As we hurtle toward the end of another Broadway season—one that’s seen shows like Merrily We Roll Along, Appropriate, Doubt, and An Enemy of the People cast familiar material in shimmering new light—there is still so, so much more to see on the New York Stage. (Lucky us!) From starry revivals to ambitious new works, the theater scene is bursting with gems this year; here are 14 not to miss over the next five weeks.
The Who’s Tommy (opens March 28)
Based on The Who’s sprawling 1969 album-slash-rock opera Tommy, about a young pinball wizard and his highly dysfunctional family, Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff’s “timely and timeless” rock musical appears on Broadway this spring for the first time in more than 30 years. At the Nederlander Theatre; find tickets here.
The Outsiders (opens April 11)
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A new riff on S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film sets the story of Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade, and their ragtag gang of greasers in Tulsa to music by the folk duo Jamestown Revival. (Playwright Adam Rapp—known for Red Light Winter, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and The Sound Inside—adapted the book with Justin Levine.) At the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre; find tickets here.
Lempicka (opens April 14)
More than a decade in the making, this original musical from Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer considers the fascinating life of Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980). Eden Espinosa, who starred in its world-premiere production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2018, and then in its six-week run at La Jolla Playhouse in 2022, remains on board, returning to Broadway for the first time in close to 20 years. Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Hadestown) directs. At the Longacre Theatre; find tickets here.
Suffs (previews begin March 26; opens April 18)
After a buzzy premiere at the Public Theater in 2022, when Time Out hailed it “artful and inspiring,” Shaina Taub’s rousing musical about the passage of the 19th Amendment marches on to Broadway—with Hillary Clinton as a co-producer. Leigh Silverman directs. At the Music Box Theatre; find tickets here.
Hell’s Kitchen (previews begin March 28; opens April 20)
The news in December that Alicia Keys and Kristoffer Diaz’s moving coming-of-age musical would head to Broadway following a sold-out run at the Public came as little surprise. Set to Keys’s infectious music (and loosely inspired by her teenage years in New York), it’s announced the arrival of a major new talent in 21-year-old star Maleah Joi Moon—and offered yet another thrilling showcase for the great Shoshana Bean. Michael Greif directs. At the Shubert Theatre; find tickets here.
The Great Gatsby (previews begin March 29; opens April 25)
Not a year after departing Hadestown, two-time Tony nominee Eva Noblezada is back on Broadway—now, playing Daisy Buchanan opposite Jeremy Jordan’s Jay Gatsby and Noah J. Rickett’s Nick—in a new musical based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age masterpiece (not to be confused with the other one, set to begin out-of-town tryouts in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in May). Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen wrote the music and lyrics, and Kait Kerrigan the book. At the Broadway Theatre; find tickets here.
The Wiz (previews begin March 29; opens April 17)
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