CNN, wieħed mill-ikbar aġenziji internazzjonali ta’ l-aħbarijiet semma t-Teatru Manoel bħala wieħed mill-ħmistax l-iktar tejatru spettakolari fid-dinja.
Fl-artiklu miktub minn Tamara Hinson fl-okkażjoni ta’ 450 anniversarju mit-twelid ta’ Shakespeare, il-Manoel ġie msemmi ma’ dawn it-tejatru minn bliet ċentrali u hu infatti l-aktar tejatru antik fuq il-lista:
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre (London)
The Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Balboa Theatre (San Diego)
BAM Harvey theater (New York)
National Noh Theatre (Tokyo)
Salle Richelieu (Paris)
Minack Theatre (Cornwall, UK)
State Theatre (Sydney)
Margravial Opera House (Bayreuth, Germany)
Teatro Amazonas (Manaus, Brazil)
Palais Garnier (Paris)
Tampa Theatre (Florida)
Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts (Wisconsin)
The Elgin and Winter Garden Theater Center (Toronto)
