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  The Storm

  The Storm (Russian: Гроза, sometimes translated as The Thunderstorm) is a drama in five acts by the 19th-century Russian playwright Aleksandr Ostrovsky. As with Ostrovsky's other plays, The Storm is a work of social criticism, which is directed particularly towards the Russian merchant class....
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  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's best-known works, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955, has been restaged several times since, and was adapted into an acclaimed 1958 motion picture. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is the story of a Southern family in...
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  Green Grow the Lilacs

  Green Grow the Lilacs is a 1931 play by Lynn Riggs named for the popular folk song of the same name. It was performed 64 times on Broadway, opening on January 26, 1931 and closing March 21, 1931. It also played January 19, 1931 through January 24, 1931 at the National Theatre in Washington D.C. It...
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  The Crucible

  The Crucible is a 1953 play by Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witchcraft trials that took place in Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as a response to McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists. Miller himself was to...
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  Side Man

  Side Man is a memory play by Warren Leight. His inspiration was his father Donald, who worked as a sideman, in jazz parlance a musician for hire who can blend in with the band or star as a solo performer, according to what is required by the gig. The play's narrator is Clifford Glimmer, the only...

• The Burning

  The Burning is a 1971 historical play, written by Stewart Conn. Set during the life of James VI of Scotland, the play addresses the power struggle between the King and his cousin, the Earl of Bothwell. The play exemplifies the brutality meted out to those caught in the midst of any struggle for...

• Catch 22

  Catch-22 is a satirical, historical fiction, theatre production by the American author Joseph Heller, first produced in 1971. The novel Catch-22, on which this play is based, is set during the latter stages of the Second World War from 1943 onwards. It is frequently cited as one of the great...

• Proof

  Proof is a play by David Auburn originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on 23 May 2000. It then went to Broadway on 24 October 2000 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Directed by Daniel J. Sullivan, with Mary-Louise Parker as Catherine, Larry Bryggman as Robert, Ben Shenkman as Hal, and Johanna...

• The Price

  The Price is a 1968 play by Arthur Miller. It is a piece about family dynamics, the price of furniture and the price of one's decisions. The play opened on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on February 7, 1968 where it played until the production moved to the 46th Street Theatre on November 18, 1968....

• American Buffalo

  American Buffalo is a 1975 play by American playwright David Mamet which had its premiere in a showcase production at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago. Critic Frank Rich called it "one of the best American plays of the last decade." The play premiered at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, on November 23rd,...