With star-studded casting announcements dropping one after the other, this season in New York City is packed with celebrities, both on and Off-Broadway. To help you decide which stars you should see in person, and budget accordingly, °ëµºÌåÓý has compiled a list of A-listers whose shows you can see right now and those who are set to hit the New York stage in the coming months.
Many of the actors listed in this article are no strangers to the theatre, but are better known for their appearances in film, television, or music. And several are making their Broadway or Off-Broadway debuts. We've also included notable stars of the stage (such as Audra McDonald and Bernadette Peters). Below are the many, many stars of the season. For ease of planning, we've divided these celebrities into three sections: Newly Announced, Currently Running, and Upcoming.
Newly Announced Stars
Tom Felton (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child)
Tom Felton, who played Harry Potter’s arch-nemesis Draco Malfoy in all eight Harry Potter films, will reprise the role in Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this fall. Felton will return to the role for the first time in nearly 15 years beginning November 11 at Broadway's Lyric Theatre for a limited 19-week engagement through March 22. Felton, who will be making his Broadway debut, will be the first actor from the original Harry Potter film to join the stage production, which takes place 19 years after the end of the original series.
Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Dog Day Afternoon)
Yes chef! Dog Day Afternoon, a new play from Pulitzer winner Stephen Adly Guirgis (Between Riverside and Crazy), will make its Broadway debut in spring 2026, with Emmy-winning The Bear stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach starring. Dates and a theatre are to be announced.
The true crime story, which previously inspired the 1975 film of the same name, centers on a 1972 Brooklyn bank robbery gone wrong that turns into a hostage situation. Bernthal will play Sonny Amato to Moss-Bachrach's Sal DeSilva. Frank Pierson wrote the 1975 film, adapting P.F. Kluge's Life magazine article "The Boys in the Bank." Warner Bros., which released the film, is producing the upcoming stage play, though it doesn't appear to be a direct adaptation of Pierson's screenplay.
Aaron Tveit and Lea Michele (Chess)
Heaven help our hearts, because Chess is returning to Broadway at last, stacked with an all-star cast. The cult-favorite musical has not officially graced the Broadway stage (save for a few one-night-only concerts) since its premiere in 1988, which ran for just two months. Performances will begin in the fall in a Shubert-owned theatre, both to be announced. The cast will be led by Tony winner Aaron Tveit as Freddie Trumper and Glee's Lea Michele as Florence Vassey.
James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale (Art)
Yasmina Reza's 1998 Tony Award-winning play Art will receive a very starry Broadway revival, starring Tony and Emmy-winning actors James Corden (The Late Late Show With James Corden) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), and Emmy winner Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire). They will play three friends who argue over a painting. The revival will begin performances at the Music Box Theatre August 28 with an official opening September 16. The limited engagement will run until December 21.
Leslie Odom, Jr (Hamilton)
He's going back to the room where it happens. Tony-winning Hamilton original cast member Leslie Odom, Jr. will return to the Broadway company of the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical in the fall. Odom, Jr., who won the 2016 Tony for creating the role of Aaron Burr in the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, will again play Burr at the Richard Rodgers Theatre September 9-November 23. The stage and screen star was most recently on Broadway in a Tony-nominated turn in the 2023 revival of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch. Since his breakout role in Hamilton, the actor has been seen on screen in The Good Wife, Murder on the Orient Express, One Dollar, Only, Love in the Time of Corona, Central Park, Abbott Elementary, The Many Saints of Newark, and an Oscar-nominated performance in One Night in Miami� Odom, Jr. also hosted The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back on CBS and can be seen in the filmed TV version of Hamilton. Odom, Jr.'s return coincides with the musical's 10th Broadway anniversary.
Currently Performing Stars
Darren Criss (Maybe Happy Ending)
Darren Criss seamlessly moves between the stage and screen. While he's a Golden Globe winner for American Crime Story and a former Glee cast member, he's also a beloved musical theatre performer—his credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Little Shop of Horrors. But the current hit Broadway musical Maybe Happy Ending is Criss' first professional foray into an original stage musical; he plays a robot who learns how to love.
As he told °ëµºÌåÓý, Maybe Happy Ending has crossed off a big item on his bucket list: “​​Originate something that hasn't been done on Broadway yet...I can categorically say that this will be something that you have never seen the likes of before on a Broadway stage.â€�
Nicole Scherzinger (Sunset Boulevard)
She's come home at last! Nicole Scherzinger is known primarily as the lead singer of the girl group The Pussycat Dolls and as a judge on The X Factor. But she's been slowly building up her stage career, courtesy of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. She starred as Grizabella in Cats in the West End in 2015, which earned her her first Olivier Award nomination. Her performance as Norma Desmond last year in the West End revival of Sunset Blvd. brought her the Olivier Award. She is currently reprising her role as Norma in the Broadway transfer of Sunset Blvd, which is playing the St. James Theatre through July 20.
READ: To Nicole Scherzinger, Sunset Blvd. Is the Perfect Musical for Her Broadway Debut
Scherzinger told °ëµºÌåÓý in an in-depth interview that she could have come to Broadway a decade ago for Cats, but she wanted to wait for the right time, and the right musical to showcase the depths of her talent. "It just didn't align with my life at the time," she said of Cats on Broadway. "It wasn't the right time. And now, after 46 years that I've been waiting to hit that Broadway stage, now the timing is everything, and it's divine. This is the production, this is the timing, this is the role, this is the musical that I'm supposed to be making my debut on Broadway.â€�
Michelle Williams (Death Becomes Her)
Out of all the members of the '90s girl-group Destiny's Child, Michelle Williams is the one that has kept a foot in the theatre world. The new musical Death Becomes Her marks her fourth Broadway credit—she was last seen in 2018 in the Once On This Island revival. And this latest project leans fully into Williams' pop diva persona—she plays the beautiful and mysterious Viola Van Horn, who offers up an immortality potion.
As Williams told °ëµºÌåÓý opening night of the show: "I don't take any of it for granted at all. The fact that just a few years ago, we didn't know what the status of theatre would become, everything was shut down, every industry was shut down. So I take nothing for granted. I'm humbled to be on this stage."
Death Becomes Her is now running at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Audra McDonald (Gypsy)
Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald (the most awarded actor of all time in the Tony performance categories, and the only person to win in all four) is currently starring as Rose in the ongoing Broadway revival of Gypsy. It's such a high-profile event that even the marquee at the theatre is inscribed with "Audra. Gypsy." Following in the footsteps of such legends as Ethel Merman and Angela Lansbury, McDonald brings a whole-new spin to the stage mother of all stage mothers—under the direction of George C. Wolfe, this revival reexamines the Arther Laurents-Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim musical from a Black lens.
As McDonald told °ëµºÌåÓý: "This is the King Lear of musical theatre roles." Gypsy is currently running at the newly refurbished Majestic Theatre.
Sarah Hyland (The Great Gatsby)
Sarah Hyland may be known as Haley in Modern Family, but she's been teasing Broadway a while now. For one, she made her Broadway debut in 2006 in Grey Gardens, and she played Audrey in the hit Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors in 2024. Now, Hyland is back on Broadway as the "golden girl" Daisy Buchanan in the musical The Great Gatsby, taking over for original cast member Eva Noblezada. She took the stage the same day as the show's new Gatsby, Ryan McCartan, beginning February 10 to June 15. With the centennial of Fitzgerald's novel happening on April 10, 1925, the spring is the perfect time for a new Gatsby and Daisy.
Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal (Othello)
Speaking of the Gladiator sequel, fans are able to see two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington live when he plays the title role in Othello, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal's Iago. The performance is Washington's first time back on the boards since starring in a 2018 revival of The Iceman Cometh. Gyllenhaal found fame on the screen in films like Brokeback Mountain, but in recent years, he's been spending more time on the stage—he starred in the title role of Sunday in the Park With George and earned a Tony nomination for Sea Wall/A Life. Othello began February 24 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, with performances set to continue through June 8.
Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, Bill Burr (Glengarry Glen Ross)
This spring, Broadway audiences might spot not just one but two Succession stars on the stage (more on the second one later). Kieran Culkin (who played Roman Roy in Succession) stars in a revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, opposite fellow screen stars Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) and comedian Bill Burr. Odenkirk and Burr are both making their Broadway debuts with the production. Culkin previously made his Broadway debut in 2014's This Is Our Youth. The production plays the Palace Theatre, where previews began March 10 ahead of a March 31 opening night. Tony winner Patrick Marber (Leopoldstadt) is directing.
Sarah Snook (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
Speaking of Succession, Emmy winner Sarah Snook is on stage all by herself beginning March 10 at the Music Box Theatre for The Picture of Dorian Gray (with an opening night of March 27). Based on the Oscar Wilde book, Snook plays 26 characters (with the help of some video versions of herself). Snook first performed the show in the West End, earning an Olivier Award. With Kieran Culkin also on Broadway, the Main Stem just needs Jeremy Strong and Alan Ruck to come back to have a full Roy sibling reunion.
George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
Two-time Academy Award winner George Clooney is making his Broadway debut beginning March 12 in a stage adaptation of the 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck. Clooney and Grant Heslov have adapted their screenplay for the stage, with David Cromer directing. The historical drama centers on a clash between famed journalist Edward R. Murrow and infamous U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, of anti-communist HUAC fame. Clooney starred on screen as Murrow's co-producer, Fred W. Friendly.
"I am honored, after all these years, to be coming back to the stage and especially, to Broadway, the art form and the venue that every actor aspires to,� Clooney said in an earlier statement.
Nick Jonas (The Last Five Years)
Nick Jonas, who rose to fame as one of the Jonas Brothers trio and as a Disney channel star, returns to the stage as Jamie in the first-ever Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years beginning March 18. Jonas stars alongside Tony winner Adrienne Warren as Cathy, with Tony nominee Whitney White at the helm.
Jonas started his Broadway career as a child actor, serving as an alternate for Gavroche in Les Misérables and Chip in Beauty and the Beast, and later playing Little Jake in Annie Get Your Gun. In 2011, he stepped into the role of J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Most recently, in 2023, the Jonas Brothers played a five-night concert residency at Broadway's Marquis Theatre, with each night dedicated to one of their six albums.
Sadie Sink (John Proctor is the Villain)
Stranger Things and The Whale star Sadie Sink returns to Broadway in Kimberly Belflower's new play John Proctor Is the Villain beginning March 20 at the Booth Theatre. The work is a modern reexamination of Arthur Miller's The Crucible set at a rural Georgia high school, and will mark Sink's first Broadway performance since her time as a child performer in the 2012 revival of Annie and 2015's The Audience. Sink will star in John Proctor is the Villain until July 13. The show will play until August 31.
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga (Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends)
These theatre legends need no introduction. Fresh from a limited engagement in Los Angeles, Lea Salonga and Bernadette Peters will headline the Broadway transfer of Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, a revue celebrating the late Broadway legend. Performances begin March 25 at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
Speaking to °ëµºÌåÓý when Old Friends was running in the West End, Peters said she never gets tired of singing Sondheim's music: “You’re bringing all of life’s experiences that you’ve gone through. You think, ‘Oh, it’s about this.â€� But then you go, ‘Oh, my God, no. It’s about this.â€� An uplifting song can be more uplifting, a devastating song can be more devastating, an angry song can be more intense. You bring more information to it.â€�
Lizzy McAlpine (Floyd Collins)
Whether performing selections from Hadestown and Next to Normal at Elsie Fest or making a special guest appearance to sing Wicked's "For Good" at one of Reneé Rapp's concerts, folk-pop singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine has been delving into the theatre world for a while now. Now she's finally making her Broadway debut. McAlpine is set to play Nellie in Lincoln Center Theater's production of Floyd Collins, alongside Jeremy Jordan, Jessica Molaskey, Taylor Trensch, and more. Performances begin March 28 ahead of an April 21 opening night, and the folk and bluegrass-inspired score sounds like a perfect fit for McAlpine.
Jonathan Groff and Gracie Lawrence (Just in Time)
Tony and Grammy winner Jonathan Groff's extensive list of Broadway credits include Hamilton, Spring Awakening, Merrily We Roll Along, and more, but those who aren't as tapped in to the Broadway scene may be more familiar with his screen (and voice) performances in Disney's Frozen or Fox's series Glee.
Groff will return to the stage beginning March 30 to play Bobby Darin in the new jukebox musical Just in Time. The immersive staging will see the theatre transformed into an intimate nightclub with a live, onstage big band. The show tracks Darin's life story and will see Tony winner Groff performing Darin's greatest hits, including "Beyond the Sea," "Splish Splash," and "Mack the Knife."
Plus, if you're a fan of The Sex Lives of College Girls on Max, then you'd know that its cast members are also singers: Broadway favorite Reneé Rapp has starred in all three seasons, and Gracie Lawrence, of the band Lawrence, joined the cast for the most recent one. This spring, Lawrence star opposite Groff in Just In Time. If you're a Lawrence fan and want to see the singer take on some American standards, you can catch her at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
Orville Peck (Cabaret)
Country music star Orville Peck, who also trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, will make his Broadway debut as the Emcee in Cabaret beginning March 31. His run, alongside Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles, will continue through July 20. While the production has not released details about Peck's costuming, they released the first look photo above, hinting that Peck's face will be obscured for his Broadway debut.
Jinkx Monsoon (Pirates! The Penzance Musical)
Two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon is no stranger to the stage, having starred in Broadway's Chicago (twice), Off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors, and more. Beginning April 4, she's returned to Broadway in the jazz-infused revival of The Pirates of Penzance�now titled Pirates! The Penzance Musical—as Ruth, alongside Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce.
As Monsoon told °ëµºÌåÓý in a 2023 interview, her stage performances have been a true full-circle moment for a self-proclaimed “theatre kid.â€� “I started doing drag because I wanted more chances to perform,â€� Monsoon said. “I think that’s probably the connecting thread, that if you’re a drag queen or a theatre kid, you’re just looking for every chance to get on stage. And if you’re both, that doubles your chances.â€�
Joey Fatone (& Juliet)
'90s kids got a delight when Joey Fatone (of the boy band NSYNC) returned to Broadway in & Juliet, where he sang some Backstreet Boys songs. Good news fans, after finishing up the first leg of his run in the Max Martin jukebox musical March 16, Fatone returns to & Juliet April 22–July 31, once again playing the role of romantic Frenchman Lance.
As the pop star told °ëµºÌåÓý earlier this year, he's just enjoying himself these days: "I still have the hunger and the drive, but it’s different. It’s not like I need to be somebody. As far as NSYNC, I became somebody with them, and then I did stuff on my own. I’ve done a lot of the things I’ve always dreamt about doing." Joey's back, alright!
Hugh Jackman (Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes)
Hugh Jackman's been many things in his career: an actor, a singer, Wolverine, the Greatest Showman. And now he's a producer. From April 28 to June 18, Jackman is starring opposite Ella Beatty in Hannah Moscovitch’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, which he is also producing at the Minetta Lane Theatre Off-Broadway. Jackman plays a middle-aged writer who enters into an inappropriate relationship with a young fan (played by Beatty, daughter of Warren Beatty who was previously in a starry production of Ghosts) . And if you miss it, that's okay, the performance will be recorded and released later on Audible.
Maya Hawke (Eurydice at Signature Theatre)
Sadie Sink isn't the only one venturing from Hawkins, Indiana, to Broadway. Fellow Stranger Things star Maya Hawke is currently starring in the title role in Eurydice, a play by Sarah Ruhl inspired by the Greek myth. Hawke's credits have been on the screen so far (Asteroid City, Inside Out 2) but she comes from a respected stage pedigree. Her parents are Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, who also have Broadway credits. With her brother Levon Hawke having done an Off-Broadway play 20 blocks north earlier this year (Ghosts), we're seeing a lot of the Hawke family this spring in New York. Eurydice runs May 13–June 22 at Pershing Square Signature Center’s Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre.
Liev Schreiber and Maggie Siff (Creditors)
Also at the Minetta Lane Theatre is a new version of Strindberg's Creditors starring Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan), Maggie Siff (Sons of Anarchy), and Justice Smith (son of Will Smith and who previously starred in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom). The play, adapted by Jen Silverman (The Roommate) follows Adi, a struggling painter, who finds his creative spark reignited by Gustav, a magnetic stranger at an isolated sea-side hotel. Their connection is instant and intimate, but what seems like a chance encounter quickly twists into something far darker, as Gustav becomes intrigued by Adi’s wife, the dazzling Tekla. Creditors runs May 10–June 18.
John Krasinski (Angry Alan)
Emmy nominee John Krasinski (The Office, A Quiet Place) will return to the New York stage later this spring in Penelope Skinner's dark comedy Angry Alan, the inaugural production of Off-Broadway's Studio Seaview. The strictly limited engagement runs May 23-August 3, with an official opening June 11. Tony winner Sam Gold is set to direct. The one-man play follows Roger, who is divorced, demoted, and drifting. When an online personality promises clarity, Roger dives in without looking back.
Though Krasinski is known for his screen work, he studied theatre at Brown and previously appeared on the stage in 2016, in the world premiere of Dry Powder (with Hank Azaria, Claire Danes, and Sanjit De Silva). Directed by Thomas Kail, the play ran at The Public Theater and the actor received the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance.
Jean Smart (Call Me Izzy)
Fresh off of winning three Emmy Awards for playing Deborah Vance in HBO's Hacks, Jean Smart will return to Broadway for the first time in over two decades this summer in the world premiere of Jamie Wax's solo show Call Me Izzy. The dark comedy follows one woman in rural Louisiana who has a secret that is both her greatest gift and her only way out. And similar to her winning character in Hacks, Smart will be on the stage by herself in Call Me Izzy.
The 12-week limited engagement begins performances May 24 at Studio 54 prior to an official opening June 12. It will run until August 17.
Upcoming Stars
Tituss Burgess (Oh, Mary!)
You can tell a lot about the quality of a role when an actor chooses to do it not once, but multiple times. Earlier this year, Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) stepped into the title role of Oh, Mary! for just a few weeks. And the experience was so special that Burgess will be back this summer, taking over the role from star (and Tony nominee) Cole Escola. So if you miss Burgess the first time, you're in luck. Burgess will step into the hoop skirt and bratty curls for a six-week engagement beginning June 23.
As Burgess told °ëµºÌåÓý during his first time in the role: "I know that the show has camp aspects...but I really think it is much more of a drama than it is a comedy," he says. "I really do. I mean, the stakes are so impossibly high. And for a Black male to be playing a part where they're consistently told 'no' at every turn, for me, that is what I pull from, and that is what I put on full display...It's actually quite heartbreaking, the role, and what she is up against. And so, I bring all of my heartbreak and all of the ways that I've tried to make life funny just to keep from crying."
Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nyong'o, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Sandra Oh (Twelfth Night)
Shakespeare in the Park is always a must-attend event every summer, and this year it's even more-so. Not only is this summer the anticipated reopening of the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park after its remodel, but it's also a starry version of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The best part? It's free. Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o (Twelve Years a Slave) will play Viola opposite her real-life brother Junior. Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) will play Malvolio, Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) will play Andrew Aguecheek, and Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) will play Olivia. Also part of this all-star cast is Bill Camp as Sir Toby Belch, Khris Davis as Orsino, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Maria, and Moses Sumney as Feste. Previews will begin August 7 ahead of an August 21 opening night, with performances continuing through September 14.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (Waiting for Godot)
Party on dudes! The upcoming Broadway revival of Waiting for Godot will reunite Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure film stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter for a new production of the Samuel Beckett play, directed by Jamie Lloyd (of the current similarly star-led Sunset Boulevard revival ). Performances will begin September 13 at the Hudson Theatre ahead of a September 28 opening night. The limited engagement will continue through January 4, 2026.
Reeves will play Estragon opposite Winter's Vladimir, with additional casting to be announced. The production will mark Reeves' Broadway debut (though he does support theatre behind-the-scenes, as a board member of the Brooklyn theatre company The Bushwick Starr). Winter previously appeared on Broadway as a child, playing John Darling in the 1979 Sandy Duncan-led Peter Pan.
Tom Hanks (The World of Tomorrow)
Off-Broadway's The Shed has added a world premiere play from Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and James Glossman to its upcoming season. The World of Tomorrow, based on Hanks' short stories, will play the company's Griffin Theater beginning October 30 and continuing through December 21. Tony winner Kenny Leon will direct.
Two-time Academy Award winner Hanks will also star in the work, playing Bert Allenberry, a scientist from the future who travels through time to 1939's World's Fair in Queens, New York, in search of true love. The story comes from a collection of Hanks' short stories that was published in 2017. Hanks is best known for his screen work in such titles as Sleepless in Seattle, Big, Apollo 13, and Forrest Gump. He made his Broadway debut in 2013's Lucky Guy, earning a Tony Award for his performance. This upcoming performance will be his first New York stage performance in more than a decade.
Kristin Chenoweth (The Queen of Versailles)
It's a Wicked-ly delightful reunion! Tony winner (and original Glinda) Kristin Chenoweth is collaborating with composer Stephen Schwartz on a new musical: The Queen of Versailles. Chenoweth will play real-life socialite Jackie Siegel who, with her husband David (played by F. Murray Abraham), try to build a lavish estate in Florida...during the 2008 financial crisis. Lindsey Ferrentino writes the book. The musical will play the St. James Theatre, with previews beginning October 8 ahead of a November 10 opening night. And with Chenoweth and Idina Menzel both on Broadway around the same time (more on that below), we couldn't be happier!
°ëµºÌåÓý will continue to update this list as more stars, and the theatres they're playing in, are announced.
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