By JAMES D. WATTS JR. Scene Writer on Dec 21, 2010, at 4:24 PM Updated on 12/21 at 5:21 PM
Dramatics is a magazine published by the Educational Theatre Association, a national organization for theater educators. Each year since 1937, the magazine has published a survey of the plays, musicals and one-acts most often produced by high school and middle school theater programs.
The top ten musicals
1. Disney's Beauty and the Beast, by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
2. Seussical, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
3. (tie) Grease, by Jim Jacobs and Warrren Casey
3. (tie) Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
5. Footloose, by Dean Pitchford, Walter Bobbie, and Tom Snow
6. (tie) The Wizard of Oz (multiple adaptations), by L. Frank Baum, Harold Arlen, and E.Y. Harburg
6. (tie) You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, by Clark Gesner (Tams-Witmark)
8. The Music Man, by Meredith Willson
9. Once Upon a Mattress, by Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller
10. Thoroughly Modern Millie, by Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlon, and Richard Morris
The top ten full-length plays
1. Almost, Maine, by John Cariani
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare
3. You Can't Take It With You, by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
4. Noises Off, by Michael Frayn
5. Twelve Angry Men, by Reginald Rose
6. (tie) Alice in Wonderland (various adaptations of the book by Lewis Carroll)
6. (tie) The Crucible, by Arthur Miller
6. (tie) Our Town, by Thornton Wilder
9. (tie) Fools, by Neil Simon
9. (tie) A Christmas Carol (various adaptations of the book by Charles Dickens)
The top ten short plays
1. Check Please, by Jonathan Rand
2. Check Please: Take 3, by Jonathan Rand
3. (tie) The Actor's Nightmare, by Christopher Durang
3. (tie) 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview, by Ian McWethy
5. Check Please: Take 2, by Jonathan Rand
6. (tie) The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, by Don Zolidis
6. (tie) Hard Candy, by Jonathan Rand
8. (tie) Competition Piece, by John S. Wells
8. (tie) How to Succeed in High School Without Really Trying, by Jonathan Rand
10. This Is a Test, by Stephen Gregg
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