Awards season is upon us! The 2024 Tony Awards nominations were recently announced and May is the perfect time to catch a one of the many nominated plays and musicals.
Fresh shows arrive on the boards this month as well! The Broadway revival of Sam-Artt Williams' Home begins previews, and Broadway favorite Laura Benanti begins the limited off-Broadway run of her new solo show Nobody Cares. Don't miss our Best Shows Coming to Broadway in 2024 guide for a full list of what's on deck!
Here is your complete guide to the best shows on the Broadway boards in May of 2024.
Broadway's Best Selling Shows
The Top 10 best selling shows currently playing on Broadway. For a deeper look, check out our complete breakdown of Broadway's Best Selling Shows.
| SHOW | |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Lion King |
| 2 | Wicked |
| 3 | Hamilton |
| 4 | Cabaret |
| 5 | The Wiz |
| 6 | MJ The Musical |
| 7 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 8 | Merrily We Roll Along |
| 9 | Aladdin |
| 10 | Moulin Rouge! The Musical |
Based on gross sales for performances during the week ending April 28, 2024. Check out our complete list of Broadway's Best Selling Shows.
Top Tony-Nominated Shows
The best of the 2023-2024 Broadway season has been recognized with Tony Award nominations. Here's the shows that topped the list of nominees!
Hell's Kitchen
13 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:Best Musical
Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Maleah Joi Moon
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Brandon Victor Dixon
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Shoshana Bean
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Kecia Lewis
Best Director of a Musical - Michael Greif
Best Choreography - Camille A. Brown
Best Book of a Musical - Kristoffer Diaz
A new musical inspired by the life of, and featuring music and lyrics by, 16-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys. Follow Ali as she steps out of her New York City apartment and finds the world.
Stereophonic
13 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:
Best Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Will Brill
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Eli Gelb
Best Featured Actor in a Play - Tom Pecinka
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Juliana Canfield
Best Featured Actress in a Play - Sarah Pidgeon
Best Director of a Play - Daniel Aukin
Best Original Score - Will Butler
Featuring original music from Arcade Fire's Will Butler and set in a recording studio in 1976, Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on an up-and-coming rock band as they teeter on the cusp of superstardom.
The Outsiders
12 NOMINATIONS INCLUDING:Best Musical
Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Brody Grant
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Joshua Boone
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Sky-Lakota Lynch
Best Director of a Musical - Danya Taymor
Best Choreography - Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman
Best Book of a Musical - Adam Rapp and Justin Levine
Best Original Score - Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance) and Justin Levine
Oklahoma comes to Broadway as Ponyboy and the gang take the stage in a thrilling new musical that explores the timeless themes of chosen family and more that have kept both S.E. Hinton’s novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s motion picture classics for decades.
Find out everything you need to know about the 2024 Tony nominees.
Best Broadway Shows, From Screen to Stage
It can be a blast to see classic movies, and their legendary characters, come to life on stage! Here's a selection of film faves that have made their way to Broadway.For a full list of shows that have been adapted from movies, head to our Best Broadway Shows, From Screen to Stage guide.
The Notebook
Page, screen, stage! Allie and Noah arrive on Broadway in the musical adaptation of The Notebook, based on Nicholas Sparks' 1996 best-selling novel and the 2004 motion picture of the same name. Featuring a score by Ingrid Michaelson, the new musical comes to New York following an acclaimed world premiere in Chicago.
(Photo: Julieta Cervantes)
Back to the Future
This is heavy! Back to the Future has made its way to the stage in a high-voltage adaptation by the film’s creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis. When Marty McFly finds himself transported back to 1955 in a time machine built by the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, he accidentally changes the course of history. Now he’s in a race against time to fix the present, escape the past and send himself... back to the future.
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
Chicago
Get ready for some razzle dazzle! Though Kander and Ebb's classic musical originated on stage, Chicago was brought to the screen in 2002 in an adaptation that went on to win six Academy Awards, bringing the story to an even wider audience. The tale of Vaudevillian murderesses Roxie and Velma is still going strong, having just celebrated its 27th year on Broadway!
(Photo: Jeremy Daniel)
Best Plays on Broadway: Star-Studded Casts
There is something special about watching established Hollywood stars performing live in front of an audience. Below are a few of our favorites on the boards this spring.
We maintain a complete guide to Celebrities on the Stage. Also, check out our Complete List of Broadway Plays for everything playing on and off Broadway.
An Enemy of the People
Succession's Jeremy Strong and White Lotus' Michael Imperioli star in Amy Herzog’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s moral battle between a lone truth teller and a society desperate for self-preservation.Appropriate
Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Sarah Paulson leads the cast of Branden Jacobs-Jenkin's darkly comic family drama, which tells the story of the Lafayette family as they return to their patriarch’s Arkansas home to deal with the remains of his estate.
Mary Jane
Best known for beloved roles in The Notebook, Mean Girls and more, Rachel McAdams makes her Broadway debut in Amy Herzog's new play about a single mother who, when faced with a slew of challenges in raising her chronically ill young son, relies on optimism, humor and the wisdom of women around her to tackle each new day.
Uncle Vanya
The Office and overall screen favorite Steve Carell makes his Broadway debut as the title character in Heidi Schreck's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic, leading a starry cast that also includes Alfred Molina, William Jackson Harper, Anika Noni Rose and more.
Best Broadway Shows for Kids
For a complete breakdown of age-appropriate shows and what you can expect when attending, check out our Best Broadway Shows For Kids in 2024 guide.
Below are the official age recommendations issued by the producers of each show.
