Todrick Hall's Midnight Adds Off-Broadway Performances Into 2027
Todrick Hall's original musical Midnight will continue at the Daryl Roth Theatre through January 3, 2027. The off-Broadway production began performances on September 25 and opened on October 15. Hall wrote, directed, and stars in the sung-through show, which follows 12 interconnected lives in the 19th-century American South.
The off-Broadway production at the Daryl Roth Theatre will continue until January 3, 2027. Performances began September 25, with opening night October 15. Hall wrote, directed, and stars in the production. The cast also includes Jeremy Beloate, Charlotte Odusanya, Kennedy Caughell, Ayana George, Autumn Hurlbert, Kolbi Jordan, Bella Coppola, Sidney DuPont, Jimmy Brewer, Dwayne Clark, and Ciaran McCarthy.
Set in the nineteenth-century South, the fully sung musical follows twelve lives that intersect—six Black, six white—as friendships and romances challenge inherited assumptions. Its score blends gospel, R&B, pop, rock, folk, opera, and musical theater. Morgan Large, Beck Jones, Jake DeGroot, Lawrence Schober, and Charles G. LaPointe design; Laurence Stannard and Mark Crossland oversee music.
Midnight's extended run may broaden access to an original musical by a prominent multi-hyphenate, potentially drawing new and younger theatergoers. Its portrait of Black and white Southern lives could prompt reflection on empathy, identity, and class, while its longer engagement may support performers and creative staff with sustained work. The show's genre-blending score might also encourage conversations about what stories and sounds belong on off-Broadway stages.