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A guide to the 19 musicals and plays opening on Broadway
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Get your calendar out: There are 19 productions opening on Broadway this spring—12 in April alone! The jam-packed lineup includes lauded London imports (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Operation Mincemeat), acclaimed Off-Broadway transfers (Dead Outlaw, Buena Vista Social Club™), new musicals (Redwood, BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical, Smash, Real Women Have Curves) and revivals (Floyd Collins, Pirates! The Penzance Musical), plus a slew of stars, such as Bernadette Peters, Idina Menzel, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, David Hyde Pierce and George Clooney. Our guide helps you navigate everything that's coming.
Remember, many shows that bowed on Broadway in the fall are still running, including the recently opened English, Eureka Day and Gypsy. To help you keep track of all the openings and closings, our handy Show Finder filters allow you to sort Broadway shows by currently running, coming soon and closing soon.
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NOTE: Shows are listed in first preview date order within each category.
Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start January 24. Opens February 13. Open run.
Tony-winning Wicked star Idina Menzel returns to Broadway for the first time in more than a decade in Redwood, which had a well-received world premiere at La Jolla Playhouse last year. The brainchild of Menzel and playwright-director Tina Landau (Floyd Collins), with music by Kate Diaz and lyrics by Diaz and Landau, the musical centers on Jesse, a successful middle-aged woman who leaves her family and seeks solace in nature after a tremendous loss. Hana S. Kim's stunning media design conjures a forest of redwoods that helps Jesse process her grief and reconnect with life. Broadway vets De'Adre Aziza and Michael Park costar.
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John Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start February 15. Opens March 20. Closes June 15.
SpitLip's Fringe-style spoof made its way from an 80-seat London theatre to the West End where it won the 2024 Olivier Award for Best Musical. Now Operation Mincemeat arrives on Broadway. This veddy British musical comedy revolves around a real-life World War II plot to foil the Nazis by planting fake military plans on a corpse outfitted as a downed British pilot. The cast of five, three of whom cowrote the show, change characters as quickly as costumes in this outrageous, history-inspired romp.
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Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start February 21. Opens March 19. Open run.
After a critically acclaimed, sold-out run at Atlantic Theater Company last season, Buena Vista Social Club™ transfers to Broadway. Inspired by the Grammy-winning 1997 album and group of the same name, the musical celebrates the Cuban musicians who became international sensations for reviving the sounds of their homeland's golden age. Marco Ramirez's book alternates between the 1996 recording sessions in Havana and the key players in their youth, as they face political and personal challenges. Tony nominee Saheem Ali (Fat Ham) once again directs the show, which features spirited choreography by Patricia Delgado and Tony winner Justin Peck (Carousel) and an exuberant onstage band.
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Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 11. Opens April 5. Open run.
Max Fleischer's black-and-white Betty Boop comes to colorful life in this new musical, which had a successful world premiere in Chicago in 2023. Once again, charming newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers headlines the show, which finds the 1930s manic pixie cartoon girl magically transported to 21st-century New York City, where she becomes her own woman. Pop hit maker David Foster and lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Jelly's Last Jam) wrote the songs, and Tony winner Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperon, The Prom) penned the amusing book. Kinky Boots Tony winner Jerry Mitchell directs and choreographs.
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Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 11. Opens April 10. Open run.
Many movie musicals have been transformed into Broadway shows, but musical TV series rarely have that trajectory. But that's what's happening at long last with Smash, the short-lived but begrudgingly beloved NBC series about backstage drama during the development of a musical about Marilyn Monroe. Tony-winning Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman penned the songs, some of which were on the original show. Rick Elice and Bob Martin wrote the book, which reportedly deviates wildly from the source material. Susan Stroman directs an ensemble led by Caroline Bowman, Krysta Rodriguez (who was on the TV series in another role!), and Tony nominees Brooks Ashmanskas, Kristine Nielsen and Robyn Hurder.
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Hudson Theatre, 141 West 44th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
Previews start March 18. Opens April 6. Open run.
Jason Robert Brown's musical dissection of a romance finally comes to Broadway starring two powerhouses: Tina Tony winner Adrienne Warren and pop heartthrob Nick Jonas. A study in disconnection, The Last Five Years has the man tell his side of their love story chronologically while the woman recalls their relationship in reverse. Tony nominee Whitney White (Jaja's African Hair Braiding) directs this two-decade-old favorite.
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Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
Previews start March 25. Opens April 8. Closes June 1.
The ingenious and indelible songs of the late, lamented Stephen Sondheim are celebrated in this starry revue, which originated in London. Famed Sondheim interpreter Bernadette Peters (revivals of Follies and A Little Night Music, and the original productions of Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George) croons his spectacular numbers alongside Tony winners Lea Salonga and Beth Leavel and other Broadway vets. Tony winner Matthew Bourne directs this tuneful tribute at Manhattan Theatre Club.
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Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 West 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue
Previews start March 27. Opens April 21. Closes June 22.
In 1996, Floyd Collins, an original musical from a young playwright-director, Tina Landau, and an up-and-coming songwriter with a notable lineage, Adam Guettel (son of Mary Rodgers and grandson of Richard Rodgers), was an award-winning hit for Playwrights Horizons. Now the very busy Landau is directing the Broadway premiere of the show for Lincoln Center Theater. Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan plays the title character, a real-life explorer who got trapped in a Kentucky cave in 1925 and whose escape attempts became a national obsession. Marc Kudisch is his domineering father and indie pop princess Lizzy McAlpine makes her Broadway debut as his fragile sister.
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Circle in the Square Theatre, 1633 Broadway with the entrance between Broadway and Eighth Avenue on 50th Street
Previews start March 28. Opens April 23. Closes July 27.
Merrily We Roll Along Tony winner Jonathan Groff plays popular mid-20th-century singer Bobby Darin in this bio-musical. His life was short-lived but his hit recordings endure, notably "Beyond the Sea," "Mack the Knife," "Splish Splash" and "Dream Lover." Moulin Rouge! The Musical Tony winner Alex Timbers developed and directs the production, which is set in an intimate nightclub featuring a live onstage band.
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James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 West 48th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews start April 1. Opens April 27. Open run.
Before Real Woman Have Curves became a hit movie, it was a play by Josefina López. That's the inspiration for this new musical about a Latina teenager who yearns to leave her East Los Angeles home until an all-or-nothing order for her parents' dress shop changes her perspective. Joy Huerta of the pop duo Jesse & Joy and Benjamin Velez wrote the songs, and Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin collaborated on the book for this uplifting show, which had its world premiere at Massachusetts' American Repertory Theater in 2023. Tony winner Sergio Trujillo directs and choreographs.
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Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start April 4. Opens April 24. Closes June 22.
After a successful one-night-only benefit concert of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic in 2022, Roundabout Theatre Company is doing a full-fledged revival of this popular comic opera reset in New Orleans with a jazzy flair. Tony winner David Hyde Pierce and Tony nominee Ramin Karimloo reprise their performances as Major General and the Pirate King. Joining the cast are RuPaul's Drag Race alum Jinkx Monsoon as Ruth and Nicholas Barasch as Frederic the Pirate Apprentice. Scott Ellis directs this swashbuckling songfest.
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Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
Previews start April 12. Opens April 27. Closes July 27.
Following an award-winning Off-Broadway run last year, this gleefully morbid musical transfers to Broadway. Created by the Tony-winning team behind The Band's Visit (composer and lyricist David Yazbek, book writer Itamar Moses and director David Cromer) in collaboration with songwriter Erik Della Penna, Dead Outlaw is based on the insane true story of Elmer McCurdy, a turn-of-the-20th-century outlaw whose mummified body became a sideshow attraction that ended up in a horror ride in a California amusement park. The musical traces McCurdy's jaw-dropping journey, before and after his demise. Yes, star Andrew Durand, who's a hoot, actually gets to play dead for half the show, and it's hysterical.
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Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 West 47th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue
Previews start February 24. Opens March 23. Closes June 8.
Movie stars in Shakespeare alert! To be fair, Denzel Washington, who plays the easily manipulated title general, and Jake Gyllenhaal, who portrays the villainous lieutenant devoted to Othello's downfall, have quite the stage credits and accolades, even if they're better known for their screen roles. A Raisin in the Sun Tony winner Kenny Leon directs.
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Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start February 25. Opens March 17. Closes July 6.
Last spring, Second Stage Theater's searing mounting of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate won the Tony for Best Revival of a Play. This spring, the company brings Purpose, a new work by the audacious playwright, to Broadway. Centering on a famous Black family known for its preachers, politicians and civil rights activism, the play delves into their secrets, regrets and shaky faith. Phylicia Rashad, who helmed its world premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company last year, once again directs this explosive ensemble drama starring LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Harry Lennix and Purlie Victorious Tony winner Kara Young.
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Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 10. Opens March 27. Closes June 15.
Oscar Wilde's 19th-century gothic horror novel gets a high-tech 21st-century makeover in this celebrated solo show featuring Succession Emmy winner Sarah Snook playing all 26 roles, a tour de force that won her an Olivier Award in London last year. A dazzling array of visual effects turns this tale of a man relinquishing his soul for eternal youth into an eye-popping experience. Kip Williams adapted the story and directs.
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Palace Theatre, 160 West 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews start March 10. Opens March 31. Closes May 31.
That rumored all-female Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross never materialized, but we're getting a traditional all-male one this spring. Succession's Kieran Culkin, Better Call Saul's Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean and Bill Burr headline this mounting of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, profanity-laced play about a ruthless real estate office where the salesmen go for glory or go home. Leopoldstadt Tony winner Patrick Marber directs.
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Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway between 50th and 51st Streets
Previews start March 12. Opens April 3. Closes June 8.
Hollywood royalty George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck, a stage adaptation of the Oscar-nominated 2005 film he cowrote and directed about broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow going head-to-head with red scare-monger Senator Joseph McCarthy. Clooney plays Murrow, the rest of the cast have yet to be announced. Busy Tony winner David Cromer directs this depressingly relevant examination of the dangers of disinformation.
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Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 20. Opens April 14. Closes June 22.
Sadie Sink (Stranger Things, Annie) stars in Kimberly Belflower's modern-day response to The Crucible, which takes place at a rural Georgia high school where students are reading Arthur Miller's play while navigating the trials and tribulations of adolescence. As discussions swirl, the young women in the class start feeling empowered to speak their minds in this touching and bitingly funny dramedy, which comes to Broadway after several well-reviewed regional mountings. The Outsiders Tony winner Danya Taymor directs.
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Marquis Theatre, 1535 Broadway at 46th Street
Previews start March 28. Opens April 22. Open run.
A smash in London, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a stage prequel to the blockbuster Netflix series, transfers to Broadway. Set in Hawkins, Indiana in 1959, the special effects-filled show explains how all the strangeness began. Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin direct this sci-fi stunner, which stars Louis McCartney as Henry Creel, aka Vecna/001.
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