The Best Plays of 1987-1988: The Burns Mantle Theater Yearbook

(Applause Books). 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 1987-1988 facts and figures about plays in New York and across the country. The featured plays are: 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. Hardcover