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Best Broadway Plays of the 1970s

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A great decade of plays.

Rated 5 points - posted 13 years ago by plink in category Books.

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1.

The Elephant Man

This moving play about the life and extreme deformity of Joseph Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) demands that no prosthetic makeup be used, rather the actor himself should make the deformity clear by virtue of his performance, giving what could be a horrid theatrical experience, absolutely unique and original.

21 points - added 13 years ago by plink -

2.

American Buffalo

...and so began the career of David Mamet.

11 points - added 13 years ago by plink -

3.

In the Boom Boom Room

This David Rabe play traces the life of a go-go dancer.

11 points - added 13 years ago by plink -

4.

Sticks and Stones

Tony for Best Play, 1972.

8 points - added 13 years ago by plink -

5.

Equus

Horses, psychology, repression....what more could you want?

6 points - added 13 years ago by plink -

6.

Seascape

Won Edward Albee his second Pulitzer Prize.

6 points - added 13 years ago by plink -

7.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Neil Simon's dark, New York comedy about the Upper East Side.

2 points - added 13 years ago by plink -

8.

That Championship Season

On the 20th anniversary of their championship season, a basketball team reunites to visit their terminally ill coach. Tony for Best Play, 1973

1 point - added 13 years ago by plink -

9.

Old Times

“If you have only one of something you can't say it's the best of anything.”

1 point - added 13 years ago by plink -