NEW YORK — Diamonds, baseball and ghosts will take over Broadway as the fall season starts. Here is part two of the Daily News’ 2022 Broadway season preview:
“Walking With Ghosts”: Acclaimed actor and writer Gabriel Byrne’s solo show, adapted from his bestselling memoir of the same name, will tread the boards for a limited engagement. The Golden Globe Award-winning “In Treatment” star conducts a master class of storytelling while laying bare his life’s ups and downs in the Lonny Price-directed play. The 75-show limited engagement begins Oct.18 at the Music Box Theatre. (239 W. 45th St.)
“Take Me Out”: The boys are back in town. As baseball season comes to a close, this show hopes to hit another home run with audiences after its initial Tony Award-winning revival last spring. Jesse Williams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson are back at bat for the return of Scott Ellis’ take on Richard Greenberg’s timeless story about a Major League Baseball player coming out as gay. The much-buzzed about full frontal male nudity will be a draw, too. Performances begin Oct. 27 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. (236 W. 45th St.)
“& Juliet”: The pop-music-peppered remix of Shakespeare’s fabled romantic tale will feature music and lyrics from five-time Grammy Award-winner Max Martin, who has conjured pop chart hits for Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and many others. The Olivier Award-winning production, which has a book scripted by “Schitt’s Creek” writer David West Read, flips the script on “Romeo & Juliet,” imagining what would happen if Juliet did not end it all for love. Performances begin Oct. 28 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. (124 W. 43rd St.)
“Some Like It Hot”: A musical theater adaptation of the 1950s film classic “Some Like It Hot” — which starred Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe and was called the funniest American movie of all time by the American Film Institute — will bring old-school glamour to the stage. Tony Award-winning visionary Matthew Lopez and five-time Emmy Award nominee Amber Ruffin are co-writers, while “Book of Mormon” mastermind Casey Nicholaw is helming the direction and choreography. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (of “Hairspray” fame) are handling the music and lyrics. Tony Award winner Christian Borle joins J. Harrison Ghee and Adrianna Hicks in the cast. Performances begin Nov. 1 at Shubert Theatre. (225 W. 44th St.)
“A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical”: Four-time Academy Award-nominee Anthony McCarten has scripted a biomusical about the 81-year-old Brooklyn-born pop singer behind hits like “Sweet Caroline,” “Cracklin’ Rosie” and “Song Sung Blue.” Broadway veteran Will Swenson (Tony winner Audra McDonald’s husband) won raves in the Michael Mayer-directed production when it premiered in Boston this summer. Performances begin Nov. 2 at Broadhurst Theatre. (234 W. 44th St.)
“Ain’t No Mo’”: After its wildly popular world-premiere run at the Public Theater before the pandemic, Jordan E. Cooper’s politically charged work arrives on Broadway, exploring what it’s like being Black in today’s America. “Empire” creator Lee Daniels produces this irreverent blend of sketch comedy, satire and out-of-the-box theater, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb. Performances begin Nov. 3 at Belasco Theatre. (111 W. 44th St.)
“Ohio State Murders”: Tony winner Audra McDonald stars in the first Broadway production by 91-year-old playwright Adrienne Kennedy. The one-act drama, directed by Kenny Leon, centers on accomplished writer Suzanne Alexander returning to her alma mater as a guest lecturer to discuss the violence in her writing. She ends up recalling a vicious, race-related crime she endured a half-century earlier. Performances begin Nov. 11 at James Earl Jones Theatre. (138 W. 48th St.)
“The Collaboration”: Anthony McCarten’s hit London play “The Collaboration” explores the relationship between two art world phenoms: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Directed by British theater czar Kwame Kwei-Armah, the drama stars Tony, Grammy and Emmy award nominee Jeremy Pope and Golden Globe Award nominee Paul Bettany as the iconic painters. Performances begin Nov. 29 at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. (261 W. 47th St.)
“Between Riverside And Crazy”: Stephen Adly Guirgis’ uproarious Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy finally arrives on Broadway almost a decade after wowing New York audiences at the Atlantic Theater. The action centers on a retired NYPD officer and his recently paroled son as they struggle to hold on to one of the last rent-stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive in Manhattan. Original director Austin Pendleton is back onboard to bring the crazy. Casting is pending. Performances begin Nov. 30 at Hayes Theater. (240 W. 44th St.)
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