The 2013-14 Top 10 Most-Produced Plays
American Theatre magazine, published by Theatre Communications Group (TCG), has released its annual October "Season Preview" issue, featuring the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays list. Based on the 2013-14 seasons reported by TCG's Member Theatres in Theatre Profiles, the Top 10 list omits holiday themed shows (such as The Santaland Diaries and A Christmas Carol) as well as works by Shakespeare. The issue also features articles on successful playwright and actor relationships, musical adaptations of Shakespeare, and Robert Schenkkan's two plays based on the life of President Lyndon Johnson.
"The Top 10 Most-Produced Plays list is more than just an exciting snapshot of the upcoming season," said Teresa Eyring, executive director of TCG. "It also takes the temperature of the kinds of stories our theatres feel compelled to tell. In 2013-14, TCG Member Theatres are wrestling with issues of class (Good People, Detroit), race (Clybourne Park, The Whipping Man), the legacy of progressive political movements (The Mountaintop, 4000 Miles) and those perennial favorites, sex (Venus in Fur) and family (Other Desert Cities, Tribes). It also marks the first time since 2005-6 that female playwrights make up half the list."
The 2013-14 Top 10 Most-Produced Plays list is as follows (a tie for the final slot makes this a Top 14):
Venus in Fur (22)
by David Ives
Clybourne Park (16)
by Bruce Norris
Good People (14)
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Other Desert Cities (13)
by Jon Robin Baitz
The Mountaintop (13)
by Katori Hall
4000 Miles (12)
by Amy Herzog
Tribes (12)
by Nina Raine
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (11)
by Christopher Durang
The Cat in the Hat (8)
adapted by Katie Mitchell from Dr. Seuss
Detroit (7)
by Lisa D'Amour
God of Carnage (7)
by Yasmina Reza
Red (7)
by John Logan
The Whipping Man (7)
by Matthew Lopez
Water by the Spoonful (7)
by Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes
For more information and selected articles from the October 2013 issue of American Theatre, visit www.tcg.org/americantheatre.