Laura Benanti is taking her solo show Nobody Cares on an international tour, beginning with a return engagement at London’s Underbelly Soho from July 14–26 and continuing through a string of U.S. theaters this summer and fall.
The announced U.S. dates put Benanti in Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre from August 6–9, at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from August 26–30, and at Baltimore Center Stage from September 17–26. The West Coast leg includes The Wallis in Los Angeles from October 1–4 and South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa from October 8–11, with a run at The Huntington in Boston from October 22–25. The schedule stretches into 2027 with a later engagement at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, from April 27–May 2, 2027.
The ticket timetable matters because Nobody Cares has already built momentum: the show followed a sold-out run at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and had two Off-Broadway runs at the Minetta Lane Theatre in 2024 after being commissioned by Audible Theater. Audible Theater also released a live audio recording of the show, extending its reach beyond the theater seats.
Benanti describes the piece as “an utterly transparent, self-deprecating romp through my life as a pathological (and now recovering) people pleaser,” and the announced stops are set up to deliver that mix of story and song to a wider audience. The show pairs comedic anecdote with music; Benanti performs original songs co-written with Todd Almond, who also serves as the production’s music director.
That musical element is a deliberate boundary Benanti has drawn with audiences. As she puts it, “While the show features a handful of original songs, it is not a musical. It is a comedy show with music. (There’s a difference, I promise!)” The line matters for venues and buyers deciding whether the evening fits their programming or personal taste.
The announced schedule spreads performances across regional houses known for varied programming: Steppenwolf in Chicago and Signature Theatre in Arlington are listed alongside South Coast Repertory and The Wallis, signaling a tour that aims at both mainstream and specialty theatergoers rather than a single commercial corridor.
Benanti’s theatrical credentials are part of the draw; she won a Tony Award in 2008 for the title role in the revival of Gypsy, and she is slated to co-host The Tony Awards: Act One with Tituss Burgess. That profile, plus the Audible Theater commissioning and the recorded release, gives producers several avenues to reach audiences who may not have seen the show at Fringe or Off-Broadway.
The public lift from Edinburgh and the Off-Broadway runs is explicit in Benanti’s own summation of the audience mix: “It has been incredibly gratifying to receive so much positive feedback from such a wide variety of audience members—young women, their mothers and THEIR mothers, gay men (my favorite kind of man), and a special shoutout to boyfriends and husbands who were dragged to the show against their will and are now my ‘biggest fans.’” That cross-demographic appeal helps explain the tour’s stop list, which includes both major-city houses and regional powerhouses.
Not every market has been named. The current rollout gives concrete dates and venues through October and one spring 2027 engagement, but producers have left open whether additional cities will be added. For now, the next thing on the calendar is clear: Benanti returns to Underbelly Soho in London from July 14–26, the immediate stop that follows the show’s earlier U.K. debut and Fringe success.
If audiences want to see Nobody Cares in person, those Underbelly Soho dates are the forthcoming opportunity; beyond them, theatergoers should watch the listed venues for ticket releases and any future announcements that will fill the remaining gaps in the tour map.
