All the upcoming Broadway shows in New York

Discover when all upcoming shows are opening. Find out when performances start for this season's shows, and learn about more shows coming soon to Broadway.

Gillian RussoMay 11, 2021, 00:00

The anchors of the city's theatre scene are the tried-and-true, long-running Broadway shows in New York, but the most exciting part of every new season is learning about all the new Broadway shows opening each season. There are always plenty of upcoming Broadway shows to look forward to, especially in the fall and spring. New York theatres are booked months in advance with new plays and musicals each year, making it easy for you to get Broadway theatre tickets in advance.

We've rounded up all the upcoming Broadway shows in 2024, plus shows that have announced plans to open in the near future but have yet to set performance dates. Make sure you bookmark this page for the latest information on Broadway shows opening soon. Learn about spring 2024 Broadway shows and more upcoming Broadway shows below.

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Summer 2024 Broadway shows

Summer is a slower season for Broadway following the Tony Awards, but there are still openings to look forward to. Here are the shows opening on Broadway this summer.

Job

Succession's Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon take audiences on a psychological thrill ride in this play about a woman who, after suffering a mental breakdown at her tech job and put on leave, is determined to go back. All she needs is the sign-off from a therapist — but the pair's conversation isn't that easy.

Performances begin: July 15
Opening night: July 30
Venue: Hayes Theater

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Once Upon a Mattress

Tony Award winner Sutton Foster returns to the role of Princess Winnifred after playing her to acclaim at New York City Center earlier this year. This musical retelling of The Princess and the Pea follows Winnifred, her would-be beau Prince Dauntless, and the mattress-sized obstacles that stand in the way of their love.

Performances begin: July 31
Opening night: August 12
Venue: Hudson Theatre

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Fall 2024 Broadway shows

See these new Broadway shows in fall 2024. The theatre season kicks off in earnest each fall, which means there's a new Broadway show opening every few weeks, if not more often! Discover all the best shows on Broadway this fall below.

The Roommate

Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow will star in Jen Silverman's play The Roommate, about a Bronx woman who moves in with an Iowa divorcee. Secrets and desires spill out as the women are faced with the opportunity to transform their lives.

Performances begin: August 29
Opening night: September 12
Venue: Booth Theatre

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McNeal

Oscar-winning actor Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut in McNeal, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar. Downey stars as Jacob McNeal, a celebrated writer whose old grudges, estranged son, and obsession with artificial intelligence begin to affect his career.

Performances begin: September 5
Opening night: September 30
Venue: Vivian Beaumont Theater

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The Hills of California

Following their Tony and Olivier Award-winning collaboration on The Ferryman, playwright Jez Butterworth and director Sam Mendes return to Broadway with The Hills of California, fresh off a hit London premiere. The play follows the lives of the Webb sisters, jumping back and forth from their 1950s childhood, when they were offered a chance at fame and an escape from home, and the 1970s, when they return to visit their dying mother and assess what became of their lives.

Performances begin: September 11
Opening night: September 29
Venue: Broadhurst Theatre

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Yellow Face

Daniel Dae Kim stars in the Broadway premiere of Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang's celebrated comedy. Kim plays a stand-in for Hwang in this show inspired by true events: After protesting yellowface casting in a production of Miss Saigon, the playwright accidentally casts a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play.

Performances begin: September 13
Opening night: October 1
Venue: Todd Haimes Theatre

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Our Town

Jim Parsons, Zoey Deutch, Katie Holmes, Ephraim Sykes, Julie Halston, and more will star in a revival of Our Town on Broadway in 2024. Director Kenny Leon's revivals of Topdog/Underdog, Purlie Victorious, and Ohio State Murders earned critical acclaim, and he won a Tony Award for A Soldier's Play. Now, he stages the classic play about the life of a young couple in New Hampshire weathering life and death.

Performances begin: September 17
Opening night: October 10
Venue: Barrymore Theatre

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Romeo + Juliet

Heartstopper star Kit Connor and West Side Story Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler will star in a new revival of Shakespeare's tragic star-crossed love story. This version is a play with music, which is written by singer and music producer Jack Antonoff. He, Connor, and Zegler are all making their Broadway debuts.

Performances begin: September 26
Opening night: October 24
Venue: Circle in the Square Theatre

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Left on Tenth

Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher star in the new stage adaptation of Delia Ephron's memoir, Left on Tenth. The You've Got Mail screenwriter lived a real-life rom-com as she ignited a spark with a man from her past as her life underwent a different, dramatic change.

Performances begin: September 26
Opening night: October 23
Venue: James Earl Jones Theatre

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Sunset Boulevard

Nicole Scherzinger brings her riveting star performance from London to New York. In director Jamie Lloyd's minimalist production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, all eyes are on Scherzinger as Norma Desmond, a former film star desperately trying to reenter her prime.

Performances begin: September 28
Opening night: October 20
Venue: St. James Theatre

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A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical

What a wonderful world it is now that this musical is coming to Broadway. Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart stars as the pioneering musician known for reimagining what jazz performance could be — and giving the world iconic songs like "La Vie En Rose" and "What a Wonderful World." Those hits and more score this show, which tells the story of Armstrong's life and career.

Performances begin: October 16
Opening night: November 11
Venue: Studio 54

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Maybe Happy Ending

See Emmy and Golden Globe winner Darren Criss (Glee, American Crime Story) alongside Helen J. Shen and The Voice's Dez Duron in this new, original musical. It's your typical love story: Oliver (Criss) and Claire (Shen)'s sleepy lives pick up when they unexpectedly meet in their apartment building, become friends, go on an adventure, and fall in love. The twist? They're both robots.

Performances begin: October 16
Opening night: November 12
Venue: Belasco Theatre

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Tammy Faye

Preach it! Fresh off an acclaimed world-premiere run in London comes a new musical about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker, played by Katie Brayben and Christian Borle. Elton John and the Scissor Sisters's Jake Shears co-wrote the songs for this glitzy show, and book writer James Graham and director Rupert Goold reunite after their Tony-nominated production of Ink.

Performances begin: October 19
Opening night: November 14
Venue: Palace Theatre

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Death Becomes Her

Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn made the roles of Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp famous on screen, and now, Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are the latest actresses to drink the potion of youth. Madeline (Hilty) and Helen (Simard) fight over men, beauty, and success — both helped by a magic elixir — in this adaptation of the 1992 film.

Performances begin: October 23
Opening night: November 21
Venue: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

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Swept Away

The folk-rock music of the band The Avett Brothers buoys this new show about adventure, survival, and brotherhood. When four crewmen are shipwrecked in the middle of nowhere, they have to take drastic measures — and make some unexpected sacrifices — to make it out of the open seas.

Performances begin: October 29
Opening night: November 19
Venue: Longacre Theatre

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Cult of Love

Leslye Headland, an Emmy Award-nominated writer on Poker Face and The Acolyte, makes her Broadway debut with a holly jolly drama. While trying to keep up a happy facade (and go through all the family traditions) at Christmas, the Dahl family — including deeply religious parents, their four adult children, and their partners — face conflicts, tensions, and issues old and new.

Performances begin: November 20 Opening night: December 12
Venue: Hayes Theater

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Gypsy

Here she is, world! Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will star in the first Broadway revival of Gypsy since 2008. She is the latest leading lady to play Mama Rose, the mother/manager who does everything in her power to make stars of her daughters.

Performances begin: November 23
Opening night: December 19
Venue: Majestic Theatre

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Eureka Day

Fresh from a hit run in London, Jonathan Spector's Eureka Day takes audiences to the fictional private California elementary school of the title, known for its inclusion. But when a mumps outbreak forces the school to reevaluate its relaxed vaccine policy, Eureka Day's board realizes they have to make tough decisions that won't satisfy everyone.

Performances begin: November 25
Opening night: December 16
Venue: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

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Spring 2025 Broadway shows

Announcements have already been made about upcoming Broadway shows in 2025. With the Tony Awards at the beginning of June each year, spring is a prime season for musicals and plays hoping to get noticed for major awards. Read about all the 2025 Broadway shows we know about so far, and though many haven't announced performance dates yet, keep checking back here to see when exactly these new Broadway shows will be in New York in 2025.

English

Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, English comes to Broadway to take us all to school. In an Iranian classroom where four adult students are learning English, they all gain and lose different parts of themselves as they adopt a new language.

Performances begin: January 3
Opening night: January 23
Venue: Todd Haimes Theatre

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Redwood

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel returns to Broadway after 10 years in Redwood, a new musical she co-created with director/bookwriter Tina Landau and composer/lyricist Kate Diaz. Menzel plays Jesse, a businesswoman, wife, and mother who leaves her life behind and travels thousands of miles to Northern California. Her leap of faith leads to a chance encounter, a new community, and healing.

Performances begin: January 24
Opening night: February 13
Venue: Nederlander Theatre

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BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical

Boop-oop-a-doop! A new musical about the iconic cartoon character Betty Boop is hitting the Broadway stage. On her day off from being a celebrity in her black-and-white cartoon world, Betty spends a day in color in New York, changing her outlook on life, the world, and herself. Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde) directs and choreographs.

Performances begin: March 11
Opening night: April 5
Venue: Broadhurst Theatre

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The Last Five Years

Grammy Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren will star in the first Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown's fan-favorite romantic drama The Last Five Years. Both forwards and backwards, the show tells the story of the five-year relationship between writer Jamie and actress Cathy and how it falls apart.

Performances begin: March 18
Opening night: April 6
Venue: Hudson Theatre

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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga star in this special theatrical concert celebrating the life and work of the legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim. These two actors and more will perform songs from Sondheim's most beloved musicals, like Sweeney Todd, Company, West Side Story, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods.

Performances begin: March 25
Opening night: TBD
Venue: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

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Floyd Collins

Tony Award-winning composer Adam Guettel's folk and bluegrass musical premiered off Broadway 30 years ago, in 1994, meaning its Broadway premiere has been long-awaited. Tina Landau directs Floyd Collins, about the true story of a cave explorer trapped underground in 1925. The media and the public wait with bated breath as he fights for his survival.

Performances begin: March 27
Opening night: April 21
Venue: Vivian Beaumont Theater

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The Pirates of Penzance

Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce star in the latest revival of this swashbuckling musical. This revival features a reimagined jazz and blues take on Gilbert and Sullivan's score, but all the madcap comedy remains, this time in New Orleans.

Performances begin: April 4
Opening night: April 24
Venue: Todd Haimes Theatre

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Othello

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will star in the first Broadway revival of Shakespeare's tragedy in over 40 years. Washington stars as the title military officer betrayed by Iago (Gyllenhaal), a fellow soldier wracked with jealousy over his success in battle and love.

Performances begin: Spring 2025
Opening night: TBD
Venue: TBD

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Good Night, and Good Luck

Two-time Oscar winner George Clooney will make his Broadway debut as an actor and playwright in Good Night, and Good Luck, adapted from the 2005 film he directed, co-wrote, and acted in. Clooney plays Edward R. Murrow in the play about the clash between him and senator Joseph McCarthy over journalism, ethics, corruption, and the truth in the 1950s.

Performances begin: Spring 2025
Opening night: TBD
Venue: TBD

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Smash

Don't forget Smash! The hit NBC TV series, which ran for two seasons, is getting the Broadway musical treatment in the 2024-25 season. Like the theatre-centric series, the show follows the offstage drama between the cast and creatives of a Marilyn Monroe bio-musical. Susan Stroman directs, and the fan-favorite songs from the TV show by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman will remain, like "Let Me Be Your Star."

Performances begin: Spring 2025
Opening night: TBD
Venue: TBD

Check back for information on Smash tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

Upcoming Broadway shows

There's even more Broadway to look forward to! These upcoming Broadway shows haven't specified when they'll come to New York yet, but they have announced plans to come to Broadway in the near future. Read more about the shows planning to open soon, and keep an eye out to see if they'll be joining the ranks of Broadway shows this year.

My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?)

British theatre performer Rob Madge brings their Olivier Award-nominated solo show to the States. This joyful, musical, autobiographical performance sees Madge recall how their family's acceptance of their interests in Disney and theatre also spelled their support as Madge discovered their queerness.

Performances begin: 2024-25 season
Opening night: TBD
Venue: TBD

High Noon

The 1952 Oscar-winning Western film High Noon has announced plans for a Broadway adaptation. It would be the first Western on Broadway in 85 years. The plot of High Noon centers on Marshal Will Kane, whose duty to his town is put to the test when a murderer and his gang are rumored to arrive. He's tasked with either facing them alone or fleeing with his wife to safety, and both options prove contentious. Rather than skipping between moments in time, the events of High Noon on Broadway take place in real time within two hours, just like the film.