YOUR Top 10 of 2007 List- Page 2

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 11:41am

1. YANK! (Off-Off-Broadway, The Gallery Players)
2. SPEECH & DEBATE (Off-Broadway, Roundabout Underground)
3. BASH'd: A GAY RAP OPERA (New York International Fringe Festival)
4. IN THE HEIGHTS (Off-Broadway, 37 Arts)
5. RADIO GOLF (Broadway, Cort Theatre)
6. JOURNEY'S END (Broadway, Belasco Theatre)
7. OLD ACQUAINTANCE (Broadway, American Airlines Theatre)
8. 110 IN THE SHADE (Broadway, Studio 54)
9. PYGMALION (Broadway, American Airlines Theatre)
10. XANADU (Broadway, Helen Hayes Theatre)

Updated On: 12/23/07 at 11:41 AM

[bigbigbill]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 2:04pm

Spring Awakening
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein
Make Me A Song
Mauritius
Company
Cyrano de Bergerac
Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
The Drowsy Chaperone
The Ritz

[keen on kean]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 3:14pm

1. Company
2. The Homecoming
3. - 5. The Coast of Utopia
6. Journey's End
7. Follies
8. Cyrano
9. The Year of Magical Thinking
10. Grey Gardens

[jordangirl]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 7:41pm

Ok. I'm done with my theatre-viewing for the year as of 6pm tonight, so I can play. :) My overall favorite I saw this year I can't count because I started seeing it in 2006 (and it opened in 2006). (The Vertical Hour) So...I know that's first in my heart. But my list of shows that opened in 2007 (ok, in one case only played once)... In reverse-order a la Letterman.

10. 110 in the Shade
9. August: Osage County
8. Frost/Nixon
7. Tynan
6. The Homecoming*
5. A Moon For The Misbegotten*
4. Coram Boy
3. Rock 'n' Roll
2. In Darfur
1. The Year of Magical Thinking

* Everything was so close it was hard to make a distinction. In essence, 5 and 6 are a tie...both largely due to Eve Best's ability to play complex characters so well.

Updated On: 12/23/07 at 07:41 PM

[brainlessorwise]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 8:08pm

Not in order here;

1. Rent- Perrenial
2. Hairspray- Link Understudy (Van)
3. Spring Awakening- Melchior Understudy Matt Doyle
4. August in Osage County
5. Year of Magical Thinking
6. Speech and Debate
7. Fuerzabruta
8. Wicked with Julia Murney
9. The Ritz with Brooks
10. Spelling Bee- I love that show!

[Testing1232]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 9:47pm

Ok... here goes -

(Not in order)

"Frost/Nixon"
"August"
"Seafarer"
"Mauritius"
"110 In the Shade"
"Coram Boy"
"Xanadu"
"Journey's End"
"Little Mermaid"
"Is He Dead?"

Honorable Mention- "TCP" (w/ Fantasia)

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 9:59pm

1. Gypsy
2. Speech and Debate
3. The Homecoming
4. Follies
5. 110 In the Shade
6. RENT with Adam and Anthony
7. LoveMusik (mainly Donna Murphy in LoveMusik - but I liked the whole show)
8. Legally Blonde
9. Laura Benanti in Gypsy (yes it gets its own mention!)
10. Sweeney Todd movie (cheating)

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 10:14pm

In no particular order:

A Chorus Line
Gypsy (City Center)
Xanadu
Pygmalion
The Drowsy Chaperone
Rent (with Adam and Anthony)
Company
Grey Gardens
Spring Awakening
Mary Poppins

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 10:49pm

I haven't compiled a list yet but Spring Awakening and Company would be tied for first place.

[emg_sound]

Posted: 12/24/07 at 2:38am

In the order in which I saw them

Coast of Utopia
For Scope alone (as well as amazing acting and design)

Journey's End
The claustrophobic nature of the piece got under my skin

Frost/Nixon
A battle royale

Wake Up Mr. Sleepy, Your Unconscious Mind is Dead (Ontological/R. Foreman)
more esoteric fun from the master of esoteric

Sleeping Beauty Wakes (LA, CTG)
a fun goofy book and a bouncy score... when it makes it to New York, there will be a true family musical which adults will not be bored by, and kids will want to see again.

Passing Strange
A score which rocks so hard, it makes Spring Awakening sound like Yanni!

Gypsy
two words... Boyd Gaines

August: Osage County (at the steppenwolf)
A three and a half hour punch to the gut!

Xanadu
Yet another reminder that without a good book, a musical will be nothing at all!

Black Watch
At times slow, at times shocking, but an effective discussion about the current war without getting too preachy.

Honorable Mention: Beyond the Horizon @ CalArts. (prod. photos @ photo.calarts.edu)
I admit that I'm going ga ga over my colleagues, but hey, that's why I'm in grad school. All I have to say is keep your eyes open for the name Chi-Wang Yang, for a sophisticated and remarkably interesting use of multi media in new performance!

Updated On: 12/24/07 at 02:38 AM

[Little-Lotte]

Posted: 12/24/07 at 6:12am

I know a few of these didn't open in 2007, but it was the first time I saw them, so they're on the list.

1 Hamlet (Shakespeare Theatre Company, D.C.)
2 Carnival! (Kennedy Center, D.C.)
3 Frankenstein (Off-Broadway)
4 Edward Scissorhands (National Tour)
5 The Return of the Prodigal (Off-Broadway)
6 A Moon for the Misbegotten
7 Mary Poppins
8 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
9 Spring Awakening
10 Young Frankenstein
11 Die Mommie Die

[Kicks8567]

Posted: 12/24/07 at 2:27pm

Here's mine (in no particular order)

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Park)
Hair 40th Anniversary Concert
Xanadu
Little Mermaid
Spring Awakening
Grey Gardens
Legally Blonde
Speech and Debate
Young Frankenstein
Evil Dead the Musical

[jv92]

Posted: 12/24/07 at 3:08pm

jv92's Top 10 musicals/plays (in order of brilliance and/or sheer entertainment value):

1. Frost/Nixon
2. Follies at Encores!
3. Journey's End
4. Gypsy at Encores! Summer Stars
5. Curtains
6. The Glorious Ones
7. LoveMusik
8. Rock and Roll
9. Is He Dead?
10. Mauritius

Top 10 performances (in order of brilliance and/or sheer entertainment value):
1. Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
2. Boyd Gaines in Gypsy and Journey's End AND Pygmalion
3. Victoria Clark in Follies
4. Laura Benanti in Gypsy
5. Patti LuPone in Gypsy
6. Michael Cerveris in LoveMusik
7. Donna Murphy in LoveMusk and Follies
8. David Hyde Pierce in Curtains
9. Norbert Leo Butz in Is He Dead?
10. Marc Kudisch in The Glorious Ones

Special Citations (for directing, desinging, criticizing, writing and so on)
Hal Prince for directing LoveMusik, an overlong, slightly confusing but overall stunning piece of musical theatre.

Arthur Laurents for directing the definative production of Gypsy. At first, I wasn't too keen on the show, especially the performance of Patti LuPone. On second viewing, I loved it. I got the nuances in everything- the performances, staging and so on. That's the sign of a brilliant production.

Clive Barnes, Ben Brantley and John Simon (among other critics) for some teriffic pans for Grease.

Encores! for a brilliant production of a brilliant musical- Follies.

Boyd Gaines for giving us three brilliant performances this year. Not many actors can do that.

And that's all folks. It was a pretty darned good year.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/24/07 at 7:25pm

I still haven't seen The Receptionist, November, The Seafarer or The Homecoming, but here are my picks in alphabetical order:

1) 110 in the Shade
2) August: Osage County
3) Coast of Utopia
4) Cyrano de Bergerac
5) Farnsworth Invention
6) Gypsy
7) Inherit the Wind
Is He Dead?
9) Journey's End
10) Xanadu

[geebee889]

Posted: 12/31/07 at 7:08pm

I only got to see one show this year, and it was absolutely amazing. I saw Spring Awakening and it pretty much made my entire New York trip. I was fortunate enough to see Blake Bashoff as Moritz, and he does a really good job!!

[jaystarr]

Posted: 12/31/07 at 7:31pm

Okay..after weeks of deliberations.. I thought it soo hard and here's my FINAL list . I actually overlooked two shows...

My Top 10 List of 2007:

1. Journey's End (2/18 - BROADWAY (Play Revival)
2. Frost/Nixon (5/5) - BROADWAY (New Play)
3. Xanadu (6/17, 6/23, 8/25) - BROADWAY (New Musical)
4. 'eurydice' (8/11)- OFF-BROADWAY (New Play)
5. Pygmalion (10/14)- BROADWAY (Play Revival)
6. Cyrano de Bergerac (10/27)-BROADWAY (Play Revival)
7. Sweeney Todd (10/31, 11/4)- TOURING COMPANY/BOSTON (Musical Revival)
8. Streamers (11/25)- REGIONAL PRODUCTION/BOSTON (Play Revival)
9. August : Osage County (12/15)- BROADWAY (New Play)
10. Speech & Debate (12/22)- OFF-BROADWAY (New Play)

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Summary:

8 Plays
2 Musicals

Complete list of shows (65 total) Ive seen on Neddyfrank's thread:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=953155&dt=44

Thanks & Happy New Year to all !

Jay






























Updated On: 12/31/07 at 07:31 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/31/07 at 7:35pm

My top ten of '07 (that I saw, not just things that opened this year):

1. Company
2. Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp in RENT
3. City Center's Gypsy
4. eurydice
5. The Homecoming
6. The Boy in the Bathroom at the NYMF
7. Grey Gardens
8. Broadway night at Spelling Bee
9. The Pirate Queen as my lol show of the year
10. A Chorus Line

For what it's worth, I didn't cover a lot of breadth this year, to say the least. I was... otherwise occupied.

Updated On: 12/31/07 at 07:35 PM

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 12/31/07 at 7:48pm

1. Company
2. The Seafarer
3. Journey's End
4. Gypsy
5. Frost/Nixon
6. The Little Dog Laughed
7. Grey Gardens
(the following did not open this year, but I finally saw them for the first time and really enjoyed them)
8. Wicked
9. Jersey Boys
10. The Lion King

[BrOaDwAyDuDe]

Posted: 12/31/07 at 10:14pm

1. The Drowsy Chaperone
2. Hairspray
3. Wicked
4. The Lion King
5. Les Miserables
6. Avenue Q
7. Legally Blonde
8. Spelling Bee
9. Tarzan
10. Spamalot

Most of them are not new but thats my list lol.

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 1/1/08 at 1:20am

I don't have enough for 10 but my top 5 were (in no paticular order):

August: Osage County
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Spring Awakening
Xanadu
Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening

Honorable Mention: Altar Boyz National Tour

All shows very different and looking forward to more amazing theater in 2008.

Major props to August though...saw the show yesterday and I still cannot get it out of my head. One of the best shows I have seen in a long long time. If you are debating seeing it or not sure of a show to see SEE IT. It is not for everyone though..so if your expecting jazz hands and a red top hat with eyes...you know the show for you. The one thing you will see is an amazing acting ensemble and two fierce actress [Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton].

Happy new year all!!

Updated On: 1/1/08 at 01:20 AM

[broadwayfan3]

Posted: 1/1/08 at 12:20pm

1. Xanadu
2. Legally Blonde
3. Young Frankestein
4. Little Mermaid

^^in that order

[RyToast1]

Posted: 1/1/08 at 12:33pm

This is as close to in order as possible, it gets a little shaky after my top 3. This is my top 10 of the shows I saw in 2007.

1. Gypsy
2. Speech & Debate
3. Jersey Boys
4. Company
5. The Little Mermaid
6. Follies
7. Wicked
8. Legally Blonde
9. Spring Awakening
10. Blackbird
Updated On: 1/1/08 at 12:33 PM

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 1/1/08 at 12:43pm

Grey Gardens
Company
110 in the Shade
Gypsy
The Seafarer
Frost/Nixon
Inherit the Wind
A Moon For The Misbegotten
Cymbeline
Cyrano de Bergerac

[robinycus]

Posted: 1/1/08 at 12:52pm

Top 5:
Angela Lansbury in Deuce
Spring Awakening
Grey Gardens
August Osage County
The Apple Tree







Updated On: 1/1/08 at 12:52 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/1/08 at 12:59pm

Company
The Homecoming
Spring Awakening
110 In The Shade
The Ritz
The Seafarer
Mary Poppins
Curtains
The Pirate Queen
Frankenstein - Off Broadway