Breaking Down the 2025/26 Broadway Season

The 2025/26 Broadway season is slowly coming to a close, and what a season it has been! Audiences have enjoyed a ton of exciting performances over the past twelve months, and with awards season now upon us, we're looking back at how this year's productions add up and compare to seasons past. (Catch up on the rulings for Meeting 1, 2, and 3)

Total shows

The 2025/26 season included 34 total productions. Comparatively: the 2024/25 had 43 total productions, 2023/24: 39 total, 2022/23: 40 total, 2021/22: 41 total. Not including 2020/21 (when Broadway closed due to the pandemic), this has been the smallest Broadway season since 2017/2018.

Musicals vs. Plays

The 2025/26 season included 21 plays, 12 musicals, and 1 special event (Rob Lake Magic with Special guests The Muppets). Comparatively, 2024/25: 21 plays, 21 musicals, and 1 special event; 2023/24: 16 plays, 21 musicals, 2 special events; 2022/23: 24 plays, 15 musicals, 1 special event; 2021/22: 22 plays, 15 musicals, 4 special events.

New Shows vs. Revivals

The 2025/26 season included 17 new shows, 15 revivals and 2 return engagements. Comparatively, 2024/25: 29 new shows and 14 revivals; 2023/24: 29 new shows and 10 revivals; 2022/23: 26 new shows and 14 revivals; 2021/22: 29 new shows and 12 revivals.

Closed vs. Still Open

15 of this season's shows have already closed (many had limited runs). 19 shows are still running on Broadway.

When They Opened

In the 2025/26 season, 17 shows opened in summer/fall and 17 shows opened in winter/spring: June (1), August (2), September (3), October (4), November (5), December (2), January (1), March (3), April (13). No shows opened in the months of May, July, or February.

Almost 40% of this season's shows opened in the month of April. This isn't so uncommon, however.

Comparatively, 2024/25: 23 summer/fall and 20 winter/spring; 2023/24: 18 summer/fall and 21 winter/spring; 2022/23: 22 summer/fall and 18 winter/spring; 2021/22: 20 summer/fall and 21 winter/spring.

Where They Came From

18 of this season's productions first had runs somewhere else before Broadway. Of them, 4 shows played off-Broadway first and 5 came from London's West End.

Shows by Venue

All 41 Broadway theatres have been occupied at some point this theatre season. 20 of them are housing productions that opened before May 2025.

The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Punch, Bug, The Balusters), the Nederlander Theatre (Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride, All Out: Comedy About Ambition, Schmigadoon!), and Studio 54 (Call Me Izzy, Oedipus, The Rocky Horror Show) have each housed the most new productions this season at 3 each.

Only one Broadway theatre is currently vacant. The Shubert Theatre, most recently home to Hell's Kitchen, will welcome Galileo in Fall 2026.

Shows By Box Office

2 shows have announced recoupment (so far) this season: Art and Waiting for Godot. Of this season's shows, Mamma Mia! has had the highest grossing week (12/29-1/4: $2,594,204), followed by Chess (11/24-11/30: $2,066,742).  Read more about this season's grosses.

2025/26 By Category

New Plays

Call Me Izzy
Jeff Ross: Take a Banana For the Ride
Punch
Liberation
Little Bear Ridge Road
All Out: Comedy About Ambition
Giant
Dog Day Afternoon
The Fear of 13
The Balusters

New Musicals

The Queen of Versailles
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Titanique
Schmigadoon!
Beaches
The Lost Boys

Play Revivals

Art
Waiting for Godot
Oedipus
Marjorie Prime
Bug
Every Brilliant Thing
Becky Shaw
Death of a Salesman
Proof
Fallen Angels
Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Musical Revivals

Ragtime
Chess
Cats: The Jellicle Ball
The Rocky Horror Show

2025/26 By Credits

Not including producers and designers, several creatives have two credits this theatre season: Michael Arden (Director: The Queen of Versailles, The Lost Boys), Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (Composers: Mamma Mia! and Chess), Scott Ellis (Director: Art, Fallen Angels), Alex Timbers (Director: Beetlejuice, All Out: Comedy About Ambition), Ellenore Scott (Choreographer: Ragtime, Titanique), Joe Mantello (Director: Little Bear Ridge Road, Death of a Salesman), Laurie Metcalf (Actor: Little Bear Ridge Road, Death of a Salesman), Lindsey Ferrentino (Writer: The Queen of Versailles, The Fear of 13), David Cromer (Director: Bug, The Fear of 13).