Breaking Down the 2024/25 Broadway Season
Do you know how many shows opened on Broadway this season?
By: Nicole Rosky Apr. 18, 2025
The 2024/25 Broadway season is officially over, and what a season it has been! Audiences have enjoyed a ton of exciting performances over the past twelve months, and with awards season now upon us, we're looking back at how this year's productions add up and compare to seasons past. (Catch up on the rulings for Meeting 1, 2, 3, and 4)
Total shows
The 2024/25 season included 43 total productions. Comparatively: the 2023/24 season had 39 total productions, 2022/23: 40 total, 2021/22: 41 total.
Musicals vs. Plays
The 2024/25 season included 21 plays, 21 musicals, and 1 special event (Ben Platt: Live at the Palace). Comparatively, 2023/24: 16 plays, 21 musicals, 2 special events; 2022/23: 24 plays, 15 musicals, 1 special event; 2021/22: 22 plays, 15 musicals, 4 special events.
New Shows vs. Revivals
The 2024/25 season included 29 new shows and 14 revivals. Comparatively, 2023/24: 29 new shows and 10 revivals; 2022/23: 26 new shows and 14 revivals; 2021/22: 29 new shows and 12 revivals.
Closed vs. Still Open
19 of this season's shows have already closed (many had limited runs). 24 shows are still running on Broadway.
When They Opened
In the 2024/25 season, 23 shows opened in summer/fall and 20 shows opened in winter/spring: May (1), June (1), July (2), August (1), September (3), October (5), November (6), December (4), January (1), February (1), March (6), April (12).
Comparatively, 2023/24: 18 summer/fall and 21 winter/spring; 2022/23: 22 summer/fall and 18 winter/spring; 2021/22: 20 summer/fall and 21 winter/spring.
Where They Came From
22 of this season's productions first had runs somewhere else before Broadway. Of them, 6 shows played off-Broadway first and 7 came from London's West End.
2024/25 By Category
New Plays
Oh, Mary!
JOB
The Roommate
The Hills of California
McNeal
Left on Tenth
Cult of Love
All In: Comedy About Love
English
Purpose
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Good Night, and Good Luck
John Proctor is the Villain
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
New Musicals
A Wonderful World
Maybe Happy Ending
Tammy Faye
Swept Away
Death Becomes Her
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
Play Revivals
Home
Yellow Face
Our Town
Romeo + Juliet
Eureka Day
Othello
Glengarry Glen Ross
Musical Revivals
Once Upon a Mattress
Sunset Boulevard
Elf
Gypsy
The Last Five Years
Floyd Collins
Pirates! The Penzance Musical
2024/25 By Credits
Not including producers and designers, several creatives have multiple credits this theatre season. 3 shows: Bob Martin (Boop! The Musical, Smash, and Elf), David Yazbek (Dead Outlaw, Buena Vista Social Club, The Roommate), and Kenny Leon (Home, Our Town, Othello); 2 shows: David Cromer (Good Night, and Good Luck, Dead Outlaw), Alex Timbers (Just in Time, All In: Comedy About Love), Tina Landau (Floyd Collins, Redwood), Susan Stroman (Left on Tenth, Smash), Stephen Sondheim (Gypsy, Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends), and William Shakespeare (Romeo + Juliet, Othello).
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