Broadway Fall Preview 2024: Shows to See in NYC
A guide to 19 upcoming musicals and plays
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NOTE: Shows are listed in first preview date order within each category.
MUSICALS
Sunset Blvd. – begins performances September 28
St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews begin September 28. Opens October 20. Closes July 20, 2025.
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A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical – begins performances October 16
Previews start October 16. Opens November 11. Closes February 23. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Hello, Louis! Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Spamalot) stars as the legendary trumpeter and gravelly vocalist in this new bio musical, which had well-received runs in New Orleans and Chicago last year. This portrait of the artist is conjured through the eyes of his four wives and features songs he made famous, including the standards “What a Wonderful World” and “When You’re Smiling.” Tony nominee Christopher Renshaw directs.
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Maybe Happy Ending – begins performances October 16
Previews start October 16. Opens November 12. Open run.
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Tammy Faye – begins performances October 19
Palace Theatre, 160 West 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews begin October 19. Opens November 14. Closes December 8.
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Death Becomes Her – begins performances October 23
Previews start October 23. Opens November 21. Open run.
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Swept Away – begins performances October 29
Previews start October 29. Opens November 19. Closes December 29.
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Elf The Musical – begins performances November 9
Previews start November 9. Opens November 17. Closes January 4, 2025.
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Gypsy – begins performances November 21
Majestic Theatre, 247 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start November 21. Opens December 19. Closes August 17, 2025.
Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald is the ultimate stage mother in Tony-winning director George C. Wolfe’s reimagining of Gypsy. Yes, the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim classic is revived a lot, but we are happy to let these two entertain us with their talent and insight into this musical masterpiece, the first production to play the Majestic Theatre since Phantom closed. The rest of the cast has not yet been announced, but Wolfe has stated Mama Rose’s boyfriend and manager, Herbie, will be white, adding new layers to this iconic showbiz story.
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PLAYS
The Roommate – begins August 29
Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start August 29. Opens September 12. Closes December 15.
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McNeal – begins performances September 5
Previews start September 5. Opens September 30. Closes November 24.
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The Hills of California – begins performances September 11
Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start September 11. Opens September 29. Closes December 22.
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Yellow Face – begins performances September 13
Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start September 13. Opens October 1. Closes November 24.
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Our Town – begins performances September 17
Previews start September 17. Opens October 10. Closes January 19, 2025.
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Left on Tenth – begins performances September 26
James Earl Jones Theatre, 138 West 48th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews start September 26. Opens October 23. Closes February 2, 2025. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher star in a stage adaptation of Delia Ephron’s best-selling memoir of unexpected romance. On the heels of loss and health challenges, a widowed writer reconnects with a man from her past with life-changing results. Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers) directs this feel-good, true dramedy.
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Romeo + Juliet – begins performances September 26
Previews start September 26. Opens October 24. Closes February 16, 2025.
Tony winner Sam Gold, who’s made a career out of daring, contemporary reinventions of classics (An Enemy of the People, Othello with Daniel Craig, Hamlet with Oscar Isaac) takes on the Bard’s most famous romantic tragedy. Youthful in spirit, style and stars—Heartstopper Emmy Award winner Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler from Spielberg’s West Side Story—this Romeo and Juliet aims to be the Shakespeare gateway drug for Gen Z. Just look at that trailer!
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Cult of Love – begins performances November 20
Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start November 20. Opens December 12. Closes February 2, 2025.
Writer Leslye Headland (Bachelorette, Assistance, Netflix’s Russian Doll) completes her Seven Deadly Sins cycle with her pride-themed play Cult of Love, an intensely personal, empathetic and humorous examination of a dysfunctional religious family, just like the one she grew up in. At Christmas, four adult children with varying levels of faith return to their evangelical Christian home along with their literal and figurative baggage. But despite their differences, they share love and harmony, especially when they burst into song. Headland’s frequent collaborator, Trip Cullman, directs an ensemble cast led by Zachary Quinto and Shailene Woodley.
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Eureka Day – begins performances November 25
Previews start November 25. Opens December 16. Closes February 16, 2025.
Jonathan Spector’s comedy about a progressive private school at odds over vaccination policy has become even more darkly funny and depressingly relevant since its . Manhattan Theatre Club’s brand-new production has a crack comic cast, including Silicon Valley‘s Thomas Middleditch, consummate clown Bill Irwin and Hadestown‘s Amber Gray. Tony winner Anna D. Shapiro (August: Osage County) directs.
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All In: Comedy About Love – begins performances December 11
Previews start December 11. Opens December 22. Closes February 9, 2025.
A late addition to the fall season, All In: Comedy About Love is a Saturday Night Live pet project! Written by longtime SNL scribe Simon Rich, produced by SNL creator Lorne Michaels and featuring SNL alums John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Chloe Fineman, Aidy Bryant, Jimmy Fallon and Tim Meadows, this anthology comedy is based on humorous New Yorker stories penned by the playwright about hooking up, breaking up and getting hitched. Alex Timbers directs the play, which will star a rotating cast of cutups, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hank Azaria, David Cross, Andrew Rannells, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Kind.
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English – begins performances January 3, 2025
Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 West 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start January 3, 2025. Opens January 23, 2025. Closes March 2, 2025. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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