Ibsen, and theatrical portraits of opera star Maria Callas, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and fashion designer Alexander McQueen (starring Bridgerton\u2019s Luke Newton.)<\/p>\n

The busy month also features several festivals (a couple of them new, a couple of them completely free), as well as two inventive new immersive site-specific plays for a handful of theatergoers at a time. And I haven\u2019t even mentioned the new historical hip-hop musical being likened to a two-man Hamilton, or the solo hit from last year\u2019s Edinburgh Festival Fringe to which Netflix reportedly bought the rights; it\u2019s at St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse first (or instead.) <\/p>\n

The calendar below is organized chronologically by opening date*, or first performance, but we must consider the dates subject to change, thanks to the continuing vagaries of COVID-19, and the normal challenges and serendipity of live theater. \u00a0\u00a0
Each title below is linked to a relevant website.\u00a0
Color key:\u00a0Broadway: Red\u00a0\ud83d\udfe5.\u00a0Off Broadway:\u00a0Blue\u00a0\ud83d\udfe6.\u00a0Off Off Broadway: Green\u00a0\ud83d\udfe9.
Digital or Hybrid Theater: Yellow\u00a0\ud83d\udfe8\u00a0Theater festival: Orange\u00a0\ud83d\udfe7.\u00a0Immersive\/site-specific: Silver\u00a0\u2b1c\ufe0f\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0Concert\/cabaret\u00a0\ud83c\udfb6\u00a0Puppetry: Brown\u00a0\ud83d\udfeb\u00a0Opera: Purple\ud83d\udfea\u00a0Outdoors:\ud83c\udf32Free (or \u201cchoose what you pay\u201d)\u00a0\ud83c\udd93<\/p>\n

September 4<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe9we come to collect: a flirtation, with capitalism<\/a>\u00a0(The Flea)
Writer\u00a0Jenn Kidwell (Underground Railroad Game)\u00a0and\u00a0the artistic collective blackening\u00a0weave together stand-up comedy, performance art, and the carnivalesque\u00a0to\u00a0debunk the alluring tale of American economic might. The show features Kidwell and ASL artist\u00a0Brandon Kazen-Maddox (My article about him)<\/a>
August 26 \u2013 September 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe9Hard to Say<\/a> (Soho Playhouse)
Edinburgh Fringe favorite Kyle Ayers makes light of having Trigeminal Neuralgia, a rare nerve disorder
Sept 4 \u2013 14<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe7Bahr\u2019s Neurotica Festival<\/a>\u00a0(Under St. Marks and Parkside Lounge)
Funny writer and actress Iris Bahr creates a new, four-day festival that leans toward comedy.
September 4 \u2013 7<\/p>\n

September 6<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6Sober Songs<\/a>\u00a0(Theater Row)
<\/strong>A musical about six young adults in recovery at a local AA meeting in a Brooklyn church
August 30 \u2013 September 28\u00a0<\/p>\n

September 9<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6House of McQueen<\/a>\u00a0(Mansion at Hudson Yards)
Luke Newton (best known for his role as\u00a0Colin Bridgerton) and Emily Skinner are in the cast of this play by Darrah McCloud that offers a theatrical portrait of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, deemed the hooligan of English fashion, who committed suicide at age 40.
August 19 \u2013 September 28<\/p>\n

September 10<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe6Color Theories<\/a>\u00a0(Performance Space New York)
Julio Torres makes his Off-Broadway debut with what he describes as a\u00a0whimsical exploration of color, emotion, and identity that is equal parts comedy, theater, and art piece.September 3 \u2013 21<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6This is Government<\/a>\u00a0(59e59)
In this play written by Nina Kissinger, three congressional interns are stuck at work during a lockdown, trying figure out how this political disarray unfolded and why.
September 05 \u2013 September 28)<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe9The Mutt<\/a>\u00a0(IATI)
A theatrical adaptation by Anna Nesterova of the chapter \u201cThe Boys\u201d from Fyodor Dostoevsky\u2019s The Brothers Karamazov.\u00a0
September 10 \u2013 21<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfb6Trans Am<\/a>\u00a0(Joe\u2019s Pub)
Lisa Stephen Friday\u2019s solo show\u00a0explores the rise and fall of the band Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday,, the bitter sweetness of conditional love, and the realities of being transgender in the public eye.
Sept 10-11<\/p>\n

September 12<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe9The Essentialisn\u2019t <\/a>(HERE)
Can you be Black and not perform? Incorporating art gallery aesthetics and an electronic soul score,\u00a0Eisa Davis\u00a0(author of Pulitzer finalist Bulrusher,<\/a> and best-known now as the collaborator with Lin-Manuel Miranda on The Warriors concept album) performs a piece about performance, exploring the cultural techniques that make musical expression a kind of imprisonment \u2013 or a transcendent liberation.\u00a0\u00a0
September 10 \u2013 28<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udf32Galas<\/a>\u00a0(The Amph on Little Island)
Countertenor\u00a0Anthony Roth Costanzo\u00a0as \u2018Maria Magdalena Galas\u2019 in the reinvented production of Charles Ludlam\u2019s 1983 ridiculous take on of the life of opera star Maria Callas. The cast includes Carmelita Tropicana and Mary Testa.
September 6-28.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe9Family<\/a>\u00a0(La MaMa ETC)
A grotesque and pitch-dark play by Oscar-nominee Celine Song, whose charming film \u201cPast Lives\u201d is the exact opposite of this play. Here, three half-siblings mourn their late father and battle over what lies underneath the floorboards
September 12 \u2013 28<\/p>\n

September 14<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6The Wild Duck<\/a>\u00a0(TFANA)
David Eldridge\u2019s adaptation of Ibsen\u2019s play:\u00a0\u00a0Gregers Werle, the idealistic and dogmatic son of a wealthy businessman, wreaks\u00a0havoc when he embarks on a crusade to unveil the false foundations of the life of his friend, Hjalmar Ekdal. Ignorant of the adults\u2019 machinations, Hedvig, Hjalmar\u2019s young daughter, tries to shield a fragile duck from the injuries of the world. Meanwhile, Gregers\u2019 imposition of rectitude at all costs has life-altering repercussions.
September 2 \u2013 28<\/p>\n

September 16<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe5Art<\/a>\u00a0(Music Box Theater)
Bobby Cannavale,\u00a0James Corden,\u00a0Neil Patrick Harris star in this revival of the play by\u00a0Yasmina Reza (translated by\u00a0Christopher Hampton) about an argument over an all-white painting that gets out of hand. Directed by\u00a0Scott Ellis
August 28 \u2013 December 21<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe9When the Hurly Burly\u2019s Done<\/a>\u00a0(Public)
In this play written and directed by Richard Nelson (and translated into Ukrainian by Yulia Sosnovska), a half dozen women from a Ukrainian theater company in 1920 who have escaped war-torn Kyiv to perform in the countryside, take time out to have a meal together, where they\u00a0talk, complain, joke, make fun of themselves, etc., all while in pain.\u00a0in Ukrainian with English supertitles.<\/strong>\u00a0Nelson is best known for his Rhinebeck Panorama, cycles of plays such as The Apple Family plays that each focus on one family over a meal in real time.
September 16 \u2013 21<\/p>\n

September 17<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udd93\ud83d\udfe7Multiracial Mixfest<\/a> (Atlantic)
\u00a0Readings of full-length plays by\u00a0Alex Lin, Daria Miyeko Marinelli, Eliana Pipes, May Treuhaft-Ali,\u00a0and\u00a0Sharifa Yazmeen.\u00a0Additionally, Atlantic Theater Company has commissioned\u00a0Banna Desta, Maxine Dillon, Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin,\u00a0and\u00a0Else Went\u00a0to create short one-acts and present them as an evening of readings.
September 17 \u2013 19. 24- 26<\/p>\n

September 18<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe6Mexodus<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a0Audible\u2019s\u00a0Minetta\u00a0Lane Theatre)
A historical hip-hop musical created and performed by\u00a0Brian Quijada\u00a0and\u00a0Nygel D. Robinson about the r journey of thousands who escaped slavery by crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico.
September 9 \u2013 October 11<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6This is Not a Drill<\/a>\u00a0(York at\u00a0Theatre at St. Jeans)
A musical set in Hawaii among the surreal chaos of a morning in 2018, when an emergency alert warned Hawaii residents and visitors of an incoming missile attack.\u00a0It\u2019s a sweeping romance about ALOHA, which means both \u201chello\u201d and \u201cgoodbye\u201d
September 9 \u2013 October 11<\/p>\n

\u2b1c\ufe0f\u00a0ROOM 204<\/a>\u00a0(Walker Hotel Greenwich Village)
The tumultuous affair of an unlikely couple, portrayed by Anjelica Fellini and Dennis Flanagan. The performance takes place entirely within one of Walker Hotel\u2019s guest rooms. Designed for just\u00a0<\/strong>10 audience members per\u00a0night,.
Every Thursday September 18 \u2013 November 13<\/p>\n

September 19<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6Relative Stranger<\/a>\u00a0(SoHo Playhouse)
A new comedy written and performed by Chanel Ali\u00a0details Chanel\u2019s tumultuous foster care childhood, her mother\u2019s untimely slip into schizophrenia, and a court ordered paternity test that led her to meet her cop dad when she was 18 years old.
September 17 \u2013 28<\/p>\n

September 21<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfeaThe Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay<\/a> (Met Opera)
A musical adaptation of Michael Chabon\u2019s Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning novel about two Jewish cousins on the eve of World War II who craft an anti-fascist superhero and launch a groundbreaking comic-book series, using art to rally America against the rise of Nazism.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe6Weather Girl<\/a>\u00a0(St. Ann\u2019s Warehouse)
In this solo play by Brian Watkins that was a hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Julia McDermott plays Stacey,\u00a0a California weather girl, oversexed and underpaid. Today, her regular routine of teeth whitening, prosecco and wildfires descends into a scorched-earth catastrophe, before she discovers something that will save us all.
September 16 \u2013 October 12<\/p>\n

September 25<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe6The Other Americans<\/a>\u00a0(The Public Theater)
A new play by John Leguizamo, who portrays Nelson Castro, a Colombian-American laundromat owner in Queens grappling with a failing business and buried secrets. When his son Nick returns from a mental wellness facility after a traumatic incident, Nelson\u2019s world unravels.Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, whose son Trey portrays Nelson\u2019s son.
September 11 \u2013 October 12<\/p>\n

\u2b1c\ufe0fLast Call: A Play with Cocktails<\/a>\u00a0(En Garde Arts)
From the artist-led collective The Pack and playwright Hansol Jung (Wolf Play) comes an intimate, immersive, site-specific performance staged in real New York apartments performed by a rotating cast of Chris Bannow, Esco Joul\u00e9y, Dorcas Leung, Brian Quijada, Nicole Villamil, Mitch Winter
September 19 \u2013 October 13<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe7Powerhouse International <\/a>(Powerhouse Arts)
Former BAM artistic director David Binder\u00a0curates this new festival in a former power plant features more than a dozen cutting-edge works from around the world. Opening tonight: Skatepark<\/a>, in which dancers from Belgium and Denmark form a community on wheels with local skaters.
September 25 \u2013 December 13<\/p>\n

September 28<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe5Waiting for Godot<\/a>\u00a0(Hudson Theater)
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter star in this fifth Broadway production of Samuel Beckett\u2019s existential tragicomedy about two men, Vladimir and Estragon, who endlessly wait for a mysterious figure. Directed by Jamie Lloyd (last on Broadway helming Sunset Blvd.)
September 13 \u2013 January 3<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe9And Then We Were No More<\/a>\u00a0(La MaMa)
In this new play by Tim Blake Nelson, Elizabeth Marvel portrays a lawyer in the not-too-distant future is forced to represent a prisoner deemed \u2018beyond rehabilitation\u2019 and destined to perish in a newly developed machine designed to execute \u2018without pain.\u2019 The attorney must strive for justice in a system devoid of mercy.
September 19 \u2013 November 2<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6This Much I Know<\/a>\u00a0(Theater J at 59e59)
Written by 2025 Tony Award-winning playwright Jonathan Spector, (Eureka Day) and inspired by the book\u00a0Thinking, Fast and Slow\u00a0by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman,\u00a0the play\u00a0takes us through a psychology professor\u2019s search for his missing wife, weaving together the stories of Stalin\u2019s daughter defecting to America, the son of a white supremacist growing to doubt the beliefs he was raised with, and the secret despair of becoming an accidental killer.\u00a0
September 20 \u2013 October 1<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udfe6Murdoch The Final Interview<\/a>\u00a0(Theater 555)
Jamie Jackson portrays the media mogul in a solo show \u201cwritten by an unnamed source\u201d as he\u00a0encounters family members, revisits Presidents, wrangles with newspaper editors, collides with \u201cFox News\u201d creator, Roger Ailes, and finally, wrestles, literally, with an inscrutable monster
September 12 \u2013 December 28<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udd93\ud83d\udfe7\ud83d\udfe8SolFest 2025 with The Sol Project<\/a>\u00a0(PRTT)
This eighth annual edition offers both online and in-person events, including a Sunday afternoon picnic, the North Star Projects Latin\u00e9 ShortsFest film screenings at Quad Cinema, and staged readings of new theater works by seasoned and emergent playwrights
September 28 \u2013 October 2, 2025<\/p>\n

September 29<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udfe5PUNCH<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(MTC\u2019s Samuel J. Friedman Theater)
A new play by James Graham (Ink, books of \u201cNeverland\u201d and \u201cTammy Faye\u201d) is based on the true-life book\u00a0Right from Wrong\u00a0by Jacob Dunne, who killed a stranger, 28-year-old trainee paramedic James Hodgkinson, with a single punch in 2011. Only 19 years old at the time, Dunne went to prison and turned his life around after meeting Hodgkinson\u2019s parents as part of a restorative justice program. The seven-person cast features Will Harrison as Jacob, and Victoria Clark as both the victim\u2019s mother and Jacob\u2019s grandmother.<\/p>\n

*Opening Night<\/p>\n

This selection of works of theater is organized chronologically by opening night, but includes the dates when a show\u2019s run starts and ends (when available.)
Opening night is usually not the same as the first performance on Broadway and Off-Broadway (although it is the same for festivals and most Off-Off Broadway shows ) For Broadway and Off-Broadway, there is usually a \u201cpreview period\u201d that can last days or weeks, sometimes months. But professional reviews are forbidden from being published until opening night, which is why I organize this calendar by opening night (when it exists and when I can find it) rather than first performance, as a way to support the continuing relevance of theater reviewing. (Those shows that begin in September but don\u2019t officially open until October will be listed in October\u2019s calendar.)
Check out my article:\u00a0What is Broadway Opening Night? How it\u2019s changed, why it matters.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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