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 Apr. 29, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

Chinglish (comedy, PG-13, adult subject matter, closes Apr. 29, reviewed here)

Follies (musical, PG-13, adult subject matter, closes Jan. 22, reviewed here)

Godspell (musical, G, suitable for children, 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)

Other Desert Cities (drama, PG-13, adult subject matter, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

Seminar (serious comedy, PG-13, closes Mar. 4, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

OFF BROADWAY:

Dancing at Lughnasa (drama, G/PG-13, closes Jan. 15, reviewed here)

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)

CLOSING SOON ON BROADWAY:

Venus in Fur (serious comedy, R, adult subject matter, closes Dec. 18, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

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