Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, this annual chronicle of United States theater continues its long tradition of preserving the history of theater in the United States. For this 85th edition, essays written by noted theater critics and writers celebrate the season and the ten best plays of 2003-2004. The series also continues to track the finest in resident theater by honoring three regional plays cited by the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award and Citations. In addition to providing a variety of historical perspectives for the study and enjoyment of theater lovers, scholars, and students, Best Plays includes a compenedium of facts and figures on the theater season on Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, and in resident theaters throughout the country. Together, the essays, statistics, and dozens of photographs offer readers the fullest possible overview of the year in United States theater. The ten best plays of 2003-2004 are: Anna in the Tropics (Nilo Cruz) * Caroline, or Change (Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori) * Frozen (Bryony Lavery) * Intimate Apparel (Lynn Nottage) * Living Out (Lisa Loomer) * The Long Christmas Ride Home (Paula Vogel) * Omnium Gatherum (Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros) * Small Tragedy (Craig Lucas) * The Violet Hour (Richard Greenberg) * Well (Lisa Kron). HARDCOVER.
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It's far more than just the "best" plays, it's virtually "every" play. -- Books-On-Line, August 2005
[A] standard... The ability to bring some permanence to the momentary lives of American plays is its invaluable lasting legacy. -- Talkin' Broadway, September 2005
[A] standard... The ability to bring some permanence to the momentary lives of American plays is its invaluable lasting legacy. -- Talkin' Broadway, September 2005
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Since it's now in its 85th edition, it's probably a little late to suggest this, but I think this book is named wrong. It's far more than just the best plays, it's virtually every play.
Of course it covers Broadway. But it also covers OFF Broadway, and OFF OFF Broadway. And it covers the major regional theaters around the country. Yes, it does have a section on what they consider to be the best plays of the season. But this section is only about a hundred pages and is really a description of these 'best' plays. I almost never agree with their selection of these as the really best plays, but I expect that their internal discussions must get pretty 'spirited.' Basically this is the book of what happened in theater from June 2003 to May 2004. Some of the things they cover: cast changes in ongoing Broadway plays, new plays published, long running plays, an In Memoriam, awards -- and the list could go on. It's what happened in theater.
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AFTER THE CURTAIN FELL on the 2003-2004 season, the 2004 Tony Award ceremony offered enough surprises to keep even the most jaded Broadway observer's interest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
presented without intermission, production stage manager, fight direction, tight direction, music direction, play revivals, music coordinator, producing director, special citation, small tragedy, intimate apparel, artistic director, world premiere Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Off Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company, Juan Julian, Los Angeles, Opened April, Eugene O'Neill, Second Stage, Arthur Miller, August Wilson, Aunt Ester, Playwrights Horizons, City Center, Opened March, Peter Allen, Pulitzer Prize, Little Shop, Manhattan Theatre Club, Tennessee Williams, Opened May, Craig Lucas, Hugh Jackman, Lincoln Center Theater, South Coast Repertory, Tony Award New!
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AFTER THE CURTAIN FELL on the 2003-2004 season, the 2004 Tony Award ceremony offered enough surprises to keep even the most jaded Broadway observer's interest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
presented without intermission, production stage manager, fight direction, tight direction, music direction, play revivals, music coordinator, producing director, special citation, small tragedy, intimate apparel, artistic director, world premiere Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Off Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company, Juan Julian, Los Angeles, Opened April, Eugene O'Neill, Second Stage, Arthur Miller, August Wilson, Aunt Ester, Playwrights Horizons, City Center, Opened March, Peter Allen, Pulitzer Prize, Little Shop, Manhattan Theatre Club, Tennessee Williams, Opened May, Craig Lucas, Hugh Jackman, Lincoln Center Theater, South Coast Repertory, Tony Award New!
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