Popular Plays

Terry Teachout links to lists of plays produced across America compiled by American Theatre. To Kill a Mockingbird is very popular, and Terry will have more analysis tomorrow in the Wall Street Journal. (via Books, Inq.)

Tomorrow: Terry’s article in the WSJ is here. Despite my comment made from a quick scan, To Kill a Mockingbird did not make the top 11 most produced plays list. He notes: “It suggests to me that American theaters have a pronounced bias in favor of new and newish plays by American authors, especially ones that have high public profiles. (Six of the top 11 plays of the past decade have been produced on Broadway, while five of them won Pulitzer Prizes.) Up to a point, that’s good news.”

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