1.
Noises Off!
Michael Frayn's comic masterpiece about making theatre.
19 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
2.
Amadeus
Tony Award for Best Play in 1981, the movie version would follow a few years later to win Best PIcture.
17 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
3.
Fences
August Wilson's most famous work won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1987, also creating one of the most memorable characters in theatre history, Troy Maxon.
14 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
4.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Mamet's fierce and brutal look at the world of real estate salesmen earned him the Pulitzer in 1984.
13 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
5.
Torch Song Trilogy
This groundbreaking work won the Tony in 1983.
7 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
6.
The Real Thing
Written by Tom Stoppard this play became a monster hit when it won the Tony in 1984.
6 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
7.
Master Harold...and the Boys
6 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
8.
M. Butterfly
Tony-winning 1988 play by David Henry Hwang about the relationship between French diplomat and an alluring opera singer.
5 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
9.
The Dresser
3 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
10.
Hurlyburly
Drugs and misogyny lace David Rabe's dark take on Hollywood.
3 points - added 14 years ago by plink - 1 comment
Comments:
Great play!
Added 6 years ago by guest, 0 points
11.
Crimes of the Heart
3 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
12.
'night Mother
3 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
13.
I Am Not Rappaport
Tony Winner for Best Play.
2 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
14.
Lend Me a Tenor
This comic romp was a Broadway hit and is still frequently performed around the country, including in a 2010 Broadway revival.
2 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
15.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
16.
The Heidi Chronicles
Winner of three Tony Awards including Best Play.
1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
17.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Christopher Hampton's play about the cruel games of French nobles.
1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
18.
Children of a Lesser God
1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
19.
Bent
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
20.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
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