Being popular doesn't equal being the best.
WICKED Named 'Best Stage Musical' of the Decade by Entertainment Weekly; August: Osage County Best Play
In this week's Entertainment Weekly Magazine, which promotes its "The 100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows, Songs Moments & More - Best of the Decade 2000-2009" issue, WICKED is picked as the 'Best Stage Musical'.
Broadway's only musical representation on the magazine's list is WICKED, about which they write "With Kristin Chenoweth's soaring vocals, Idina Menzel's show-stopping 'Defying Gravity' and an army of winged monkeys, is it any wonder 2003's Oz-themed musical left audiences feeling carried away?'
August: Osage County was named 'Best Play', with the magazine noting that "Even with a run time of three and a half hours, Tracy Letts' 2007 drama of Southern-friend familial dysfunction went by in one lightning fast jolt of pure theatrical electricity."
Source
In this week's Entertainment Weekly Magazine, which promotes its "The 100 Greatest Movies, TV Shows, Songs Moments & More - Best of the Decade 2000-2009" issue, WICKED is picked as the 'Best Stage Musical'.
Broadway's only musical representation on the magazine's list is WICKED, about which they write "With Kristin Chenoweth's soaring vocals, Idina Menzel's show-stopping 'Defying Gravity' and an army of winged monkeys, is it any wonder 2003's Oz-themed musical left audiences feeling carried away?'
August: Osage County was named 'Best Play', with the magazine noting that "Even with a run time of three and a half hours, Tracy Letts' 2007 drama of Southern-friend familial dysfunction went by in one lightning fast jolt of pure theatrical electricity."
Source