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 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:
• August: Osage County (drama, R, adult subject matter, closes Apr. 20 and reopens Apr. 29 at the Music Box Theatre for an open-ended run, reviewed here)
• Avenue Q (musical, R, adult subject matter and one show-stopping scene of puppet-on-puppet sex, reviewed here)
• A Chorus Line (musical, PG-13/R, adult subject matter, reviewed here)
• Grease * (musical, PG-13, some sexual content, reviewed here)
• The Homecoming (drama, R, adult subject matter, closes Apr. 13, reviewed here)
• In the Heights (musical, PG-13, some sexual content, reviewed here)
• The Little Mermaid (musical, G, entirely suitable for children, reviewed here)
• November (comedy, PG-13, profusely spattered with obscene language, reviewed here)
• Passing Strange (musical, PG-13, adult subject matter, reviewed here)
• Sunday in the Park with George * (musical, PG-13, too complicated for children, closes June 16, reviewed here)
OFF BROADWAY:
• Adding Machine (musical, PG-13, adult subject matter, too musically demanding for youngsters, reviewed here)
• The Seagull (drama, PG-13, adult subject matter, closes Apr. 13, reviewed here)
IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS.:
• The Tempest (drama, G, possible for very intelligent tweens, reviewed here)
ON TOUR:
• Moby-Dick–Rehearsed (drama, G, not suitable for children, touring the U.S. through May 17, reviewed here)
CLOSING THIS WEEKEND ON BROADWAY:
• Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps * (comedy, G, suitable for bright children, closes Saturday and reopens at the Cort Theatre on Apr. 29, reviewed here)
• The Seafarer (drama, PG-13, adult subject matter, closes Sunday, reviewed here)