MANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB BROADWAY PREMIERE OF “BUG” BEGINS PERFORMANCES TONIGHT
Manhattan Theatre Club–Nicki Hunter, Artistic Director and Chris Jennings, Executive Director–announces that performances begin tonight for the Broadway premiere of Bug, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts (August: Osage County, The Minutes) and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (Prayer for the French Republic at MTC, The Band’s Visit). Bug opens on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Tickets can be purchased online at Telecharge.com.
This production of Bug comes to Broadway following its critically-acclaimed 2021 run at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, which was called “thrilling—the greatest Bug ever. The work of fearless artists at the peak of their international careers,” by the Chicago Tribune.
Bug stars three-time Emmy Award nominee and Tony Award nominee Carrie Coon (Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, TV: “The White Lotus,” “Fargo,” “The Gilded Age”) as Agnes White, Namir Smallwood (Pass Over, TV: “American Rust”) as Peter Evans, Randall Arney (Steppenwolf’s You Can’t Take it With You, True West) as Dr. Sweet, Jennifer Engstrom (Goodman Theatre’s Sweet Bird of Youth, Steppenwolf’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) as R.C., and Steve Key (Sweat, Off-Broadway: Blue Surge, The Effect) as Jerry Goss.
From Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts and Tony Award-winning director David Cromer comes the Broadway premiere of Steppenwolf’s acclaimed staging of a cult classic about an unexpected and intense romance between a lonely waitress (Carrie Coon) and a mysterious drifter (Namir Smallwood). What begins as a simple connection between two broken people in a seedy Oklahoma motel room twists into something far more dangerous. When reality slips out of grasp, paranoia, delusion, and conspiracy take over in this sexy psychological thriller. The New York Times warns, “Buckle up and brace yourself because Bug is obscenely exciting.”
Bug is produced in association with Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
TICKETING INFORMATION
Tickets are on sale at Telecharge.com. Subscriptions for MTC’s 2025-26 season are available by visiting www.manhattantheatreclub.com/