
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:
Discovery of America (Lincoln Center) Also of note to theatre folk: New Yorker writer Hilton Als included Carey Mulligan (Nina in The Seagull) and S. Epatha Merkerson (Come Back, Little Sheba) among "The Eleven Best Performances of Stage and Screen."
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