Black Stories (NY Reviews) (8)

Plays and musicals celebrating Black stories and Black culture.

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93
Must See!
3K+ Reviews
Open run
NYC: Midtown W

Featuring Michael Jackson's greatest hits and a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage.

91
Must See!
1K+ Reviews
Ends Jun 23
NYC: Midtown W

The Lafayette family faces past secrets during an estate settlement in this darkly comic drama.

90
Excellent
781 Reviews
Open run
NYC: Midtown W

A new musical about the New York Dream, with both new music and the classic songs of Alicia Keys.

89
Excellent
560 Reviews
Open run
NYC: Midtown W

Broadway's classic soulful modernization of The Wizard of Oz returns.

79
Good
147 Reviews
Ends Jun 02
NYC: East Village

A theatre troupe stages a play about Sally Hemings & Thomas Jefferson in Suzan-Lori Parks' new work.

82
Great
20 Reviews
Opens Jun 05
NYC: Midtown W

Cephus loses love, and grapples with identity in the revival of this acclaimed play.

Score it Buy from $44
74
Good
2 Reviews
Opens Aug 16
NYC: Midtown E

An African American family faces internalized racism and class anxieties during a tumultuous time.

Score it Buy from $67
Unreviewed
Opens Jun 13
NYC: Financial

A radical reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic dance musical based on T.S. Eliot’s poems.