Alfred Molina in "Red"
What will be the most-produced plays in regional theatres across the United States in the coming season?
Topping the list is John Logan’s “Red“, a play about abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko and his urgent, fevered relationship with his art and canvas.
Hmmmm … sound familiar?
Maybe next season, we hope to see a play on The List about a certain art expert who visits a certain woman in a trailer park to authenticate a canvas by an abstract expressionist painter who had an urgent, fevered relationship with his art and canvas …
In the meantime, as printed in American Theatre Magazine‘s annual Season Preview issue in October, listing each play and the number of planned productions:
2011-12
Red (23)
by John Logan
God of Carnage (23)
by Yasmina Reza
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (13)
by Sarah Ruhl
The 39 Steps (11)
adapted by Patrick Barlow from Buchan and Alfred Hitchcock
Time Stands Still (11)
by Donald Margulies
Next Fall (11)
by Geoffrey Nauffts
To Kill a Mockingbird (8)
adapted by Christopher Sergel from Harper Lee
Spring Awakening (7)
by Steven Sater (book and lyrics) and Duncan Sheik (music), adapted from Frank Wedekind
Race (7)
by David Mamet
August: Osage County (7)
by Tracy Letts
The 39 Steps (23)
adapted by Patrick Barlow from Alfred Hitchcock
Circle Mirror Transformation (15)
by Annie Baker
Superior Donuts (10)
by Tracy Letts
Ruined (10)
by Lynn Nottage
August: Osage County (9)
by Tracy Letts
God of Carnage (8)
by Yasmina Reza
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (8)
by Sarah Ruhl
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (8)
by Rachel Sheinkin (book) and William Finn (music and lyrics)
To Kill a Mockingbird (7)
adapted by Christopher Sergel from Harper Lee
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (7)
by August Wilson
Seeing Bakersfield Mist on that list would indeed be great! I have either read or seen most of the plays on that list, and am surprised about some of them being there.
Which one are you most surprised about seeing on the List?