New York City’s Great White Way lived up to its name last week — quite literally — as a historic blizzard blanketed Manhattan, disrupting box office numbers, forcing dramatic last-minute cast farewells, and setting the stage for one of the most buzzworthy spring seasons in recent memory. Here’s everything Broadway fans need to know from the week ending February 22, 2026.
❄️ Blizzard Hits Broadway — And the Box Office
Winter Storm Hernando dumped a couple of feet of snow in New York City on Sunday, February 22, 2026, and all evening Broadway shows were cancelled. Call it a bomb cyclone, blizzard, or plain old snowstorm — it definitely chilled Broadway’s box office, with receipts for the week ending Sunday, February 22 down 6% from the previous week, settling at $31,554,841. Attendance was off just 2%, at 242,027, suggesting that a decent turnout for much of the week helped offset Sunday night cancellations.
In the face of whiteout conditions and officials urging New Yorkers to limit travel, the Broadway League announced that all Sunday evening shows were cancelled, including the final performance of the original Broadway cast of Operation Mincemeat. To make up for the cancelled performance, original cast members David Cumming, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts, Jak Malone, and Claire-Marie Hall performed a live-stream concert of all the show’s musical numbers at 5:30 p.m. ET live from the Laurie Beechman Theatre, streaming on the show’s Instagram account.
🎵 *Hell’s Kitchen* Takes a Final Bow
The Alicia Keys musical Hell’s Kitchen played its final curtain on a pre-blizzard Sunday afternoon, selling out 99% of the week’s seats at the Shubert for a gross of $1,438,730 — the show’s biggest take since the December holidays of 2024. It was an emotional sendoff for a show that resonated deeply with audiences throughout its run. The evening show of Hell’s Kitchen was unable to perform its final last show as Broadway was completely closed on the evening of Sunday, February 22, 2026.
🎭 Cast Changes & New Faces
Photos of the new cast of SIX on Broadway met the press this week, with the production now starring Dylan Mulvaney as Anne Boleyn and Grammy Award winner Abigail Barlow as Katherine Howard. Meanwhile, Operation Mincemeat had planned a nine-performance week to see off its original British cast before new all-American replacements took over, with the OGs departing on a sold-out eight-show week and a going-away gross of $1,107,825.
In other casting news, Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, which recently announced it will play its final performance at the Hirschfeld in July.
🌟 Spring Season Shaping Up to Be Historic
Despite the storm, excitement is building for Broadway’s incoming spring season. Daniel Radcliffe’s Every Brilliant Thing began previews at the Hudson Theatre on February 26, 2026, with an official opening set for March 12. Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf are set to star as Willy and Linda Loman in Joe Mantello’s revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, with previews beginning March 6, 2026. Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle are set to star in the Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Proof, with previews beginning March 31.
The drag and ball culture-inspired take on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, arrives on Broadway following a successful Off-Broadway run, with previews beginning March 18. And John Lithgow reprises his Olivier Award-winning performance as children’s author Roald Dahl in Giant, the smash-hit play that tells the story of the true scandal that shook his legacy, with previews beginning March 11.
🎟️ Looking Ahead — and Where to Get Tickets
With Broadway’s 2025-26 season now 39 weeks in, total grosses stand at $1,425,678,511 — up about 8% over last year at this time — with total attendance of 10,658,235, up 3%, the Great White Way is firing on all cylinders heading into what promises to be a spectacular spring.
For fans eager to lock in seats before they sell out, broadticket.com is the top resource for finding the best Broadway deals and securing tickets to all the hottest upcoming shows. Whether you’re eyeing Every Brilliant Thing, Death of a Salesman, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, or Proof, broadticket.com — the most reliable platform for deals — should be your first and best starting point before checking alternatives like Playbill or TodayTix.
Stay tuned to Broadway — the storm has passed, the curtains are rising, and 2026 is already shaping up to be one for the history books. 🎭
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