What was the best show you saw this year? (BroadwayWorld.com)

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Pippin

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joined:8/3/05

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:47am

Sweeney Todd in the West End. Amazing atmospheric production, incredible ensemble, and one of the best performances I have ever seen by Imelda Staunton as Lovett.

on broadway: Once.

off Broadway: The Outgoing TIde

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Kelly2

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joined:1/5/07

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:53am

Drood :) There were some close runners up though with Into the Woods and Peter and the Starcatcher.

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RevolutionaryCostume

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joined:10/6/06

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 11:56am

Sunday in the Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare.

Jason Danieley's Finishing The Hat + Carmen Cusack's "We Do Not Belong Together" = swoon.

Emmaloucbway

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joined:10/16/11

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:08pm

One Man, Two Guvnors, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Drood.

"Don't quit while you're ahead." -The Mystery of Edwin Drood

wicked1492

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joined:6/18/08

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 12:24pm

Peter and the Starcatcher
Once
Golden Boy
Drood

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Someone in a Tree2

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joined:10/9/12

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 03:32pm

Another vote for PETER & THE STARCATCHER for runner-up...
Topped only by DEATH OF A SALESMAN.

Both were transporting like no other show this year.

GottaHaveAGimmick

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joined:3/15/08

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 03:36pm

Broadway: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?-Best acting ever seen.

DC: The Normal Heart-riveting!

bwayfan4ever2

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joined:5/12/06

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 04:26pm

For me, Once Off Broadway. Friends I recommended it to did not like it on Broadway.

canmark

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joined:3/14/07

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 04:32pm

On Broadway: Once

In Toronto: Studio 180's reprise production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart (http://www.studio180theatre.com/productions/the-normal-heart-2012) and Soulpepper's production of Ins Choi's new play Kim's Convenience (being reprised in 2013: http://www.soulpepper.ca/performances/13_season/kim's_convenience.aspx)

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AndersonTours

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What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 05:00pm

One Man, Two Guvnors
Follies
Once
Golden Boy

undercoveractor

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joined:9/12/08

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 05:06pm

I never have 1 favorite, but the shows that I enjoyed/admired the most would be...

Peter and the Starcatcher
One Man, Two Guvnors
Clybourne Park
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Encores)

nobodyhome

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joined:4/19/06

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 06:26pm

The Lady From Dubuque
Death of a Salesman
Tribes

Auggie27

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joined:10/13/03

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 06:44pm

PORGY AND BESS

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF.

They don't make 'em like they used to.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Gary Shandling

vegas2

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joined:12/5/09

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 07:14pm

Macbeth (Alan Cumming's version)

Uncle Vanya (Sydney Theatre Co.)

Twelfth Night (Globe version)

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

mamaleh

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joined:5/11/04

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 08:13pm

ONE MAN, TWO GUV'NORS
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

MarkBearSF

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What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/24/12 at 10:17pm

Not a musical this year.

In order:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Venus in Fur
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Death of a Salesman
Clybourne Park
...and then Nice Work, Best Man, Annie, Porgy and others

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dupe (nm)
Posted: 12/24/12 at 10:17pm

dupe (sorry)

Updated On: 12/24/12 at 10:17 PM

hushpuppy

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dupe (nm)
Posted: 12/25/12 at 10:26am

CHECKERS
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
ANYTHING GOES

'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'

massofmen

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dupe (nm)
Posted: 12/25/12 at 11:08am

i find it funny that most of the shows that people chose (other than once) are shows that are either closing or had very very short runs. Looks like the best of the shows by this board are not the most popular by the rest of america.

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Posted: 12/25/12 at 12:20pm

If I count repeats of things I saw in 2011, I'd say Once and Peter and the Starcatcher. But if I'm only considering productions that I saw for the first time in 2012, I would have to say (and I'm definitely forgetting things since I saw a ton this year):

LONDON (3-way tie): Sweeney Todd, Singin' in the Rain, and Noises Off

BROADWAY: Drood and Virginia Woolf

OFF-BROADWAY: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at Encores!

(I still have yet to see Picnic, The Heiress, A Civil War Christmas, Golden Boy, Glengarry Glen Ross, Bare, The Great God Pan, Tribes, Water by the Spoonful, and The Other Place -- several of which I will be seeing before the end of the year.)

Len Gersten

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Swing
joined:10/4/07

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 03:11pm

I saw a number of outstanding shows this year, so I cannot limit my choices to just one. Just trying to get my list down to five is difficult enough, but here goes:

Peter and the Starcatcher
Golden Boy
One Man, Two Guvnors
Follies
Jersey Boys (with John Lloyd Young reprising his Tony-winning performance)

justoldbill

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joined:10/17/07

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/25/12 at 10:52pm

PIPE DREAM. Don't question me.

Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....

Updated On: 12/25/12 at 10:52 PM

quizking101

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joined:12/25/09

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/26/12 at 01:22am

Top 3:

1) WIT (Hands down, the best thing I have ever witnessed on a stage and the only time I began openly weeping in the theater).

2) THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

3) PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

Broadway Baby8

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joined:3/24/12

What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/26/12 at 06:35pm

Death of a Salesman and Follies

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What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/26/12 at 07:32pm

This is how you have been voting so far, favorite show at top.

Peter and the Starcatcher x12
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf x8
The Mystery of Edwin Drood x8
Once x8
One Man, Two Guvnors x7
Follies x5
Merrily We Roll Along (Encores) x3
Golden Boy x3
Death of a Salesman x3
Sweeney Todd (London) x2
Into The Woods x1
Porgy and Bess x1
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes x1
Anything Goes x1
Venus In Fur x1
Clybourne Park x1
Tribes x1
Carrie x1
Nice Work if You Can Get It x1
Jekyll and Hyde
Giant
Sleep No More
Bring It In
Hit the Wall (Chicago)
Full Of Fire (Chicago)
Passion (Chicago)
Wicked
The Syringa Tree, (Ontario)
4000 Miles
The Lady of Dubuque
Murder Ballad
Other Desert Cities (LA)
Jersey Boys
Pipe Dreams
Checkers
WIT
Evita
Sunday In The Park with George (Chicago)
The Outgoing Tide
Newsies
The Normal Heart (Washington DC)
The Normal Heart (Toronto)
Kim’s Convenience (Toronto)
Macbeth (Alan Cumming’s version)
Uncle Vanya (Sydney Theatre Co.)
Twelve Night (Globe Theatre, London)
Singin’ in the Rain (London)
Noises Off (London)

2013 Shows: (New York: Glengarry Glen Ross*** Picnic**** The Lion King**** Mamma Mia**** Who's Afraid of Virginia Woofe**** The Other Place*** Nice Work, If You Can Get It** Annie**** The Phantom of the Opera**** Cat On A Hot Tin Roof*** Cinderella**** Evita**** (Final Performance) The Mystery of Edwin Drood*** Mary Poppins*****) London: Salad Days** Great Expectations*** This House** Chess**** A Chorus Line**** Quartermine's Terms**** Old Times*** The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time***** Dear World*** People**** Viva Forever** Peter and Alice** The Wimslow Boy***** Proof**** Our Country's Good* The Tailor Made Man**** Darling of the Day*** Top Hat*** A Judas Kiss*** Spamalot*** Once**** Wicked** A Chorus Line**** Book of Mormon***** Hairspray**** (Tour: Southampton) Sleeping Arrangements***** The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes*** The Pajama Game***(Chichester)The Thrill of Love*** Hymn**/Cocktail Sticks**** Merrily We Roll Along***** The Weir**** The Hot House**** The Rise and the Fall of the Little Voice***** (Churchill, Bromley) Ghost*** (Wimbledon) To Kill A Mockingbird*** (Open Air) Beautiful Thing*** The Phantom*** Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*** Relative Speaking****

Outoftowner2

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What was the best show you saw this year?
Posted: 12/27/12 at 02:50pm

Broadway: Porgy and Bess
London : Sweeney Todd