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Most Popular Broadway Shows with Audiences

Last updated May 29, 2025 by Broadway.com Staff
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Each year since Broadway.com launched in 2000, we have asked our readers to vote for their favorite shows and performances of the season to be honored with Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Find out which fan favorites you can catch on Broadway right now! 

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Death Becomes Her

The winner of six 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, including Favorite New Musical! Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp take the stage in Death Becomes Her, which follows the pair as they begin a new era of life thanks to a mysterious woman with a secret that's to die for. Stars Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber and Michelle Williams were all recognized by the fans at the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards for their performances in the musical adaptation of the popular film, with the song "For the Gaze" taking home the award for Favorite New Song. Get tickets to Death Becomes Her on Broadway!

Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard look glamorous in purple gowns
Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard in Death Becomes Her
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

Sunset Boulevard

Jamie Lloyd's reimagined production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard took home the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Musical Revival, with star Nicole Scherzinger winning both Favorite Actress in a Musical and Favorite Diva Performance for her Broadway debut as Norma Desmond. Get tickets to Sunset Boulevard on Broadway!

 
Nicole Scherzinger faces forward and looks out dramatically
Nicole Scherzinger in Sunset Boulevard
(Photo: Marc Brenner)

Oh, Mary!

Cole Escola's anti-historical farce look at Mary Todd Lincoln in the week leading up to Abraham Lincoln's assassination was the winner of the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite New Play. Get tickets to Oh, Mary! on Broadway!

Christian and Satine pose
Cole Escola in Oh, Mary!
(Photo: Emilio Madrid)

Maybe Happy Ending

Darren Criss was honored with the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Actor in a Musical for his performance as Oliver in this romantic musical comedy that follows two Help-Bot robots living in Seoul as they form a unique friendship and go on a surprising adventure. Get tickets to Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway!

Darren Criss as Helperbot Oliver stands smiling and holding a plant
Darren Criss in Maybe Happy Ending
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

BOOP! The Musical

Jasmine Amy Rogers took home the 2025 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite Breakthrough Performance for her portrayal of Betty Boop, the sassy and sweet champion of empowerment in this new musical extravaganza that brings the classic comic to vibrant life. Buy tickets to BOOP! The Musical on Broadway!

Betty Boop poses center stage
Jasmine Amy Rogers in BOOP! The Musical
(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby, the splashy new musical based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel, earned the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite New Musical in 2024. Both of its original stars, Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada, were also honored with Favorite Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical trophies. Buy tickets to The Great Gatsby on Broadway!

Daisy and Gatsby get close
Eva Noblezada as Daisy and Jeremy Jordan as Gatsby in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of The Great Gatsby
(Photo: Jeremy Daniel)

Hamilton

An Audience Choice Award mainstay, Hamilton took home the trophies for Fave Long-Running Show and Favorite Tour as recently as 2023. In its first eligible year, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical was honored with Favorite New Musical as well as awards for original cast members Miranda, Jonathan Groff, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Leslie Odom Jr. and Daveed Diggs, plus a win for “Satisfied” in the Favorite New Song category. Buy tickets to Hamilton on Broadway!


SIX: The Musical

Crowned Favorite New Musical in 2022, SIX: The Musical sees the six ex-wives of Henry VIII taking the mic and rewriting her-story! Written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the musical’s “All I Wanna Do” also took home a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite New Song. Buy tickets to SIX: The Musical on Broadway!

the queens sing dramatically
The cast of SIX: The Musical
(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Wicked

Long-time favorite Wicked has been bringing home Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards for almost as long as the awards have existed! The show was honored with Favorite New Musical in 2004, alongside original stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Most recently, Wicked was honored with Favorite Long-Running Show and Favorite Tour in 2025. Buy tickets to Wicked on Broadway!


Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Based on Baz Luhrmann’s revolutionary film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical was honored with the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for Favorite New Musical in 2021. Original cast members Aaron Tveit, Karen Olivo, Danny Burstein, Robyn Hurder and Ricky Rojas also took home awards! Buy tickets to Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway!


Hadestown

Debuting on Broadway in 2019, Hadestown’s “Wait For Me” was the winner of Favorite New Song at the 2019 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Also honored was original star Eva Noblezada, who’s performance as Eurydice won her the Favorite Leading Actress in a Musical award. Most recently, Jordan Fisher was named Favorite Replacement for his performance as Orpheus in 2024. Buy tickets to Hadestown on Broadway!

Jordan Fisher in Hadestown
(Photo: Matthew Murphy)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The wizarding world makes its way to Broadway in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the 2018 Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner for Favorite New Play! Find out how to have the Best Harry Potter Day in NYC



Check out the full list of Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winners right here!

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