Happy New Year! Broadway has a fantastic offering of musicals and plays in 2025, and things kick right off in January. This month features Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English taking the stage, as well as Tony winner Idina Menzel's return to Broadway in the new musical Redwood. A few long-running shows will see new faces in their casts in January, including Joey Fatone in & Juliet, Ryan McCartan in The Great Gatsby, Hailey Kilgore & Carlos Valdes in Hadestown and Betty Gilpin in Oh, Mary!. For a full list of shows on the way this year, don't miss our guide to The Best Shows Coming to Broadway in 2025!
Here is your complete guide to the best shows on the Broadway boards in January of 2025.
Broadway's Best Selling Shows
The Top 10 best selling shows currently playing on Broadway. For a deeper look, check out our complete breakdown of Broadway's Best Selling Shows.
| SHOW | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wicked |
| 2 | Hamilton |
| 3 | The Lion King |
| 4 | Gypsy |
| 5 | All In: Comedy About Love |
| 6 | The Great Gatsby |
| 7 | The Outsiders |
| 8 | Oh, Mary! |
| 9 | Aladdin |
| 10 | MJ The Musical |
Based on gross sales for performances during the week ending January 12, 2025. Check out our complete list of Broadway's Best Selling Shows.
The Hottest Shows on Broadway This January
A new year opens with new Broadway shows! From acclaimed plays to anticipated Broadway returns, here are some of the hottest shows to see on Broadway this January.
English
Now in Previews; Opens January 23, 2025; Closes March 2, 2025
Set in an Iranian classroom, Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play follows a group of adult English learners as they study for their proficiency exam and explore the limits of language.
Redwood
Previews begin January 24, 2025; Opens February 13, 2025
Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in this transformative new musical about one woman’s journey into the precious and precarious world of the redwood forest.
Best Broadway Shows, From Screen to Stage
It can be a blast to see classic movies, and their legendary characters, come to life on stage! Here's a selection of film faves that have made their way to Broadway.For a full list of shows that have been adapted from movies, head to our Best Broadway Shows, From Screen to Stage guide.
Death Becomes Her
The musical adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name comes to Broadway! Madeline Ashton and helen Sharp take the stage in Death Becomes Her, which follows the pair as they begin a new era of life thanks to a mysterious woman with a secret that's to die for.
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
The Outsiders
Oklahoma comes to Broadway as Ponyboy and the gang take the stage in a thrilling new musical that explores the timeless themes of chosen family and more that have kept both S.E. Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s motion picture classics for decades.
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)
Chicago
Get ready for some razzle dazzle! Though Kander and Ebb's classic musical originated on stage, Chicago was brought to the screen in 2002 in an adaptation that went on to win six Academy Awards, bringing the story to an even wider audience. The tale of Vaudevillian murderesses Roxie and Velma is still going strong, having just celebrated its 28th year on Broadway!
(Photo: Jeremy Daniel)
Best Broadway Shows for Kids
For a complete breakdown of age-appropriate shows and what you can expect when attending, check out our Best Broadway Shows For Kids in 2025 guide.
Below are the official age recommendations issued by the producers of each show.
Ages 6+
Ages 10+
Broadway Shows Closing Soon
Below are shows that will be closing the curtain this month and you can head here to see all of the shows nearing the end of their Broadway runs.Closed January 5, 2025
The women's movement takes to the Broadway stage! Shaina Taub’s epic new musical tells the story of the suffragists as they engage in a relentless pursuit for the women’s right to vote.
Back to the Future
Closed January 5, 2025
Great Scott! When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past and send himself... back to the future.
Stereophonic
Closed January 12, 2025
Featuring original music from Arcade Fire's Will Butler and set in a recording studio in 1976, Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on an up-and-coming rock band as they teeter on the cusp of superstardom.
Our Town
Closes January 19, 2025
Jim Parsons leads a starry cast in Kenny Leon's production of Thornton Wilder's timeless, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about life in the village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire.
