In lots of different ways, 2016 was ... far from ideal.
Which made various theatrical productions — both serious and not so serious — a welcome escape for many fans, whether that come in the form of taking in a show or listening to a cast album on repeat or marathoning YouTube clips in between rage-reading politics articles.
In no particular order, here are eight shows that soared in 2016 (to pre-empt angry emails, a reminder that the excellent Hamilton, which you spent most of 2016 listening to on repeat, opened on Broadway in 2015).
SEE ALSO: 10 movies we can't wait to see in 2017
1. Dear Evan Hansen
Broadway's newest hit (it opened just a few weeks ago) stars Pitch Perfect's Ben Platt as an awkward and deeply anxious teen who gets caught up in a big lie following the death of a classmate. Soaring and sad, with music by La La Land duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the show explores that all-too-familiar feeling of being an outsider in your world and what happens when you attempt to change that, in one troubling way or another. Read more...
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