The Applause Best Plays Yearbook was started by Burns Mantle in 1919 and has appeared every year since then, becoming the standard reference book for American Theater. This volume features synposes and excerpts for the ten best plays of the 1990-1991 season, including: The American Plan ¥ Falsettoland ¥ The Good Times Are Killing Me ¥ Lost in Younkers ¥ Miss Saigon ¥ Our CountryÕs Good ¥ Shadowlands ¥ Six Degrees of Separation ¥ The Substance of Fire ¥ The Sum of Us ¥ and a special citation of La Bete. This value-packed volume also includes Al HirschfeldÕs complete gallery of the theater season as well as essays and statistics about the season around the United States, the Off-Off-Broadway season, the various awards, and more. Also includes lots of photos from the productions.