A Look at the Most Anticipated Productions for Late 2025
The glamour and pageantry of the 2025 Tony Awards are now behind us, with many fan favorites taking home some hardware and a few disappointments, including the snubbing of the revival of Gypsy and the single award to the much-lauded Death Becomes Her. The show, as they say, must go on. There’s good news for Broadway fans—a number of new productions are currently in the works, with openings and previews scheduled in the next six months.
Up and Coming for Fans of Musical Theatre
The new musical offerings begin in September, when previews of the legendary musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime come to the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. Previews start on September 26 and the show’s opening night is scheduled for October 16. Currently, plans are for a limited run, with the production ending sometime in January. Grammy-nominated artist Joshua Henry and Broadway favorite Caissie Levy lead the cast.
In October, Tony nominee Kristin Chenoweth and Academy Award winning actor F. Murray Abraham bring The Queen of Versailles to the St. James Theatre. Based on a 2012 documentary of the same name, the musical depicts the trials and tribulations of Jackie and David Siegel as they try to build a personal residence modeled on the famed palace of Versailles, all during the 2008 recession.
Other musicals set to preview in October include:
- A third engagement for Beetlejuice at the Palace Theater, with cast yet undetermined
- A revival of Chess, with score by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA, along with Broadway legend Tim Rice
Noted Non-Musical Productions on Broadway This Year
A number of plays are scheduled to open this fall, including:
- A revival of Art, Yasmina Reza’s comedy about friendship and artistic sensibilities. Bobby Cannavale, Neil Patrick Harris and James Corden star.
- Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett’s self-proclaimed “tragicomedy” with philosophical, religious, psychological and occasionally humorous undertones, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter
- Oedipus, the classic Greek tragedy set, in this production, on election night. Mark Strong and Lesley Manville lead the cast.
- Marjorie Prime, from playwright Jordan Harrison, which offers a sobering look at what can and cannot be replaced by technology
- Punch, playwright James Graham’s fictionalized account of the true story of a teenaged boy who accidentally killed another young man with a single punch in a fistfight
