For more than 30 years The Playhouse has escorted theatre fans to New York City to see the latest shows.
Best of Broadway Tour
Apr. 21-24, 2026 – SOLD OUT
Apr. 28-May 1, 2026 – SOLD OUT
The Apr. 21 trip is escorted Playhouse artistic director Katy Merriman, and the Apr. 28 trip is escorted by Playhouse interim executive director/director of philanthropy Jordan Bles.
Trip cost:
$2699 per person, double occupancy*
$125 non-refundable deposit due at registration**
*single supplement and land-only pricing available upon request
**additional cancelation policies at the bottom of the page
The Playhouse trips are four days and three nights, Tuesday through Friday, and include:
- Giant and Cats: The Jellicle Ball with the group and a third theatre show of the traveler’s choosing;
- Roundtrip airfare, on American Airlines (Tuesday is nonstop, Friday has a one hour layover in Chicago);
- Three nights stay at the Renaissance Times Square (two double beds; King beds are not available); and
- Transportation in New York between the airport and hotel.
Additional activities offered at cost include a Welcome Dinner. Playhouse staff can purchase Wednesday matinee tickets with no additional fee, only the ticket cost. Deviations from the trip are not allowed.
Allied Travel will offer travel insurance. Travel insurance must be purchased within 14 days of registration/deposit payment date. To purchase or to learn more about travel insurance, please contact Julie Boeding at Allied Travel, 515-270-7070.
Shows on the April 2026 trips
Giant
Winner of 2025 Olivier Awards: Best New Play, Best Actor (John Lithgow)
It’s summer 1983. The Witches is about to hit book shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down. Across a single afternoon in his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation. Click here for more about this show.
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
Broadway meets Runway in the fiercest event of the season! Come One, Come All, The Jellicle Cats are having a Ball. Based on TS Eliot’s poems, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s world wide phenomenon Cats is reimagined in a kaleidoscope of glittering spectacle, iconic music, and electrifying ballroom* choreography. André De Shields returns as Old Deuteronomy in a production that swept the 2025 Obie Awards. Click here for more about this show.
The Playhouse trips are four days and three nights, Tuesday through Friday. Trips include:
- Two theatre shows, chosen by The Playhouse, with the group and a third theatre show of the traveler’s choosing;
- Roundtrip airfare, currently nonstop flights on Delta or American Airlines;
- Three nights stay at the Renaissance Times Square; and
- Transportation in New York between the airport and hotel.
Additional activities offered at cost include a Welcome Dinner and a sightseeing tour.
- Airline penalties will be incurred for cancelations after a published date.
- Some third show theatre tickets may not be refundable. Traveler will be advised of their third show refund policy before the purchase is made.
- Final balance due 90 days prior to trip.
- Cancel 45-89 days prior to trip: 50% of the trip cost is non-refundable.
- Cancel less than 45 days prior to trip: No refund.
The Playhouse typically offers two trips in the spring and one trip in the fall.
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Questions? Contact Lee Ann Bakros, Playhouse Trip Coordinator, 515.974.5358.