Neil Patrick Harris

This play-within-a-play is full of topsy-turvy chaos that makes you think of Basil Fawlty stumbling into a community theater. Comparisons to British comedy icons—from Monty Python to Mighty Boosh— are inevitable.

"I grew up a theater kid," says Sara Bareilles, now on Broadway in 'Into the Woods.' "That was where I found my footing as a performer."