All things must come to an end.
There are a lot of reasons behind a show’s final curtain. Many times, the show was a limited engagement with an ending date that was set way in advance of its first rehearsal. Other shows, like “The Phantom of the Opera” have open-ended runs that span several decades. And then there are those heartbreakers of the business, flops.
This spring, the curtain will fall on several Broadway and Off-Broadway shows for the last time. But rest assured, those stages won’t stay dark for long. As long as there are audiences, there will always be new shows.
Final Curtains
May 5
Sweeney Todd
Broadway: Lunt Fontanne Theater
Tony Award-winners Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit close up shop in this acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s classic tale of revenge and accidental cannibalism.
Philadelphia, Here I Come!
Off-Broadway: Irish Rep
Brian Friel’s comedy about an Irish immigrant who comes to America for fame and fortune.
May 12
Oh, Mary!
Off-Broadway: Lucille Lortel Theater
Cole Escola (TV’s “Difficult People”) stars as Mary Todd Lincoln in the sold-out run of the best-reviewed comedy of the season. Coming to Broadway this summer.
Orlando
Off-Broadway: Pershing Square Signature Center
Sara Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel about the journeys of a young man who serves as courtier to Queen Elizabeth and ends up a 20th-century woman is brought to life with a stellar cast headed by Taylor Mac
May 26
Sally & Tom
Off-Broadway: The Public Theater
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks examines the controversial and complex relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings.
Scarlett Dreams
Off-Broadway: The Greenwich House
The invention of a fitness app for a virtual reality headset blurs the lines between the real and digital worlds when a man falls in love with his virtual trainer.
May 27
Sleep No More
Off Broadway: McKittrick Hotel
After 13 years and multiple extensions, this thrilling multi-level choose-you-own-path treatment of Shakespeare’s “MacBeth” checks out of the McKittrick Hotel after.
June 2
The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers
Off-Broadway: New World Stages
The former host of the popular Nickelodeon hit “Double Dare” takes the audience on his journey from kid’s game show icon to Food Network host.
Nobody Cares
Off-Broadway: Audible Minetta Lane Theater
Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti one-woman show: A love letter to ingenues, and recovering ingenues, and moms, and anybody working on themselves."
A Sign of the Times
Off-Broadway: New World Stages
The cultural upheavals of the 1960s as seen through the eyes of an aspiring photographer using some of the most popular songs from the era.
June 9
Three Houses
Off-Broadway: Pershing Square Signature Center
A self-described post-pandemic open mic night parable about magic, madness, and the end of the world written by the composer of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.
June 16
All of Me
Off-Broadway: Pershing Square Signature Center
Kyra Sedgwick stars in a boldly humorous and candid love story that explores class and disability in America today.
Mary Jane
Broadway: Samuel Friedman Theatre
Faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, a single mother relies on unflagging optimism and humor, along with the wisdom of the women around her who have become a makeshift family, to take on each new day. Starring Academy Award-nominee Rachel McAdams.
Mother Play
Broadway: Helen Hayes Theater
Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons, and Tony Award-winner Celia Keenan Bolger star in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel's bitingly funny and unflinchingly honest new play about the hold our family has over us and the surprises we find when we unpack the past.
Uncle Vanya
Broadway: Vivian Beaumont Theater
Steve Carell makes his Broadway debut leading a cast of TV, film, and stage veterans that include Alison PIll, Anika Noni Rose, and Alfred Molina in a new translation of Anton Chekhov's classic drama about a rural family whose dreary but stable routine is disrupted.
An Enemy of the People
Broadway: Circle in the Square Theater
Jeremy Strong stars in Henrik Ibsen’s drama about a well-regarded doctor who is pressured to keep silent when he discovers that the waters from a spa that support the local economy are contaminated.
June 23
Appropriate
Broadway: Belasco Theater
Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Sara Paulson stars in a dark comedy about long-hidden secrets and buried resentments that can’t be contained when a family is forced to face the ghosts of their past.
Patriots
Broadway: Barrymore Theater
From the mind of the writer of “The Crown” comes a drama chronicling Vladimir Putin's rise to power after the fall of the Soviet Union, and his power struggle with Billionaire Boris Berezovsky.
Breaking the Story
Off-Broadway: Second Stage
A darkly funny and fiery drama about the cost of war and the audacity of those frontliners armed with only a press badge.
Saw the Musical: The Unauthorized Parody
Off-Broadway: AMT Theater
Bloody scenes, songs, and puppets bring unlikely laughs in this a boundary-pushing parody of the Guinness World Record holding winner of the “most successful horror movie series.”
June 30
A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical
Broadway: Broadhurst Theater
The story of legendary rock & roll icon Neil Diamond comes to life on stage in a gripping and uplifting new musical featuring his hit songs “Sweet Caroline”, “America”, and “Cracklin’ Rosie”.
