Theatre World 65 (2008 -2009) Book

Celebrating its 65th year Theatre World remains the definitive annual record of the American theatre season - the most complete record of the Broadway off-Broadway off-off-Broadway and regional theatre season. Volume 65 features Elton John's dazzling &quotBilly Elliot&quot and Dolly Parton's musical version of &quot9 to 5&quot. And in a season replete with screen stars taking turns on the stage Oscar winner Jane Fonda returned to Broadway after four decades in &quot33 Variations&quot while Geoffrey Rush debuted on Broadway in &quotExit the King&quot with Susan Sarandon. Horton Foote's &quotDividing the Estate&quot was part of a strong season for new plays that included Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons in &quotImpressionism&quot and revivals including Kristin Scott Thomas in &quotThe Seagull&quot and Daniel Radcliffe in &quotEquus&quot. The musical &quotRock of Ages&quot and the four-time Tony Award winner &quotTovah Feldshuh in Irena's Vow&quot both brought down the house off-Broadway while &quotA Civil War Christmas&quot at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven and Minsky's at the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles were among the hits of the regional scene.