What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a regional theater?
What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a regional theater?
#1What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a regional theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 5:10pm
The Weding Singer- Gateway Playhouse
Miss Saigon- Gateway Playhouse
#2What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 5:13pmI've never seen anything at papermill but i really want to!!
#2What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 5:27pmThis probably isn't considered regional but the new Les Miz tour? I saw it in Philly after the new production began (in the U.S.) at the Papermill
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#3What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 7:21pmThe best regional production I've ever seen of a big musical was Miss Saigon at the Marriott Lincolnshire (near Chicago) about 10 years ago. It was an intimate production - it's an in-the-round theatre seating about 500 - and they did the helicopter scene brilliantly - without a helicopter. There was a metal latter that came down from the catwalk above the stage, and there were flashing lights, lots of fog/smoke, and the ear-shattering sound of the copter as the actors climbed up the latter and disappeared above the stage.
#4What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:19pmSignature Theater in Arlington, Virginia did a production of Chess that was absolutely mindblowing. I loved it.
#5What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 9:53pmAlthough everything I saw at the Huntington was fantastic, the stand-out was probably the 2008 production of She Loves Me. Also in Boston, I saw a fantastic production of Drood at SpeakEasy Stage.
#6What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 9:54pmHands down. Les Miz. Papermill Playhouse. Absolutely phenomenal, enough to persuade me to renew my Papermill subscription. I have the privelege of living very close to the theater and plan to visit more frequently.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#7What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 9:59pmTrinity Repertory in Providence did Angels in America in '96. Directed by Oskar Eustis. It's one of my favorite theater memories.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#8What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 10:11pmI saw an absolutely terrific production of Funny Girl at Lyric Stage in Irving, TX. Full orchestra, and a Fanny that was just fantastic.
#9What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 10:24pm
Floyd Collins at Actors Theatre of Louisville was awesome, and had an amazing set.
They also did a kick ass production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch a few years ago.
#10What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 10:34pmRagtime at the Kennedy Center
#11What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 10:34pmRagtime at the Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook, IL really stands out in my mind. It was definitely better than the recent revival of that show.
#12What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 11:01pm
Girlfriend at Berkley Rep
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#13What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 11:40pm
THE VISIT at Signature was damn well perfect with Chita and George Hearn giving TONY caliber performances. Why New York has not seen this show just boggles my already addled brain.
Updated On: 3/21/11 at 11:40 PM
#14What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 11:45pmI don't think it's entirely fair to call Les Miz at Papermill a regional production. It was essentially the first stop on the national tour. Papermill did nothing but host the production for a month and a half. They had nothing to do with putting it up.
#15What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 11:56pmTrinity Rep's '05 production of EDWIN DROOD was absolutely fantastic.
#16What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/20/11 at 11:59pmI dont know if it's considered "Regional" but Bristol Valley Theater in Naples, NY puts on amazing shows with actors from NYC during the summer months. Had the great fortune of being an apprentice from the age of 10 to 15 and every show I saw/part of was top notch.
#17What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 1:43am
These are some of the best productions I have ever seen:
She Loves Me and A Streetcar Named Desire (directed by David Cromer) at Writer's Theatre in Chicago
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Steppenwolf
Company, Othello, and Funny Thing at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
The Tempest, Cymbeline, and The Glass Menagerie at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
#18What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 10:26amGod of Carnage currently playing at the Goodman is the best production I've seen in Chicago since The Goat or Who Is Sylvia (also at the Goodman). Jekyll and Hyde at the Alley and at Theatre Under the Stars was sensational before it was entirely reworked. And I don't remember the name of the theatre, but I never forgot the production I saw of Hair in Dallas in 1989 at a little store front amateur theatre in a strip mall. It was perfection. I liked the Broadway revival, but it didn't have the same intimacy, heart and immediacy of that little production in Dallas. The way they staged the finale was both devastating and glorious.
#19What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 10:37am
Follies at the Papermill
Noises Off at NJ Shakespeare
My Fair Lady at the Papermill
#20What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 10:43amMerrily We Roll Along in a barn (literally) in Langhorne, Pa.
#21What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 11:11am
Summer and Smoke at Paper Mill
A Streetcar Named Desire at NJ Shakespeare
#22What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 11:20amI agree that Ragtime at the Drury Lane Theater, Miss Saigon at Marriott, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Steppenwolf, Company at Cincinnati Playhouse were all great. The best production for me was Follies at Candlelight in the early 80's. I'm looking forward to seeing Chicago Shakespeare's Follies this fall. Chicago Shakespeare's productions of A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, and Passion were great too. Yesterday I saw The Big Meal at ATC. It's one of the best shows I've seen in a while and it will be produced by Playwrights Horizons in their 2011-2012 season. Watch for it.
#23What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 11:45am
The best I've ever seen just happened this past week.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Such a new, fresh, beautiful and flat out HILARIOUS production. Better than most shows I've seen on Broadway even. The cast was top notch, the direction of the show and modern music added into it was genius. Just picture Midsummer with Star Wars and Christopher Walken jokes, and Pink Floyd and Lady Gaga music - and it works beautifully. Here's a trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFo9kvhUHlI
The music in the trailer takes away from it, I think. But anyways. :)
#24What is the best production(s) you have ever seen at a reginal theater?
Posted: 3/21/11 at 11:51am
"Lydia" - Denver Center Theatre Company
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" - Denver Center Theatre Company
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