Broadway Cuts New Musicals to 6 After 2024-25 Flops, With Only 2 More Set

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 24

Six new musicals opened on Broadway in the latest season, down from 14 in 2024-25 and 15 the season before, as producers pulled back after repeated commercial failures.
Two of those six — “The Queen of Versailles” and “Beaches” — quickly collapsed, reinforcing industry caution toward launching original musicals on Broadway.
Only two new musicals have announced Broadway runs before year-end: “Wanted,” about outlaw sisters, and “Galileo,” about the astronomer tried for heresy.
The slowdown comes despite a pipeline of projects built around Prince and Dolly Parton songbooks and other shows tested Off Broadway, regionally or in London.
Broadway’s drought has grown stark enough that the New York Drama Critics’ Circle skipped a best musical award, while 2 of 5 Tony score nominees came from plays.