Authors: Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
ISBN-13: 9780879103156, ISBN-10: 0879103159
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Limelight Editions
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, this annual chronicle of United States theater continues its long tradition of preserving the history of theater in the United States. For this 85th edition, essays written by noted theater critics and writers celebrate the season and the ten best plays of 2003-2004. The series also continues to track the finest in resident theater by honoring three regional plays cited by the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award and Citations. In addition to providing a variety of historical perspectives for the study and enjoyment of theater lovers, scholars, and students, Best Plays includes a compenedium of facts and figures on the theater season on Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, and in resident theaters throughout the country. Together, the essays, statistics, and dozens of photographs offer readers the fullest possible overview of the year in United States theater. The ten best plays of 2003-2004 are: Anna in the Tropics (Nilo Cruz) * Caroline, or Change (Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori) * Frozen (Bryony Lavery) * Intimate Apparel (Lynn Nottage) * Living Out (Lisa Loomer) * The Long Christmas Ride Home (Paula Vogel) * Omnium Gatherum (Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros) * Small Tragedy (Craig Lucas) * The Violet Hour (Richard Greenberg) * Well (Lisa Kron). HARDCOVER.
Broadway and off Broadway | 3 | |
The best plays of 2003-2004 : essays | 41 | |
Anna in the tropics by Nilo Cruz | 43 | |
Caroline, or change by Tony Kushner & Jeanine Tesori | 53 | |
Frozen by Bryony Lavery | 65 | |
Intimate apparel by Lynn Nottage | 75 | |
Living out by Lisa Loomer | 85 | |
The long Christmas ride home by Paula Vogel | 95 | |
Omnium Gatherum by Theresa Rebeck & Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros | 105 | |
Small tragedy by Craig Lucas | 113 | |
The violet hour by Richard Greenberg | 121 | |
Well by Lisa Kron | 131 | |
Plays produced in New York | 139 | |
Plays produced on Broadway | 141 | |
Plays produced off Broadway | 183 | |
Cast replacements and touring companies | 229 | |
The season off off Broadway | 247 | |
Plays produced off off Broadway | 259 | |
The season around the United States | 293 | |
American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award and Citations | 295 | |
Gem of the ocean by August Wilson | 297 | |
The love song of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Carson Kreitzer | 305 | |
A directory of new United States productions | 313 | |
Facts and figures | 379 |