Best Ensemble, for me, is tough. I want to say SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. LES MIS has an edge because of the singing, but there are weak links in the cast. LINCOLN and SLP do not.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle