Streep eyes Broadway return
- Reports say Meryl Streep is eyeing a Broadway return and may appear opposite Martin Short. (x.com) - Coverage specifically links Streep’s potential return to a project involving Martin Short as a co-star. (x.com) - A Streep–Short pairing would be a high-profile celebrity draw for Broadway’s upcoming season if it happens. (x.com)
Meryl Streep said this week that she wants to return to Broadway and has discussed doing a stage project with Martin Short. (usmagazine.com) Streep, 76, made the comment on SiriusXM’s *Andy Cohen Live* on Monday, April 20, while promoting *The Devil Wears Prada 2* with Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci. Asked about Broadway, she said she would “love” to go back and said she and Short had talked about doing something together. (usmagazine.com) No production, theater, producer or opening date has been announced. The reports stem from Streep describing the idea as something that “would be fun,” not from a formal Broadway booking. (broadwayworld.com) The comment landed as Broadway is building its next season and trade outlets are updating rolling lists of announced productions for 2026. A Streep-Short pairing would put two film and television stars with established stage résumés into a market that still leans on recognizable names to drive advance sales. (playbill.com) Streep has not appeared on Broadway since 1977, according to the Internet Broadway Database, which lists her credits in *Trelawny of the “Wells”*, *A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton*, *Secret Service*, *The Cherry Orchard* and *Happy End*. Playbill’s archive also lists her 1976 Broadway run in *A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton*. (ibdb.com) (playbill.com) Short’s Broadway record is more recent. Playbill says he earned a Tony Award in 1999 for *Little Me* after an earlier Tony nomination for *The Goodbye Girl*, and the Internet Broadway Database lists later Broadway work including *Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me* and *It’s Only a Play*. (playbill.com) (ibdb.com) The two actors are already linked on screen through Hulu’s *Only Murders in the Building*. Playbill’s preview of season 3 said Streep joined the cast alongside Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez, and later coverage tied the new Broadway talk to that collaboration. (playbill.com) (broadwayworld.com) For now, the story is interest, not ink on a contract. Until a producer, theater or dates emerge, Streep’s Broadway return remains a public maybe — with Martin Short as the named scene partner. (broadwayworld.com)
