The best PLAY youve ever seen- Page 2

[Christopher_Acts]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 1:06am

Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill

[CJR]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 1:23am

Hollywood Arms
The Dinner Party
Noises Off

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 2:00am

bta212 --
Love your picks, especially your mention of Ludlam who's so underappreciated -- one of the almost forgotten geniuses of 20th century theatre (too bad Everett couldn't have held onto the Ridiculous Space in Sheridan Sq.).

DGrant --
Thanks for remembering the Jones-Plummer OTHELLO (I saw it on tour when Diane Wiest was Desdemona and a then completely unknown Kelsey Grammar as Cassius). I'll never forget the "reputation" scene -- Plummer and James Earl Jones summoned so much fire and intensity together that I almost expected lightning to strike the stage.

Christopher_Acts --
CLOUD NINE was/is a true modern classic (BTW, Churchill's "A Number" will be at NYTW this fall starring Sam Shepard, who'll be acting on stage for the first time in decades -- he's said that "A Number" is the most important theatre piece written since "Waiting For Godot").

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 02:00 AM

[leomaxfrank]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 2:44am

Angels in America

Equus

The Shape of Things

A Delicate Balance

Awake and Sing

Long Day's Journey

Othello

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 02:44 AM

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 3:18am

HEDDA GABLER

Hey, I'm a legend!

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 3:37am

Noises Off
I am My Own Wife
McCarter Theater's production of Candida.

[G]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 4:22am

Amy's View
The Pillowman

[PlaywrightGuyNYC]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 6:26am

SIX DEGREES
GLASS MENAGERIE
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

That is all.

[Jon]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:00am

Counting only shows I've seen on Broadway or National Tour:

LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!

EQUUS

THE ELEPHANT MAN

A SOLDIER'S PLAY (with a then-unknown Denzel Washingotn)

[Testing1232]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 9:23am

I have to say "Side Man" as well... All-time fave was "Death of a Salesman"

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:56am

The Normal Heart, The Water Engine, and Private Lives.

[JakeB]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 1:46pm

Urgh, this is too hard.

Perhaps "The Beauty Queen of Leenane", but I loved "The Straits" so much, as I did "The Man Who". All in very different ways.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 1:58pm

A Raisin in the Sun. it's the only PLAY that i have seen and it was PHENOMINAL!!

[bythesword84]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 2:00pm

Going back to Noises Off, which I listed earlier, I would like to clarify that as a play I think it is fantastic, I'm not sure if the recent Broadway cast would have been my favorite cast in that show. I enjoyed it a lot, and I think its one of my favorite plays but no one can compare to John Ritter's performance in the movie adaptation.

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 2:02pm

"An Inspector Calls"

The Broadway revival in 1997 was amazing and the sets were fanstic.


And to itsucks2BaveQ: You are so right.

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 02:02 PM

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 2:14pm

• ART
  
• W;t
  
• My Mother Said I Never Should

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 4:17pm

Was I the only one who thought that Frozen and I Am My Own Wife were two of the best dramas in years???

Posted: 7/31/04 at 4:21pm

I thought M Butterfly was outstanding.

[lullabyofbroadway28]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 4:31pm

Proof. saw it a year or tow after it opened with jennifer jason liegh. it was amazing.

[broadwayfan24]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 5:22pm

I've never seen any. But if they redid the Philidelphia Story I would go see it.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 5:24pm

1) Our Town

2) Oleanna (by David Mamet)

3) Arcadia (by Tom Stoppard)

4) Anna in the Tropics (when I saw it, the actors weren't stellar, but I really liked the storyline and I did enjoy it.)

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 5:28pm

the best play I've ever seen is "Compleat Female Stage Beauty" at the Old Globe in San Diego. has anyone else seen a production of it? i believe a movie version with Billy Crudup played Tribeca this year.

[Qfan]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 5:58pm

wickedrocks-no i thought "I am my own wife" was worth all the moeny i spent and more and would love to do monologues from that play when im older

[nycdncr]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 6:06pm

W;t
ART

[The Goat]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 7:54pm

Two of the best plays I've seen in their original stagings were "How I learned to Drive" and "Mother Clap's Molly House." I also loved "The Goat" (uh, see my message board name),"Jitney," and "Dirty Blonde." Among recent plays, the top "so-bad-it's good" play would have to be "Prymate." My mouth was hanging open by the end--it was like watching the non-musical version of "Springtime for Hitler." By the way, Broadway Matt, I did see "Compleat Female Stage Beauty" in Philly and found it very compelling. I am looking forward to the film version.