Seat Filler: Best NYC Theater of 2012

1. Bare
Set in a co-ed Catholic boarding school, Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo's 2000 coming-of-age pop-rock musical has been blessedly retooled for the “It Gets Better” era with the phenomenal Jason Hite and Taylor Trensch as star-crossed secret lovers. It’s tempting to dismiss as dated and cliché, but Stafford Arima’s earnest revival is also as electric and endearing as first love itself — thanks in part to scene-stealer Missi Pyle as a spirited nun and emo-choreography by SYTYCD fave Travis Wall.
New World Stages, open-ended.