Besides August:Osage County, because I definitely will see that at some point, but I'd like other suggestions. In general I am more of a musical fan but I certainly do not out rule plays, and would like to see a few more.
Plays that I have seen relatively recently and really enjoyed: The Importance of Being Earnest Frost/Nixon Les Liasons Dangereuses (in Syracuse) Journeys End (which was BEYOND amazing)
Favorite plays that I have read: Death of A Salesman Angels in America Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Long Day's Journey Into Night
Also I know its not a reason not to see a show, but I have trouble with LONG plays unless they are INCREDIBLE, not just good. I can't help it but I just get really fidgety and lose focus.
Anyway thanks
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BETRAYED at the Culture Project won the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play last week, and it is absolutely chilling. Definitely a must-see.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
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I was very impressed with FROM UP HERE at the MTC NY City Center. Really wonderful cast, and the story was just so fresh..sad but also kinda comforting. I also liked the sets.
I didn't get TOP GIRLS, and after the reviews, I figured that I couldn't grasp its intellectual depth. Fine acting though. I preferred Elizabeth Marvel and Marisa Tomei to Martha Plimpton though, but overall, everyone did a good job. You can try that out.
BOEING was a really fun and light time at the theatre.
I can always use recommendations for plays. I'll have to check out REASONS TO BE PRETTY and BETRAYED. I had seen copies of BETRAYED at Barnes & Noble, but I didn't know it was playing.
Have any of you guys seen GOOD BOYS AND TRUE? I've been wondering how that is.
The Thirty Nine Steps, (it's pretty fantastic). Macbeth.
Good Boys and True is kind of weak, I saw it at the Steppenwolf in chicago last december and the script was lacking considerably, quite predictable.
Also look into the theater offerings during the Lincoln Center Festival, I believe that they're doing a production of the Bacchae by Euripides with Alan Cumming, which will be shocking if anything.
The one show everyone on Broadway is waiting to see: Twyla Tharp presents: Big Bottom - The Spinal Tap Jukebox musical!
Thank you guys, I will definitely check those out!
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT Cages or wings?
Which do you prefer?
Ask the birds.
Fear or love, baby?
Don't say the answer
Actions speak louder than words.
(Tick, Tick... BOOM!)
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ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
From up Here and 39 Steps are fantastic. Boeing-Boeing is, in my opinion, boring and predictable. Also Thurgood was very well done if you like one-man shows.
You're hurt and you're scared because you doubt your own artistic ability.
Since tickets are so easy to get and discounts are all over, go see BOEING-BOEING. I wasn't crazy about the show but Mary McCormack and the other women make it worth seeing.
And go see AUGUST again! :)
MACBETH is supposed to be brilliant (I'm hoping to go this weekend) and will take home a few Tonys, so you may want to consider that as well.
I saw GOOD BOYS AND TRUE at Second Stage and thought it was excellent.
Fine acting all around, very strong script, tight direction.
I highly recommend that one as well.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." - Sherie Rene Scott