Intimate Apparel beats out two pulitzer prize contenders?

No surprise. Intimate Apparel is superior to the other two.
One man shows are poor man's theatre and Anna is mediocre.

I didn't get to see Anna, but Intimate Apparel was so moving. May be this will get more folks in to this show.

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I understand (I hope) what 'poor man's theatre' is meant to describe. One actor, one costume, one set=low overhead.

I found I Am My Own Wife to be superior theatre. I also think that were Intimate Apparel a Broadway entry, the 2004 Best Play Tony Award would be a real horse race. This is one satisfying play.

Perhaps this prize will convince some producer to transfer it to a nice empty house like the Kerr. Then next year it would be Tony eligible and maybe the Pulitzer. It opened very close to the Pulitzer cut-off date this season, and I am not sure.

Viola Davis is giving a must-see performance.

Anna was eligible for this year's Critic's Circle prize.

I wonder what other plays also received votes.

Also note that no foreign play nor musical was honored.

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Talk about snobbery, MisterMatt! You're certainly entitled to your opinions but instead of getting your knickers in a twist and jumping to incorrect conclusions, you could have asked me what I meant by the phrase "poor man's theatre" if you were unfamiliar with the expression. I would have then explained that not only is it a metaphor for the low economical overhead required for the one-person show as WOSQ suggested but also a comment on the limited and compromised dramaturgy of the form. This is particularly true of I AM MY OWN WIFE when, during the course of the play, the author/actor of the piece throws up his hands and claims he has no idea how to dramatize certain aspects of the story. What a cop-out! Poor man's theatre, indeed.

Updated On: 5/12/04 at 06:28 PM