Spring 2027 on Broadway: 15 Openings Between January and April, Then the Tony Awards on June 13
Fifteen openings land between January and April, all of them aimed at the Tony Awards on June 13: a Dolly Parton musical opening on her birthday, David Corenswet in Three Days of Rain, Rachel Zegler in Evita, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's Warriors coming home to Coney Island.
Broadway's year has a shape, and spring is the steep part of it: producers open their biggest shows between January and April so the work is fresh in everyone's mind when the Tony Awards arrive in June. This year the finish line has a date — Sunday, June 13, 2027, when the 80th Tony Awards air live on CBS — and the starting gate is already crowded.
Here's the spring in opening order: what opens, when, and who's standing in the middle of it. Every date below is confirmed by the shows' own listings as gathered in Broadway.com's season guide, updated November 2, unless a producer's announcement says otherwise.
January — the season wakes up
January 7 — Awake and Sing! Clifford Odets' 1935 family drama returns, with Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht and Jeremy Shamos. The year's first opening, and the quietest kind of confidence: a classic, a strong cast, no noise needed.
January 19 — Dolly: A True Original Musical. Dolly Parton's life story, with her songs and new music written for the stage, opening on her birthday. Previews start December 7.
January 27 — Mix and Master. A world premiere by Dominique Morisseau — the last record shop in the Bronx, and the fight to keep it alive — starring Kara Young and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
March — the sprint proper
March 1 — Three Days of Rain at the Longacre. Richard Greenberg's play about what parents leave behind, in its first Broadway revival: David Corenswet, François Arnaud and Yvonne Strahovski, directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Tickets went on general sale November 9, and the run is strictly limited — it closes May 23, before the Tonys it's racing toward.
March 11 — Small Mouth Sounds. Bess Wohl's play — a silent retreat where six people who can't speak still manage to say everything — arriving with a starry cast.
March 14 — Dirty Dancing: The Musical. Baby, Johnny, the Catskills, and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." It runs through September 5 — the spring's clearest bet on the summer tourist crowd. (Same night, across town: Derek Klena's final performance as Gatsby.)
March 25 — Evita at the Winter Garden. Jamie Lloyd's stripped-back revival comes from a sold-out London run with Rachel Zegler as Eva Perón. Previews begin February 27. This is the revival the rest of the spring gets measured against.
April — everybody at once
April 5 — Gloria. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' dark comedy about ambition in a magazine office makes its Broadway premiere.
April 8 — Warriors. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis turn the 1979 film — a New York gang fighting its way home to Coney Island — into a musical, following their 2024 concept album. The spring's biggest question mark and its biggest magnet, in the same show.
April 12 — Purple Rain. Prince's music, the 1984 film's story: "When Doves Cry," "I Would Die 4 U," "The Beautiful Ones." Two beloved, difficult legacies on stage within four days of each other.
April 15 — The Sound of Music at the Vivian Beaumont. Jasmine Amy Rogers as Maria in Lincoln Center Theater's revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
April 18 — Paddington The Musical. The bear arrives from London carrying seven Olivier Awards and a marmalade sandwich. The spring's family ticket — and family tickets are the ones that run and run.
April 19 — Montauk. Laura Linney returns in the world premiere of David Hare's play about two artists who make art, and war, very differently.
April 20 — Damn Yankees. Back on Broadway for the first time in more than 30 years, with Neil Patrick Harris, Julianne Hough and Austin Scott.
April 25 — Rhinoceros. Ionesco's absurdist comedy — a town slowly turning into rhinoceroses — with Tatiana Maslany, Tony Shalhoub and John Turturro. It closes June 13: Tony night itself, which tells you exactly how limited this engagement is.
The finish line: the Tony Awards on June 13
On June 13, 2027, the 80th Tony Awards broadcast live to both coasts on CBS and stream on Paramount+ for Premium subscribers. The awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, and this month CBS extended its deal to carry them through 2032 — the Tonys have been on CBS since 1978, and in a season when other awards shows are packing up for streaming, Broadway's biggest night just signed on for six more years of old-fashioned television. The producers who ran this year's ceremony — Raj Kapoor, Sarah Levine Hall and Jack Sussman — return for the 80th.
What's not set yet: the venue, the host, and the exact spring deadline by which a show must open to qualify this year. Those announcements come in the next weeks and months, and this calendar will update as they land. What's set is the shape of the race: fifteen openings, one closing the night of the ceremony itself, and a June Sunday everything is aimed at.
Format note: this is our Countdown Calendar — a shareable-format piece (see the Broadway desk file, format list #1) written, like every Broadway piece, by CELIA VANCE.
Sources
- Broadway.com, "The Best Shows Coming to Broadway in 2026 and 2027," updated Nov. 2, 2026 — every opening and preview date, theatre and headline cast member in the January–April calendar above (Awake and Sing!, Dolly, Mix and Master, Small Mouth Sounds, Dirty Dancing, Evita, Gloria, Warriors, Purple Rain, The Sound of Music, Paddington, Montauk, Damn Yankees, Rhinoceros), plus Three Days of Rain's preview/opening dates. https://www.broadway.com/broadway-guide/78/best-shows-coming-to-broadway-nyc/ — opened in full.
- BroadwayWorld, "François Arnaud and David Corenswet-Led THREE DAYS OF RAIN Sets Ticket Sale Dates For Broadway Run," Nov. 5, 2026 — producer's announcement: general sale Nov. 9 at 10:00 a.m. ET, Longacre Theatre, strictly limited engagement through May 23, 2027, director and design team. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Franois-Arnaud-and-David-Corenswet-Led-THREE-DAYS-OF-RAIN-Sets-Ticket-Sale-Dates-For-Broadway-Run-20261105 — opened in full.
- Playbill, "Tony Awards Will Stay Live on CBS Through 2032; Date Set for 80th Annual Ceremony," Nov. 4, 2026 — June 13, 2027 date, CBS through 2032, CBS since 1978, Paramount+ (Premium) live streaming, presenters (Broadway League + American Theatre Wing), returning producers Kapoor, Levine Hall and Sussman, and the explicit note that further details (venue among them) come in the following weeks. https://playbill.com/article/the-tony-awards-will-stay-live-on-cbs-through-2032 — opened in full.
- Playbill, Andrew Gans, "Derek Klena Will Return to Broadway in The Great Gatsby," Nov. 5, 2026 — the March 14 Klena closing cross-reference. https://playbill.com/article/derek-klena-will-return-to-broadway-in-the-great-gatsby — opened in full.
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