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Celebrities on the Broadway Stage

Last updated Oct. 21, 2024 by Broadway.com Staff
Illustration of Broadway stage with actors and actresses on stage.
Illustration: Jillian Goeler

For decades, Broadway has welcomed film and TV's biggest stars as they headed to New York City for the chance to share in the intimate experience of performing in front of a live audience. This Broadway season is no exception.

Here are some of the celebrities who are spending time on the Broadway boards this season.

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Maia Reficco and Yola in Hadestown

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin star Maia Reficco makes her Broadway debut as Eurydice in Anaïs Mitchell's Tony-winning musical. She's joined by British singer-songwriter and six-time Grammy Award nominee Yola as Persephone and original The Wiz star Stephanie Mills as Hermes. Beginning November 12, Canadian roots artist and Grammy winner Allison Russell will take on the role of Persephone.

 

Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco as Eurydice in Hadestown
(Photo: Evan Zimmerman)

 

Sutton Foster and Michael Urie in Once Upon a Mattress

Now Open; Closes November 30, 2024
Sutton Foster and Michael Urie star in the revival of this beloved musical fairytale, back on Broadway for the first time for a limited late-summer run. Join Princess Winnifred as she charms, delights, and dances her way to the top… of a stack of mattresses.

 

Sutton Foster and Michael Urie in Once Upon a Mattress
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Patti Lupone and Mia Farrow in The Roommate

Now Open
Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow return to Broadway in Jen Silverman's witty and profound comedy about two women from vastly different backgrounds navigating the complexities of identity, morality, and the promise of reinvention.
 

Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow help each other in the apartment
Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow in The Roommate
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Robert Downey Jr. in McNeal

Now Open; Closes November 24, 2024
Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. makes his Broadway debut in Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar's new work that examines the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of the stories we tell. 

Robert Downey Jr. thinks in front of a stack of books
Robert Downey Jr. in McNEAL
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Daniel Dae Kim in Yellow Face

Now Open; Closes November 24, 2024
Lost and Hawaii Five-0 favorite Daniel Dae Kim returns to Broadway in David Henry Hwang's Obie Award-winning and Pulitzer finalist farce about a playwright who protests yellowface casting in Miss Saigon, only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. 


Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes in Our Town

Now Open
The Big Bang Theory star and Tony nominee Jim Parsons, stage and screen favorite Katie Holmes and more lead a starry cast in Kenny Leon's production of Thornton Wilder's timeless, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about life in the village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire.


Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard

Now Open
Multiple award-winning singer, dancer and former member of The Pussycat Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger, makes her Broadway debut as Norma Desmond in director Jamie Lloyd's thrilling revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical navigating the intoxicating need for fame and adoration. 

 
Nicole Scherzinger faces forward and looks out dramatically
Nicole Scherzinger in the West End production of Sunset Boulevard
(Photo: Marc Brenner)

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler in Romeo + Juliet

Now in Previews; Opens October 24, 2024; Closes January 19, 2025
Emmy winner and Heartstopper standout Kit Connor and Golden Globe winner and West Side Story star Rachel Zegler star as the title characters in a thrilling new production of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy. 13 Reasons Why's Tommy Dorfman makes her Broadway debut as Nurse & Tybalt.  


Alyssa Milano in Chicago

Now Open
Who's the Boss, Melrose Place and Charmed star Alyssa Milano makes her Broadway debut as merry murderess Roxie Hart in Chicago, now through November 10, 2024.  

Alyssa Milano smiles
Alyssa Milano as Roxie Hart
(Photo: Jeremy Daniel)
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