Overview
This annual reference includes synopses and photos from the Ten Best Plays of the year as well as information on the season in New York, the season around the United States, illustrations by Al Hirschfeld, and complete 1988-1989 facts and figures about plays in New York and across the country. The featured plays Steel Magnolias, Into the Woods, Wenceslas Square, M. Butterfly, The Road to Mecca, The Mahabharata, Real Estate, A Walk in the Woods, Joe Turner's Come & Gone, Speed-the-Plow and a special citation for The Phantom of the Opera.