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Best Broadway Shows in 2024; What's Coming!
In 2024, Broadway will welcome stars like Rachel McAdams, Jeremy Strong, Jessica Lange and more.
By: Sidney Paterra Jan. 06, 2024
2024 is here at last and all eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season! Many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements. Check out a full list of what's to come on Broadway in 2024 and be sure to check back for updates.
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Prayer for the French Republic
January 9, 2024- March 3, 2024
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Days of Wine and Roses
January 28, 2024- March 31, 2024
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Doubt
February 29, 2024- April 21, 2024
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Lempicka
April 14, 2024- May 19, 2024
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Ben Platt: Live at the Palace
May 28, 2024- June 15
Uncle Vanya
April 24, 2024- June 16, 2024
Mother Play
April 25, 2024- June 16, 2024
An Enemy of the People
March 18, 2024- June 23, 2024
Patriots
April 22, 2024- June 23, 2024
The Heart of Rock and Roll
April 22, 2024- June 23, 2024
Mary Jane
April 23, 2024- June 30, 2024
The Who's Tommy
March 28, 2024-July 21, 2024
Home
June 5, 2024- July 21, 2024
Illinoise
April 26, 2024- August 10, 2024
The Wiz
April 17, 2024- August 18, 2024
Job
July 30, 2024- October 27, 2024
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The Notebook
Running at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Previews Begin: February 6, 2024
Opening Night: March 14, 2024
Plot: Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart.
Why to See It: With a book that has sold millions of copies worldwide and a film that's one of the highest-grossing romantic dramas of all-time, the musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks's The Notebook comes to Broadway following a critically acclaimed world premiere engagement at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in the fall of 2022.
Water for Elephants
Running at the Imperial Theatre
Previews Begin: February 24, 2024
Opening Night: March 21, 2024
Plot: After losing what matters most, a young man jumps a moving train unsure of where the road will take him and finds a new home with the remarkable crew of a traveling circus, and a life—and love—beyond his wildest dreams. Seen through the eyes of his older self, his adventure becomes a poignant reminder that if you choose the ride, life can begin again at any age.
Why to See It: Water for Elephants has a book by three-time Tony Award nominee Rick Elice, a soaring score by the acclaimed PigPen Theatre Co., is based on the critically acclaimed and New York Times Bestselling novel by Sara Gruen and is directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone. Water for Elephants unites innovative stagecraft with the very best of Broadway talent in an authentic and deeply moving new musical that invites us all to give ourselves to the unknown.
The Outsiders
Running at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Previews Begin: March 16, 2024
Opening Night: April 11, 2024
Plot: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, the hardened hearts and aching souls of Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and their chosen family of ‘outsiders’ are in a fight for survival and a quest for purpose in a world that may never accept them. A story of the bonds that brothers share and the hopes we all hold on to, this gripping new musical reinvigorates the timeless tale of ‘haves and have nots’, of protecting what’s yours and fighting for what could be.
Why to See It: Adapted from S.E. Hinton’s seminal book and Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic film, THE OUTSIDERS features a book by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine, music and lyrics by Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Chance) and Justin Levine, music supervision, arrangements & orchestrations by Justin Levine, choreography by Rick Kuperman & Jeff Kuperman and directed by Danya Taymor.
Hell's Kitchen
Running at the Shubert Theatre
Previews Begin: March 28, 2024
Opening Night: April 20, 2024
Plot: There’s a place where the rhythm of the city is music, where every corner has a story, and every window is a kaleidoscope. Where a girl can step out of her apartment and find the world. That’s Hell’s Kitchen.
Why to See It: Straight from its acclaimed run off-Broadway at The Public Theatre, the new musical, conceived by the innovative mind of 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, with music and lyrics by Keys, book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristoffer Diaz, music supervision by Emmy and Grammy Award winner Adam Blackstone, music consulting by two-time Tony and Emmy winner Tom Kitt, choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown and direction by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif will make its Broadway premiere.
The Great Gatsby
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Running at the Broadway Theatre
Previews Begin: March 29, 2024
Opening Night: April 25, 2024
Plot: Transporting audiences to the lavish Roaring Twenties, the story follows eccentric and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby, who will stop at nothing in the pursuit of the lost love of his youth, Daisy Buchanan. Through its fascinatingly nuanced characters, driven by complex inner lives erupting with extravagance and longing – this epic tale has always been destined to sing.
Why to See It: The world premiere engagement of The Great Gatsby was the highest grossing show in Paper Mill Playhouse history. The production, which ran October 12–November 12, 2023, also broke the theater’s all-time record for ticket sales in a single day, and sold out the entire run before its very first performance.
Suffs
Running at the Music Box Theatre
Previews Begin: March 26, 2024
Opening Night: April 18, 2024
Plot: It’s 1913 and the women’s movement is heating up in America, anchored by the suffragists — “Suffs,” as they call themselves — and their relentless pursuit of the right to vote. Reaching across and against generational, racial, and class divides, these brilliant, flawed women entertain and inspire us with the story of their hard-won victory in an ongoing fight. So much has changed since the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment over a century ago, and yet we’re reminded sometimes we need to look back, in order to march fearlessly into the future.
Why to See It: Following a sold-out, extended run at The Public Theater, Shaina Taub’s new musical arrives on Broadway with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai joining the producing team.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Running at the August Wilson Theatre
Previews Begin: April 1, 2024
Opening Night: April 20-21, 2024
Plot: In a time when the world is changing forever, there is one place where everyone can be free… Welcome to the Kit Kat Club. Home to an intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET. This is Berlin. Relax. Loosen up. Be yourself.
Why to See It: This unique production of Cabaret opened in December 2021 to critical and audience acclaim, widely praised as the ultimate theatrical experience. In April 2022 the production won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards, the most for any musical revival in Olivier history. The production has also won three prestigious Critics Circle Awards and most recently the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Design for designer Tom Scutt.
Stereophonic
Running at the John Golden Theatre
Previews Begin: April 3, 2024
Opening Night: April 19, 2024
Plot: Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an up-and-coming rock band recording a new album finds itself suddenly on the cusp of superstardom. The ensuing pressures could spark their breakup — or their breakthrough. In Stereophonic, Adjmi invites the audience to immerse themselves—with fly-on-the-wall intimacy—in the powder keg process of a band on the brink of blowing up.
Why to See It: David Adjmi's new play arrives direct from its smash hit world premiere engagement at Playwrights Horizons. Directed by Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic, which features original songs by Academy Award® nominee and Grammy Award winner Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire, dominated the “Best Theater of 2023” lists.
Oh, Mary!
Running at the Lyceum Theatre
Previews Begin: June 26, 2024
Opening Night: July 11, 2024
Plot: Oh, Mary! stars Escola as a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism and suppressed desires abound in this one act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln through the lens of an idiot.
Why to See It: The Broadway run comes following a sold out, twice extended world premiere run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Written by and starring Cole Escola and directed by Sam Pinkleton, the New York Times Critic’s Pick will only run through September 15, 2024.
Once Upon a Mattress
Running at the Hudson Theatre
Previews Begin: July 31, 2024
Opening Night: August 12, 2024
Plot: An uproarious update of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea,” Once Upon A Mattress sets an unapologetic free spirit loose in a repressed kingdom, reveling in Winnifred’s ability to charm and transform with willpower, honesty, and a little bit of help from her friends.
Why to See It: On the heels of its record-breaking, sold-out run at New York City Center’s Encores! earlier this year, Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will lead the Broadway cast, reprising her acclaimed performance as Winnifred the Woebegone, hailed by The New York Times as “perfectly goofy, and imprinted with an ebullient, joyful relish in the very act of performance.”
The Roommate
Running at the Booth Theatre
Previews Begin: August 29, 2024
Opening Night: Sepetmber 12, 2024
Plot: Sharon’s never had a roommate before. In fact, there’s a lot Sharon’s never done before, but Robyn’s about to change all that. Jen Silverman’s The Roommate shatters expectations with its witty and profound portrait of a blossoming intimacy between two women from vastly different backgrounds, as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality, and the promise of reinvention. Being bad never felt so good as it does in this riveting one-act about second acts.
Why to See It: Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone will return to Broadway in Jen Silverman's new comedy, directed by Jack O’Brien.
McNeal
Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Previews Begin: September 5, 2024
Opening Night: September 30, 2024
Plot: Good writers borrow, great writers steal. Jacob McNeal is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old axes to grind and an unhealthy fascination with Artificial Intelligence.
Why to See It: Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar’s new play is a startling and wickedly smart examination of the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of the stories we tell. The production will star Academy Award-winner Robert Downey Jr. as Jacob McNeal, in his Broadway debut.
The Hills of California
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Broadhurst Theatre
Previews Begin: September 11, 2024
Opening Night: Septekber 29, 2024
Plot: In the sweltering heat of a 1970s summer, the Webb sisters return to their childhood home in Blackpool, an English seaside town, where their mother Veronica lies dying upstairs. Gloria and Ruby now have families of their own. Jill never left. And Joan? No one’s heard from her in twenty years… but Jill insists that their mother’s favorite won’t let them down this time. The run-down Sea View Guest House is haunted by bittersweet memories of amusement park rides and overdue bills. Back in the 1950s, each night the girls rehearse their singing act, managed by their fiercely loving single mom. But when a record producer offers a shot at fame and a chance to escape, it will cost them all dearly.
Why to See It: The Hills of California marks Tony and Olivier Award winner Butterworth’s newest play since the multi-award winning The Ferryman, also directed by Oscar, Tony, and Olivier Award winner Mendes.
Yellow Face
Todd Haimes Theatre
Previews Begin: September 13, 2024
Opening Night: October 1, 2024
Plot: Inspired by real events, the playwright’s fictionalized doppelgänger protests yellowface casting in Miss Saigon, only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.
Why to See It: Tony Award winner and three-time Pulitzer finalist David Henry Hwang will make his Roundabout debut with the Broadway premiere of Yellow Face, his hilarious is-he-or-isn’t-he comedy of identity, show business, and (perhaps) autobiography. Starring Daniel Dae Kim as “DHH” and directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman.
Our Town
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Previews Begin: September 17, 2024
Opening Night: October 10, 2024
Plot: Our Town explores the relationship between two young Grover’s Corners neighbors, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, whose childhood friendship blossoms into romance, and then culminates in marriage. When Emily loses her life in childbirth, the circle of life portrayed in each of the three acts of Our Town–growing up, adulthood, and death–is fully realized. Wilder offers a couple of chairs on a bare stage as the backdrop for an exploration of the universal human experience.
Why to See It: Our Town, the timeless drama of life in the mythical village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, has become an American classic with universal appeal. Thornton Wilder’s most frequently performed play, Our Town appeared on Broadway in 1938 to wide acclaim, and won the Pulitzer Prize. From the very beginning, Our Town has been produced throughout the world.
Romeo + Juliet
Running at the Circle in the Square Theatre
Previews Begin: September 26, 2024
Opening Night: October 24, 2024
Plot: The youth are fucked. Left to their own devices in their parents’ world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.
Why to See It: Romeo + Juliet will star Heartstopper's Kit Connor and Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Zegler, and is directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold, with music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff and movement by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh.
Left on Tenth
James Earl Jones Theatre
Previews Begin: September 26, 2024
Opening Night: October 23, 2024
Plot: Left on Tenth is a true story about love, hope, and the wonder of second chances. When she least expects it, Delia Ephron, best-selling novelist and screenwriter of You've Got Mail, makes a surprising connection with a man from her past and falls into her own romantic comedy. As their immediate spark blossoms into a love story that seems to defy all odds, Delia’s life takes an unexpected turn. Left on Tenth tells the messy, beautiful truth about getting older while feeling young, as it celebrates two people with the courage to rewrite their futures and open their hearts again.
Why to See It: Based on her New York Times best-selling memoir, ithe new play will star Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award winner Julianna Margulies as Delia and Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award winner Peter Gallagher as Peter. Susan Stroman is set to direct.
Sunset Boulevard
Running at the St. James Theatre
Previews Begin: September 28, 2024
Opening Night: October 20, 2024
Plot: Famed movie star Norma Desmond has been cast out of the Hollywood limelight. Living in a suffocating world of dreams, memories and regrets, a chance encounter with screenwriter Joe Gillis may be her only hope — unless their volatile affair destroys them both…
Why to See It: West End and Broadway director Jamie Lloyd reimagines one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best-loved musicals – based on the Billy Wilder film - for a whole new generation. Joining Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond will be her acclaimed London co-stars: Tom Francis as ‘Joe Gillis’, Grace Hodgett-Young as ‘Betty Schaefer,’ and Olivier Award winner David Thaxton as ‘Max Von Mayerling.’
A Wonderful World
Running at Studio 54
Previews Begin: October 16, 2024
Opening Night: November 11, 2024
Plot: Louis Armstrong’s innovative musicianship and incredible charisma as trumpeter and vocalist would lead him from the early days of jazz in his native New Orleans to five decades of international stardom. A Wonderful World tells the story of Armstrong’s blazing musical career from the perspective of his four wives, who each had a unique impact on his life.
Why to See It: After winning rave reviews in New Orleans and Chicago, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart reprises his role as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong.
Maybe Happy Ending
Running at the Belasco Theatre
Previews Begin: October 16, 2024
Opening Night: November 12, 2024
Plot: Inside a one-room apartment in the heart of Seoul, Oliver lives a happily quiet life listening to jazz records and caring for his favorite plant. But what else is there to do when you’re a Helperbot 3, a robot that has long been retired and considered obsolete? When his fellow Helperbot neighbor Claire asks to borrow his charger, what starts as an awkward encounter leads to a unique friendship, a surprising adventure, and maybe even...love?
Why to See It: Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Darren Criss will return to the stage alongside Helen J Shen in the Broadway premiere of the new romantic musical comedy Maybe Happy Ending with music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park and book by both Aronson and Park. Direction is by Tony Award-winner Michael Arden.
Tammy Faye
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Running at the Palace Theatre
Previews Begin: October 19, 2024
Opening Night: November 14, 2024
Plot: From a studio in South Carolina, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker revolutionized religion. Preaching to millions 24 hours a day, Tammy just wants to put the fun back into faith. But a new wave of ministers wants you not to just feel God in your heart, but in your homes, in your schools, and in the law too.
Why to See It: Tammy Faye had its world premiere at London’s Almeida Theatre in Fall 2022, where it received rave reviews and was nominated for four Olivier Awards, including Best Musical.
Death Becomes Her
Running at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Previews Begin: October 23, 2024
Opening Night: November 21, 2024
Plot: Madeline Ashton is the most beautiful actress (just ask her) ever to grace the stage and screen. Helen Sharp is the long-suffering author (just ask her) who lives in her shadow. They have always been the best of frenemies… until Madeline steals Helen’s fiancé away. As Helen plots revenge and Madeline clings to her rapidly fading star, their world is suddenly turned upside down by Viola Van Horn, a mysterious woman with a secret that’s to die for.
Why to See It: Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli, Death Becomes Her features a book by Marco Pennette, and an original score by Julia Mattison & Noel Carey. The new musical comes staright from its triumphant run at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre.
Swept Away
Running at the Longacre Theatre
Previews Begin: October 29, 2024
Opening Night: November 19, 2024
Plot: Set in 1888, Swept Away follows four survivors—a young man in search of adventure, his big brother who has sworn to protect him, a captain at the end of a long career at sea, and a worldly first mate who has fallen from grace—after a violent storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Massachusetts. How far will they go to stay alive? And can they live with the consequences?
Why to See It: From the chart-topping folk-rock band The Avett Brothers comes "a spellbinding tale" of shipwreck, salvation and brotherhood set on the high seas. Swept Away features a book by Tony Award winner John Logan, direction by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and choreography by Tony Award nominee David Neumann. After sold out runs from coast to coast, Swept Away storms Broadway this fall.
Elf
Running at the Marquis Theatre
Previews Begin: November 9, 2024
Opening Night: November 17, 2024
Plot: Buddy's life is changed forever when he mistakenly crawls into Santa’s sack of toys one Christmas Eve. Raised by elves in the North Pole, Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making abilities make him realize he doesn’t quite fit in. When he discovers he is human, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, and in turn, helps the Big Apple rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.
Why to See It: Following two hugely successful, record-breaking seasons in London’s West End in 2022 and 2023, this production of Elf The Musical will be new to Broadway and will mark the musical’s return for the first time in over a decade. Tony nominee Grey Henson will lead the production as Buddy the Elf.
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Cult of Love
Previews Begin: November 20, 2024
Opening Night: December 12, 2024
Plot: It’s the holiday season for the Dahl family! The four adult children return to their childhood home with partners in tow. The Dahl traditions include singing carols in harmony at the drop of a hat, but the gathering is anything but harmonious. Old conflicts resurface, new issues battled, and dinner is taking absolutely forever to be served. Will the love the Dahls have for each other be enough to get them through, or will this be their last Christmas together?
Why to See It: Emmy Award nominee Leslye Headland (Bachelorette, “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” “Russian Doll”) returns to Second Stage Theater, which produced her play, “Bachelorette,” in its Uptown Series, and her play, “The Layover,” off-Broadway at the Kiser Theater. This will mark her Broadway debut. Trip Cullman will direct.
Gypsy
Running at the Majestic Theatre
Previews Begin: November 21, 2024
Opening Night: December 19, 2024
Plot: Gypsy has been lauded by critics and musical theatre fans alike as the greatest musical of all time, the ultimate back-stage tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughter’s success – while secretly yearning for her own.
Why to See It: Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre. This revival will be directed by the legendary five-time Tony Award-winning Director George C. Wolfe and choreography will be by four-time Tony Award nominated Camille A. Brown.
Eureka Day
Running at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Previews Begin: November 25, 2024
Opening Night: December 2024
Plot: Eureka Day is a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else – that is, until an outbreak of the mumps forces everyone in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy. As cases rise, the board realizes with horror that they’ve got to do what they swore they never would: make a choice that won’t please absolutely everybody.
Why to See It: Wildly relevant and bitingly funny, Jonathan Spector’s play comes to MTC in an all-new production following an acclaimed London run. Anna D. Shapiro will direct the new play.
All In: Comedy About Love
Running at the Hudson Theatre
Previews Begin: December 11, 2024
Opening Night: December 22, 2024
Plot: A series of hilarious stories about dating, heartbreak, marriage and that sort of thing, adapted from the short stories of Simon Rich, and performed by a rotating cast of some of the funniest people on the planet. Sometimes they will play pirates, sometimes they will play dogs, and there’s one where we make them talk in British accents. But even though the show’s kind of all over the place, it’s meant to tell one simple story: that the most important part of life is who we share it with. We hope everybody will relate to it, even if it was their date’s idea to come and they are starting out from a place of quiet resentment.
Why to See It: All In will be performed with a rotating cast of four actors for 10 weeks. For the first 5 weeks, Mulaney will lead the cast and be joined by Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry (12/11 – 12/30), Chloe Fineman (1/2 – 1/12), and Richard Kind.
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