1. Death of a Salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller I like this play. Miller was a good playwright. 2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) by Tennessee Williams Williams is one of my favorite playwrights. I have read everything he wrote and seen most of it. 3.Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: (1962) by Edward Albee Albee is a great playwright, and this is a good play, but not a big favorite of mine. 4. Long Day’s Journey into Night (1956) by Eugene O’Neill This is an incredibly long play. Seriously. But O'Neill is one of the greats of American theater. 5.Fences(1985) by August Wilson Wilson is always worth reading/seeing 6. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1993-94) two plays by Tony Kushner This is very theatrical - but not one that I love. There are some great theatrical plays that I think are much better. 7. Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (1953) by Samuel Beckett Beckett is brilliant. 8. Pygmalion (1913) by George Bernard Shaw I'm not a big Shaw fan. 9. A Raisin in the Sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry Powerful play. 10. Our Town (1938) by Thornton Wilder As a theater major I'm not allowed to not know this play well. (grin) 11. Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) by Luigi Pirandello I love this play. It's one of the first plays that I read that really sang to me. It's fabulous. 12. The Glass Menagerie (1944) by Tennessee Williams Not my favorite Williams play, but definitely his most autobiographical. 13. Glengarry Glen Ross(1984) by David Mamet I'm not a Mamet fan. Every character in a Mamet play sounds like Mamet. He's written better than this. 14. August: Osage County (2007) by Tracy Letts 15. True West (1980) by Sam Shepard This is my favorite Shepard play. It made me laugh out loud reading it and I have seen a couple of productions of it. Unfortunately none of them up to the level of the writing. (sigh) 16. The Iceman Cometh (1946) by Eugene O’Neill 17. Look Back in Anger (1956) by John Osborne 18. A View from the Bridge (1955) by Arthur Miller 19. The Little Foxes. (1939) by Lillian Hellman 20. The Real Thing (1982) by Tom Stoppard I like other Stoppard plays better. 21. Master Harold and the Boys (1982) by Athol Fugard 22. The Homecoming (1965) by Harold Pinter Pinter drives me nuts. I studied Pinter plays under the guy who wrote the Cliff Notes on Pinter's plays. I still don't like them. 23. Ruined (2008) by Lynn Nottage 24. Mother Courage and Her Children (1941) by Bertolt Brecht I by far prefer The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. THAT play rocks. 25. Six Degrees of Separation (1990) by John Guare The House of Blue Leaves was big when I was in college. I was not a fan of it. Don't really care much for this one either. 26. Doubt (2004) by John Patrick Shanley Not a fan. 27. Top Girls (1982) by Caryl Churchill 28. Present Laughter (1942) by Noel Coward 29. Noises Off (1982) by Michael Frayn This is a play for theater people. It's funny as hell. Other people find it funny, but no one laughs as hard as someone who's worked in theater. 30. Marat/Sade (1964) by Peter Weiss 31. The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001) by Martin McDonagh 32. Machinal (1928) by Sophie Treadwell 33. The Norman Conquests(1973) trilogy by Alan Ayckbourn 34. The Bald Soprano (1950) by Eugene Ionesco 35. M. Butterfly (1988) by David Henry Hwang Love this play. It's really theatrical and if well acted, knock you on your ass good. 36. The Dybbuk (1920) by S Ansky 37. Saved (1965) by Edward Bond 38.Topdog/Underdogby Suzan-Lori Parks 39. The Front Page (1928) by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur 40. Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970) by Dario Fo. 41. Picnic (1953) by William Inge Classic American play. Worth seeing and reading. 42. Journey’s End (1928) by R.C. Sherriff 43. The Odd Couple (1965) by Neil Simon This is a good Simon play. 44. The orphans’ home cycle (1962-2009) nine short plays by Horton Foote 45. The Women. (1936) by Clare Boothe Luce 46. What The Butler Saw (1969) by Joe Orton 47. Awake and Sing! (1935) by Clifford Odets 48. The Piano Lesson (1987) by August Wilson Wilson - always worth reading/seeing 49. Uncommon Women and Others (1977) by Wendy Wasserstein I really, really, really dislike Wasserstein's work. It rankles me in so many ways, and the more successful she was, the worse it got. 50 The Weir (1997) by Conor McPherson
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Date: 2019-09-08 08:40 pm (UTC)2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) by Tennessee Williams Williams is one of my favorite playwrights. I have read everything he wrote and seen most of it.
3.Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: (1962) by Edward Albee Albee is a great playwright, and this is a good play, but not a big favorite of mine.
4. Long Day’s Journey into Night (1956) by Eugene O’Neill This is an incredibly long play. Seriously. But O'Neill is one of the greats of American theater.
5.Fences(1985) by August Wilson Wilson is always worth reading/seeing
6. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (1993-94) two plays by Tony Kushner This is very theatrical - but not one that I love. There are some great theatrical plays that I think are much better.
7. Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts (1953) by Samuel Beckett Beckett is brilliant.
8. Pygmalion (1913) by George Bernard Shaw I'm not a big Shaw fan.
9. A Raisin in the Sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry Powerful play.
10. Our Town (1938) by Thornton Wilder As a theater major I'm not allowed to not know this play well. (grin)
11. Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) by Luigi Pirandello I love this play. It's one of the first plays that I read that really sang to me. It's fabulous.
12. The Glass Menagerie (1944) by Tennessee Williams Not my favorite Williams play, but definitely his most autobiographical.
13. Glengarry Glen Ross(1984) by David Mamet I'm not a Mamet fan. Every character in a Mamet play sounds like Mamet. He's written better than this.
14. August: Osage County (2007) by Tracy Letts
15. True West (1980) by Sam Shepard This is my favorite Shepard play. It made me laugh out loud reading it and I have seen a couple of productions of it. Unfortunately none of them up to the level of the writing. (sigh)
16. The Iceman Cometh (1946) by Eugene O’Neill
17. Look Back in Anger (1956) by John Osborne
18. A View from the Bridge (1955) by Arthur Miller
19. The Little Foxes. (1939) by Lillian Hellman
20. The Real Thing (1982) by Tom Stoppard I like other Stoppard plays better.
21. Master Harold and the Boys (1982) by Athol Fugard
22. The Homecoming (1965) by Harold Pinter Pinter drives me nuts. I studied Pinter plays under the guy who wrote the Cliff Notes on Pinter's plays. I still don't like them.
23. Ruined (2008) by Lynn Nottage
24. Mother Courage and Her Children (1941) by Bertolt Brecht I by far prefer The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. THAT play rocks.
25. Six Degrees of Separation (1990) by John Guare The House of Blue Leaves was big when I was in college. I was not a fan of it. Don't really care much for this one either.
26. Doubt (2004) by John Patrick Shanley Not a fan.
27. Top Girls (1982) by Caryl Churchill
28. Present Laughter (1942) by Noel Coward
29. Noises Off (1982) by Michael Frayn This is a play for theater people. It's funny as hell. Other people find it funny, but no one laughs as hard as someone who's worked in theater.
30. Marat/Sade (1964) by Peter Weiss
31. The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001) by Martin McDonagh
32. Machinal (1928) by Sophie Treadwell
33. The Norman Conquests(1973) trilogy by Alan Ayckbourn
34. The Bald Soprano (1950) by Eugene Ionesco
35. M. Butterfly (1988) by David Henry Hwang Love this play. It's really theatrical and if well acted, knock you on your ass good.
36. The Dybbuk (1920) by S Ansky
37. Saved (1965) by Edward Bond
38.Topdog/Underdogby Suzan-Lori Parks
39. The Front Page (1928) by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
40. Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970) by Dario Fo.
41. Picnic (1953) by William Inge Classic American play. Worth seeing and reading.
42. Journey’s End (1928) by R.C. Sherriff
43. The Odd Couple (1965) by Neil Simon This is a good Simon play.
44. The orphans’ home cycle (1962-2009) nine short plays by Horton Foote
45. The Women. (1936) by Clare Boothe Luce
46. What The Butler Saw (1969) by Joe Orton
47. Awake and Sing! (1935) by Clifford Odets
48. The Piano Lesson (1987) by August Wilson Wilson - always worth reading/seeing
49. Uncommon Women and Others (1977) by Wendy Wasserstein I really, really, really dislike Wasserstein's work. It rankles me in so many ways, and the more successful she was, the worse it got.
50 The Weir (1997) by Conor McPherson