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.



BROADWAY:

Anything Goes (musical, G/PG-13, mildly adult subject matter that will be unintelligible to children, closes Jan. 8, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

Follies (musical, PG-13, adult subject matter, closes Jan. 1, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical, G/PG-13, perfectly fine for children whose parents aren't actively prudish, 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)

Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, G, off-Broadway remounting of Broadway production, original run reviewed here)

IN ASHLAND, OREGON:

August: Osage County (drama, PG-13/R, closes Nov. 5, reviewed here)

Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Nov. 6, reviewed here)

Measure for Measure (Shakespeare, PG-13, closes Nov. 6, reviewed here)

CLOSING SOON IN ASHLAND, OREGON:

The Pirates of Penzance (operetta, G, suitable for children, closes Oct. 8, reviewed here)

CLOSING SOON IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT:

The Crucible (drama, PG-13, partial nudity, extended through Oct. 6, reviewed here)

CLOSING SOON IN WASHINGTON, D.C.:

Oklahoma! (musical, G, remounting of 2010 production, suitable for children, closes Oct. 2, original run reviewed here)

CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN:

The Tempest (Shakespeare, G/PG-13, closes Sept. 30, reviewed here)

CLOSING SUNDAY IN SPRING GREEN, WISCONSIN:

The Cure at Troy (Greek tragedy, G, far too intense for children, reviewed here)

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