Broderick starred in a 2004 off-Broadway production of the award-winning Larry Shue play "The Foreigner" as the witty Charlie Baker. He was reunited with his co-star from "The Lion King" and "The Producers", Nathan Lane, in "The Odd Couple", which opened on Broadway in October 2005. He appeared on Broadway as a college professor in "The Philanthropist", running April 10 through June 28, 2009. He returned to the Broadway stage in Spring 2012 to star in the musical "Nice Work If You Can Get It", directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. He notably starred in the 2015 Broadway adaptation of "Sylvia", a play by A.R. Gurney directed by Daniel J. Sullivan.