Across the Pond: 5 NYC theatre highlights from March

In our monthly series, we're catching you up on the Broadway and Off-Broadway news you shouldn't miss, especially if you're planning a stateside theatre trip.

Written byGillian Russo

Welcome to our Across the Pond series, where the editor of our sister site New York Theatre Guide rounds up the most exciting theatre news in NYC from the past month.

Whether it's a celebrity Broadway debut you shouldn't miss or a buzzy London production coming stateside, here are 5 major headlines in NYC theatre from March, plus one moment you should look forward to in April.

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Summary

Major NYC theatre news from March includes The Book of Mormon's 15th anniversary; Maya Rudolph making her Broadway debut in Oh Mary!
and Oscars attendees starring on Broadway this spring
Coming up in April are 13 new Broadway openings before Tony Award nominations are announced in May

Theatre stars shone bright at the Oscars.

The Book of Mormon celebrates its 15th anniversary.

Oh, Maya: Maya Rudolph is our next First Lady.

Two Dancing With the Stars partners will reunite once more.

Women's History Month took the spotlight.

Coming up: The March-April Broadway rush continues

1.
Theatre stars shone bright at the Oscars.

From Sally Bowles to Shakespeare: One of the banner wins at the Academy Awards ceremony on 15 March was Jessie Buckley's for Hamnet, in which she plays Shakespeare's wife, Agnes. But theatre fans, of course, will always know her as an Olivier winner for playing Sally Bowles in Cabaret in London.

The ceremony also showcased numerous actors who'll be on Broadway this spring. Best Actress nominee Rose Byrne and presenter Maya Rudolph (who reunited with Byrne and their Bridesmaids co-stars) will be in Fallen Angels and Oh, Mary!, respectively. Plus, last year's Best Actor winner and 2026 presenter Adrien Brody reprises his Olivier-nominated performance from London in The Fear of 13.

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Theatre stars shone bright at the Oscars.

Photo credit: Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, and Adrien Brody. (Byrne photo by Jeffrey Mayer; Rudolph photo by Daniel Rampulla)

2.
The Book of Mormon celebrates its 15th anniversary.

Audiences have been saying hello to The Book of Mormon on Broadway for 15 years, and a special anniversary performance on 19 March commemorated the milestone. The celebrations will continue with "Magical Mormon Mystery Week" from 9-14 June, a first-of-its-kind event in which original cast members Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad, Nikki M. James, and Rory O'Malley, plus the show's creators and other guests, will appear during various moments of every performance.

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The Book of Mormon celebrates its 15th anniversary.

Photo credit: Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad in The Book of Mormon on Broadway. (Photo by Joan Marcus)

3.
Oh, Maya: Maya Rudolph is our next First Lady.

The Rudolph administration is coming: Saturday Night Live's Maya Rudolph makes her Broadway debut in Oh, Mary! from 28 April to 20 June. She'll be taking over as the bratty, alcoholic Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony-winning comedy play. She has an Emmy Award for impersonating former Vice President Kamala Harris, so playing a first lady feels like a natural next step.

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Book Oh, Mary! London tickets on LondonTheatre.co.uk.

Oh, Maya: Maya Rudolph is our next First Lady.

Photo credit: Maya Rudolph as Mary Todd Lincoln. (Photo by Daniel Rampulla)

4.
Two Dancing With the Stars partners will reunite once more.

The only thing more exciting to fans of Dancing With the Stars — the U.S.'s answer to Strictly Come Dancing — than contestant Whitney Leavitt starring in Chicago is her ballroom-pro partner, Mark Ballas, joining the cast with her. A Broadway veteran himself, he'll play Billy Flynn to Leavitt's Roxie Hart from 6 April to 3 May only.

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Two Dancing With the Stars partners will reunite once more.

Photo credit: Mark Ballas and Whitney Leavitt. (Photos courtesy of production)

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5.
Women's History Month took the spotlight.

Broadway had plenty to celebrate for Women's History Month, observed every year in March. New York Theatre Guide's staff shouted out 16 women, both on stage and behind the scenes, whose work you can see in NYC right now. March may be ending, but you can support these brilliant female artists all year round.

6.
Coming up: The March-April Broadway rush continues

As the countdown to the 2026 Tony Awards begins, 13 Broadway shows will open before the eligibility cutoff on 26 April. Will you do the Time Warp at The Rocky Horror Show? Check in for a stay with Taraji P. Henson and Cedric "The Entertainer" at Joe Turner's Come and Gone? Watch vampires fly above the stage at The Lost Boys? Revisit the Golden Age of musicals at Schmigadoon!?

There are all these possibilities and more — and now's a great time to secure your seats before the Tony nominations on 5 May make the contenders even hotter tickets.

Learn more about spring Broadway shows and get tickets on New York Theatre Guide.