TIME's 2005 Best in Theatre

[jo]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:14pm

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1144046,00.html

Interesting choices!

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:15pm

The Woman in White finally made a BEST list.... WHEW!!!

and the 35th Annual Spelling Bee?? haha...

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:16pm

WIW over Sweeney? I'd be damned.

[jv92]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:18pm

Wow they gotta get their titles right.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:31pm

Wow they picked Woman in White for the wrong reasons....teh set is terrible but the music now that is brilliant....and i hate ALW

[jv92]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 8:52pm

I'm surprised about their set. It's just a huge screen, right? How come that didn't work with "The Happy Time" several...well, almost 40 years back? Oh well, that's technology advancement for ya.

[jo]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 9:30pm

The WIW screen is a concave structure on which the sets are reflected - it moves when the scene changes ( sometimes together with the revolving stage) or when a zoom is made to highlight some aspects of the scenery. There are some very spectacular aspects that the sets capture - the change to the countryside, the details of the manor house, even the sound of the waterfalls as the scene evolves, and the inside and outside perspective of the church.

I have just listened to the Michael Ball interview on AMERICAN THEATRE WING online radio and he speaks of how challenging it is for the actors to relate to the sets ( including going in and out of doors).

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 10:55pm

Ergh, no Doubt or Piazza. No one seems to get real theatre anymore. Head, meet desk.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/27/05 at 10:56pm

Wow. They named THE WOMAN IN WHITE the best musical of the year.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 12:05am

I believe Doubt was on last year's list. I think that's why Doubt is absent on a few lists.

[chernjam]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 12:30am

Finally Time reviews WIW and gives it a great review... Glad to see it #4 in the top 10 of the year...

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 1:57am

Yeah in addition to the 35th spelling bee and another type within, there list 7 kids, there are 6...

[Jazzysuite82]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 2:29am

WIW over Sweeney AND Piazza? Well now I know to write off the Times when ever it comes to them reviewing theatre.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 3:04am

There seems to be a lot of crack use over there at TIME this year.

[somedaysawyer]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 10:59am

That's always so dissapointing, when people write the wrong titles, or say people's names wrong! I HATE that! I think it's a very random list.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/28/05 at 12:37pm

Last year's list if anyones curious:
http://www.time.com/time/bestandworst/2004/theater.html