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, nearly all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Hands on a Hardbody (musical, G/PG-13, 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, closes Apr. 28, 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 Apr. 28, reviewed here)
• The Fantasticks (musical, G, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, reviewed here)
• The Madrid (drama, PG-13, closes May 5, reviewed here)
• The Revisionist (drama, PG-13, closes Apr. 27, reviewed here)
• Talley’s Folly (drama, PG-13, closes May 12, reviewed here)
• Women of Will (Shakespearean lecture-recital, G/PG-13, closes June 2, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN SARASOTA, FLA.:
• You Can’t Take It With You (comedy, G, closes Apr. 20, original production reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON OFF BROADWAY:
• Passion (musical, PG-13, closes Apr. 19, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN LOS ANGELES:
• Tribes (drama, PG-13, remounting of original off-Broadway production, closes Apr. 14, original production reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK OFF BROADWAY:
• Belleville (drama, R, closes Apr. 14, reviewed here)
• Happy Birthday (comedy, PG-13, closes Apr. 14, reviewed here)
CLOSING SUNDAY OFF BROADWAY:
• Hamlet/Saint Joan (drama, G/PG-13, performed in rotating repertory, reviewed here)