Jessica Chastain to Return to Broadway in Lost Lear

On November 11, 2026, Jessica Chastain’s return to Broadway was announced: she will lead Lost Lear, a play by Dan Colley that he will also direct. The production is scheduled for a limited 16-week run at the Booth Theatre, with previews starting March 29, 2027, and opening night on April 23.

Chastain plays Joy, a former actress with early-onset dementia who believes she is rehearsing Shakespeare’s tragedy. In the residential facility, her nurse, played by Michael Urie, follows her imagined scenes. Corey Stoll plays Conor, Joy’s estranged son, who visits with things he has left unsaid.

The production marks Chastain’s first Broadway appearance since the 2023 revival of A Doll’s House, and her first in a new Broadway play. Stoll returns after appearing in the 2024 revival of Appropriate, for which he received a Tony nomination. Urie’s Broadway credits include Once Upon a Mattress and Spamalot.

Lost Lear was first staged at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2022 and has since been performed in several countries. It received the Scotsman Fringe First award at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. More casting for the Broadway production is expected to be announced later.

Colley said he was thrilled to bring the play to New York and work with the cast to explore new aspects of it. Backing the production are Mass Productions, Seaview and MarketStall; Pam Hurst-Della Pietra and Stephen Della Pietra are also producers.