Longtime theatre critic John Lahr named the shows on the new list, which also includes two musical revivals (South Pacific and Gypsy) as well as a reading of Arthur Kopit's Discovery of America.
Here are the New Yorker's top choices for 2008:
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Check attendance and gross figures for the industry as a whole, as provided by The Broadway League.
The 2011 Broadway musical will mark the first Wildhorn tuner to be produced in the West End.
The newly opened, one-part version of the play will offer a limited number of $40 tickets each week.
The initiative from Clear Space Theatre Company and stage manager James FitzSimmons helps widen audience outreach to underserved communities.
Winners will be announced February 26 in a televised ceremony on BET.
The stage and screen icon earned a Tony nomination for creating the role of Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking A Raisin in the Sun.
The world premiere play by Charly Evon Simpson is a joint production from Vineyard Theatre and WP Theater.
The Off-Broadway production begins previews February 23 at The Public Theater.
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