Overview
- The production holds a special Playwrights’ Night at the Music Box Theatre on March 17, inviting 75 New York–based playwrights across career stages.
- Previews began March 11, the official opening is set for March 23, and the Broadway run is scheduled as a strictly limited 16-week engagement.
- John Lithgow stars as Roald Dahl under Nicholas Hytner’s direction, with the play written by Mark Rosenblatt in his Broadway debut as a playwright.
- Producers partnered with New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, the Dramatists Guild of America, the Dramatists Guild Foundation, and London’s Royal Court to support the event and ongoing conversation.
- Following an acclaimed West End engagement, the show arrives with three 2025 Olivier Awards, including Best New Play and acting honors for Lithgow and Elliot Levey.