THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA by Edward Albee Opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday LETTICE & LOVAGE by Peter Shaffer One of my happiest theatrical memories is seeing Maggie Smith and Margaret Tyzack in this delightful play on a trip to London in 1987. Maggie Smith owned the stage! Rest in Peace.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday PROOF by David Auburn The play premiered Off-Broadway in May 2000 and transferred to Broadway in October 2000. The play won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. A play about family, mental illness and math.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday THE PRODUCERS by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan The original Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on April 19, 2001, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. Won Best Musical. It was adapted from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday COPENHAGEN by Michael Frayn Based on an event that occurred in Copenhagen in 1941, a meeting between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, who had been Bohr's student. Winner of the 2000 Tony Award for Best Play.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday CONTACT by Susan Stroman and John Weidman A musical made of three one-act plays. It won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday SIDE MAN by Warren Leight A memory play. Winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday FOSSE: a three-act musical revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse. The musical was conceived by Richard Maltby Jr., Chet Walker, and Ann Reinking. Winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Musical.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday THE LION KING a stage musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and a book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, Based on the 1994 Walt Disney film of the same name. A wonderful spectacle. Winner of the 1998Tony Award for Best Musical.

THEATER THURSDAY #theaterthursday THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO by Alfred Uhry. About an upper class German-Jewish community to Atlanta, Georgia in 1939. The New York production in 1997 starred Dana Ivey and featured the Broadway debut of Paul Rudd.