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Happy Days: Fiona Shaw's tour-de-force performance in Samuel Beckett's 1961 play was as generous as it was devastating. In an interview with Gothamist, the acclaimed actress told us that the role of Winnie, which ultimately required her to be buried up to the neck, "really is the most difficult!" Read more...
Read our Passing Strange review, our interview with Stew, and click on the other images for the Gothamist top ten of '08.
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Passing Strange was an incredible show. Can't wait for the Spike Lee version!
Don't forget Black Watch! hands down one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen...
@ Wesley: Agreed on Black Watch, but since I caught the first run in '07 and not the second visit to St. Ann's, I had to leave that one behind.
The Tonys may have snubbed Passing Strange, but you snubbed In the Heights, Gypsy, Next to Normal, and Boeing Boeing from this list!
I would also add Ivo Van Hove's Opening Night to the list. One of the most viscerally exciting nights in the theatre I've had this year.
Rebecca, I think Del Signore snubbed those productions because they were overrated and not deserving of a place on a "best of" list.
jollyship the whiz-bang was good, & i'll definitely rent passing strange.
who is the hot bald girl in macbeth??
I loved Passing Strange as well and was sorry that it closed so early. I wonder if it was more difficult for people to relate to if they weren't culturally conflicted or artistically inclined.
I saw Spring Awakening a few weeks after that and was sorely disappointed. I thought it was supposed to be a rock musical but I couldn't stand the tinkly Duncan Sheik tunes.
Passing Strange was good with an excellent cast although I thought the first act needed some tightening up.
Apparently it had limited appeal and not enough ticket buyers to support it. Maybe Obama can arrange a government bail-out to revive the show.
A lot of Broadway theater goers are out of town visitors with families and probably didn't want to take their kids to a show with as much cursing and sexual content as Passing strange had.