Celebrities on Broadway

Megan Hilty and Michelle Williams star in Death Becomes Her at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre starting October 23, 2024.

Why You Know Megan: Megan Hilty is known for her performance as Ivy Lynn in the tv series Smash as well as for her roles in the tv series Difficult People, The Good Wife, and The Good Fight. She has previously been seen on Broadway in Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical and Noises Off.

Why You Know Michelle: Michelle Williams is a Grammy Award winning artist known for being a member of Destiny’s Child. She has also been seen in the tv shows Strictly Come Dancing and The Masked Singer and on Broadway in Aida, Chicago, and Once on This Island.

John Gallagher Jr. and Stark Sands will star in Swept Away at the Longacre Theatre starting October 29, 2024.

Why You Know John: John Gallagher Jr. is known for his roles in the tv shows The Newsroom and Olive Kitteridge and in the films 10 Cloverfield Lane, Hush, Short Term 12, Pieces of April, and The Miseducation of Cameron Post. He has previously been seen on Broadway in Rabbit Hole, Spring Awakening, American Idiot, Jerusalem, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

Why You Know Stark: Stark Sands is known for his performance in the tv shows Generation Kill and Minority Report as well as for his roles in the films The Post, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Flags of Our Fathers. He has previously been seen on Broadway in & Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, Kinky Boots, American Idiot, and Journey’s End.

Sean Astin will star as Santa in Elf at the Marquis Theatre starting November 9, 2024.

Why You Know Sean: Sean Astin is known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Daniel Ruettiger in Rudy, and Mikey Walsh in The Goonies as well as for his performance in the films Toy Soldiers, 50 First Dates, and the tv show Stranger Things. This is his Broadway debut.

Zachary Quinto and Shailene Woodley star in Cult of Love at the Hayes Theatre starting November 20, 2024.

Why You Know Zachary: Zachary Quinto is known for his performance in the films Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond as well as for the tv shows American Horror Story: Asylum, NOS4A2, and Brilliant Minds. He has previously been seen on Broadway in The Boys in the Band and The Glass Menagerie.

Why You Know Shailene: Shailene Woodley is known for her performance in the films The Fault in Our Stars, the Divergent series, and The Spectacular Now and the tv shows The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Big Little Lies.  

Audra McDonald stars in Gypsy at the Majestic Theatre starting November 21, 2024.

Why You Know Audra: Audra McDonald has won six Tony Awards – more than any other actor has won in performance categories. She has previously been seen on Broadway in Ohio State Murders, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Porgy and Bess, 110 in the Shade, A Raisin in the Sun, Marie Christine, Ragtime, Master Class, and Carousel. She is also known for her roles I the tv series The Gilded Age and The Bite and the films Rustin, Respect, and Ricki and the Flash.

Jessica Hecht and Thomas Middleditch will star in Eureka Day at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre starting November 25, 2024.

Why You Know Jessica: Jessica Hecht is known for her performance in the tv shows Breaking Bad, The Sinner, Friends, The Boys, and Special. She has previously been seen on Broadway in Summer, 1976, The Price, Fiddler on the Roof, The Assembled Parties, Harvey, A View from the Bridge, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Julius Cesar, and After the Fall.

Why You Know Thomas: Thomas Middleditch is known for his performance as Richard Hendricks in the tv series Silicon Valley as well as for his performance in the tv shows B Positive and Middleditch and Schwartz.

All In: Comedy About Love at the Hudson Theatre starts December 11, 2024 and will have a rotating cast including John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Chloe Fineman, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Richard Kind, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jimmy Fallon, Aidy Bryant, Hank Azaria, Sam Richardson, Andrew Rannells, David Cross, Tim Meadows, and Annaleigh Ashford.

John Mulaney is known for his stand-up specials as well as the shows Big Mouth and John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch.

Fred Armisen is known from SNL and for the shows Portlandia, Documentary Now!, and Los Espookys.

Chloe Fineman is known from SNL and for her performance in the tv show Search Party.

Renée Elise Goldsberry originated the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton and is also known for her performance in the tv shows The Good Wife and Girls5eva and the film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

Richard Kind is a tv, film, and voice actor known for his roles in the tv shows Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City, and Mad About You and has previously been seen on Broadway in The Producers and The Big Knife.

Lin-Manuel Miranda created the musicals In the Heights and Hamilton and provided the soundtrack for the films Moana and Encanto.

Jimmy Fallon is known from SNL and for hosting The Tonight Show.

Aidy Bryant is known from SNL and for the tv series Shrill.

Hank Azaria is a tv, film, and voice actor known for his work on The Simpsons and his many film and tv roles. He has previously been seen on Broadway in The Farnsworth Invention and Spamalot.

Sam Richardson is known for his performance in the tv shows Veep, Ted Lasso, The Afterparty, Detroiters, and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson.

Andrew Rannells originated the role of Elder Price in the musical The Book of Mormon and is also known for the his performances in the tv shows Girls and Big Mouth. He has appeared on Broadway in Falsettos, Hamilton, and The Boys in the Band among others.

David Cross is known for his stand-up and for his acting roles including the role of Tobias Fünke in Arrested Development.

Tim Meadows is known from SNL and for his performance in the tv shows The Goldbergs and Schooled and film Mean Girls.

Annaleigh Ashford has been seen on Broadway in Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Hair, Wicked, and Kinky Boots and in the tv shows Welcome to Chippendales, B Positive, and Bad Education.

Idina Menzel will star in Redwood at the Nederlander Theatre starting January 24, 2025.

Why You Know Idina: Idina Menzel is known for her many stage roles including Maureen Johnson in the musical Rent and Elphaba in the musical Wicked. She is also known for voicing the character of Elsa in the Frozen films and for her roles in the film Enchanted and tv show Glee.

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal will star in Othello at the Barrymore Theatre starting February 24, 2025.

Why You Know Denzel: Denzel Washington is known for his many film roles, including in Malcolm X, The Hurricane, Remember the Titans, The Great Debaters, American Gangster, Much Ado About Nothing, Crimson Tide, Inside Man, The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven, and Unstoppable. He has previously been seen on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, Julius Ceasar, and Checkmates. Fences was later adapted into an Academy Award nominated film with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis reprising their roles.

Why You Know Jake: Jake Gyllenhaal is known for his many film roles, including in Brokeback Mountain, The Guilty, Everest, Donnie Darko, Zodiac, October Sky, Nocturnal Animals, Nightcrawler, and Spider-Man: Far From Home.  Most recently, he starred in the tv show “Presumed Innocent.” He has previously been seen on Broadway in Sea Wall/A Life, Sunday in the Park with George, and Constellations.

Nick Jonas will star in The Last Five Years starting March 18, 2025.

Why You Know Nick: Nick Jones is known for the band the Jonas Brothers as well as for the films Camp Rock, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level. He has previously been seen on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Ramin Karimloo and David Hyde Pierce will star in The Pirates of Penzance starting April 4, 2025.

Why You Know Ramin: Ramin Karimloo is known for his many stage roles. He has played both The Phantom and Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera and Jean Valjean, Enjolras, and Marius in Les Misérables. He has also starred in Funny Girl, Chess, Camelot, and Anastasia.

Why You Know David: David Hyde Pierce is known for his role as Dr. Niles Crane on the tv show Frasier as well as for the films Nixon, Down With Love, and Wet Hot American Summer. He has previously been seen on Broadway in Hello, Dolly!, It Shoulda Been You, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Accent on Youth, Curtains, and Spamalot.

George Clooney will star in Good Night, and Good Luck in Spring 2025.

Why You Know George: George Clooney is an actor, writer, director and activist known for the films Argo, The Ides of March, The Descendants, Up in the Air, Michael Clayton, Syriana, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Ocean’s Eleven, Gravity, and Good Night, and Good Luck and for the tv show ER. He directed the film Good Night, and Good Luck and wrote the screenplay with Grant Heslov. In the stage adaptation, he will star as Edward R. Murrow.

Kenneth Branagh stars in and directs King Lear at The Shed starting October 26, 2024 after a run on London's West End.

Why You Know Kenneth: Kenneth Branagh both directed and starred as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and A Haunting in Venice. He also directed and starred in the Shakespeare plays Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Hamlet, and As You Like It and has been seen in the films Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Celebrity, and My Week with Marilyn. He also wrote and directed the film Belfast.

Brendan Fraser will star in Grangeville at the Signature Theatre starting February 4, 2025.

Why You Know Brendan: Brendan Fraser is known for his performance in the films Encino Man, School Ties, George of the Jungle, The Mummy, and The Whale and in the tv shows The Affair and Trust. He has previously been seen on Broadway in Elling. Grangeville is written by Samuel D. Hunter, the same writer behind The Whale.

Andrew Scott will star in Vanya at the Lucille Lortel Theatre starting March 11, 2025.

Why You Know Andrew: Andrew Scott is known for his performance in the tv shows Fleabag, Sherlock, and Ripley as well as in the films All of Us Strangers, Catherine Called Birdy, 1917, King Lear, and Pride. He has previously been seen on stage in Present Laughter, Design for Living, Hamlet, and Sea Wall.