Favorite Plays

[jackjackjack]

Well I'm going back even further to I think 1980 or so. On Broadway Richard Gere who was just becoming famous. The play.... Bent. (not Rent) took place during Nazi Germany. I remember to this day the very, hot verbal sex scene with Gere and another male actor.

I'll add one more play. See if I jar anyone's memory. As I mention this, I was only a child when I saw this play.... ,,..... Fortune and Men's Eyes. Starring Sal Mineo and Don Johnson (before he became well known much later). Saw it in a small theater in Hollywood shortly before Mineo was murdered in Hollywood.

[+ WhamIAm]

I'm much more of a musical guy than a straight play guy. Even with that more limited selection, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" was one of the most inventive, intelligent and moving pieces of theater I've ever seen.

[Battle]

I quite enjoyed the Traymor film....

[+ quoththeraven]

I'll add one more play. See if I jar anyone's memory. As I mention this, I was only a child when I saw this play.... ,,..... Fortune and Men's Eyes. Starring Sal Mineo and Don Johnson (before he became well known much later). Saw it in a small theater in Hollywood shortly before Mineo was murdered in Hollywood.

 

I haven't seen it but I've heard of it.

[Epigonos]

A number of years ago I was in London, in January, and happened to attended a performance of “The Talking Cure” starring Ralph Fiennes. I had never seen Fiennes on the stage before but had seen a number of his films. Frankly I didn’t much like care for him. In this play, however, he was absolutely mesmerizing. The man was unbelievable whenever he was on stage he seemed to demand the absolute attention of the audience. The following January I was again in London and attended a performance of Eugene O’Neill’s play “Morning Becomes Electra”. I really don’t like the play but had gone because Helen Mirren was playing Christine Mannon. Lo and behold who should be sitting directly in front of me but Ralph Fiennes. At the first intermission (interval in London) I addressed him and initially he didn’t seem overly pleased. However, when I told him how much I had enjoyed his performance in “The Talking Cure” and how different he appeared on stage than on film he became immediately interested. We ended up talking during the entire intermission. Just before the light went down I apologized for holding him captive for so long. With a huge smile he responded that I hadn’t wasted his time and that he was thrilled to know how much I had enjoyed his performance. What a great experience!!!!!

[+ Topseed]

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; A Delicate Balance; The Tempest; The History Boys; Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You; Skylight; Wit; The Weir; Angels in America (both parts); A Streetcar Named Desire....

[dcguy20]

Hands down, Our Town, though I was disappointed with the Paul Newman production on Broadway in 2001.

 

Roundhouse Theatre in Bethesda MD did a wonderful production in early 2001.

[oceansunshine]

My 4 favorite plays I've seen when visiting NYC are:

1. Tommy
   
2. Cats
   
3. No Sex Please, We're British
   
4. Cabaret
   

 

http://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/tommy.htm

 

http://www.catsthemusical.com/

 

http://www.theatermirror.com/tanosexgranite.htm

 

http://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/cabaret.htm

[+ WmClarke]

Haven't seen a lot of plays (I go to a lot of musicals), but of the one's I've seen, I have really liked:

 

Othello with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer

The Elephant Man

Torch Song Trilogy (Harvey didn't do matinees, so I saw the understudy who was fantastic: Donald Corren)

Dracula with Raul Julia

Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (weak ending but a lot of fun otherwise)

The Foreigner

 

Those were all NYC shows or national tours of Broadway productions. I have also loved local performances of:

 

Amadeus

Jacques and His Master

On the Verge (loved!!! this one)

 

 

I did not enjoy Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway.

[BigK]

Evita and Sweeney Todd in London in the 80's.

 

Anything Shakespeare in Ashland, Oregon.

[sincitymix]

do high school plays count?

[+ quoththeraven]

do high school plays count?

 

As long as they're commercially-available plays, sure. Not if they were written for the occasion and no one else knows of them.

 

A high-school production of, say, The Miracle Worker would qualify.

[+ WilliamM]

As long as they're commercially-available plays, sure. Not if they were written for the occasion and no one else knows of them

 

Too bad. Perhaps my greatest achievement in school, including college,was writing a musical version of "The Honeymooners" fo my sixth grade class. I played the Art Carney role. At some point, we ran out of the script. The audience yelled out "make it up," which we did for the next 20 minutes.

 

I peaked way too early

[markpaul]

Best plays: Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertold Brecht, Medea starring Mercedes Ruehl before she won her Academy Award, and King Lear.