The new DC area theatre season begins in September. Over 50 shows are opening in our professional and community theatres. But before we move on to the new season and what's opening in September, let's look back at my personal favorite musicals, plays, and performances in both musicals and plays in the DC area - from August 2010 to August 2011.
Favorite Musicals
(1) By Jeeves, at 1st Stage.
(2) Candide (co-production of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Goodman Theatre), at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
(3) Chess, at Signature Theatre.
(4) Children of Eden, at Musical Theater Center.
(5) Mirandy and Brother Wind, at Adventure Theatre.
(6) Oklahoma! (The revival), at Arena Stage.
(7) Ragtime, at Act Two @ Levine and The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts.
(8) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, at The Keegan Theatre.
(9) The Drowsy Chaperone, at McLean Community Players.
(10) The Happy Elf, at Adventure Theatre.
(11) The Wild Party, at Teatro101.
(12) Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, at Elden Street Players.
Favorite Musical Performances
(1) Ryan Burke as Jamie Wellerstein, in The Last Five Years, at Kensington Arts Theatre.
(2) Danny Burstein as Buddy, in Follies, at The Kennedy Center.
(3) Noah Chiet as Jason, in Falsettos, at Ganymede Arts Theatre.
(4) Lauren 'Coco' Cohn as Coral Hicks, in Glimpses of the Moon, at MetroStage.
(5) Felicia Curry as Mirandy, in Mirandy and Brother Wind, at Adventure Theatre.
(6) Ed Dixon as Max Von Mayerling, in Sunset Boulevard, at Signature Theatre.
(7) Will Hawkins and Josh Kaufmann as Tateh, in Ragtime, at The Theatre Lab School of Dramatic Arts and Act Two @ Levine.
(8) Leora Goldbloom-Helzner as Eve, in Children of Eden, at Musical Theater Center.
(9) Kevin S. McAllister as Burrs, in The Wild Party, at Teatro 101.
(10) Jill Paice as Florence, in Chess, at Signature Theatre.
(11) David Pittsinger as Emile de Becque, in South Pacific, at The Kennedy Center.
(12) Hollis Resnik as Old Woman, in Candide, at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
(13) June Schreiner as Ado Annie and Cody Williams as Will Parker, in Oklahoma!, at Arena Stage.
(14) Tom Story as Andy Warhol, in Pop, at The Studio Theatre.
(15) Christopher Thorn as Aldolpho, in The Drowsy Chaperone, at McLean Community Players.
Favorite Plays
(1) Amadeus, at Round House Theatre.
(2) An Ideal Husband, at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
(3) Black Watch, at National Theatre of Scotland, at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
(4) King Lear at Synetic Theater.
