2024 had a lot of incredible theatre. Since I did this last year, I have decided to make it a tradition. Here are some reflections! Happy New Year!

SHOW THAT MADE ME LAUGH THE HARDEST

Oh, Mary!

SHOW THAT MADE ME CRY THE MOST

Home

SHOW THAT BLEW MY MIND WIDE OPEN

Duality

SHOW WHOSE TRUTH HIT ME THE HARDEST

The Ally

BEST REIMAGINED CLASSIC

Sunset Blvd

Philadelphia, Here I Come

BEST NEW MUSICAL

We Live in Cairo

Suffs

BEST NEW PLAY

Good Bones

Bad Kreyol

SHOW THAT WAS TREATED MOST UNFAIRLY BY CRITICS

Cabaret

(Op-ed expressing my feelings on aforementioned criticism)

SHOW THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT, BUT DESERVED TO

Swept Away

SHOW MOST SABOTAGED BY MISMARKETING

The Hills of California

SHOW THAT SCARED ME THE MOST

Our Class

LEAST EXPECTED PLOT TWISTS

Vladimir

MOST LOVINGLY PREDICTABLE

Walden

STAND OUT SHOW-STOPPING PERFORMANCE

Mandy Gonzalez, Sunset Blvd.

BEST ACTOR, LEAST ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Gabby Beans, Romeo+Juliet and Jonah

Tommy Dorfman, Romeo+Juliet

BEST FEMINIST THEATRE

The Blood Quilt

BEST LGBT THEATRE

The Beacon

BEST STAGE MAGIC

McNeal

FAVORITE (ROCK) OPERA OF THE YEAR

The Who’s Tommy

CAST ALBUM THAT I CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO

The Notebook

SHOW THAT I SINCERELY HOPE GETS ANOTHER SHOT

Counting and Cracking

MOST CREATIVE MISUNDERSTANDING

Eureka Day

SHOW I WISH I COULD HAVE WALKED OUT OF

Teeth

SHOW I’M REALLY SAD I DIDN’T GET TO SEE

The Dead, 1904

King Lear

HONORABLE MENTION SHOWS

There were a couple of spectacular shows I saw this year that didn’t lend themselves to categories that I wanted to celebrate.

Elf

People of the Book

Mary Jane

Dirty Laundry

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Pages on Stages would like to extend profound gratitude to the press representatives who have generously enabled us to review so much incredibly NYC theatre this year! In no particular order, we’d like to thank The Press Room, Polk & Co., DKC/O&M, Print Shop PR, Public Theater Press, Helene Davis Public Relations, DARR Publicity, Vivacity Media, Group, Grapevine PR, Alton PR/Andrea Alton, Spin Cycle NYC, Emily Owens PR, David Gersten & Associates, Juliana Hannett, Nick Buchholz, Brett Oberman/Keith Sherman & Associates, Jim Randolph, Berlin Rosen, KSA-PR, Blake Zidell, Rubenstein, and Boneau/Bryan-Brown/BBBway and anyone who I may have unintentionally missed!

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