Best Broadway shows in New York in January 2025

Here are our top picks of theatre to check out in January 2025, including world-premiere Off-Broadway shows and last-chance Broadway hits closing this month.

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Gypsy
Eureka Day
English
All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich
Oh, Mary!
Redwood

Gypsy

Broadway
Musical
Classic
Stars on stage

Everything's coming up roses for six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald! The latest in her string of iconic Broadway roles is Gypsy's Momma Rose, the ultimate "stage mom" who stops at nothing to make her daughters into stars. Hear classic show tunes like "Rose's Turn" and "Let Me Entertain You" in this beloved musical.

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Eureka Day

Broadway
Play
Comedy
Stars on stage

Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day may have been written in 2018, but this sharp comedy has only gotten timelier with age. When a mumps outbreak sweeps a private elementary school with very loose vaccination requirements, the radically inclusive school board must, for the first time, make tough decisions that won't please everyone. Jessica Hecht, Thomas Middleditch, Bill Irwin, and more star.

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English

Broadway
Play
Comedy
Drama
Award winner

Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama following its Off-Broadway premiere, Sanaz Toossi's English is now coming to Broadway with its entire original cast and creative team. In a classroom in Iran, four adult students learn English and grapple with the parts of their identity that the new language unlocks for them — and makes it harder to hold on to.

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All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich

Broadway
Play
Comedy
Stars on stage

One show about love. Fourteen ace comedians. Four at each performance. No matter when you go, you'll see stars: The complete lineup includes John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Richard Kind, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Chloe Fineman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aidy Bryant, Andrew Rannells, Nick Kroll, Jimmy Fallon, David Cross, Tim Meadows, Annaleigh Ashford, and Hank Azaria. Click the link below for the full performance schedule so you can catch your favorite celebs!

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Oh, Mary!

Broadway
Play
Comedy
Stars on stage

Oh, Cole! Don't miss breakout comic star Cole Escola in their darkly comic retelling of the repression, desire, and alcoholism former First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln experienced in the days leading up to her husband's infamous assassination. Escola's last performance as Mary is January 19, after which Glow star Betty Gilpin steps in.

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Redwood

Broadway
Musical
Stars on stage

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel returns to Broadway as both the star and a co-creator of the original musical Redwood. She plays Jesse, who seems to have it all with a family and career — until an unexpected event turns her life upside down and sends her running off to the California redwood forests, where she seeks healing and a fresh start.

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