My annual Wall Street Journal column about the best theater of the year is out. Here’s an excerpt:
Read the whole thing here.In July, I resumed reviewing live theater after a protracted pandemic-related hiatus. First came a string of outdoor performances in New England. Then Broadway reopened in August, and the 2021-22 season got under way in earnest two months later. Now shows are opening on and off Broadway with gratifying regularity, all in front of masked audiences, though there’s no telling whether the spread of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant will shut down America’s theaters in weeks to come.
Whatever lies ahead, I saw plenty of memorable shows in 2021, some in the theater and at least as many via streaming video, which is now firmly established as an effective medium for the viewing of small-scale productions…