Best Broadway shows in New York in April 2025

Here are our top picks of theatre to check out in April 2025, including more than a dozen new Broadway musicals and plays opening in time for the 2025 Tony Awards.

Gillian Russo
Written byGillian Russo

Spring has officially sprung, and theatre openings have officially sprung into high gear with it. With the Tony Awards just a few months away, tons of new plays, new musicals, and revivals are opening in the hopes of soon getting honored as the year's best theatre.

There couldn't be a better month for the height of the theatre season: Children go on spring break, meaning it's the perfect time for a family theatre outing, even if you're traveling to New York. And with the weather getting warmer, you can take yourself or your friends to the theatre without having to brave the cold.

But even though there are plenty of people flocking to Broadway in the spring, there are still plenty of Broadway tickets available this spring. With so many shows going on, there's something for everyone, from classic musicals and plays to adventurous stand-up comedy to burlesque.

Read on to learn about the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre opening in April. Many shows that started up last month have their official opening nights in April and continue performances through the month, so check out our list of New York theatre in March for even more shows to see this spring.

John Proctor Is the Villain

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Just in Time

Cirque du Soleil: Luzia

Hold Me in the Water

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.

Becoming Eve

John Proctor Is the Villain

Broadway
Play
Comedy
Drama
Stars on stage

In this thrilling comedy-drama starring Stranger Things's Sadie Sink, a group of Georgia high schoolers reading The Crucible in class start to question everything they're being taught — both about the hero of the play and who their real-life heroes are.

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Broadway
Play
Drama
Screen to stage

Welcome to Hawkins, Indiana — but not exactly the one you know from the hit Netflix show. This stage prequel is set in the 1950s, when the lives of teenage Hopper, Joyce, Bob Newby, and more are turned upside down with the arrival of a mysterious new kid.

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Broadway Stars on Stage
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

St. James Theatre
& Juliet

& Juliet

Stephen Sondheim Theatre
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Broadway Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Purpose

Purpose

Hayes Theater
Chicago

Chicago

Ambassador Theatre
Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

Shubert Theatre
Oh, Mary!

Oh, Mary!

Lyceum Theatre
Hadestown

Hadestown

Walter Kerr Theatre
Maybe Happy Ending

Maybe Happy Ending

Belasco Theatre
Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Call Me Izzy

Studio 54
Gypsy

Gypsy

Majestic Theatre
CABARET at the Kit Kat Club

CABARET at the Kit Kat Club

August Wilson Theatre
Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Pirates! The Penzance Musical

Todd Haimes Theatre

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Hold Me in the Water

Off-Broadway
Play
Comedy
Drama

Ryan J. Haddad, acclaimed creator and performer of shows like Dark Disabled Stories and Hi, Are You Single? returns to the stage with a tender, funny solo play about navigating first love with a disability.

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Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama

You don't just get one show, but four in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. This production gathers four short plays by trailblazing experimental playwright Caryl Churchill, covering fantastical topics like ghosts and a secret in a bottle.

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Becoming Eve

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama
Stars on stage

Three rabbis gather in a room to discuss a way forward after one reveals she is transgender, shaking up their strictly gendered way of life. Tommy Dorfman, Brandon Uranowitz, Judy Kuhn, and more star in this story about bridging tradition and modernity, faith and acceptance.

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