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:
• Annie (musical, G, reviewed here)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical, PG-13, closes Mar. 10, reviewed here)
• Once (musical, G/PG-13, nearly all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• The Other Place (drama, PG-13, closes Mar. 3, 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)
CLOSING SOON IN ORLANDO, FLA.:
• Laughter on the 23rd Floor (comedy, PG-13, closes Feb. 24, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON ON BROADWAY:
• Picnic (drama, PG-13, closes Feb. 24, reviewed here)
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (drama, PG-13/R, closes Mar. 3, reviewed here)