With Ben Brantley’s picks for the Best Theatre of 2011 out and about…here are mine!…(in no particular order)
The oh so humble Best of Theatre 2011 list :)
King Lear (played at BAM with the excellent Derek Jacobi in the title role and is by far the best production of this tragedy I have seen thus far)
Room 17B (played at 59E59 Theatres,…clowning at its best)
Angels in America, Pt. 1 & 2 (played at PlayMakers Repertory Company…a thrilling production of Tony Kushner’s epic play)
Master Class (played at the Friedman Theatre on Broadway and starring the incomparable Tyne Daly as Maria Callas)
Angels in America, Pt. 1 (played off-broadway at the Signature Theatre…had the pleasure of seeing both parts with two different casts,…Part 1 with Michael Urie, however, made for the stronger production)
The Normal Heart (played at the Golden Theatre on Broadway…there are no words to describe the sheer power of this play and this production that marked Joe Mantello’s triumphant return to the stage)
Jerusalem (played at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway…Mark Rylance was riveting in an epic Falstaffian role)
The Book of Mormon (currently playing at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Broadway…the best musical to come along in a while, crafted in the classic musical theatre language of the Golden Age, but with content filled with the most gloriously offensive lyrics and songs from the creators of South Park & Avenue Q…and it all still manages to be heart warming and touching…)
Love Song (played at 59E59 Theatres,..a new quirky play that exploited the imagination of a man in love)
War Horse (currently playing at Lincoln Center on Broadway…a familiar tale told with the breath taking staging and puppetry)
compare with last year’s!
