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2009 Reviews


Around the World in 80 Days / Laguna Playhouse

Creditors /  La Jolla Playhouse

Crowns /   Pasadena Playhouse

Darwin: An Adventure for All Ages /  Kirk Douglas Theatre

Eclipsed /  Kirk Douglas Theatre

Ella / Laguna Playhouse

Equivocation / Geffen Playhouse

Farragut North /  Geffen Playhouse

Frost/Nixon /  Ahmanson Theatre

Goldfish / South Coast Repertory




MOST PROMISING PREMIERE OF 2009

Greg Watanabe and Raphael Sbarge in The Happy Ones
Greg Watanabe and Raphael Sbarge in The Happy Ones

The Happy Ones /  South Coast Repertory

How Theater Failed America /  Kirk Douglas Theatre

Ixnay /  East West Players

La Posada Mágica / Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Lydia /  Mark Taper Forum

Matthew Modiine Saves the Alpacas / Geffen Playhouse

Mauritius / Pasadena Playhouse

Moonlight and Magnolias / Laguna Playhouse

The Night is a Child /  Pasadena Playhouse

Noises Off / A Noise Within

Noises Off / South Coast Repertory

Our Mother's Brief Affair /  South Coast Repertory

Parade / Mark Taper Forum

Pippin /   Mark Taper Forum

Richard III /  A Noise Within

Sammy / Old Globe Theatre

The Savanah Disputation / Old Globe Theatre

The Seafarer / Geffen Playhouse

Stormy Weather /  Pasadena Playhouse

Time Stands Still / Geffen Playhouse

Voice Lessons / Zephyr Theatre

Waiting for Godot / A Noise Within

'Rearview' Citations


Theatertimes' Annual Rearview Citations, announced each January, are based on one critic's attendance. They are given to artists and institutions that, upon reflection, continue to stand out as a landmark. This may be something of historic consequence for the American Theater. Or, it may celebrate a forward-leaping achievement by an individual artist – even if it happened in a forgettable production.


Premiere | Playwright

The Happy Ones

by Julie Marie Myatt | South Coast Repertory


Revival

Waiting for Godot

by Samuel Beckett | A Noise Within


Musical

LA POSADA MAGICA

by Octavio Solis & Marcos Loya | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble


Director

JULIA RODGRIGUEZ ELLIOT
& GEOFF ELLIOT

Noises Off | A Noise Within


Female Lead

ANNA GUNN

Time Stands Still | Geffen Playhouse


Male Lead

HOON LI

Yellow Face | Mark Taper Forum


Featured Female

MELODY BUTUI

Shipwrecked | South Coast Repertory / Geffen Playhouse


Featured Male

MITCHELL EDMONDS

Waiting for Godot | A Noise Within


Set Design

RALPH FUNICELLO

Restoration Comedy | Old Globe Theatre


Sound Design

ANDY MILTON

Assassins | Sight Unseen Theatre Company


Costume Design

KIM DeSHAZOK

Calling Aphrodite | International City Theatre


Lighting Design

CHRIS COVICS

Don't Look Now | Unknown Theatre


Ensemble

ANTAEUS THEATRE

Tonight at 8:30 / part I and II