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This edition: 2025 Spring Theater Season Preview

Episode Details

Original tape date: January 24, 2025. First aired: February 28, 2025.

As Broadway’s exciting 2025 spring season heats up, Patrick Pacheco sits down with top critics and journalists—Adam Feldman (Time Out NY), Jackson McHenry (NY Magazine’s Vulture), and Jan Simpson (Broadway Radio’s All the Drama)—to share their insights and critiques, helping you plan your must-see theater calendar.

This season delivers star power, bold revivals, and daring new works, including:

Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal in a gripping new revival of Othello.

Sarah Snook (Succession) in a tour-de-force solo turn in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Kieran Culkin leads a razor-sharp revival of Glengarry Glen Ross.

George Clooney brings Good Night, and Good Luck—his acclaimed film about Edward R. Murrow—to the Broadway stage.

Idina Menzel makes her big return to Broadway in the sweeping new musical Redwood.

Netflix makes its big Broadway bet with Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a theatrical prequel to the hit sci-fi series.

Operation Mincemeat, the zany, high-energy World War II musical, takes the stage.

Boop! – Betty Boop, the classic black-and-white cartoon icon gets a colorful 21st-century Broadway makeover.

Buena Vista Social Club—The beloved Cuban music collective’s story lands on Broadway in an exhilarating new theatrical adaptation.


With an unprecedented mix of Hollywood heavyweights, iconic revivals, and bold new productions, this Spring Broadway season is one for the books.

Join Patrick Pacheco and our expert panel as they break down the most anticipated shows of 2025, from Shakespearean tragedy to thrilling sci-fi spectacle.

Guest List

Adam Feldman Theater and Dance Editor and chief theater critic , TimeOut New York

Jackson McHenry Theater Critic, New York Magazine's Vulture

Jan Simpson Journalist, Broadway Radio

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  • Friday, January 23 - 8:30pm
  • Saturday, January 24 - 8:30pm
  • Sunday, January 25 - 8:30pm
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  • Friday, January 30 - 8:30pm
  • Saturday, January 31 - 8:30pm
  • Sunday, February 1 - 8:30pm
  • Friday, February 6 - 8:30pm
  • Saturday, February 7 - 8:30pm
  • Sunday, February 8 - 8:30pm