Broadway Revival Of Noël Coward’s ‘Private Lives’ Set For 2026-2027 Season​on March 24, 2025 at 4:19 pm

A new production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives will be presented on Broadway in the 2026-2027 season, producers announced today.

Information about the director, casting, dates and theater will be announced at a later date.   

The production is being produced by Jeffrey Richards, Playful Productions (Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis, Nick Salmon), Rebecca Gold and M/B/P Productions.

Alan Brodie, chair of the Noël Coward Foundation said, “We are thrilled that this sparkling new production of this iconic comedy will be coming back to Broadway in 2026/27. The Coward Estate will work with closely with the producers and creative team and open their extensive archive to them as well as providing support from its social and marketing team. All the royalties received by the Coward Estate on this production will go to the charitable Foundation set up by Coward’s partner Graham Payn and will be used to support educational and development projects across the performing arts.”

Private Lives premiered on August 18, 1930 at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh. The play debuted on Broadway at the Times Square Theatre on January 27, 1931. 

Often considered Coward’s greatest comedy, the play follows Elyot and Amanda, once married and now honeymooning with new spouses at the same hotel. The play has been produced on Broadway eight times. It has starred Coward himself, Gertrude Lawrence, Laurence Olivier, Tallulah Bankhead, Tammy Grimes (Tony Award, 1970), Brian Bedford, Maggie Smith (Tony Award-nomination, 1975), Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Collins, and Kim Cattrall. One of its most acclaimed productions was the Tony Award winning revival in 2002, which co-starred Lindsay Duncan (Tony Award-winner) and Alan Rickman (Tony Award-nomination) under the direction of Howard Davies.