Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/24/11 at 11:31am
1) The Book of Mormon
2) Sleep No More
3) Other Desert Cities
4) Anything Goes
5) Blood and Gifts
6) Three Sisters & Uncle Vanya
7) Follies 
War Horse
9) Hugh Jackman: Back On Broadway
10) The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With A Key To The Scriptures
2011 Breakout Stage Stars: Nina Arianda, Santino Fontana, Katori Hall, and Patina Miller
emilyfaye48
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/09
#2Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/24/11 at 12:19pmYeah there's also a blurb with BOM that says "Broadway musicals aren't typically known for envelope-pushing and taboos... are rarely broken." Whom ever wrote that piece is an idiot
Without bread we'd just be hungry
but without theatre we'd be dead
#2Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/25/11 at 12:15amSutton Foster was also named one of the top performances of 2011, thought that was pretty impressive on a list that also included Glenn Close, Jessica Lange, Christopher Plummer and Michelle Williams.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#3Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/25/11 at 12:23am
I feel like there must be more impressive things out there than Hugh Jackman's show.
I still stand by the fact that the best show of 2011 was The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World! It was just flat-out brilliant!
#4Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/25/11 at 12:32am
Sons of the Prophet should have made that (and every) list.
Updated On: 12/25/11 at 12:32 AM
#5Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/26/11 at 1:21amI feel biased, but it still blows my mind that The Normal Heart could not be on anyone's top ten. I'm not saying it's number one (I mean, it's not my number one), but it amazes me the things that have been chosen above it.
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
#6Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/26/11 at 11:39amI do not hold EW in any high esteem or regard it as a reputilbe, respectable magazine, but at least FOLLIES made their "list."
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
#7Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/26/11 at 11:56am
Their theatre writer seems to be a tourist for the most part. I take issue with what a lot of EW endorses. For instance, on their best albums of the year list was Demi Lovato and Rihanna. WTF.
Any Best Theatre list that does not include Sons of the Prophet and The Normal Heart is just amateur.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#8Entertainment Weekly's Best Stage Shows of 2011
Posted: 12/28/11 at 7:59amTheir theatre coverage has always been extremely hit or miss and half hearted (one page monthly or whatever and a few more online, with no stable theatre critic who has gained a reputation). On the other hand I don't think choosing Rihanna on a best album list is wrong--they're a pop culture magazine so I don't expect ome Pitchfork style indie cred list.
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