The best PLAY youve ever seen- Page 4

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 1:11am

Wow. I forgot I even started this thread.

[ally_kay_on_broadway]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 2:16am

over the river and through the woods

the goat or who is sylvia

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 7:25am

Kelsey Grammar was indeed CASSIO (not Cassius, he's from that other Shakespeare play).

That "other Shakespeare play" would be JULIUS CAESAR...

[stage_door76]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 7:59am

THE VISIT.

absurd and breathtaking. truly a wonderful piece of spoken word theater

[sciguy]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:30am

MEDEA (Fiona Shaw)
I still get chills every time I think about it. I still remember the few seconds of silence when the play ended, before the applause began. Sheer brilliance!

[kas]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:39am

Streetcar Named Desire at the Hartford Stage.

[pab]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 9:05am

"That "other Shakespeare play" would be JULIUS CAESAR..."

Yes, I know it was Caesar. That's what we call sarcasm.

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 1:52pm

The Normal Heart.

There isn't a doubt in my mind.

[tkts]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 2:02pm

I Am My Own Wife
Doubt

[WISHIHADATONY]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 3:03pm

BENT, STREAMERS and ANGELS IN AMERICA are "up there" in my favorites.........HOwever,,,,,to select the BEST---certainly the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's
PLAZA SUITE

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 3:44pm

I really liked the latest revival of 'NIGHT MOTHER. Incredibly sad show, but very good.

NOISES OFF is quite possibly the funniest play ever written.

[grizzabella]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 5:59pm

Just reading everyone's picks brought back memories, but I have to second "Talking Heads" and add "Les Liaisons Dangereuse" (with Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan). It was years ago but brilliant.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:19pm

"Angels in America"
"Speed the plow"
"M butterfly"

And a play every critic seemed to hate but was one of the most thrilling nights in theatre( at the time ) " The twilight of the golds", the stage version was so much better than the film, who ever played the mother in that was stunning..

[angelic1]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:28pm

The Normal Heart (#1 in every aspect of my book)
Angels in America (not very surprising)
Proof (brilliant)

~There's plenty more, but that's good enough for now.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:31pm

FROZEN - Byrony Lavery.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:35pm

Matt G, my mom loved beauty queen and saw it a lot fo times off broadway.

My favorite is by the same author, THE PILLOWMAN.

[homosezwhat]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 8:58pm

Loved W;t, The Laramie Project, I Am My Own Wife and Prelude to a Kiss (missed Angels in LA & NY, I could kick myself)but I'm gonna say
Nickeled and Dimed
because nobody else has and becuase I really went nuts for the production when i saw it at the Taper in LA a couple of years ago.
I still smile when I think of it.

[Theatreboy33]

Posted: 10/15/05 at 10:00pm

Angels in America
Take Me out
The Pillowman

it surprises me so many people list amadeus. i've only seen the mckellen version on film at the lincoln center library, but I feel Shaffer vastly improved on his script for the film and that the film is far superior to the stage play. but perhaps this is only in hindsight of the film.

[catstagestud]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 12:11am

Hands down; Vieux Carre. There was a production in my hometown (Omaha, NE) three years ago that absolutely blew me away. What a powerful show; wish it were produced more often.

Cheers,

C.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:15am

How could i forget...

Indiscretions (Les Parents Terribles), with Kathleen Turner and Jude Law...

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:18am

Metamorpheses

[justme2]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:22am

My pick would be Golda's Balcony...but...is that show considered a play or a "one woman show"?

[Corine2]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:32am

I have seen a lot of great plays but there is one above the rest!
1. The Normal Heart- Raul Esparza/Public Theater
2. In The Continuum- 59 East 59th
A few other top contenders:
Fuddy Meers- I love Abaire
Curse of the Starving Class-
Take Me Out
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[where's my shoe?]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 2:32am

Nothing too original here, but just to solidify the former opinions:
I Am My Own Wife
The Retreat From Moscow
Steel Magnolias

[AnnaB]

Posted: 10/16/05 at 3:32am

Amajuba: Like Doves We Rise