Set on a Greek island, the jukebox musical follows Sophie, who invites three men who each might be her father to her wedding. Chaos and joy ensue as Sophie's mom, Donna, confronts her past, all set to the disco-pop songs of ABBA.

Where it began: The show is an encore engagement of the dance-happy production that opened in 2001 and ran for nearly 14 years. The creative team remains the same, and the cast comes from the national tour.

Fun fact: Victor Wallace, who now plays one of the prospective dads, was in the cast when the original Broadway run closed in 2015.

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Yasmina Reza’s Best Play Tony winner stars James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, and Bobby Cannavale under the direction of Scott Ellis. They play besties whose friendship fractures over a costly minimalist painting in this caustic, if cautionary, comedy.

Where it began: Reza's play first ran on Broadway in 1998, and this new production is its first revival.

Fun fact: Kid Harpoon, who’s produced hits for artists like Harry Styles, Florence + The Machine, and Shawn Mendes, wrote the original music for the revival.

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Hurry up and wait. That’s what Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter — famous in their own right and together as the title stars of the Bill & Ted films — do in Samuel Beckett’s bleak but amusing dive into existential dread.

Where it began: This revival marks the fifth time the classic play has been on Broadway since its 1956 premiere here.

Fun fact: Fresh from his Tony Award-winning, cinematic-infused take on Sunset Boulevard, director Jamie Lloyd returns to Broadway with his vision of Godot.

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Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz star in director Lear deBessonet’s revival of the 1996 musical by Terrence McNally (book), Stephen Flaherty (music), and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) that weaves stories of three families chasing the American dream in early 20th‑century New York.

Where it began: This production arrives on Broadway this fall following a 2024 concert staging off Broadway at New York City Center. Previous Broadway productions ran in 1998 and 2009.

Fun fact: Most of the actors from the 2024 run reprise their roles for Broadway.

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Based on Tim Burton’s 1988 film, the show features music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect and a book by Scott Brown and Anthony King. The spooks-ical follows goth teen Lydia as she encounters a demon with a knack for chaos.

Where it began: This production of Beetlejuice ran on Broadway from 2019-20 and then from 2022-23 before this second encore engagement. It’s a show that just won’t die — and that’s a good thing.

Fun fact: Say his name three times: The special effects-packed production is directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers, also currently represented on Broadway with Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Just in Time.

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Bess Wohl’s memory play hops between decades to tell a story of budding 1970s feminists and a daughter reckoning with her mother’s radical past 50 years later.

Where it began: Director Whitney White’s production, which opened off Broadway in February 2025, transfers to Broadway with the cast and creative team intact.

Fun fact: The play won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play in 2025, and the cast won the Drama Desk and New York Drama Critic’s Circle Awards for Best Ensemble.

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Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, and Nicholas Christopher lead the cast of this Cold War‑era pop opera boasting a sweeping score by Tim Rice and ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with a book by Danny Strong. Expect espionage, romance, and political tension amid a high‑stakes chess championship.

Where it began: Director Michael Mayer’s Broadway revival, Chess's first, is at the Imperial Theatre, the same venue as the 1988 premiere.

Fun fact: Strong's book, or script, is completely new for this production. The original Broadway book was by Richard Nelson.

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Mark Strong, a Tony nominee for A View from the Bridge, plays the title role opposite Phantom Thread Oscar nominee Lesley Manville as Jocasta in director Robert Icke’s vision of Sophocles’ tragedy reimagined as a politically charged election-night thriller. Brace for devastating revelations in this story of prophecy, fate, and identity.

Where it began: This staging transfers from London, where it won Olivier Awards for Best Revival and Best Actress.

Fun fact: Icke's adaptation marks the 11th production of Oedipus on Broadway; the last was in 1984. Different adaptors and translators have tackled Sophocles's script each time.

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Jordan Harrison’s 2015 drama, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, explores memory, loss, and AI as seen through the experience of an octogenarian widow reliving her memories with a hologram of her late husband. The play stars June Squibb as Marjorie alongside Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein, and Christopher Lowell.

Where it began: Playwrights Horizons presented the Off-Broadway premiere in 2015 starring Lois Smith in the title role. Director Anne Kauffman and set designer Lee Jellinek return from the 2015 production.

Fun fact: Marjorie Prime marks Harrison's Broadway debut.

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In a claustrophobic motel room, paranoia and conspiracies spiral as an unexpected romance takes wing. Tracy Letts’s psychological thriller makes its Broadway debut starring Carrie Coon (The Gilded Age, The White Lotus) and Namir Smallwood.

Where it began: Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band’s Visit) directs the production, with the same cast as a 2020 Steppenwolf Theatre Company run in Chicago.

Fun fact: The 2025 production marks Bug's Broadway debut almost 30 years after its 1996 world premiere in London. The only other NYC production of the play ran off Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre in 2004.

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Gina Gionfriddo’s Pulitzer Prize finalist debuts on Broadway under the direction of Obie Award winner Trip Cullman. The jagged comedy follows a blind‑date setup that disastrously unravels, exposing emotional manipulation.

Where it began: Becky Shaw premiered at the Kentucky-based Humana Festival in 2008 before opening off Broadway later that year under the direction of Peter DuBois.

Fun fact: Gionfriddo makes her Broadway debut with this all-new production of Becky Shaw.

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David Auburn’s 2001 Pulitzer‑ and Tony‑winning drama about genius, mental illness, and a daughter’s struggle with her father’s legacy returns to Broadway in a revival starring The Bear Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri and Rwanda Oscar nominee Don Cheadle. Thomas Kail directs.

Where it began: The 2000 Broadway production, which transferred from off Broadway, won the Tony Awards for Best Play, Best Director (Daniel Sullivan), and Best Actress in a Play (Mary-Louise Parker).

Fun fact: Edebiri and Cheadle make their Broadway acting debuts with Proof, though Cheadle already has a Tony for producing the 2022 Best Musical winner A Strange Loop.

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Taraji P. Henson makes her Broadway debut alongside Cedric "The Entertainer" in director Debbie Allen’s new revival of August Wilson’s 1984 play. A boardinghouse becomes a crossroads for Black souls seeking identity, freedom, and connection in post-slavery, 1910s Pittsburgh.

Where it began: The play has been seen on Broadway before in 1988 and 2009.

Fun fact: Joe Turner's Come and Gone is the second show in Wilson’s 10-play American Century Cycle, or Pittsburgh Cycle. Each installment is set in a different decade of the 20th century.

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Based on the 1988 cult film, Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe’s pop-rock musical follows high schooler Veronica Sawyer as she navigates the treacherous social ladder alongside a trio of Heathers and the mysterious J.D.

Where it began: Heathers made its NYC debut off Broadway in 2014 at its current venue, New World Stages. Director Andy Fickman returns from that production and has staged the musical across the U.K. in between.

Fun fact: Despite having the same director and venue, this Heathers revival is distinct from the original thanks to three new songs first added for the 2018 U.K. premiere.

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What does it mean to be alive on both a human and cosmic scale? Heather Christian's award-winning, concert-style theatrical piece featuring a company of singers and instrumentalists blends blues, gospel, jazz, and soul to explore that heady query.

Where it began: This encore engagement of Oratorio returns with the same director (Lee Sunday Evans) and many of the original performers from its 2022 Off-Broadway world premiere at Ars Nova.

Fun fact: Evans has called Oratorio “a gift to get to revisit” after the original run won Off Broadway Alliance and Lucille Lortel Awards.

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The 20th-anniversary Off-Broadway revival of the musical heartwarmer by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin follows six quirky adolescents competing in a regional spelling bee. Director Danny Mefford’s cast includes Tony nominees Justin Cooley and Jasmine Amy Rogers and Glee alum Kevin McHale.

Where it began: The 2005 world premiere, first seen off Broadway before transferring to Broadway, was directed by James Lapine and ran for nearly three years.

Fun fact: The original run boosted the star profiles of cast members Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Twelfth Night, Modern Family), Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill a Mockingbird), and Dan Fogler (The Rainmaker).

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Opening in spring 2026 with Second Stage Theater, Adam Bock’s darkly funny workplace comedy explores red tape, surprise guests, and silent collaboration within a disturbing corporate setting. This all-new revival is directed by Sarah Benson.

Where it began: Joe Mantello directed the 2007 Off-Broadway premiere for a different nonprofit, Manhattan Theatre Club.

Fun fact: The original run featured Jayne Houdyshell in the title role of Bev, a busybody who gets an unsettling wake-up call about her employer. Mantello later directed the actress in her Tony-winning role in The Humans.