Current issues (NY Reviews) (19)
Shows on Broadway and beyond that speak to the now.
We often look to theatre to help us look deeper into the issues that are present in our lives.
Let Show-Score's community of avid theatre fans tell you the best New York theatre shows playing right now that offer an exploration of current issues!
Carmen Rivera’s play about a woman visiting Puerto Rico, her family's homeland, for the first time.
A long-running musical revue/sketch comedy show about current events, celebrities, & politicians.
A darkly humorous, emotionally honest new play about intimacy and violation.
A troupe of well-intentioned white theatre artists try to create an inoffensive Thanksgiving story.
A writer’s surreal quest through a gentrifying London, written and performed by Arinzé Kene.
The Public presents this audio drama about liberals gathering at a farm after the 2017 election.
A solo show challenging what exactly makes a man, and how easy it can be to break that man down.
A live staged premiere of the audio drama set in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
A recording of Dael Orlandersmith's docudrama about the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.
Keen presents a new audio drama by James Anthony Tyler about a family in Harlem during the pandemic.
A new play by Zora Howard about the interiority of Black Men in America.
An unconventional musical written and composed by Tony Award-nominee Elizabeth Swados.
Lope de Vega's classic play about a woman's revolt against a corrupt society.
After being let go from his stable job, Kenneth must find a new path forward for himself.
Jodie Comer stars as a talented lawyer, who must face a harrowing case that pushes her morals.
A painfully real and funny take on the bizarre NYC dating scene in the wake of the pandemic.
A hopeful/hopeless prophecy for earth and humankind told by a person who has peered into the future.
A family attempts to come together for dinner amidst chaos and natural disaster.
An irreverent new musical about the realities of being a mother in today's day and age.