Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
playlover2010
Understudy Joined: 7/26/10
#1Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Posted: 11/19/12 at 12:51pmWith raves from the NY Times, Variety and NY Post, is it the best reviewed show of the fall?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#2Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Posted: 11/19/12 at 1:04pmI'd say Virginia Woolf and Sorry both rival it, with respect to critical assessment.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
aaronb
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/12
#2Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Posted: 11/19/12 at 11:39pmYeah, SORRY and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? both have an A on StageGrade.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#3Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Posted: 11/20/12 at 10:34amI have another question. Is PIANO LESSON the greatest play of the last quarter century? I vote yes.
#4Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Posted: 11/20/12 at 1:37pmI'm sure ANGELS IN AMERICA, AUGUST; OSAGE COUNTY, DOUBT, and any number of other rapturously-received plays would have votes as well, henrik (and I personally would throw TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA?, THE KENTUCKY CYCLE and THE PILLOWMAN in the ring as well.)
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#5Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Posted: 11/20/12 at 6:10pm
Absolutely. WIT, JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE (and every other McDonagh play) and COPENHAGEN would likely have their champions as well (as well they should).
Updated On: 11/20/12 at 06:10 PM
#6Is PIANO LESSON the best reviewed play of the season?
Posted: 11/20/12 at 6:34pm
ARCADIA gets my vote, along with both ANGELS IN AMERICA plays.
CLOSER also a (close) runner-up.
THE REAL THING exceeds the quarter-century stipulation... but it's also right up there for me.
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