What's Coming to Broadway in 2025
In 2025, Broadway will welcome stars like Idina Menzel, David Hyde Pierce, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, and more.
By: Sidney Paterra Aug. 04, 2024
2025 will be here before we know it, 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 2025 including plays, musicals, revivals, new shows and of course - stars! Be sure to check back for updates.
Plus, study up on what is still to come in 2024!
English
Running at the Todd Haimes Theatre
Previews Begin: January 3, 2025
Opening Night: January 23, 2025
Plot: The comedy unfolds in an Iranian classroom where adult English learners practice for their proficiency exam. As they leapfrog through a linguistic playground, their wildly different dreams, frustrations, and secrets come to light. Can they overcome the limits of language to discover what they really want to say?
Why to See It: Pulitzer Prize & Obie winner Sanaz Toossi makes her Broadway debut in 2024 with her play, English—which was first seen as part of the Roundabout Underground Reading Series in 2019. The play went on to win an Obie Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama that year.
Redwood
Running at the Nederlander Theatre
Previews Begin: January 24, 2025
Opening Night: February 13, 2025
Plot: Redwood is a transportive new musical about one woman’s journey into the precious and precarious world of the redwood forest. Jesseis a successful businesswoman, mother and wife who seems to have it all, but inside, her heart is broken. Finding herself at a turning point, Jesse leaves everyone and everything behind, gets in her car and drives… Thousands of miles later, she hits the majestic forests of Northern California, where a chance meeting and a leap of faith change her life forever.
Why to See It: Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel will return to Broadway in Redwood- written and directed by Tony Award nominee Tina Landau, with music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by Diaz and Landau.
Operation Mincemeat
Running at the Golden Theatre
Previews Begin: February 15, 2025
Opening Night: March 20, 2025
Plot: It’s 1943, and the Allied Forces are on the ropes. Luckily, they’ve got a trick up their sleeve. Well, not up their sleeve, per se, but rather inside the pocket of a stolen corpse. Equal parts farce, thriller, and Ian Fleming-style spy caper (with an assist from Mr. Fleming himself), Operation Mincemeat tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII.
Why to See It: Operation Mincemeat began as a tiny (and tiny-budgeted) production at London’s New Diorama Theatre. The show quickly gained a devoted following, spurring sold-out runs at venues including Southwark Playhouse and Riverside Studios. It finally premiered in the West End on May 9, 2023 at the Fortune Theatre, where it received rave reviews, continues to play to standing-room-only crowds, and has cultivated one of London’s most fervent fanbase, affectionately dubbed “Mincefluencers."
Othello
Running at the Barrymore Theatre
Previews Begin: February 24, 2025
Opening Night: March 23, 2025
Plot: Othello follows the tragic downfall of the Moorish general Othello, manipulated into believing his wife Desdemona has been unfaithful by his ensign Iago, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and ultimately, murder. Shakespeare's play explores themes of deception, racism, and the destructive power of jealousy.
Why to See It: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will return to Broadway in a production of Othello directed by Kenny Leon. Washington will play the title character and Gyllenhaal will take on the role of Iago.
Purpose
Running at the Hayes Theatre
Previews Begin: February 25, 2025
Opening Night: TBA
Plot: For decades, the influential Jasper family has been a pillar of Black American Politics: civil rights leaders, pastors and congressmen. But like all families, there are cracks and secrets just under the surface. When the youngest son Nazareth returns home to Illinois with an uninvited friend in tow, the family is forced into a reckoning with itself, its faith and the legacies of Black radicalism.
Why to See It: Straight from an acclaimed run at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the play arrives on Broadway, marking Phylicia Rashad's Broadway directing debut.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Runing at the Music Box Theatre
Previews Begin: March 10, 2025
Opening Night: March 27, 2025
Plot: Williams’ interpretation of beauty, excess, and a deal with the devil brings a striking resonance in our current era, holding a mirror to 21st century society’s narcissistic obsession with youth.
Why to See It: The revival arrives following a sold out, critically acclaimed run in the West End, starring Sarah Snook (“Succession”) in her Broadway debut playing 26 characters. The stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s only novel is adapted and directed by Kip Williams, the Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company, where the production originated.
Boop! The Musical
Running at the Broadhurst Theatre
Previews Begin: March 11, 2025
Opening Night: April 5, 2025
Plot: Betty's dream of an ordinary day off from the super-celebrity in her black-and-white world leads to an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City — one that reminds her and the world, “You are capable of amazing things.”
Why to See It: Following a critically acclaimed engagement in Chicago last year, Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell brings the Queen of the Animated Screen to the theater, with celebrated multiple Grammy Award-winning composer David Foster, Tony Award-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead and Tony Award-winning book writer Bob Martin.
Smash
Running at the Imperial Theatre
Previews Begin: March 11, 2025
Opening Night: April 10, 2025
Plot: The show revolves around a group of artists creating new Broadway musicals, where everyone must balance their often chaotic personal life with the all-consuming demands of life in the theater.
Why to See It: SMASH has set its sights on Broadway with an award-winning creative team and lead producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, and Steven Spielberg. The stage musical adaptation, inspired by the fan-favorite NBC series on which they all worked together, is slated for Broadway in the 2024-25 season.
Good Night, and Good Luck
Running at the Winter Garden Theatre
Previews Begin: March 12, 2025
Opening Night: April 3, 2025
Plot: Set in the 1950s, Good Night, and Good Luck chronicles the real-life conflict between journalist Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Why to See It: George Clooney will be making his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of Good Night, and Good Luck. The 2005 film earned Clooney directing and writing Oscar nominations, and the film was nominated for Best Picture. The stage adapation will be directed by David Cromer.
The Last Five Years
Running at the Hudson Theatre
Previews Begin: March 18, 2025
Opening Night: April 6, 2025
Plot: The Last Five Years follows two New Yorkers, rising author Jamie and aspiring actress Cathy, as they fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The musical explores whether a couple, once united by their dreams, can remain connected as their paths diverge.
Why to See It: Singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren will return to Broadway to star as "Jamie" and "Cathy" in the first ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's beloved musical. This bold, brand-new production will be directed by 2024 Tony Award nominee Whitney White.
John Proctor Is the Villain
Running at the Booth Theatre
Previews Begin: March 20, 2025
Opening Night: April 14, 2025
Plot: At a high school in a rural town in Georgia, an English class is studying The Crucible, but the students are more preoccupied with navigating young love, sex ed, and a few school scandals. As they delve into the American classic, the students begin to question the play’s perspective and the validity of naming John Proctor the show’s hero.
Why to See It: Directed by Tony Award winner Danya Taymor, John Proctor is the Villian is a new comedy from a major new American voice, capturing a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury—and discovering that their future is not bound by the past.
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Running at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Previews Begin: March 25, 2025
Opening Night: April 2025
Plot: Celebrate one of Broadway’s true icons with this legendary theatrical event! Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends is an irresistible tribute to the master himself, with a company headlined by none other than Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.
Why to See It: Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends comes to Broadway from London’s West End, where it sold out in a matter of hours, earned a bevy of 5-star raves and was hailed by The New York Times as “unmissable musical theatre.”
Floyd Collins
Running at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Previews Begin: March 27, 2025
Opening Night: April 21, 2025
Plot: Floyd Collins is based on the true story of a cave explorer in Kentucky, 1925. While chasing a dream of fame and fortune by turning Sand Cave into a tourist attraction, Floyd Collins himself becomes the attraction when he gets trapped 200 feet underground. Alone but for sporadic contact with the outside world, including his brother Homer, Floyd fights for his sanity – and, ultimately, his life – as the rescue effort above explodes into the first genuine media circus. Reporters and gawkers from across the country descend on the property, fueling the hysteria and manipulating the nation into holding its collective breath.
Why to See It: Floyd Collins, featuring a haunting exploration of the American dream by Tina Landau and a glorious folk and bluegrass-inspired score by Adam Guettel, tells the transcendent tale of a true American dreamer.
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Running at the Marquis Theatre
Previews Begin: March 28, 2025
Opening Night: April 22, 2025
Plot: Before the world turned upside down. Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy…and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.
Why to See It: The play made its world premiere at the Phoenix Theatre in London's West End, where it is currently breaking box office records and is now on sale through February 16, 2025. Based on an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry, it is rooted in the mythology and world of the Netflix global phenomenon series.
Just In Time
Running at the Circle in the Square Theatre
Previews Begin: March 28, 2025
Opening Night: April 23, 2025
Plot: The musical immerses audiences into an intimate, swinging nightclub complete with a live big band, a stellar ensemble cast, and a parade of Bobby Darin’s hits including “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife,” “Splish Splash," and “Dream Lover.” Discover the man behind the music who pushed back against the record labels to chart a new course for himself on the charts – a once-in-a-lifetime talent who knew his time was limited and was determined to make a splash before it was too late.
Why to See It: Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff will return to Broadway in this world premiere, which is developed and directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers.
Real Women Have Curves
Running at the James Earl Jones Theatre
Previews Begin: April 1, 2025
Opening Night: April 27, 2025
Plot: Summer 1987, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. After eighteen years under the roof of her immigrant parents, Ana is ready to spread her wings. Her dreams of college and a career in New York City are bursting at the seams, but her family’s expectations would keep her home, working at their garment factory (and being driven crazy by her mother). Is it worth sacrificing the dreams of her family by Ana fulfilling her own?
Why to See It: Based on the play by Josefina López that inspired the iconic hit film, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical is an uplifting and empowering new show that explores life’s unexpected curves. The musical will debut on Broadway following a critically acclaimed world premiere in 2023 at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) at Harvard University.
The Pirates of Penzance
Running at the Todd Haimes Theatre
Previews Begin: April 4, 2025
Opening Night: April 24, 2025
Plot: Gilbert & Sullivan’s pirate ship docks in New Orleans in this jazzy-bluesy vision of the crowd-pleasing classic, in an outrageously clever romp sizzling with Caribbean rhythms and French Quarter flair. With the tongue-twisting Major-General, the rabble-rousing Pirate King, newly imagined young lovers, daring daughters, footloose pirates and fleet-footed police, there's a shipload of musical comedy delights on board to dazzle first-timers and G&S aficionados alike.
Why to See It: Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce lead the crew as the “The Pirate King” and “W.S. Gilbert & Major General” in this must-see Roundabout reimagining, directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Warren Carlyle.
The Queen of Versailles
Theatre TBA
Previews Begin: TBA
Opening Night: TBA
Plot: From computer engineer to Mrs. Florida to billionairess, Jackie Siegel sees herself as the embodiment of the American Dream. Now, as the wife of David "The Timeshare King" Siegel and mother of their eight children, they invite us to behold their most grandiose venture yet: they're building the largest private home in America in Orlando, Florida – a $100 million house big enough for her dreams and inspired by the Palace of Versailles. But with the Great Recession of 2008 looming, Jackie and David's dreams begin to crumble, along with their lavish lifestyle.
Why to See It: Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway in this new musical by Oscar-winning songwriter Stephen Schwartz. Based on Lauren Greenfield’s award-winning 2012 documentary film, it will feature direction by Tony Award winner Michael Arden and choreography by Lauren Yalango-Grant & Christopher Cree Grant.
Waiting for Godot
Theatre TBA
Previews Begin: TBA
Opening Night: TBA
Plot: Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly for someone named Godot, who never arrives. The play explores themes of existentialism, the passage of time, and the human condition, often through absurd and darkly humorous dialogue.
Why to See It: Two-time Tony Award nominee and multiple Olivier Award winner Jamie Lloyd will direct this new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who have a friendship that spans 35 years and began during the filming of the 1989 classic comedy Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Theatre TBA
Previews Begin: TBA
Opening Night: TBA
Plot: The play is set in a cutthroat Chicago real estate office where four salespeople compete to sell mostly worthless properties to unwitting customers. Whoever sells the most wins a car; whoever sells the least is out of a job – a ruthless environment where each character will do anything to come out on top.
Why to See It: Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, and Bill Burr will lead the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Tony & Olivier Award Winner Patrick Marber.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Theatre TBA
Previews Begin: TBA
Opening Night: TBA
Plot: Southern charm is bountiful in Savannah, Georgia. But behind polite smiles, the eccentric residents are filled with secrets and motives. When wealthy antiques dealer Jim Williams is accused of murder, the sensational trial uncovers hidden truths and exposes the fine line between good and evil — which sparks Lady Chablis and other Savannahians to change the city forever.
Why to See It: Adapted from John Berendt’s 1994 non-fiction book and a Pulitzer-Prize finalist that was on the New York Times Best-Seller list for 216 weeks, the new musical had its world premiere at The Goodman Theatre in July 2024.
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