It was an exciting time on Broadway last season with a post-pandemic boom of 39 new plays, musicals, revivals, and special events. And although the curtain has officially fallen on the 2023/224 season, it’s about to rise again soon for the 2024/25 season. Expect some transfers from Off-Broadway, highly anticipated musicals that have been long in the works, imports from London, and more surprises.
The list below is just the shows that have been officially announced openings through the end of this year. But stay tuned! This list is updated regularly!
May 17
Home
Todd Haimes Theater
A revival of the 1979 Tony Award®-nominated play, Originally staged by the Negro Ensemble Company, Home is a muscular and melodic coming-of-age story that gives voice to the unbreakable spirit of all Americans who have been searching for a place to belong. Kenny Leon (A Soldier’s Play) directs. Limited engagement through July 21.
May 28
Ben Platt: Live at the Palace
Palace Theater
Following in the footsteps of Judy Garland, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, and Harry Belafonte, Tony, GRAMMY, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt will play an exclusive concert residency at Broadway’s recently refurbished Palace Theatre , in celebration of the release of his upcoming third album Honeymind. The residency, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden will play Tuesday, May 28 through Saturday, June 15 for 18 performances only.
June 26
Oh, Mary!
Lyceum Theater
The sold-out breakout hit comedy of the 2024 Off-Broadway season is coming to Broadway for a strictly limited engagement. Written by and starring Cole Escola, Oh, Mary! tells the story of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln in the days leading up to the assassination of the 16th president of the United States - credited in the program as “Mary’s Husband.” Unrequited yearning, alcoholism and suppressed desires abound in this one act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln through the lens of an idiot
July 15
Job
Helen Hayes Theater
Tony nominee Peter Friedman stars in this psychological thriller about an employee at a big tech company who is put on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. Desperate to return to work, her therapist suspects that her job may be doing her more harm than good.
July 31
Once Upon a Mattress
Hudson Theater
Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster leads an all-star cast that includes Michae Urie, Ana Gasteyer, Daniel Breaker, Brooks Ashmanskas, and more in the City Center Encores production of composer Mary Rodgers’ beloved musical spin on Hans Christian Anderson’s The Princess and the Pea.
August 29
The Roommate
Booth Theater
Film and theater icons Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone return to Broadway, starring in a new comedy about the blossoming intimacy between two women from vastly different backgrounds, as they navigate the complexities of identity, morality, and the promise of reinvention.
September 5
McNeal
Lincoln Center: Vivian Beaumont Theater
Academy Award-winner Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar’s new drama about a gifted novelist with a difficult family life and a potentially problematic interest in artificial intelligence.
September 11
The Hills of California
The Broadhurst Theater
Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Jez Butterworth returns to Broadway with a new drama set in an run-down English seaside guesthouse where a dying mother and her four daughters gather in the heatwave of 1976 to say their goodbyes.
September 17
Our Town
Barrymore Theater
After an absence of 25 years, Thornton Wilder’s classic drama about life in a small New England town returns to Broadway. Director Kenny Leon helms the production that features an all star cast that includes: Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Billy Eugene Jones, Ephraim Sykes, Richard Thomas, Michelle Wilson, Julie Halston, Donald Webber Jr.
Yellow Face
Todd Haimes Theatre
Fact and fiction collide in playwright David Henry Hwang’s play about his real-life casting controversy, exploring Asian American identity, racial politics in the arts, and the perpetual foreigner stereotype.
September 26
Left on Tenth
James Earl Jones Theater
Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award-winner Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) and Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award-winner Peter Gallagher (Grace and Frankie) star in a new play by Delia Ephron based on her best-selling memoir.
Romeo and Juliet
Circle in the Square
Kit O’Connor (Netflix’s Heartstopper) and Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) make their Broadway debuts as doomed star crossed lovers in a new production of William Shakespeare’s immortal romantic tragedy
September 28
Sunset Blvd
St. James Theater
Former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger makes her Broadway debut as Norma Desmond in the highly acclaimed West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical about Hollywood, shattered dreams, and a forgotten icon.
October 16
Maybe Happy Ending
Belasco Theater
Tony Award-winning director Michael Arden (Parade) helms a fresh, original musical about the small things that make any life worth living. Set in South Korea, the story follows the developing relationship between two robots. Stars Darren Cris (Glee).
A Wonderful World
Studio 54
After winning rave reviews in New Orleans and Chicago, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Disney’s Aladdin, Hamilton) stars in a bio musical about jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong. The show which boasts a book by Aurin Squire (“This Is Us,” “The Good Fight”) and features songs made famous by Louis Armstrong is directed by Christopher Renshaw.
October 19
Tammy Faye
The Palace Theater
EGOT-winner Elton John teams up with Scissor Scissors frontman Jake Shears to present a new musical about the life and times of American icon and televangelism pioneer Tammy Faye Bakker Mesner. A hit in London, the cast features Katie Brayben and Andrew Rannells.
October 23
Death Becomes Her
Lunt Fontanne Theater
Tony Award-nominees Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, and Christopher Sieber star in a musical adaptation of the 1992 comedy about a pair of frenemies turned enemies who take a magic potion to obtain eternal youth only to find it has some unexpected side effects.
October 29
Swept Away
Longacre Theater
From the chart-topping folk-rock band The Avett Brothers comes “a spellbinding tale” of shipwreck, salvation and brotherhood set on the high seas. Comes to Broadway after sold-out runs from coast to coast.
November 20
Cult of Love
Hayes Theater
After successful runs at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Emmy nominee Lesley Headland’s (Bachelorette, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Russian Doll) drama about a tempestuous family Christmas directed by Trip Cullman takes its bow on Broadway
November 21
Gypsy
Majestic Theater
Hailed as the best musical of all time, Gypsy returns to Broadway with six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald in the iconic role of Mama Rose. This production also marks the reopening of Broadway’s Majestic Theater which had been shuttered for renovations after the record-breaking 35-year run of The Phantom of the Opera.
November 25
Eureka Day
Friedman Theater
Bill Irwin, Jessica Hecht, and Tony nominee Amber Gray lead the cast in the Broadway premiere of playwright Jonathan Spector’s wildly relevant and bitingly funny comedy about the debate over vaccinations at a California elementary school.
January 3
English
Todd Haimes Theater
Playwright Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy set in an Iranian classroom where the limits of language are tested as adult English learners practice for their proficiency exam makes its Broadway debut.
January 24
Redwood
Nederlander Theater
Idina Menzel makes her long awaited return to Broadway in a musical about a woman who has it all, leaves everyone behind, gets in her car, and drives to the ancient forests of Northern California, where a chance meeting and a leap of faith change her life forever.
March 11
Boop! The Betty Boop Musical
Broadhurst Theater
Iconic cartoon character Betty Boop’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. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell.
