NEW ON BROADWAY
AMÉLIE
Upon graduating from Juilliard, actress and singer Phillipa Soo began a swift rise through the ranks of young Broadway stars, from the acclaimed Off-broadway premiere of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 to a Tony nod for best actress for her performance in Hamilton. Now she’s a headliner, starring as everyone’s favorite French charmer in this musical adaptation of the 2001 film. Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St., 800-982-2787; ameliebroadway.com
ANASTASIA
This season, there is no shortage of shows adapted from films, but this musical doesn’t need to rely on brand recognition alone: The top-shelf creative team—songwriting duo Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens ( Ragtime), director Darko Tresnjak ( A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder), and playwright Terrence Mcnally ( Kiss of the Spider Woman, Master Class)— has half a dozen Tonys among them. Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St., 212-239-6200; anastasiabroadway.com
A BRONX TALE
Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri reunite as director and writer, respectively, for this musical adaptation of Palminteri’s one-man-show-turnedHollywood-film. Alan Menken’s score is a low-level pastiche of lounge music and ’60s-era soul (with what sounds like a blatant rip-off of “You’re All I Need to Get By”), but Broadway favorite Nick Cordero gives an absolutely splendid performance as the charismatic gangster Sonny. Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St., 212-2396200; abronxtalethemusical.com
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
After the success of Matilda on Broadway, it was only a matter of time before Roald Dahl’s most famous story got a big-budget musical adaptation. The show receives a brand-new production after having premiered in London in 2013, and it stars two-time Tony winner Christian Borle as the mysterious chocolatier Willy Wonka. Lunt-fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St., 877-250-2929; charlieonbroadway.com
COME FROM AWAY
This heartwarming musical tells the real-life story of how the residents of a small Canadian town befriended an airplane’s passengers after their flight was grounded on September 11. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W. 45th St., 212-239-6200; comefromaway.com
DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Pitch Perfect’s Ben Platt stars as an anxiety-stricken teen in this acclaimed musical from La La Land composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The show is a bright-eyed, emotionally attuned reflection on the lives of lonely American teenagers in a hyperconnected, digitized world. Platt’s performance, built on pinpoint comic timing and an earnest, heart-piercing voice, is one of the highlights of the Broadway season. Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St., 212-239-6200; dearevanhansen.com
A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2
What happens after Nora Helmer slams the door on her husband and children? Playwright Lucas Hnath dreams up a sequel to the classic Ibsen play with a star-studded cast to match (Laurie Metcalf, Chris Cooper, Condola Rashad, and recent Tony winner Jayne Houdyshell). The much-in-demand director Sam Gold helms his third show of the theater season (the first was a sold-out production of Othello starring Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo at New York Theatre Workshop). Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., 212-2396200; dollshousepart2.com
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Broadway producers cannot stay away from Tennessee Williams’s gorgeous “memory play”—and neither can big-name talent. Sally Field and Joe Mantello star in Sam Gold’s staging. Belasco Theatre, 111 W. 44th St., 212-239-6200; glassmenagerieonbroadway.com
GROUNDHOG DAY
The show may be about a cranky weatherman doomed to repeat a single day in his life until he gets it right, but it avoids the predictability of the movie-to-musical formula thanks to a score by Tim Minchin ( Matilda), a production by Matthew Warchus ( Ghost), and a star turn by Andy Karl ( Rocky). August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St., 877-2502929; groundhogdaymusical.com
HELLO, DOLLY!
The list of singing actresses who can step into a role once played by Carol Channing, Barbra Streisand, and Ethel Merman is short, and fortunately it includes Bette Midler. She headlines the current Broadway revival, which also stars David Hyde Pierce. Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St., 212-2396200; hellodollyonbroadway.com
INDECENT
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel makes her Broadway debut with a play about a play: Indecent dramatizes the creation and eventual 1923 Broadway premiere of the groundbreaking God of Vengeance, a Jewish-themed work with a provocative lesbian subplot. After rave reviews, it’s transferring from Off Broadway. Cort Theatre, 138 W. 48th St., 212239-6200; indecentbroadway.com
THE LITTLE FOXES
For this revival of Lillian Hellman’s classic play about greed and cunning in post-civil War Alabama, Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon switch roles for each performance, with one of them playing vicious matriarch Regina and the other her sister-in-law Birdie. It’s a neat trick for a play about familial deception, where alliances are not always what they seem. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th St., 212-239-6200; littlefoxesbroadway.com
PRESENT LAUGHTER
Oscar and Tony winner Kevin Kline, who last appeared on Broadway almost a decade ago, makes a rather splashy return in Noël Coward’s legendary comedy about a vain, self-obsessed actor who finds himself living in a farce of his own making. St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St., 877-250-2929; laughteronbroadway.com
THE PRICE
One of Arthur Miller’s specialties was writing elaborate vivisections of the pie-in-the-sky strivings of America’s white middle class. The Price stars a brooding, taciturn Mark Ruffalo as a man who gives up his dream to study science in order to become a cop and care for his father, and it turns a pitiless eye on the lies that family members tell themselves to justify their feelings toward one another. Jessica Hecht, Tony Shalhoub, and Danny Devito (in a blazing Broadway debut) complete the cast. American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St., 212-719-1300; roundabouttheatre.org
SUNSET BOULEVARD
Glenn Close reprises her Tony-winning star turn as Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s bombastic musical, delivering the camp thrills that the work seems to want and the touching emotional core that it needs. Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway, 877-2502929; sunsetboulevardthemusical.com
WAR PAINT
Theater titans Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole go head-to-head in this musical dramatization of the rivalry between cosmetic-industry powerhouses Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. Expect to see fur—and high notes—fly. Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St., 877-2502929; warpaintmusical.com
MUSEUMS BROOKLYN MUSEUM
In a fraught political climate, history can provide some valuable lessons. The exhibition “We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85” does just that, with photography, film, sculpture, and printmaking from a diverse group of women who influenced the political movements of the past. Opens April 21, 200 Eastern Pkwy., 718-6385000; brooklynmuseum.org
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
The museum hosts a solo exhibition of work by Anicka Yi, recipient of the 2016 Hugo Boss Prize, a biennial contemporary-art award. Yi takes an almost scientific approach to her art, with installations made from bacteria samples and a desire to draw on senses beyond vision, particularly smell. Also worth checking out is the Guggenheim’s ongoing exhibition of Jackson Pollock’s Alchemy (1947), which hasn’t made an appearance in the US since 1969. Opens April 21, 1071 Fifth Ave., 212-423-3500; guggenheim.org
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
“Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties” provides a glimpse of ancient China with more than 160 artifacts. This collection of metalwork, textiles, sculpture, painting, and more is drawn from 32 museums in China, and many of the objects have never before been seen in the US. 1000 Fifth Ave., 212-535-7710; metmuseum.org
MOMA
“Making Space: Women Artists and Postwar Abstraction,” an exhibition of more than 100 paintings, textiles, photographs, and sculptures, honors female artists between the end of World War II and the start of the feminist movement in the 1960s. 11 W. 53rd St., 212-708-9400; moma.org
NEW MUSEUM
Carol Rama’s first exhibition in New York is a survey of the cult Italian artist’s paintings, objects, and works on paper, with an emphasis on her representations of anatomy, gender, and sexuality. Opens April 26, 235 Bowery, 212-219-1222; newmuseum.org
WHITNEY MUSEUM
The Whitney Biennial is back, celebrating the work of more than 65 artists. The largest survey of contemporary art in the US, the biennial focuses this year on the individual’s place in a turbulent society, among other themes. Through June 11, 99 Gansevoort St., 212-570-3600; whitney.org