Legendary Actress Jane Fonda Joins Climate Change Musical at BAM

In April 2026, legendary actress Jane Fonda will take the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) to star in a one-night-only performance of the climate change musical "Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth." Directed by Diane Paulus with a book by V-Day founder V, the production features a score blending folk and pop influences, with music by Justin Tranter, Caroline Pennell and Eren Cannata.

The musical tells the story of Sophia, a teenager living in a small town where the adults are willing to destroy the surrounding forest for financial gain. Refusing to accept the loss of her community's natural world, Sophia rallies her peers to take a stand. Together, they discover a strength they didn't know they had and a collective voice powerful enough to fight back against the forces threatening their home.

Fonda, 87, will play the piece's narrator, leading a cast of ten. A local youth choir will also be featured in the production, backing up the cast. "I am honored to have the opportunity to stand on the BAM stage, alongside these powerful performers to bring Dear Everything to New York," Fonda says. "Our planet is burning from human-made climate catastrophe, and we need to join together to confront this."

The musical is just one of the exciting offerings in BAM's 2026 Winter/Spring season, which also includes a new musical from "Girl from the North Country" writer Todd Almond and a production of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" from the National Theatre of Great Britain.