2025 Broadway Season Recap: Key Productions, Hits, and What’s Next
Do you know how many shows opened on Broadway this season?
By: Nicole Rosky Dec. 26, 2025
How do you measure a year? In overtures? In dance breaks? Standing ovations? Today, we measure 2025 in Broadway shows. Before we get wrapped up in the spring season ahead, BroadwayWorld wants to stop and salute the shows that made this year great.
Total shows
37 total productions opened on Broadway in 2025. Comparatively: 44 opened in 2024; 36 opened in 2023; and 44 opened in 2022.
Musicals vs. Plays
2025 saw 17 Broadway plays, 16 musicals, 2 return engagements, and 2 special events.
New Shows vs. Revivals
In 2025, Broadway welcomed 22 new shows and 11 revivals.
Closed vs. Still Open
23 of the new productions of 2025 have already closed (many had limited runs). 14 new shows are still running on Broadway. In total, 37 shows closed on Broadway in 2025.
2025 By Category:
New Plays
English
Purpose
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Good Night, and Good Luck
John Proctor is the Villain
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Call Me Izzy
Punch
Liberation
Little Bear Ridge Road
All Out: Comedy About Ambition
New Musicals
Redwood
Buena Vista Social Club
Operation Mincemeat
Boop! The Musical
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Smash
Just In Time
Real Women Have Curves
Dead Outlaw
The Queen of Versailles
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Play Revivals
Othello
Glengarry Glen Ross
Art
Waiting for Godot
Oedipus
Marjorie Prime
Musical Revivals
The Last Five Years
Floyd Collins
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
Ragtime
Chess
Return Engagements
Mamma Mia!
Beetlejuice
Special Events
Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets
Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride
The Coverage
Catch up on footage from opening night celebrations, show highlights, rehearsal performances, and more.
The Response
Catch up on which shows of 2025 were most loved by critics and read all of our Review Roundups from the year. Plus recap which productions were considered the best of the year.
What's Coming in 2026?
So far, 16 new shows will open on Broadway in Spring 2026. Another 3 have announced plans to arrive later in the year. Study up on what's coming!
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