George Clooney is making his Broadway debutbut that’s not the only reason to visit the Great White Way.

Matthew Murphy/Evan Zimmerman/Courtesy of BOOP!

The Musical

The big news on Broadway this spring is George Clooney.

BOOP! The Musical

A production still of BOOP! The Musical from it’s run in Chicago.Credit:Matthew Murphy/Evan Zimmerman/Courtesy of BOOP! The Musical

One thing he wont be is alone.

These are the shows Im most excited about.

“Boop!

BOOP! The Musical

Jasmine Amy Rogers as Betty Boop in a production still of BOOP! The Musical from it’s run in Chicago.Matthew Murphy/Evan Zimmerman/Courtesy of BOOP! The Musical

But the premise seems familiara bunch of theater bigwigs creating a show about Marilyn Monroe called Bombshell.

The Lincoln Center production is based on a true story.

The story became something of a national obsessionand a media circus.

SMASH key art

Key art for the Broadway stage musical adaptation of SMASH.Jason Bell/Courtesy of SMASH

“Pirates!

Hes described as an outlaw, turned corpse, turned celebrity.

Seems that in death, Mr. McCurdy had way more adventures than he ever did in life.

Floyd Collins key art

Key art from the Floyd Collins musical at Lincoln Center Theater.Courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater

Last years off-Broadway production made several best theater lists, includingThe New York TimesandNew York Magazine.

STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW

A still from the London production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW.Manuel Harlan/Courtesy of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW

James Earl Jones Theater in NYC

Crowds line up for the outside the James Earl Jones Theater for the box office opening of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical.Avery Brunkus/Courtesy of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical