By Jude Cramer
It’s the perfect time to fill out your Off-Broadway punchcards. Off-Broadway Week is back in New York City—though considering the deal lasts through March 12, Off-Broadway Month might be a more apt name. The promotion offers 2-for-1 tickets to 30 of the city’s hottest shows. Not sure where to start? Here’s the scoop on five shows worth seeing before the deal expires.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
This revival of the quirky cult classic musical offers a mix of heartfelt insight into tweendom and wacky, improv-influenced hijinks.
- Who: Kevin McHale, Jasmine Amy Rogers, Justin Cooley, and more
- Where: New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street
Data
As real-world anxieties about AI grow by the day, this new Silicon Valley-set play tackles them head-on for a tense, intermissionless 100 minutes.
- Who: Karan Brar, Brandon Flynn, Sophia Lillis, and Justin H. Min
- Where: Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher Street
The Monsters
Estranged siblings reunite in the world of MMA fighting in this two-hander, sparring along the way in every sense of the word.
- Who: Okieriete Onaodowan and Aigner Mizzelle
- Where: Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City Center Stage II, 131 West 55th Street
11 to Midnight
This joyful dance party from TikTok couple Cost n’ Mayor celebrates community and encourages audiences to craft their own New Year’s Resolutions. Who cares if it’s February?
- Who: Austin and Marideth Telenko of Cost n’ Mayor, with an ensemble of dancers
- Where: New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street
Mexodus
Following its critically acclaimed first Off-Broadway run last fall, this innovative musical is back for seconds. Live-looping hip-hop meets an oft-forgotten aspect of the Underground Railroad: the escape route that ran south across the Rio Grande into Mexico.
- Who: Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson
- Where: Daryl Roth Theatre, 101 E 15th St
