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The real history behind 'Operation Mincemeat' on Broadway

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The award-winning musical comedy from London, now at NYC's Golden Theatre, tells the story of a bizarre deception mission that turned the tide of World War II.

See photos of 'Real Women Have Curves' on Broadway

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The musical adaptation of the 1990 play by Josefina López tells a coming-of-age story about a teenager choosing between her dreams and her family's.

Michael Patrick Thornton joins Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter in 'Waiting for Godot' Broadway cast

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Director Jamie Lloyd's revival of Samuel Beckett's classic play will have a strictly limited engagement at the Hudson Theatre beginning in September.

See the Broadway stars featured in Variety's Actors on Actors

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The two-time Oscar winner makes his Broadway debut in *Good Night, and Good Luck*, an adaptation of his Oscar-nominated 2005 film, through June 8 only. [George Clooney](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/george-clooney) stars as broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, who went toe-to-toe with Senator Joseph McCarthy over ethics and the truth live on air.

Get [*Good Night, and Good Luck* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41006-good-night-and-good-luck-on-broadway) now.

George Clooney in Good Night, and Good Luck

She's got an Emmy for *Succession* and an Olivier for *Dorian Gray* — and now that [Sarah Snook](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/sarah-snook) is on Broadway, she's a contender for a Tony, too. Snook plays every character in this high-tech, cinematic adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel about a man desperate to stay young and beautiful.

Get [*The Picture of Dorian Gray* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/15368-the-picture-of-dorian-gray-on-broadway) now.

Sarah Snook in The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Nicole Scherzinger](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/nicole-scherzinger) is ready for her close-up as Norma Desmond, a fading film star desperate to claw her way back into the spotlight. She reprises her Olivier Award-winning performance from London in director Jamie Lloyd's thrilling, film noir-esque revival of *Sunset Boulevard*.

Get [*Sunset Boulevard* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/38372-sunset-boulevard-broadway) now.

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The critically acclaimed, off-the-wall historical comedy *Oh, Mary!* made playwright and actor [Cole Escola](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/cole-escola) a breakout star. They reimagine Mary Todd Lincoln as a wannabe cabaret star dealing with repression, alcoholism, and desire in the weeks leading up to her husband's assassination.

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The most critically acclaimed show of the season, *Maybe Happy Ending* stars [Darren Criss](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/darren-criss) and [Helen J. Shen](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/helen-j-shen) as robots who spark an unexpected love connection just when it looks like their warranty's running out.

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Darren Criss in Maybe Happy Ending

It's [Audra McDonald](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/audra-mcdonald)'s turn as Momma Rose, the iconic musical theatre role played by greats like [Bernadette Peters](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/bernadette-peters), Imelda Staunton, and fellow Actors on Actors participant [Patti LuPone](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/patti-lupone). McDonald, the most Tony-winning performer of all time (6), plays a "stage mother" who will do anything to make her two daughters famous.

Get [*Gypsy* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41161-gypsy-on-broadway) now.

Audra McDonald in Gypsy

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Fresh off his Oscar win for *A Real Pain*, [Kieran Culkin](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/kieran-culkin) stars opposite [Bob Odenkirk](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/bob-odenkirk) and [Bill Burr](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/bill-burr) in the Pulitzer-winning *Glengarry Glen Ross*, about real estate agents' cutthroat competition to sell the most or lose their jobs.

[Check back for information on *Glengarry Glen Ross* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41986-glengarry-glen-ross-on-broadway)

Kieran Culkin in Glengarry Glen Ross

[Jake Gyllenhaal](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jake-gyllenhaal) and [Denzel Washington](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/denzel-washington) duke it out in Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy about the titular Othello (Washington), a renowned military general, and his ensign Iago (Gyllenhaal), who schemes and manipulates to ruin him.

[Check back for information on *Othello* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/40030-othello-on-broadway)

Jake Gyllenhaal in Othello

Look out, Johnny's back! [Jonathan Groff](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/jonathan-groff), a 2024 Tony Award winner for *Merrily We Roll Along*, returns to Broadway in the Bobby Darin bio-musical *Just in Time*. Groff charms as the iconic singer whose hits include "Splish Splash," "Dream Lover," and "Mack the Knife."

[Check back for information on *Just in Time* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42905-just-in-time-on-broadway)

Jonathan Groff in Just in Time

Participants like George Clooney, Sarah Snook, Cole Escola, Darren Criss, Nicole Scherzinger, and more are currently headlining major plays and musicals.

Best Broadway shows in New York in May 2025

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Winner of four Best Musical prizes for its 2024 Off-Broadway premiere, *Dead Outlaw* tells the story of a bandit whose corpse was embalmed and displayed as a carnival sideshow and museum attraction for decades. It's told with rollicking folk rock music — and it's 100% true.

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Dead Outlaw

A World War II mission — one involving a stolen corpse, no less — doesn't sound like a musical comedy, but this hit British show proves that wrong. With catchy tunes and plenty of laughs, *Operation Mincemeat* tells the story of the real-life operation that turned the tide in the Allies' favor and the mad geniuses behind it. 

Get [*Operation Mincemeat* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42735-operation-mincemeat-on-broadway) now.

Operation Mincemeat

The [best-reviewed musical](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/maybe-happy-ending-broadway-review-darren-criss-helen-j-shen) of the season, *Maybe Happy Ending* is your typical love story — almost. Boy ([Darren Criss](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/darren-criss)) meets girl ([Helen J. Shen](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/helen-j-shen)), and after a rocky start, they go on an adventure through South Korea and maybe fall in love. Did we mention they're robots?

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Maybe Happy Ending

Now a warning? *Death Becomes Her* has made audiences die of laughter on Broadway since the fall. The no-holds-barred musical comedy is adapted from the 1992 Meryl Streep/Goldie Hawn film about frenemies who each take an anti-aging potion to remain young and beautiful forever. And ever.

Get [*Death Becomes Her* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/34895-death-becomes-her-on-broadway) now.

Death Becomes Her

Let the music move you at this vibrant new musical about the [Grammy Award-winning Cuban music group](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/the-real-history-behind-buena-vista-social-club-on-broadway). Decades after the Cuban Revolution upended their careers, older musicians reunite to make a record that will usher in a renaissance of old-school Latin sounds — and we defy you not to dance in your seat.

Get [*Buena Vista Social Club* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31351-buena-vista-social-club) now.

Buena Vista Social Club

This celebratory new musical, adapted from the hit play and film, tells a story of coming-of-age, acceptance, and ambition. Eighteen-year-old Ana must choose between pursuing her dreams of college and a career in NYC and staying in Los Angeles to work at her immigrant family's dress factory.

Get [*Real Women Have Curves* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/12886-real-women-have-curves-on-broadway) now.

Real Women Have Curves

Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her close-up. Now extended through July 13, *Sunset Boulevard* is a thrilling, cinematic Broadway musical about a film star obsessively clinging to the fame she thinks she still has.

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Sunset Boulevard

It's six-time Tony Award winner [Audra McDonald](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/audra-mcdonald)'s turn as Momma Rose, one of the most iconic roles in musical theatre. *Gypsy* follows this stage mother's obsessive attempts to make her two daughters into stars, and it features classic songs like "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Together Wherever We Go."

Get [*Gypsy* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41161-gypsy-on-broadway) now.

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One of the [best-reviewed new plays](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/john-proctor-is-the-villain-broadway-review-sadie-sink) of the season, *John Proctor Is the Villain* turns a classic story on its head. A group of high school girls studying *The Crucible* start to question what they're being taught in light of shocking scandals in their rural Georgia town.

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John Proctor Is the Villain

Playwright [Cole Escola](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/cole-escola) and the full original cast of this hit comedy have returned! Escola stars as Mary Todd Lincoln, who grapples with desire, alcoholism, and an all-consuming desire to be a cabaret star in the weeks before her husband's assassination.

Get [*Oh, Mary!* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/37743-oh-mary) now.

Oh, Mary!

*Succession*'s [Sarah Snook](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/sarah-snook) delivers an unmissable solo performance in the first Broadway adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, playing dozens of characters in the story of a man who remains young while his portrait reveals his deteriorating soul.

Get [*The Picture of Dorian Gray* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/15368-the-picture-of-dorian-gray-on-broadway) now.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

*Stranger Things*'s [Maya Hawke](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/maya-hawke) plays the title role in Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of a classic Greek myth. When Eurydice dies shortly after her marriage to Orpheus, she reunites with her father in the underworld, complicating her decision to go back to the world of the living or not when Orpheus comes for her.

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Eurydice

*Bowl EP* features something most plays don't: live skateboarding. As Kelly K Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter try to figure out a name for their rap group, they flirt, skate, rap, open up, and get closer to their goal — and to each other.

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Bowl EP

Inspired by the African myth of Marimba, a deity who made music out of heartbreak, *Goddess* follows a mysterious woman who enchants everyone she meets and upends the future of a young man who visits her Afro-jazz club in Kenya.

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Goddess

The New York Post once captioned an iconic paparazzi photo of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears "the three bimbos of the apocalypse" — but there's a fourth person in the picture. Who is she? In this pop-fueled musical, a group of young internet sleuths are determined to find out.

Get [*The Last Bimbo of the Apocalpyse* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42440-the-last-bimbo-of-the-apocalypse) now.

The Last Bimbo of the Apocalpyse

[Hugh Jackman](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/hugh-jackman) and [Ella Beatty](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/ella-beatty) star in this slippery new play about university professor and novelist Jon (Jackman), already nearing the end of his third marriage. He ends up in dangerous territory with the arrival of 19-year-old Annie (Beatty), with whom he shares a dangerous mutual attraction.

[Check back for information on *Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/44026-sexual-misconduct-of-the-middle-classes)

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

Deception, seduction, and revelation arise when struggling painter Adi sparks an intimate connection with Gustav, who in turn becomes interested in Adi's wife, Tekla. [Liev Schreiber](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/liev-schreiber), [Justice Smith](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/justice-smith), and [Maggie Siff](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/maggie-siff) lead August Strindberg's twisted psychological thriller.

[Check back for information on *Creditors* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/44028-creditors)

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On the day of the final broadcast of Nat King Cole's variety show, he can either exit quietly — or, in the advice of Sammy Davis Jr., "go out with a bang." Emmy Award nominee Dulé Hill and Tony Award nominee Daniel J. Watts star as the two iconic singers in this new musical featuring Cole's hit songs.

[Check back for information on *Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41157-lights-out-nat-king-cole)

Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole

Elizabeth Marvel leads this new play as a visionary fashion photographer whose dream gig — a Vogue cover shoot at a crumbling European estate — turns out to be a nightmare in which she must still find and capture the beauty.

[Check back for information on *Five Models in Ruins, 1981* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/43846-five-models-in-ruins-1981)

Five Models in Ruins, 1981

William Inge's classic play gets a new spin as an all-Asian American cast takes on his Midwestern tale. When bus passengers are forced to stop at a diner on a snowy night, strangers collide and find unexpected warmth in each other. Midori Francis (*Dash & Lily*) stars.

[Check back for information on *Bus Stop* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41413-bus-stop)

Bus Stop

Discover our top picks for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows to see in May, including new shows premiering and last-chance shows closing this month.

Top theatre to see in New York in May | New York Theatre Guide

Discover new Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows to check out across New York City in May 2025, including star-studded plays, original musicals, and more.

The ultimate Broadway guide for first-timers

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Find answers to common questions about Broadway shows, theatres, tickets, seating sections, etiquette, accessibility, and more to make your first trip as smooth as possible.

Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen writing '10 Things I Hate About You' musical for Broadway

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The musician and the actor are among the creative team for this stage adaptation of the romantic comedy film starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.

Discover the musicians of 'Buena Vista Social Club' on Broadway

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Lost to history for decades, the artists of the titular Cuban music group were rediscovered in the '90s, and the stage musical's cast brings them to life anew.

Phillip Boykin, KC Dela Cruz join 'Hadestown' Broadway cast

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The two actors step into leading roles in the eight-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical at the Walter Kerr Theatre beginning tonight, April 22.

'Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride' plans Broadway run

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The Emmy-nominated comedian will take his solo comedy show on a U.S. tour this summer before a planned premiere in NYC at a date and theatre to be announced.

What the press had to say....."A chilling trilogy of ancient Greek tragedies, the four-and-a-half-hour An Oresteia comprises a spellbinding production" Lisa Jo Sagolla <a href= "http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/nyc/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003958044&imw=Y" target="Top">Back Stage</a>

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Good Night, and Good Luck

The Lion King

The Great Gatsby

Hamilton

The Book of Mormon

Wicked

Moulin Rouge! The Musical

MJ The Musical

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oh, Mary!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Outsiders

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Hell's Kitchen

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The real history behind 'Operation Mincemeat' on Broadway

See photos of 'Real Women Have Curves' on Broadway

Michael Patrick Thornton joins Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter in 'Waiting for Godot' Broadway cast

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