Laura Benanti is taking her solo show Nobody Cares on an international tour, starting with a return to London’s Underbelly Soho from July 14-26 and then moving through Chicago, New Brunswick, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa, Boston and Arlington. The run gives audiences in multiple cities a limited chance to catch a show that has already sold out at Edinburgh Fringe and played Off-Broadway in 2024.

The timing matters because Benanti is no stranger to a big stage. She won a Tony Award in 2008 for playing the title role in the revival of Gypsy, and now she is bringing a much smaller, more personal project back into the spotlight. She is also set to co-host The Tony Awards: Act One with Tituss Burgess, with the pre-show streaming live for free on Pluto TV’s Live Music channel.

Nobody Cares was originally commissioned by Audible Theater, which staged two Off-Broadway runs at the Minetta Lane Theatre in 2024 and released a live audio recording of the piece. Benanti describes the hour-long performance as an unapologetically self-deprecating account of her life as a recovering people pleaser, built from comedic stories and original songs co-written with Todd Almond, who also serves as music director.

That music is part of what makes the show harder to pin down than a standard solo set. Benanti has said it is not a musical, even though it includes a handful of original songs, calling it a comedy show with music instead. The distinction matters because the tour is not selling nostalgia or a Broadway repeat; it is selling a format that sits between stand-up, memoir and performance piece, and it appears to be landing with audiences far beyond New York.

After London, Benanti’s schedule stretches to Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre from August 6-9, George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, from August 26-30, Baltimore Center Stage from September 17-26, The Wallis in Los Angeles from October 1-4, South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, from October 8-11, The Huntington in Boston from October 22-25 and Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia, from April 27-May 2, 2027. What is still not clear is whether more stops will be added beyond that list, but for now the tour already marks a wide, year-spanning push for a show that has moved from a theatrical curiosity into a booked-out draw.