Discover the best reviewed Broadway shows by top critics on BroadwayWorld.
Are the critics screaming over the first play of the 2026/27 Broadway season? Paranormal Activity officially opened tonight at the August Wilson Theatre. The new play is written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett. Let's see what the critics are saying...
The World Premiere of benevolent by Sophie McIntosh, with Good Apples Collective, is officially open Off-Broadway. See what the critics are saying about the production in Broadwayworld's Review Roundup.
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park is continuing with THE WINTER’S TALE at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.The production will run through Sunday, August 23. Read the reviews here!
The reviews are in for Royal Shakespeare Company's world premiere of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new play based on novels by George R. R. Martin. Read the reviews here!
59E59 Theaters is presenting the world premiere of The Vessel, written by Brendan George. See what the critics are saying about the production in BroadwayWorld's REview Roundup.
There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theatre than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of Cats. What began as a musical about cats after Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up a book of poems in an airport bookshop has become one of the longest running shows in Broadway's history. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Cats features 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless melodies, including the hit song 'Memory.' What did the critics think of Drew McOnie's new production?
The company is in sound hands under Petra Kalive.
What did our critic think of GUYS & DOLLS at The Royal Theatre?
MORIARTY at Hale Centre Theatre is hilariously thrilling as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s band of characters set off to solve the latest case involving the titular villain.
What did our critic think of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW at Monumental Theatre?
Teatro Espacio makes a brave and timely choice with Juan Mayorga’s Animales nocturnos, presented entirely in Spanish. Its striking design frames a chilling story about immigration, coercion, and the dangerous power one person can hold over another’s future.
I love visiting Northwest Arkansas, and when I was invited to see Dear Evan Hansen at Arkansas Public Theatre, I was especially excited because it meant I would finally get to visit the historic Victory Theater in downtown Rogers. Owned by the City of Rogers and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Victory is a beautiful piece of the city’s history as well as a home for live theatre.
Moses Goods and The Lili'u Project bring the inspiring story of Duke Kahanamoku to life in a thrilling performance.
It is not often that a singer can enter a stage with a full symphony orchestra playing behind him and hold a sold out crowd of 7,028 people spellbound. This past Saturday evening at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center, Grammy nominated singer/actor Josh Groban did just that while being backed by YOUR National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) in a program called Stage, Screen, and Symphony.
With Most Of My Moms Are Gay Abby Goldfarb shows herself as a special talent with a unique outlook on life.
Mothers: the never-ending source of trauma, character development, personality... and love. Or, at least, the version they say they give and the other version of what you actually felt as their kid. These themes, and more, are explored in Ni Mi Madre, the Obie Award-winning one-man show written and performed by Arturo Luís Soria, currently playing at Diversionary Theatre through September 6.
My Chemical Romance brought The Black Parade 2026 Tour to Target Field in Minneapolis on August 24 for a night filled with music, theatrics and plenty of fire.
Las seis reinas de SIX han mostrado un adelanto de la primera producción en español del musical creado por Toby Marlow y Lucy Moss. BroadwayWorld Spain ha podido conocer de cerca el trabajo de sus protagonistas y del equipo creativo antes del comienzo de funciones el próximo 12 de septiembre.
Come face to face with the chilling cultural phenomenon THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS as it makes its world stage play premiere. Based on Thomas Harris's gripping literary masterpiece, this electrifying new play sets the definitive psychological thriller loose across the UK & Ireland from August.
From Stan Zimmerman (writer of Golden Girls and Gilmore Girls), Right before I go. highlights the raw struggles of people that have died by suicide. The play uses real suicide notes of celebrities, veterans, bullied teens, those identifying as LGBTQ+, people who have experienced a range of mental health crises - as well as those who have survived attempts. The show is followed by a conversation with the audience.
With his latest hour of stand-up comedy Jilberto Soto is sure to become a new Fringe favourite.
With Mad Cow Disease Bella Hull brings us yet another wickedly acidic hour of stand-up comedy.
Comedian Maxx Eddy has spent his life trying to be an alpha male, despite being wimpy and bisexual. His pursuit of manliness takes him across the world to meet a Brazilian woman he met online, with predictably chaotic results. Blending stand-up and storytelling, this raucous debut explores queerness, masculinity and how the two can coexist.
What did our critic think of RHINOCEROS at American Repertory Theater?
Theater fans should run and catch Ronald Rand’s fascinating solo show about Harold Clurman's life and career, which is part of the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage in Tysons Corner, Virginia through August 30.
Ground Floor Theatre’s production of Emiliana: A Revolution Cabaret blends Mexican history, queer identity, music, comedy, and tragedy in a bold theatrical experience. Jessica Peña Torres, Rai González Cartagena, and Diana Patricia Guizado make this original work unforgettable.
