Plays (NYC Reviews) (117)

All non-musical theatre on Broadway and beyond!

Let Show-Score's community of avid theatre fans tell you the best theatre shows on Broadway and beyond that are not musicals! Read New York theatre reviews from our members and see their picks for the best plays running in New York and New Jersey right now!

100
Must See!
2 Reviews
Ends Oct 20
NYC: East Village

Euripides' Medea reborn in a hip-hop battle rap, exposing society's silencing of women's rage.

91
Must See!
498 Reviews
Ends Oct 31
NYC: Brooklyn

Company XIV invites you to fall down the rabbit hole with this reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s "Alice’s…

91
Must See!
344 Reviews
Ends Mar 2025
NYC: Brooklyn

 A choreographed mixological adventure of unprecedented majesty.

90
Excellent
381 Reviews
Open run
NYC: Midtown W

Join an interactive quest at Stage 42 where you control the D&D adventure.

90
Excellent
280 Reviews
Ends Apr 2025
NYC: Gramercy

Marco Antonio Rodríguez’s adaptation of the hit novel. Performed in Spanish with English supertitles

89
Excellent
1K+ Reviews
Ends Jan 2025
NYC: Midtown W

An actor drinks heavily (think Comedy Central's 'Drunk History') and tries to corral others into enacting a…

88
Excellent
4K+ Reviews
Open run
NYC: Midtown W

This Tony Award winning farce portrays the doomed opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor.

88
Excellent
3K+ Reviews
Open run
NYC: Midtown W

Harry Potter is all grown up in this Tony-winner that brings the magic of the books alive on stage.

88
Excellent
58 Reviews
Starts Nov 20
NYC: Upper E Side

Irish Rep revives its immersive adaptation of James Joyce’s novella about a holiday gathering in 1904 Dublin…

87
Excellent
148 Reviews
Ends Dec 2024
NYC: Gramercy

A young man seeks out singing lessons from a respected coach, who sees herself in his song choice.

Score it Buy from $35
87
Excellent
20 Reviews
Opens Oct 29
NYC: Gramercy

Repertorio Espanol's revival of Lorca's tragic tale of a cloistered world of women in 1930's Spain.

87
Excellent
71 Reviews
Ends Nov 03
NYC: East Village

Tragic events tear apart Polish childhood friends in this new play inspired by actual events.

Score it Buy from $215
86
Excellent
38 Reviews
Starts Nov 01
NYC: East Village

In a shabby office, an employee reads "The Great Gatsby" aloud, blurring fiction and reality.

86
Excellent
17 Reviews
Ends Oct 26
NYC: West Village

Randy Sharp's stark, musical take on Shakespeare's painful comedy.

86
Excellent
1K+ Reviews
Ends Oct 09
NYC: Chelsea

An award-winning site-specific Macbeth-meets-Hitchcock performance piece by Britain's Punchdrunk.

86
Excellent
109 Reviews
Ends Jan 2025
NYC: Midtown W

Stars Cole Escola as a suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln, exploring her forgotten life and dreams.

85
Excellent
30 Reviews
Opens Oct 10
NYC: Gramercy

Carmen Rivera’s play about a woman visiting Puerto Rico, her family's homeland, for the first time.

85
Excellent
70 Reviews
Ends Dec 2025
NYC: Gramercy

Two caregivers must care for a difficult woman in this new comedy.

85
Excellent
31 Reviews
Ends May 2025
NYC: Gramercy

An adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ epic novel.

84
Great
38 Reviews
Ends May 2025
NYC: Gramercy

The story of the Mirabal sisters standing up to one of history’s most notorious dictators.

84
Great
1K+ Reviews
Open run
NYC: East Village

A worldwide phenomenon where comedy, music, and paint collide in a circus of the imagination.

82
Great
732 Reviews
Ends Jan 2025
NYC: Midtown W

This spectacular display of sight and sound can only be described as ‘bubble artistry’.

81
Great
90 Reviews
Open run
NYC: West Village

The Neo-Futurists' lineup of interactive plays, each written by a performer and honed by the ensemble.

81
Great
318 Reviews
Ends Jan 2025
NYC: Midtown W

1976 rock band faces fame's edge, exploring creative chaos, breakup or breakthrough.