'Tis the season ... for reviewing the year that was and planning the year that will be. True to form, I've thought about all the entertainment I've seen this past year and come up with this:
Best Movies of 2006
Now I haven't yet seen Dreamgirls or The Good Shepherd and I imagine they might make this list. But for now...
8. The History Boys
7. Bobby
6. Before the Fall
5. The Queen
4. Half Nelson
3. Little Children
2. Little Miss Sunshine
1. The Departed
Best Nights at the Theater of 2006
10. Jersey Boys (NY)
9. Hay Fever (London)
8. Evita (London)
7. Little Dog Laughed (NY)
6. The Lieutenant of Inishmore (NY)
5. Grey Gardens (NY)
4. Sunday in the Park with George (London)
3. Billy Elliot (London) - just as good the second time
2. The History Boys (NY)
1. The Phantom of the Opera (NY) - becomes longest running show in Broadway history
Pleasant surprises of 2006
- The Times They Are A-Changin' (Broadway)
- Tarzan (Broadway)
- Sweeney Todd (Broadway)
- Rain: The Beatles Experience (Boston)
- Superman Returns
- United 93
- An Inconvenient Truth
The biggest disappointments of 2006
- Lestat (San Francisco)
- High Fidelity (Boston)
- Borat
- The Black Dahlia
- Scoop
- X-Men: The Last Stand
