Dramatics Magazine's Most Performed Musicals and Plays in High Schools

Dramatics Magazine has published the results of their annual survey of what is being portrayed in American High School theaters.

It's looking like Disney's Beauty and the Beast may be the new perennial on top of the Musicals list. New or returning to the list this year is Little Shop of Horrors, Hairspray, Guys and Dolls and Bye Bye Birdie. Dropping out are Grease, Into the Woods, Footloose and Once Upon a Mattress.

Full and "Junior" productions are combined as one for the listing.

• 1. (1) Disney's Beauty and the Beast
• 2. (-) Little Shop of Horrors
• 3. (2) Seussical
• 4. (10) Thoroughly Modern Millie
• 5. (Tie) (6) The Wizard of Oz
• 5. (Tie) (-) Hairspray
• 7. (-) Guys and Dolls
• 8. (Tie) (8) The Music Man
• 8. (Tie) (-) Bye Bye Birdie
• 8. (Tie) (6) You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

For plays, Shakespere's A Midsummer's Night Dream returns to the top of the list after being knocked out for one year by Almost, Maine.  New or returning are Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet and Arsenic and Old Lace. Falling off the list are Noises Off, Fools and A Christmas Carol.

• 1. (2) A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 2. (6) Our Town
• 3. (1) Almost, Maine
• 4. (6) Alice in Wonderland
• 5. (3) You Can't Take It With You
• 6. (6) The Crucible
• 7. (5) Twelve Angry Men/Twelve Angry Women/Twelve Angry Jurors
• 8. (Tie) (-) Twelfth Night
• 8. (Tie) (-) Romeo and Juliet
• 8. (Tie) (-) Arsenic and Old Lace

Finally, for short plays, Check Please stays at number 1 while How to Succeed in High School move up from 8 to 2. New or returning are I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Drugs Are Bad, The Audition and Sure Thing. Dropping out are The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, Hard Candy and Competition Please

• 1. (1) Check Please
• 2. (8) How to Succeed in High School Wihout Really Trying
• 3. (3) 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview
• 4. (Tie) (10) This is a Test
• 4. (Tie) I Never Saw Another Butterfuly
• 6. (Tie) (3) The Actor's Nightmare
• 6. (Tie) (5) Check Please: Take 2
• 6. (Tie) (2) Check Please: Take 3
• 6. (Tie) Drugs Are Bad
• 10. (Tie) The Audition
• 10. (Tie) Sure Thing