Get a Sneak Peek at Beaches Broadway Musical With 3 Songs From Jessica Vosk, Kelli Barrett

The musical based on Iris Dart's novel will debut on Broadway before embarking on a national tour.

February 13, 2026 By Meg Masseron, Margaret Hall

Get a sneak peek at the upcoming Broadway premiere of Beaches: the Musical with three new videos featuring performances from co-stars Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett. The production will begin performances March 27 ahead of an April 22 opening night at Broadway's Majestic Theatre. Watch Vosk perform "Real Women" in the video above.

Co-directed by Lonny Price and Matt Cowart, the production will star Vosk (Hell's Kitchen, Wicked) and Barrett (Parade), both reprising the roles they created in the production's world premiere at Canada's Theatre Calgary last year. They will be joined by Ben Jacoby (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Brent Thiessen (Thoroughly Modern Millie), with Jacoby playing Michael Barron and Others, and Thiessen reprising his role from Theatre Calgary in his Broadway debut as John Perry and Others.

Further casting, by The TRC Company's Peter Van Dam, is to be announced.

See Vosk and Barret perform "Wish I Could Be Like You" in the video below.

See Vosk and Barret perform "Words I Could Have Said" in the video below.

The musical based on Iris Dart's novel (also the source material of the 1988 film of the same name) is debuting on Broadway before embarking on a national tour.

Released in 1985, Dart's novel tracks a lifelong friendship between the mild-mannered Bertie and larger-than-life Cee Cee. The book became a famous tear jerker of a feature film in 1988, with Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey co-starring. Idina Menzel and Nia Long also starred in a 2017 made-for-television remake for Lifetime. The Beaches musical has been in development for more than a decade. It was first staged in 2014 at Signature Theater in Arlington, Virginia, starring Mara Davi and Alysha Umphress; that production was directed by Eric Schaeffer and featured a different composer (David Austin).

The upcoming Broadway version features a book by Dart and Thom Thomas, music by Stoller, and lyrics by Dart. The Broadway staging will also feature choreography by Jennifer Rias (A Doll's House), music supervision by Joseph Thalken, orchestrations by Charlie Rosen (Moulin Rouge!), scenic design by James Noone (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill), costume design by Tracy Christensen (Sunset Boulevard), lighting design by Ken Billington (Chicago), sound design by Kai Harada (Merrily We Roll Along), projection design by David Bengali (Water for Elephants), and wig, hair, and make-up design by J. Jared Janas (Buena Vista Social Club). Thomas Recktenwald will serve as production stage manager, and Alchemy Production Group will general manage.