The comedy, which Behar penned, is playing at the MMAC Theater, Off-Broadway in New York City Joy Behar had a lot of reasons to celebrate on Thursday, Feb. 6. The television personality was all smiles as she took her bow on opening night of the world premiere production of the hilarious play,

While no one has revealed exactly why Behar has been out all week, Goldberg did wish the comedian a “happy opening night” during yesterday’s episode, referring to Behar’s theater production My First Ex-Husband, which she wrote and stars in alongside her longtime friend Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh and Adrienne C. Moore.

Joy Behar was absent for a majority of episodes of The View during the first week of 2025. Viewers were curious why the TV personality wasn’t sitting alongside her cohosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines,