Broadway has added some more star power to its 2025-2026 season with two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody and recent Golden Globe nominee Tessa Thompson now set to make their Broadway debuts in Lindsey Ferrentino's The Fear of 13, a transfer from London's West End. Performances will begin March 19 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, officially opening April 15. Tony winner David Cromer will direct.

The work made its world premiere at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2024—see what critics had to say here. Brody is reprising his performance as Nick Yarris from that staging, though Cromer and Thompson are new to the project for this iteration. Cromer's creative team is to be announced.

Based on a documentary film by David Sington, the work tracks real-world figure Nick Yarris, a man convicted of murder who then petitions the court not for an appeal, but for an execution date. The Broadway bow will partner with the Innocence Project, supporting its work to free the innocent and prevent wrongful convictions. One of Yarris' real attorneys, Christian Warns, is currently the group's executive director.

Ferrentino's past work includes Ugly Lies the Bone, Amy and the Orphans, This Flat Earth, and The Year to Come. On screen, she wrote 2019's Not Fade Away. Ferrentino has also served as the book writer to the musicals The Artist and The Queen of Versailles, the latter of which made a short-lived Broadway bow earlier this season.

An American Express pre-sale begins January 20 at 10 AM ET. Fan pre-sale tickets will be available beginning January 22 at 10 AM ET with registration at TheFearof13Broadway.com. General sales will follow January 23 at noon ET.