Favorite Plays you've Read
Favorite Plays you've Read
Dallas Theatre Fan
Stand-by Joined: 3/10/13
#1Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/8/18 at 10:59pm
I have three.
The fist one is obviously Angels in America. As we all know it is deeply moving and honestly, it was one the best things I've ever read.
The Second is August Osage County. This read like a book more then a play. I Didn't catch it on Broadway and I'm kicking myself for blowing it off.
The third one is Noises Off. Read it flying home from the UK and the time flew by in a hilarious fashion.
Which one's are your favorites?
#2Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/8/18 at 11:09pm
Favorites read but never seen? The Beauty Queen Of Leenane comes to mind. I read it once several years ago and I still remember being totally floored.
I read August: Osage County after hearing all the hoop-lah. Thought it was brilliant. Saw it on Broadway a few months later and will never forget it.
#4Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/9/18 at 10:22am
Death of A Salesman is my favorite one that I've read! :)
#5Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/9/18 at 11:34am
I love Solomon and Marion by Lara Foot Newton. I saw it when it came to the Kennedy Center for their World Stages festival they do every year.
I read it and fell in love with it all over again.
And of course Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Albee, though I’ve never seen a production.
I also remember being particularly shaken when reading The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh. I need to revisit that one soon.
#6Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/9/18 at 11:52am
A Doll's House - Ibsen
Six Characters in Search of an Author - Pirandello
Cloudstreet - Enright & Monjo
dcphillygirl
Swing Joined: 4/23/17
#7Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/9/18 at 2:15pm
I'm really curious if anyone says The Iceman Cometh. I just read it last weekend strictly because Denzel is going to be the Iceman this spring. I also watched the FOUR HOUR LONG MOVIE on BroadwayHD and man.... snooze.
#8Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/9/18 at 3:25pm
Also, Circle Mirror Transformation was a great read.
#9Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/9/18 at 4:09pm
Having enjoyed Tennessee Williams' play SUMMER AND SMOKE, I found it especially interesting reading his later reworked version of the same play titled ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE. It eliminated most of the supporting characters from the original (making it much less melodramatic) and centered mainly on Alma, John and family members. It was also much more poetic in nature.
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#10Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/9/18 at 4:30pm
Although it's obvious: Shakespeare often reads better, if only because you have more time to make connections within the poetry and really take it in. When seeing it, sometimes the most beautiful lines can be totally overlooked and squashed. Also because lots of Shakespeare is performed badly, by actors who don't understand how to speak in verse (see: half the cast of Midsummer in the park last year)
JennH
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#11Favorite Plays you've Read
Posted: 1/10/18 at 10:49am
I'll be honest and say straight plays aren't my niche. I have absolutely nothing against them, but I've always been a music lover first and foremost, so my straight play knowledge is lacking. That aside, of the ones in my working knowledge, I Never Saw Another Butterfly has been one of, if not my top favorite, since I was in it many years ago and I've always wanted to do it again, but it's hardly ever done. I discovered over the years that work of any kind whether it's film, theatre, etc. that surrounds the Holocaust in some way or explore human depravity in general, tend to be on the top of my list.
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