Screw Black Friday. Go See a Broadway Show Instead.

It sometimes feels like Thanksgiving has been superseded by an unofficial national holiday: Black Friday. That's the orgy of consumerism that takes place every year on the Friday after Thanksgiving (and, increasingly, on the actual night of Thanksgiving). Every year, low-low prices lure millions of people out to jostle with their fellow Americans over consumer electronics and name-brand clothing. Maybe you'll be one of them. But if you're as exhausted by the thought of Black Friday as I am, might I suggest another option?

This year, as in years past, most shows on Broadway are offering a special Friday matinee for those people who don't want to spend their extra day off shopping. Some shows are even performing on Thanksgiving, which, for the culinarily disinclined, might prove to be an alternative for which every member of the family is thankful. Please, pass the Jagged Little Pill.

Check out the schedules below for details:

A Christmas Carol
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Ain't Too Proud
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Aladdin
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

American Utopia
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 8pm

Beetlejuice
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Betrayal
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Chicago
Thursday, November 28: 8pm
Friday, November 29: 2:30pm, 8pm

Come From Away
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Dear Evan Hansen
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Derren Brown: Secret
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 8pm

Freestyle Love Supreme
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 8pm

Frozen
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Hadestown
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Hamilton
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm Part One, 8pm Part Two

Jagged Little Pill
Thursday, November 28: 7pm
Friday, November 29: 8pm

Mean Girls
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Moulin Rouge!
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Oklahoma!
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Slava's Snowshow
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Slave Play
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 8pm

The Book of Mormon
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

The Great Society
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

The Inheritance
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 7pm Part One

The Lightning Thief
Thursday, November 28: 7:30pm
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 7pm

The Lion King
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

The Phantom of the Opera
Thursday, November 28: 8pm
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

The Rose Tattoo
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 8pm

The Sound Inside
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 8pm

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 8pm

To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Tootsie
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Waitress
Thursday, November 28: 7pm
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm

Wicked
Thursday, November 28: No Performance
Friday, November 29: 2pm, 8pm