Theatre World Volume 60: 2003-2004 Review

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(More customer reviews)One of the delights each year is to get the new copy of this book. It covers a year that's always a year or two back. This gives an opportunity to remember and reflect on the season that was.
2003-2004:
Some great new shows opened: Wicked, Avenue Q
Some others opened, and closed: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, which didn't even last six weeks.
Some shows opened to great critical aclaim: Anna in the Tropics (a couple of Tony's and a Pulitzer) -- I found it pretty boring and it lasted from November 16 to February 22.
There were some revivals: Fiddler on the Roof, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Was this the roof year?).
There was some Shakespeare: Henry IV and King Lear.
Some really good shows closed: Cabaret, Man of La Mancha.
Some shows continued that may just go on forever: Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera.
Not the best year ever, certainly not the worst. This book is the at least semi-official record of the year. It is basically the statistics and record of the year. It's a delight to read and remember. It's a permanent record of what happened.

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Celebrating its 60th year, this Theatre World remains the authoritative and pictorial record of the Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway seasons and touring companies. Volume 60 features the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for 2004 and the Tony Award-winning Best Play, Douglas Wright's I Am My Own Wife, which also earned star Jefferson Mays the Best Leading Actor in a Play Tony Award. Avenue Q, the human-plus-puppet Tony Award winner for Best Musical, made news announcing that it will only play on Broadway and in Las Vegas. Other highlights of the season include the six-time Drama Desk Award-winning blockbuster musical Wicked; two of Off-Broadway's most successful and acclaimed shows, Bug and Sarah Jone's bridge and tunnel; and the world premieres of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and Imaginery Friends with Cherry Jones and Swoozie Kurtz, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. As always, Theatre World's outstanding features include: An expanded highlights section of professional regional productions from across the U.S.; A listing of all the major theatrical awards; The longest running shows on and Off-Broadway; Biographical data, obituaries, and a comprehensive index.

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