Sunday, December 16, 2012

2012 TOP 10 THEATER

1. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (NY/ Broadway)
2. THE PIANO LESSON (NY/ Signature)
3. BIG MEAL (NY/ Playwrights Horizons)
4. THE WHALE (NY/ Playwrights Horizons)
5. THE WHITE SNAKE (SF/ Berkeley Rep)
6. PETER & THE STARCATCHER (NY/ Broadway)
7. TRIBES (NY/ Off Broadway)
8. THE CONVERT (LA/ Center Theater Group)
9. INTO THE WOODS (NY/ Public)
10. GOOD PEOPLE (LA/ Geffen Playhouse)

Honorable Mention: IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER (LA/ Fountain Theater); AS YOU LIKE IT (NY/ Public)

Remarkable Returns to Shows First Viewed In Prior Years: ONCE (NY/ Broadway); RED (LA/ Center Theater Group)

Number of shows attended: 74

Top 10 breakdown: 0 new musicals, 7 new plays, 3 revivals

2011's Top Acting Performances
Shuler Hensley in THE WHALE; Tracy Letts & Amy Morton in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?; Chuck Cooper in "THE PIANO LESSON"; John Hurt in KRAPP'S LAST TAPE