1. War Horse
Boy gets horse. Boy loses horse. Boy finds horse. This London import is childlike in the best sense: narratively clear, emotionally naked and entranced with the visual possibilities of theater.
2. The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Director Diane Paulus' revival of the revered opera--which debuted in Cambridge, Mass., before a Broadway run--is respectful and is deftly staged and beautifully sung by a cast led by Audra McDonald.
3. Chinglish
David Henry Hwang's play about a naive American businessman is rich with laughs, but it's also a probing and nuanced study of the Chinese-American divide.
4. Death Takes a...