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Many of the year’s most anticipated Broadway musicals and plays are officially opening this month.
Hollywood continues to have a strong presence on the Broadway stage this year. Daniel Radcliffe stars in “Every Brilliant Thing,” an interactive solo play about a child who starts a list of “everything brilliant about the world” to help their mother cope with depression after a suicide attempt; meanwhile Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson reprise their roles in “Fear of 13” this April, while Maya Rudolph was announced as the next lead in Cole Escola’s beloved “Oh, Mary!”
Below, find the best way to snag affordable tickets to this season’s current productions:
‘Every Brilliant Thing’
SYNOPSIS: Duncan Macmillan’s audience-interactive solo play, which premiered in the U.K. in 2013, arrives on Broadway for a limited 2026 run at the Hudson Theatre led first by Daniel Radcliffe and later by Mariska Hargitay in her Broadway debut.
THEATER: Hudson Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “Broadway performances, despite their sensational acting and writing, often follow a certain set of conventions. However, “Every Brilliant Thing” shatters the format, making it a true breath of fresh air.”
‘Chess’
Matthew Murphy
SYNOPSIS: The long-awaited Broadway revival of the ABBA-scored Cold War musical, starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher, opened Nov. 16, 2025 at the Imperial Theatre, marking the show’s first full Broadway staging since its 1988 debut.
THEATER: Imperial Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: Alas, the debate of whether “Chess” can be saved or fixed must continue, for this is likely not the best iteration of the material.
‘The Fear of 13’
SYNOPSIS: Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson star in this new drama adapted from Nick Yarris’ memoir, opening April 15 at the James Earl Jones Theatre following previews in March for a limited engagement
THEATER: James Earl Jones Theatre
‘Beaches’
SYNOPSIS: The musical stars Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett as Cee Cee Bloom and Bertie White, tracing their decades-spanning friendship from a chance childhood meeting on the Atlantic City boardwalk. The soundtrack, most notably “Wind Beneath My Wings,” the Grammy Awards-winning ballad performed by Bette Midler that became a defining cultural touchstone of the story.
THEATRE: Majestic Theatre
‘Operation Mincemeat’
Julieta Cervantes
SYNOPSIS: The Olivier Award-winning British musical comedy transfers from London’s West End to Broadway, opening March 20, 2025 at the Golden Theatre with its original London cast reprising their roles.
THEATER: Golden Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “Think of it as Monty Python on speed, and then throw in some Ealing Studio wit and a bit of ‘Beyond the Fringe’ slyness. Too British? Not if you want to laugh uproariously — and perhaps even unexpectedly shed a tear or two.”
‘Oh, Mary!’
SYNOPSIS: In the 80-minute show, Betty Gilpin takes on the Cole Escola-created role as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, who turns to booze and acting lessons while she’s cooped up in the White House. Conrad Ricamora plays Abraham Lincoln, who is dealing with the stress of the Civil War in some very un-Honest Abe ways (and a secret male lover or two).
WHERE: Lyceum Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “’Oh, Mary!’ is at once campy and complex, a manic bit of extended sketch comedy, but also an unequivocally queer play in which the female characters are played by a trans woman and a nonbinary actor, and the iterations of masculinity are rather gay.”
‘Death Becomes Her’
Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
SYNOPSIS: Originally a 1992 movie starring Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn, this new Broadway adapation follows the lifelong rivalry between stage star Madeline Ashton and writer Helen Sharp, who become immortal after drinking a magic potion. The potion, offered by the mysterious Viola Van Horn, grants them eternal youth and beauty, but it also allows them to wreak havoc on each other, leading to a series of increasingly outlandish and comedic conflicts.
WHERE: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “Everything in the musical is fantastically bigger and bolder, from Derek McLane’s goth-meets-Hollywood-excess design to Paul Tazewell’s fabulous costumes to Doug Besterman’s lush orchestrations. Charles LaPointe’s wigs are terrific, too. The tuneful score and witty lyrics are by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, making an impressive Broadway bow.”
‘Buena Vista Social Club’
Ahron R. Foster courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company
SYNOPSIS: A musical about the Cuban artists behind the “Buena Vista Social Club,” an internationally-recognized album of the country’s most popular musical stylings, opened on Broadway earlier this year.
WHERE: Schoenfeld Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “Entering ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance. The Social Club was a real place for locals in Havana in the ’50s. Decades later, its music became the source of a Grammy-winning album, then a popular film — and now it’s the most intoxicating and rapturous show of the Broadway season.
‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’
SYNOPSIS: Set decades before the events of the “Stranger Things” TV series, “The First Shadow” takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, Ind. as the Creel family seeks a fresh start, especially Henry, who is eager to escape his troubled past. But when a wave of shocking crimes strikes Hawkins, Henry is forced to consider whether he may have something to do with it.
WHERE: Marquis Theatre
Just in Time
SYNOPSIS: Tony-winning Jonathan Groff returns to Broadway about the life and times of singer Bobby Darin. The immersive show will feature a live band and ensemble of 16 to perform Darin’s hits like “Splish Splash,” “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife” and “Dream Lover.”
WHERE: Circle in the Square Theatre
‘Titanique’
SYNOPSIS: The cult-favorite jukebox musical built around the songs of Celine Dion arrives on Broadway in 2026 after an extended off-Broadway run, reimagining the story of Titanic through Dion’s irreverent, fourth-wall-breaking narration as she retells Jack and Rose’s romance with campy humor, powerhouse vocals and a hit-filled score drawn from her catalog.
WHERE: St. James Theatre
‘Giant’
SYNOPSIS: John Lithgow leads this new one-room drama about Roald Dahl at the height of a real-life scandal in 1983, when the beloved children’s writer faced backlash for antisemitic remarks he made in a book review and subsequent interviews.
THEATER: Music Box Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “First-time playwright Mark Rosenblatt, previously a theater director and filmmaker, does not hold the audience’s hand when it comes to Dahl.”
‘Maybe Happy Ending’
SYNOPSIS: The Tony-winning South Korean musical, starring Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, opened on Broadway in November 2024 at the Belasco Theatre after earlier runs in Seoul and the U.S., following two helper robots navigating love and memory.
THEATER: Belasco Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “’Maybe Happy Ending’ is an undeniably moving, well-made, adorable musical, and it is a pleasant surprise to see an audience weep at a show about two robots in love.”
‘The Outsiders’
The Outsiders Broadway
SYNOPSIS: The musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie stars Brody Grant (Ponyboy Curtis), Brent Comer (Darrel Curtis), Jason Schmidt (Sodapop Curtis), Sky Lakota-Lynch (Johnny Cade) and Joshua Boone (Dallas Winston). Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965 the story follows the lives of a group of “greaser” boys as they navigate their battle with the “Socs” a rival gang of privileged youths.
WHERE: Jacobs Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “The production only intermittently rises to the challenge of transforming such familiar material into theater that feels both original and necessary. It packs plenty of heart and soul, but lacks a strong pulse.”
‘The Great Gatsby’
SYNOPSIS: The musical adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel stars Broadway’s beloved Jeremy Jordan (“Newsies,” “Smash”) and Eva Noblezada (“Hadestown,” “Les Misérables”) as Gatsby and Daisy respectively. Set in the roaring 1920s, the production released an early look (above) of the song “For Her / My Green Light.”
WHERE: The Broadway Theater
VARIETY REVIEW: “For any fan of ‘The Great Gatsby’ it’s likely you’ll have moments of wanting more, of missing out on all the subtext, grit, and suffering beneath the sequins.”
‘& Juliet’
Matthew Murphy
SYNOPSIS: Created by the Emmy-winning writer of “Schitt’s Creek,” this acclaimed musical-comedy imagines what would happen if Shakespeare’s Juliet didn’t “end it all over Romeo.”
WHERE: Stephen Sondheim Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “’& Juliet’ is exactly the show Broadway needs right now: fun, exuberant, supremely joyful, hilarious, and excellently performed by a talented and diverse cast. The amount of confetti may be gratuitous (they seem to be trying to outdo “Moulin Rouge!”), but honestly, why not?”
‘MJ’
SYNOPSIS: A new musical inspired by the life of Michael Jackson will have its world premiere when it begins preview performances later this year.
WHERE: Neil Simon Theater
VARIETY REVIEW: “Packed with nearly 40 hits from Michael Jackson’s irresistible catalogue, the Broadway production from director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is not so much a biomusical as a high-shine and surface-skimming rehabilitation tour for its late subject, flattening rather than reckoning with his complex legacy.”
‘Six: The Musical’
SYNOPSIS: After earning a million dollars during its first week of previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, “Six” was hours away from officially opening before the COVID-19 shutdown went into effect on March 12. This wildly original stage production is like watching a pop concert starring the six ex-wives of Henry VIII.
WHERE: Brooks Atkinson Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “Audience interest in this competitive concert concept could easily wear out its welcome but the musical variety, bite-sized storytelling and unstoppable performances keep the entertainment level high as the musical subversively builds in emotional depth.”
‘Wicked’
Joan Marcus
SYNOPSIS: A prequel of sorts to “The Wizard of Oz,” “Wicked” recounts the happenings in Oz before Dorothy sauntered down the yellow brick road and tells the story of how a green-skinned woman named Elphaba becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. With classic songs like “Defying Gravity” and “Popular,” it’s one of the most beloved shows on Broadway.
WHERE: Gershwin Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “‘Wicked’ is stridently earnest one minute, self-mocking the next; a fantastical allegory about the perils of fascism in one scene, a Nickelodeon special about the importance of inner beauty in another.”
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’
Courtesy of Matthew Murphy
SYNOPSIS: Baz Luhrman’s legendary film comes to life in this enchanting and glitzy musical, following the same 19th century forbidden love story from the 2001 movie.
WHERE: Al Hirschfield Theater
VARIETY REVIEW: “It’s the same old story that poets and songwriters are still writing about today, in songs like “Nature Boy” and “One More Night” and “Only Girl in the World” and all the other tunes that Logan and Timbers have woven into this traditional — but kind of special — jukebox musical.”
‘Hadestown’
SYNOPSIS: The Tony-winning musical, written by celebrated singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell. The acclaimed show is a love story at its heart, following the mythical tales of two intertwining couples, Orpheus and Eurydice, and King Hades and his wife Persephone.
WHERE: Walter Kerr Theater
VARIETY REVIEW: “The storytelling is spare, but the visuals say it all, helped along by the melodious voice and slip-sliding dance moves of the indomitable André De Shields as the swift-footed god Hermes, as well as by the three gorgeous, golden-throated Fates played by Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer and Kay Trinidad.”
‘Aladdin’
SYNOPSIS: The musical based on the 1992 Disney animated film at Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre
WHERE: New Amsterdam Theatre
‘Chicago’
SYNOPSIS: The longest-running American musical in Broadway history has returned with the razzle dazzle. The Tony-winning revival tells the story of two women in Chicago who will use absolutely anything at their disposal to stay on the front page of the local newspaper, from behind prison bars.
WHERE: Ambassador Theatre
‘Hamilton’
Courtesy of Matthew Murphy
SYNOPSIS: Lin Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop musical tribute to one of our illustrious Founding Fathers was an immediate sensation upon its 2015 debut, and it’s still going strong on Broadway with a new cast. If you can’t make it in person, Disney+ has a live recording of the production with the original cast, including Miranda.
WHERE: Richard Rodgers Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “Like any true landmark, ‘Hamilton’ stands up to repeated viewings. After six months, the show’s initial impact hasn’t dulled a bit; in fact, the qualities that made it so extraordinary the first time around are all the more striking.”
‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
SYNOPSIS: Based on an original story written by J.K Rowling, this adapted play takes place 19 years after the events of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.”
WHERE: Lyric Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “Best of all, there’s a set of bookcases in the Hogwarts library that keep swallowing and spitting out unwary readers. But for all its inventive stagecraft devices, the show has a plot that really works as an extension of the Potter saga.”
‘The Lion King’
Courtesy of Joan Marcus
SYNOPSIS: King Mufasa, Simba, Scar and the rest of the animals from the Pride Lands of Africa.
WHERE: Minskoff Theatre
‘The Book of Mormon’
SYNOPSIS: This hilarious, Tony-winning musical follows two Latter-day Saints missionaries as they attempt to preach the teachings of their religion to a the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village.
WHERE: Eugene O’Neill Theatre
VARIETY REVIEW: “The cast shows no evidence of being second tier, and production values are as lavish and performance style as crisp as at the show’s nativity. As long as you don’t go expecting the Second Coming, you’re unlikely to be let down by this breathlessly funny, solidly crafted musical satire.”
