Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more information, click on the title.
BROADWAY:
• Anything Goes (musical, G/PG-13, mildly adult subject matter that will be unintelligible to children, closes Jan. 8, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical, G/PG-13, perfectly fine for children whose parents aren’t actively prudish, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
OFF BROADWAY:
• Avenue Q (musical, R, adult subject matter and one show-stopping scene of puppet-on-puppet sex, reviewed here)
• The Fantasticks (musical, G, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, reviewed here)
• Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, G, off-Broadway remounting of Broadway production, original run reviewed here)
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.:
• Oklahoma! (musical, G, remounting of 2010 production, suitable for children, closes Oct. 2, original run reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN EAST HADDAM, CONN.:
• Show Boat (musical, G, suitable for bright children, closes Sept. 17, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN GARRISON, N.Y.:
• The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare, PG-13, suitable for bright children, closes Sept. 4, reviewed here)
• Hamlet (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Sept. 3, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN LENOX, MASS:
• As You Like It (Shakespeare, G/PG-13, closes Sept. 4, reviewed here)
• The Memory of Water (serious comedy, PG-13, some adult subject matter, closes Sept. 4, reviewed here)
• Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, G/PG-13, violence and some adult subject matter, closes Sept. 3, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK ON BROADWAY:
• Master Class (drama, G/PG-13, not suitable for children, closes Sept. 4, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)