The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year

Which Broadway (and off-Broadway) shows were the best of 2022? Find out!

By: Jan. 01, 2023
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As 2022 comes to a close, New York City's top theatre critics have been taking stock of this theatre season- deciding on their personal choices for their favorite productions of the year. The season has been full of so many stellar plays, musicals, revivals and new works, both on Broadway and off.

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The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Into the Woods

The New York Times

Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Laura Collins-Hughes, Scott Heller, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Intimate Apparel
Oratorio for Living Things
Cyrano de Bergerac
A Strange Loop
A Case for the Existence of God
Wedding Band
Into the Woods
The Piano Lesson
Topdog/Underdog
Kimberly Akimbo
and more!

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Kimberly Akimbo

Vulture

Jackson McHenry

Into the Woods
The Nosebleed
Oratorio for Living Things
Kimberly Akimbo
A Strange Loop
Hamlet
Wedding Band
The Skin of Our Teeth
A Case for the Existence of God
Funny Girl , starring Lea Michele

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Take Me Out

HuffPost

Candice Frederick

MJ: The Musical
A Strange Loop
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Death of a Salesman
Topdog/Underdog
The Kite Runner
How I Learned to Drive
Take Me Out
Skeleton Crew

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Fat Ham

Washington Post

Peter Marks

Kimberly Akimbo
Downstate
Into the Woods
Fat Ham
Just For Us
and more!

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from The Minutes

Wall Street Journal

Charles Isherwood

Funny Girl, starring Lea Michele
Leopoldstadt
Downstate
The Minutes
Cost of Living
A Case for the Existence of God
Chester Bailey
Kimberly Akimbo
Into the Woods
Ohio State Murders

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Some Like It Hot

amNY

Matt Windman

Into the Woods
A Man of No Importance
Parade
Lea Michele in Funny Girl
A Strange Loop
Kimberly Akimbo
Some Like It Hot
The Bedwetter
Leopoldstadt
A Case for the Existence of God
Cost of Living
Downstate
Hangmen
Which Way to the Stage
The Old Man & The Pool
Ohio State Murders
Topdog/Underdog
Death of a Salesman

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Ain't No Mo'

Slant

Dan Rubins

Ain't No Mo
English
Golden Shield
Into the Woods
Islander
The Music Man
Oratorio for Living Things
A Raisin in the Sun
Skeleton Crew
A Strange Loop
Wedding Band
what the end will be...

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Funny Girl

TimeOut NY

Adam Feldman

Downstate
Oratorio for Living Things
Topdog/Underdog
English
A Christmas Carol
Into the Woods
Merrily We Roll Along
A Case for the Existence of God
Ain't No Mo'
The Hang
Funny Girl 2.0

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Leopoldstadt

Deadline

Greg Evans

Leopoldstadt
Kimberly Akimbo
Some Like It Hot
Into The Woods
Hangmen
Ain't No Mo'
A Strange Loop
Topdog/Underdog
The Piano Lesson
Take Me Out
Best Solo (Tie): The Old Man & the Pool and A Christmas Carol

The Best Theater of 2022: Shows that Ruled the Year
Scene from Hangmen

The Wrap

Robert Hofler

Fat Ham
Which Way to the Stage
A Strange Loop
Kimberly Akimbo
Intimate Apparel
Hangmen
Ain't No 'Mo
A Case for the Existence of God
Epiphany
Downstate


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