Good plays to read...

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:40pm

I am interested in starting to read plays for enjoyment. What are some really interesting ones? For my SUNY Purchase audition (which is next year, lol), I have to read Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. I have always been interesting in reading the show.

Updated On: 1/16/05 at 11:40 PM

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:44pm

Take Me Out
I Am My Own wife

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:44pm

Some that I love are "Long Day's Journey Into Night," "Death of a Salesman," "A Doll's House," "The Cherry Orchard," "The Glass Menagerie," "Waiting For Godot"...I know I'll think of more later.

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:45pm

What about A Normal Heart?

[FabalaCohen]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:46pm

I second A Doll's House and Hedda Gabbler is excellent. I'd also recommend Anton Chekov's "The Brute" (one of his shorter farces), Shakespeare, and "Wit"

[IMsooHyprToday]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:51pm

i just took a class where pretty much all we did was read and anylize plays... her are some that i thuroughly enjoyed.

All My Sons -Arthur Miller
Doll house -Henrik Isben (the new translation)
Endgame - Samuel Beckett (so weird)
‘night mother - Marsha Norman (on broadway right now)
Raisin In the Sun - Lorraine Hansburry
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams
Arcadia - Tom Stoppard


and of course shakespeare... OHHHH and "How i learned to Drive" by paula vogel. brilliant. Updated On: 1/16/05 at 11:51 PM

[Razz77]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:54pm

Recent plays I've read (and enjoyed)

"The Homecoming" - Harold Pinter
"The Book of Liz" - David & Amy Sedaris
"The Altruists" - Nicky Silver
"Found a Peanut" - Donald Marguiles
"A Different Moon" - Ara Watson

I know these are all quite random...but I really enjoyed them. Especially check out The Book of Liz if you want a laugh -- and The Homecoming or A Different Moon for something more thought provoking (alhtough quite humorous, in the first instance)

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:57pm

member of the wedding

[Racetrack]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:58pm

Stone Cold Dead Serious by Adam Rapp(really good play)
Shakespeare plays
If you want to read Tennessee Williams Streetcar Named Desire
Christopher Durang writes good comedies Desire Desire Desire, For Whom the Southern Bell Tolls
Sure Thing by David Ives
The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman can be an interesting read.

[iLiVeOnAvEnUeQ]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:58pm

we read Medea. that was pretty cool :)
I didn't like The Sea Gull though (by chekhov)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:58pm

The Normal Heart
The Destiny of Me
Angels in America
Reckless
I am My Own Wife
A Raisin in the Sun
The Crucible
Death of a Salesman

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 11:59pm

How many accounts do you have?

[AttendTheTale]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 12:00am

If you're going to read "The Normal Heart" I recommend that you also read "The Destiny of Me", which is a sort-of sequal to "The Normal Heart" in that it has the same main character and takes place a few years afterwards. "The Destiny of Me" is, in my opinion, superior to "The Normal Heart". Just my two cents!

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 12:02am

#1Elphie, just one account
I don't understand, do I have a doppleganger?

[Razz77]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 12:03am

Oh yeah --

NIGHT MOTHER by Marsha Norman(it might be better to read than to see, honestly)

Sight Unseen by Donald Marguiles

The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel (one of my favs)

Proof by David Auburn

A play called "Melissa Arctic", based on "A Winter's Tale" (dont remember the author...)

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 12:08am

Geez, lol. I just ordered The Normal Heart and The Destiny of Me. I plan on reading Cat on a Hot Tin Roof after that...I am also interested in Reckless and Fat Pig.

[i*heart*fame]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 12:14am

I second proof

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 12:17am

neil simon plays are fun reads

[zippyjen]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 10:37am

i know i'm late but the normal heart, wit, take me out, the glass menagerie, A day in the life or joe egg and Alice in bead by susan sontag.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 10:45am

I third Proof...

And I second MEMBER OF THE WEDDING and GLASS MENAGERIE... Those two are my favorite plays that I have read... And it'd be great to read Glass Menagerie because it's coming to Broadway and it's a great show (well, I've never seen it before, but I've read it, it's great).


And SUNY Purchase is great too. My brother goes there and he LOVES IT! They have some nice theaters too.

[sciguy]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 3:01pm

The Crucible.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 3:12pm

Angels in America is the best play I have seen in years.

But any Craig Lucas play is also worth checking out.

[CurtainUp]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 3:15pm

Glass Menagerie and then buy a collection of Durang plays that has Southern Belle in it

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is freaking amazing.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 3:20pm

Do yourself a HUGE favor and read "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" by Charles Busch...it is, by far, one of the funniest plays I have read/seen. The Broadway productio was HILARIOUS!

[CJR]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 3:34pm

The Dinner Party