Live theater is back in Brooklyn, with Gallery Players’ 58th season!
Metamorphoses
September 14 – 29, 2024
What does it mean to be human? How do we understand our place in the world? What does it mean to truly change? These are the questions posed in this sensational, Tony-winning play. Taking inspiration from Ovid’s famous tales, Mary Zimmerman adapts ancient myths into modern day stories using contemporary language, delightful humor, and breathtaking moments of sincerity. Filled with theatrical magic, Metamorphoses promises epic stories that change everything, perhaps even you.
Kinky Boots
November 9 – 24, 2024
Kinky Boots is the big-hearted musical extravaganza that won six Tonys, including Best Musical, featuring a joyous pop score and a hilarious, uplifting book. Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father’s shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father’s legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they realized…and discover that when you change your mind, you can change your whole world. Outfitted with fabulous costumes, exhilarating musical numbers, and a heartfelt story, Kinky Boots encourages us to “celebrate” and “elevate” what makes us unique and will surely “raise you up” with its exuberance.
Overtures: New Musical Festival
December 6 – 15, 2024
Gallery Players piloted Overtures in 2014 to support the development of new musicals. This year, we are pleased to bring Overtures to the stage once again with workshop productions of new musicals. The two-weekend festival will feature the work of talented composers and writers as they refine their shows. At Overtures, you can hear it here first!
Black Box New Play Festival
January 16 – 26, 2025
Gallery Players has a history of supporting emerging playwrights, fostering play development, and producing world premieres. Now in its 28th year, our playwright-focused festival aims to polish and perfect a collection of new plays and offer a home where playwrights can deepen their stagecraft and hold a mirror up to our time.
Romeo & Juliet
March 8 – March 23, 2025
The famous story of star-crossed lovers remains one of Shakespeare’s most thrilling tales because, even if you know the tragic end, the glorious text always makes you yearn for love to survive. Two powerful families, the Montagues and the Capulets, insist on maintaining a vendetta that disrupts their city and puts the younger generation at risk. With reckless abandon and youthful indiscretion, these teens break all the rules and let love, lust, and fury drive their impulses. Filled with chance meetings, wild choices, impromptu fights, and secret rendezvous, Romeo & Juliet is an electrifying story of unyielding passion.
Something Rotten!
May 3 – May 18, 2025
Hailed by Time Out New York as “the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years,” Something Rotten is an outrageous musical that was lauded by audience members and critics alike. Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s first musical. Something Rotten is both a love letter to musical theatre and a comedic send-up of the genre. Bringing the very best elements of musicals together—over-the-top characters, razzle-dazzle song-and-dance numbers, self-referential comedy, and a love story—Something Rotten is something special. With show-stopping numbers and laugh-out-loud comedy, it proves that “nothing’s as amazing as a musical!”