Theatre World, 2006-2007

Applause Theatre & Cinema Books is pleased to make this venerable continuing series complete by publishing "Theatre World Volume 63". "Theatre World" remains the authoritative pictorial and statistical record of the season on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and for regional theatre companies. "Volume 63" features Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Tony Award-winning Best Musical "Spring Awakening", which also earned a Theatre World Award for actor Jonathan Groff. Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" captured the Best Play Tony Award, as well as Tonys for featured actors Billy Crudup and Jennifer Ehle. "Frasier" star David Hyde Pierce returned to his theatre roots to capture a "Tony for Kander" and "Ebb's Curtains", and other highlights of the season include the Off-Broadway musical "In the Heights" as well as "Passing Strange", which debuted at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Both transferred to Broadway and became critical and popular hits.As always, "Theatre World's" outstanding features include: an expanded section of professional regional productions from across the U.S.; the longest running shows on and Off-Broadway; full coverage of the Theatre World Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway debuts; and expanded obituaries and a comprehensive index.