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Sunday in the Park with George

Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. Its fi...

Musical Broadway Impressionism Art

9.2 Excellent

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Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler is a play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, published in 1890 and first performed in 1891. It portrays H...

Realism Norwegian Psychological Ibsen

9.2 Excellent

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Antigone

Antigone is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles, first performed in Athens around 441 BCE. After a civil war in Thebes...

Tragedy Ancient Greek Sophocles

9.2 Excellent

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The Oresteia

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies by Aeschylus, first performed in Athens in 458 BCE. Comprising Agamemnon, T...

Ancient Greek Trilogy Aeschylus

9.2 Excellent

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The Bacchae

The Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, produced posthumously around 405 BCE. Dionysus returns to Thebes t...

Ancient Greek Euripides Dionysus

9.2 Excellent

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Phèdre

Phèdre is a French neoclassical tragedy by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 and based on stories from Greek mytholog...

French Tragedy 17TH Century Racine

9.2 Excellent

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Joe Turner's Come and Gone

Joe Turner's Come and Gone is a play by August Wilson, first produced on Broadway in 1988 and included in his ten-play P...

African American Migration August Wilson Pittsburgh Cycle

8.8 Great

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Topdog/Underdog

Topdog/Underdog is a two-character play by American dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks, first produced in 2001 and awarded the 2...

African American Contemporary Suzan Lori Parks Con Men

8.7 Great

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Two Trains Running

Two Trains Running is a play by August Wilson, first produced in 1990 and included in his ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle abou...

African American Civil Rights August Wilson Pittsburgh Cycle

8.3 Great

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Intimate Apparel

Intimate Apparel is a play by Lynn Nottage set in New York City in 1905. It follows Esther, an African American seamstre...

African American Drama 1905 Lynn Nottage

8.3 Great

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Appropriate

Appropriate is a play by American dramatist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, first produced in 2013. It follows the estranged Laf...

African American Family Race Branden Jacobs Jenkins

8.2 Great

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Waiting for Lefty

Waiting for Lefty is a 1935 one-act play by American dramatist Clifford Odets, structured around a meeting where New Yor...

Political 1930S Labor Clifford Odets

8.1 Great

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In the Blood

In the Blood is a 1999 play by American dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks that reworks elements of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Sc...

African American Poverty Suzan Lori Parks Hester

7.8 Good

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Fairview

Fairview is a play by American dramatist Jackie Sibblies Drury, first produced in 2018. It begins as a family comedy cen...

African American Meta Pulitzer Jackie Sibblies Drury

7.7 Good

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Choir Boy

Choir Boy is a play by American dramatist Tarell Alvin McCraney, first produced in 2012. It centers on Pharus Young, a g...

Music African American Lgbtq+ Tarell Alvin Mccraney

7.7 Good

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Is God Is

Is God Is is a play by American playwright Aleshea Harris, first produced in 2016. It follows twin sisters Racine and An...

African American Revenge Greek Tragedy Aleshea Harris

7.6 Good

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Pipeline

Pipeline is a play by American playwright Dominique Morisseau that premiered in 2017. It follows Nya, a Black teacher in...

African American Contemporary Education Dominique Morisseau

7.6 Good

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Fucking A

Fucking A is a theatrical play written by American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, premiering in 2000 as a parallel work to...

African American Experimental Dystopian Suzan Lori Parks

7.5 Good

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Detroit '67

'Detroit '67' is a historical play written by Dominique Morisseau that premiered in 2013. Set during the 1967 Detroit up...

African American Historical Dominique Morisseau Race Riots

7.4 Good

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Pass Over

"Pass Over" is a 2017 play by Antoinette Nwandu that reimagines Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" through the experie...

African American Antoinette Nwandu Waiting For Godot Riff Police Violence

7.4 Good