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:
• The Band’s Visit (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• 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)
• My Fair Lady (musical, G, nearly all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
OFF BROADWAY:
• Be More Chill (musical, PG-13, extended through Sept. 30, reviewed here)
IN EAST HADDAM, CONN.:
• Oliver! (musical, PG-13, closes Sept. 13, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON OFF BROADWAY:
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (musical, G, too complex for children, closes Sept. 6, reviewed here)
• Symphonie Fantastique (abstract underwater puppet show, G, closes Sept. 2, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK OFF BROADWAY:
• Pushkin: A Life Played Out (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 25, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.:
• The Petrified Forest (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 25, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN GARRISON, N.Y.:
• Richard II (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Aug. 26, reviewed here)
• The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Aug. 24, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY OFF BROADWAY:
• Carmen Jones (musical, PG-13, reviewed here)
• Mary Page Marlowe (drama, PG-13, reviewed here)
• Twelfth Night (Shakespeare, G, reviewed here)