Jessica Chastain is returning to Broadway in Lost Lear, with Corey Stoll and Michael Urie joining her. The play marks the Broadway debut of writer-director Dan Colley. Producers announced the production on November 11, 2026. Source Source
The 16-week limited engagement at the Booth Theatre begins previews on March 29, 2027, with opening night scheduled for April 23, 2027. Source Source
Chastain plays Joy, a former actress with dementia. According to the production’s synopsis, Joy believes she is back in rehearsal for Shakespeare’s King Lear. Urie plays her nurse, who takes on the roles she needs him to play. Source Source
Stoll plays Conor, Joy’s estranged son, who arrives at her care home wanting to say things he has left unsaid for years. To reach his mother, the synopsis explains, he has to join the scene himself. Source
Colley is new to Broadway; his three announced leads very much aren’t. Chastain last appeared there in Jamie Lloyd’s 2023 revival of A Doll’s House, earning a Tony nomination. Stoll received a Tony nomination for Appropriate in 2024, while Urie most recently appeared on Broadway in Oh, Mary! Source Source
Lost Lear premiered at Dublin Theatre Festival in 2022 and subsequently toured the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand. It won a Scotsman Fringe First award at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was presented at the Traverse Theatre. Source
“I never imagined, when we first made Lost Lear, that it would one day be on Broadway – and I’ve imagined some pretty wild things,” Colley said in a statement reported by Deadline. Source
Additional casting will be announced later. The production’s official website directs ticket buyers to Telecharge, which it identifies as the show’s official ticket seller. Source Source
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