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1955 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Playwright: Tennessee Williams Subject matter: Family tensions and secrets in a wealthy Southern family
1983 - 'night, Mother
Playwright: Marsha Norman Subject matter: A daughter informs her mother she plans to commit suicide that evening
1990 - The Piano Lesson
Playwright: August Wilson Subject matter: African American legacy and its relationship to identity and family
2010 - Next to Normal
Playwright: Tom Kitt (music) and Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics) Subject matter: A mother's battle with bipolar disorder and its effects on her family
2021 - The Hot Wing King
Playwright: Katori Hall Subject matter: A comedic yet poignant look at gay culture in the American South through the story of a competitively informal 'Hot Wang' culinary competition
2008 - August: Osage County
Playwright: Tracy Letts Subject matter: A large dysfunctional Oklahoma family facing a crisis after the patriarch disappears
1979 - Buried Child
Playwright: Sam Shepard Subject matter: The disintegration of the American nuclear family and its dark secrets
2019 - The Fairview
Playwright: Jackie Sibblies Drury Subject matter: An exploration of race and surveillance, beginning with a black family's dinner preparations
1984 - Glengarry Glen Ross
Playwright: David Mamet Subject matter: Unscrupulous real estate agents involved in cutthroat competition
2001 - Proof
Playwright: David Auburn Subject matter: The burdens of genius and struggles with mental illness in a family
1921 - Miss Lulu Bett
Playwright: Zona Gale Subject matter: A spinster's transformation and liberation within a repressive family
1976 - A Chorus Line
Playwright: Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood Jr., and Nicholas Dante Subject matter: Aspiring dancers auditioning for a Broadway show
1936 - Idiot's Delight
Playwright: Robert E. Sherwood Subject matter: A group of diverse people stranded in a European hotel during WWII
1953 - Picnic
Playwright: William Inge Subject matter: The effects of a handsome drifter on women in a small Kansas town
1962 - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Playwright: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert Subject matter: Satire on the American corporate world
2016 - Hamilton
Playwright: Lin-Manuel Miranda Subject matter: The life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, told through a mix of hip-hop, R&B, and traditional show tunes
1949 - Death of a Salesman
Playwright: Arthur Miller Subject matter: The crumbling of the American Dream through a traveling salesman
1959 - J.B.
Playwright: Archibald MacLeish Subject matter: A modern-day retelling of the story of Job
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