Celebrities on Broadway

Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher will star in Left on Tenth at the James Earl Jones Theatre starting September 26, 2024.

Why You Know Julianna: Julianna Margulies is known for her performance in the tv shows ER, The Good Wife, The Mists of Avalon, The Sopranos, and The Morning Show.

Why You Know Peter: Peter Gallagher is known for his performance in the tv shows The O.C., Law & Order: SVU, Californication, Grace & Frankie, Covert Affairs, and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. He has previously been seen on Broadway in On the Twentieth Century, The Country Girl, Noises Off, Guys and Dolls, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night.

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler star in Romeo and Juliet at Circle in the Square Theatre starting September 26, 2024.

Why You Know Kit: Kit Connor is known for his performance as Nick Nelson in the Netflix series Heartstopperas well as for his roles in the films Rocketman, Get Santa, and Little Joe and in the tv series War & Peace.  

Why You Know Rachel: Rachel Zegler is known for her performance as Maria in the film adaptation of West Side Story as well as for her performance in the films The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakesand Shazam! Fury of the Gods.

Nicole Scherzinger will star in Sunset Boulevard starting September 28, 2024.

Why You Know Nicole: Nicole Scherzinger was the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, has been a judge on The X Factorand Australia’s Got Talent, and she played the role of Grace Farrell in Annie Live! She has previously been seen on stage in Cats at the London Palladium.

Darren Criss will star in Maybe Happy Ending at the Belasco Theatre starting October 16, 2024.

Why You Know Darren: Darren Criss is known for his performance in the tv shows Glee, The Assassination of Gianni Versace, and Hollywood. He has previously been seen on Broadway in American Buffalo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and off-Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors.

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.

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 this Fall 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.

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.

Adam Driver will star in Hold on to Me Darling at the Lucille Lortel Theatre starting September 24, 2024.

Why You Know Adam: Adam Driver is known for his performance as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars films as well as for his roles in the films Marriage Story, BlacKkKlansman, The Last Duel, and Ferrari and the tv show Girls. He has previously been seen on Broadway in Burn This, Man and Boy, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession.

Billy Magnussen, Debra Messing, Tramell Tillman, and Constance Wu will star in Shit. Meet. Fan. at MCC Theater starting October 10, 2024.

Why You Know Billy: Billy Magnussen is known for his roles in the tv shows Made for Love, Tell Me a Story, and Maniac and in the films Into the Woods, No Time to Die, Bridge of Spies, and Aladdin. He has previously been seen on Broadway in The Ritz and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

Why You Know Debra: Debra Messing is known for starring as Grace Adler in Will & Grace and for her performance in the tv shows The Starter Wife, Smash, and The Mysteries of Laura and the films Along Came Polly, Searching, and 13: The Musical. She has previously been seen on Broadway in Outside Mullingar and Birthday Candles.

Why You Know Tramell: Tramell Tillman is known for his performance as Seth Milchick in the tv series Severance. He has previously been seen on stage in Good Night, Oscar at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in The Great Society on Broadway.

Why You Know Constance: Constance Wu is known for her performance as Jessica Huang in the tv series Fresh Off the Boat as well as for her roles in the films Crazy Rich Asians, Hustlers, and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. She has previously been seen on stage in Little Shop of Horrors.

Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters will star in Walden at Second Stage starting October 16, 2024.

Why You Know Emmy: Emmy Rossum is known for her performance as Fiona Gallagher in the tv series Shameless as well as for her roles in the films The Phantom of the Opera, The Day After Tomorrow, and Beautiful Creatures.

Why You Know Zoë: Zoë Winters is known for her performance as Kerry in the tv series Succession. She has previously been seen on stage in Heroes of the Fourth Turning, White Noise, and Small Mouth Sounds.

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.