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   Just to see what people would answer, what would you consider to be Great American Plays?  

No musicals and comedies or dramas are alright.  Whatcha think?

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skywalkerlt Walk-On Joined: 11/29/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Topic: Great American Plays Posted: 11/29/10 at 6:03pm
	Just to see what people would answer, what would you consider to be Great American Plays? No musicals and comedies or dramas are alright. Whatcha think?

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donzolidis Celebrity Joined: 5/15/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 156	Posted: 11/29/10 at 7:20pm
	Let's see... of the plays I've written -- just kidding. I'm a sucker for the classics, so I'd go with Our Town Long Day's Journey Into Night A Streetcar Named Desire Death of A Salesman Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Raisin in the Sun And then we get to the more modern plays - where there's likely to be more debate - if I had to pick five, I'd go with: True West, by Sam Shepard Angels in America, by Tony Kushner Glengarry Glen Ross, by David Mamet Doubt, by John Patrick Shanley How I learned to Drive, by Paula Vogel --I'm pretty white male heavy there, who am I missing?
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edh915 Celebrity Joined: 11/19/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 325	Posted: 11/30/10 at 11:59am
	An Alphabetical Top Ten: All My Sons Doubt A Long Day's Journey Into Night The Matchmaker The Miracle Worker Night of the Iguana The Odd Couple The Subject was Roses Visiting Mr. Green Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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tristanrobin Celebrity Joined: 4/25/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 704	Posted: 11/30/10 at 1:58pm
	Death of a Salesman Long Days Journey Into Night Streetcar Named Desire The Children's Hour Winterset Emperor Jones Little Foxes Waiting for Lefty Raisin in the Sun Angels in America It's hard to keep it at ten! Edited by tristanrobin - 11/30/10 at 1:58pm
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Amos Hart Lead Joined: 12/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 12/01/10 at 12:03pm
	In Alphabetical Order: *The Foreigner* by Larry Shue *The Front Page* by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur *Fuddy Meers* by David Lindsay-Abaire *The House of Blue Leaves* by John Guare *Hughie* by Eugene O'Neill *Lend Me a Tenor* by Ken Ludwig *Our Town* by Thornton Wilder *A Streetcar Named Desire* by Tennessee Williams *Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* by Edward Albee *You Can’t Take It With You* by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
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jonplaywright Star Joined: 7/20/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 53	Posted: 12/02/10 at 12:20am
	Don, I think my list would be very similar to yours, though I might put *Buried Child* ahead of *True West* (bit of a toss-up), and I'd add an August Wilson play like *Fences* in there. I'm also a big fan of William Alfred's beautiful blank verse play *Hogan's Goat*. Cheers, Jon
	Co-Chair, Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights Resident Playwright, Final Draft YouthPLAYS, plays for young actors and audiences www.youthplays.com
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edh915 Celebrity Joined: 11/19/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 325	Posted: 12/02/10 at 11:27am
	Looks like Albee, Wilder, Williams and O'Neill are on everyone's list in one form or another - with Miller running a close second having missed inclusion on only one list. Even with such a small sampling as this, this would lead someone (me for instance) to conclude that these five are the top U.S. playwrights. I can't say I disagree.
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