Most-Performed Plays of the Decade

The Wall Street Journal‘s drama critic, Terry Teachout, shares a list of the eleven most frequently produced plays in the U.S. over the past decade. Teachout concludes:

This suggests that, Broadway producers notwithstanding, American theatergoers are not know-nothing neanderthals but intelligent people who are prepared to spend time and money grappling with straight plays that are artful, thoughtful and well written.

Let it also be noted that Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller appear nowhere on this list (relate that to the “artful, thoughtful and well-written” criteria as you choose). Anthologists of American literature, please take note!