Jonathan Groff Returns to Broadway in Solo Play The Amish Project
Jonathan Groff is coming back to Broadway. He will star in The Amish Project, a solo play, with performances beginning Wednesday, February 10, 2027, at the Broadhurst Theatre. Producers Robert Ahrens and Tom Kirdahy announced the production and its star, according to Deadline.
A solo play has one actor on stage for the full show. That means one performer's salary on stage, not a full cast, though the producers have not said how much money they raised to open the production. That money is called capitalization, the funds raised to get the doors open.
The play was written by Jessica Dickey. It is inspired by a true story that happened minutes from where Groff grew up, Playbill reported. Sarna Lapine will direct the Broadway production. The director shapes how the story is staged, from the actor's movement to the pace of each scene.
The Amish Project has a long road behind it. It debuted at the New York International Fringe Festival, a citywide showcase of small, low-cost theater. It then premiered Off Broadway at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in 2009. Off Broadway means smaller theaters than the Broadway houses, usually with fewer seats and lower ticket prices.
Some details are still missing. The producers have not yet announced an opening night, the date when critics are invited to see the show and the official run begins. The design team, the artists who create the set, costumes and lighting, had not been named at the time of the announcement either.
Broadway's calendar works in long lead times. Shows that open in February are usually built and rehearsed in the months before, and tickets for those early performances go on sale ahead of time. For a first-time buyer, the ticket money already collected for future performances is known as the advance, and it is one of the first signs of how a show is doing before it opens.
For now, the core news is simple. A solo play that started in a small New York theater in 2009 is heading to one of Broadway's larger houses, and the first performance is set for February 10, 2027.
