Read our picks for must-see Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre in December 2025, including the year's final fall Broadway productions and holiday-themed shows.
The year is drawing to a close, but plenty of New York shows are opening in December before 2025 is up. The last shows of the fall season make their debuts just in time for the holiday season, when tons of visitors flood New York to see the decorations and, of course, see both new shows and fan favorites from the last year.
And with the holidays in full swing, December is filled with Broadway and Off-Broadway shows that celebrate the magic of the winter season. Check out all the top holiday shows in New York.
Whether you're planning your holiday vacation to the city or are a local looking to squeeze in some more theatregoing before the year ends, check out our list of Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre to see in December 2025.
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Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes
A Christmas Carol
All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich
Bug
Marjorie Prime
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Big Apple Circus
The Magic Flute
Art
Waiting for Godot
Beetlejuice
Christmas by Candlelight
Nutcracker Rouge
Wicked
Maybe Happy Ending
Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes
Join the Rockettes to celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2025! This major milestone adds another layer of magic to the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular, with all the precision dancing, Christmas carols, and wintry spectacle audiences that has made this show NYC's most iconic holiday event.
A Christmas Carol
You won't be saying "bah, humbug" at this Tony Award-winning production of A Christmas Carol, starring Tony winner Michael Cerveris as Ebenezer Scrooge. The show also has plenty more gifts in store, including singing, dancing, and a 360-degree staging that wraps audiences up in the timeless story of redemption, holiday cheer, and ghosts.
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All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich
A rotating cast of ace comedians including Jon Stewart, Ray Romano, Sarah Silverman, Wayne Brady, Cecily Strong, Mike Birbiglia, Jim Gaffigan, and more read sketches about envy, ego, greed, and everything in between in this follow-up to last year's All In. Learn more about the full All Out cast and which dates each person is performing.
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Bug
We'll put the bug in your ear: Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood star in Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Lett's gripping psychological thriller. What begins as a romance in a motel turns into a spiral of paranoia and delusion as war vet Peter entangles lonely waitress Agnes into his web of conspiracies.
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Marjorie Prime
The holiday season is the perfect time for a show about family. June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein, and Christopher Lowell star in this sci-fi-streaked drama about an elderly woman whose adult children give her a unique gift: a hologram of her late husband to help keep her memories alive.
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Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) takes place during the holiday season, so December is the perfect time to see the critically acclaimed musical. Robin and Dougal meet at the airport before a wedding, and what begins as an awkward first encounter turns into a citywide romp in this charming rom-com.
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Big Apple Circus
Spend the holidays under the big top! Acrobats, clowns, animals, and so much more are part of this family-friendly spectacular that's become an annual holiday tradition at Lincoln Center. It's everything you'd imagine a classic circus to be.
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The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute continues The Metropolitan Opera's annual tradition of presenting abridged, English-language operas around the holidays to bring in family audiences. The opera starts off like many classic fairytales, with a prince sent by a queen to rescue a princess in distress. He's helped along in his quest by the titular charmed instrument, which turns sadness into joy when he plays it.
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Art
You only have until December 21 to see Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris in this award-winning comedy play. When Harris's character spends a small fortune on a plain white painting, it sparks a debate between him and two friends that might break their decades-long bond apart.
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Waiting for Godot
See Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter before their existential adventure ends January 4! Instead of Bill and Ted, they play Vladimir and Estragon, two pals locked in limbo in Samuel Beckett's classic tragicomedy.
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Beetlejuice
It's showtime — but only until January 3! Don't wait another day-o to see the ghost with the most return in this musical adaptation of Tim Burton's hit movie. A demon ghost teams up with a newly dead couple and a goth teen to haunt a suburban home, and it's frighteningly fun.
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Christmas by Candlelight
Hear your favorite holiday songs as never before at this unique, family-friendly concert. Surrounded by hundreds of candles, a string quartet plays stirring renditions of beloved Christmas carols and music from festive movies like Home Alone and Love Actually.
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Nutcracker Rouge
This 21+ Christmas show in Brooklyn is more naughty than nice. Nutcracker Rouge puts a sexy spin on the beloved Nutcracker tale, with the wonders of the Land of Sweets unfolding through burlesque dance, acrobatics, music, and more. Watch the spectacle unfold all around you as the actors perform on and above the stage, and indulge in themed sweet treats and drinks fit for a sugar plum fairy.
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Wicked
If you saw Wicked: For Good and want to see Oz up close and personal, get tickets to Wicked on Broadway! Wicked takes place before the events of The Wizard of Oz, when witches Glinda and Elphaba were college roommates and best friends. But when one is deemed good and the other wicked, their friendship takes an unexpected turn.
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Maybe Happy Ending
Maybe Happy Ending won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Musical, so if you haven't seen it yet, now's a great time! Travel to South Korea at this futuristic rom-com, where Emmy and Tony Award winner Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen star as an obsolete robots who give each other a second warranty on life and love.
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