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After nearly two years, Hell’s Kitchen is ending its acclaimed run on Broadway. The Tony- and Grammy Award-winning production’s last performance at New York’s Shubert Theatre will be Feb. 22, marking nearly 800 performances.
Original cast member and Tony-nominated actor Brandon Victor Dixon will also reprise his role as Davis beginning Jan. 27 through the musical’s final curtain call. Although the Broadway engagement is concluding, Hell’s Kitchen’s multi-year national tour — which launched Oct. 10, 2025 — is ongoing with international productions slated for South Korea, Germany and Australia.
Created and inspired by 17-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys, Hell’s Kitchen garnered more than $100 million in ticket sales during its Broadway run. It also raised more than $1.5 million for charity in association with TodayTix Group.
“We set out on a mission with Hell’s Kitchen to tell diverse stories on Broadway,” Keys tells Billboard. “And to actively ensure this feeling that you belong here. That this Broadway space is a place for everybody. We really had the intention of actively pursuing and creating the opportunity for diverse audiences to experience this show; expanding the kinds of roles available for Black and Brown actors and artists on Broadway. That’s been one of my favorite parts: reshaping the cultural landscape by bringing more people to the table and making Broadway more accessible.”
Produced by AKW Productions, Hell’s Kitchen made its world premiere on Oct. 24, 2023 at The Public Theater and ran through Jan. 14, 2024 before graduating to Broadway on April 20, 2024. In addition to featuring music and lyrics by Keys, the play boasts direction by five-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif. Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony nominee Kristoffer Diaz wrote the book with music supervision by Emmy and Grammy winner Adam Blackstone and choreography by five-time Tony nominee Camille A. Brown.
The musical’s original cast starred Maleah Joi Moon as Ali, the rebellious teen girl on fire whose coming-of-age experiences and relationship with her mother are the play’s central focus, Shoshana Bean, Kecia Lewis and the aforementioned Dixon. Both Lewis and Moon won two of the play’s 13 Tony nominations in 2024 for best actress in a featured role in a musical and best actress in a leading role in a musical, respectively. Additional accolades include a 2025 Grammy for best musical theater album.
The current cast features Amanda Reid, Kelsee Kimmel, four-time Grammy winner Yolanda Adams, three-time Grammy Award winner Ne-Yo and Lamont Walker II (also in the original cast). In addition to Adams and Ne-Yo, Grammy-nominated singer Tank and Hamilton’s Christopher Jackson have appeared in limited engagements. Hell’s Kitchen: Behind the Dream, a book chronicling the musical’s 13-year journey to Broadway complemented by behind-the-scenes commentary plus interviews with the creative team and original cast, was released by Keys this past October.
