Broadway Season Features Star-Driven Revivals and New Plays
The current Broadway season is marked by high-profile revivals and new works featuring major stars. Adrien Brody makes his Broadway debut in 'The Fear of 13,' playing death row exoneree Nick Yarris, opposite Tessa Thompson. The play, by Lindsey Ferrentino, is directed by David Cromer at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf star in Joe Mantello's production of 'Death of a Salesman' at the Winter Garden Theatre, using a 1948 draft of Arthur Miller's script. The cast includes Christopher Abbott, Ben Ahlers, Joaquin Consuelos, and Jake Termine. Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach lead a stage adaptation of 'Dog Day Afternoon' at the August Wilson Theatre, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Rupert Goold, with John Ortiz and Jessica Hecht. John Lithgow reprises his Olivier Award-winning role as Roald Dahl in 'Giant' at the Music Box Theatre, a play by Mark Rosenblatt directed by Nicholas Hytner, also starring Elliot Levey, Aya Cash, and Rachael Stirling. The production won the 2025 Olivier Award for best new play.
Key facts
- Adrien Brody makes his Broadway debut in 'The Fear of 13' at the James Earl Jones Theatre.
- Brody plays Nick Yarris, a death row exoneree, in a play by Lindsey Ferrentino directed by David Cromer.
- Tessa Thompson co-stars as Jacki Miles in 'The Fear of 13'.
- Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf star in Joe Mantello's production of 'Death of a Salesman' at the Winter Garden Theatre.
- Mantello uses a 1948 draft of Arthur Miller's script for 'Death of a Salesman'.
- Christopher Abbott and Ben Ahlers play the grown-up sons in 'Death of a Salesman'; Joaquin Consuelos and Jake Termine play the younger sons.
- Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach star in the stage adaptation of 'Dog Day Afternoon' at the August Wilson Theatre.
- The play 'Dog Day Afternoon' is written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Rupert Goold.
- John Lithgow plays Roald Dahl in 'Giant' at the Music Box Theatre, a play by Mark Rosenblatt directed by Nicholas Hytner.
- 'Giant' won the 2025 Olivier Award for best new play.
- Elliot Levey, Aya Cash, and Rachael Stirling co-star in 'Giant'.
Entities
Artists
- Adrien Brody
- Tessa Thompson
- Nick Yarris
- Lindsey Ferrentino
- David Cromer
- Nathan Lane
- Laurie Metcalf
- Joe Mantello
- Arthur Miller
- Christopher Abbott
- Ben Ahlers
- Joaquin Consuelos
- Jake Termine
- Dustin Hoffman
- Brian Dennehy
- Lee J. Cobb
- Elia Kazan
- Jon Bernthal
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach
- Stephen Adly Guirgis
- Rupert Goold
- John Ortiz
- Jessica Hecht
- Al Pacino
- John Cazale
- Sidney Lumet
- John Lithgow
- Roald Dahl
- Mark Rosenblatt
- Nicholas Hytner
- Elliot Levey
- Aya Cash
- Rachael Stirling
- Bob Crowley
- David Sington
- Jacki Miles
Institutions
- James Earl Jones Theatre
- Winter Garden Theatre
- August Wilson Theatre
- Music Box Theatre
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- FX
- Life magazine
- Olivier Awards
- Gipsy House
Locations
- New York
- Broadway
- Brooklyn
- London
- Nazi Germany
- Israel
- Lebanon