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January 14, 2010
TT: So you want to see a show?
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.
Warning: Broadway shows marked with an asterisk were sold out, or nearly so, last week.
BROADWAY:
• Fela! * (musical, PG-13, adult subject matter, reviewed here)
• God of Carnage (serious comedy, PG-13, adult subject matter, reviewed here)
• South Pacific (musical, G/PG-13, some sexual content, brilliantly staged but unsuitable for viewers acutely allergic to preachiness, 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)
• The Orphans' Home Cycle, Parts 1 and 2 (drama, G/PG-13, too complicated for children, will be performed in rotating repertory with third part of cycle starting on Jan. 7, closes Mar. 28, reviewed here and here)
• Our Town (drama, G, suitable for mature children, reviewed here)
IN SARASOTA, FLA.:
• Life of Galileo (drama, G, accessible to well-read older teenagers, closes Feb. 17, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.:
• Copenhagen (drama, PG-13, closes Jan. 31, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON OFF BROADWAY:
• The Emperor Jones (drama, PG-13, contains racially sensitive language, closes Jan. 31, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY OFF BROADWAY:
• The Understudy (farce, PG-13, closes Jan. 17, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY ON BROADWAY:
• Finian's Rainbow (musical, G, suitable for children, dramatically inert but musically sumptuous, reviewed here)
Posted January 14, 2010 12:00 AM
