I typically post an annual Best 10 list in December, but due to Covid and the resulting closure of most stage productions until the outset of the fall 2021 theater season, I did not post any such list in 2020 or 2021. However, given the ramping up of stagings in the 2021/22 theater season (which runs from May 2021 to May 2022), I offer my below list of my 10 favorite productions of the 21/22 theater season.
1. A STRANGE LOOP [Broadway]
2. SANCTUARY CITY [NYTW]
3. SUFFS [Public]
4. A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD [Signature Theatre]
5. COMPANY [Broadway]
6. CYRANO DE BERGERAC [BAM]
7. CONFEDERATES [Signature Theatre]
8. OUR TOWN [Dallas Theater Center]
9. PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC [MTC]
10. MUSIC MAN [Broadway]
Honorable Mentions: PASS OVER [Broadway]; CAROLINE OR CHANGE [Broadway]; THE CHINESE LADY [Public]
Remarkable Returns to Productions first seen in prior years: SIX [Broadway]; HANGMEN [Broadway]
BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL: Jaquel Spivey, A STRANGE LOOP/ SHARON D. CLARKE, CAROLINE OR CHANGE
BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A PLAY: James McAvoy, CYRANO/ Francis Benhamou, PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL: Marianne Elliott, COMPANY
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY: Rebecca Frecknall, SANCTUARY CITY
