It’s officially time to plan ahead to travel backwards.
Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler and and Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner Ben Platt were just announced to play Cathy and Jamie in a 25th anniversary concert staging of the heartbreaking, non-linear musical “The Last Five Years.”
As of now, the pair only have three shows lined up. They’re set to take place at:
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, CA
Friday, April 3
Radio City Music Hall
New York, NY
Monday, April 6
Radio City Music Hall
New York, NY
Tuesday, April 7
Before that, Zegler and Platt will perform seven shows at the West End’s London Palladium on March 24-29.
Jason Robert Brown, the popular musical’s creator, is directing and conducting all ten concerts.
For the uninitiated, “The Last Five Years” follows the ups and downs of writer Jamie Wellerstein and thespian Cathy Hiatt’s five-year relationship — hence the title — in a dizzying way. Without spoiling too much, Jamie moves forward while Cathy goes backward.
Musical theater fans may recall that Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren assumed these roles for the recent Broadway production at the Hudson Theatre in spring 2025.
Although that production was slammed by critics (The Post’s Johnny Oleksinski called the musical “the worst of the Broadway season” last April), they recognized that, if done right, the story really comes to vivid, technicolor life.
“‘The Last Five Years’ relies on two people with excellent interpretative ability and powerhouse voices to deliver its message,” Exeunt NYC wrote in a review of the 2025 show.
“Otherwise, it’s just one long solo after another, and if each small shift in the lyric isn’t brought across, the songs begin to feel like they’re saying the same thing. As a longtime Brown devotee, I obviously love ‘The Last Five Years,’ but even I began to see the things that people often complain about. If there’s no shading to the characterizations, Cathy does feel like a shrill failwife who resents her husband’s success and Jamie does feel like an overconfident a–.”
To see if Platt and Zegler have what it takes to elevate the text, you can grab tickets to their shows as soon as today.
Tickets officially go on sale to the general public on Friday, Feb. 6 at 10 am local time through Ticketmaster but are available now on trusted secondary market sites like Vivid Seats and GameTime.
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“The Last Five Years” tickets
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“The Last Five Years” schedule
A complete calendar including all “The Last Five Years” dates, venues, show start times and links to buy tickets can be found below.
“The Last Five Years” cast
In the off-chance you aren’t familiar with the cast, here’s a little bit about the stage show’s co-stars:
Rachel Zegler broke out in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story” as María, which netted her Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy win in early 2022. Other notable films she’s appeared in include “Snow White,” “Y2K” and “The Hunger Games” while she’s also made a name for herself on the stage with her work in “Romeo and Juliet” and “Evita” on the West End.
Ben Platt first made a splash in his Tony Award-winning role as the titular Evan Hansen in “Dear Evan Hansen.” In the years since, he’s released a number of solo albums and starred in the charming indie comedy “Theater Camp” and the Netflix series “The Politician.”
Stream “The Last Five Years”
If you want to acquaint yourself with the narrative ahead of time, you can stream the 2014 film version of “The Last Five Years” starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan on Tubi.
Huge stars on Broadway in 2026
Platt and Zegler aren’t the only big names taking the stage in Midtown this year. Here are just five more of our favorite familiar faces out and about on the Great White Way these next few months.
• “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” starring Tom Felton
• “Proof” starring Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri
• “Fallen Angels” starring Rose Byrne
• “Dog Day Afternoon” starring Jon Bernthal & Ebon Moss-Bachrach
• “Oh, Mary!” starring Simu Liu and John Cameron Mitchell
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This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change.
