I'm still noodling on my own list of the best shows and performances from 2009, but you can find a list of the top theatre stories from Broadway right here at Playbill's website.
Here's a sample - their top story is about the surge of film stars into Broadway shows:
Stars sell tickets. That's been conventional wisdom along Broadway since the days of Eva Tanguay. This year, however, it seems that only stars could sell tickets. Film stars, specifically. To recession-battered ticketbuyers, only the name about the title was a trustable quantity. Reviews of Blithe Spirit were mixed; but it had Rupert Everett and Angela Lansbury and recouped. Reviewers were unimpressed with A Steady Rain, but, thanks to stars Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, the box office was minting money.
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