2008-2009 Broadway Season

Every show that opened on Broadway during the 2008-2009 season (July 2008 through June 2009), ranked by aggregated CriticScore ratings from dozens of outlets. This includes musicals, plays, and revivals — whether still running or closed.

36 shows | Last updated: September 2026

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1

Dividing the Estate Broadway play

Dividing the Estate

2

Exit the King Broadway play

Exit the King

3

Mary Stuart Broadway play

Mary Stuart

4

The Seagull Broadway play

The Seagull

5

Joe Turner's Come and Gone Broadway play

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

6

West Side Story Broadway musical

West Side Story

7

Next To Normal Broadway musical

Next To Normal

8

God of Carnage Broadway play

God of Carnage

9

Shrek The Musical Broadway musical

Shrek The Musical

10

Billy Elliot: The Musical Broadway musical

Billy Elliot: The Musical

11

33 Variations Broadway play

33 Variations

12

Rock of Ages Broadway musical

Rock of Ages

13

All My Sons Broadway play

All My Sons

14

9 to 5 Broadway musical

9 to 5

15

Hedda Gabler Broadway play

Hedda Gabler

16

Guys and Dolls Broadway musical

Guys and Dolls

17

Impressionism Broadway play

Impressionism

18

The Story of My Life Broadway musical

The Story of My Life

19

The Philanthropist Broadway play

The Philanthropist

20

Reasons To Be Pretty Broadway play

Reasons To Be Pretty

21

Waiting for Godot Broadway play

Waiting for Godot

22

Speed-the-Plow Broadway play

Speed-the-Plow

23

Blithe Spirit Broadway play

Blithe Spirit

24

The Norman Conquests Broadway play

The Norman Conquests

25

13 Broadway musical

13

26

The American Plan Broadway play

The American Plan

27

A Man for All Seasons Broadway play

A Man for All Seasons

28

Equus Broadway play

Equus

29

[title of show] Broadway musical

[title of show]

30

Irena's Vow Broadway play

Irena's Vow

31

Desire Under the Elms Broadway play

Desire Under the Elms

32

American Buffalo Broadway play

American Buffalo

33

A Tale of Two Cities Broadway musical

A Tale of Two Cities

34

Pal Joey Broadway musical

Pal Joey

35

To Be Or Not To Be Broadway play

To Be Or Not To Be

36

Accent on Youth Broadway play

Accent on Youth

See Also

2007-2008 Season 2009-2010 Season Musicals Plays

How This Works

Shows are ranked by CriticScore, a weighted average of reviews from dozens of outlets. Top-tier publications (NYT, Vulture, Variety) carry more weight than smaller outlets. Toggle to Audience mode to see letter grades based on audience sentiment from multiple sources.

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