What's on your best/worst of 2009 list?

I'm still compiling mine and didn't see a thread with everyone's list for the best/worst shows/performances of 2009. Did I miss it?

What's on your list(s)?

I'm still compiling. I have yet to see FELA, RAGTIME, EMPEROR JONES and NIGHT MUSIC. Thus far, the only one on that list I have tickets to is RAGTIME.

I'd like to add MOTHER, with Buck Henry and Holland Taylor, to that list.

I'm not seeing any more shows this year, so this is my final list...

BEST MUSICAL: Next To Normal / Ragtime
BEST PLAY: Speed-The-Plow / A Steady Rain

WORST MUSICAL: Pal Joey
WORST PLAY: The Philanthropist (actually, Pal Joey was a masterpiece compared to this one)

Other shows that I enjoyed very much were (and I'm not kidding) The Story Of My Life and Memphis. Best special event was Alan Cumming's I Bought A Blue Car Today. Hands down.

It was such a great year for plays, I thought, especially off-Broadway: The Brother/Sister Plays, The Lily's Revenge, Next Fall, Ruined, Circle Mirror Transformation, Joe Turner, Waiting for Godot, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Our Town were particular delights.
In terms of musicals, I'd give it up for: Next to Normal, Fela, and Ragtime

And you know, I never would have guessed it could have happened, but Our Town was my favorite theater experience of the year. My favorite cast of the year was the genius ensemble of Circle Mirror Transformation. And my two favorite performances of the year were Bill Irwin and the inimitable Alice Ripley.

Worst show: For most of the year, I would have expected Guys and Dolls to have this in the bag since I thought it was the worst thing I had seen in years. Then I saw Imelda.

Have tickets to see before the 31st: Superior Donuts, Brief Encounter, A Little Night Music

Best: Devil Boys from Beyond (Fringe Festival); Orphans Cycle; Chasing Manet; Perfect Wedding

Worst: Becky Shaw; Wildflowers; The Starry Messenger; Impressionism; Circle Mirror Transformations; Next Fall; Gingerbread House; Happiness; This

I'm assuming this is new shows.

Best:
Ragtime
Hair
The Norman Conquests
Brighton Beach Memoirs

Worst:
Bye Bye Birdie
Burn The Floor
Exit The King

If we're talking only completely new shows for 2008, not counting transfers and revivals...

I've gotta give this one to Very Potter. If any show has replaced [tos] in its peculiar niche, it's gotta be Potter.

Best: WSS, Shrek, Next to Normal, After Miss Julie
Worst: Exit the King (found it rather boring.)

Best - The Norman Conquests
Worst - Brighton Beach Memoirs

I'm going with things I saw this year, regardless of when they opened and regardless of Broadway/off-Broadway/festival status.

Best
Max Understood
next to normal
South Pacific
Everyday Rapture
Dirty Blonde @ Signature in DC

Worst
Vanities
Emily: An Amethyst Remembrance
Rated RSO
Wildflower

All my 2009 shows categorized as either "best," "worst," or "middle of the road."

Best:
Next to Normal
Happiness
The Understudy
After Miss Julie

Middle:
9 to 5
Hair
West Side Story
Ordinary Days
Hamlet
Blithe Spirit
In the Next Room

Worst:
Music in the Air
Guys and Dolls
Bye Bye Birdie
Why Torture is Wrong…

best: Hamlet

worst: dead even tie between West Side Story and After Miss Julie (I'm sorry Jonny Lee but you're still my boo)