The publication took into account more than 2,000 productions being staged between Sept. 1, 2015, and Aug. 31, 2016. Shakespeare and certain holiday shows were excluded, and plays needed to be fully produced with at least a week's worth of performances in order to be considered.
On Sept. 21 American Theatre will release the metrics of the gender of playwrights for the season.
Published online at AmericanTheatre.org, the Top Ten List is as follows:
1. Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar: 18 productions
2. Peter and the Starcatcher, adapted by Rick Elice from Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson: 16
3. Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley: 11
4. To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by Christopher Sergel from Harper Lee: 9
5. Buyer & Cellar by Jonathan Tolins: 9
6. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang: 8
7. Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn: 7
8. Fences by August Wilson: 7
9. Sex with Strangers by Laura Eason: 7
10. Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner, inspired by Chekhov: 7
As noted in the article, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which came in at number six, was the most-produced play of the 2014-15 season. Other Top Ten stories on Playbill.com:
10 Broadway Stars You Never Knew Started Out in the Chorus
Laura Benanti's Top Ten Favorite Theatre Experiences
10 Pop Singers We Want To See Write a Broadway Musical
Jane Lynch's Top Ten Favorite Theatre Experiences
Tituss Burgess' Top Ten Favorite Theatre Experiences
After Winning Their First Tony, They Haven't Been Back! Where Have These 10 Performers Been?
Lena Hall as Pink? Idina Menzel as Radiohead? 10 Transformative Covers of Pop Songs by Broadway Stars
From Ancient Greece to Angry Inch, Take a Look at the History of Drag in Theatre
Grande Dames in Great Roles: Women Who Found a Second Career Onstage
