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Broadway Show Reviews & Critics' Ratings

Discover the best reviewed Broadway shows by top critics on BroadwayWorld.
& Juliet
& Juliet
6.2 Mixed rating
Opened Nov 17, 2022
Aladdin
Aladdin
6.8 Mixed rating
Opened Mar 20, 2014
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
8.3 Positive rating
Opened Apr 9, 2026
Beaches
Beaches
3.6 Negative rating
Opened Apr 22, 2026
Becky Shaw
Becky Shaw
8.5 Positive rating
Opened Apr 6, 2026
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
8.6 Positive rating
Opened Mar 19, 2025
CATS: The Jellicle Ball
CATS: The Jellicle Ball
8.9 Positive rating
Opened Apr 7, 2026
Chess
Chess
6.3 Mixed rating
Opened Nov 16, 2025
Chicago
Chicago
9.5 Positive rating
Opened Nov 14, 1996
Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her
8.1 Positive rating
Opened Nov 21, 2024
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon
5.1 Mixed rating
Opened Mar 30, 2026
Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
7.9 Mixed rating
Opened Mar 12, 2026
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
7.6 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 19, 2026
Giant
Giant
7.7 Mixed rating
Opened Mar 23, 2026
Hadestown
Hadestown
8.2 Positive rating
Opened Apr 17, 2019
Hamilton
Hamilton
9.7 Positive rating
Opened Aug 6, 2015
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
8.9 Positive rating
Opened Apr 22, 2018
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
8.0 Positive rating
Opened Apr 25, 2026
Just in Time
Just in Time
7.5 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 26, 2025
Maybe Happy Ending
Maybe Happy Ending
8.9 Positive rating
Opened Nov 12, 2024
MJ the Musical
MJ the Musical
6.8 Mixed rating
Opened Feb 1, 2022
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
7.6 Mixed rating
Opened Jul 25, 2019
Oh, Mary!
Oh, Mary!
9.4 Positive rating
Opened Jul 11, 2024
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat
7.8 Mixed rating
Opened Mar 20, 2025
Proof
Proof
7.0 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 16, 2026
Ragtime
Ragtime
8.2 Positive rating
Opened Oct 16, 2025
Schmigadoon!
Schmigadoon!
7.8 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 20, 2026
Six
Six
8.4 Positive rating
Opened Oct 3, 2021
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
5.8 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 22, 2025
The Balusters
The Balusters
8.1 Positive rating
Opened Apr 21, 2026
The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon
8.7 Positive rating
Opened Mar 24, 2011
The Fear of 13
The Fear of 13
5.8 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 15, 2026
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
4.8 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 25, 2024
The Lion King
The Lion King
8.8 Positive rating
Opened Nov 13, 1997
The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys
7.4 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 26, 2026
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
6.9 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 11, 2024
The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show
6.8 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 23, 2026
Titanique
Titanique
7.5 Mixed rating
Opened Apr 12, 2026
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
7.4 Mixed rating
Opened Nov 20, 2025
Wicked
Wicked
5.3 Mixed rating
Opened Oct 30, 2003

Review Roundups

Review Roundup: HAMLET Opens At Brooklyn Academy of Music
Review Roundup: HAMLET Opens At Brooklyn Academy of Music
A.A. Cristi • May 4, 2026
Hamlet is now playing at BAM’s Harvey Theater in Brooklyn. The National Theatre production stars Hiran Abeysekera and is directed by Robert Hastie. Critics are weighing in on the contemporary staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Review Roundup: Jack Holden's KENREX Opens Off-Broadway
Review Roundup: Jack Holden's KENREX Opens Off-Broadway
Stephi Wild • April 27, 2026
Two-time 2026 Olivier Award-winning KENREX by Olivier Award winner Jack Holden and Olivier Award nominee Ed Stambollouian, is now open at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Read the reviews here!
Review Roundup: THE LOST BOYS Arrives on Broadway
Review Roundup: THE LOST BOYS Arrives on Broadway
Nicole Rosky • April 26, 2026
The final show of the 2025/26 Broadway season is now open! The world premiere of THE LOST BOYS opened tonight, Sunday, April 26, 2026, at Broadway’s Palace Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Michael Arden, the new musical features a book by  David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, music & lyrics by The  Rescues. Let's see what the critics are saying about the new musical...
Review Roundup: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE Opens On Broadway
Review Roundup: JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE Opens On Broadway
A.A. Cristi • April 25, 2026
August Wilson is back on Broadway with Taraji P. Henson and Cedric “The Entertainer” and more in a new production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone, directed by  the legendary Debbie Allen. The critics are weighing in on the show! See what they're saying in tonight's review roundup!
Review Roundup: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Returns to Broadway
Review Roundup: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Returns to Broadway
A.A. Cristi • April 23, 2026
The critics have returned from their strange journey into the world of The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway and the verdict is in! Read all the reviews in our roundup below!
Review Roundup: BEACHES Opens on Broadway
Review Roundup: BEACHES Opens on Broadway
A.A. Cristi • April 22, 2026
Reviews are rolling in for the Broadway production of Beaches, a new musical based on the classic film, celebrating the power of female friendship. Did critics have a day at the beach at Beaches? Find out in our review roundup! 

Regional Reviews

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Review: THE CONVERSATION WITH HARRIET WALTER, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Review: THE CONVERSATION WITH HARRIET WALTER, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Books: Clementine Scott • May 6, 2026
Shakespeare veteran Dame Harriet Walter talks about the Bard in a reverent tone, but she doesn’t let him off the hook. After all, the Succession and Killing Eve star has built her latest book – She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said – around the idea that despite being a great observer of what makes us human, Shakespeare never gave his women the same depth and attention as his men.
Review: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO, Sadler’s Wells
Review: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO, Sadler’s Wells
Dance: Matthew Paluch • May 6, 2026
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, otherwise known as the Trocks, are back at Sadler’s Wells as part of their National tour of a mixed bill until 6 May. Post-show I think I might be losing my sense of humour…but thankfully most of the Sadler’s Wells audience seemed happy!
Review: THE EAVES at Nocturne Theatre
Review: THE EAVES at Nocturne Theatre
Los Angeles: Harker Jones • May 5, 2026
Director Meyer keeps things moving at a fair clip without ever seeming rushed, and he serves up real scares.
Review: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at Burlington County Footlighters
Review: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at Burlington County Footlighters
New Jersey: Donna Marie Nowak • May 5, 2026
What did our critic think of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE at Burlington County Footlighters?
Review: HAMILTON at The Fisher Theatre
Review: HAMILTON at The Fisher Theatre
Michigan: Emily Schenk • May 5, 2026
Hamilton is the room where it happens—a history remix that’s not throwing away its shot at dazzling you with rhyme, rhythm, and revolution. Founding fathers trade powdered wigs for mic drops as ambition rises faster than the tempo, and duels come with both pistols and punchlines. This production of Hamilton will be performing at the Fisher theatre now through May 17th.
Review: HIEROGLYPHICS CURRENCY at Daydream Theatre Company
Review: HIEROGLYPHICS CURRENCY at Daydream Theatre Company
Rhode Island: Christopher Verleger • May 5, 2026
Nowadays when you tune in to watch the news or read the latest headline in your social media feed, it’s difficult to differentiate between fact and fiction. Furthermore, there is no middle ground, and everything is described as a superlative—like the “least” effective or the “most” offensive.
Review: RHINOCEROS at Vermont Stage
Review: RHINOCEROS at Vermont Stage
Vermont: Wiley D • May 5, 2026
Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Cristina Alicea for Vermont Stage, is a relevant play about the dangers of conformity and anger in times of change. Originally written as part of the “Theatre of the Absurd” movement in 1959, the play follows Berenger, a kind-hearted drunk who works at a local newspaper, as he navigates his life during an outbreak of people turning into Rhinoceros. The production opened at Main Street Landing on April 30th and runs until May 17th.
Review: THE ECSTATIC at Oz Arts Nashville
Review: THE ECSTATIC at Oz Arts Nashville
Nashville: Catherine Burford • May 5, 2026
After being forced to miss Oz Arts Nashville’s last two entries in their “A Cultural Revelation” season, I was more than pleased to return. For this season, productions from around the world are presented in the Oz space, introducing audiences to art forms that they can’t find just anywhere. It was here that I got to enjoy The Ecstatic.
Review: AGUARDIENTE: WHERE MAGIC TRANSCENDS BORDERS at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Review: AGUARDIENTE: WHERE MAGIC TRANSCENDS BORDERS at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington, DC: Roger Catlin • May 5, 2026
Aguardiente is the name of a firey drink from Colombia that’s sugary and strong. So it’s also a good name for the world premiere musical comissioned for the 50th anniversary season of GALA Hispanic Theatre in Columbia Heights. 
Book Review: KIDS, WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THIS! MY MEMOIR by Liza Minnelli, Michael
Book Review: KIDS, WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THIS! MY MEMOIR by Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Josh Getlin, Heidi Evans
Books: Gary Naylor • May 5, 2026
Even 400 pages or more cannot contain whole life, nor the personality
Review: AUGMENTED - DANCE POWERED BY MAM + AISOMA, Sadler’s Wells East
Review: AUGMENTED - DANCE POWERED BY MAM + AISOMA, Sadler’s Wells East
Dance: Matthew Paluch • May 5, 2026
There was something in the air on Friday night…and it wasn't just pollen! One could describe it as the school show of all school shows - but that might be doing it a disservice. Enter the room AUGMENTED: Dance powered by MAM + AISOMA, a collaboration between Juilliard, Rambert School and Studio Wayne McGregor.
Review: MAMMA MIA! at Conway High School
Review: MAMMA MIA! at Conway High School
Arkansas: Theresa Bertram • May 5, 2026
What did our critic think of MAMMA MIA! at Conway High School?
Review: AN ASIAN AMERICAN DANCE JOURNEY, PROGRAM B at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Com
Review: AN ASIAN AMERICAN DANCE JOURNEY, PROGRAM B at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington, DC: Laurie Sara Oliver • May 4, 2026
What did our critic think of AN ASIAN AMERICAN DANCE JOURNEY, PROGRAM B at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company?
Review: LITTLE WOMEN THE MUSICAL at University Of Central Arkansas Theatre in Co
Review: LITTLE WOMEN THE MUSICAL at University Of Central Arkansas Theatre in Conway
Arkansas: Theresa Bertram • May 4, 2026
Central Arkansas is blessed with so many talented people (musicians, actors, directors, educators, etc.), and I am thrilled to be able to call them my friends. There are so many great shows in the spring, and unfortunately I can't go see them all, even when I squeeze in dress rehearsals.
Review: CACTUS FLOWER at New Theatre Restaurant
Review: CACTUS FLOWER at New Theatre Restaurant
Kansas City: Alan Portner • May 4, 2026
The air at New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park is thick with the scent of high-end buffet favorites and the electric hum of a sold-out crowd. The curtain has risen on a revival of the 1960s Broadway classic Cactus Flower, and if the opening week's standing ovations are any indication, Kansas City has another bona fide hit on its hands.
Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Keller Auditorium
Review: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Keller Auditorium
Oregon: Krista Garver • May 4, 2026
Nearly 40 years after its Broadway premiere, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA continues to cast its spell. I saw proof of that everywhere at the packed Keller Auditorium, including a young girl clutching a teddy bear wearing a tiny Phantom mask. The now and future PHANTOM fandom is in excellent hands.
Review: GEORGE & GRACIE: A LOVE STORY at Milwaukee Rep
Review: GEORGE & GRACIE: A LOVE STORY at Milwaukee Rep
Milwaukee, WI: Cathy Jakicic • May 4, 2026
Actor/writer Tami Workentin wrote the play (her first) for herself and her real life husband, James Pickering. The jokes (with a bit of music and history thrown in) can fast and furious,. You could almost hear the rim shot.
Crítica: PARTINUPLÉS at Foro Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz
Crítica: PARTINUPLÉS at Foro Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz
Mexico: Juan Carlos Araujo • May 4, 2026
Una comedia del siglo de oro español escrita por Ana Caro de Mallén, que en manos de Paola Izquierdo se convierte en un manifiesto feminista profundamente contemporáneo, lleno de carcajadas y magia.
Review: August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project Has Glin
Review: August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project Has Glint of Greatness
Boston: R. Scott Reedy • May 4, 2026
What did our critic think of GEM OF THE OCEAN at Actors' Shakespeare Project?
Crítica: ELECTRA at Sala Héctor Mendoza
Crítica: ELECTRA at Sala Héctor Mendoza
Mexico: Juan Carlos Araujo • May 4, 2026
La tercer entrega del Proyecto Espiral de la Compañía Nacional de Teatro nos acerca al ciclo interminable de violencia y venganza de manera contundente, feroz y profundamente actual. Héctor Mendoza?

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