Love is in the air.
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, roses, chocolates and stuffed teddy bears are flying off the shelves.
However, if your significant other has a flair for the dramatic, they may prefer to catch a Broadway show this year.
And, as luck may have it, many of the biggest shows are running all Valentine’s Day week including Wednesday, Feb. 14.
A few of our favorites include old Tony-winning standbys like “Wicked” and “Chicago” as well as an exciting new musical production of “The Notebook.”
So, if you want to surprise the special person in your life with a show, here are 11 of our favorite options — plus a surprise comedy show thrown in for good measure — that just might do the trick.
Broadway shows
Chicago
In the Roaring 20s, two women stand trial for murder and compete for a shady lawyer’s services.
Starring Ariana Madix (Vanderpump Rules)
Ambassador Theatre
Hadestown
Two intertwined mythic tales take audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
Starring Jordan Fisher (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Ani DiFranco (Grammy-winning singer)
Walter Kerr Theatre
Moulin Rouge
A Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.
Starring Derek Klena (Pretty Little Liars), Boy George (Grammy-winning singer)
Al Hirschfeld Theatre
& Juliet
What if Juliet didn’t die at the end of Romeo and Juliet?
Starring Lorna Courtney (The Equalizer), Austin Scott (Mr. Monk’s Last Case)
Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Days of Wine and Roses
A musical about a couple falling in love in 1950’s New York and struggling to rebuild a family.
Starring Kelli O’Hara (The Gilded Age), Brian d’Arcy James (Evil)
Studio 54
Wicked
Green-skinned, ostracized Elphaba and blonde, popular Galinda go from enemies to friends.
Starring Alyssa Fox, McKenzie Kurtz
Gershwin Theatre
The Notebook
Allie and Noah share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart.
Starring Ryan Vasquez (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Joy Woods (SIX The Musical)
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry, Ron, and Hermione are joined by Hogwarts’ new generation to battle mysterious forces.
Starring Steve Haggard (Prison Break), Cara Ricketts (Manifest)
Lyric Theatre
Back To The Future
Marty McFly is transported back to 1955, changing history. Now, has to fix the past and present.
Starring Roger Bart (American Gangster), Casey Likes (Everything Must Go)
Winter Garden Theatre
Kimberly Akimbo
A 16-year-old girl in 1999 New Jersey happens to look 72 due to a rare aging condition.
Starring Victoria Clark (Tony winner), Justin Cooley (Tony nominee)
Booth Theatre
Sweeney Todd
A murderous barber returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge.
Starring Aaron Tveit (Gossip Girl), Sutton Foster (Younger)
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s ‘Restless Leg Tour’
The former Weekend Update co-anchors share the stage to swap stories and crack jokes.
Starring Tina Fey (30 Rock), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Beacon Theatre
What else is headed to Broadway? Check out our list of the 20 biggest shows coming to the Great White Way these next few months here to find out.