Billy Crystal Returns To Broadway This Fall In New Solo Show 860

They couldn’t keep him away. It was announced today that Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Crystal, and directed by Scott Ellis. The new production will play a 12-week engagement at a Shubert Theater to be announced beginning in October. 

“I am thrilled to return to Broadway this fall with this challenging new show,” said Billy Crystal. “860 was the address of the home we lost in the Palisades fires. We lived there for 46 years. I invite you to come inside 860 and I’ll tell you all the funny and touching things that happened there, not only in my career but to our family.  It’s a joyous and heartfelt visit, about how with the love of family and friends and your inner strength, you can get through tough times.  I look forward to returning to Broadway and welcoming audiences to 860.”

Additional production and creative team members will be announced at a later time. 

Crystal made his Broadway debut in 2004 with the original production of his one-man show, 700 Sundays, for which he won a Tony Award. At the time, 700 Sundays became the highest grossing non-musical in Broadway history. The Broadway production was taped in front of a live audience for an HBO special that aired in April of 2014, which garnered 4 Emmy Nominations. In 2022, Crystal returned to Broadway with Mr. Saturday Night, a musical adaptation of the 1992 classic film. The show received 5 Tony nominations including Best Musical; Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Crystal; and Best Book of a Musical which was written by Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel; and one GRAMMY nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album which featured eight songs sung by Crystal.