
With a career that spans starring on Broadway and producing major hits, Whoopi knows great theater. She rounded up her current favorites, and her list is an easy way to tap into her sharp taste and love for the stage.

Maybe Happy Ending
95%
3.2k ratings
"Two 'obsolete' helper-bots stumbling into real connection—come on, that’s as human as it gets. Heart, wit, and a little future shock done with taste."

Hadestown
91%
5.2k ratings
"Broadway mythology with New Orleans heat - the band is cooking, the love story lands, and the audience hums. You come for the Tony-winning score, you stay for the way it breaks your heart and still swings."

Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway
88%
4.1k ratings
"If you want big Broadway - spectacle, pop hits, red velvet romance - this is it. Maximalist, high-fashion, no apologies; the show that floods the room."

Hamilton
96%
14.4k ratings
"Still the benchmark: hip-hop, history, and knockout performances in one revolution of a show. You hear America arguing with itself - and you dance anyway."

Oh, Mary!
90%
2.4k ratings
"Cole Escola [Tony Award-winning playwright] takes First Lady history, flips it, and makes it filthy, brilliant, and weirdly sweet. It’s the downtown comedy everyone’s talking about - a scream with brains."

CATS: The Jellicle Ball
92%
669 ratings
"Ballroom culture meets Webber’s score—classic material flipped with grit, glamour, and a house that actually moves like New York. It’s legacy with a pulse."