Synopses & Reviews
Newest volume in the distinguished THEATRE WORD series--the statistical and pictorial record of the Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway seasons, touring companies, and professional regional companies throughout the United States. There are cast listings, replacements, producers, directors, authors, composers, opening and closing dates, and song titles, and special sections with autobiographical data, obituary information, a longest runs listing, an expanded awards listing, and much, much more. Highlights of this volume include "Mamma Mial; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Urinetown; Elaine Stritch At Liberty; the Tony Award-winner for Best Play, Edward Albee's "The Goat; Topdog/Underdog, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Suzan-Lori Parks, the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer for drama; the revival of Noel Coward's "Private Lives; and "Sweet Smell of Success starring John Lithgow. Some notable Off-Broadway productions of the season include "The Shape of Things; Richard Greenberg's "The Dazzle; The Last Five Years; tick, tick...BOOM!, a musical by the late Jonathan Larson; Tony Kushner's "Homebody/ Kabul; and Sam Shepard's "The Late Henry Moss.