What To See On Broadway Proper Now

April on Broadway, to mangle a phrase from a showtune basic, is bustin’ out throughout with no fewer than 14 new performs and musicals set to open earlier than the April 25 Tony Award eligibility cutoff date. So crowded are the ultimate weeks of the 2023-24 theater season that three days every will see the openings of two reveals, a Broadway rarity.

Deadline will weigh in on every present. Whether or not you employ this web page as a information or as an invite to argue, drop by typically for the newest on Broadway’s choices. And there’ll be loads of choices certainly — right here’s the schedule of April openings: The Outsiders (April 11), Lempicka (April 14), The Wiz (April 17), Suffs (April 18), Stereophonic (April 19), Hell’s Kitchen (April 20), Cabaret (April 21), Patriots (April 22), The Coronary heart of Rock and Roll (April 22), Mary Jane (April 23), Illinoise (April 24), Uncle Vanya (April 24), Mom Play (April 25), The Nice Gatsby (April 25).

Under is a compendium of our critiques. Hold checking again because the listing is up to date.

The Outsiders

Opening night time: April 11, 2024
Venue: Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Director: Danya Taymor
Guide: Adam Rapp, Justin Levine
Music and lyrics: Jamestown Revival (Jonathan Clay & Zach Probability) and Justin Levine
Choreography: Rick Kuperman & Jeff Kuperman
Forged: Brody Grant, Sky Lakota-Lynch, Joshua Boone, Brent Comer, Jason Schmidt, Emma Pittman, Daryl Tofa, Kevin William Paul and Dan Berry, with Jordan Chin, Milena J. Comeau, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tilly Evans-Krueger, Henry Julián Gendron, RJ Higton, Wonza Johnson, Sean Harrison Jones, Maggie Kuntz, Renni Anthony Magee, SarahGrace Mariani, Melody Rose, Josh Strobl, Victor Carrillo Tracey, Trevor Wayne.
Operating time: 2 hr 30 min (together with intermission)
Official synopsis: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, Ponyboy Curtis, his greatest pal Johnny Cade and their Greaser household of “outsiders” battle with their prosperous rivals, the Socs. This thrilling new Broadway musical navigates the complexities of self-discovery because the Greasers dream about who they need to change into in a world which will by no means settle for them. With a dynamic authentic rating, The Outsiders is a narrative of friendship, household, belonging… and the belief that there’s nonetheless “a lot of good on the planet.”
Deadline’s takeaway: A effective and catchy rating that references pop, early rock & roll, nation and showtune balladeering is carried out by a terrific younger solid in Broadway’s The Outsiders, opening in a heartfelt manufacturing on the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

When you’ve learn the e-book or seen the film, you understand the story. The musical’s e-book by Adam Rapp with Justin Levine stays near its origins for higher and worse, and the songs by the superb folks and Americana duo Jamestown Revival, together with Levine, go a protracted method to fill in plot particulars and character histories.

Nonetheless, even with intelligent path by Danya Taymor, The Outsiders by no means fairly outgrows its Younger Grownup literary origins. Primarily based on the groundbreaking S.E. Hinton novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s movie adaptation, The Outsiders typically comes throughout as a precocious teen all dressed up for an evening on the New York city — clearly cash has been spent on a spare, environment friendly set, with a lot of stacked tires and planks of wooden, designed by AMP that includes Tatiana Kahvegian, enhanced by Hana S. Kim’s cool projections (in a single case, actually — photographs of Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke are, if nothing else, a straightforward time-placer). The complete abilities of the designers and particular results masters come collectively in a terrific barn fireplace scene, and Brian MacDevitt’s lighting design and Cody Spencer’s sound meld properly with with the choreography, particularly throughout a crowd-pleasing slo-mo, freeze-frame, strobe-lit rumble between the vengeance-seeking cliques.

Whereas all of the manufacturing’s components appear to be in place — the solid, even when its performing chops falter, is, musically, a full-throated and easy-to-like ensemble — The Outsiders typically seems like a musical that desires to hold with the grown-ups whereas unable to depart behind its adolescent earnestness and self-involvement. A extra thoughtfully grownup manufacturing would possibly invent some credible penalties for a negligent, lethal arson, a deadly stabbing and a prepare derailment, all of that are offered, true to S.E. Hinton, as short-term glitches within the self-actualization of a 14-year-old boy.

The Who’s Tommy

Opening night time: March 28, 2024
Venue: Nederlander Theatre
Director: Des McAnuff
Guide: Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Music and lyrics: Pete Townshend
Choreography: Lorin Latarro
Forged: Ali Louis Bourzgui, Alison Luff, Adam Jacobs, John Ambrosino, Bobby Conte, Christina Sajous, with Haley Gustafson, Jeremiah Alsop, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Mike Cannon, Tyler James Eisenreich, Sheldon Henry, Afra Hines, Aliah James, David Paul Kidder, Tassy Kirbas, Lily Kren, Quinten Kusheba, Reese Levine, Brett Michael Lockley, Nathan Lucrezio, Alexandra Matteo, Mark Mitrano, Reagan Pender, Cecilia Ann Popp, Daniel Quadrino, Olive Ross-Kline, Jenna Nicole Schoen, Dee Tomasetta, and Andrew Tufano.
Operating time: 2 hr 10 min (together with intermission)
Deadline’s takeaway: The Who’s Tommy is a nonstop surge of electrified power, a darting pinball of a manufacturing that syncs visible panache with 55-year-old songs that sound as important right now as they will need to have at Woodstock. To learn full evaluation, click on on present title above.

Water for Elephants

Opening night time: March 21, 2024
Venue: Imperial Theatre
Director: Jessica Stone
Guide: Rick Elice, primarily based on the novel by Sara Gruen
Music and lyrics: Pigpen Theatre Firm
Forged: Grant Gustin, Isabelle McCalla, Gregg Edelman, Paul Alexander Nolan, Stan Brown, Joe De Paul, Sara Gettelfinger and Wade McCollum, with Brandon Block, Antoine Boissereau, Rachael Boyd, Paul Castree, Ken Wulf Clark, Taylor Colleton, Gabriel Olivera de Paula Costa, Isabella Luisa Diaz, Samantha Gershman, Keaton Hentoff-Killian, Nicolas Jelmoni, Caroline Kane, Harley Ross Beckwith McLeish, Michael Mendez, Samuel Renaud, Marissa Rosen, Alexandra Gaelle Royer, Asa Somers, Charles South, Sean Stack, Matthew Varvar and Michelle West
Operating time: 2 hr 40 min (together with intermission)
Deadline’s takeaway: Water for Elephants is a pleasing, visually beguiling present with a solid led by The Flash‘s Grant Gustin in a sweet-voiced Broadway debut that places some allure into a skinny e-book by Rick Elice that in all probability veered too near the novel for its personal good. To learn full evaluation, click on on present title above.

An Enemy of the Individuals

Opening night time: March 18, 2024
Venue: Circle within the Sq.
Written by: Henrik Ibsen, In A New Model By Amy Herzog
Directed by: Sam Gold
Forged: Jeremy Robust, Michael Imperioli, Victoria Pedretti, Katie Broad, Invoice Buell, Caleb Eberhardt, Matthew August Jeffers, David Patrick Kelly, David Mattar Merten, Max Roll, Thomas Jay Ryan, Alan Trong
Operating time: 2 hrs (together with one pause)
Deadline’s takeaway: Watching Jeremy Robust (Succession) and Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) go face to face for 2 hours is a deal with, as if the celebrities of your favourite HBO dramas had crossed over some loopy timeline to indicate one another what for. To learn full evaluation, click on on present title above.

The Pocket book

Opening night time: March 14, 2024
Venue: Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Administrators: Michael Greif and Schele Williams
Guide: Bekah Brunstetter
Music and lyrics: Ingrid Michaelson
Forged: Jordan Tyson, Pleasure Woods, Maryann Plunkett, John Cardoza, Ryan Vasquez, Dorian Harewood, with Andréa Burns, Yassmin Alers, Alex Benoit, Chase Del Rey, Hillary Fisher, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman, Dorcas Leung, Completely satisfied McPartlin, Juliette Ojeda, Kim Onah, Carson Stewart, Charles E. Wallace, Charlie Webb
Operating time: 2 hr 10 min (together with intermission)
Deadline’s takeaway: Primarily based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 bestseller a couple of younger — then older, then a lot older — couple who survives a lifetime of tribulations (till they don’t), The Pocket book is the theatrical equal of Muzak, comforting in its unapologetically manipulative manner and unabashed in its disregard for something approaching the grit of the true world. To learn full evaluation, click on on present title above.

Doubt

Opening night time: March 7, 2024
Venue: Todd Haimes Theatre
Written by: John Patrick Shanley
Directed by: Scott Ellis
Forged: Amy Ryan, Liev Schreiber, Zoe Kazan, Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Operating time: 90 min (no intermission)
Deadline’s takeaway: That the play holds up in addition to it does since its 2004 premiere — and it actually does — is due largely to a top-tier solid that the Roundabout Theater Firm has assembled, an ensemble that retains us guessing from starting to finish. To learn full evaluation, click on on present title above.