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 and 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 winnerSanaz Toossimakes 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.
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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-winnerIdina Menzel will return to Broadway in Redwood- written and directed by Tony Award nomineeTina Landau, with music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by Diaz and Landau.
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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/choreographerJerry Mitchellbrings the Queen of the Animated Screen to the theater, with celebrated multiple Grammy Award-winning composerDavid Foster, Tony Award-nominated lyricistSusan Birkenheadand Tony Award-winning book writerBob Martin.
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The Last Five Years
Running at the Hudson Theatre
Previews Begin: March 18, 2025
Opening Night: April 6, 2025
Plot:The Last Five Yearsfollows 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 JonasandTony 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.
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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 Friendsis an irresistible tribute to the master himself, with a company headlined by none other than Tony Award winnersBernadette PetersandLea Salonga.
Why to See It:Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friendscomes 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 byThe New York Timesas “unmissable musical theatre.”
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Floyd Collins
Running at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Previews Begin: March 27, 2025
Opening Night: April 21, 2025
Plot:Floyd Collinsis 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.
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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 madeits 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.
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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.
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Othello
Theatre TBA
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Opening Night: TBA
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.
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Good Night, and Good Luck
Theatre TBA
Previews Begin: TBA
Opening Night: TBA
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.
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Smash
Theatre TBA
Previews Begin: TBA
Opening Night: TBA
Plot:The show revolves around a group of artists creating newBroadway 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.
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The Queen of Versailles
Theatre TBA
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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 byOscar-winning songwriterStephen Schwartz. Based onLauren Greenfield’saward-winning 2012 documentary film, it will feature direction by Tony Award winnerMichael Ardenand choreography byLauren Yalango-Grant & Christopher Cree Grant.
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Waiting for Godot
Theatre TBA
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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 winnerJamie Lloydwill direct this new production ofSamuel Beckett’sWaiting For GodotstarringKeanu ReevesandAlex Winter, who have a friendship that spans 35 years and began during the filming of the 1989 classic comedyBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.
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