Broadway shows

a candid guide

The hottest
Broadway shows

Hotness key

Broadway's hottest

Other hot shows

My ratings are selective and impartial. Over 15 Broadway shows do not make my 4 and 3 star hot lists.

Criteria

To make my Broadway's 4-star hot
list, a show must have several
things going for it, including:

Intense audience buzz

Rave reviews and/or major awards

High ticket demand and scarcity

Broadway's hottest
musicals & plays

Alphabetical.

August: Osage County

  Won 2008 "Best Play" Tony Award. Emotional sparks fly and humor pops up when a dysfunctional Midwestern family gathers in Osage County, Oklahoma to resolve clan issues.

Gypsy

Mama Rose (played by Patti LuPone in her Tony Award winning performance) engineers the show-biz career of her star-bound daughter, Gypsy Rose Lee.

In the Heights

Won 2008 "Best Musical" Tony Award. "In the Heights" portrays a struggle-success story of a Manhattan immigrant Latino community. Pulsates with salsa, merengue, and hip-hop music.

Jersey Boys

  2006 "Best Musical" Tony Award winner. The story of the emergence of the famous Four Seasons singing group who lived and got their start in Jersey.

South Pacific

2008 "Best Revival of a Musical" Tony Award winner. Romance and bigotry on a tropical island during wartime. Outstanding cast. A Rodgers & Hammerstein classic.

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