There is an undeniable energy in the theater when a performer is making their Broadway debut. Something about witnessing a hardworking artist achieve their dream and do their thing on such a coveted stage is unlike anything else. Broadway is lucky enough to welcome new entrants to the roster of performers’ past and present every season. Here are some of the most exciting new performers to grace the stage in the 2024-2025 Broadway season!
Helen J Shen
Maybe Happy Ending, the brand new musical about Helperbots in love, also introduced audiences to newcomer Helen J Shen, who plays Claire. Shen’s crystal clear vocals and emotional range made her a breakout star of the season, after years of developing and performing new musicals Off-Broadway.
George Clooney
Hollywood man George Clooney is set to make his debut this year in a peculiar fashion. Clooney will reprise his screen role as Walter Cronkite in a stage adaptation of the 2005 film Goodnight and Good Luck, which he wrote, directed and starred in.
Charli D’Amelio
TikTok breakout star Charli D’Amelio brought her dance skills to the dance-heavy hit & Juliet this fall!
Dez Duron
Fans of The Voice season 1 saw it first, but Broadway has welcomed Dez Duron’s classy crooning by way of Gil Brentley, his character in Maybe Happy Ending. His buttery voice on those jazzy tunes will have any theatergoer swooning.
Zoey Deutch
Known previously for her onscreen work, Zoey Deutch brought her rom-com know-how to the stage as Emily in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. She fulfilled a lifelong dream by being on a Broadway stage, and particularly in this role in this play, which has been on her bedside table since her early teenagedom.
Lizzy McAlpine
Popstar Lizzy McAlpine will join Jeremy Jordan in the upcoming production of Floyd Collins, fulfilling a prophecy that she tweeted years ago about performing alongside him one day.
Sarah Snook
Succession’s Sarah Snook will follow her onscreen siblings to the Broadway stage this spring, transferring her one-woman adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Grey following its smash success in the UK and Australia.
Bill Burr
Rolling Stone named him one of the 50 Best Standup Comics of All Time, and now he has his sights on the Broadway boards. Bill Burr is set to star as Dave Moss in the revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross.
The cast of English
After its Pulitzer Prize-winning premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company, the full Off-Broadway cast of English will transfer to Broadway, all making their Broadway debuts together.
Michelle Williams
Kicking off the Destiny’s Child to Broadway pipeline is Michelle Williams, who stars in Death Becomes Her this season. Maybe Beyonce is next?