New York theatre to see in September | NewYorkTheaterGuide.com – New York Theatre Guide

After an 18-month-long shutdown, the longest in theatres history, Broadway is returning in full swing this fall. New shows and classic favorites alike will open and reopen this month, ushering in a new era for Broadway. Beyond the Theatre District, numerous Off-Broadway theatres are celebrating the return to live performances with new in-person productions, and comedy shows, concerts, and more special events are also opening throughout the city. You can become part of the great return, too check out our top picks for New York theatre in September 2021.

Many of your favorite shows are back and brighter than ever. Long-running blockbusters, Disney classics, and recent hits are all returning to Broadway and are ready to welcome new and returning audiences alike.

Broadways never ever getting rid of Waitress! After a Tony-nominated four-year run at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Waitress is opening up once more at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Through October 17, Sara Bareilles will return as the savvy pie chef Jenna who bakes her way through a rocky pregnancy and an even rockier marriage.

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, from September 2.

Waitress tickets are on sale now.

Hadestown was livin it up on top in 2019 when it won 8 Tony Awards out of 14 nominations and became the most talked-about musical of the year. Anas Mitchells adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set in an industrial underworld with folk and jazz music, is ready to take audiences way down to Hadestown again. Original Broadway cast members Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Patrick Page, Amber Gray, and Andr De Shields will all return to their fabled roles.

Walter Kerr Theatre, from September 2.

Retake your place in the circle of life at The Lion King. Its story of a young cub who aspires to lead his fathers animal kingdom one day has become a staple of the Disney canon. The musical adaptation features all the films most beloved songs including Hakuna Matata, Circle of Life, and I Just Cant Wait to Be King and is bound to delight audiences of all ages.

Minskoff Theatre, from September 14.

The Lion King tickets are on sale now.

Lin-Manuel Mirandas groundbreaking hip-hop history lesson Hamilton will return to Broadway September 14. Fans worldwide got to experience the modern retelling of the Founding Fathers story on Disney+ last summer and can now once again see it live. Still one of Broadways hottest tickets more than six years after its opening, Hamilton has cemented its own place in the history books.

Richard Rodgers Theatre, from September 14.

Get ready to defy gravity, as the ever-popular Wicked is back on Broadway. Dance through life, or at least through two and a half hours, with Elphaba and Glinda in this blockbuster prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Before they were known as the Good and Wicked Witches, The Tin Man, The Scarecrow and more, the citizens of Oz were friends and schoolmates, and their story has put a spell on audiences for nearly 20 years.

Gershwin Theatre, from September 14.

Wicked tickets are on sale now.

Broadways longest-running American musical is back with all that jazz. The reopening cast of Chicago includes Tony winner Lillias White as Matron Mama Morton, Ana Villafae as Roxie Hart, and Bianca Marroqun, a longtime Roxie, now debuting as Velma Kelly.

Ambassador Theatre, from September 14.

Chicago tickets are on sale now.

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne debuted his theatrical concert, American Utopia, on Broadway in 2019 for a limited run, and the production was filmed for streaming in 2020. Byrne and his 11-person ensemble now return to the New York stage for one more limited engagement through March 5, 2022. The group performs songs from Byrnes album of the same name along with hits from throughout his career.

St. James Theatre, from September 17.

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Come From Away is finally returning to Broadway, telling a story of personal connection that is just what the world needs after months of isolation. The musical tells the true account of a Newfoundland town that welcomed hundreds of people displaced by 9/11. The show has welcomed audiences from all over the world since 2017, and it is ready to welcome you back to the rock, too.

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, from September 21.

Bohemians, lovers, dreamers, muses, and artists welcome back to the Moulin Rouge! The glamorous musical adaptation of Baz Luhrmanns iconic film will take theatergoers into the glitzy and raucous Parisian club where the writer Christian becomes enchanted with the star performer, Satine. The shows score features more than 70 classic and contemporary pop songs to bring the 1900s to today.

Al Hirschfeld Theatre, from September 24.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical tickets are on sale now.

Take a magic carpet ride at the New Amsterdam Theatre with Aladdin on Broadway. The poor street-dweller Aladdin discovers a genie in a magic lamp, and Aladdin is given three wishes to get himself the noble life and the princess he desires. Audiences will recognize all the films hit songs like Friend Like Me and Prince Ali, but the live Broadway experience of the Disney tale is A Whole New World.

New Amsterdam Theatre, from September 28.

Aladdin tickets are on sale now.

A new theatre season is beginning, and many new shows are ready to make their premieres. From highly-anticipated West End transfers to original musicals to a special concert celebration, theres plenty of new Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre to discover for the first time.

Known for his work co-creating Chappelles Show and his own solo stand-up special 3 Mics, comedian Neal Brennan returns to the stage with a new theatrical comedy show, Neal Brennan: Unacceptable. With true stories from Brennans childhood through the present, he honestly yet humorously discusses feelings of loneliness in an attempt to understand them.

Cherry Lane Theatre, from August 25.

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Daniel J. Watts stars alongside the show's playwright, Ngozi Anyanwu, in a story about two people deciding whether to stay in a relationship or let go of the thing they love most, as painful as the goodbye may be.

Linda Gross Theater, from August 26.

The Last of the Love Letterstickets are on sale now.

Award-winning actor, playwright, and director Ruben Santiago-Hudson returns to Broadway with a new solo show. He plays more than 20 characters in the autobiographical story of Nanny, the woman who welcomed a young Santiago-Hudson into her upstate New York home and raised him. This tribute to Nannys compassion and Santiago-Hudsons youth also features original blues music by Bill Sims., Jr.

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, from September 14.

Thirteen years after Second Stage Theater premiered Rajiv Josephs play Animals Out of Paper, the company is presenting its companion play, Letters of Suresh. Told through a series of letters between family members, friends, and strangers, the play is a story of people seeking connection and hope as a city they love is consumed by war.

Tony Kiser Theater, from September 14.

Letters of Suresh tickets are on sale now.

Curtain Up! is a three-day celebration of Broadways reopening that will include live concerts and performances, panels, and interactive experiences. The free outdoor festival will take place in Times Square from Friday, September 17 to Sunday, September 19 with a host of theatre talent.

Times Square, from September 17.

After enjoying a hit West End run, multiple tours across the globe, and multiple productions in America, the fast-rising phenomenon Six is finally opening on Broadway, 18 months after its original opening night was canceled by the shutdown only hours before curtain. Now, audiences can get down with the Queens, Henry VIIIs six wives, in their 80-minute pop song competition to determine who had it the worst as the kings bride.

Brooks Atkinson Theatre, from September 17.

The first new musical to premiere in New York since the Broadway shutdown is making a celestial debut off Broadway. Two commercial jingle writers dream of their big break, which comes when pop star Regina Comet taps them to write a jingle for her new perfume line. Ben Fankhauser and Alex Wyse wrote the musical and star as the hopeful songwriters alongside Bryonha Marie Parham as Regina Comet.

DR2 Theatre, from September 17.

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This three-part saga, told as one theatrical piece, follows the rise and fall of the Lehman Brothers financial institution. Told over 164 years spanning multiple generations of a single immigrant family, the story highlights the businesss greatest successes and its eventual bankruptcy that inflamed the 2008 financial crisis. The production had an acclaimed run on the West End, and two actors from the production Simon Russell Beale and Adam Godley will reprise their roles, joining Adrian Lester in his Broadway debut.

Nederlander Theatre, from September 25.

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