After Tony Awards Win, The Humans Moves to a Bigger Broadway Venue

Stephen Karam’s The Humans, which won four Tony Awards including Best Play on June 12, will pack up and move to a new, larger space. The show is set to play its final show at the Helen Hayes Theatre on July 24, and following a two-week hiatus, it will resume performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld on August 9.

Once The Humans vacates the space, the Helen Hayes will undergo renovations under ownership of Second Stage Theater Company. The Schoenfeld seats almost 500 more theatergoers than the Helen Hayes, which, at a capacity of 597, is the smallest theater on Broadway. Following its wins on Broadway’s biggest night, the production reached 96.88% of its potential gross in the small space.

The Humans follows Erik Blake, who, after a sleepless night, brings his family from Pennsylvania to his daughter’s new apartment to celebrate Thanksgiving. Family tensions reach a boiling point as things start to go bump in the night. Reed Birney and Jayne Houdyshell picked up Tonys for their performances; the cast also includes Sarah Steele, Cassie Beck, Arian Moayed and Lauren Klein.