Must Read Plays
Must Read Plays
#0Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 4:56amI'm starting to catch up on some long overdo play reading. What are some plays you think are must reads?
greenegirl87
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/11/05
#1re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 7:01amHouse of Blue Leaves by John Guare.
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JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#2re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 10:38amOur Town.
"I'm thinking about how if you took the W in
answer, and the H in ghost, and the extra A in aardvark, and the T in listen, you could keep saying WHAT but no one would ever hear you because the whole word would be silent."
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Emcee4ever
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#4re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:00amThe Pillowman
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#6re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:14am
Man and Superman~ Bernard Shaw
Streetcar Named Desire ~ Tennesee Williams
Updated On: 4/29/06 at 11:14 AM
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#7re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:15am"The Baltimore Waltz" is one of my absolute favorites.
#8re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:16am
PLENTY - David Hare
LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY - John Guare
#9re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:16amI need to revisit House of Blue Leaves. We did it in college, and I saw it a zillion times, but I've never really sat down and read it for pure fun.
#10re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:27amSad to say, I haven't read much Hare. I'll put him on the top of my list.
peggyandvelma
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/05
#12re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:38am
The Pillowman
Doubt
Streetcar
Anything from Shakespeare
Books from Musicals
Edit: How could I forget, Auntie Mame is awesome! There's a great movie version available.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
Updated On: 4/29/06 at 11:38 AM
To Kill A Mockingbird
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#13re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:46am
Every play by:
Shakespeare
Euripedes
Caryl Churchill (The Skriker my most admired)
Henrik Ibsen
Eugene O'Neill
Tenessee Williams
David Hare
George Bernard Shaw (St. Joan my most admired)
Christopher Durang (Beyond Therapy my most admired)
Dionysius Boucicault
Moliere
Oscar Wilde
Principia Scriptoriae - Richard Nelson
Execution of Justice - Emily Mann
Steward of Christiandom - Sebastian Barry
Tongue of a Bird - Ellen McLaughlin
How I Learned to Drive - Paula Vogel
Wings - Arthur Kopit
and so many more...
algy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#14re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:46amI've always loved The Glass Menagerie since I had to study it in high school. Like wise An Inspector Calls. Shakespeare's always good, and Oscar Wilde too.
#15re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:50amUhh this thread made me dig out my taped version of Auntie Mame from PBS in Septemeber. lol. It starts where I wanted to go to bed so it starts with her riding the crazy horse. What a great movie!
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#16re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:51amShould have seen Angela Lansbury do it on the stage.
incupsofcoffee
Swing Joined: 3/29/06
#17re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 11:55am
The Children's Hour
Waiting for Godot
No Exit
Death of a Salesman
to name a few
#18re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:02pm
Hedda Gabler
Harvey
The Good Doctor
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Front Page
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#19re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:12pm
Love Valour Compassion
Jeffrey
Larmie Project
How I Learned To Drive
M. Butterfly
Moonlight and Magnolias
#20re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:18pm
Shakespeare
anything from Tennesse Williams
"Our Town" is definatly a must read.
mikeyb16
Broadway Star Joined: 1/22/06
#21re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:25pm
Blood Brothers,i have to read it to answer questions in my G.C.S.E. paper for Drama. it's really good.
another is Blue Remembered Hills
also Billy Liar
Crucible
Lizzy Borden
Updated On: 4/29/06 at 12:25 PM
nelliecollins
Understudy Joined: 6/24/05
#22re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:49pm
To name a few that I especially like, which are must reads:
Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Class Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
House of Blue Leaves, Landscape of the Body - John Guare
The Beauty Queen of Lenane, The Pillowman (love this) - Martin McDonagh
Shakespeare... everything. But most importantly Hamlet, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice. And Richard II, Henry IV Pts 1 & 2, Henry V in order.
Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus.
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg.
Under Milkwood by Dylan Thomas.
Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss.
Collected Stories by Don Nigro.
Hamletmachine by Heiner Muller.
And for fun... This is a Play by Daniel MacIvor. (sp?)
#23re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 12:50pm
Noises Off
You Can't Take It With You
Aresenic and Old Lace
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Brighton Beach Memories
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Othello (probably one of my favorite Shakespearen play)
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#24re: Must Read Plays
Posted: 4/29/06 at 2:12pm
The Pillowman
Take Me Out
Angels in America
Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
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