Public Theater, Anspacher Theater

2011 | Best Theater

In the mid 19th-century, a group of social elites attempted to found a national theater. It didn't last long. But more than a century on, we have a reasonable facsimile of a properly comprehensive stage. There are places with more innovative lineups and riskier rosters (P.S.122, St. Ann's, Soho Rep), but as a home for both the rising and the recognized (to say nothing of that Shakespeare guy), the Public Theater is unparalleled. In addition to the work in its larger spaces--which... More »