Broadway Spring Preview 2025: Shows to See in NYC
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NOTE: Shows are listed in first preview date order within each category.
MUSICALS
Redwood – begins performances January 24
Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start January 24. Opens February 13. Closes May 18. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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Operation Mincemeat – begins performances February 15
John Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start February 15. Opens March 20. Closes March 15, 2026.
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Buena Vista Social Club™ – begins performances February 21
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start February 21. Opens March 19. Open run.
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BOOP! The Musical – begins performances March 11
Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 11. Opens April 5. Closes July 13. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Max Fleischer’s black-and-white Betty Boop comes to colorful life in this new musical, which had a successful world premiere in Chicago in 2023. Once again, charming newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers headlines the show, which finds the 1930s manic pixie cartoon girl magically transported to 21st-century New York City, where she becomes her own woman. Pop hit maker David Foster and lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Jelly’s Last Jam) wrote the songs, and Tony winner Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperon, The Prom) penned the amusing book. Kinky Boots Tony winner Jerry Mitchell directs and choreographs.
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Smash – begins performances March 11
Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 11. Opens April 10. Closes June 22. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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The Last Five Years – begins performances March 18
Previews start March 18. Opens April 6. Closes June 22. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – begins performances March 25
Previews start March 25. Opens April 8. Closes June 29.
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Floyd Collins – begins performances March 28
Previews start March 28. Opens April 21. Closes June 22. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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Just In Time – begins performances March 31
Previews start March 31. Opens April 26. Closes January 11, 2026.
Merrily We Roll Along Tony winner Jonathan Groff plays popular mid-20th-century singer Bobby Darin in this bio-musical. His life was short-lived but his hit recordings endure, notably “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife,” “Splish Splash” and “Dream Lover.” Moulin Rouge! The Musical Tony winner Alex Timbers developed and directs the production, which is set in an intimate nightclub featuring a live onstage band.
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Real Women Have Curves: The Musical – begins performances April 1
James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 West 48th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews start April 1. Opens April 27. Closes June 29. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Before Real Woman Have Curves became a hit movie, it was a play by Josefina López. That’s the inspiration for this new musical about a Latina teenager who yearns to leave her East Los Angeles home until an all-or-nothing order for her parents’ dress shop changes her perspective. Joy Huerta of the pop duo Jesse & Joy and Benjamin Velez wrote the songs, and Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin collaborated on the book for this uplifting show, which had its world premiere at Massachusetts’ American Repertory Theater in 2023. Tony winner Sergio Trujillo directs and choreographs.
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Pirates! The Penzance Musical – begins performances April 4
Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start April 4. Opens April 24. Closes July 27.
After a successful one-night-only benefit concert of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic in 2022, Roundabout Theatre Company is doing a full-fledged revival of this popular comic opera reset in New Orleans with a jazzy flair. Tony winner David Hyde Pierce and Tony nominee Ramin Karimloo reprise their performances as Major General and the Pirate King. Joining the cast are RuPaul’s Drag Race alum Jinkx Monsoon as Ruth and Nicholas Barasch as Frederic the Pirate Apprentice. Scott Ellis directs this swashbuckling songfest.
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Dead Outlaw – begins performances April 12
Previews start April 12. Opens April 27. Closes June 29. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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PLAYS
Othello – begins performances February 24
Previews start February 24. Opens March 23. Closes June 8.
Movie stars in Shakespeare alert! To be fair, Denzel Washington, who plays the easily manipulated title general, and Jake Gyllenhaal, who portrays the villainous lieutenant devoted to Othello’s downfall, have quite the stage credits and accolades, even if they’re better known for their screen roles. A Raisin in the Sun Tony winner Kenny Leon directs.
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Purpose – begins performances February 25
Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start February 25. Opens March 17. Closes August 31.
Last spring, Second Stage Theater’s searing mounting of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate won the Tony for Best Revival of a Play. This spring, the company presents the Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of Purpose, a new work by the audacious playwright. Centering on a famous Black family known for its preachers, politicians and civil rights activism, the play delves into their secrets, regrets and shaky faith. Phylicia Rashad, who helmed its Chicago world premiere last year, once again directs this explosive ensemble drama starring LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Harry Lennix and Purlie Victorious Tony winner Kara Young.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – begins performances March 10
Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 10. Opens March 27. Closes June 29.
Oscar Wilde’s 19th-century gothic horror novel gets a high-tech 21st-century makeover in this celebrated solo show featuring Succession Emmy winner Sarah Snook playing all 26 roles, a tour de force that won her an Olivier Award in London last year. A dazzling array of visual effects turns this tale of a man relinquishing his soul for eternal youth into an eye-popping experience. Kip Williams adapted the story and directs.
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Glengarry Glen Ross – begins performances March 10
Palace Theatre, 160 West 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews start March 10. Opens March 31. Closes June 28.
That rumored never materialized, but we’re getting a traditional all-male one this spring. Succession‘s Kieran Culkin, Better Call Saul‘s Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean and Bill Burr headline this mounting of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, profanity-laced play about a ruthless real estate office where the salesmen go for glory or go home. Leopoldstadt Tony winner Patrick Marber directs.
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Good Night, and Good Luck – begins performances March 12
Previews start March 12. Opens April 3. Closes June 8.
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John Proctor is the Villain – begins performances March 20
Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start March 20. Opens April 14. Closes September 7.
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow – begins performances March 28
Previews start March 28. Opens April 22. Open run. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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