George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Robert Downey Jr. and All the Stars Heading to Broadway

The lights on Broadway are going to be extra bright in the 2024-2025 season.

A plethora of the most popular celebrities of stage and screen are heading to The Great White Way, including Denzel Washington, George Clooney and Robert Downey, Jr. – the latter two who are making their Broadway debuts.

When it comes to leading ladies, the line-up is stacked with stage legends Audra McDonald and Sutton Foster returning to the scene, as well as the anticipated Broadway debut of Nicole Scherzinger.

And then there’s Patti LuPone, who is starring in a new play with Mia Farrow. It’ll be the three-time Tony winner’s first Broadway role since giving up her Equity Card.

Take a look at what’s on the way:

Comedian Cole Escola and How to Get Away With Murder star Conrad Ricamora bring their hit Off-Broadway play Oh, Mary to Broadway.

The production, which had its premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on Feb. 8, 2024, began previews June 26 at the Lyceum Theatre before opening on July 11. The show is scheduled for a limited engagement, concluding on Nov. 10.

Directed by Sam Pinkleton, Oh, Mary! is written by Escola, who stars as “a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln” in their Broadway debut. The one-act play follows the former first lady in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 assassination.

Ricamora, who previously graced the Broadway stage in Here Lies Love and The King and I, stars as the former president with James Scully as Mary’s teacher, Bianca Leigh as Mary’s chaperone and Tony Macht as Mary’s husband’s assistant.

The synopsis reads, “Unrequited yearning, alcoholism and suppressed desires abound in this one act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln through the lens of an idiot.”

Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Ugly Betty vet Michael Urie are returning to Broadway, leading the revival of the beloved Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer 1959 musical Once Upon a Mattress.

The production, which premiered with Sutton earlier this year as part of New York City Center’s Encores! series, begins previews July 31 at the Hudson Theatre in New York City, with an opening night set for Aug. 12. The limited engagement is currently scheduled through Nov. 30.

After Broadway, the show will move to Los Angeles for a four-week engagement at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre. Performances will take place there from Dec. 10 through Jan. 5, 2025.

Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea — with a book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer — Once Upon A Mattress follows the charmingly brash Winnifred the Woebegone (Foster) as she competes for the hand of Prince Dauntless (Urie), after his demanding mother Queen Aggravain insisted he must marry a “true” princess before anyone else in their kingdom can marry.

Emmy winner Amy Sherman-Palladino, who worked with Foster on Bunheads, has adapted Once Upon a Mattress for the upcoming Broadway revival. It will be directed by Tony nominee Lear deBessonet (Into the Woods), and feature choreography by Lorin Latarro (The Who’s Tommy).

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