The Best Plays Theater Yearbook 2003-2004

Continuing a tradition that dates back to 1920, this annual chronicle of United States theater continues its long tradition of preserving the history of theater in the United States. For this 85th edition, essays written by noted theater critics and writers celebrate the season and the ten best plays of 2003-2004. The series also continues to track the finest in resident theater by honoring three regional plays cited by the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award and Citations. In addition to providing a variety of historical perspectives for the study and enjoyment of theater lovers, scholars, and students, Best Plays includes a compenedium of facts and figures on the theater season on Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, and in resident theaters throughout the country. Together, the essays, statistics, and dozens of photographs offer readers the fullest possible overview of the year in United States theater.

The ten best plays of 2003-2004 are: Anna in the Tropics (Nilo Cruz) * Caroline, or Change (Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori) * Frozen (Bryony Lavery) * Intimate Apparel (Lynn Nottage) * Living Out (Lisa Loomer) * The Long Christmas Ride Home (Paula Vogel) * Omnium Gatherum (Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros) * Small Tragedy (Craig Lucas) * The Violet Hour (Richard Greenberg) * Well (Lisa Kron). HARDCOVER.