Captivating nightclub starlets, displays of excess, and a plot centered around an off-the-rails love story, both Anora and Moulin Rouge! explore themes of love as transaction and the commodification of women – though Anora does this with a few more Russian henchmen and a few fewer jukebox musical mashups.

The Brutalist and 300 Paintings share, in my mind, the exact same premise: a man seeking to rebuild his life embarks on a radically creative and life-changing adventure. The main difference? Architect László Toth moves to America, while artist Sam Kissajukian moves into an abandoned cake factory.

Blends of folk, rock, and Americana music are crucial to telling the stories in A Complete Unknown and The Outsiders. If you’re a fan of Bob Dylan, I think you’ll love the soundtrack for The Outsiders – maybe Timothée Chalamet’s next big gig is playing Ponyboy?

Both Conclave and Ibsen’s Ghosts deal with characters addressing foundation-shaking secrets and examining their own morality. Ghosts was an extremely controversial play when it first came out, especially due to its commentary on religion, and though Conclave is fictional, it certainly doesn’t shy away from some very true-to-life controversies within the church.

Dune is epic – in every sense of the word – and no one does “epic” better than The Met Opera. Moby-Dick, the opera by composer Jake Heggie, is a thrillingly high-pressure and adventurous tale just like Dune. Take your pick of larger-than-life monster: sandworm or whale?

Alright hear me out – both of these crime thrillers received very mixed reviews upon debut. With somewhat confusing marketing, both Perfect Crime and Emilia Pérez respectively elicit reactions of: “wait, this isn’t a musical?” and “wait… this is a musical?!”.

Both I’m Still Here and Cabaret begin with a similar inviting warmth, but these are stories marked by the brutality of dictatorship, and they sharply turn to deliver the same powerful message: we cannot allow ourselves to forget past injustices. They warn about what happens when we don’t fight for what’s right, and though tragic, both are very timely.

Nickel Boys and Purpose are both dramas about addressing uncomfortable truths about a personal past – for Nickel Boys, a highly abusive reform school, for Purpose, a complex history of family, politics, and faith. Both writers are also highly acclaimed, as novelist Colson Whitehead is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.

How would you like your mystical elixir of youth and beauty – injectable or ingestible? Both The Substance and Death Becomes Her are satires on obsession with youth, impossible beauty standards, and unrealistic expectations of women in entertainment. Though The Substance has a bit more body horror and gore, Death Becomes Her certainly has it’s share of shocking special effects…

Are you disgusticified having to wait until November to see what happens next in Wicked? Well fear not fellow Ozians, come to Broadway! While I do think the movie does the show justice, there is nothing like the thrillifying experience of live theatre… plus you can check out the new Broadway cast taking over March 4th!