Theatre Notes: Issue 2

Another great blog I have recently discovered is Don R. Hall's An Angry White Guy in Chicago. His latest post asks his readers to select which 8 plays/musicals they would include in a 45 minute class covering theatre in the 20th century... 400 years from now. Check out the comments section of Don's blog to see what others have listed. You can see which plays I would include below... I will probably change my mind by the end of the day:

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett- timeless
Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill- haunting
Glengarry Glenn Ross by David Mamet- sharp
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard- genius
Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love by Brad Fraser - underrated
The Dutchman by Amiri Baraka- important
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams- hard not to pick Menagerie
Design for Living by Noel Coward - ahead of its time