Upcoming Broadway Shows for 2024

English, written by Sanaz Toossi and directed by Knud Adams, heads to the Todd Haimes Theatre starting January 3, 2025. It originally premiered off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company in 2022 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2023. The play follows a group of adults studying for the Test of English as a Foreign Language exam. The New York Times said, “Both contemplative and comic, it nails every opportunity for big laughs as its English-learning characters struggle with accents and idioms. But the laughter provides cover for the deeper idea that their struggle is not just linguistic.”  

Why You Should Be Excited About English: English has already had a successful life on stage and won the Pulitzer, one of the most prestigious writing awards.

Redwood plays at the Nederlander Theatre starting January 24, 2025 after a sold-out run in San Diego at the La Jolla Playhouse. With book and direction from Tina Landau, music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by Diaz and Landau, Forbes called the musical “a must-see…Listening to Idina Menzel sing is pure joy…I’ve seen the future of Broadway musicals and its name is Redwood.” Idina Menzel plays Jesse, a successful businesswoman who heads to the redwoods after an unexpected and shocking event. What follows is a journey of love, healing, and new horizons.

Why You Should Be Excited About Redwood: Idina Menzel, known for her performances in Rent, Aida, Wicked, and If/Then – and for voicing Elsa in Frozen – comes back to Broadway at last! This musical has already had a successful run in California and is generating lots of buzz.

Buena Vista Social Club has a book by Marco Ramirez, choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and is developed and directed by Saheem Ali. After a hit run off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre, it now heads to the Schoenfeld Theatre in February 2025. Get transported to Cuba in this musical featuring the iconic music and stories of Buena Vista Social Club!

Why You Should Be Excited About Buena Vista Social Club: The show has already had a successful run off-Broadway, and the music will have you dancing in your seat. The New York Times said, “the songs lend coherence and depth to the story with their exquisite harmonies, delirious polyrhythms and raw brass.”

Othello comes back to Broadway in February 2025 in a new production directed by Kenny Leon that stars Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal as Othello and Iago respectively. Shakespeare’s classic story of revenge, ambition and betrayal will only be on Broadway a short time, so get tickets while you can!

Why You Should Be Excited About Othello: Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are stars of both the stage and screen. Washington is a Tony Award winner who has previously been seen on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, Julius Caesar and Checkmates while Jake Gyllenhaal is a Tony Award nominee who has been seen in Sea Wall/A Life, Sunday in the Park with George, and Constellations.

Smash comes to Broadway March 11, 2025. Inspired by the tv series of the same name, the show follows a group of actors and creatives as they make a musical about Marilyn Monroe called Bombshell. Cue to drama, egos, joy, and pain of making a Broadway musical. Susan Stroman directs the production with music by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and book by Rick Elice and Bob Martin. Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, and Steven Spielberg are producing, and the show will include new songs as well as beloved songs from the show.

Why You Should Be Excited About Smash: It’s a story about Broadway filled with award-winning Broadway talent! You may already love the tv show, or you might be meeting these characters for the first time, but either way, you’re in for a wild ride.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow is set before the events of the TV show, in Hawkins, 1959. Characters you already know and love – Jim Hopper and Joyce Maldonado – are joined by entirely new characters in this prequel that shows us how it all began. Directed by Stephen Daldry and co-directed by Justin Martin with an original story by the Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne, and Kate Trefry, Stranger Things: The First Shadow is written by Kate Trefry and will play at the Marquis Theatre in March 2025. The Guardian said in its 5-star review, “This is breathtaking theatre with its own arresting imagination…Those familiar with the series will be able to trace storylines back but the production is not just a clever parlour game for fans. If you come at it afresh, it is still irresistible.”

Why You Should Be Excited About Stranger Things: The First Shadow: The TV show remains one of Netflix’s biggest hits, and the stage show took London audiences by storm. With a top-notch creative team and design that is meant to blow you away, this is sure to be an arresting watch.

The Last Five Years finally comes to Broadway in March 2025! This fan favorite musical by Jason Robert Brown (known for Parade and Bridges of Madison County) will be directed by Whitney White and will star Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren as a couple going through ups and downs in the professional and romantic lives. Previous productions have played off-Broadway and in London, and there has also been a film adaptation. Time Out London called it a “magnificently bittersweet musical.”

Why You Should Be Excited About The Last Five Years: Fans are excited to see Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas star in this musical that already has a huge fan-base. Adrienne Warren won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Tina Turner in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, and Nick Jonas is back on Broadway for the first time since his performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in 2012.

The Picture of Dorian Gray comes to Broadway in March 2025 after hit runs in both Australia and London. Kip Williams directs and adapted Oscar Wilde’s famous story, and the production stars Sarah Snook playing all 26 roles in a tour-de-force performance. The Guardian called it a “dazzling, dangerous solo show” in its 5-star review. What would you do to stay young forever?

Why You Should Be Excited About The Picture of Dorian Gray: Sarah Snook is known for her portrayal of Shiv Roy in the HBO tv series Succession.  She is also an accomplished stage actor and won the Oliver Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2024 for her performance in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

The Pirates of Penzance stars David Hyde Pierce and Ramin Karimloo in a whole new adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic by Rupert Holmes. This time the pirate ship docks in New Orleans bringing new sounds of jazz and blues to this story about young love, fast-talking Major-Generals, and Pirate Kings. The show will play at the Todd Haimes Theatre beginning April 4, 2025.

Why You Should Be Excited About The Pirates of Penzance: The Pirates of Penzance is a popular musical comedy, and fans are eager to see two popular actors in the musical - David Hyde Pierce is most known for his portrayal of Dr. Niles Crane on Frasier, but is equally at home on the stage, and Ramin Karimloo most recently played Nick Arnstein in Funny Girl on Broadway.