Of the 13 lists that follow, the most mentioned production was William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, starring Mark Rylance, with 12. The Glass Menagerie and Off-Broadway's Here Lies Love were listed nine times, with Broadway's Matilda and Pippin and Off-Broadway's Fun Home and Buyer & Cellar at seven.
Other productions with multiple mentions include Broadway's After Midnight and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder at five, and Off-Broadway's Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play; Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; and The Flick with four.
Click through the various 2013 lists below:
Ben Brantley of the New York Times
Charles Isherwood of the New York Times
Richard Zoglin of Time magazine
Thom Geier of Entertainment Weekly
Joe Dziemianowicz of the New York Daily News
David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter