Act 1 was a constant struggle for rent and opportunity. But now that these emerging dramatists have emerged, what will they make of Act 2?

“Show/Boat: A River” reverses the racial lens on the great-grandfather of American musicals.

Hold your hats and hallelujah, our leading musical tragedienne offers an ultra-dramatic Rose in George C. Wolfe’s Broadway revival.

Hilarious star turns from Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard make the mostly unfunny 1992 film into an intermittently memorable Broadway musical.

A dark musical about a shipwreck and its aftermath, with songs by the Avett Brothers, anchors on Broadway.

A supersmart musical about making a connection arrives on Broadway in a joyful, heartbreaking, cutting-edge production.

The great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe Iglehart.

And is the culture telling the right stories about them, at a time when it’s never felt more urgent?

The Broadway revival of “Romeo + Juliet” plays to the TikTok crowd. But maybe that’s a good thing.

The Broadway revival of “Romeo + Juliet” plays to the TikTok crowd. But maybe that’s a good thing.