The best PLAY youve ever seen- Page 3

[shermanslave]

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

The Heiress with Cherry Jones
An Inspector Calls

[bta212]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:13pm

Thanks, Goat, for "Dirty Blond". It doesn't actually make my list, but I thought it was really terriffic, insightful, touching, funny, etc., and I think everyone I know who saw it was luke-warm on it.

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 8:35pm

Long Day's Journey Into Night
I Am My Own Wife
The Goat

[broadwaybaby486]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 10:10pm

I'm not sure if To Kill A Mockingbird has ever been on Broadway, but it is definetly my favorite play. I was in it, and sometimes after the performances we'd let the audience ask questions. And, even then the things the cast would say about the play that I hadn't even thought about were amazing. Being a part of that show was a truly wonderful experience. Also, Atticus's closing speech in the courtroom is brilliant.
~I also like:
-Equus
-Over the River and Through the Woods
-The Woman in Black
-Angel Street
-Angels in America

Updated On: 7/31/04 at 10:10 PM

[jmnpublications]

Posted: 7/31/04 at 11:28pm

"The Elephant Man" followed closely by "The Gin Game."

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 9:28pm

I only have two to choose from (The Woman in Black and The Pillowman.) I'd say....... The Woman in Black. Pillowman was a good show, but I liked Woman in Black better. Coincidentally, I screamed at points during both shows, but Pillowman made me scream louder. I told all the cast members except Billy Crudup, and they were all like, "You did?" I am never going to forget Jeff Goldblum's face when he responded. But I thought Woman in Black was better.

Updated On: 10/14/05 at 09:28 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 9:32pm

When I first got to New York, I was blown away by "Torch Song Trilogy," "Agnes of God"... and later on "Fences."

Those plays have stayed with me in memory for a very long time, but I would put "Fences" at the top of my list.

[wexy]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 9:40pm

Metamorphosis (it so beautiful that I cried)
The Real Thing
The Piano Lesson
On Borrowed Time (George C Scott and Teresa Wright (Nathan too)
The Madness of George III
A Doll's House

(for starters)

[jimmirae]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 10:25pm

"A Streetcar named Desire"
"TRU" (Bobby Morse)
"Lucifer's Child" Miss Julie Harris
"Dark of the Moon" (semi musical)
"Whose life is it Anyway?"
"Lettice & Lovage" (Dame Maggie!)
"Our Town"
"Duke" with Julie Newmar
"M. Butterfly" with Alec Mapa!
"The Little Foxes" Miss Taylor AND Miss Channing's versions
and of course,
"The Scottish Play" with the DIVINE Glenda Jackson!!!!

Almost forgot to mention:
"The Ritz" - simply a HOOT!

Updated On: 10/14/05 at 10:25 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 10:29pm

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (ROSEMARY HARRIS)

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOD (ELIZABETH ASHLEY)

EQUUS

AMADEUS

HAMLET (STACY KEACH)

THE SHADOW BOX

BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS

edited to include: OTHELLO (JONES?PLUMMER)

Thanks for reminding me of that one!

Updated On: 10/14/05 at 10:29 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 10:33pm

Pillowman
Doubt
Man Who Came to Dinner

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 10:35pm

I love that someone mentioned the Jones/Plummer Othello. It was way before my time, but my Shakespeare prof regularly cites it as the best Shakespeare performance she's ever seen. We discussed Othello last week and she kept describing this production's interpretation. I wish I could have seen it!

I'm going to refrain from saying anything here because I haven't been going to plays long enough to have a favorite (my parents took me to musicals, and I've only been going to plays regularly since I started college) and don't want to look like a dork by saying something from a year and a half ago. I'll get back to you in a few years.

[theatrebabe]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 10:36pm

Well, it wasn't on Broadway. Candles to the Sun by Tenessee Williams. I saw it a couple weeks ago. It made a big impression on me. But I read this was the secong it's ever been performed. I'm not excatly sure why....it's a great play.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 10:37pm

Long Day's Journey Into Night (Redgrave/Dennehey)
Angels In America
Design for Living (Julia/Clayburgh/Langella)
A Delicate Balance (Harris/Stritch/Grizzard)

[incendiary_wit]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 10:38pm

I really loved Finer Noble Gases, which I saw at USF.

Angels in America, definitely.

[VivaBohemia]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 11:34pm

The Laramie Project
Hamlet, MacBeth

I've never seen Angels in America, but Ive heard so much about it, I want to see it.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 11:40pm

Broadway: The Pillowman

Off Broadway: The Mystery of Irma Vep

*I admit I haven't seen to many plays in NYC*

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 11:41pm

The original production of Torch Song Trilogy. Afterward, I was literally stopping stangers on the street telling them about this wonderful show.

Also:
Children of A Lesser God
M Butterfly

Oddly enough, I was underwhelmed by Angels in America

[pab]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 11:58pm

I also saw the Jones-Plumber "Othello", first in Palm Beach and then again at the Winter Garden theatre. I saw Diane Wiest in the Palm Beach production and then I saw someone else play Desdemona on Broadway. Kelsey Grammar was indeed CASSIO (not Cassius, he's from that other Shakespeare play). Plumber was most brilliant.

His daughter blew me away in "Agnes Of God".

Here are a few of my other favorites in no order. There are so many others that I could mention but these are some that first came to mind:

'night Mother.
Angels In America
Master Harold and The Boys
M Butterfly

[zippyjen]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 12:01am

who's afraid of virginia woolf

[Jwei123]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 12:02am

-Equus
-Master Harold and the Boys

[wickedfan]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 12:11am

Well, if we're talking about original productions of plays that we have seen than the three best that I have seen have most definately been The Pillowman, Metamorphasis and I Am My Own Wife. Pillowman was haunting, Meamorphasis was fascinating, and I Am My Own Wife was touching. Such wonderful works!

[Katecab99]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 12:12am

the pillowman

[life_so_far]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 12:19am

Local production of Angels in America.

[alli2]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 12:21am

THE PILLOWMAN

Followed by Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?