Broadway Comedies Click to sort by musicals (), plays (), comedies (), dramas (), family-friendly (), and discounted () events; sort by critics' ratings and attendance; or see what's at tkts. All About Me Critics = not yet ratedAttendance = 51.0% sold last week The one-and-only Dame Edna Everage (aka Australian comedian Barry Humphries) and singer Michael Feinstein return to Broadway for an evening of laughs and music. (more) Chicago Critics = 4.9Attendance = 59.4% sold last week An elegant, minimally-staged revival of Kander & Ebb's gritty, satirical musical - lust, treachery, and murder among chorus girls and backstage types in old Chicago. Winner of 6 1997 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. (more) God of Carnage Critics = 4.3Attendance = 74.5% sold last week Dylan Baker, Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu, and Janet McTeer star in a new play by Yasmina Reza, author of the hit play "Art." Winner of 3 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Play. (more) La Cage aux Folles The hit London production transfers to Broadway....starring Douglas Hodge in his Olivier-winning role as the drag diva Albin, and five-time Emmy-winner Kelsey Grammer (from TV's "Fraser" and "Cheers") making his Broadway musical debut. Begins April 6th (more) Lend Me a Tenor Tony Shaloub (TV's "Monk") returns to Broadway in a revival of Ken Ludwig's Tony-nominated farce. (more) Lips Together, Teeth Apart A revival of Terrence McNally's comedy about two straight couples spending a holiday weekend in one of Fire Island's gay communities, starring Megan Mullaly (from TVs "Will & Grace") and Comedy Central star Patton Oswalt. Begins April 9th (more) Looped Critics = not yet ratedAttendance = 64.8% sold last week Valerie Harper returns to Broadway in this bio-play about the outrageous celeb bad-girl of '50s and '60s, Tallulah Bankhead. (more) Mamma Mia Critics = 3.1Attendance = 78.6% sold last week A surprisingly popular choice among the suburban set, this lively pop musical features the songs of the 70’s europop group ABBA, played to enthusiastic nightly standing ovations. (more) Mary Poppins Critics = 3.4Attendance = 67.8% sold last week The classic songs of the Disney movie are used in this family-friendly Broadway megamusical, telling the tale of that charming nanny of Edwardian London in a perfectly supercalifragilisticexpialidocious manner. (more) Present Laughter Critics = 3.3Attendance = 85.6% sold last week A revival of Noël Coward's quasi-autobiographical showbiz comedy, starring Victor Garber as an aging star in crisis. (more) Promises, Promises Tony and Emmy winner Rob Ashford directs Kristin Chenoweth (Tony winner for "Wicked") and Sean Hayes (Emmy winner for "Will & Grace") in a new revival of the musical that spawned Dionne Warwick's pop classic "I'll Never Fall in Love Again." Begins March 27th (more) Rock of Ages Critics = 3.3Attendance = 77.0% sold last week An Off-Broadway hit last season, this winking tribute to the 80's (with a score of arena-rock hits from Bon Jovi, Journey, Poison, and many more) recently made the difficult leap to Broadway, where it seems set for a successful run. (more) The Addams Family A new musical based on the characters of New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams comes to Broadway, with an impressive cast of Broadway vets headed by Tony winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth (as Gomez and Morticia, naturally). (more) Other Events A Behanding in Spokane Critics = 3.3Attendance = 90.2% sold last week From Martin McDonagh, the master of dark comedy, a play about a con-man (Oscar-winner Christopher Walken) searching for a missing hand. (more) A Little Night Music Critics = 2.9Attendance = 87.1% sold last week Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones makes her Broadway debut in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's 1973 musical....also starring five-time Tony-winner Angela Lansbury and directed by Tony-winner Trevor Nunn. (more) A View from the Bridge Critics = 4.1Attendance = 98.4% sold last week Tony-winner Liev Schreiber and film star Scarlett Johansson (in her Broadway debut) star in a revival of Arthur Miller’s classic about immigrant dockworkers pursuing the American Dream. (more) American Idiot From Berkeley Rep, an acclaimed new musical featuring the music of the rock trio Green Day, directed by Michael Mayer, the Tony-winning director of "Spring Awakening." Begins March 24th (more) Billy Elliot Critics = 4.8Attendance = 92.6% sold last week Elton John’s new musical, set in Northern England’s coal fields, about a boy who wants to dance, not box. Winner of 10 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) Collected Stories Tony-winner Linda Lavin and Golden Globe-nominee Sarah Paulson star in Donald Margulies' play about the relationship between two female writers. Begins April 6th (more) Come Fly Away Critics = not yet ratedAttendance = 79.4% sold last week From Twyla Tharp, the visionary choreographer responsible for the Broadway hit "Movin' Out," a new dance musical using the songs and voice of Frank Sinatra. (more) Enron From London, a new play with music based on the outrageous financial scandal of 2001. Begins April 8th (more) Fela! Critics = 4.4Attendance = 71.7% sold last week The new musical based on the life of African composer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti comes to Broadway....an Off-Broadway hit in 2008, the show is directed and choreographed by downtown legend Bill T. Jones. (more) Fences For 13 weeks only, Denzel Washington stars in the first Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Begins April 15th (more) Hair Critics = 4.7Attendance = 52.5% sold last week Forty-one years after the revolutionary original production, the 'tribal love-rock musical' has returned to Broadway, and audiences (and critics) are dancing in the aisles. Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. (more) In The Heights Critics = 3.1Attendance = 67.0% sold last week A new musical about the vibrant cultural mix that is upper Manhattan. Winner of 4 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) Jersey Boys Critics = 3.6Attendance = 92.0% sold last week A bio-revue telling the story and singing the songs of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Winner of 4 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) Memphis Critics = 3.7Attendance = 72.7% sold last week Just opened, a new musical about a black singer and a white radio DJ who come together in the segregated South during the early days of rock 'n' roll....critics' reviews mostly good, audience reaction excellent. (more) Million Dollar Quartet A new musical about a 1956 recording session at Sun Records in Memphis that brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. Begins March 13th (more) Next Fall Critics = not yet ratedAttendance = 75.2% sold last week From Off-Broadway's Naked Angels company, a well-received new play the NY Times called "artful, thoughtful and very moving." (more) Next to Normal Critics = 4.0Attendance = 72.7% sold last week A bleak but powerful musical drama about a troubled suburban family....the New York Times calls it a "brave, breathtaking" show. (more) Race Critics = 3.4Attendance = 56.5% sold last week Emmy-winner James Spader makes his Broadway debut in a new play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Mamet. (more) Red From London's Donmar Warehouse (which brought us "Frost/Nixon," "Mary Stuart," and "Hamlet with Jude Law"), a new play about abstract impressionist painter Mark Rothko, starring Alfred Molina as the artist. (more) Sondheim on Sondheim Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, and Tom Wopat star in "an intimate portrait of the famed composer in his own words...and music." Begins March 19th (more) South Pacific Critics = 4.3Attendance = 60.5% sold last week A revival of the classic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical plays the main hall at Lincoln Center Theater. Winner of 7 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. (more) The Lion King Critics = 4.6Attendance = 84.8% sold last week Julie Taymor's inventive retelling of Disney's animated hit took Broadway by storm in 1997, and is still running strong. Puppets and live actors weave a dreamscape of jungle characters as we follow the rise of young Simba to the throne. Winner of 6 1998 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) The Miracle Worker Critics = 2.7Attendance = 78.4% sold last week Abigail Breslin (Oscar-nominee for "Little Miss Sunshine") will play Helen Keller and Alison Pill (Tony-nominee for "The Lieutenant of Inishmore") will play Annie Sullivan in the first Broadway revival of William Gibson's classic play. (more) The Phantom of the Opera Critics = 3.5Attendance = 66.4% sold last week A hideously deformed man lives in the cellars of the Paris Opera and takes a stunningly beautiful soprano as a student in this classic show - the longest running production in Broadway history. Winner of 7 1988 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. (more) Time Stands Still Critics = 4.3Attendance = 98.1% sold last week Emmy and Golden Globe winner Laura Linney stars in a well-received new play by Pulitzer-winner Donald Margulies. (more) West Side Story Critics = 3.6Attendance = 74.3% sold last week The great American musical returns to Broadway in a starkly dramatic production directed by Arthur Laurents, who collaborated with Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Jerome Robbins to transport Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to Manhattan's violent Upper West Side more than 50 years ago. (more) Wicked Critics = 2.7Attendance = 98.2% sold last week Ever wondered what happened in Oz before Dorothy dropped in? This musical about the teenage years of the Good Witch and the Green Witch is a family-friendly spectacle housed in one of Broadway’s largest and most comfortable theatres. (more) Upcoming Broadway Shows | Past Broadway Shows Critics' ratings represent an average score for reviews published by major NYC and national print sources. To rate the reviews, we use a 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being excellent. 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