{"id":200962,"date":"2026-04-17T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200962\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:42:20","slug":"5-shows-to-see-in-new-york-this-month-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200962\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Shows to See in New York This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CATSLeiomy (top), Kya Azeen, and Dava Huesca appear in the Broadway production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball.
(\u00a9 Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade)<\/p>\n

1. Cats: the Jellicle Ball<\/a>
I cannot say I was ever a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s Cats\u2014until I attended the Jellicle Ball<\/a>. The new Broadway revival reimagines the feline dance spectacular as a drag ball, with categories like \u201crunway\u201d and \u201crealness.\u201d Contestants compete for the grand prize of a trip to the Heaviside Layer and rebirth. Not a note or lyric has been altered, but the show has been completely transformed under the leather and sequined direction of Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch<\/a>. It proves that there\u2019s a lot more hiding under the fur, and it\u2019s so much fun to experience. Watch out Ragtime. This is a serious contender for the Best Revival Tony.<\/p>\n

\"\"Aya Cash and John Lithgow star in the Broadway production of Mark Rosenblatt\u2019s Giant.
(\u00a9 Joan Marcus)<\/p>\n

2. Giant<\/a>
Straight from London, Mark Rosenblatt\u2019s Giant<\/a> is certain to be a favorite in the Best Play category. John Lithgow stars as children\u2019s author Roald Dahl. He\u2019s preparing The Witches for publication, but a recent book review he has written about the Israeli siege of Beirut has critics accusing him of antisemitism. Lithgow\u2019s remarkable performance briefly resurrects the late author, while Rosenblatt\u2019s script brilliantly probes the limits of social censure. How long can you call someone a bigot before they decide you are right and they don\u2019t care? It\u2019s a question audiences on both sides of the Atlantic are weighing now that we\u2019re on the other side of the Great Awokening.<\/p>\n

\"BECKYAlden Ehrenreich and Madeline Brewer star in the Broadway production of Gina Gionfriddo\u2019s Becky Shaw.
(\u00a9 Marc J. Franklin)<\/p>\n

3. Becky Shaw<\/a>
Gina Gionfriddo saw it all coming in her marvelously thorny comedy Becky Shaw<\/a>, about a mismatched blind date. While industrious foundling Max looks like a catch (he\u2019s rich, has a great job, and knows how to get things done), Becky is a bit of a mess (a college dropout who no longer speaks to her parents). He seems to be holding all the cards, but she has a secret up her sleeve that will keep their fling coming back like a bad case of herpes. At least that\u2019s how I saw it, but Gionfriddo is too smart of a playwright to tell you what to think\u2014that\u2019s for the car ride home.<\/p>\n

\"\"Laurie Metcalf and Nathan Lane star in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller\u2019s Death of a Salesman, directed by Joe Mantello, at the Winter Garden Theatre.
(\u00a9 Emilio Madrid)<\/p>\n

4. Death of a Salesman<\/a>
Seventy-seven years after its debut, the questions raised by Arthur Miller\u2019s monumental drama Death of a Salesman<\/a> feel more relevant than ever: Does hard work pay off? Do nice guys get ahead? Are we just cogs in a machine, destined to be replaced when we are no longer useful? Joe Mantello\u2019s gorgeously staged revival at the Winter Garden Theatre bridges the gap between then and now with an all-star cast: Nathan Lane as Willy Loman, Laurie Metcalf as his wife Linda, Christopher Abbott as their eldest Biff, and Ben Ahlers (better known to fans of HBO\u2019s The Gilded Age as \u201cclock twink\u2019) as younger son Happy. This one will rip your heart out and send you a bill for elective surgery.<\/p>\n

\"\"Anthony Michael Lopez, Anthony Michael Martinez, Patrick Page, and Zack Lopez Roa star in William Shakespeare\u2019s Titus Andronicus, directed by Jesse Berger, for Red Bull Theater at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
(\u00a9 Carol Rosegg)<\/p>\n

5. Titus Andronicus<\/a>
Speaking of internal organs, I wanted to make sure you caught Red Bull Theater\u2019s gruesome and well-acted revival of Shakespeare\u2019s Titus Andronicus<\/a>, which has just been extended through May 3. Drama Desk Award winner Patrick Page (also of The Gilded Age<\/a>) stars as the Roman general who, after returning victorious from war, is mightily mistreated by the emperor and his Gothic queen. But Titus knows that revenge is a dish best served piping hot. Titus is an early Shakespeare play, with all the hallmarks of a young writer trying to grab attention through sensationalism. The audience often doesn\u2019t know whether to laugh or gasp\u2014which feels about right considering the state of this country\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leiomy (top), Kya Azeen, and Dava Huesca appear in the Broadway production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball.(\u00a9 Matthew…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-200962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}