Tony Award and multiple Olivier Award–winning director and producer Jamie Lloyd is coming back to Broadway with his transfer of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in fall of 2026. Find out more information, including a theatre, dates, casting, and more, here on Broadway Direct.
When will Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing open on Broadway?
Much Ado About Nothing will come to Broadway for a strictly limited 10-week engagement with preview performances beginning Saturday, October 31 ahead of a Thursday, November 19 official opening night. Much Ado About Nothing will play through Sunday, January 10, 2027 only.
Where will Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing play on Broadway?
Much Ado About Nothing will be playing at the Winter Garden Theatre.
Who will be in the cast of Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway?
Much Ado About Nothing will star Tony Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as Benedick. He will star opposite three-time Olivier Award nominee and Golden Globe nominee Hayley Atwell, who returns as Beatrice.
Tony Award and multiple Olivier Award-winning director/producer Jamie Lloyd announced that the entire cast and creative team of his critically acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing will reunite on Broadway.
The production, which will star the previously announced Tony Award nominee, Olivier Award nominee, and Golden Globe Award winner Tom Hiddleston as Benedick and three-time Olivier Award nominee, Standard Theatre Award winner, and Golden Globe Award nominee Hayley Atwell as Beatrice, will also feature Mara Huf as Hero, Mika Onyx Johnson as Borachio, Gerald Kyd as Don Pedro, Forbes Masson as Leonato, Phillip Olagoke as Friar Francis, Mason Alexander Park as Margaret, James Phoon as Claudio, and Tim Steed as Don John.
Who is on the creative team of Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway?
The design team for Much Ado About Nothing includes Standard Theatre Award winner and Tony Award nominee Soutra Gilmour (scenic & costume design), two-time Tony Award winner Jon Clark (lighting design), multiple Olivier and Tony Award nominees Ben and Max Ringham (sound designers & composers), Olivier Award winner Fabian Aloise (choreographer), Jon Glew (UK associate director & text editor), Stuart Burt, CDG (UK casting director), Jim Carnahan, CSA & Alexandre Bleau, CSA (US casting directors), Carole Hancock (hair, wigs & make-up), Kate Waters (fight director), Ingrid Mackinnon (intimacy coordinator) and Johnny Milani (production stage manager).
The creative team will also include Conner Wilson (US associate director), Charlie Martin (UK associate choreographer), Anna Josephs (associate costume design), Ricky Lurie (US assistant costume designer), Cheryl Thomas (US assistant hair, wigs, & make-up), Huw Evans (UK music supervisor), and Adam Rothenberg (US music supervisor).
When will tickets go on sale for Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway?
Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway is now on sale. Buy tickets here.
