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:
• Dear Evan Hansen (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Hamilton (musical, PG-13, Broadway transfer of off-Broadway production, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Prince of Broadway (musical revue, PG-13, reviewed here)
IN PHILADELPHIA:
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (musical, PG-13, closes Oct. 22, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO:
• Dancing at Lughnasa (drama, G/PG-13, closes Oct. 15, reviewed here)
• The Madness of George III (drama, G/PG-13, closes Oct. 15, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN:
• A View from the Bridge (drama, PG-13, closes Oct. 22, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN:
• Cyrano de Bergerac (verse drama, G/PG-13, closes Oct. 6, reviewed here)
• A Flea in Her Ear (farce, PG-13/R, closes Oct. 7, reviewed here)
• The Maids (drama, PG-13, closes Oct. 5, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN LENOX, MASS.:
• God of Carnage (comedy, R, closes Oct. 8, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY IN MADISON, N.J.:
• What the Butler Saw (farce, R, reviewed here)
CLOSING TOMORROW IN SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN:
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Shakespeare, G/PG-13, reviewed here)
