The Addams Family Musical

The Addams family; The Broadway Musical is currently off-Broadway and is on tour throughout North America. As described on tafontour.com, "The Addams Family features an original story, and it's every father's nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren't upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's "normal" boyfriend and his parents.". This musical is rated four stars, and is a comedy that is great for the entire family to see. The play is produced by Phoenix Entertainment and has been running strong since 2011 with even more tour dates to be announced within the next few weeks.   

Beautiful is a new Musical that tells the story of Carole King. The musical starts from her early days from where she was just a normal Brooklyn teenager. The musical leads into Carole struggling to make it into the music business and her rise to the peak of fame. This musical is different from other musicals because the songs tell the story. The dialogue follows the story told by the songs, not the songs following the dialogue story line. Beautiful is currently playing at the Stephen Sondheim Theater in New York and had a four star rating. 

Wicked: The Untold Story Of The Witches Of Oz

Broadway.com describes Wicked as "The untold musical story of The Wizard of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good... before Dorothy dropped in. Based on the imaginative Gregory Maguire novel, Wicked takes a fantasy journey through the unseen side of Oz, sharing a tale of unexpected friendship and love.". wicked is a four star rated musical that has been hitting the stages of Broadway since 2003. Wicked is a family friendly musical, which means its a good idea to bring the kids along with you.  

Once: A New Musical

As stated on Broadway.com , Once the musical is described as "Guy is an Irish singer and songwriter who spends his days fixing vacuums in the Dublin shop he runs with his father, and his nights playing his music in local pubs. He is on the verge of giving up music altogether when a Czech immigrant, “Girl,” walks into the bar, hears him play and refuses to let him abandon his guitar. As it turns out, she has a broken vacuum cleaner, Guy repairs it, and she pays him in music on a piano she plays in a record shop. Over the course of a week, Girl convinces Guy to believe in the power of his music and his love for the woman who inspired his songs. They scrape together money to record a demo album with a motley crew of bar friends, and their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful—but very complicated—love story.". Once is the winner of eight 2012 Tony Awards® including best musical and best musical soundtrack. I personally have seen this musical on Broadway and I say that it is one to watch. 

Newsies The Musical

Newsies The Musical is a Disney Theatrical Productions stage musical based on their 1992 film called Newsies. the film was inspired by the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. The show has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein. The musical premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2011 and made its Broadway debut in 2012. The show was on Broadway for two years (2012-2014) and starts a world tour in October of 2014. Since the show started on the Broadway scene, Newsies has set and broken seven Nederlander Theatre house records and become the highest-grossing show of the 2011-12 Broadway season. The show received 23 major theatrical nominations; eight Tony Award nominations, won a Tony award, and won multiple Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.