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Best Shows on Broadway This Fall

Last updated Nov. 20, 2024 by Broadway.com Staff
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Broadway's fall season is officially underway! As the weather cools down, new plays and musicals will be making their way to theater's biggest stage, led by the stars of stage and screen. As you plan your trip to Broadway, take a look at the best shows arriving this fall!

What You'll Learn About

The Roommate

Now Open; Closes December 15, 2024
Cast Includes: Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow.

Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow return to Broadway in Jen Silverman's witty and profound comedy about two women from vastly different backgrounds navigating the complexities of identity, morality, and the promise of reinvention. Get tickets to The Roommate on Broadway!

Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow help each other in the apartment
Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow in The Roommate
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

McNEAL

Now Open; Closes November 24, 2024
Cast Includes: Robert Downey Jr.

Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut in Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar's new work that examines the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of the stories we tell. Get tickets to McNeal on Broadway!


The Hills of California

Now Open; Closes December 22, 2024
Cast Includes: Laura Donnelly

Arriving on Broadway directly from London, Jez Butterworth's rich family drama follows the Webb sisters in both their musical past and as they navigate the death of their matriarch. Get tickets to The Hills of California on Broadway!


Yellow Face

Now Open; Closes November 24, 2024
Cast Includes: Daniel Dae Kim.

Screen favorite Daniel Dae Kim returns to Broadway in David Henry Hwang's Obie Award-winning and Pulitzer finalist farce about a playwright who protests yellowface casting in Miss Saigon, only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. 


Our Town

Now Open: Closes January 19, 2025
Cast Includes: Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes.

A starry cast leads Kenny Leon's production of Thornton Wilder's timeless, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about life in the village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Get tickets to Our Town on Broadway!

Jim Parsons stands center stage looking out at the audience, with the cast assembled behind him
Jim Parsons and the cast of Our Town
(Photo: Daniel Rader)

Left on Tenth

Now Open
Cast Includes: Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher.

Based on Delia Ephron's best-selling memoir of the same name, Left on Tenth is a true story about love, hope, and the wonder of second chances.  Get tickets to Left on Tenth on Broadway!


Sunset Boulevard

Now Open
Cast Includes: Nicole Scherzinger.

Nicole Scherzinger makes her Broadway debut as Norma Desmond in director Jamie Lloyd's thrilling revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical navigating the intoxicating need for fame and adoration. Get tickets to Sunset Boulevard on Broadway!

 
Nicole Scherzinger faces forward and looks out dramatically
Nicole Scherzinger in the West End production of Sunset Boulevard
(Photo: Marc Brenner)

Romeo + Juliet

Now Open; Closes January 19, 2025
Cast Includes: Kit Connor, Rachel Zegler

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler star in a new production of Shakespeare's timeless tale of star-crossed lovers, featuring music from Grammy winner Jack Antonoff. Get tickets to Romeo + Juliet on Broadway!


A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical

Now Open

Cast Includes: James Monroe Iglehart.

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart stars as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in this new musical about his musical career, told from the perspective of his four wives, who each had a unique impact on his life. Get tickets to A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway!

James Monroe Iglehart as Louis Armstrong stands in a tux, smiling and laughing
James Monroe Iglehart in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
(Photo: Jeremy Daniel)

Maybe Happy Ending

Now Open
Cast Includes: Darren Criss, Helen J Shen.

Darren Criss and Helen J Shen star in this new romantic musical comedy that follows two Help-Bot robots living in Seoul as they form a unique friendship and go on a surprising adventure. Get tickets to Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway!

James Monroe Iglehart as Helperbot Oliver stands smiling and holding a plant
Darren Criss in Maybe Happy Ending
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Tammy Faye

Now Open; Closes December 8, 2024
Cast Includes: Katie Brayben

Featuring music by Elton John and Scissor Sisters' Jake Shears, Tammy Faye tells the story of Tammy Faye Bakker, a traveling preacher’s wife who beamed into homes with a message of hope... and stole the country’s heart. Get tickets to Tammy Faye on Broadway!

Katie Brayben stand seriously
Katie Brayben in the London production of Tammy Faye
(Photo: Marc Brenner)

Death Becomes Her

Now in Previews; Opens November 21, 2024
Cast Includes: Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Michelle Williams and Christopher Sieber

The musical adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name comes to Broadway! Death Becomes Her follows Madeline and Helen as they begin a new era of life thanks to a mysterious woman with a secret that's to die for. Get tickets to Death Becomes Her on Broadway!


Swept Away

Now Open
Cast Includes: Stark Sands, John Gallagher Jr..

Featuring the music of The Avett Brothers, Swept Away tells the tale of four sailors as they face reckoning following the sinking of their whaling ship off the coast of Massachusetts. Get tickets to Swept Away on Broadway!

 
Nicole Scherzinger faces forward and looks out dramatically
The cast of the Berkeley Rep production of Swept Away
(Photo: Julieta Cervantes)

Cult of Love

Now in Previews; Opens December 12, 2024; Closes February 2, 2025

Join the Dahl family for the holidays in the Broadway premiere of Emmy nominee Leslye Headland's new play.


Gypsy

Previews begin November 21, 2024; December 19, 2024
Cast Includes: Audra McDonald

Sing out! Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald returns to Broadway as Momma Rose in the classic musical from Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim. Get tickets to Gypsy on Broadway!


Eureka Day

Previews begin November 25, 2024; December 16, 2024, Closes January 19, 2025

Jonathan Spector’s wildly relevant and bitingly funny play set at a private California elementary school arrives on Broadway after a successful London run.


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