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Top Rated Broadway Shows List - The Highest Rated Shows On Broadway

The "Theatre In New York Top Rated Plays List" is a list of the top rated plays now running in the New York area based on the current reviews. To see all of the play reviews go to Review Round-Up.

Aladdin

In the middle-eastern town of Agrabah, Princess Jasmine is feeling hemmed in by her father?s desire to find her a royal groom. Meanwhile, the Sultan?s right-hand man, Jafar, is plotting to take over the throne. When Jasmine sneaks out of the palace incognito, she forms an instant connection with Aladdin, a charming street urchin and reformed thief. After being discovered together, Aladdin is sentenced to death, but Jafar saves him by ordering him to fetch a lamp from the Cave of Wonders. Where there?s a lamp, there?s a Genie, and once Aladdin unwittingly lets this one out, anything can happen! Will Aladdin?s new identity as ?Prince Ali? help him win Jasmine?s heart and thwart Jafar?s evil plans? Will the Genie?s wish for freedom ever come true?

The New York Times- Recommended
NY Daily News- Somewhat Recommended
Associated Press- Highly Recommended
Hollywood Reporter- Recommended
Vulture- Recommended
NY1- Highly Recommended
Variety- Somewhat Recommended
USA Today- Highly Recommended
New York Post- Recommended
Entertainment Weekly- Recommended
Newsday- Highly Recommended
NBC New York- Recommended
Time Out New York- Recommended
The Wrap- Not Recommended
Financial Times- Recommended
New Jersey Newsroom- Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Not Recommended
Cititour.com- Highly Recommended
TheaterMania- Highly Recommended
NewYorkTheater.me- Recommended
Aladdin
Buena Vista Social Club

Step into the heart of Cuba, beyond the glitz of the Tropicana, to a place where blazing trumpets and sizzling guitars set the dance floor on fire. Here, the sound of Havana is born?and one woman discovers the music that will change her life forever. Inspired by true events, the new Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club? brings the GRAMMY? Award-winning album to thrilling life?and tells the story of the legends who lived it. A world-class band joins a sensational cast of musicians, actors and dancers from around the globe for an authentic experience unlike any you've seen or heard before. Don't miss this captivating tale of big dreams, second chances and the unbreakable bonds of making music together.

New York Post- Recommended
Buena Vista Social Club
Chicago

The musical exploration of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery -- all those things that we hold dear to our hearts. Chicago follows not your usual housewife, Roxie Hart, who gains dubious notoriety when she kills her boyfriend, invents her defense and manipulates everyone from her trustworthy husband to the fickle media and the unsuspecting public. Featuring well known songs, 'All That Jazz,' 'Razzle Dazzle' and 'Mr. Cellophane'.

The New York Times- Highly Recommended
NY Daily News- Highly Recommended
Associated Press- Highly Recommended
Hollywood Reporter- Highly Recommended
Variety- Highly Recommended
USA Today- Recommended
Entertainment Weekly- Highly Recommended
Bergen Record- Highly Recommended
Newsday- Highly Recommended
Chicago Tribune- Somewhat Recommended
Time Magazine- Highly Recommended
Philadelphia Inquirer- Highly Recommended
Newhouse News Service - Highly Recommended
CurtainUp - Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Highly Recommended
TheaterMania- Recommended
Chicago
Hamilton

A new musical about the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton. From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become.

NY Daily News- Highly Recommended
Broadway World- Highly Recommended
Associated Press- Highly Recommended
Hollywood Reporter- Highly Recommended
Vulture- Recommended
NY1- Highly Recommended
Variety- Highly Recommended
USA Today- Highly Recommended
New York Post- Recommended
Newsday- Highly Recommended
amNY- Highly Recommended
Wall Street Journal- Highly Recommended
NorthJersey- Highly Recommended
Washington Post- Highly Recommended
Chicago Tribune- Highly Recommended
Time Out New York- Highly Recommended
The Wrap- Highly Recommended
Deadline- Highly Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Somewhat Recommended
Cititour.com- Highly Recommended
American Theater Web- Highly Recommended
TheaterMania- Highly Recommended
TheaterScene.net- Highly Recommended
Theatre Is Easy- Highly Recommended
Huffington Post- Highly Recommended
Theatre Reviews Limited- Highly Recommended
DC Theatre Scene- Highly Recommended
As Her World Turns- Highly Recommended
The Clyde Fitch Report- Highly Recommended
WNBC- Highly Recommended
Hamilton
Moulin Rouge!

Set in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France at the turn of the century, a world of indulgent beauty and unparalleled extravagance, of bohemians and aristocrats, of boulevardiers and mademoiselles, Moulin Rouge! The Musical tells the fictional story of an ambitious, lovesick writer, Christian, and a dazzling, entrancing chanteuse, Satine. Their lives collide at the Moulin Rouge with its many characters including the host of the Moulin Rouge, Harold Zidler; the brilliant and starving artist Toulouse-Lautrec; the greatest tango dancer - and gigolo - in all of Paris, Santiago; the tempting Nini; and The Duke of Monroth, the wealthy and entitled patron of the club who thinks he can buy anything he wants, including love.

The New York Times- Highly Recommended
Hollywood Reporter- Highly Recommended
Variety- Highly Recommended
amNY- Not Recommended
Deadline- Somewhat Recommended
Moulin Rouge!
Smash

Smash, inspired by the hit TV show, is finally coming to Broadway! A hilarious behind-the-scenes rollercoaster ride about the making of a Marilyn Monroe musical called Bombshell, it?s got all the iconic songs, kick-ass choreography, and backstage pandemonium that make Broadway the beloved institution it is today.

The New York Times- Highly Recommended
New York Post- Not Recommended
Chicago Tribune- Not Recommended
New York City Theater- Somewhat Recommended
StageZine- Recommended
The Observer- Recommended
Smash
The Book Of Mormon

THE BOOK OF MORMON is the Winner of 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical! From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, four-time Emmy Award-winning creators of "South Park," and Tony Award-winner Robert Lopez, co-creator of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Avenue Q, comes THE BOOK OF MORMON, a new Broadway musical that Jon Stewart of The Daily Show describes as, "a crowning achievement, so good it makes me angry" and by Entertainment Weekly as "the funniest musical of all time." Featuring choreography by Tony Award-winner Casey Nicholaw, THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway is directed by Nicholaw and Parker. Don't miss your chance to see what Ben Brantley of The New York Times calls "the best musical of this century."

The New York Times- Highly Recommended
NY Daily News- Highly Recommended
Associated Press- Highly Recommended
Hollywood Reporter- Highly Recommended
NY1- Highly Recommended
Bloomberg- Recommended
Variety- Highly Recommended
USA Today- Highly Recommended
New York Post- Highly Recommended
Entertainment Weekly- Highly Recommended
Newsday- Highly Recommended
amNY- Highly Recommended
Wall Street Journal- Somewhat Recommended
Washington Post- Highly Recommended
Chicago Tribune- Highly Recommended
Time Out New York- Highly Recommended
NY Magazine- Highly Recommended
Village Voice- Recommended
Backstage- Highly Recommended
Los Angeles Times- Highly Recommended
New Jersey Newsroom- Highly Recommended
Theatre Is Easy- Highly Recommended
The Book Of Mormon
The Lion King

The Lion King tells the story of the epic adventures of a young lion cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role as king.

The New York Times- Recommended
Associated Press- Highly Recommended
Vulture- Somewhat Recommended
Variety- Highly Recommended
USA Today- Somewhat Recommended
Entertainment Weekly- Highly Recommended
Newsday- Highly Recommended
Time Out New York- Highly Recommended
NY Magazine- Recommended
Time Magazine- Highly Recommended
Los Angeles Times- Recommended
CurtainUp - Highly Recommended
TheaterMania- Somewhat Recommended
Broadway Voice- Highly Recommended
NJ.com- Recommended
Family Vacation Critic- Highly Recommended
Street Directory- Recommended
Plain Dealer- Recommended
Syracuse Herald Journal- Somewhat Recommended
Seattle Post-Intelligencer- Recommended
Virginian Pilot- Recommended
Denver Post- Highly Recommended
Sarasota Herald Tribune- Recommended
Press-Enterprise- Recommended
Post and Courier- Highly Recommended
Flying the Nest- Recommended
Record- Highly Recommended
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel- Highly Recommended
Washington Times- Recommended
Columbus Dispatch- Recommended
St. Petersburg Times- Highly Recommended
The Lion King
Wicked

Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One - born with emerald-green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

The New York Times- Somewhat Recommended
NY Daily News- Not Recommended
Associated Press- Recommended
NY1- Somewhat Recommended
Variety- Somewhat Recommended
USA Today- Highly Recommended
New York Post- Recommended
Entertainment Weekly- Recommended
Bergen Record- Recommended
Wall Street Journal- Recommended
Time Out New York- Highly Recommended
NY Magazine- Not Recommended
Village Voice- Not Recommended
The Journal News- Highly Recommended
New Yorker- Somewhat Recommended
Time Magazine- Recommended
CurtainUp - Somewhat Recommended
Talkin Broadway- Not Recommended
New York Observer- Highly Recommended
TheaterMania- Recommended
Theatre Is Easy- Recommended
New Jersey Star-Ledger- Highly Recommended
Front Row Center- Recommended
NJ.com- Highly Recommended
Journal News- Highly Recommended
New York Sun- Recommended
Daily Beast- Recommended
About Entertainment- Highly Recommended
Wicked

To see the reviews of all plays go to Review Round-Up.