Plays that are overdone (not musicals)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 3:56pm

What are some plays that are overdone, aside from Shakespeare peices where no royalty fees have to be paid.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 4:33pm

Our Town

Almost anything by Neil Simon-at least the big hits

American Buffalo

The Glass Menagerie

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 5:51pm

definately our town

i dont know... from what ive heard about nothing else is sticking out in my mind as 'overdone'

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 5:55pm

Our Town is WAAAAAAAYYYYYYY overdone, but for one main reason:
It is one of the best American plays ever written!
Our Town is beyond "amazing" or "legendary", it is in a special class of American Theater that only few plays may reach.
-d.b.j-

[Matt_G]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 5:56pm

I never get tired of seeing OUR TOWN if it's well done. It's my favorite play ever.

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:00pm

im not saying i dont like it, i have a very great respect for the show... but sometimes it seems like productions of it are following me around the country... see i move around a lot for tours and job offers etc and almost EVERY theatre ive been to in the past year was talking about how good 'our town' was or 'yay in a few weeks come see 'our town'

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:01pm

WOO HOO, Matt. God, I love you more and more every day.
Yes, it is mine too. (by that, I mean that is is one of my favorites...how could I make an official numbered list?)
what are some others that are THE GREATEST AMERICAN PLAYS?
I say:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Death of a Salesman

those are a few.

-d.b.j-

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:07pm

oooh death of a salesman is awesome

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:08pm

Indeed it is.
-d.b.j-

[nystateomind04]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:14pm

Love all those on your list, nuggs- and I have to mention "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof", while not as produced as "Streetcar" (and maybe not as good), I still love it a little more.

[NBRISBY]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:14pm

anything neil simon is overdone.

[tthomas76]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:17pm

I totally agree on Our Town.. Most High Schools do that show at least every 4 years or it seems like that around here..

[nystateomind04]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 6:25pm

I've actually never seen "Our Town" done. I love it, and am sorry to have missed it. Considering where I live, that isn't so surprising, but it shows that it can't be THAT overdone.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 7:09pm

Depends on the time...in the eighties, it was CRIMES OF THE HEART, NIGHT MOTHER, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and PAINTING CHURCHES...
Now, probably PROOF, ART, WIT...

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 7:48pm

I don't think there are that many productions of "Wit", considering it requires an actress of remarkable stamina and skill to pull off.

[lildogs]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 7:49pm

i gotta second Steel Magnolias...

also

Midsummer Night's Dream
Greater Tuna
The Foreigner
Noises Off

I don't mind all the Neil Simon...i'm too young to be cast anyway :)

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 8:53pm

I prefer "Cat" to "Streetcar" as well, nystateofmind.
-d.b.j-

[CapnHook]

Posted: 9/1/04 at 10:50pm

What about TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and ANNE FRANK?