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The Best Shows Coming to Broadway in 2024

Last updated Nov. 20, 2024 by Broadway.com Staff
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From thrilling revivals to stage adaptations of screen favorites to starry plays and beyond, find out the best musicals and plays on the way to Broadway in 2024.


The Notebook
Now Open; Closes on December 15, 2024
Allie and Noah arrive on stage in the musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling romantic drama, featuring a score by Ingrid Michaelson. Get The Notebook on Broadway Tickets!

Water For Elephants
Now Open; Closes on December 8, 2024
The circus comes to Broadway! Sarah Gruen’s best-selling novel comes to vivid life in this unique, spectacle-filled musical adaptation. Get Water for Elephants on Broadway Tickets!

a circus act performs
Paul Alexander Nolan, Isabelle McCalla and Grant Gustin in Water For Elephants
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

 

The Outsiders
Now Open
Ponyboy and the gang arrive on Broadway in a new musical based on on S.E. Hinton’s classic novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s motion picture. Get The Outsiders on Broadway Tickets!

Suffs
Now Open; Closes January 5, 2024
Shaina Taub’s epic new musical tells the story of the suffragists as they fight for the women’s right to vote. Get Suffs on Broadway Tickets!

Hell's Kitchen
Now Open
A new musical inspired by the life of, and featuring music and lyrics by, 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys. Get Hell's Kitchen on Broadway Tickets!

The Great Gatsby
Now Open
Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada star in the musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel. Get The Great Gatsby on Broadway Tickets!

Cabaret
Now Open
The Kit Kat Club returns to Broadway in this electrifying new production of Kander and Ebb’s classic musical. Get Cabaret on Broadway Tickets!

Stereophonic
Now Open; Closes January 12, 2025
Featuring original music from Arcade Fire's Will Butler, Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Get Stereophonic on Broadway Tickets!

a band sits in a recording studio
The cast of Stereophonic
(Photo: Julieta Cervantes)

Oh, Mary!
Now Open; Closes January 19, 2025
Cole Escola's hit farce following the life of Mary Todd Lincoln arrives on Broadway for a limited run. Get Oh, Mary! on Broadway Tickets

Once Upon a Mattress
Now Open; Closes November 30, 2024
Sutton Foster and Michael Urie star in the Broadway revival of this beloved musical fairytale, transferring to Broadway after a successful run at City Center Encores! Get Once Upon a Mattress on Broadway Tickets!

Sutton Foster in the City Center Encores! production of Once Upon a Mattress
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

The Roommate
Now Open; Closes December 15, 2024
Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow return to Broadway in a new comedy by Jen Silverman. Get The Roommate on Broadway Tickets!

McNeal
Now Open; Closes November 24, 2024
Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut in this new play from Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar. Get McNeal on Broadway Tickets!

The Hills of California
Now Open; Closes December 22, 2024
Jez Butterworth's new play looking back on the story of the singing Webb sisters arrives on Broadway direct from London, directed by Sam Mendes. 

Yellow Face
Now Open; Closes November 24, 2024
Daniel Dae Kim stars in David Henry Hwang's acclaimed laugh-out-loud farce, inspired by real events.

Our Town
Now Open
Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch and Katie Holmes lead a starry cast in Kenny Leon's production of Thornton Wilder's classic play. Get Our Town on Broadway Tickets!

Romeo + Juliet
Now Open; Closes January 19, 2025
Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler come to Broadway in a new production of Shakespeare's classic, featuring music by Grammy winner Jack Antonoff.

Sunset Boulevard
Now Open
Nicole Scherzinger makes her Broadway debut as Norma Desmond in Jamie Lloyd's production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical.

Norma Desmond holds her head in her hands looking up
Nicole Scherzinger in the London production of Sunset Boulevard
(Photo: Marc Brenner)


Left on Tenth
Now Open
Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher star in a new play based on Delia Ephron's best-selling memoir of the same name.

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical
Now Open
Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart stars as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in this new musical, told from the perspective of his four wives.

Maybe Happy Ending
Now Open
Darren Criss and Helen J Shen star in this new musical romantic comedy, directed by Michael Arden. 

Tammy Faye
Now Open; Closes December 8, 2024
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!

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
The musical adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name arrives on Broadway, starring Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber and Michelle Williams.

Swept Away
Now Open
The new musical featuring the music of The Avett Brothers sails to Broadway.

Elf: The Musical
Now Open; Closes January 4, 2025
Buddy the Elf is back to show the Big Apple the true meaning of Christmas! The hilarious and heartwarming musical, based on the holiday favorite film of the same name, returns to Broadway for a limited engagement.

Cult of Love
Now in Previews; Opens December 12, 2024; Closes February 2, 2025
Second Stage presents the Broadway premiere of Emmy Award-nominee Leslye Headland's play, following the Dahl family as they return home for the holidays.

Gypsy
Previews begin November 21, 2024; Opens December 19, 2024
Audra McDonald returns to Broadway as Momma Rose in this classic musical from Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim. Get Gypsy on Broadway Tickets!

Eureka Day
Previews begin November 25, 2024
Jonathan Spector’s wildly relevant and bitingly funny play set in a private California elementary school arrives on Broadway after a successful London run.

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