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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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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