Broadway Shows in January 2024

Hamilton was one of Broadway’s biggest successes in 2016 and it is continuing into the new year. Of all the Broadway shows in January 2017, Hamilton is one of the sure must-sees. The musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda tells the true story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers. Using an exciting combination of rap and hip-hop music, Hamilton brings history into the modern-day. Above all, Hamilton is funny, engaging, and an interesting story brilliantly told. Audiences of all ages will enjoy Hamilton, so it’s a great Broadway show to see this January.

Chicago is another fantastic Broadway show running in January 2023. The musical has been wildly popular since it first hit Broadway stages in 1975. Since then, it has won multiple Tony awards and spawned a film adaptation starring Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Thankfully, Chicago shows no signs of slowing down in 2023. Following Roxie Hart, an imprisoned 1920s chorus girl, the musical combines roaring twenties music with a gripping storyline. It is a flirty, glitzy, and riveting show. It may be unsuitable for young kids, but Chicago is perfect for adults seeking Broadway shows in January 2023.

Dear Evan Hansen has been a success since it opened at the end of 2016. Now, it is one of the most heart-warming Broadway shows in January 2023. The show follows Evan, a high school student with crippling social anxiety. After a misunderstanding, Evan becomes the center of attention at school and gets the chance to experience fleeting popularity. He grabs onto it and the show becomes a mixture of sweet, funny, and heartbreaking theater. Dear Evan Hansen is an excellent new musical that shouldn’t be missed this January.

Aladdin is based on the family’s favorite Disney film of the same name. However, there’s no comparing the sweet animated film to this luxurious Broadway production. The stage show is visually breath-taking and musically stunning, combining magnificent sets and costuming with bouncy, soaring songs. The story follows a street urchin, young Aladdin, who falls in love with Princess Jasmine. When Aladdin finds a genie in a magic lamp, he wishes to become Prince Ali to win Jasmine’s heart. But what about the evil Jafar who is still carefully watching Aladdin? The show is packed with visual theatrics and cheeky jokes, so adults and kids will love this fabulous production.

Waitress is a sweet musical following Jenna, a sympathetic Southern waitress. The story was already popular in its 2007 film adaptation, and now it has made its way to Broadway. Jenna finds herself pregnant and trapped in a relationship with Earl, a moody layabout who doesn’t appreciate her. It seems that she may be doomed until an unlikely new face enters her life. She begins creatively naming her pies and developing a relationship with this new love interest. This sweet story is also uplifted by the jaunty soundtrack by musician Sara Bareilles.

Wicked the musical opened on Broadway on October 30, 2003, at the Gershwin Theatre, after a try-out in San Francisco.
This musical features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. Wicked is based on a 1995 novel of the same name by Gregory Maguire, which of course is a revisionist take on the classic L. Frank Baum Oz books and the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland. The original cast of Wicked featured Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda, Idina Menzel as her green-skinned best friend Elphaba, and Robert Morse as the Wizard. Wicked won three Tony Awards: Best Actress (to Ms. Menzel), Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee), and Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty). It also broke the Broadway record for the highest-grossing single week. Critics were (appropriately) enthusiastic. Elysa Gardner of USA Today said that Wicked is “the most complete, and completely satisfying, a new musical I’ve come across in a long time.”