JASON BLUM to Host Special Performance of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY on Broadway
Jason Blum, CEO and Founder of Blumhouse, and producer of the original Paranormal Activity films, will host a special performance of the smash-hit, Olivier Award nominated new Broadway play PARANORMAL ACTIVITY on Wednesday, August 26 at 7pm.
Tickets for this special performance of PARANORMAL ACTIVTY are available for purchase at paranormalbroadway.com and at the August Wilson Theatre box office.
Written by Levi Holloway (Grey House) and directed by Felix Barrett (Sleep No More), PARANORMAL ACTIVITY began performances on Friday, August 14, 2026 at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street) and will officially open on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape their past, but they soon discover that places aren’t haunted, people are… With an original story inspired by the film franchise, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY reimagines the modern ghost story with an intimacy that only live theatre can provide.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY on Broadway stars Cher Álvarez as Lou, Travis A. Knight as James, Shannon Cochran as Carolanne, and Eva Kaminsky as Etheline Cotgrave with understudies Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks and Michael Holding. Álvarez, Knight, Cochran, Buinis, Hendricks and Holding are all making their Broadway debuts and reprising their roles from previous productions across North America.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY features scenic and costume design by Tony Award Nominee Fly Davis (Caroline, Or Change 2021), illusions design by Tony Award Winner Chris Fisher (Stranger Things: The First Shadow), lighting design by Anna Watson (Giant), sound design by Tony Award Winner Gareth Fry (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), video and projections design by Drama Desk Award Winner Luke Halls (The Lehman Trilogy), and General Management by Envoy Theatricals/Samuel Dallas & Marty McGuire.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY arrives on Broadway directly from a strictly limited pre-Broadway engagement in Boston at the Emerson Colonial Theatre from July 11 through July 30. Prior to Boston, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY played sold-out engagements at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Center Theatre Group at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C., and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. A production in Toronto at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre began on June 9, 2026, and ran through July 5, 2026. The production first premiered at the Leeds Playhouse in the UK before transferring to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End, where it received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination this year for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play. The West End production resumed performances at the Ambassadors Theatre on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 and is currently selling tickets through Saturday, November 7, 2026.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is a Melting Pot production in association with Paramount Pictures. Produced by Simon Friend, Hanna Osmolska, Ken Davenport, Gavin Kalin Productions, Seaview, Crooked Letter, Oren Peli, Blumhouse, John Gore for Hammer Films, Scott Abrams, Larry Lelli, Steve Traxler, Jonathan & Rae Corr, Jennifer Tuft & Tom Tuft, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Marc David Levine, Gooding Agrawal / An 11:11 Experience, Scott Prisand & Rob Kolson, Aleri Entertainment, Heather J. Crider, Nicole Eisenberg, Grace Street Creative, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Nicholas Kaiser, Willette Klausner, New Ventures Entertainment, Spencer Ross, The Stark-Clarkes, Tilted, Charles D. Urstadt, Sheri Biller & Les Biller, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Charlie Saslow & LemonCat Productions, Amplify / Lone Pine Theatricals, FineWomen Productions / Olympus Theatricals / Robina Riccitello, Judith Manocherian / Leslie Mayer, Michael Ngo / David Thomas Tao, Robin Reinach & Michael Cohen / David Hsieh, Robert Tichio & Cory Lloyd / Nyberg Sabi. Executive Producer: Seaview. Produced in association with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theatre Group, Shakespeare Theatre Company and American Conservatory Theater. Originally produced at Leeds Playhouse.