Bill Irwin is one of the few American performers with the clown vocabulary to actually play Moliere rather than recite him, and here he has adapted the text for himself. The company around him is stacked - Rachel Bloom making her Broadway debut as Toinette, Dylan Baker and Brooks Ashmanskas working the farce - and Brandon J. Dirden is directing his first Broadway production. Previews are the cheapest and loosest way in.
What to expect
A limited-run Broadway revival at Roundabout's 740-seat Todd Haimes Theatre on West 42nd Street, played as farce. Preview performances precede the October opening, meaning the production is still being adjusted and running times can shift slightly. Sets are by Beowulf Boritt with costumes by Karen Perry.
Good to know
- Previews run before the official opening, so the staging is still being refined and press has not yet reviewed it.
- This is a limited engagement rather than an open-ended run, and Roundabout does not typically extend.
- Roundabout subscribers get first access to seats; single tickets are sold through the company's site.
- The Todd Haimes Theatre is on West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, steps from Times Square-42nd St.
- Irwin adapted the text as well as starring, so this is not a standard translation you may have read.
- Curtain times differ across the week; confirm your specific performance when booking.
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Common questions
When does it officially open?
Previews begin September 25 and the production opens October 22, 2026, running through November 22.
Who is in the cast?
Bill Irwin plays Argan, with Rachel Bloom as Toinette, Dylan Baker as Beralde, Brooks Ashmanskas as Dr. Diafoirus/Purgon, Crystal A. Dickinson as Beline and Ava Lalezarzadeh as Angelique.
Is it a new translation?
Bill Irwin adapted Moliere's seventeenth-century comedy himself for this production, which Brandon J. Dirden directs.
