{"id":349660,"date":"2026-09-17T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349660\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T22:12:10","slug":"these-hhit-broadway-shows-are-coming-to-new-york-comic-con-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349660\/","title":{"rendered":"These Hhit Broadway Shows Are Coming to New York Comic Con 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Comic Con<\/a> is usually the domain of superheroes, sci-fi franchises and cosplayers. Next month, however, the Javits Center will make room for another famously obsessive fandom: Broadway fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Playbill is returning to New York Comic Con for its fifth annual Broadway takeover, bringing panels dedicated to Schmigadoon!<\/a>, Maybe Happy Ending<\/a>, Little Shop of Horrors <\/a>and The Rocky Horror Show<\/a>\u00a0to the convention from October 8 through 11. The lineup also includes a celebration of The Phantom of the Opera <\/a>and Playbill\u2019s annual gathering of theater\u2019s biggest self-professed nerds.<\/p>\n

The crossover begins Thursday, October 8, with a panel marking 40 years of The Phantom of the Opera. The conversation will explore how Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s musical inspired Masquerade<\/a>, the immersive production currently haunting New York. Later that afternoon, Schmigadoon! creator Cinco Paul will discuss his path from animated films including Despicable Me to the Apple TV series and its subsequent Broadway adaptation.<\/p>\n

RECOMMENDED: New and upcoming Broadway shows headed to NYC in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy Matthew MurphyMaybe Happy Ending <\/p>\n

On Friday, October 9, the creative team behind Maybe Happy Ending will explain how it constructed the show\u2019s futuristic world through projections, automation, lighting and what Playbill calls \u201ctheatrical sleight of hand.\u201d Later that day, queer and trans stars of Broadway\u2019s Rocky Horror will gather for a candid conversation about representation, fandom, Hollywood and the geek culture that shaped them. Yes, doing the Time Warp in cosplay is presumably encouraged.<\/p>\n

Saturday brings the fifth annual Big Broadway Nerd Panel, where theater artists will discuss the influence of comic books, fantasy and science fiction on their work and personal lives. On Sunday, the cast and creatives of the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors will unpack the production\u2019s longevity as it passes 2,300 performances and becomes the longest-running staging in the musical\u2019s history. (Audrey II remains hungry, apparently.)<\/p>\n

Elsewhere at the convention, Tony winner Idina Menzel will headline a Spotlight panel and Wayne Brady will host the music-driven Improv Nerdvana. Other events will examine the relationship between Broadway and Hollywood, the unlikely overlap between musicals and manga and BALLS: The Monster-Catchin\u2019 Musical Com\u00e9dy, hosted by the voice of Professor Oak from Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n

Panel guests are still being announced. New York Comic Con runs October 8\u201311 at the Javits Center, with tickets and single-day passes available through its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Comic Con is usually the domain of superheroes, sci-fi franchises and cosplayers. Next month, however, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1739,9,24,2529,63,134,136,135,904],"class_list":["post-349660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-categories-things-to-do","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-events-festivals","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}