YOUR Top 10 of 2007 List

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:36pm

I figured now that the year's ending, we might as well post the requisite TOP 10 list.

I've already posted mine (August: Osage County, Blackbird, Curtains, Cyrano, Journey's End, The Clean House, The Coast of Utopia, The Receptionist, The Scene, The Seafarer)...

...What's yours?

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:38pm

10 days too early. :) I still have shows to see this week.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:39pm

Top 10 what? Details!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:40pm

This is the Broadway board! It has to be your Top 10 list of shows you've seen in 2007!

But Lizzie, we all know your list is just gonna be Jersey Boys over and over, and that's okay! I love Jersey Boys!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:41pm

LMAO. I had some other things in mind, too.

[massofmen]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:46pm

in no order:
The Scene (should have moved to Broadway)
Seafarer
August, osage county
Nuclear Family (improv comedy group, always wonderful)
Mauritius

[jaystarr]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:58pm

I still have to see the following shows: SPEECH & DEBATE, MAKE ME A SONG, GONE MISSING...

But My Top 10 of 2007 : (shows that opened in 2007 for me) not in order

1. Xanadu
2. 'eurydice'
3. August : Osage County
4. Mauritius
5. Cyrano de Bergerac
6. Pygmalion
7. Streamers (in Boston)
8. Frost/ Nixon
9. Forbidden Broadway : Rude Awakening
10. Spain- eventhough with bad reviews.. I love this show


ahhh... The Year of Straight Plays for me !

J*


Updated On: 12/21/07 at 04:58 PM

[parislover87]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 4:59pm

Grey Gardens
Drowsy Chaperone
A Chorus Line
Stairway to Paradise
Company

seeing Mermaid, YF, Curtains, Xanadu, Spelling Bee, and Forbidden Broadway in like two weeks... we'll see what else makes it up there

[WaltSummersPI]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 5:09pm

paris, I don't think any of those are 2007.

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 12/21/07 at 5:13pm

Everyone's gonna gnaw at me for this, but... these are what I thoroughly enjoyed this year (didn't see alot of new to 2007 stuff, just stuff that opened in the end of '06). No order, either.

Legally Blonde
Curtains
Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 9:23am

This is a very hard question. I saw 150 shows during the calendar year, and enjoyed many of them. It truly was a great year for the artform. But if I had to single out ten, they would be:

100 Saints You Should Know [Off Broadway-Playwrights Horizons-Mainstage]
August: Osage County [Broadway-Imperial Theatre]
Blackbird [Off Broadway-Manhattan Theatre Club-City Center Stage I]
Follies [Off Broadway-City Center Encores]
Gypsy [Off Broadway-City Center Encores-Summer Stars]
Journey's End [Broadway-Belasco Theatre]
A Midsummer Night's Dream [Off Broadway-New York Shakespeare Festival-Delacorte Theatre]
The Misanthrope [Off Broadway-New York Theatre Workshop]
Richard III [Off Broadway-Classic Stage Company]
Rock 'N' Roll [Broadway-Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre]

And, for good measure, five honorable mentions:
110 in the Shade [Broadway-Roundabout Theatre Company-Studio 54]
Essential Self-Defense [Off Broadway-Playwrights Horizons-Peter Jay Sharp Theatre]
The Glorious Ones [Off Broadway-Lincoln Center-Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre]
The Homecoming [Broadway-Cort Theatre]
Translations [Broadway-Manhattan Theatre Club-Biltmore Theatre]

Updated On: 12/22/07 at 09:23 AM

[Mark_E]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:15am

Well I have never seen a show on broadway since I live in the UK but here is my top 10 list of shows that I saw for the first time this year.

Fave
1. The Drowsy Chaperone (London)
2. Hairspray (London)
3. Little shop of Horrors (London)
4. Starlight Express (Uk Tour)
5. Footloose (Uk Tour)
6. Spamalot (London)
7. The Producers (Uk Tour)
8. Sound of Music (London)
9. Beauty and the Beast (Uk Tour)
10. Godspell (Uk Tour)

[sanda]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:26am

1.Frost/Nixon (Broadway)
2.Jersey Boys (Broadway)
3.Chess L.A. Benefit Concert (Ford theatre)
4.Witches of Eastwick (Signature Theatre, VA)
5.Carnival! (Kennedy Center,DC)
6.Shining City (Studio Theatre,DC)
7.110 in the shade (Broadway)
8.My Fair Lady (Hippodrome theatre, Baltimore)
9.Rock N' Roll (Broadway)
10.Fiddler on the roof (Olney Theatre,MD)

[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 11:16am

1. Tale of Two Cities-Asolo Rep
2. Grey Gardens-Broadway
3. Drowsy Chaperone-Broadway
4. Curtains-Broadway
5. Going to St. Ives-Ball State
6. The Pillowman-Steppenwolf (A little over a year ago but I am including it anyway.)
7. Room Service-Soho Playhouse
8. Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway-National Tour
9. Spring Awakening-Broadway
10. Thoroughly Modern Millie-Ball State

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 12:16pm

In no particular order:

1. Xanadu
2. Pygmalion
3. The Color Purple (for Fantasia's performance)
4. Is He Dead?
5. Die Mommie Die!
6. Sweeney Todd (the US tour)
7. Company (technically 2006, but I saw it in March)
8. Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
9. Legally Blonde (don't judge me, I had fun)
10. The Little Mermaid (I actually really enjoyed it)
11. Young Frankenstein...I know it says Top 10 and I didn't even really like this show, but I tagged it on the end because of Andrea and Christopher's performances.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 12:22pm

Okay, I'll do my top five. It was a slow year for me. Okay, so only one actually opened in 2007, but I'm slow to go for the new stuff.

5. Legally Blonde
4. Phantom
3. Mary Poppins
2. Wicked
1. Spring Awakening

[parislover87]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:26pm

well thats when i saw them... at least as i recall... i KNOW Stairway was in 2007... oh well, forgive me

[broadwayman17]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:37pm

This is my list of the best shows I saw this year in no order, not all opened this year though:

Curtains
Grey Gardens
Spring Awakening
Jersey Boys (SF production)
Xanadu
Frost/Nixon
Sweeney Todd (SF Production)
Legally Blonde (SF Production)
The Color Purple
Avenue Q

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:37pm

YankeeFan's top 10 worst of 2007

1. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
2. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
3. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
4. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
5. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
6. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
7. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
8. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
9. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
10.Patti LuPone in Gypsy

Updated On: 12/22/07 at 08:37 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:42pm

Oh, not even close! I may not have liked Patti's performance, but I did enjoy the production (how could one not?). And Patti's performance, in my opinion, wasn't the worst I saw all year by far. In fact, if I were to make a list, I'm sure she'd fall very close to the middle of the spectrum.

[ohjohnny]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 9:56am

I can't came up with 10 worthy of listing, and my #1 is far above the others:

1. August: Osage County

2. Grey Gardens (does it count if I saw it again in 2007?)
3. 110 in the Shade
4. Mauritius
5. The Receptionist

[jaystarr]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 10:24am

Edited : my new list

But My Top 10 of 2007 :
(not in particular order)


1. Xanadu (6/17, 6/23, 8/25)
2. 'eurydice' (8/11)
3. August : Osage County (12/15)
4. Mauritius (9/23)
5. Cyrano de Bergerac (10/27)
6. Pygmalion (10/14)
7. Streamers (11/25 ) in Boston
8. Frost/ Nixon (5/5)
9. Spain- (11/17)
NEW : 10. Speech & Debate (12/22)

I love SPEECH & DEBATE .. I saw it yesterday with MAKE ME A SONG... I will post my Reports later...

BTW- Thank you for those posters (WBaf & Silverssurfer2)who encouraged me to see this show .. I was very happy with this one.. and I am glad I saw it.



J*




Updated On: 12/23/07 at 10:24 AM

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 10:38am

With the exception of Tully (In No Particular Order) - NYMF, August: Osage County, 110 in the Shade and The Pillowman (at Berkeley Rep) my ten best theatrical experiences all had to do with feeling blessed to see certain performances. So here are the other seven...

Hairspray u/s - Van Hughes as Link, Marissa Perry as Tracy, Hayley Podschun as Penny
Legally Blonde u/s - Becky Gulsvig as Elle, Andy Karl as Emmett
tick tick Boom - Colin Hanlon (in Glens Falls)
The first performance of the Chicago Cast of Jersey Boys in San Francisco
Curtains u/s - John Bolton as Cioffi
Grey Gardens u/s - Maureen Moore as Little Edie, Dale Soules as Big Edie

And honorable mention for sheer insanity:
Pirates! at Papermill

Haha, my top 10 list is so stupid.

Updated On: 12/23/07 at 10:38 AM

[alex2155]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 10:44am

Legally Blonde
Wicked (saw it for the first time this year finally)
Jersey Boys
Spring Awakening
Mary Poppins
Alter Boyz (off broadway--but great)
Ave Q (also finally saw that one this year)
Xanadu

Actually you know what...I think thats all that I saw this year, but I liked them all! Oh I also saw Forbidden Broadway-that was ok.

[Glory]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 10:46am

1.Company
2.Gypsy @ City Center
3.Xanadu
4.Legally Blonde
5.Spring Awakening
6.Young Frankenstein
7.Mary Poppins
8.It's A Bird..It's A Plan..It's Superman @ York Theatre
9.The Apple Tree
10.Finally seeing Jersey Boys for the first time.