Favorite Plays

[Katurian2]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 6:39pm

I am thinking about ordering a whole bunch of new plays off of an internet site, as I only have about 20 at the present time. Does anyone have any suggestions about their favorite plays to read?

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 6:41pm

Wit
Arsenic and Old Lace
Barefoot in the Park
Cyrano
Romeo and Juliet
Midsummer Night's Dream
Marvin's Room

[Katurian2]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 6:44pm

Arsenic and Old Lace? I'll check it out- I have enver heard of it. My school did Cyrano a few years back and I was in it, and I've read both of teh Shakespeare through required school reading. Thank you so much for the suggestions! I'll check them out!

[buffyactsing]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 6:46pm

Dark of the Moon, No Exit.

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 6:47pm

Death of a Salesman
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Man Who Came To Dinner

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 7:02pm

if you didn't see it I suggest reading Pillowman gave me chills even after seeing it.

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 7:02pm

Arsenic and Old Lace is a dark comedy about two older women and their secret. It was also a WONDERFUL movie with Cary Grant that I highly recommend.

Another one: Harvey

[QMAN03]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 8:19pm

Pillowman
The Lieutenant of Inishmore (don't get it if you are planning on seeing the show)
Frankie and Johnny
Stuff Happens (if you are into politics)

[kaboodles041]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 9:26pm

Aresenic and old lace is great, I really liked it.

If you want a really good comedy, check out Lend Me a Tenor, one of my favorite plays.

[ALWrules]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:05pm

Richard the Third
Hamlet
Noises off
Present Laughter
Saturday, Sunday, Monday

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:16pm

Angels in America, and almost anything by Tennesee Williams.

[Lamc16]

Posted: 4/3/06 at 11:29pm

Agreed on Williams. Also...

Come Back, Little Sheba
The Pillowman
Side Man
Waiting For Godot and Endgame
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (obviously)

[Necromancer07707]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 12:00am

For the tradtional, ggreat drama: Death of a Salesman
For the tradtional, ggreat comedy: Odd Couple

Less exposed great, though somewhat conventional, dramas: The Diviners, The Kentucky Cycle

Great unconventional dramas: Equus, Angels in America

Take a look at Lanford Wilson and Christopher Durang collections for some good unconventional comedies.

[thez914]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 12:16am

The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder! My favorite!

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 12:23am

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Visit
Ghosts
Burried Child
Equus
The Importance of Being Earnest
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Fools

Updated On: 4/4/06 at 12:23 AM

[overthemoon419]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 12:48am

The Normal Heart
Waiting for Godot
Death of a Salesman
A Streetcar Named Desire

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 2:44pm

My absolute favorite play of all time: Four Dogs & A Bone by John Patrick Shanley. I recommend all of his plays. Women of Manhattan also (great roles for 3 women and two men).

Simpatico and A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard - excellent

Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon

[Thoroughly Modern Cara]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 3:08pm

The Importance of Being Earnest
Hamlet
The Cherry Orchard
The Normal Heart
Equus
Proof
Noises Off
The Shape of Things
Angels in America

[children&art]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 3:23pm

The Maids - Genet
Camino Real - Williams
The Glass Menagerie - Williams
Ravenscroft - Nigro
The Illusion - Kushner
La Bete - Hirson
Dirty Blonde - Shear
Fefu and her Friends - Fornes
Everything in the Garden - Albee
Virgina Woolf - Albee

[tgrabon]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 3:36pm

The House of Blue Leaves
The Crucible
Cloud Nine
The Glass Menagerie
Our Town
Lettice and Lovage

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 3:51pm

Riders To The Sea

He Who Gets Slapped

Pere Ubu

Winterset

[greeneyed_one]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 4:06pm

Importance of Being Earnest
Tartuffe

[WOSQ]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 4:18pm

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn
A Language of Our Own by Chay Yew

These are plays with majority non-white casts.

[OOTI2004]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 6:45pm

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is my absolute favorite play to read, but I would also recommend
Noises Off by Michael Frayn
The Glass Menagerie
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
or something really interesting,
Suddenly Last Summer
(The last three are by Tennessee Willaims)

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 4/4/06 at 6:50pm

Shakespearean- Macbeth
Greek- Oedipus Rex
Others: Importance of Being Earnest, I Hate Hamlet (play name, not personal feelings)