
Tracks (Peter Tarsi), DPįor more on the 2018–2019 survey, visit. 30 Reasons Not to Be in a Play (Alan Haehnel), PI 10. Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit (Jonathan Rand), PI 9. Bad Auditions by Bad Actors (Ian McWethy), PI 6 (tie). The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon (Don Zolidis), PI 4. 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse (Don Zolidis), PI 3. The Crucible (Arthur Miller), DPS 9 (tie). Gregory), Dramatic Publishing (DP) 9 (tie). Clue (Jonathan Lynn, Hunter Foster, Eric Price, Sandy Rustin), Playscripts Inc. Our Town (Thornton Wilder), Samuel French (SF) 5. Peter and the Starcatcher (Wayne Barker, Rick Elice), MTI 4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare), public domain 3. Almost, Maine (John Cariani), Dramatists Play Service (DPS) 2. The Wizard of Oz (various) Tams-WitmarkįULL-LENGTH PLAYS: 1. Shrek (Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay-Abaire), MTI 10 (tie). Into the Woods (Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine), MTI 10 (tie). Seussical (Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Eric Idle), MTI 9. Little Shop of Horrors (Howard Ashman, Alan Menken), MTI 8. Newsies (Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, Harvey Fierstein), MTI 7. Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, Linda Woolverton), MTI 5. The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater, Doug Wright), MTI 4.

Mamma Mia! (Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Catherine Johnson), Music Theatre International (MTI) 3. The Addams Family (Andrew Lippa, Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice), Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW) 2. This is the second year that EdTA has expanded their annual survey to include data on audience numbers.įULL-LENGTH MUSICALS: 1. high schools serve a total potential audience of 48.1 million. Based on that data, EdTA estimates that U.S.

The surveyed schools reported an average of 10 performances per production (26,534 performances in total), with an average total audience of 1,806. Playwrights Don Zolidis and Jonathan Rand continued their domination of the most-produced short plays, with Rand's Check Please remaining in the number one slot. All four titles were newly available for licensing this school year.īUILD YOUR OWN PLAYBILL PROGRAM FOR YOUR SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY SHOW WITH PLAYBILLDER Works making their first appearance on the list include musicals Mamma Mia! and Newsies, as well as the plays She Kills Monsters and Clue.

Topping out the list are Almost, Maine and The Addams Family, both of which are making repeat appearances on the annual list The Addams Family returns to the number one slot for the first time since 2017 after being number two in 2018, while Almost, Maine leads the plays list for the fifth consecutive year. The Very Little Theatre is about to refresh all our memories with Dear World, its musical version of Giradoux’s classic, which features music and lyrics by Gerald Jerry Herman famous for his Hello Dolly compositions and the words in between, known as the book, by playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. high schools, the result of a survey completed by more than 3,000 high schools on their productions from the 2018–2019 school year. The Educational Theatre Association has unveiled its annual list of the most produced plays, musicals, and short plays in U.S.
