Here are our top picks of theatre to check out in January 2026, including world-premiere Off-Broadway shows and last-chance Broadway hits closing this month.
Beat the January blues by seeing a New York show! There's no better place to escape the winter chill than in a warm, cozy theatre, big or small. Plus, with the holiday rush over, January performances have great availability on seats.
Between Broadway blockbusters and intimate Off-Broadway shows, there's plenty to choose from. Only a few new Broadway and Off-Broadway shows start up in January, but this month is your last chance to catch some limited-run hits from 2025 before they close. You can also venture off Broadway and be the first to see some new offerings at smaller theatres around the city.
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Bug
Oedipus
Data
Anna Christie
The Disappear
An Ark
Bug
Emmy and Tony Award nominee Carrie Coon (The White Lotus and The Gilded Age) is back on Broadway in Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts’s (August: Osage County) psychological thriller. Coon plays a lonely waitress who gets involved with a Gulf War veteran (Namir Smallwood) obsessed with conspiracy theories. You only have until February 8 to crawl over to this intense, intimate play.
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Oedipus
The polls close on February 8 for celebrated British playwright/director Robert Icke’s bold interpretation of Sophocles’ tragedy. Mark Strong (Dune: Prophecy) and Lesley Manville (The Crown, Phantom Thread) star as Oedipus and Jocasta, a political power couple whose world comes crashing down on one life-changing election night.
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Data
There’s no escaping talk about AI and everything that it’s capable of. Matthew Libby’s tech thriller unveils the dark side of Silicon Valley in Data, about a talented young programmer who learns his algorithm is the key to a major surveillance project. The state-of-the-art cast features Karan Brar (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Brandon Flynn (13 Reasons Why), Sophia Lillis (I Am Not Okay With This), and Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy).
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Anna Christie
Don't miss Michelle Williams in one of theatre’s most prestigious leading roles. In Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie, the five-time Oscar nominee stars with Tony Award nominees Tom Sturridge as Anna’s sailor lover, Mat, and Brian d’Arcy James as her barge captain father. You only have until February 1 to sample this play about second chances — perhaps with a whiskey with ginger ale on the side.
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The Disappear
Oscar-nominated writer and director Erica Schmidt’s (Cyrano) newest play tells the story of a perfect couple that goes off the rails, taking their relatives and friends along for the wild ride. Dylan Baker (The Good Wife), Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Chevalier), and more star in this Audible Theater production. So before The Disappear gets recorded for streaming as an audio drama, you can say you saw it staged first.
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An Ark
This unique experience is sure to shake up your ideas of what theatre can be. An Ark is a lyrical play that charts a full lifetime in under an hour through an inventive use of mixed media. With virtual appearances from Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings), Golda Rosheuvel (Bridgerton), Arinzé Kene (Death of a Salesman), and Rosie Sheehy (Machinal), this piece explores what it means to live, grieve, and connect.
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