Broadway is gearing up for a star-studded season, with Hollywood heavyweights, buzzy West End transfers and a slate of high-profile revivals headed to New York stages through 2027. Among the biggest draws are Julia Louis-Dreyfus, making her Broadway debut alongside Ed Harris and Allison Janney in “Other Desert Cities”; Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell reuniting for a revival of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”; and Rosamund Pike bringing her acclaimed London performance in “Inter Alia” across the Atlantic. Rachel Zegler is also set to lead Jamie Lloyd’s revival of “Evita,” while Billy Crystal returns to the stage with a deeply personal one-man show.
Musicals are having a particularly big moment, with stage adaptations of Prince’s “Purple Rain” and the “Paddington” books joining revivals of “The Sound of Music” and “The Fantasticks.” Horror fans, meanwhile, can look forward to the Broadway arrival of “Paranormal Activity,” directed by “Sleep No More” creator Felix Barrett. Below, find the best way to snag affordable tickets to this season’s current productions: SYNOPSIS: The blockbuster horror franchise makes the jump to Broadway in a new supernatural thriller directed by Felix Barrett, the immersive theater pioneer behind “Sleep No More.” Following runs in London and Chicago, the production follows a couple whose attempt to escape their troubled past takes a terrifying turn when they move into a new home. VARIETY REVIEW: “Just as he did with Punchdrunk’s long-running date night phenom “Sleep No More,” director Felix Barrett creates an impressive otherworldly, immersive experience.
But this time the audience is sitting in place, as he expertly guides the gasps like a sinister maestro, and offers an exhilarating funhouse night in the theater.” SYNOPSIS: Jocelyn Bioh’s acclaimed comedy makes its Broadway debut with Patina Miller, Denée Benton and Jasmine Amy Rogers among the cast. Set at an elite boarding school in Ghana, the play follows a group of teenage girls competing for the chance to represent their country in an international beauty pageant, exposing the complicated politics of friendship, popularity and beauty standards. VARIETY REVIEW: “School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play” is a joyous and gutting play centering the treasure of Black sisterhood, exceptionalism and the pain and anguish of putting your best foot forward and still falling short of someone much less qualified.” SYNOPSIS: Tony Award winner Bill Irwin stars in a new adaptation of Molière’s classic comedy about a wealthy hypochondriac whose obsession with his health makes him an easy target for the scheming people around him.
Irwin also adapted the play, with Brandon J. Dirden directing the Roundabout Theatre Company production. SYNOPSIS: Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes her Broadway debut alongside Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Keery and Lily Rabe in a star-studded revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s family drama.
Set during a tense Christmas reunion in Palm Springs, the play follows a daughter whose plans to publish a revealing memoir threaten to expose long-buried family secrets. SYNOPSIS: Billy Crystal returns to Broadway with a deeply personal one-man show inspired by the loss of his longtime Pacific Palisades home in the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. Directed by Scott Ellis, the autobiographical production blends comedy and reflection as the actor looks back on decades of family memories, love and loss.
SYNOPSIS: The Olivier and Tony Award-winning British musical comedy follows an outrageous real-life World War II intelligence operation involving a corpse, forged documents and a plot to fool the Nazis. After transferring from London’s West End in March 2025, the Broadway production now features Brandon Contreras, Jessi Kirtley, Julia Knitel, Jeff Kready and Amanda Jill Robinson. 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.
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