Following its sold-out, twice-extended run at St. Luke’s Theatre, New York Times critic’s pick production of Eliya Smith’s Dad Don’t Read This will transfer to Greenwich House Theater for a strictly limited engagement, June 17 – July 11, 2026. Directed by Chloe Claudel, this co-production is produced by Try For Baby Productions and The Goat Exchange. The show features performances by Drama Desk winner Amalia Yoo (John Proctor is the Villain), Renée-Nicole Powell (Grief Camp), Sophie Rossman, and Kayta Thomas. Dad Don’t Read This is set to open at Greenwich House Theater (27 Barrow St) on Tuesday, June 23. Tickets are now on sale at www.daddontreadthis.com.

Runyonland Productions, which was recently honored at Theatrely’s 2026 Broadway Breakout Brunch, have joined the transfer as Executive Producers. 

‍Dad Don’t Read This is set in suburban Central Ohio, where four girls meet weekly for a sleepover. They talk and sleep and play The Sims, a computer game that simulates real life, on a laptop. They gossip, snack, and attempt to get drunk. They strive to fulfill their needs, struggle to understand the relationship between doing and being seen, and begin to suspect they don't have a whole lot of agency.

Wait, nevermind; that’s The Sims.

‍Dad Don’t Read This is about the people who know you before you know anything.“Dad Don’t Read This is my love letter to adolescence and to teenage friendship and also an attempt to document how excruciating it is to be only partially a person,” says playwright Eliya Smith. “I’m deeply moved by the way audiences, especially young people, have embraced this play.”

The creative team for Dad Don’t Read This includes Forest Entsminger (scenic & props design), Olivia Vaughn Hern (costume design), Abigail Sage (lighting design), Mitchell Polonsky (sound design), Lena Engelstein (choreography), Dante Gonzalez (costume consultant), Mya Piccione (production stage manager), Madeline Riddick-Seals (assistant stage manager), and Arin Edelstein (production assistant).

Broadway is about to get pretty spooky! Today it was announced that Paranormal Activity has found its cast for Broadway and the Boston production. Written by Levi Holloway (Grey House) and directed by Felix Barrett (Sleep No More), Paranormal Activity will begin performances Friday, August 14, 2026 and officially open Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street) for a strictly limited run.

Paranormal Activity in Boston and on Broadway will star Cher Álvarez as Lou, Travis A. Knight as James, Shannon Cochran as Carolanne and Andrea Syglowski as Etheline Cotgrave with understudies Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks and Michael Holding. Álvarez, Knight, Cochran, Buinis, Hendricks and Holding are all making their Broadway debuts and reprising their roles from previous productions across North America. Syglowski will make her Paranormal Activity debut in the Boston and Broadway productions and is currently appearing in the Broadway production of Dog Day Afternoon. 

James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape their past, but they soon discover that places aren’t haunted, people are… With an original story inspired by the film franchise, Paranormal Activity reimagines the modern ghost story with an intimacy that only live theatre can provide. ‍

This play will feature scenic and costume design by Tony Award Nominee Fly Davis (Caroline, Or Change 2021), illusions design by Tony Award Winner Chris Fisher (Stranger Things: The First Shadow), lighting design by Anna Watson (Giant), sound design by Tony Award Winner Gareth Fry (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), video and projections design by Drama Desk Award Winner Luke Halls (The Lehman Trilogy), and General Management by Samuel Dallas/Envoy Theatricals. ‍

Paranormal Activity will arrive on Broadway directly from a strictly limited pre-Broadway engagement in Boston at the Emerson Colonial Theatre from July 11 through July 30. Prior to Boston, Paranormal Activity played sold-out engagements at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Center Theater Group at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. A production in Toronto at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre begins performances on June 9, 2026, and will run through July 5, 2026. The production first premiered at the Leeds Playhouse in the UK before transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, where it received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination this year for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play.

Get those paintbrushes ready. Starting today through June 14, Tony nominee Daniel J. Watts is giving folks an inside look at his painting process with a live residency entitled Process of Saying Yes (in partnership with Long Gallery Harlem) at the East Village Basement downtown. 

He will showcase his signature freestyle dance painting technique with elements of improvisation, live looping, spoken word, and storytelling for 90 minutes of unadulterated freedom and authenticity. Each evening will culminate in the sale of the created work. 

Night after night, Watts will be accompanied by a rotation of Featured Musicians: Tony-nominated orchestrator/composer Michael Thurber (Just In Time; Goddess), Grammy-nominated composer/bassist Divinity Roxx (Divi Roxx Kids; The Beyonce Experience), Julian Rozzell, Jr. (The Skin of Our Teeth), MïRÄNDÄ (Harness; LMK), DJ DUGGZ (Motown The Musical; S.N.O.B), and Ari Grooves (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; S.N.O.B). They will be paired with Special Guest performers Daniela Bauer, Nick Biello, Louis Cato, Leo Coltrane, Jake Goldbas, Alphonso Horne, Dana Marie Ingraham, Sunny Jain, Lucas Kadish, Kaila Mullady, Taharqa Patterson, & Vee. See event page for specific performer dates. 

A few days before COVID-19 caused the 2020 Broadway shutdown, Patricia McGregor, long-time collaborator and Artistic Director of the renowned New York Theatre Workshop, floated the idea of Watts dancing in paint. The following summer, a chance encounter with LA-based visual artist, Upendo Taylor, helped turn the idea into a reality. “I told Upendo I was thinking about it. The next day he showed up with a large piece of canvas and said, ‘Let’s get to it!’” The artist explains the process is more than creative, it is also cathartic. “I didn’t realize how much the pandemic was affecting me until I started painting. I finally had a vehicle to help me transmute the feelings of immense uncertainty.” 

The current news cycle continues to reflect ceaseless international conflicts, political turmoil, alienating algorithms, and a world incorporating artificial intelligence. Process of Saying Yes is an opportunity for audiences to witness something being made in real time by real people. The artist says, “As a painter, I spend most of my time in a silo. The residency affords me the privilege to engage with community. My hope is that operating in a space of abundant ‘yes’ will help me become more definitive with my ‘no’.” 

In conjunction with the partnership with Long Gallery Harlem (2073 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr Blvd), selected works will be exhibited and available, at the gallery, from the end of the residency through July 31. Gallery director and founder, Lewis Long, states, “A decade ago, Daniel performed a version of his show ‘The Jam’ here in conjunction with visual artist Dareece Walker. We have had the privilege to witness his artistic growth over the last 10 years and we’re thrilled to have him return to Long Gallery Harlem with his own visual work.” A live performance will take place at the gallery on July 4. 

For tickets and more information, visit here.