feel like vital art rather than mere cash grabs (Hells Kitchen, The Outsiders, The Notebook).

Emlyn Travis

Read our full reviewhere.

The three act classic is brisker than ever, raw in its emotion and sincere in its sentimentality.

The Notebook Musical - Jordan Tyson (Younger Allie) and John Cardoza (Younger Noah)

Jordan Tyson and John Cardoza in ‘The Notebook’.Julieta Cervantes

Wilder’s words are simple, striking, fraught.

6.Sunset Blvd.

Marc Brenner

Im big.

Anthony Michael Lopez, Safiya Kaijya Harris, Shyla Lefner, Billy Eugene Jones, Michelle Wilson, Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes in Our Town

The cast of ‘Our Town’.Daniel Rader

Its the pictures that got small.

has been cast aside by the industry she helped build.

Kathryn Vandervalk

5.Hells Kitchen

Marc J. Franklin

Irresistible.

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The company of ‘Swept Away’.Emilio Madrid

Thats the best wort to describe this rousing, high-energy musical loosely based on the life of superstarAlicia Keys.

While the teen angst story itself is nothing special, everything else about the show bursts off the stage.

That includes the scene-stealing choreography by Camille A.

Jeremy Strong in ‘An Enemy of the People’

Jeremy Strong in ‘An Enemy of the People’.Emilio Madrid

This girl truly is on fire.DR

4.Oh, Mary!

How to describe the funniest stage show of the year?

Christian Holub

3.The Outsiders

Matthew Murphy

S.E.

Sunset Blvd

Tom Francis and Nicole Scherzinger in ‘Sunset Blvd.'.Marc Brenner

In Taymors capable hands,The Outsidersremains gold.

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1.Stereophonic

What would you give up for your art your relationship?

Thats the question at the heart ofStereophonic,the new record-holder for the most Tony-nominated play in history.

The cast of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ on Broadway

The cast of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ on Broadway.Marc J. Franklin

But that description hardly does the show itself justice.

That this band isnt real so we can be privy to their reunion tour in another 30 years.

Better luck next time, old sport.

Oh Mary review/

Conrad Ricamora as Abraham Lincoln and Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln in ‘Oh, Mary!'.Emilio Madrid

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Tammy Faye

Polk and Co. Was it a campy romp?

A serious look at a tragic figure?

All or none of the above?

The Greasers in The Outsiders Musical

The Greasers in ‘The Outsiders’.Matthew Murphy

Darren Criss Photo Credit_ Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman review of Maybe Happy Ending

Darren Criss in ‘Maybe Happy Ending’.Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman

The cast of ‘Stereophonic’

The cast of ‘Stereophonic’.Julieta Cervantes

The Great Gatsby Musical

Eva Noblezada and Jeremy Jordan in ‘The Great Gatsby’.Jeremy Daniel

Robert Downey Jr. And Brittany Bellizeare in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of McNEAL

Robert Downey Jr. and Brittany Bellizeare in ‘McNeal’.Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman

Tammy Faye Musical

The company of ‘Tammy Faye’.Polk and Co.