2:22 — A Ghost Story has set its New York Premiere this fall at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The play begins previews on Oct. 20, with official opening on Nov. 5, and will play a strictly limited engagement through Jan. 17. 

The play has had seven West End engagements, two record-breaking UK tours, and thirty productions across the globe. It follows Jenny, who believes her house might be haunted, but her husband Sam doesn’t buy in. When their friends Lauren and Ben come around for a housewarming dinner, a stirring debate ensues: can the dead really walk again? Belief and skepticism clash, but lingering beneath the argument is something strange and frightening. 

2:22 – A Ghost Story is written by Danny Robins, the creator of the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist, and is directed by Matthew Dunster & Gabriel Vega Weissman. The play’s New York Premiere production will feature sets by Anna Fleischle, costumes by Cindy Lin, lighting by Lucy Carter, Sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound, and illusions by Chris Fisher. Casting is by Caparelliotis Casting (David Caparelliotis & Joe Gery), and Wagner Johnson Productions will serve as General Manager. The cast for the New York Premiere will be announced at a later date.

“Bringing [the play] to New York really is a childhood dream come true, and this new production is a thrilling chance to bring this story to a fresh audience,” playwright Robbins said in a statement. “What I set out to do when I wrote it was to create a play that will make you jump, laugh, cry and go off into the night debating that age-old question ‘do ghosts exist?’ I love how our brilliant director Matthew Dunster has injected a dose of rock ‘n roll into the staging that makes for an exciting, exhilarating, adrenaline-filled night out. I can't wait to share this experience with New York audiences! Come – if you dare!” 

2:22 — A Ghost Story begins performances at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City on Oct. 20 and runs through Jan. 17, 2027. For tickets and more information, visit here. 

Todrick Hall’s original musical Midnight will make its New York Premiere at the Daryl Roth Theatre this fall. The production begins performances on Sept. 12, with official opening on Sept. 27. It is set to run for a strictly limited engagement through Nov. 1. 

Midnight is set in the American South during the 19th century, and explores themes of love, identity, empathy, and the humanity that connects us across the boundaries of race, class, and expectation. It follows six Black characters and six white characters, whose relationships challenge the world they live in. The score is wholly sung-through score blending gospel, rhythm and blues, pop, rock, folk, opera, and musical theatre. 

“Six years ago, frustrated by the state of the world and a level of division I had never experienced in my lifetime, I sat down to write the show I wanted to see,” Hall said in a statement. “I wanted to create a story that felt as timeless as it was timely, a truly original musical that I hoped could change hearts, minds, and lives. I cannot wait to introduce my new musical baby to the world. Her name is Midnight, and she is so excited for New York City to meet her.”

Hall’s theatre credits include the Broadway productions of The Color Purple and Memphis. He has also starred in Kinky Boots, Chicago, Waitress, and Shrek the Musical. In the West End, he originated roles in the world premiere of Wild About You and served as composer, lyricist, director, choreographer and played the role of Sean in Burlesque The Musical in London.

Midnight runs at the Daryl Roth Theatre from Sept. 12 to Nov. 1. For tickets and more information, visit here.

This news is to die for! Murder at the Gates, a killer new musical with book and lyrics by Tony Award-winner Steven Sater and music by James Bourne, is releasing a concept album on July 1. The first song, “Fuckin’ Scream,” featuring vocals by Gaten Matarazzo, is available for streaming now (listen here). 

Murder At The Gates is Clue meets Clueless, a black-comic murder mystery from a Gen-Z, gated-community America. It tells the story of Cameron, whose dad is throwing her a birthday murder mystery party to help her get over her worst year ever. Her friends all arrive in costume, and all is going well. When the party murder happens, though, things get real: someone’s actually dead. 

“Back in the day, when I was first conceiving Spring Awakening, I was urged to update the story to contemporary times,” writer Sater said. “As I suspected, that didn’t work. But that energy spilled into Murder at the Gates, a black comic look at how totally effed life can be as a young person today." 

In addition to Gaten Matarazzo, Murder At The Gates features Milo Manheim, Isa Briones, Joy Woods, Helen J Shen, Mason Alexander Park, Casey Likes, and Ramin Karimloo.

An early version of Murder At The Gates previously played at the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2013 before two rehearsed readings at The Other Palace, London, in 2019 and more recently, a workshop with Madison Wells Media in NYC in 2024. 

The Murder At The Gates soundtrack is available to pre-order/pre-save here.