Archives for June 15, 2017

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:
• Dear Evan Hansen (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Groundhog Day (musical, G/PG-13, some 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)
• On Your Feet! (jukebox musical, G, closes August 20, reviewed here)

CLOSING SOON ON BROADWAY:
• Present Laughter (comedy, PG-13, closes July 2, reviewed here)

CLOSING NEXT WEEK ON BROADWAY:
• Sweat (drama, PG-13, Broadway transfer of off-Broadway production, closes June 25, original production reviewed here)

CLOSING SUNDAY OFF BROADWAY:
• Pacific Overtures (musical, PG-13, reviewed here)

CLOSING SUNDAY ON BROADWAY:
• Six Degrees of Separation (serious comedy, PG-13/R, reviewed here)

“An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not notice that he is saying nothing of the slightest importance about either.”

Randall Jarrell, “Ten Books” (The Southern Review, Autumn 1935)