Frontmezzjunkies reports: RT’s Liberation Comes to Broadway
FOLLOWING ACCLAIMED OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE, LIBERATION – A NEW PLAY BY BESS WOHL, DIRECTED BY WHITNEY WHITE, WILL OPEN ON BROADWAY ON OCTOBER 28, 2025
PREVIEWS WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 8, 2025, AT THE JAMES EARL JONES THEATRE
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT – 14 WEEKS ONLY
WINNER! OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD – OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
WINNER! DRAMA DESK AWARD – OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
WINNER! NY DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
(New York, NY – July 31, 2025) – Producers Daryl Roth, Eva Price, Rachel Sussman, and Jenny Gersten are pleased to announce that the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Liberation, the critically acclaimed new play by Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl and directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White, will open on Broadway on Tuesday, October 28 at the James Earl Jones Theatre (138 West 48th Street). Previews for the strictly limited 14-week engagement will begin on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Tickets will go on sale at Telecharge.com on Monday, August 11.
Liberation comes to Broadway following its world premiere earlier this year at Roundabout Theatre Company, where it earned ecstatic reviews and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play.
“Liberation captivates us with all the details and layers that engage their hearts and minds, and ours. The details are all there to be drunk in and cherished, as we join Wohl’s stand-in, a playwright whose mother, Lizzie, has recently died leaving her with more questions than answers. And in those delicately written Joanne and Margo-assisted moments, Liberation finds its true and clear beating heart, overflowing with so much love, fury, pain, and grief., that it’s hard to explain. The levels of emotional engagement that flow from that stage in Wohl’s expertly delivered play astounds. It’s liberating and glorious, even if Liberation doesn’t find all of the exact solutions to problems too large for one play to address. Other plays I have seen this season have been good, but this play is on a whole different level. Go see it. For your soul, your heart, and your sense of community. I needed those women on the day I saw Liberation. They gave me some hope on a day, and time, overflowing with darkness.” – .com
Liberation is a funny, time-bending, and deeply moving new play that brings to life a group of women in 1970s Ohio who gather in the basement of the local Y for a weekly consciousness-raising group—as they find their place in a new wave of feminism taking hold around them. While their candid conversations unfold with humor, heart, and vulnerability, the play explores how everyday moments spark lasting change. Interwoven with a present-day narrator discovering her mother’s radical past before marriage and motherhood, Liberation becomes a heartfelt exploration of memory, identity, and the enduring power of women speaking their truths.
“Bringing Liberation to Broadway is, quite literally, a dream come true for me,” says playwright Bess Wohl. “This play has lived in my heart for a very long time, and I’m beyond thrilled to continue its journey with this fantastic team at this moment. I can’t wait to share it with Broadway audiences.”
“Liberation is a play in which all things personal become political,” says director Whitney White. “Set in the Midwest, which I call home, the play follows a group of ordinary women striving for what shouldn’t be extraordinary— equality. I cannot wait to share this story with the audience again on Broadway, home to great American storytelling. The laughs, the vibes, the revelations and all that happens on stage will make you wonder what’s been lost and how we should all be fighting to get it back.”
The cast and creative team for Liberation will be announced soon.
Liberation is produced by Daryl Roth, Eva Price, Rachel Sussman, and Jenny Gersten. General Management is by RCI Theatricals.
