Theater editor David Cote as well as writers Adam Feldman and Helen Shaw offered their top choices for productions that hit the New York stage this past year. The writers also offered their selections for the opposing end of the spectrum, coming to a final conclusion of "Final Grade: B" overall.
Here are Time Out New York's "Best (and Worst) of 2008":
THE BEST
David Cote:
1. Billy Elliot
2. Blasted
3. The Sound and the Fury
4. Top Girls
5. Gypsy
6. Adding Machine
7. All My Sons
8. Bride
9. Body Awareness
10. The Glass Cage
Adam Feldman
1. Gypsy
2. Happy Days
3. Waves
4. All My Sons
5. Adding Machine
6. Bride
7. Billy Elliot
8. Crooked
9. Hair
10. If You See Something Say Something
Helen Shaw:
1. All My Sons
2. This Place Is a Desert
3. Die Soldaten
4. I’ll Go On
5. Don Juan
6. Sunday in the Park with George
7. The Marriage of Bette and Boo
8. Trojan Women
9. The Seagull(Classic Stage Company)
10. Hey Girl
THE WORST
David Cote:
1. The Little Mermaid
2. Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?
Adam Feldman:
1. Romantic Poetry
2. Mindgame
Helen Shaw:
1. Kicking a Dead Horse
2. Peter Pan
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