Broadway Shows Playing In London
Daniel, May 9th, 2025The Best Shows From Over The Atlantic!
New York's Broadway and London's West End are the twin pillars of world-class theatre, dazzling audiences with the very best in live entertainment. So, it's no surprise that when a spectacular show takes Broadway by storm, its next stop is often London.
From electrifying musicals to hilarious comedies, these productions have conquered New York before making their way across the Atlantic to captivate British audiences. With a trove of Tony Awards under their belts, here's your guide to the most extraordinary Broadway shows currently lighting up London's stages.
Stereophonic @ Duke Of Yorks Theatre
May 24th to September 20, 2025
Written by David Adjmi, with songs by Will Butler of Arcade Fire, this 5-time Tony award winner takes you on a wild ride through the day-to-day of five rock musicians making an album in the early 70s. The story itself is one of infighting, frustration, romance, and rock'n'roll (all the things you'd expect from a disagreeing 70's band). David Adjmi notes he drew inspiration from iconic band Fleetwood Mac and came up with the idea while listening to Led Zepplin and pondering "What would it have been like to be in the studio when this was being recorded?".
Mean Girls @ Savoy Theatre
Until June 8th
Get in losers, we're going to London! Tina Fey's musical adaptation of her 2004 movie Mean Girls finally brings the Burn Book to the West End! Featuring a book by Fey, music from Jeff Richmond, lyrics from Legally Blonde's Nell Benjamin and direction from Book of Mormon's Casey Nicholaw the production garnered 12 Tony Award nominations when it opened on Broadway in 2018. So join wide-eyed Cady Heron once again as she heads from the wilds of Africa to the wilds of high-school...This time with songs!
Here We Are @ National Theatre Lyttelton
Until June 28th
Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are - critic's pick in the New York Times - runs in London this year! Created by Sondheim and David Ives and directed by Joe Mantello, the production draws inspiration from the surrealist dinner parties of the films of Luis Bunuel. In Here We Are, a group of friends embarks on a surreal journey through increasingly bizarre dining experiences, only to find themselves trapped in a mysterious room where they confront their secrets, desires, and the looming chaos of the outside world.
The Book of Mormon @ Prince Of Wales Theatre
Open Run
'The greatest time of a Mormon kid's life is his mission,' sings Elder Kevin Price, but things are not as the handsome and pious Elder Price predicted when he's sent to...UGANDA! From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of South Park, enjoy this rude, crude and utterly hilarious Broadway musical about a pair of mismatched Mormon boys sent on a mission to a place that's about as far from Salt Lake City as you can get.
Hamilton @ Victoria Palace Theatre
Open Run
It's the musical that bowled over Broadway, an all-out smash-hit epic that traverses the life of one Alexander Hamilton, one of America's Founding Fathers, who took on the might of the British and won! Created by Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner wunderkind Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) this Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical mixes classic theatre, spoken word and hip-hop into the most acclaimed theatrical marvel since The Book of Mormon.
Good Night, Oscar @ Barbican Theatre
July 31 to September 21, 2025
As brilliant as he was troubled, Oscar Levant's genius has become the stuff of legend, despite the fact it was also his downfall. After winning critical and audience acclaim during its Chicago premiere and its recent Broadway run, this new play by Doug Wright comes to London's Barbican in the summer of 2025. Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) retains the role of the titular Oscar, (in a performance the Chicago Tribune called a "revelation") embodying the mordant comedian, actor, pianist, and wildcard as he makes an unforgettable appearance on Jack Paar's Tonight Show in 1958.
Wicked @ Apollo Victoria Theatre
Open Run
The subversive and downright twisty hit musical follows two unlikely friends and how they become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch of the South. Based on Gregory Maguire's best-selling novel series, this spellbinding musical adventure transports you to a spectacular fantasy world of wizardry, witchcraft, sorcery and spells, long before Dorothy arrived in that pesky flying house. Watch as two extraordinary young women grapple with the choices they face, and find unlikely allies in each other as they learn what it is to truly be....WICKED.
