Tony-Nominated Picks, Openings & More: Top Broadway Shows in May 2025

Broadway is charging full steam ahead into the month of May. The 2025 Tony Award nominations were announced on May 1, with Maybe Happy Ending leading this year’s pack — tying Death Becomes Her and Buena Vista Social Club with 10 nominations each. Meanwhile, Dead Outlaw raked in seven nods for its true-life tale of macabre mummification, while the latest revival of Gypsy earned Audra McDonald her 11th career acting nomination. In short, it’s never been a more exciting time to snag Broadway NYC tickets.

Plus, Jean Smart headlines a new play opening at Studio 54, while other top shows of the month include the long-awaited arrival on Broadway of The Last Five Years, the musical adaptation of Real Women Have Curves, and the newly-opened Bobby Darin musical biopic Just in Time starring Jonathan Groff.

Here are this month’s tips around buying Broadway tickets to all of the incredible theater shows in NYC.

Shows Opening on Broadway in May 2025

CALL ME IZZY

In the midst of Hacks’ fourth season, Jean Smart is making her return to Broadway in CALL ME IZZY, a new play by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine. The 6-time Emmy winner, who also received a Tony nomination for her role in the 2000 revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner, will play a writer “whose words are her greatest gift, her biggest secret, and her only way out.” CALL ME IZZY will run for just 12 weeks, with performances beginning May 24 at Studio 54.

Shows Closing on Broadway in May 2025

Redwood

Don’t miss your chance to see Broadway legend Idina Menzel’s return to the stage in a wholly original, deeply rooted musical, which she conceived of with Tony-winning director Tina Landau. With music by rising composer Kate Diaz, the show is set in the redwood forest of northern California, where Mennzel’s character goes on an immersive, healing journey that will transform her life forever. Sure to delight fans of Menzel’s turn as the original Elphaba in Wicked, the Tony-winning actress promised in an exclusive interview with Ticketmaster: “I’m not sure why it happened, but I’m definitely drawn to characters who get to fly in some sense of the word.” Redwood plays its final performance on May 18.

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Top Shows on Broadway in May 2025

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years has been a cherished favorite of theater kids across the country since it first debuted Off-Broadway in the early 2000s starring Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott. After nearly 25 years, Jason Robert Brown’s tragic love story between struggling actress Cathy and acclaimed writer Jamie has finally made its Broadway debut at the Hudson Theatre, with Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas starring as the ill-fated couple whose romance sparks and snuffs out over the course of just half a decade.

“It’s a really encouraging thing to look out in the audience each night and see the reaction from people who come ready to see a show they probably know and love, but leave seeing it in a totally new and imaginative way,” Jonas told Ticketmaster recently in an exclusive interview. “I’m just thrilled to get to be doing it on the Broadway stage for the first time.”

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Real Women Have Curves

Based on the original 1987 stage play by Josefina López (and subsequent 2002 HBO film starring America Ferrera), Real Women Have Curves is a musical take on the story of Ana García, a young Latina woman working in her family’s East Los Angeles garment factory as she follows her dreams. With a Tony-nominated score by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez and a book by Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin, Real Women Have Curves is now playing at the James Earl Jones Theatre starring newcomer Tatianna Córdoba in her Broadway debut alongside Justina Machado, who also nabbed a 2025 Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Ana’s mother, Carmen.

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Dead Outlaw

Dead Outlaw is alive with seven Tony nominations! Following its acclaimed Off-Broadway run throughout 2024, the one-of-a-kind musical from David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna and Itamar Moses has officially transferred to Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, and has officially earned nominations for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score of a Musical and Best Direction of a Musical alongside acting nods for stars Andrew Durand and Julia Knitel. Dead Outlaw was inspired by the life — and unforgettable afterlife — of Elmer McCurdy, a Wild West train robber-turned-corpse whose mummified body became a national celebrity on America’s traveling carnival circuit during the first half of the 20th century.

Ahead of scoring his own Tony nod for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, cast member Jeb Brown (who plays double duty as the show’s bandleader and bank robber Jarrett) shared his “wild and restless” pre-show playlist with Ticketmaster; it includes tracks by Punch Brothers, Johnny Cash, Rosemary Clooney, and The Band.

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Just in Time

Jonathan Groff steps into the well-heeled shoes of legendary crooner Bobby Darin in Just in Time, the new biopic musical at Circle in the Square Theatre. Developed and directed by two-time Tony winner Alex Timbers with a book by Warren Leight and Isaac Oliver, the show features tunes from the late singer’s celebrated songbook — from early hits like “Splish Splash” and “Dream Lover” to career-defining tracks like “Beyond the Sea” and “18 Yellow Roses.” The splashy production, which transforms the theater into a veritable nightclub, earned six Tony nominations, including acting nods for Groff and co-star Gracie Lawrence as the trailblazing Connie Francis.

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Gypsy

Everything’s coming up roses for Audra McDonald in Gypsy, the new revival of the Broadway classic directed by George C. Wolfe with choreography by Camille A. Brown. The stage legend — who just earned her 11th career nomination on May 1 — shines as Mama Rose opposite Danny Burstein as Herbie, Joy Woods as Louise and Jordan Tyson as Baby June. Featuring famous numbers like “Let Me Entertain You,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “You Gotta Get a Gimmick” and “Rose’s Turn,” Gypsy has now been extended through October 5.

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Maybe Happy Ending

Originally developed in South Korea, Maybe Happy Ending has become a bonafide Broadway sensation with 10 Tony nominations under its inventive belt. The musical imagines battery-charged life for Oliver and Claire, two helper robots whose human owners have discarded them in late 21st century Seoul. The pair of humanoids develop an unexpected connection that goes against all their programming — but can they discover love before they’re rendered technologically obsolete?

“If I was a little Asian girl in the audience of Maybe Happy Ending, Claire would be my dream role,” Maybe Happy Ending’s Hannah Kevitt told Ticketmaster in an exclusive interview, “and to get to work on your dream role on Broadway is such an immense gift and privilege.”

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