From movie stars to singers, plenty of screen and stage stars are currently headlining at New York theatres.
In New York, it's not unheard of to spot a celebrity in public, walking their dog or attending a show. So it's no wonder, with so many living here, that plenty of celebrities find themselves on the Broadway or Off-Broadway stage at some point in their career.
Many actors, having come from acting schools, get their start in theatre before gaining mainstream fame as a movie or TV star, and New York's stages allow them a return to their roots. Or, tried-and-true screen actors will make their stage debuts later in their careers to try something new. Either way, putting celebrities on stage gives audiences a chance to see their favorite stars live in a whole new way.
There are many celebrities on Broadway and off-Broadway to see right now, from comedians to musicians to screen veterans, many of whom do it all. Buzzy Broadway revivals and limited-run Off-Broadway shows alike are all studded with stars. Here are the celebrities in New York shows that are performing right now.
Jean Smart in Call Me Izzy
Jinkx Monsoon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Michael Urie in Oh, Mary!
Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace in Cabaret
Charli D'Amelio in & Juliet
Michelle Williams and the cast of Death Becomes Her
Audra McDonald in Gypsy
Dylan Mulvaney in The Least Problematic Woman in the World
Jonathan Groff and Gracie Lawrence in Just in Time
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Waiting for Godot
Chloë Grace Moretz in Caroline
Anna Chlumsky, Marin Ireland, and Julia Lester in Queens
Jean Smart in Call Me Izzy
The six-time Emmy Award-winning star of Hacks and Designing Women returns to Broadway for the first time in 25 years, commanding the stage solo in Call Me Izzy. Playing the title character, a poet who suffers domestic abuse, Smart is at turns darkly comedic and completely gut-wrenching.
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Jinkx Monsoon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Michael Urie in Oh, Mary!
The historical dark comedy Oh, Mary!, by Tony Award-winning playwright Cole Escola, currently stars two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon, The Big Sick Oscar nominee Kumail Nanjiani, and Shrinking Emmy nominee Michael Urie. This play really is star-spangled!
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Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace in Cabaret
Willkommen to Broadway! Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Billy Porter and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace star as the Emcee and Sally Bowles in director Rebecca Frecknall's revival of Cabaret. There's always a celeb to see at this Kit Kat Club, in which audiences are thoroughly immersed throughout the award-winning production from London.
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Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris in Art
These three award-winning actors know a thing or two about great art. Bobby Cannavale is a Tony Award nominee and Emmy winner, and James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris are both Tony and Emmy winners for their acclaimed film, TV, and stage projects. Their latest gig is a revival of Yasmina Reza's Art, in which a plain white painting sparks a red-hot debate between three friends.
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Charli D'Amelio in & Juliet
The biggest pop hits of the '90s, '00s, and '10s power the story of & Juliet, so it's no surprise that famous faces from pop culture are stepping in to perform them. Look among the ensemble in this Romeo & Juliet-inspired musical, and you'll spot Charli D'Amelio, who makes her Broadway debut after rising to fame dancing to chart-topping hits on TikTok.
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Michelle Williams and the cast of Death Becomes Her
You may know her as one-third of Destiny's Child (alongside Beyonce and Kelly Rowland, who came to see her perform at her Broadway opening night), but Michelle Williams is coming alive as Viola Van Horn, a mysterious potion hawker, in the new musical Death Becomes Her.
Tackling a new version of the role made famous by Isabella Rossellini on screen, she's surrounded by stars from the theatre world, too: Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, and Christopher Sieber take on Meryl Streep's, Goldie Hawn's, and Bruce Willis's parts.
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Audra McDonald in Gypsy
Audra McDonald is the most Tony Award-winning performer ever with six competitive awards, at least one in every acting category in which she could be eligible. It was only a matter of time before Broadway's most celebrated star took on one of the theatre's most monumental roles: Gypsy's Momma Rose, who obsessively pushes her daughters into stardom. It's McDonald's turn, and it's nothing short of historic.
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Dylan Mulvaney in The Least Problematic Woman in the World
TikTok star and actress Dylan Mulvaney is about to be the least problematic woman off Broadway. After rocketing to fame through her online video series "Days of Girlhood," documenting her experiences as a trans woman, she's sharing her experiences of girlhood, growing up, and self-discovery in the public eye in The Least Problematic Woman in the World. The musical, comic, and vulnerable solo show marks Mulvaney's New York stage debut.
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Jonathan Groff and Gracie Lawrence in Just in Time
You're just in time to catch Jonathan Groff fresh off his Tony Award win for Merrily We Roll Along, plus Gracie Lawrence in her Broadway musical debut! The two respectively play musicians Bobby Darin and Connie Francis in this new musical about Darin's short but legendary life.
In addition to other Broadway credits like Hamilton, Groff is known for his screen appearances on Glee and Looking, while Lawrence co-fronts her own band, also called Lawrence, and has appeared on TV shows like The Sex Lives of College Girls.
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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Waiting for Godot
Bill and Ted are back, but instead of traveling through time, they're staying put and asking life's big questions in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunite to lead the latest revival of the classic drama. Reeves makes his Broadway debut with the show, while Winter returns for the first time since Peter Pan in 1979.
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Chloë Grace Moretz in Caroline
Did you know Chloë Grace Moretz performed off Broadway at The Public Theater in 2014? Since then, the Kick-Ass and Carrie film star has gone on to add to her list of high-profile screen credits with Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, and many more. But now, she's returning off Broadway as a woman caught between her mother and her daughter in a fractured family.
Moretz stars alongside Amy Landecker, known for the TV show Transparent, and River Lipe-Smith.
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Anna Chlumsky, Marin Ireland, and Julia Lester in Queens
Queens, indeed — the stars of Martyna Majok's drama rule the stage and screen. Among the eight-person ensemble cast are Anna Chlumsky, a six-time Emmy Award nominee for Veep; Tony Award nominee Marin Ireland, who starred in Reasons to be Pretty on Broadway and also appeared in shows like Homeland and The Umbrella Academy; and Tony nominee Julia Lester, who starred in Into the Woods on Broadway after making her onscreen breakthrough in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
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