A-Listers Are Taking Over Broadway

Us dissects why some of Hollywood's biggest stars are putting their movie and TV careers on hold to take on the challenge of live theater

- KAT PETTIBONE

Romeo + Juliet's audiences were the youngest in recorded Broadway history; Good Night, and Good Luck and Othello are already Broadway's two highest-grossing plays.

The neon lights are shining brighter than ever on Broadway. Look closely, and you'll see that more TV and movie stars — older, more seasoned vets as well as rising stars — are trading the red carpet for the stage door.

Today, a stroll through NYC's theater district will show you Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington together in Othello, George Clooney making his Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck and Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr taking the stage in Glengarry Glen Ross. John Krasinski, Maya Hawke and Keanu Reeves are all set to join various productions soon. A few high-profile runs have ended recently, too: Gen-Z stars Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor delivered their lines in iambic pentameter for Romeo + Juliet and Shailene Woodley, Euphoria's Barbie Ferreira and Younger's Molly Bernard made their Broadway debuts in the play Cult of Love.