Robert Downey Jr. is set to return to the Avengers movie franchise next year, but first he is making his Broadway debut in a play that explores storytelling and the nature of originality. Downey plays a world-famous writer drawn into the web of Artificial Intelligence in this 90-minute drama by Ayad Akhtar, who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced. Lincoln Center Theater resident director Bartlett Sher helms the world premiere, whose supporting cast comprises Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin, Ruthie Ann Miles, Rafi Gavron, Brittany Bellizeare and Saisha Talwar. In addition to those very human assets, the production boasts what it calls "a highly realistic Metahuman Digital Likeness" of Downey.
Seeing a Broadway show can require a fair amount—and sometimes a leap of faith. You can wait until the shows have opened and try to see only the very best Broadway shows, but by then it is harder to get tickets and good seats. So it can be a smart move to keep an eye on the shows that have yet to open on Broadway—be they original musicals, promising new plays or revivals of time-tested classics—and pick some promising options in advance. Here, in order of their first performances, are the productions that are set to begin their Broadway runs in the final months of 2024. (Other shows may be added if and when they are announced.)
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