Musicals have been in the news lately due to green-and-pink propaganda machine Wicked, but there’s another Broadway hit making its way through Austin. A Nineties creation whose complex family dynamic feels right at home in our own turbulent 2020s, William Finn and James Lapine’s sung-through play follows a family in the aftermath of a gay father leaving his wife to pursue a new lover. While father Marvin attempts to keep the peace between his son, ex-wife, and boyfriend – named Whizzer, of all things – cultural shake-ups like the AIDS crisis loom overhead. Great to see right before you leave to see your family during the famously chill and easygoing holiday season. – James Scott
Through Dec. 21