Critical Gold List™
The highest-rated Broadway shows by professional critics
25 shows across all seasons | All-Time
Hamilton
Opened Aug 2015 · 2015-2016
Twelfth Night
Closed Feb 2014 · Opened Nov 2013 · 2013-2014
August: Osage County
Closed Jun 2009 · Opened Dec 2007 · 2007-2008
Into the Woods
Closed Jan 2023 · Opened Aug 2022 · 2022-2023
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Closed Mar 2013 · Opened Oct 2012 · 2012-2013
A Strange Loop
Closed Jan 2023 · Opened Apr 2022 · 2021-2022
Stereophonic
Closed Jan 2025 · Opened Apr 2024 · 2023-2024
Angels in America
Closed Jul 2018 · Opened Mar 2018 · 2017-2018
The Book of Mormon
Opened Mar 2011 · 2010-2011
Dana H.
Closed Nov 2021 · Opened Oct 2021 · 2021-2022
The Band's Visit
Closed Apr 2019 · Opened Nov 2017 · 2017-2018
Oh, Mary!
Opened Jul 2024 · 2024-2025
Kimberly Akimbo
Closed Apr 2024 · Opened Nov 2022 · 2022-2023
The Ferryman
Closed Jul 2019 · Opened Oct 2018 · 2018-2019
Three Tall Women
Closed Jun 2018 · Opened Mar 2018 · 2017-2018
Dear Evan Hansen
Closed Sep 2022 · Opened Dec 2016 · 2016-2017
Red
Closed Jun 2010 · Opened Apr 2010 · 2009-2010
Merrily We Roll Along
Closed Jul 2024 · Opened Oct 2023 · 2023-2024
The Importance of Being Earnest
Closed Jun 2011 · Opened Jan 2011 · 2010-2011
South Pacific
Closed Aug 2010 · Opened Apr 2008 · 2007-2008
Grey Gardens
Closed Jul 2007 · Opened Nov 2006 · 2006-2007
Chicago
Opened Nov 1996 · 1996-1997
Fun Home
Closed Sep 2016 · Opened Apr 2015 · 2014-2015
Other Desert Cities
Closed Jun 2012 · Opened Nov 2011 · 2011-2012
Liberation
Closed Feb 2026 · Opened Oct 2025 · 2025-2026