It is a lesson I learn over and over and grow tired of. Perhaps that’s why I stopped going to Broadway almost entirely.
Civil War was one of the best musicals I ever saw. The critics savaged it and it closed after 61 performances. It was then I started noticing that any play with normal values was destroyed by the critics who heaped praise on only the twisted & perverse or depictions of destructive behavior. That is how the left shapes the discourse and breaks down American values. Since then I go to Hammerstein revivals, West Side Story etc and skip the rest.
The new Trump regime may encourage saner shows to appear (as well as crazier ones).
There was a beautiful production of The King and I at Lincoln Center earlier in the year. I always look for Bartlett Sher productions. I just bought tickets to The Nutcracker - I’m assuming I won’t be lectured by the generally mute cast!