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August: Osage County
This Tracey Letts 2008 Pulitzer and Tony Winner was the biggest, loudest, and greatest American Play of the last twenty-five years.
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what is this about
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Proof
David Auburn won the Tony and Pulitzer for this play about family, illness, and math.
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The Cost of Utopia
Tom Stoppard's epic trilogy (around 9 hours) documents Russian philosophical debate before the revolution.
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God of Carnage
This Tony-Awarding winning play had a rich run with an all-star cast including Jeff Daniels, James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay Harden, and Hope Davis.
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5.
The Pillowman
Martin Mcdonagh's most gripping and touching work.
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Frost / Nixon
A thrilling account of Nixon's revealing interview with David Frost.
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7.
Rabbit Hole
Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2006.
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8.
I Am My Own Wife
One man plays forty roles in this exceptional piece of theatre.
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Topdog / Underdog
Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002.
2 points - added 13 years ago by plink - 1 comment
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Amazing play.
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10.
The History Boys
Tony Award for Best Play, 2006.
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The 39 Steps
A hilarious broadway hit.
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12.
King Hedley II
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13.
Copenhagen
This meeting between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg swept Broadway in 2000.
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14.
Doubt
John Patrick Shanley won the Tony and Pulitzer for this depiction of a Catholic school faculty investigation.
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Radio Golf
August Wilson's final play in the last installment of the ten-part The Pittsburgh Cycle.
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The Seafarer
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Anna in the Tropics
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Take Me Out
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Dividing the Estate
Horton Foote's final, masterful work.
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The Goat: or, Who is Sylvia?
Edward Albee's triumphant return to broadway won the Tony for Best Play in 2002.
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