Read expert-written show guides with context, plot, characters and video examples.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster is living a happy life: he has a steady job at a prominent New York newspaper, he’...
Children of Eden
Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s musical, Children of Eden casts the beloved biblical stories of Ge...
Almost, Maine
A woman carries her heart, broken into nineteen pieces, in a small paper bag. A man shrinks to half...
Amelie
While times may be hard for dreamers, dreaming is all Amélie Poulain does. After surviving a tragic...
Elf
In this heart-warming musical, Santa narrates the story of Buddy, an apparently oversized elf who ha...
Freaky Friday
An adaptation of the classic novel and beloved films, Freaky Friday follows teenager Ellie Blake and...
Merrily We Roll Along
Based on George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s 1934 play of the same name, Merrily We Roll Along follows...
Brigadoon
When New Yorkers Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas get lost on a vacation in the Scottish Highlands, t...
The Pajama Game
Romance is blossoming at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Handsome new Superint...
Honk!
Based on Hans Christian Andersen's beloved story, "The Ugly Duckling," Honk tells the story of an od...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The modern musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, is based on the 1988 MGM film of the same name, starrin...
Twelve Angry Men (or Twelve Angry Women or Twelve Angry Jurors)
On a hot summer day after a long trial, a jury must decide whether a 19-year-old man is guilty of mu...