ListsCritics Round Up Their Favorite Plays and Musicals of 2019See what critics thought were the best shows of this past year on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and around the world.
As the end of the year approaches, critics have begun unveiling their top theatre picks for 2019. With great performances, excellent direction, and groundbreaking productions, there was plenty to celebrate on the stage the past year.
Among the most cited shows on Broadway were Hadestown, Oklahoma!, Slave Play, and What the Constitution Means to Me, as well as Off-Broadway's A Strange Loop, Fairview, and Little Shop of Horrors.
See what else stayed with the critics below on Broadway, Off-Broadway, along with regional and international theatre.
Zak Orth, Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow in Hillary and Clinton
Julieta Cervantes
Tracy Letts and Annette Bening in All My Sons
Joan Marcus
Santino Fontana and cast in Tootsie
Matthew Murphy
Rana Roy and Jonny Lee Miller in Ink
Joan Marcus
Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso in Beetlejuice
Matthew Murphy
Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald
Deen van Meer
Jacqueline B. Arnold, Robyn Hurder, Holly James, and Jeigh Madjus in Moulin Rouge!
Matthew Murphy
Jake Gyllenhaal in Sea Wall/A Life
Joan Marcus
Tom Sturridge in Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston in Betrayal
Marc Brenner
Derren Brown in Derren Brown: Secret
Matthew Murphy
Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce in The Height of the Storm
Joan Marcus
Brian Cox in The Great Society
Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Kaila Mullady, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Anthony Veneziale, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Aneesa Folds, Kurt Crowley (on keyboard back), and Arthur Lewis (on keyboard front) in Freestyle Love Supreme
Joan Marcus
Joaquina Kalukango and Paul Alexander Nolan in Slave Play
Matthew Murphy
Jim True-Frost, Cora Vander Broek, Ian Barford, and Sally Murphy in Linda Vista
Joan Marcus
Emun Elliott and Marisa Tomei in The Rose Tattoo
Joan Marcus
Kristin Stokes, Chris McCarrell, and Jorrel Javier in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Jeremy Daniel
Mary-Louise Parker and Will Hochman in The Sound Inside
Jeremy Daniel
David Byrne in David Byrne's American Utopia
Matthew Murphy
Adrienne Warren and cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Manuel Harlan
Cast of Slava's Snowshow
Samuel H. Levine, Kyle Soller, and Andrew Burnap in The Inheritance
Marc Brenner
Campbell Scott in A Christmas Carol
Joan Marcus
Dom Chambers, Chris Cox, Paul Dabek, Eric Chien, Kevin James, and Enzo Weyne in The Illusionists – Magic of the Holidays
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