Becky Shaw hits Broadway

Gina Gionfriddo’s *Becky Shaw* has reached Broadway at Second Stage’s Helen Hayes Theater, with previews that began March 18 and an opening night on April 6, 2026. (2st.com) Second Stage is presenting the production at the Hayes Theater on West 44th Street with Trip Cullman directing a cast led by Patrick Ball, Madeline Brewer, Alden Ehrenreich, Linda Emond, and Lauren Patten. (2st.com) The play first appeared in 2008 at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, where Playbill reported performances beginning February 29 as part of that year’s festival lineup. (playbill.com) Its New York run followed at Second Stage, where Concord Theatricals lists the Off-Broadway premiere on January 8, 2009, directed by Peter DuBois and starring Annie Parisse, Kelly Bishop, Thomas Sadoski, Emily Bergl, and David Wilson Barnes. (concordtheatricals.com) The script entered the Pulitzer conversation quickly. The Pulitzer Board named *Becky Shaw* a finalist for the 2009 drama prize, describing it as a comedy about family and romance that avoids easy resolutions. (pulitzer.org) That history helps explain why this Broadway run has drawn attention in theater circles: the play has been in circulation for 18 years, and its Broadway bow comes after an earlier life as a Humana Festival premiere, an Off-Broadway hit, and a frequently licensed script. (concordtheatricals.com) Second Stage is selling the revival as a return to one of its own successes, calling back the 2008 New York production and pitching the story as a blind date comedy that turns into a harsher argument about love, sex, and obligation. (2st.com) By the time reviews arrived on April 6, the production had already become a showcase for several Broadway debuts. Playbill reported that the Broadway engagement officially opened that night after starting previews in March. (playbill.com) The result is a Broadway premiere that lands less like a discovery than a delayed arrival: a 2009 Pulitzer finalist, first seen in Louisville and then Off-Broadway, now playing the theater district stage that long eluded it. (pulitzer.org)