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Learn more about the real people and events that inspired the score of Shaina Taub's six-time Tony Award-nominated musical about the women's suffrage movement. Read more on New York Theatre Guide.

In this edition, we hear from producer Rachel Sussman, who contributed the below essay about her four-time Tony-nominated Best Musical, Suffs.

With producers including Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai, Suffs shows what it took to pass the Nineteenth Amendment and grant women the right to vote

Women are wonderful! Women are warriors! Women can do it all, and they do in the Broadway musical “Suffs."

We're celebrating World Book Day by providing play and musical recommendations for fans of hot new bestsellers, classic novels, and popular authors. Read more on New York Theatre Guide.

Creator-star Shaina Taub's musical about women's march to the vote gets a thrilling and entertaining musicalization.

Shaina Taub’s ‘Suffs’ and Gillian Slovo’s ‘Grenfell’ are rich stage experiences built on suffrage and outrage.

The suffragist characters of the musical “Suffs,” which opened Thursday night at the Music Box Theatre, rarely pause to celebrate their victories.  As soon as they’ve achieved something monumental, such as securing a meeting with President Woodrow Wilson or getting the right to vote, another lofty goal appears on the horizon. Or there’s a dispiriting setback. They’re never done. Much the same could be said about the show, itself, written by and starring Shaina Taub. Even after a 2021 ...

Read our review of *Suffs* on Broadway, a new musical by Shaina Taub about the pioneers of the women's suffrage movement playing at the Music Box Theatre. Read all our theatre reviews at NewYorkTheatreGuide.com.

Plus, the opening night attendees included Melissa McCarthy, Sara Bareilles, D'Arcy Carden, Meena Harris, Dylan Mulvaney, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.