Best Broadway shows in New York in April 2025

Here are our top picks of theatre to check out in April 2025, including more than a dozen new Broadway musicals and plays opening in time for the 2025 Tony Awards.

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Good Night, and Good Luck
John Proctor Is the Villain
BOOP! The Musical
The Last Five Years
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Smash
Floyd Collins
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Real Women Have Curves
Dead Outlaw
Just in Time
Cirque du Soleil: Luzia
Hold Me in the Water
Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.
Becoming Eve

Good Night, and Good Luck

Broadway
Play
Screen to stage
Stars on stage
Drama

You don't need good luck to see George Clooney make his Broadway debut — just a ticket. The Oscar winner co-wrote and stars as Edward R. Murrow in the stage adaptation of his 2005 film about the on-air showdown between the journalist and Senator Joseph McCarthy over journalism, ethics, and truth.

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John Proctor Is the Villain

Broadway
Play
Comedy
Drama
Stars on stage

In this thrilling comedy-drama starring Stranger Things's Sadie Sink, a group of Georgia high schoolers reading The Crucible in class start to question everything they're being taught — both about the hero of the play and who their real-life heroes are.

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BOOP! The Musical

Broadway
Musical
Screen to stage
Family show
Comedy

Boop-oop-a-doop! Go along with classic cartoon character Betty Boop as she takes a day off from a life of superstardom in black and white and seeks out love, friendship, and adventure in the colorful New York City.

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The Last Five Years

Broadway
Musical
Drama
Stars on stage

Watch Grammy Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren fall in and out of love in this fan-favorite musical by Jason Robert Brown. Writer Jamie's side of the story starts at the first kiss, while actress Cathy's starts at their breakup.

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Smash

Broadway
Musical
Comedy
Screen to stage

It's gonna be a smash! Inspired by the hit NBC TV show, Smash takes audiences behind the scenes of a fictional Marilyn Monroe musical, where the tension and drama off stage nearly tops the drama on stage.

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Floyd Collins

Broadway
Musical
Drama
Stars on stage

Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan stars in this musical inspired by the true story of a 1920s cave explorer who gets trapped, leaving the nation holding its breath and creating one of the first media circuses as we know them.

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Broadway
Play
Drama
Screen to stage

Welcome to Hawkins, Indiana — but not exactly the one you know from the hit Netflix show. This stage prequel is set in the 1950s, when the lives of teenage Hopper, Joyce, Bob Newby, and more are turned upside down with the arrival of a mysterious new kid.

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Real Women Have Curves

Broadway
Musical
Comedy
Drama
Screen to stage

In this adaptation of Josefina López's play and the America Ferrera film, 18-year-old Ana must choose between pursuing college and a career in NYC and staying with her family and their business in L.A. Broadway newcomer Tatianna Córdoba stars as Ana alongside One Day at a Time's Justina Machado as her mother.

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Dead Outlaw

Broadway
Musical
Drama

Dead Outlaw tells the story of a Wild West bandit who dies young but gets a second life of sorts when his corpse is used as a carnival attraction, funhouse decoration, and movie prop. The wildest part? It's all true. The show reunites the Tony Award-winning creators of the acclaimed musical The Band's Visit.

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Broadway Stars on Stage
Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck

Winter Garden Theatre
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Broadway Theatre
& Juliet

& Juliet

Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Chicago

Chicago

Ambassador Theatre
Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

Shubert Theatre
Redwood

Redwood

Nederlander Theatre
CABARET at the Kit Kat Club

CABARET at the Kit Kat Club

August Wilson Theatre
Hadestown

Hadestown

Walter Kerr Theatre
Gypsy

Gypsy

Majestic Theatre
Floyd Collins

Floyd Collins

Vivian Beaumont Theater - Lincoln Center Theater
Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

St. James Theatre
Oh, Mary!

Oh, Mary!

Lyceum Theatre
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

James Earl Jones Theatre

Hold Me in the Water

Off-Broadway
Play
Comedy
Drama

Ryan J. Haddad, acclaimed creator and performer of shows like Dark Disabled Stories and Hi, Are You Single? returns to the stage with a tender, funny solo play about navigating first love with a disability.

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Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama

You don't just get one show, but four in Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. This production gathers four short plays by trailblazing experimental playwright Caryl Churchill, covering fantastical topics like ghosts and a secret in a bottle.

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Becoming Eve

Off-Broadway
Play
Drama
Stars on stage

Three rabbis gather in a room to discuss a way forward after one reveals she is transgender, shaking up their strictly gendered way of life. Tommy Dorfman, Brandon Uranowitz, Judy Kuhn, and more star in this story about bridging tradition and modernity, faith and acceptance.

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