The best PLAY youve ever seen- Page 2

[Christopher_Acts]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#25

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

Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill

[CJR]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#26

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

Hollywood Arms
The Dinner Party
Noises Off

"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...

[MargoChanning]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#27

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").

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

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

[leomaxfrank]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#28

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

But I won't live alone in a house of regret.

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

[SueleenGay]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#29

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

HEDDA GABLER

Hey, I'm a legend!

PEACE.

[bythesword84]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#30

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

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

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

[G]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#31

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

Amy's View
The Pillowman

[PlaywrightGuyNYC]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#32

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

SIX DEGREES
GLASS MENAGERIE
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

That is all.

[Jon]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#33

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]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#34

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

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

[Chrysanthemum62001]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#35

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

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

"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL

[JakeB]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#36

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]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#37

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!!

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

[bythesword84]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#38

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.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

[Mr. Tuttle]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#39

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

"An Inspector Calls"

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


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

[~FloweryFriend~]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#40

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

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[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#41

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???

[Unknown User]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#42

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

I thought M Butterfly was outstanding.

[lullabyofbroadway28]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#43

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]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#44

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]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#45

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]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#46

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.

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[Qfan]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#47

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

"Look on the Bright Side Not on the Blackside get off your backside shine those shoes! This is your golden opportunity: Your the lightning and the news!" -Assassins

[nycdncr]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#48

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

W;t
ART

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."

[The Goat]

re: The best PLAY youve ever seen#49

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.