Best of Boston

1988 Best Production, Small Theater

Terrence McNally’s It’s Only a Play (Stage Company) and Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw (Lyric Stage)

A tie. Terrence McNally’s It’s Only a Play (Stage Company). Jittery showfolk trading barbs and bicarbs at an off-Broadway bowmb. And Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw (Lyric Stage). High jinks in a psychiatric clinic. Orton 1. Shrinks 0.