Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This 75th anniversary edition of the Theatre Yearbooks features a comprehensive and discerning look at the past. The highlights include an article by librettist Peter Stone on the evolution of the book of the musical over the last three-quarters of a century, a season-by-season listing of the 750 Best Plays, and rediscovered Al Hirschfeld drawings of some of the most memorable of those productions. It includes listings of all plays introduced on and off Broadway, award listings, vital statistics, editors' choices of the ten Best Plays and excerpts from each. This edition includes: Three Tall Women * Angels in America: Perestroika * The Madness of George III * Passion * and more.
Table of Contents
A perfect Ganesh / Terrence McNally -- The madness of George III / Alan Bennett -- The Kentucky cycle / Robert Schenkkan -- Laughter on the 23rd floor / Neil Simon -- Angels in America, part II : perestroika / Tony Kushner -- All in the timing / David Ives -- Three tall women / Edward Albee -- Twilight : Los Angeles, 1992 / Anna Deavere Smith -- Passion / book by James Lapine ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim -- SubUrbia / Eric Bogosian -- American enterprise / Jeffrey Sweet.