Best American Plays

1.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,865 ratings
2.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,740 ratings
3.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,133 ratings
4.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating — 72,626 ratings
5.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,047 ratings
6.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4.06 avg rating — 63,543 ratings
7.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,044 ratings
8.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,550 ratings
9.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night 4.06 avg rating — 42,392 ratings
10.
Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1)
Millennium Approaches (Angels in America, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 24,948 ratings
11.
Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men 4.07 avg rating — 36,157 ratings
12.
Perestroika (Angels in America, #2)
Perestroika (Angels in America, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 22,887 ratings
13.
Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross 3.87 avg rating — 18,295 ratings
14.
The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple 4.04 avg rating — 15,173 ratings
15.
The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter 4.22 avg rating — 10,072 ratings
16.
Doubt, a Parable
Doubt, a Parable 4.10 avg rating — 20,963 ratings
17.
August: Osage County
August: Osage County 4.14 avg rating — 19,077 ratings
18.
All My Sons
All My Sons 3.91 avg rating — 29,771 ratings
19.
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour 3.97 avg rating — 14,799 ratings
20.
Proof
Proof really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,953 ratings
21.
You Can't Take it With You
You Can't Take it With You
by: Moss Hart
3.98 avg rating — 8,913 ratings
22.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace 4.14 avg rating — 24,645 ratings
23.
Wit
Wit 4.14 avg rating — 17,229 ratings
24.
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs 3.88 avg rating — 5,548 ratings
25.
'night, Mother
'night, Mother 3.91 avg rating — 12,566 ratings
26.
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra 3.98 avg rating — 5,126 ratings
27.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 4.18 avg rating — 14,595 ratings
28.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh 3.90 avg rating — 10,049 ratings
29.
Harvey
Harvey 4.08 avg rating — 9,846 ratings
30.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner 4.05 avg rating — 5,044 ratings
31.
Six Degrees of Separation: A Play
Six Degrees of Separation: A Play 3.99 avg rating — 6,748 ratings
32.
The Heidi Chronicles: Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic
The Heidi Chronicles: Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic 3.85 avg rating — 3,165 ratings
33.
Buried Child
Buried Child 3.86 avg rating — 9,993 ratings
34.
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6)
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 29,466 ratings
35.
The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes 3.94 avg rating — 5,559 ratings
36.
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer 3.94 avg rating — 7,607 ratings
37.
How I Learned to Drive
How I Learned to Drive 3.93 avg rating — 9,270 ratings
38.
Oleanna
Oleanna 3.60 avg rating — 9,839 ratings
39.
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly 3.93 avg rating — 14,876 ratings
40.
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias 4.27 avg rating — 17,754 ratings
41.
Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart 3.80 avg rating — 7,374 ratings
42.
A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts
A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts 3.71 avg rating — 17,559 ratings
43.
Into the Woods
Into the Woods 4.25 avg rating — 11,790 ratings
44.
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy 4.24 avg rating — 20,402 ratings
45.
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? 3.92 avg rating — 7,325 ratings
46.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 3.80 avg rating — 5,502 ratings
47.
The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson 3.81 avg rating — 10,038 ratings
48.
A Moon for the Misbegotten
A Moon for the Misbegotten 4.02 avg rating — 3,980 ratings
49.
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth 3.83 avg rating — 5,106 ratings
50.
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man 4.10 avg rating — 11,337 ratings
51.
The Zoo Story and Other Plays
The Zoo Story and Other Plays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,963 ratings
52.
West Side Story
West Side Story 4.34 avg rating — 2,028 ratings
53.
Sunday in the Park with George
Sunday in the Park with George 4.17 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
54.
The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts
The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts 4.17 avg rating — 848 ratings
55.
Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers 3.88 avg rating — 4,421 ratings
56.
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men 4.24 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
57.
Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century
Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century 3.93 avg rating — 23,924 ratings
58.
Fool for Love and Other Plays
Fool for Love and Other Plays 4.16 avg rating — 2,962 ratings
59.
Company: A Musical Comedy
Company: A Musical Comedy 4.20 avg rating — 3,170 ratings
60.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,460 ratings
61.
The Front Page: A Play in Three Acts
The Front Page: A Play in Three Acts
by: Ben Hecht
3.66 avg rating — 223 ratings
62.
Strange Interlude
Strange Interlude 3.77 avg rating — 532 ratings
63.
Ah, Wilderness!
Ah, Wilderness! 3.62 avg rating — 826 ratings
64.
American Buffalo: A Play
American Buffalo: A Play 3.75 avg rating — 5,585 ratings
65.
Four Plays: Come Back, Little Sheba / Picnic / Bus Stop / The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Four Plays: Come Back, Little Sheba / Picnic / Bus Stop / The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 4.07 avg rating — 509 ratings
66.
The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks 4.04 avg rating — 514 ratings
67.
The Foreigner
The Foreigner 4.01 avg rating — 1,503 ratings
68.
La Cage Aux Folles
La Cage Aux Folles 4.04 avg rating — 158 ratings
69.
Man of La Mancha: A Musical Play
Man of La Mancha: A Musical Play 4.18 avg rating — 3,105 ratings
70.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,969 ratings
71.
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance 3.92 avg rating — 2,674 ratings
72.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: A Drama In Two Acts
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial: A Drama In Two Acts 4.13 avg rating — 474 ratings
73.
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts 4.31 avg rating — 14,079 ratings
74.
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare 3.98 avg rating — 2,694 ratings
75.
Funny Girl Vocal Selection
Funny Girl Vocal Selection 3.50 avg rating — 94 ratings
76.
The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project 4.19 avg rating — 14,160 ratings
77.
Cabaret
Cabaret
by: Fred Ebb
4.21 avg rating — 121 ratings
78.
The King and I
The King and I 4.24 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
78.
Chicago The Musical: Vocal Selections
Chicago The Musical: Vocal Selections
by: Kander
4.08 avg rating — 331 ratings
80.
Curse of the Starving Class
Curse of the Starving Class 3.85 avg rating — 1,007 ratings
81.
The Emperor Jones
The Emperor Jones 3.35 avg rating — 2,521 ratings
82.
Assassins
Assassins 4.25 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
83.
The Pillowman
The Pillowman 4.29 avg rating — 17,642 ratings
84.
A Piece of My Heart
A Piece of My Heart 4.20 avg rating — 220 ratings
85.
Gypsy -- Broadway Revival Edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Gypsy -- Broadway Revival Edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127 ratings
86.
Incident at Vichy
Incident at Vichy 4.01 avg rating — 1,172 ratings
87.
Barefoot in the Park: A Comedy in Three Acts
Barefoot in the Park: A Comedy in Three Acts 3.89 avg rating — 5,585 ratings
88.
The Sunset Limited
The Sunset Limited 3.99 avg rating — 13,177 ratings
89.
Same Time, Next Year: A Comedy in Two Acts
Same Time, Next Year: A Comedy in Two Acts 3.94 avg rating — 507 ratings
90.
This is Our Youth
This is Our Youth 3.77 avg rating — 2,140 ratings
91.
Beyond the Horizon
Beyond the Horizon 3.72 avg rating — 661 ratings
92.
Broadway Bound
Broadway Bound 3.79 avg rating — 486 ratings
93.
As Is
As Is 3.84 avg rating — 158 ratings
94.
Biloxi Blues
Biloxi Blues 3.86 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
95.
The Country Girl
The Country Girl 3.79 avg rating — 141 ratings
96.
I'm Not Rappaport
I'm Not Rappaport 3.75 avg rating — 92 ratings
97.
Talk Radio
Talk Radio 3.82 avg rating — 923 ratings
97.
Top Dog Under Dog
Top Dog Under Dog 3.83 avg rating — 6,921 ratings
99.
True West
True West 3.68 avg rating — 11,364 ratings
100.
Disgraced
Disgraced 3.85 avg rating — 4,216 ratings
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