Broadway Play Home - Much Ado About Nothing

Shakespeare's romantic comedy of wits.

Story:

Trickery, high wits and love all tangle for top teir in Shakespeare's incredible classic comedy. Can the warring Benedick and Beatrice play nice? Will true love prevail for Hero and Claudio? Will the well and ill meaning deceipt win out? Will there be a happy ending or two?

Fun Fact

Much Ado About Nothing contains more prose than any other Shakespeare play. Only about 25 percent of the play is verse.

Winter Garden Theatre
1634 Broadway
New York, NY

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Schedule

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Important Dates
PREVIEWS: October 31, 2026
OPENING: November 19, 2026
CLOSING: January 10, 2027

Run Time
TBA

NOTE:

Opening dates are subject to change.
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: Playwright
William Shakespeare

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: John Street Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 19, 1787

1869 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 8, 1869

1900 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Fifth Avenue Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 26, 1900

Mar 1904 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Princess Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 14, 1904

Oct 1904 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Knickerbocker Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 17, 1904

Closing Date: Nov 26, 1904

1907 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 4, 1907

Sep 1912 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Manhattan Opera House

Opening Night: Sep 30, 1912

Closing Date: Nov 2, 1912

Nov 1912 Broadway Revival

Theatre: 39th Street Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 25, 1912

Sep 1913 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Empire Theatre

Opening Night: Sep 1, 1913

Oct 1913 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Manhattan Opera House

Opening Night: Sep 22, 1913

Closing Date: Oct 25, 1913

1927 Broadway Revival

Theatre: American Laboratory Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 18, 1927

Closing Date: Dec 1, 1927

1952 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Music Box Theatre

Opening Night: May 1, 1952

Total Performances: 3

1959 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Opening Night: Sep 17, 1959

Total Performances: 58

Original Cast: John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Michéal MacLiammóir, George Rose, Malcolm Keen, Jean Marsh, Barrie Ingham, David King-Wood, Nancy Marchand, Betsy von Furstenberg, Hurd Hatfield

Director: John Gielgud

Producer: The Cambridge Drama Festival (William Morris Hunt, Executive Producer); by arrangement with The Producers Theatre

Scenic Design: Mariano Andreu

Costume Design: Mariano Andreu

Lighting Design: Paul Morrison

1972 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 11, 1972

Original Cast: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, Douglass Watson, Barnard Hughes, Mark Hammer, F. Murray Abraham, April Shawnham, Jerry Mayer, Arny Freeman, Bette Henritze, Jeanne Hepple, Marshall Efron, Glenn Walken

Director: A. J. Antoon

Producer: The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer); Associate Producer: Bernard Gersten

Scenic Design: Ming Cho Lee

Costume Design: Theoni V. Aldredge

Lighting Design: Martin Aronstein

Sound Design: Abe Jacob

1984 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Gershwin Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 14, 1984

Total Performances: 77

Original Cast: Derek Jacobi, Sinéad Cusack, Ken Bones, Christopher Benjamin, Edward Jewesbury, Clare Byam Shaw, Christopher Bowen, John Carlisle, Jeffery Dench, Geoffrey Freshwater, George Parsons, Jimmy Gardner

Director: Terry Hands

Producer: James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy and Allan Carr; by arrangement with The Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Scenic Design: Ralph Koltai

Costume Design: Alexander Reid

Lighting Design: Terry Hands

Sound Design: T. Richard Fitzgerald

2026 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Nov 19, 2026

Original Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell, Mason Alexander Park, Mara Huf, Gerald Kyd, Forbes Masson, James Phoon, Tim Steed, Mika Onyx Johnson, Phillip Olagoke

Director: Jamie Lloyd

Producer: The Jamie Lloyd Company

Scenic Design: Soutra Gilmour

Costume Design: Soutra Gilmour

Lighting Design: Jon Clark

Sound Design: Ben and Max Ringham

1984 Film Version

Movie Name: Much Ado About Nothing

Type: Made for TV Movie (BBC)

Director: Stuart Burge

Starring: Cherie Lunghi, Robert Lindsay, Lee Montague, Jon Finch, Katharine Levy, Robert Reynolds, Michael Elphick, Clive Dunn, Vernon Dobtcheff

1993 Film Version

Movie Name: Much Ado About Nothing

Type: Hollywood Feature Film

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh

Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton, Brian Blessed

2012 Film Version

Movie Name: Much Ado About Nothing

Type: Hollywood Feature Film

Director: Joss Whedon

Screenplay: Joss Whedon

Starring: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Reed Diamond, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese, Sean Maher, Spencer Treat Clark, Riki Lindhome, Ashley Johnson

Stream Online Now

: 2024 Stratford Festival Filmed Live on Stage Version Available to Stream via Marquee TV

: 2019 Public Theater Filmed Live on Stage Version Available to Stream via PBS

: 1993 Hollywood (Kenneth Branagh) Version Available to Stream via Amazon

Books

: Play Script (Arden Edition)

CDs

: 1993 Film Soundtrack

Audiobook

: Audiobook By BBC Radio Shakespeare (David Tennant and Samantha Spiro)

: Audiobook By Arkangel Shakespeare

: Audiobook By Voices of Today

Videos

: 1993 Hollywood Version DVD

: 1993 Hollywood Version Blu-Ray

: 2012 Hollywood Version DVD

: 2012 Hollywood Version Blu-Ray

: 2012 Globe Theatre On Screen DVD

Merchandise

: Merchandise on Ebay

1985 Tony Award Nominations

Best Actor in Play - Derek Jacobi Best Actress in a Play - Sinéad Cusack
Best Scenic Design
Best Costume Design
Best Lighting Design
Best Direction of a Play
Best Reproduction (Play or Musical)

1985 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Sound Design/Music in a Play
Outstanding Actor in a Play - Derek Jacobi
Outstanding Set Design

1973 Tony Award Nominations

Best Original Score
Best Actress in a Play - Kathleen Widdoes
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Barnard Hughes
Best Costume Design
Best Lighting Design
Best Choreography
Best Direction of a Play

1973 Drama Desk Award Nominations

Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Performance - Douglass Watson and Sam Waterston

1960 Tony Award Nominations

Best Actress in a Play - Margaret Leighton

1952 Theatre World Award Nominations

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