Discover Off-Broadway shows playing now, including long-running favorites and new shows on for a limited time.
New York is a huge city, and every neighborhood in every borough is teeming with theatre. The 41 Broadway theatres in the Theatre District sound like a lot, but there are tons more, even, than that beyond Broadway. For the adventurous theatregoer, Off-Broadway theatres are havens for all types of entertainment: shows that differ from traditional plays and musicals, family-friendly theatre, comedy specials, and the next big Broadway hits before they hit Broadway.
If you're interested in Off-Broadway shows but are unfamiliar with the New York theatre landscape, you might not know where to start. Luckily, you're in the right place. Here's our guide to the top Off-Broadway theatre to catch right now, which includes long-running Off-Broadway hits and new shows that are only off Broadway for a limited time. Multiple Off-Broadway shows have stars attached to them, too, so you could see your favorite screen actor or musician's work live in an intimate venue.
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Heathers
Little Shop of Horrors
Ginger Twinsies
The Least Problematic Woman in the World
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Play That Goes Wrong
Drunk Shakespeare
Gazillion Bubble Show
Perfect Crime
Heathers
Color us stoked that Heathers is back in NYC. The cult-classic musical adaptation of the 1988 Winona Ryder/Christian Slater film shows that it kills to be popular. When teenage Veronica joins her high school's popular clique and falls for the new bad boy in town, her life turns upside down — and bloodier than ever before.
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Little Shop of Horrors
Buy your token and go down to Skid Row! Little Shop of Horrors, the cult classic horror-comedy musical by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, has taken root at the Westside Theatre for an acclaimed Off-Broadway revival. Stars like Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Conrad Ricamora, and Skylar Astin have all stepped into the role of the nebbish flower shop worker Seymour. When Seymour comes upon a mysterious talking plant, the plant promises him everything his heart desires — if he's up to provide the plant with human flesh to eat.
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Ginger Twinsies
Want the 411? The Parent Trap is getting the stage treatment thanks to Ginger Twinsies, writer/director Kevin Zak's parody adaptation of the 1998 film starring Lindsay Lohan. Fans won't just see all their favorite moments from the movie; they'll experience dozens of other pop culture references to The Devil Wears Prada, Mean Girls, and more, making Ginger Twinsies a '90s and '00s nostalgia-fest.
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The Least Problematic Woman in the World
Social media star Dylan Mulvaney is making her Off-Broadway debut in The Least Problematic Woman in the World, her new solo show about girlhood and growing up. Mulvaney charts her journey from Catholic school kid to trans TikTok icon, using original music and the honest storytelling that made her go viral on social media with her "Days of Girlhood" series.
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The fan-favorite M-U-S-I-C-A-L is returning to NYC for a limited run at New World Stages. A group of quirky kids compete in a spelling bee run by equally odd adults, a recipe for hilarity. Stars like Glee's Kevin McHale make up the ensemble cast.
The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong did something right, because the show got a second life off Broadway after ending its acclaimed Broadway run. This show sees a skilled cast of actors do the hardest task of all: playing hapless amateurs, who are stumbling through opening night of their new murder mystery play. Props go missing, people go missing, and the set falls down — and that's not even the half of it. The Play That Goes Wrong has provided New York audiences with nonstop laughter since 2017, and the only way you could go wrong is by not getting a ticket.
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Drunk Shakespeare
At Drunk Shakespeare, the Bard has never been so boozy. You may have fallen asleep during your Shakespeare lesson in high school, but you might find that his plays are much more interesting when one of the actors performing them has taken five whiskey shots beforehand. The remaining four sober actors are on hand to keep the drunk one on track, but also run with that actor as they take the story in potentially new directions. You'll probably find yourself laughing as the antics unfold anyway, but drinks are available for the audience to buy, too, if you want to join in the fun.
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Gazillion Bubble Show
This bubblicious spectacular is the perfect family-friendly entertainment. At only 60 minutes, it's short enough to hold the attention of even the youngest children, and that time is filled with an assortment of bubble tricks, high-energy music, and colorful light effects. The members of the Yang family have been performing Gazillion Bubble Show for over a decade, delighting countless families with their un-bubble-lievable skills.
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Perfect Crime
Perfect Crime is New York's longest-running play, with more than 12,000 performances in its holster since 1987. And its lead actress, Catherine Russell, is a Guinness World Record holder for having played the same role for all that time: the psychiatrist Margaret Brent, who is suspected of killing her husband. But a disturbed former patient of Brent's is a suspect, too, and things get even more complicated when the detective assigned to the case starts falling for Brent. The twists and turns of this thriller will keep fans of Law & Order and true crime podcasts guessing until the last gunshot.
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