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:
• Bullets Over Broadway (musical, PG-13, reviewed here)
• Cabaret (musical, PG-13/R, many performances sold out last week, closes Jan. 4, reviewed here)
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (musical, PG-13, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Matilda (musical, G, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Les Misérables (musical, G, too long and complicated for young children, many performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Once (musical, G/PG-13, reviewed here)
• Rocky (musical, G/PG-13, closes Aug. 17, reviewed here)
OFF BROADWAY:
• The Fantasticks (musical, G, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, reviewed here)
• When We Were Young and Unafraid (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 10, reviewed here)
IN GARRISON, N.Y.:
• Othello (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Aug. 30, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN GLENCOE, ILL.:
• The Dance of Death (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 3, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK ON BROADWAY:
• Of Mice and Men (drama, PG-13, virtually all performances sold out last week, closes July 27, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN CHICAGO:
• Juno (musical, PG-13, closes July 27, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN GLENCOE, ILL.:
• Days Like Today (musical, PG-13, closes July 27, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN MADISON, N.J.:
• The Devil’s Disciple (serious comedy, G/PG-13, closes July 27, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY IN PETERBOROUGH, N.H.:
• Last of the Red Hot Lovers (comedy, PG-13, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY ON BROADWAY:
• The Cripple of Inishmaan (serious comedy, PG-13, many performances sold out last week, reviewed here)