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Best Broadway shows in New York in May 2025

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Winner of four Best Musical prizes for its 2024 Off-Broadway premiere, *Dead Outlaw* tells the story of a bandit whose corpse was embalmed and displayed as a carnival sideshow and museum attraction for decades. It's told with rollicking folk rock music — and it's 100% true.

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Dead Outlaw

A World War II mission — one involving a stolen corpse, no less — doesn't sound like a musical comedy, but this hit British show proves that wrong. With catchy tunes and plenty of laughs, *Operation Mincemeat* tells the story of the real-life operation that turned the tide in the Allies' favor and the mad geniuses behind it. 

Get [*Operation Mincemeat* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42735-operation-mincemeat-on-broadway) now.

Operation Mincemeat

The [best-reviewed musical](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/maybe-happy-ending-broadway-review-darren-criss-helen-j-shen) of the season, *Maybe Happy Ending* is your typical love story — almost. Boy ([Darren Criss](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/darren-criss)) meets girl ([Helen J. Shen](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/helen-j-shen)), and after a rocky start, they go on an adventure through South Korea and maybe fall in love. Did we mention they're robots?

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Maybe Happy Ending

Now a warning? *Death Becomes Her* has made audiences die of laughter on Broadway since the fall. The no-holds-barred musical comedy is adapted from the 1992 Meryl Streep/Goldie Hawn film about frenemies who each take an anti-aging potion to remain young and beautiful forever. And ever.

Get [*Death Becomes Her* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/34895-death-becomes-her-on-broadway) now.

Death Becomes Her

Let the music move you at this vibrant new musical about the [Grammy Award-winning Cuban music group](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/the-real-history-behind-buena-vista-social-club-on-broadway). Decades after the Cuban Revolution upended their careers, older musicians reunite to make a record that will usher in a renaissance of old-school Latin sounds — and we defy you not to dance in your seat.

Get [*Buena Vista Social Club* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/31351-buena-vista-social-club) now.

Buena Vista Social Club

This celebratory new musical, adapted from the hit play and film, tells a story of coming-of-age, acceptance, and ambition. Eighteen-year-old Ana must choose between pursuing her dreams of college and a career in NYC and staying in Los Angeles to work at her immigrant family's dress factory.

Get [*Real Women Have Curves* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/12886-real-women-have-curves-on-broadway) now.

Real Women Have Curves

Nicole Scherzinger is ready for her close-up. Now extended through July 13, *Sunset Boulevard* is a thrilling, cinematic Broadway musical about a film star obsessively clinging to the fame she thinks she still has.

Get [*Sunset Boulevard* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/38372-sunset-boulevard-broadway) now.

Sunset Boulevard

It's six-time Tony Award winner [Audra McDonald](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/audra-mcdonald)'s turn as Momma Rose, one of the most iconic roles in musical theatre. *Gypsy* follows this stage mother's obsessive attempts to make her two daughters into stars, and it features classic songs like "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and "Together Wherever We Go."

Get [*Gypsy* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41161-gypsy-on-broadway) now.

Gypsy

One of the [best-reviewed new plays](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/reviews/john-proctor-is-the-villain-broadway-review-sadie-sink) of the season, *John Proctor Is the Villain* turns a classic story on its head. A group of high school girls studying *The Crucible* start to question what they're being taught in light of shocking scandals in their rural Georgia town.

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John Proctor Is the Villain

Playwright [Cole Escola](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/cole-escola) and the full original cast of this hit comedy have returned! Escola stars as Mary Todd Lincoln, who grapples with desire, alcoholism, and an all-consuming desire to be a cabaret star in the weeks before her husband's assassination.

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Oh, Mary!

*Succession*'s [Sarah Snook](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/sarah-snook) delivers an unmissable solo performance in the first Broadway adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, playing dozens of characters in the story of a man who remains young while his portrait reveals his deteriorating soul.

Get [*The Picture of Dorian Gray* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/15368-the-picture-of-dorian-gray-on-broadway) now.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

*Stranger Things*'s [Maya Hawke](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/maya-hawke) plays the title role in Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of a classic Greek myth. When Eurydice dies shortly after her marriage to Orpheus, she reunites with her father in the underworld, complicating her decision to go back to the world of the living or not when Orpheus comes for her.

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Eurydice

*Bowl EP* features something most plays don't: live skateboarding. As Kelly K Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter try to figure out a name for their rap group, they flirt, skate, rap, open up, and get closer to their goal — and to each other.

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Bowl EP

Inspired by the African myth of Marimba, a deity who made music out of heartbreak, *Goddess* follows a mysterious woman who enchants everyone she meets and upends the future of a young man who visits her Afro-jazz club in Kenya.

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Goddess

The New York Post once captioned an iconic paparazzi photo of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears "the three bimbos of the apocalypse" — but there's a fourth person in the picture. Who is she? In this pop-fueled musical, a group of young internet sleuths are determined to find out.

Get [*The Last Bimbo of the Apocalpyse* tickets](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/42440-the-last-bimbo-of-the-apocalypse) now.

The Last Bimbo of the Apocalpyse

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[Hugh Jackman](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/hugh-jackman) and [Ella Beatty](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/ella-beatty) star in this slippery new play about university professor and novelist Jon (Jackman), already nearing the end of his third marriage. He ends up in dangerous territory with the arrival of 19-year-old Annie (Beatty), with whom he shares a dangerous mutual attraction.

[Check back for information on *Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/44026-sexual-misconduct-of-the-middle-classes)

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

Deception, seduction, and revelation arise when struggling painter Adi sparks an intimate connection with Gustav, who in turn becomes interested in Adi's wife, Tekla. [Liev Schreiber](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/liev-schreiber), [Justice Smith](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/justice-smith), and [Maggie Siff](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/stars-on-stage/maggie-siff) lead August Strindberg's twisted psychological thriller.

[Check back for information on *Creditors* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/44028-creditors)

Creditors

On the day of the final broadcast of Nat King Cole's variety show, he can either exit quietly — or, in the advice of Sammy Davis Jr., "go out with a bang." Emmy Award nominee Dulé Hill and Tony Award nominee Daniel J. Watts star as the two iconic singers in this new musical featuring Cole's hit songs.

[Check back for information on *Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41157-lights-out-nat-king-cole)

Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole

Elizabeth Marvel leads this new play as a visionary fashion photographer whose dream gig — a Vogue cover shoot at a crumbling European estate — turns out to be a nightmare in which she must still find and capture the beauty.

[Check back for information on *Five Models in Ruins, 1981* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/43846-five-models-in-ruins-1981)

Five Models in Ruins, 1981

William Inge's classic play gets a new spin as an all-Asian American cast takes on his Midwestern tale. When bus passengers are forced to stop at a diner on a snowy night, strangers collide and find unexpected warmth in each other. Midori Francis (*Dash & Lily*) stars.

[Check back for information on *Bus Stop* tickets on New York Theatre Guide.](https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/show/41413-bus-stop)

Bus Stop

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Discover new Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows to check out across New York City in May 2025, including star-studded plays, original musicals, and more.

Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen writing '10 Things I Hate About You' musical for Broadway

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The musician and the actor are among the creative team for this stage adaptation of the romantic comedy film starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.

Discover the musicians of 'Buena Vista Social Club' on Broadway

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Lost to history for decades, the artists of the titular Cuban music group were rediscovered in the '90s, and the stage musical's cast brings them to life anew.

'Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride' plans Broadway run

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The Emmy-nominated comedian will take his solo comedy show on a U.S. tour this summer before a planned premiere in NYC at a date and theatre to be announced.

Phillip Boykin, KC Dela Cruz join 'Hadestown' Broadway cast

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The two actors step into leading roles in the eight-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical at the Walter Kerr Theatre beginning tonight, April 22.

See photos of 'Dead Outlaw' on Broadway

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Following a multi-award-winning world premiere off Broadway, this rollicking folk-rock musical, based on an unbelievable true story, returns to the stage.

See photos of David Hyde Pierce, Jinkx Monsoon, Ramin Karimloo in 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' on Broadway

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This reimagined version of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta sets the madcap action in New Orleans and infuses it with jazz and blues stylings.

See photos of Jonathan Groff in 'Just in Time' on Broadway

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The Tony Award winning-actor stars as Bobby Darin, opposite Erika Henningsen and Gracie Lawrence, in the new musical about the singer's life and career.

'Maybe Happy Ending' tickets now on sale through September 2025

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The new musical, starring Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, officially opened at the Belasco Theatre in November to near-universal critical acclaim.

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Theatre Credits, Bio and Tickets

Past productions featuring Andy Mientus

Good Night, and Good Luck

The Great Gatsby

Wicked

The Lion King

Moulin Rouge! The Musical

The Book of Mormon

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Chicago

& Juliet

MJ The Musical

Buena Vista Social Club

Hamilton

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Aladdin

Six

Gypsy

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