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The Best Shows Coming to Broadway in 2025

Last updated Nov. 19, 2024 by Broadway.com Staff
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The 2024-2025 Broadway season is officially underway! You already know all about what's headed to Broadway this fall, and now is the perfect time to look ahead at what's to come in the second half of the season and beyond. 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 2025.
 


English
Previews begin January 3, 2025; 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. Get English on Broadway Tickets!

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. Get Redwood on Broadway Tickets!

Idina Menzel stands in front of a large tree
Idina Menzel in the La Jolla Playhouse production of Redwood
(Photo: Rich Soublet)

Operation Mincemeat
Previews begin February 15, 2025; Opens March 20, 2025
The Olivier Award-winning caper musical, based on a World War II deception operation, makes its way across the pond.

Buena Vista Social Club
Previews begin February 21, 2025; Opens March 19, 2025
Inspired by true events, this new musical brings the GRAMMY® Award-winning album to thrilling life—and tells the story of the legends who lived it. Get Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway Tickets!

Othello
Previews Begin February 24, 2025; Opens March 23, 2025; Closes June 8, 2025
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal return to Broadway in a new production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, directed by Kenny Leon. Get Othello on Broadway Tickets! 

Purpose
Previews Begin February 25, 2025
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins spirited, hilarious and intriguing family drama arrives on Broadway, directed by Phylicia Rashad.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Previews begin March 10, 2025; Opens March 27
Succession star Sarah Snook makes her Broadway debut playing 26 characters in Kip Williams' production of Oscar Wilde's classic.

BOOP! The Musical
Previews Begin March 11, 2025; Opens April 5, 2025
Based on the iconic comic, the sassy and sweet Betty Boop comes to Broadway in this new musical comedy extravaganza.

Betty Boop poses center stage
Jasmine Amy Rogers in the Chicago production of BOOP! The Musical
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Smash
Previews Begin March 11, 2025; Opens April 10
Based on the TV series of the same name, and featuring songs from the series, Smash follows the process of mounting Bombshell, a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe.

Good Night, and Good Luck
Previews Begin March 12, 2025; Opens April 3, 2025
George Clooney makes his Broadway debut as Edward R. Murrows in this historical drama about 1950s television news, based on 2005 film of the same name.

The Last Five Years
Previews Begin March 18, 2025; Opens April 6
Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren star in the first-ever Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown's musical about a couple falling in, and out, of love. Get tickets to The Last Five Years on Broadway! 

John Proctor is the Villain
Previews Begin March 20, 2025; Opens April 12, 2025
Stranger Things star Sadie Sink returns to Broadway in this new comedy by Kimberly Belflower that flips the script on American classic The Crucible.

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Previews begin March 25, 2025; Opens April 8, 2025
Broadway favorites Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga pay tribute to legendary composer Stephen Sondheim in this theatrical event celebrating his work.

Floyd Collins
Previews begin March 27, 2025; Opens April 21, 2025
Based on the true story of a cave explorer in 1925 Kentucky, Adam Guettel's musical makes its long-awaited Broadway debut.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Previews begin March 28, 2025; Opens April 22, 2025
The Olivier Award-winning prequel to the hit Netflix series arrives on Broadway featuring stunning special effects, extraordinary performances, and a storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Get tickets to Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway!

The London production of Stranger Things: The First Shadow
(Photo: Manuel Harlan)

Just In Time
Previews begin March 28, 2025; Opens April 23, 2025
Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff stars as the legendary Bobby Darin in this immersive new biomusical that turns Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre into an intimate nightclub.

Pirates! The Penzance Musical 
Previews begin April 4, 2025; Opens April 25, 2025; Closes June 22, 2025
Ramin KarimlooDavid Hyde Pierce and Jinkx Monsoon lead the jazz-infused Broadway revival of Gilbert & Sullivan's clever romp, taking place as the title pirates dock their ship in New Orleans. Get Pirates! The Penzance Musical on Broadway Tickets!

Glengarry Glen Ross
Begins in the Spring of 2025
Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr lead the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning real estate drama.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Begins in 2025
The new musical adapted from John Berendt’s 1994 blockbuster non-fiction book arrives on Broadway, featuring a book by Taylor Mac and a score by Jason Robert Brown.

Waiting For Godot
Begins in the Fall of 2025
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunite in Jamie Lloyd's production of Samuel Beckett's classic.

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