Age Recommendations for Current Broadway Shows
I’m often asked if a Broadway show would be appropriate for someone’s child or family. No one can accurately tell you if a Broadway show would be a good fit for your child or family. Every family is different. Each young person is unique; each household has their own ideas of what is fun, appropriate, thought provoking, and entertaining.
Your sensitivities may not be mine, and heavens knows I’m more sensitive than most to vulgar language, violence, and some subject matter.
All that said, it’s helpful to know the age recommendations for Broadway shows as provided by the shows themselves. Here are what the current shows on Broadway (week ending 11/27/22) suggest for age recommendations;
& Juliet 6+
1776 - 2022 13+
A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical (children under 4 are not permitted in the theater)
A Strange Loop 16+
Ain’t No Mo’ 16+
Aladdin 8+
Almost Famous 12+
Beetlejuice 2022 10+
Chicago 13+
Death of a Salesman 2022 13+
Funny Girl 2022 10+
Hadestown 8+
Hamilton 10+
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child 8+
Into the Woods ages 4+
Kimberly Akimbo 10+
KPOP 10+
Leopoldstadt 10+
Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool 12+
Moulin Rouge 12+
Six 10+
Take Me Out 2023 (children under 4 are not permitted in the theater)
The Music Man 2022 6+
The Piano Lesson 2022 12+
Topdog/Underdog 2022 12+
Wicked 8+
Do you want to find all the shows listed by age recommendations? Below is a list of those shows categorized by age so you can have an easier time finding shows that could fit your family’s age demographic.
Shows recommended for those ages 4-8+
& Juliet
A Christmas Carol
Aladdin
Into the Woods
Hadestown
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
MJ The Musical
Some Like It Hot
The Lion King
The Music Man
Wicked
Shows recommended for those ages 10+
Beetlejuice
Funny Girl
Hamilton
Kimberly Akimbo
KPOP
Leopoldstadt
Six
The Phantom of the Opera
Shows recommended for those ages 12+
Almost Famous
Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool
Moulin Rouge
The Piano Lesson
Topdog/Underdog
Almost Famous
Shows recommended for those ages 13+
1776
Chicago
Death of a Salesman
The Book of Mormon
Shows recommended for those ages 16+
A Strange Loop
Ain’t No Mo’
Ohio State Murders
These age recommendations are a guide provided by the individual shows. If you still have questions about whether a Broadway show is the right fit for your child, I recommend checking the individual websites of each show. They usually have a FAQ section and will list any content advisory such as sexually suggestive themes, occasional strong language and production elements used like fog, haze, strobe effect, non-firing replica firearms, gunshot sound effects, etc. that can be triggering. Please find the individual shows through the hyperlink in their titles above.
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