The Best Shows Coming to Broadway in 2025 – Broadway Guide

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The 2024-2025 Broadway season has come to end, but there are still exciting productions coming to Broadway this year as the 2025-2026 season begins. From thrilling revivals to stage adaptations of screen favorites to starry plays and beyond, find out the best musicals and plays still on the way to Broadway in 2025.

 

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical

Now Open

The Olivier Award-winning caper musical, based on a World War II deception operation, makes its way across the pond. Get tickets to Operation Mincemeat: The Musical on Broadway!

Buena Vista Social Club

Now Open

Inspired by true events, this new musical brings the GRAMMY® Award-winning album to thrilling life – and tells the story of the legends who lived it. Get tickets to Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway!

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Now Open

The Olivier Award-winning prequel to the hit Netflix series arrives on Broadway featuring stunning special effects, extraordinary performances, and a storyline that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Lear more here and then get tickets to Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway!

Just In Time

Now Open

Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff stars as the legendary Bobby Darin in this immersive new biomusical that turns Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre into an intimate nightclub. Get tickets to Just In Time on Broadway!

Mamma Mia!

Now Open; Closes February 1, 2026

Here we go again! ABBA’s greatest hits return to Broadway in this fan-favorite musical, back at the Winter Garden Theatre for a limited run. Get tickets to Mamma Mia!

Jeff Ross: Take a Banana For The Ride

Now Closed

Legendary comic and “Roastmaster General” Jeff Ross makes his long-awaited Broadway debut in this hilarious and heartfelt one-man show. 

Art

Now Open; Closes December 21, 2025

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale return to Broadway in a revival of Yasmina Reza’s comedy. Get tickets to Art on Broadway!

Punch

Now Open; Closes November 2, 2025

Will Harrison makes his Broadway debut in James Graham’s drama, based on the true crime book Right From Wrong by Jacob Dunne. Get tickets to Punch on Broadway! 

Waiting For Godot

Now Open; Closes January 4, 2026

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunite in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Samuel Beckett’s classic. Get tickets to Waiting For Godot on Broadway!

Ragtime

Now Open; Closes January 4, 2026

Ahrens and Flaherty’s powerful adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s novel returns to Broadway, following a successful run at New York City Center. Get tickets to Ragtime on Broadway!

Little Bear Ridge Road

Now in Previews; Opens October 30, 2025

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock star in Samuel D. Hunter’s bitingly funny and quietly explosive new work about a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew. Get tickets to Little Bear Ridge Road on Broadway! 

Liberation

Now in Previews; Opens October 28, 2025

Bess Wohl’s provocative, wildly theatrical play arrives on Broadway, following a successful off-Broadway run. Get tickets to Liberation on Broadway!

The Queen of Versailles

Now in Previews; Opens November 9, 2025

Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham stars in Stephen Schwartz’s new musical about billionarie-couple Jackie and David Siegel. Get tickets to The Queen of Versailles on Broadway!

Beetlejuice

Now in Previews; Closes January 3, 2026

Third time’s a charm! he fan-favorite musical, based on the film of the same name, returns to Broadway for a limited engagement. Get tickets to Beetlejuice on Broadway!

Chess

Now in Previews; Opens November 16, 2025; Closes May 3, 2026

Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher star in the Broadway revival of this iconic musical, featuring music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Get tickets to Chess on Broadway!

Rob Lake Magic With Special Guests The Muppets

Previews begin October 28, 2025; Opens November 6, 2025; Closes January 18, 2026

The World’s Greatest Illusionist Rob Lake brings his magic to Broadway, joined by his friends Kermit and The Muppets. Get tickets to Rob Lake Magic With Special Guests The Muppets on Broadway!

Oedipus

Previews begin October 30, 2025; Opens November 13, 2025; Closes February 8, 2026

Mark Strong and Lesley Manville lead Robert Icke’s Olivier Award-nominated tranformation of Sophocles’ epic tragedy. Get tickets to Oedipus on Broadway!

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Begins November 1, 2025; Opens November 20, 2025

This original new musical comedy about timing, connections, and unexpected detours arrives in New York after successful runs in Boston and London. Get tickets to Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) on Broadway!

Marjorie Prime

Begins November 20, 2025; Opens December 8, 2025

The new family drama from Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison makes its Broadway premiere. Get tickets to Marjorie Prime on Broadway!

All Out: Comedy About Ambition

December 12, 2025; Closes March 8, 2025

A follow-up to Simon Rich’s All In: Comedy About Love, featuring a rotating cast of stars sharing Rich’s stories about ego, envy, greed and, basically, New Yorkers in general.  Get tickets to All Out: Comedy About Ambition on Broadway!

Bug

Begins December 17, 2025; Opens January 8, 2026

Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood star in the Broadway premiere of Tracy Letts’ psychological thriller. Get tickets to Bug on Broadway!

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