Dare we say, Broadway is so back? The 2024-2025 Broadway season has become the highest grossing season in recorded Broadway history, with $1.89 billion in grosses, according to The Broadway League.

The season, which began on May 20, 2024 and ended on May 25, 2025, was also the second most-attended season in history, with total attendance reaching 14.7 million. It closely followed the 2018-2019 season, which still holds the record for best attendance.

“There is so much to celebrate about the 2024-2025 season,” Jason Laks, President of The Broadway League said in a statement. “Looking back, it was never a given that audiences would return to their seats or that every theatre’s lights would come back up. It has taken the hard work and imagination of thousands and thousands of dreamers and doers to bring the magic of Broadway back.”

The 2024-2025 season featured 77 productions — 43 of which opened this season — that played a total of 13,404 performances. 91.2% of available seats were filled, according to The League.

Grosses were up 23% from last season, and attendance was up 19.3%.

This season’s shows presented originality to audiences. 43 productions opened — including 21 musicals, 21 plays, and one original special engagement — 33 productions continued from prior seasons, and one production began previews. Of the 21 musicals and plays that opened, 16 were original and five were revivals for both mediums.

While this season appears promising, Laks said there is work to be done as Broadway looks ahead to the 2025-2026 season. “We can’t be satisfied with 2019’s definition of success anymore,” he said. Given rising costs of production, producing live theatre is becoming more and more challenging, and shows have a short window to “get on their feet.”

“As a community and industry, we have a lot of work ahead of us to meet these challenges by growing audiences and addressing costs so we can sustain this cultural treasure and economic engine,” Laks said.

For full Broadway season statistics, visit here.

Broadway’s biggest night will kick off with a bang! First-time Tony Award nominee Darren Criss and Tony Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry will host The Tony Awards: Act One this year: a live pre-show streaming free on Pluto TV. The show will stream June 8 from 6:40 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST.

Criss and Goldsberry will present the first round of Tony Awards during Act One. Viewers can access The Tony Awards: Act One on their smart TV, streaming device, mobile app or online by going to Pluto TV and clicking on the “Live Music” channel, found within the Entertainment category on the service.

After Act One, The 78th Annual Tony Awards will be broadcast live on CBS and streamed on Paramount+ from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. The show will be hosted by Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Cynthia Erivo, who recently starred as Elphaba in the film adaptation of Wicked.  

Criss, who is best known for his role in Glee, is up for his first Tony Award this season for his leading performance as Oliver in Maybe Happy Ending. The original musical, which tells the story of two robots falling in love, is tied for the most nominated show of the season. Criss previously performed in the Broadway productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and American Buffalo. He’s a founding member of StarKid Productions and the Broadway-inspired music festival Elsie Fest.

Goldsberry won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress In a Musical for originating the role of Angelica Schulyer in Hamilton in 2016. Her debut solo album, Who I Really Am, comes out this June. She has performed on Broadway in Rent, The Color Purple, All In: Comedy About Love, and The Lion King.

The wheels of Ragtime are turning once again! The upcoming Broadway revival of Ragtime at Lincoln Center has announced additional casting. Alongside previously announced Joshua Hemry, Caissie Levy, and Brandon Uranowitz will be Colin Donnel, Nichelle Lewis, Ben Levi Ross, Shaina Taub, John Clay III, and Rodd Cyrus.

The ensemble will also feature Nicholas Barrón, Briana Carlson-Goodman, Billy Cohen, Rheaume Crenshaw, Charity Angél Dawson, Ta’Nika Gibson, David Jennings, Marina Kondo, Morgan Marcell, Tom Nelis, Kent Overshown, John Rapson, Deandre Sevon, Jacob Keith Watson, and Alan Wiggins. Additional casting to round out the 33-person cast will be announced at a later date.

This production will also feature a 28-piece orchestra, led by music director James Moore with original orchestrations by William David Brohn and vocal arrangements by Stephen Flaherty. It will be directed by incoming Lincoln Center Artistic Director Lear deBessonet and choreographed by Ellenore Scott.

Ragtime is a musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s novel that follows three fictional families in pursuit of the American Dream at the dawn of the 20th Century: Black pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Joshua Henry) and his beloved Sarah (Nichelle Lewis), Jewish immigrant Tateh (Brandon Uranowitz) and his little girl, and a wealthy white family led by matriarch Mother (Caissie Levy). They are all grasping for the same dream, if only they can hold onto it.

Featuring a lush score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, a stirring book by Terrence McNally, and original orchestrations by William David Brohn, all of whom won Tony Awards for their work, Ragtime weaves fictional narratives with real historical figures and events, creating a rich tapestry that blurs the line between personal struggle and national identity, making history feel both intimate and epic.

Ragtime will begin previews on Sept. 26, and open on Oct. 16 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on West 65th Street in New York City. It will play a limited engagement of 14 weeks through Jan. 4, 2026. For tickets and more information, click here.