Broadway

By Maria Knapp, About.com Guide to Theater

Seeing a live Broadway show is very exciting. Here are some suggestions to help you choose what show to see.

1. What's Playing?
2. Reviews
3. Awards and Trivia

What's Playing?

Planning on going to a Broadway show? Check out my listing of current productions and their schedules. Performance schedules vary from show to show. A few shows have performances on Monday or Sunday nights. I actually prefer going to the theater these nights. There are fewer crowds in Times Square so it's easier to get a table for dinner and to walk around afterwards.

• Gypsy
• In the Heights
• Jersey Boys
• Monty Python's Spamalot
• Rent

• Wicked
• You're the One that I want
• Musicals
• Plays

Reviews

Broadway tickets can be very expensive, so pick your show carefully. Read through some show reviews before making up your mind. But also keep in mind your own taste in theater. Think about why I liked or didn't like a show, because you may feel the opposite. Choose a show that sounds fun to you.

• Come Back, Little Sheba
• Curtains
• The Drowsy Chaperone
• Grease
• Gypsy
• Hairspray
• In the Heights
• Legally Blonde

• The Little Mermaid
• Mary Poppins
• Rock'n'Roll
• Spamalot
• Xanadu
• Young Frankenstein
• Favorite Broadway Cast Albums

Awards and Trivia

In New York City there are several theater awards: Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway, which are given out each year to recognize the best of Off-Broadway theater; The Drama Desk Awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway; the Outer Critics Circle Awards; and the Tonys.

• Longest Running Broadway Shows
• 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007)
• 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006)
• 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005)
• 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004)

• Photos from the 60th Annual Tony Award winning Broadway Shows
• Who is Antoinette Perry?
• 57th Annual Outer Critics Circle Award Winners (2007)
• 52nd Annual Drama Desk Award Winners (2007)
• Lucille Lortel Award Winners 2007