‘Paddington’ Musical Coming To Broadway Spring 2027

Paddington The Musical, the seven-time Olivier Award-winning West Finish musical, is heading to Broadway: Previews start Tuesday, March 30, 2027, on the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with an official opening on Sunday, April 18.

Primarily based on the traditional kids’s guide A Bear Known as Paddington by Michael Bond and the award-winning movie Paddington, the musical, by particular association with Studiocanal, options music and lyrics by Tom Fletcher, a guide by Jessica Swale and course by Luke Sheppard.

The Broadway engagement was introduced right this moment by producers Sonia Friedman Productions, Studiocanal and Eliza Lumley Productions on behalf of Common Music UK.

Composer Tom Fletcher mentioned in a press release, “It has been the best journey of my profession to be entrusted with bringing Paddington’s story to life on stage alongside my sensible artistic collaborators Jessica, Luke and our producers Sonia and Eliza. The response from West Finish audiences of all ages has been not like something I’ve ever skilled. It’s an incredible privilege to welcome New York audiences into Paddington’s world of curiosity and I’m completely thrilled on the alternative for this very uncommon and particular bear to be on Broadway.”

Casting for the Broadway manufacturing was not introduced.

“I couldn’t be extra excited to deliver Paddington to New York,” mentioned guide author Swale. “As a metropolis that breathes theatre, storytelling and creativeness, Broadway is the proper place to rejoice this exuberant and heart-filled story. I can’t wait. Let’s simply hope Paddington loves Large Apples as a lot as he loves oranges.”

Director Sheppard mentioned, “Paddington approaches life with curiosity, kindness and an unwavering sense of journey, and what an journey Broadway will probably be. It’s a dream come true to be bringing this joyful present to New York and I can’t look forward to audiences to satisfy this very particular bear that all of us maintain so near our hearts.”

Producers Friedman and Lumley mentioned, “Producing Paddington The Musical with our extraordinary writing and inventive staff has been an immense privilege. Paddington Bear has endured for generations as a result of he reminds us of the most effective of ourselves: kindness, curiosity, empathy and the idea that everybody deserves to belong. Wrapped inside a joyful theatrical journey, with Tom Fletcher’s distinctive rating at its coronary heart, is a narrative about discovering residence, household and group in surprising locations. We have now been genuinely blown away by the response to the manufacturing thus far and are thrilled to be bringing it to Broadway. As the house of so lots of the world’s nice musicals, there isn’t a extra thrilling place to supply new work than New York, and we can’t wait to share Paddington’s world with Broadway audiences.”

The musical options musical supervision, orchestrations and preparations by Matt Brind; choreography by Ellen Kane; scenic design by Tom Pye; costume design by Gabriella Slade; Paddington and puppet design by Tahra Zafar; lighting design by Neil Austin; sound design by Gareth Owen; video design and animation by Ash J Woodward; and hair, wig and make-up design by Campbell Younger Associates.

The West Finish manufacturing of Paddington gained seven 2026 Olivier Awards, tying the file for probably the most the variety of wins for any musical in Olivier Award historical past. The wins included Greatest New Musical, Greatest Director, Greatest Set Design, and Greatest Costume Design. James Hameed and Arti Shah shared the Greatest Actor in a Musical award; Greatest Actress in a Supporting Function in a Musical went to Victoria Hamilton-Barritt; and Greatest Actor in a Supporting Function in a Musical went to Tom Edden.

The musical’s synopsis: “A small, misplaced bear from Peru arrives in London looking for a spot to name residence. An opportunity encounter with the Browns leads him into an surprising world of journey, the place kindness has the facility to alter lives and strangers can change into household. However London isn’t all afternoon tea and pleasant faces – and even the seemingly happiest of households can have cracks beneath the floor. So, when a mysterious and vengeful villain units her sights on Paddington, the Browns embark on an exciting rescue mission, realizing they want this particular bear as a lot as he wants them.”

Bond’s A Bear Known as Paddington was revealed in 1958, the primary of 29 Paddington books he wrote, with the ultimate one Paddington at St. Paul’s revealed posthumously in 2018. The books have offered over 35 million copies worldwide.

Paddington has been tailored for tv a number of instances , first by the BBC in 1976 and most lately by Studiocanal, which developed and produced three collection of The Adventures of Paddington with Heyday Movies, Simon Quinn and Karen Davidson. Paddington has additionally been tailored as three big-screen outings developed and produced by Studiocanal with Heyday movies and distributed by Studiocanal worldwide. A fourth characteristic movie is in improvement with Armando Iannucci connected to the write the script together with his co-writer Simon Blackwell. Additionally in improvement is a brand new animated Paddington characteristic movie.