This weekend, the New York Times theater staff gave their list of the best productions from the past year, both online and in-person. Among its 10 “Streaming Highlights” were Jason Robert Brown’s 2001 two-hander The Last Five Years, presented by Out of the Box Theatrics and Holmdel Theater Company, starring Nasia Thomas (Cathy) and Nicholas Edwards (Jamie), and the Master Voices presentation of Adam Guettel’s 1998 song cycle, Myths and Hymns, featuring Kelli O’Hara, Renée Fleming, Jennifer Holliday, Norm Lewis, John Lithgow, and the a cappella group Take 6. Below are a clip of “Goodbye Until Tomorrow” from The Last Five Years and the promo for Myths and Hymns.
Among the physical productions on the editors’ list were the Broadway transfers of the 2017 British musical Six, which finally had its opening night this October after being shuttered by the pandemic on the very day of its originally scheduled premiere in March 2020, and the 2018 West End revival of the 2003 musical Caroline, or Change, starring Sharon D Clarke, reprising her Olivier-winning performance. Below are the trailer for Six and highlights from Caroline, or Change.