The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2019-20 Season
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.’
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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!
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.
Want to see what were the most-produced plays from the 1994-95 season to the 2013-14 season? We’ve got you covered here!
The American theatre is getting kinky this season, with ‘Venus in Fur’ by David Ives as its top play.