Fall is here and with it comes the first half of the 2025/26 Broadway season, with many new productions set to arrive soon. Before the end of the year, 8 plays and 5 musicals will take Broadway bows and BroadwayWorld is very excited to bring you a special first look at all of them. Check out exclusive previews of the shows of the season with BroadwayWorld's 2025 Fall Preview!
But that's not all. See what arrives off-Bradway this season.
Don't forget to study up on the Broadway Thanksgiving Week Schedule and learn all about this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. While you wait, watch some of our favorite past performances.
Chess
How Michael Mayer Is Shepherding an All New CHESS to Endgame
After years of developing a revised version of the 1986 musical with Danny Strong (who has written the new book), Michael Mayer is finally ushering the final product back to Broadway, where it hasn't been seen in almost four decades. Before rehearsals began, Mayer checked in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about how he's setting up the board to create a Chess for 2025.
Ragtime
For Shaina Taub & Ben Levi Ross RAGTIME Isn't Just a Musical, It's a Movement
Almost a year after its triumphant return to the stage at New York City Center, Ragtime is returning to Broadway. Shaina Taub and Ben Levi Ross have been along for the ride, playing real life activist 'Emma Goldman', and fictional anarchist 'Younger Brother' respectively. The duo took a break from rehearsals to check in with BroadwayWorld and tell us all about the strange, insistent music that will give us all something to think about in 2025.
The Queen of Versailles
Meet the Queen of THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES, Broadway Newcomer Lindsey Ferrentino
The musical in question is The Queen of Versailles, and it's just weeks away from beginning Broadway previews. Lindsey Ferrentino is a huge part of getting it here. As the show's book writer, she has collaborated with director Michael Arden and composer Stephen Schwartz for years, and through an out-of-town tryout in Boston, to make it to this finish line- Broadway. Watch in this video!
Marjorie Prime
Interview: Christopher Lowell Wants to 'Meet the Moment' of MARJORIE PRIME
Just last fall, film and television star Christopher Lowell was gearing up for a major career milestone... his Broadway debut. He went on to take his first official Broadway bow at the Hayes Theatre in the acclaimed Second Stage production of Leslye Headland's Cult of Love, on December 12, 2024. Exactly one year later, Lowell will be back on Broadway, at the Hayes Theatre, starring in yet another Second Stage production- Marjorie Prime.
Waiting for Godot
It's Jamie Lloyd's Broadway
Prehaps no director has made a more profound impact on Broadway and West End stages in recent years than Jamie Lloyd. After astounding audiences with his take on Sunset Boulevard (Tony winner for Best Revival of a Musical) last season, he returned to London this summer to yet again dazzle audiences with a daring new production of Evita, starring Rachel Zegler. Watch more in this video.
Art
What IS Art? with Scott Ellis
Art isn't easy... or maybe it is when you have the right people involved? According to Scott Ellis, who's latest project is the first Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza's Art, it is in fact, all about the people. Watch in this video!
Liberation
Qween Jean Speaks Out on Freedom, Fashion, and LIBERATION
This fall, Bess Wohl's Liberation, directed by Whitney White, moves to Broadway following a critically acclaimed, award-winning run at Roundabout Theatre Company. Qween Jean is the costume designer who gets to give each of these women an identity, and it's not a job that she is taking lightly. She just checked in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about what Liberation means to her, and why this is play that audiences will not want to miss.
Beetlejuice
Isabella Esler Is Ready for That Beautiful Sound of Broadway
BroadwayWorld spoke with Isabella Esler, who after playing 'Lydia' in the National Tour for multiple years, is returning to the role to make her Broadway debut. Read the full interview here!
Little Bear Ridge Road
Samuel D. Hunter is Making Art Out of the Mundane
Samuel D. Hunter will officially make his West End writing debut in just days with Clarkston, led by Joe Locke. Then just weeks later, he'll make his Broadway debut with Little Bear Ridge Road- a play he specifically wrote for its star and director, Broadway icons Laurie Metcalf and Joe Mantello. Sam took a break from rehearsals for Clarkston to check in with BroadwayWorld and tell us all about this exciting new play.
Mamma Mia!
Judy Craymer on the Music, Memories, and Future of MAMMA MIA!
Judy Craymer had a dream... and she made it a reality. After ABBA broke up in 1982, when she was a production assistant for Tim Rice, Craymer pitched her big idea for a musical based on the beloved band's music. In the decades following, she turned that idea into an empire. Watch in this video!
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
How Christiani Pitts & Sam Tutty Are Carrying a Show (and a Cake) to Broadway
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is coming to Broadway. The friends leading the new musical are Christiani Pitts (King Kong, A Bronx Tale) and Sam Tutty, who (along with the show's creators) is making his Broadway debut. The duo checked in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about how excited they are to continue their journey to Broadway.
Saturday Church
Damon Cardasis Wants to Take You to Church
The congregation is gathering at New York Theatre Workshop! The new musical Saturday Church, is officially in previews and set to open on September 15. Before it was a musical, Saturday Church was an acclaimed 2017 Spring Pictures film written and directed by Damon Cardasis. He just checked in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about how the project came to be and why audiences need to run (not walk) to check it out for themselves.
Punch
Notes on a Script: James Graham Unpacks the World of PUNCH
In this video, watch as playwright James Graham breaks down his words from Broadway's Punch in the newest episode of BroadwayWorld's Notes on a Script
Romy & Michelle
Gwendolyn Sanford & Brandon Jay Break Down the Music of ROMY & MICHELE
What goes into making the music of our favorite Broadway shows? How do Broadway composers make our favorite characters sing and our favorite scenes come alive? BroadwayWorld is finding out with Notes on a Score. Today we continue the series with Gwendolyn Sanford and Brandon Jay, who wrote the score for the coolest new off-Broadway musical Romy & Michele. Watch in this video!
Rob Lake Magic
Rob Lake Is Making Holiday Magic with the Help of the Muppets
The Muppets + a magic man = what audiences will find this holiday season at the Broadhurst Theatre. Rob Lake has already dazzled millions on TV and onstage worldwide, but this fall, he's taking his show to Broadway. And he simply cannot do it alone...
Hadestown
There's a New Cast in (Hades)Town
Five new souls are traveling way down to Hadestown this fall! That's right, for the first time since the beloved musical opened in 2019, new actors are entering the show at once, taking on the iconic principal characters.
Chicago
Broadway Dreams Are Coming True for Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino is officially on Broadway, and that's good... isn't it?! The Academy Award winner just stepped into Roxie Hart's heels in Chicago and will continue performances through Sunday, November 2, 2025. Watch in this video as she tells us more about her take on the character.
44 - The Musical
Interview: Eli Bauman on the 'Absurd and High-Stakes' 44 - THE MUSICAL
Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Eli Bauman, the writer, composer, director, and producer for 44- The Musical, the satirical Barack Obama musical, Off-Broadway.
Moulin Rouge!
For Wayne Brady & Taye Diggs, MOULIN ROUGE! Is a Return to Home
Wayne Brady and Taye Diggs recently joined the cast of the Moulin Rouge! as Harold Zidler and The Duke of Monroth, respectively. Watch in this video as they chat more about their time in the spectacular show so far.
Learn more about how to get tickets to every incoming show right here at BroadwayWorld.
Plus, get ahead of the game and study up on what's coming to Broadway in 2026, check out the Broadway marquees of Fall 2025, and sing along to songs of the season.
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