EW rounds up our 10 favorite pieces of theater to hit the Great White Way in 2023.
The 10 Best Broadway Shows of 2023
10.
Prepare to leave laughing all the way out the door and down the block.
The cast of ‘The Cottage’.Joan Marcus
Emlyn Travis
9.
Shucked
A little musical about corn snuck onto Broadway this season to upend expectations.
Cultural impact is all well and good, but sometimes you just want to laugh until your face hurts.
The cast of ‘Shucked’.Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman
Maureen Lee Lenker
8.
Christian Holub
7.
Thats the lesson ofMerrily We Roll Alongslong and eventful production history.
The cast of ‘Purlie Victorious’.Marc J. Franklin
Radcliffe in particular makes a meal of Franklin Shepard Inc. in his return to the New York stage.
Chastain is radiant as Nora, her trilling naivete slowly transforming into a dawning horror.
Thats not just because of the David Byrne/Fatboy Slim score.
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez in ‘Merrily We Roll Along’.Matthew Murphy
But the show is never didactic.
God, thats good.
Arian Moayed and Jessica Chastain in ‘A Doll’s House’.Courtesy of A Dollâs House
The cast of ‘Here Lies Love’.Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
The cast of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’.Matthew Murphy
Ben Platt and Michaela Diamon in ‘Parade’.Emilio Madrid
Rachel Brosnahan and Oscar Isaac in ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’.Julieta Cervantes
Annaleigh Ashford and Josh Groban in ‘Sweeney Todd’.Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman
