Offscript: Most-Produced With Lynn Nottage & Lauren Gunderson
On this episode we broke the news that Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ will be the most-produced play of the season, then welcomed her and fellow prolific scribe Gunderson on to talk shop.
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Since 1994, American Theatre has used the season listings for TCG Member Theatres to calculate our Top 10 Most-Produced Play list. And since 2014, we’ve used those same metrics to count the Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights in America.
Curious? You can find all of those lists here!
On this episode we broke the news that Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ will be the most-produced play of the season, then welcomed her and fellow prolific scribe Gunderson on to talk shop.
A mix of familiar and new titles, of challenge and comfort, characterizes this year’s lists, the first this magazine has done since 2019.
What’s the number one play in America? It’s a tie between ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ and ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.’
Live at the Lark, American Theatre editors announced the season’s top plays and playwrights, and spoke to two of them, Lucas Hnath and Karen Zacarías.
‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ by Lucas Hnath, which premiered almost simultaneously at South Coast Rep and on Broadway, will be the most-produced play in America this season.
This year’s top play is ‘Shakespeare in Love’ by Lee Hall, based on the Oscar-winning film.
In this week’s episode, we welcome Robert Askins, author of “Hand to God,” aka the most-produced play in America! Plus, we invite some critics to discuss the play and whether it deserves to be on top.
Robert Askins’s profane yet profound ‘Hand to God’ is the No. 1 play of the season.
Ayad Akhtar’s ‘Disgraced,’ a new entry, tops the list, alongside other new entries and some returning favorites.
A complete rundown of this year’s Top 10 most-produced plays, including fun facts and a slide show of various productions.