10 most resonant theatrical moments

1 "Circle of Life" in The Lion King: Who could forget that stirring procession of puppet animals? OpenedNov 13, 1997.

2 The final image of Wit: Playing a professor dying of cancer, Kathleen Chalfant shed her clothes—and her pain-racked body—in a luminous image of physical and spiritual redemption. Opened Sept 19, 1998.

3 Son's bow and arrow in House: The vengeful Mike strangles the Father; when the diminutive Son uses a toy bow and arrow to fight back, the effect made us laugh and cry. Opened Nov 19, 1998.

4 The Ice Man in Mnemonic: Actor Simon McBurney and his Complicite company movingly re-created the final journey of an ancient man. Opened Apr 3, 2001.

5 "Springtime for Hitler" from The Producers: Mel Brooks topped the tasteless insanity of his 1968 movie. Opened Apr 19, 2001.

6 Medea murders her children: Fiona Shaw reduced Medea's audiences to a gasp of collective terror and pity. Opened Oct 1, 2002.

7 The hat parade in Far Away: In this grotesque sequence engineered by playwright Caryl Churchill and director Stephen Daldry, an oompah band accompanied scores of battered political prisoners modeling a series of outlandish hats. Opened Nov 17, 2002.

8 The shower scene in Take Me Out: The full-frontal vignette of seven ballplayers was integral to Richard Greenberg's play about teams and the individual. Opened Feb 27, 2003.

9 "Lot's Wife" from Caroline, or Change: Tonya Pinkins voiced the agony of self-sacrifice in the climax of Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's transformative people's opera. Opened May 2, 2004.

10 The crossing of the river in Le Dernier Caravansérail: In her refugee tale, director Ariane Mnouchkine conjured a world of heroism and desperation. Opened Jul 17, 2005.