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:
• Annie (musical, G, many performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Once (musical, G/PG-13, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
OFF BROADWAY:
• All in the Timing (comedy, PG-13, extended through Apr. 14, reviewed here)
• Avenue Q (musical, R, adult subject matter and one show-stopping scene of puppet-on-puppet sex, reviewed here)
• Donnybrook! (musical, G/PG-13, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, closes Mar. 31, reviewed here)
• The Fantasticks (musical, G, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, reviewed here)
IN LOS ANGELES:
• Tribes (drama, PG-13, remounting of original off-Broadway production, closes Apr. 14, original production reviewed here)
IN SARASOTA, FLA.:
• You Can’t Take It With You (comedy, G, closes Apr. 20, original production reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN ORLANDO, FLA.:
• Othello (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Mar. 16, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK ON BROADWAY:
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical, PG-13, closes Mar. 10, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY ON BROADWAY:
• The Other Place (drama, PG-13, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (drama, PG-13/R, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.:
• A Raisin in the Sun (drama, PG-13, reviewed here)