2025 had a lot of incredible theatre. In keeping with tradition, here are some reflections! Happy New Year!
SHOW THAT MADE ME LAUGH THE HARDEST
SHOW THAT MADE ME CRY THE MOST
SHOW THAT BLEW MY MIND WIDE OPEN
SHOW WHOSE TRUTH HIT ME THE HARDEST
BEST BROADWAY DEBUT
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE
BEST SOLO SHOW (tie)
300 Paintings and Call Me Izzy
BEST REIMAGINED CLASSIC
BEST NEW MUSICAL
BEST NEW PLAY
SHOW THAT WAS TREATED MOST UNFAIRLY BY CRITICS
SHOW THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT, BUT DESERVED TO
SHOW MOST SABOTAGED BY MISMARKETING
SHOW THAT SCARED ME THE MOST
LEAST EXPECTED PLOT TWISTS
MOST LOVINGLY PREDICTABLE
STAND OUT SHOW-STOPPING PERFORMANCE
Casey Likes, Heathers
BEST ACTOR, LEAST ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Peter Dinklage, Twelfth Night
MOST CREATIVE USE OF SPACE
BEST FEMINIST THEATRE
BEST LGBT THEATRE (tie)
Becoming Eve and Caroline
BEST STAGE MAGIC
Stranger Things: The First Shadow
FAVORITE OPERA OF THE YEAR
CAST ALBUM THAT I CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO
SHOW THAT I SINCERELY HOPE GETS ANOTHER SHOT
MOST CREATIVE MISUNDERSTANDING
SHOW I WISH I COULD HAVE WALKED OUT OF
SHOW I’M REALLY SAD I DIDN’T GET TO SEE
Quadrophenia
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.
A Letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God, Whoever Reads This First
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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, Vivacity Media Group, JT Public Relations, DARR Publicity, 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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