THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: Lincoln Center Theater Artistic Director Andre Bishop Shares His Theatregoing Experiences

"He played about a million different characters and sang and danced his way through this extraordinary one-man (with pianist) musical. He was brilliant."

"A satiric review and nostalgic look at English life by Alan Bennett, yet to be done in New York. Gielgud played the befuddled headmaster of a second-rate boy's school, and it was comic acting at its greatest."

"I happened to be at the closing night of this Noel Coward musical, and Ms. Stritch gave the most charming, wry, heartfelt and hilarious performance in a musical I have ever seen."

"Peter died much too young, and this incredibly touching and sensitive performance was one of his finest."

"Anne Bancroft was ill, and they announced that her understudy would be going on. Lots of groans and departures. Then Ms. Caldwell came on and tore up the stage. I could not believe how great this 'unknown' actress was."

"The first Broadway show I ever saw, and I loved her."

"Guinness was completely unsuited to playing the wild and drunken poet Dylan Thomas, but his performance was so delicate and plummy that it didn’t matter."

"She couldn't sing and, despite a lovely Charleston number, she couldn’t really dance. But this was the most charming performance I have ever seen."

"A classy, stylish performance in this light and funny play."

"She was buoyant in everything she did, but in this odd version of the Brecht/Weill opera, she bobbed above every wave."

"I went to a rainy matinee. The house was half full; the entire cast was walking, sleep walking through the show. Except for Phyllis Newman whose radiant, energetic, hilarious performance as a former Beauty Queen (dressed mostly in a towel) was unforgettable."