American Theatre names 50 most influential plays, musicals in the U.S. this century

From NPR.

"American Theatre" magazine has released a list of the 50 most influential plays and musicals performed in the U.S. so far this century.

There are 37 plays and 13 musicals on the list. "Hamilton" tops the list — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop infused take on the Founding Fathers from 2015 earned many awards, including a Pulitzer and 11 Tonys. "August Osage County," by Tracy Letts, and Suzan Lori-Parks’s "Topdog/Underdog" came in second and third.

The results are based on responses from more than 350 theatre workers, leaders and observers nationwide. Members of the theater community were asked to share the titles of 10 works that premiered in the U.S. since the year 2000. Respondents did not rank their results, and no distinction was made between plays and musicals or between work that originated in this country or from abroad.