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Flashback: Best of 2000-01

Flashback: Best of 2000-01

As I count down the SOB Best of 2005-06, I thought it might be fun to look back and provide you with those shows that made my personal 5 best lists in each of the last five years, especially for posterity's sake. After all, I only started Steve On Broadway (SOB) this year. For 2002-2005, I'll even clue you into my honorable mentions and choices for worst shows.

My SOB Best of 2000-01 includes:

#1 - The Lion King (New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, NY)* -- the original Elton John Broadway musical and Disney's second is still going strong nearly nine years after first opening on Broadway.

#2 - An Inspector Calls (Garrick, London, UK) -- an amazing cast and innovative stage with a real rainstorm gets its true edge from the story of how a wise detective explores the pathos of a troubled family.

#3 - Gore Vidal's The Best Man (Virginia Theatre, New York, NY) -- timed against the 2000 presidential elections, this examination of politics included one of the best casts I've ever seen: Charles Durning, Elizabeth Ashley, Chris Noth, Christine Ebersole, Michael Learned, Ed Dixon and the last Broadway performance by Spalding Gray.

#4 - Aida (Palace Theatre, New York, NY) -- Heather Headley's star-making, Tony-winning title role and Sherie René Scott's featured role made this Elton John musical a delight.

#5 - O (Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV) -- Franco Dragone's revolutionary, groundbreaking and awe-inspiring Cirque du Soleil spectacle is still on display at one of Vegas' favorite hotels.

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* I caught The Lion King in the summer of 2000, nearly three years after the show first opened on Broadway.

Labels: A Kind Of Alaska, Aida, An Inspector Calls, Broadway, London, Play, SOB's Best of 2000-01, The Best Man, The Lion King

posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Tuesday, May 23, 2006